nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: skeptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Latin etymon), or possibly directly from Late Latin scepticus (originally attested only in the plural Scepticī (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Proto-Italic *spektos (“see, observing”), from *speḱ- (“to see”), compare to σκοπέω (skopéō, “to view, examine”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ 1. Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so. Labels: US Example: But for the fly he might have made me think He had been at his poetry , comparing Nailhead with fly and fly with huckleberry : How like a fly , how very like a fly . But the real fly he missed would never do ; The missed fly made me dangerously skeptic.[…] Example: The official account of this meeting was that it ended in failure, with the Taliban's mullah Omar telling General Ahmed, “Osama will be the last person to leave Afghanistan.” The 9/11 skeptics believe that meeting was meant to fail. 2. Someone who is skeptical towards religion. Labels: US
Word: skeptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Latin etymon), or possibly directly from Late Latin scepticus (originally attested only in the plural Scepticī (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Proto-Italic *spektos (“see, observing”), from *speḱ- (“to see”), compare to σκοπέω (skopéō, “to view, examine”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ 1. Skeptical. Labels: US Example: This view of the Great Pyramid is being adopted by a widening circle of Christian believers, until even a skeptic scientist has dignified it as “the religion of the Pyramid!” Example: No one but you can convince my heart, the stubborn, skeptic heart of mine to break the bad habit of breaking away.
Word: schedule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cedule, from Middle French cedule (whence French cédule), from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰíďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti, from *skeyd- (“to divide, split”). Doublet of cedula and cedule. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɛdjuːl/, /ˈsɛdʒuːl/; the pronunciations with /ʃ/ and /sk/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schism. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/, /ˈskɛd͡ʒ.uːl/, /ˈʃɛdj.uːl/, /ˈskɛdj.uːl/, /ˈskɛd͡ʒ.ʊl/ 1. A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. Example: To complete on time, we must follow the schedule. Example: Oh, I didn't mean a work…school schedule. I meant a fun schedule. 2. A serial record of items, systematically arranged. 3. A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. Example: schedule of tribes 4. A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. Labels: US, capitalized, often Example: Heroin is a Schedule I drug with a high potential for abuse. Example: Currently, cannabis/marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning it defined as having “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” This is the same designation given to LSD, heroin and ecstasy. 5. A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. Labels: Australia 6. An allocation or ordering of a set of tasks on one or several resources. 7. A slip of paper; a short note. Labels: obsolete Example: He demands the blood-written schedule back from the demon, who refuses to give it up
Word: schedule Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cedule, from Middle French cedule (whence French cédule), from Old French cedule, from Late Latin schedula (“papyrus strip”), diminutive of Latin scheda, from Ancient Greek σχέδη (skhédē, “papyrus leaf”), from Proto-Hellenic *skʰíďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *skid-yé-ti, from *skeyd- (“to divide, split”). Doublet of cedula and cedule. This word was historically pronounced /ˈsɛdjuːl/, /ˈsɛdʒuːl/; the pronunciations with /ʃ/ and /sk/ are due to the spelling (the latter may have been reinforced by learned influence); compare schism. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛd͡ʒuːl/, /ˈskɛd͡ʒ.uːl/, /ˈʃɛdj.uːl/, /ˈskɛdj.uːl/, /ˈskɛd͡ʒ.ʊl/ 1. To create a time-schedule. 2. To plan (an activity or event) for a specific date or time. Labels: transitive Example: The next elections are scheduled on the twentieth of November. 3. To add (a name) to the list of those participating in an event; to reserve a place or time for. Labels: transitive Example: I am scheduled for classes next month. Example: I'll schedule you for three-o'clock then. 4. To admit (a person) to hospital as an involuntary patient under a schedule of the applicable mental health law. Labels: Australia, transitive Example: whether or not to schedule a patient 5. To classify as a controlled substance. Labels: US, transitive Example: Many harm reduction groups and drug policy experts question the long-term efficacy of scheduling xylazine.
Word: paedophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paedo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English paedophile From paedo- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑɪl/, /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/ 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of pedophile. Example: A "watchtower" Website, keeping track of paedophile groups around the world, is expected to be up and running next year. The campaign will also liaise with law enforcement agencies around the world and share information on suspected Internet paedophiles.
Word: Twelve Days of Christmas Part of Speech: noun 1. The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6. 2. An 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
Word: venire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of Latin venīre faciās, the opening words of a writ. Pronunciation: /vɪˈnʌɪ.ə.ɹiː/, /vɛˈni.ɹeɪ/ 1. A writ of venire facias. Example: [W]here a Venire omits Part of the Iſſue, or any of the Parties; if a Juror is named in the Habeas Corpora, by a Name different from that in the Venire; or a Juror return'd on ſuch a Panel is omitted in the Habeas Corpora; or a Venire or Diſtringas are iſſued without any Award on the Roll to warrant them; it will be ill, and is ſaid to be a Diſcontinuance. Example: The crown may have as many venires as it pleases. Suppose there had been no venire at all, would a defence have aided that error? In the case of Young and Watson there was no return to the venire, and yet there was held error after verdict. The Court might have granted a new rule after the old one was expired, and a venire de novo would have issued in that case, 2 Roll. Ab. 720, p. 2. 2. A group of persons summoned by a writ of venire facias to appear in court for jury selection. Labels: US Example: [T]he jury that in 1968 convicted the pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock and others protesting the Vietnam War of conspiring to violate the Military Service Act of 1967 by advocating the destruction of draft cards […] was devoid of women, largely because the venire from which this jury was formed contained only 9% women. A subsequent analysis of the distribution of the proportion of women in the venires of all the judges in the district showed that the venires for one judge – the Spock trial judge – had a distribution centered about an unusually low proportion of women. Example: The Spock defense pointed to the venire for their trial, which contained only one woman. That woman was released by the prosecution, making an all-male jury. Defense argued that the judge in the trial had a history of venires in which women were systematically underrepresented, contrary to the law. They compared this district judge's recent venires with the venires of six other Boston area district judges.
Word: vitamin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines. The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/, /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/, [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn], /ˈvɑe.tə.mən/, [ˈvɑe.ɾə.mən] 1. Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically, and deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders. Example: a food rich in vitamins 2. preceding a word or its initial letter, to imply that the referent benefits health or wellness Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life Example: I just follow three three Cs: clean living, chewing thoroughly, and a daily dose of vitamin Church
Word: vitamin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears c. 1920, originally vitamine (1912), from Latin vīta (“life”) (see vital) + amine (see amino acids). Vitamine coined by Polish biochemist Casimir Funk after the initial discovery of aberic acid (thiamine), when it was thought that all such nutrients would be amines. The term had become ubiquitous by the time it was discovered that vitamin C, among others, had no amine component. In 1920, British biochemist Jack Drummond proposed that the final -e be dropped to deemphasize the amine reference. The ending -in was acceptable because it was used for natural substances of undefined composition. Drummond also introduced the lettering system of nomenclature (Vitamin A, B, C, etc.) at this same time. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/, /ˈvaɪ.tə.mɪn/, [ˈvʌɪ.ɾə.mɪn], /ˈvɑe.tə.mən/, [ˈvɑe.ɾə.mən] 1. To fortify with vitamins. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: inexorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). By surface analysis, in- + exorable. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɛksɔɹəbəl/, /ɪnˈɛksɹəb(ə)l/, /ɪnˈɛksɚəb(ə)l/ 1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. Example: […] but inexorable yron detaines him in the dungeon of the night, fo that (pure creature) hee can neither traffique with the mercers and tailers as he was wont, nor dominere in tavernes as hee ought. Example: What greater follie can there be, than for a man to torment himselfe for nothing, and that willingly and of purpose, to pray and importune him, whom he knowes to be inexorable; to knocke at that dore that cannot be opened? 2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. Example: Armed with the authority of theſe decrees, James [VI and I] reſolved to cruſh entirely the mutinous ſpirit of his ſubjects. […] The King continued inexorable, the city was declared to have forfeited its privileges as a Corporation, and to be liable to all the penalties of treaſon. 3. Adamant; severe. Example: But to ſhew how God of a moſt loving Father becomes a ſevere and inexorable judge, without any change, this alone is to the purpoſe. For the very māner of propoſing it doth imply the ceaſing to be a loving Father which he was, but becomes a ſevere & inexorable judge, which he was not. Example: You ſay, there is no Nation, except our own, where there is any Distinction made, betwixt Manſlaughter and Murder; and that the Edict against Duelling in France, is of all others the moſt inexorable. I muſt beg Leave to differ with you in both theſe Points; the Edict againſt Duelling is no more inexorable than any other Edict, but I believe it to be more juſt, becauſe founded upon the Law of God, […]
Word: resolute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolvō (“to release, to unbind”) (re- + solvō, whence solve). Compare typologically Russian реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (< реши́ть (rešítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/, /ˌɹɛ.zəˈl(j)uːt/ 1. Firm, unyielding, determined. Example: She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances. Example: He was resolute in his decision to stay. 2. Convinced; satisfied; sure. Labels: obsolete
Word: resolute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolvō (“to release, to unbind”) (re- + solvō, whence solve). Compare typologically Russian реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (< реши́ть (rešítʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.zəˌl(j)uːt/, /ˌɹɛ.zəˈl(j)uːt/ 1. A determined person; one showing resolution. 2. A projection onto an arbitrary vector. Example: vector resolute
Word: Dickensian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’). Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɛn.zɪ.ən/, /dəˈkɛn.zi.ən/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or created by the English author Charles Dickens. 2. Similar to Dickens' writing style, especially in commenting on society, or in using emotion, humour, or rich descriptions. Example: a Dickensian name 3. Reminiscent of the environments and situations most commonly portrayed in Dickens' writings, such as poverty, social injustice, and other aspects of Victorian England. Example: At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast. Example: As though in expiation of their sires' wealth, schoolboys often had to live in conditions that would have disgraced a Dickensian workhouse.
Word: Dickensian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dickens (the surname of Charles Dickens (1812–1870)) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’). Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɛn.zɪ.ən/, /dəˈkɛn.zi.ən/ 1. A person who admires or studies the works of Charles Dickens.
Word: succedaneum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modern Latin, neuter singular of Latin succēdāneus (“acting as substitute”). Pronunciation: /sʌksɪˈdeɪnɪəm/ 1. A substitute, replacement for something else, particularly of a medicine used in place of another. Example: It is not your purses that suffer; your farm-rents, your commerces, your mill-revenues, loud as ye lament over these; no, it is not these alone, but a far deeper than these: it is your Souls that lie dead, crushed down under despicable Nightmares, Atheisms, Brain-fumes; and are not Souls at all, but mere succedanea for salt to keep your bodies and their appetites from putrefying! Example: It had not been ordered by Mr. Rerechild, the Barchester doctor whom she employed; and then the young mother mentioned some shockingly modern succedaneum, which Mr. Rerechild's new lights had taught him to recommend.
Word: antilogy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪləd͡ʒi/ 1. A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals. Labels: rhetoric
Word: lechery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French and Anglo-Norman lecherie. See lecher. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛt͡ʃ.əɹ.i/ 1. Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Again we read at page 174: “Instead of the Universal Roman Catholic Church there existed after 1650 the National Catholic Churches of Spain, France, Austria, Poland, etc. more subject to the Royal supremacy than to the Papal, not, however, so completely as in England.” This is obviously an exaggeration. There never existed in the countries mentioned, least of all in Spain, any National Catholic Church. There would not have existed any such contradictorially-named organization even in England had it not been for the lechery of Henry VIII. Other similar misstatements might be noticed here and there. The author's intention, however, to be just is patent and his success in this respect is noteworthy. Example: The seeds and roots of the water lily are likewise considered a preventative against lechery.
Word: castigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste. Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/, /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/ 1. To punish or reprimand someone severely. Labels: formal, transitive Example: Perhaps disarmed by his own scandalous behaviour with Bathsheba, he was in no position to castigate his son for a similar fault. 2. To execrate or condemn something in a harsh manner, especially by public criticism. Labels: formal, transitive Example: God doth indurate, when hee doth not by and by caſtigate a ſynner. Example: The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin. 3. To revise or make corrections to a publication. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: castigate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin castīgātus, perfect passive participle of castīgō (“to reprove”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from castus (“pure, chaste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”). Doublet of chastise and chasten, taken through Old French. See also chaste. Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/, /ˈkæs.tə.ɡeɪt/ 1. Subdued, chastened, moderated Labels: obsolete 2. Revised and emended Labels: obsolete
Word: rebuke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈbjuːk/, /ɹɪˈbjuːk/ 1. A harsh criticism. Example: There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness. Example: U.S. Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican's No. 2 official, following a remarkable papal rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants and Vance’s theological justification of it.
Word: rebuke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈbjuːk/, /ɹɪˈbjuːk/ 1. To criticise harshly; to reprove. Example: O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. Example: When Morrison mulls the pluses and minuses associated with rebuking Kelly for undermining the government’s public health messaging, the prime minister faces a genuine substantive dilemma, and that goes to the risks of amplification.
Word: sciolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin sciolus (“sciolist”) + English -ism (suffix forming the names of tendencies of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to classes or groups of persons), based on sciolist. Sciolus is a diminutive of Latin scius (“cognizant, knowing”) + -olus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutives)); while scius is either from sciō (“to be able to; to have practical knowledge, know (how to do something); to understand”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)), or is a back-formation from nescius (“ignorant, unaware; unknowing”) (from nesciō (“to be ignorant, not know, not understand; to be unable”), from ne- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + sciō). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.ə.lɪ.z(ə)m/, /ˈsaɪ.əˌlɪ.z(ə)m/ 1. The practice of expressing opinions on something which one knows only superficially or has little real understanding of; also, shallow or superficial knowledge; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: dated, derogatory, uncountable Example: Indeed, I ſometimes incline to hope that infidelity is arrived at its higheſt pitch, and that ſcioliſm may advance into found knowledge and ſaving faith […]. Example: Here are painted, the miſchiefs of the multiplication of political Scioliſts, and the progreſs of political Scioliſm; the decay of profound knowledge, the perverſion of what we retain, and the decline of religion.
Word: veritable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From verity + -able, from Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛ.ɹɪ.tə.bl/ 1. True; genuine. Example: He is a veritable genius. Example: A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. 2. As an intensifier: absolute, indisputable. Example: From 1748, a veritable troop of elocution experts declared war on Scots diction, providing inspirational lectures, books and yet more lists for diligent anglophiles to memorise.
Word: blackguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot. Pronunciation: /ˈblæɡəd/, /ˈblæɡɚd/ 1. The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment. Labels: historical 2. An unprincipled, contemptible person; an untrustworthy person. Labels: dated Example: 1830, Thomas Macaulay, Review of Robert Southey's edition of Pilgrim's Progress, in the Edinburgh Review A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard. Example: Pawn another man's property for the sake of a meal, eat and drink one's self to perdition, brand one's soul with the first little sear, set the first black mark against one's honour, call one's self a blackguard to one's own face, and needs must cast one's eyes down before one's self? Never! never! 3. A man who uses foul language in front of a woman (typically a woman of high standing). Labels: archaic
Word: blackguard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From black + guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot. Pronunciation: /ˈblæɡəd/, /ˈblæɡɚd/ 1. To revile or abuse in scurrilous language. Labels: transitive Example: Persons who passed each other in boats upon the Thames used to blackguard each other, in a trial of wit Example: The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. […] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place. 2. To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel. Labels: intransitive
Word: ghastly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly, from gasten (from Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”)) + -ly, and ghostly (which was also spelt gastlich in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with gh developed in the 16th century due to the conflation. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/, /ˈɡas(t).li/, /ˈɡæs(t).li/ 1. Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal. Example: Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Example: His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. 2. Horrifyingly shocking. Example: Mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail. Example: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. 3. Extremely bad. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: The play was simply ghastly. Example: Well, Uncle, it's really been a ghastly mistake from the very beginning.
Word: ghastly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a conflation of gastly, from Middle English gastly, from gasten (from Old English gǣstan (“to torment, frighten”)) + -ly, and ghostly (which was also spelt gastlich in Middle English). Equivalent to ghast/gast + -ly. Spelling with gh developed in the 16th century due to the conflation. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːs(t).li/, /ˈɡas(t).li/, /ˈɡæs(t).li/ 1. In a ghastly manner. Example: Her face was ghastly pale, and perhaps rendered still more so by the blueish light of the fire. Example: She drained it at a single draught, while Sancgraal’s silent lips appeared to tremble with some mental utterance—perhaps, for who can fathom the depths of superstition, in her most cavernous hollows of atheistic doubt?—perhaps murmuring the absolutory formula of his church over her!—Almost immediately after she grew very ghastly pale, and staggered against the shrine.
Word: shocking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shock + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ 1. Inspiring shock; startling. 2. Unusually obscene or lewd. 3. Extremely bad. Labels: colloquial Example: What a shocking calamity!
Word: shocking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shock + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shocking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shock + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ 1. The application of an electric shock. Example: We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]
Word: timely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmli/ 1. Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt. Example: If the whistleblower submitted a timely response, pursuant to Step 9, the Claims Review Staff will consider the issues, along with any supporting documentation, and make its Proposed Final Determination. 2. Happening or appearing at the proper time. Example: […] and the timely dew of sleep, / Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines / Our eye-lids […] Example: There are people, I know, to be found, / ⁠Who say and apparently think / That sorrow and care may be drowned / By a timely consumption of drink. 3. Keeping time or measure. Labels: obsolete Example: High lifted up were many loftie towres, / And goodly galleries farre over laid, / Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres; / And on the top a Diall told the timely howres.
Word: timely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English timely, tymely, timliche, from Old English *tīmlīc (adjective) and tīmlīċe (“in good time; timely; soon”, adverb), equivalent to time + -ly. Cognate with Danish timelig, Swedish timlig, Icelandic tímalegur, tímanlegur. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmli/ 1. In good time; early, quickly. Labels: archaic Example: If I had been born more timely, he said, Rhaegar would have married me instead of Elia, and it would all have come out different. 2. At the right time; seasonably. Labels: obsolete Example: And this we shall more readily perform, if we timely survey our knowledge, impartially singling out those encroachments, which junior compliance and popular credulity hath admitted. 3. In compliance with applicable time limits. Example: On May 14, 1997, the jury convicted the defendant, who currently is serving a fifteen-month sentence. The defendant timely appeals. Example: […] § 2255's one-year limitation period starts to run when the time for seeking such review expires. Under this rule, Clay's § 2255 petition was timely filed.
Word: orderly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English orderly From order + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹdɚli/, /ˈɔːdəli/ 1. Neat and tidy; possessing order. Example: He has always kept an orderly kitchen, with nothing out of place. 2. Methodical or systematic. Example: We live in an orderly universe, where rules govern both the movements of planets and the binding of molecules. Example: I will remain in post as Prime Minister until the contest is complete. And I will do everything I can to ensure an orderly handover of power. 3. Peaceful; well-behaved. Example: An orderly gathering of citizens stood on the corner awaiting the bus. 4. Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders. Example: aids-de-camp and orderly men
Word: orderly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English orderly From order + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹdɚli/, /ˈɔːdəli/ 1. A hospital attendant given a variety of non-medical duties. 2. A soldier who carries out minor tasks for a superior officer.
Word: orderly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English orderly From order + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹdɚli/, /ˈɔːdəli/ 1. According to good order or practice; appropriately, in a well-behaved or orderly (adjective) way. Labels: archaic Example: You are blunt; go to it orderly. Example: Phase R: the rods are linked three by three and form planar twodimensional hexagonal networks. In both cases, the networks are orderly stacked in a three-dimensional lattice. 2. In order; in a particular order or succession; with a suitable arrangement. Labels: obsolete Example: The earth from heaven, the sea from earth, he parted orderly, / And from the thicke and foggie ayre, he tooke the lightsome skie. Example: Thus orderly marshaled, they take their course and swim whither their journey tends, as broad and wide behind as before[…].
Word: lovely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌv.li/, [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯] 1. Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace. Example: It's a lovely day and the sun is shining. Example: The music box plays a lovely melody. 2. Nice; wonderful. Example: It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend. Example: It is a lovely night, and why should we not prolong our ride a little?" 3. Inspiring love or friendship; amiable. Labels: obsolete Example: a most lovely gentlemanlike man 4. Loving, filled with love. Labels: obsolete Example: seal the title with a lovely kiss
Word: lovely Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English luflīċ, luflīc (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌv.li/, [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯] 1. An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty. Labels: informal Example: a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis Example: "I'd sooner be on the stage than anywhere else." "You mean you like being cocked up in front of an audience with nothing much on and getting a thrill out of being what those idiotic newspapers call a Lovely or a Glamour Girl. With all the damned glamour on the stage and none off it." 2. Term of fond address. Example: Goodbye, my lovely. Example: But where do you go to my lovely / When you're alone in your bed? 3. A lovely object. Example: In Montréal, the summer months bring in a huge variety of fruits and vegetables and this is the time to preserve them. Preserving can also refer to the storage of these fiber and vitamin rich lovelies. Example: May Bell ironed the last ruffle and then hung the dress in the wardrobe next to her other lovelies.
Word: lovely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English lovely, luveliche, from Old English luflīċe (“lovingly, amiably, kindly, dearly, with good will or love, willingly”), equivalent to love + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌv.li/, [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯] 1. In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully. Labels: informal Example: She's not everyone's cup of tea, what with the way she speaks her mind and doesn't always do her hair in the morning, but she scrubs up lovely.
Word: lovely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lofly, lovely (“praiseworthy; laudatory”), equivalent to lofe + -ly. Cognate with Dutch loffelijk (“laudable, praiseworthy”), German löblich (“commendable, laudable, praiseworthy”), Swedish lovlig (“permissible”). More at lofe, love. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌv.li/, [ˈlʌv.lɪi̯] 1. Worthy of praise. Labels: archaic Example: And so he is in the eyes of all who live to his praise. To them every attribute of God is lovely. The holiness and purity of his nature is most lovely to them. Example: He is altogether lovely. O, all our praises of him are poor and low things!
Word: homely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain, unattractive”), from Old English *hāmlīċ (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”). Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊmli/, /ˈhoʊmli/ 1. Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy. Example: An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc. It is hard to see any practical reason for this change of fashion: it is probably due to an instinctive turning-away from the more homely word and a vague feeling that the Greek word is scientific. Example: Other homely details in the stories — preparing a salad, diapering a baby 2. Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive. Labels: Canada, US Example: There is none so homely but loves a looking-glass. Example: "I can't send a young, pretty girl, or for that matter even a homely one if you'd have her, on a job like this without telling her what to expect." 3. On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: With all these men I was right homely, and communed with them long and oft. 4. Domestic; tame. Labels: UK, dialectal 5. Personal; private. Labels: UK, dialectal 6. Friendly; kind; gracious; cordial. Labels: UK, dialectal 7. Conservative and family-oriented. Labels: India Example: I am seeking a beautiful homely girl for marriage. 8. Simple; plain; familiar; unelaborate; unadorned. Example: a homely garment Example: homely fare
Word: heavenly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvənli/ 1. Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods. Example: Heavenly Father, I come to You as Your child, kicking and screaming. 2. Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars. Example: The other heavenly bodies are primarily controlled by the attractive force of the Sun. 3. Strongly or sublimely good, beautiful, or pleasurable. Labels: figuratively Example: Oh, that's absolutely heavenly. Gimme some more. Example: 1817, Charles Phillips (author-editor), Speech in the Case of O′Mullan v. M′Korkill, The Speeches of Charles Phillips, page 131, No doubt, you have all personally considered — no doubt, you have all personally experienced, that of all the blessings which it has pleased Providence to allow us to cultivate, there is not one which breathes a purer fragrance, or bears an heavenlier aspect than education.
Word: heavenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hevenely, hevenly, from Old English heofonlīċ (“heavenly, celestial, chaste”), equivalent to heaven + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon himillīk (“heavenly”), Middle Dutch himellec, hemellijc (“heavenly”), Middle High German himmellich (“heavenly”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛvənli/ 1. In a manner like that of heaven; by the influence or agency of heaven; divinely, miraculously. Example: by night [she] saw that God in her armes, saying moreover unto her, that the next day, the first man she met withall, should heavenly pay her her wages. 2. To a degree such as to elicit great pleasure. Example: Then, we taste the refried beans and the rice, and they are so heavenly delicious.
Word: cowardly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊədli/ 1. Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful. Example: The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Example: 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
Word: cowardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊədli/ 1. In the manner of a coward, cowardlily. Labels: archaic Example: We will not ſteale vpon him cowardly, But giue him warning and more warriours. Example: I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.
Word: sceptic Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of skeptic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: sceptic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of skeptic. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Not long since O’Connell beat the sceptic geologists of the British Association of nonsense and “science” all to nothing by a discovery of fossil Whigs—very extraordinary and ferocious creatures they must have been in their day, which, of course, was far anterior to the creation of the world, according to the Mosaic account, which the bone-grubbing “philosophers” of the chalk formations have so properly exploded. Example: The black race, much inferior to the Arab in intellectual power and in steadiness of will, are at the same time free from the sceptic distrustfulness and deep jealousy so common among their white fellow-citizens.
Word: fatherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”) . Doublet of fatherlike. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːðəli/, /ˈfɑðɚli/ 1. Characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood. Example: fatherly advice 2. Befitting of a father; protective, paternal.
Word: fatherly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English faderly, fadirly, from Old English fæderlīċe (“in a fatherly way, as a father”), equivalent to father + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːðəli/, /ˈfɑðɚli/ 1. In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a father. Example: Exhorting him fatherlie to giue ouer that course. Example: […]; tho’ God hath for a while Fatherly Chaſtiſed them by thoſe Rods which he hath afterwards conſumed.
Word: motherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðəli/, /ˈmʌðɚli/ 1. Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving. Example: Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life[…]
Word: motherly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English moderly, from Old English mōdorlīċ (“motherly, maternal”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdērlīkaz (“motherly, maternal”), equivalent to mother + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðəli/, /ˈmʌðɚli/ 1. In a way pertaining to, befitting, or of a mother. Example: The mother sometime beateth the child, but yet her hart melteth vpon it euen in the very beating, and therefore she casteth the rodde into the fier, and colleth the childe, geueth it an apple and dandleth it moste motherly. Example: I Am glad that you approve and applaud my design, of withdrawing my self from all tumult and business of the World; and consecrating the little rest of my time to those studies, to which Nature had so Motherly inclined me, and from which Fortune like a Step-mother has so long detained me.
Word: brotherly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English brotherly, from Old English brōþorlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlīk, from Proto-Germanic *brōþērlīkaz, equivalent to brother + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”). Piecewise doublet of friarly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/, /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/ 1. Of or characteristic of brothers. Example: brotherly love Example: Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate; but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity.
Word: brotherly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English brotherly, equivalent to brother + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌð.ə.li/, /ˈbɹʌð.ɚ.li/ 1. In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers. Example: Praising and pleading him, / Lovingly needing him, / Brotherly feeding him, / Preaching and speeding him, / Blessing, succeeding Him, / Thus is the Master near,— / Thus is He here! Example: I might have seen him, and talked with him brotherly, face to face.
Word: metaller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal English -er English metaller From metal + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtələ/ 1. One who metals a road. 2. One who listens to heavy metal music. Labels: informal
Word: groundation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-der. Proto-Germanic *grunduz Old English grund Middle English ground English ground Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English groundation From ground + -ation. 1. the state of (a teenager etc) being grounded Labels: slang 2. A Rastafarian meeting.
Word: happy-clappy Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Christian church whose worship is characterized by enthusiasm and spontaneity. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: happy-clappy Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to such a worshiper or such a church. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: henotheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Henotheismus, coined in the 19th century by German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775–1854) from Ancient Greek ἕν (hén, stem of εἷς (heîs, “one”)) + German Theismus (“theism”, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”))). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛnəʊˌθiːɪz(ə)m/, /ˈhɛnoʊˌθiɪz(ə)m/ 1. Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is one kind of oneness which does not exclude the idea of plurality; there is another which does. […] If, therefore, an expression had been given to that primitive intuition of the Deity, which is the mainspring of all later religion, it would have been—'There is a God,' but not yet 'There is but "One God."' The latter form of faith, the belief in One God, is properly called monotheism, whereas the term of henotheism would best express the faith in a single god. Example: [T]he form of worship presented to us in these most ancient documents [the Hindu Rigveda] of the Aryan people is what Professor Maxmüller [i.e., Max Müller] calls Henotheism, viz., the deity invoked for the time being is regarded as supreme, is extolled above the rest and is made the recipient of the worshipper's highest praises and most fervent supplications.
Word: monism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word was coined by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff and first used in English in 1862, from New Latin monismus, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”). By surface analysis, mon- + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnɪzəm/, /ˈmɑnɪzəm/ 1. The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The doctrine that there is a single source of political authority, especially that the church is subordinate to the state or vice versa. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century. 3. The legal doctrine that international law forms part of domestic law automatically after ratification or accession. Labels: countable, uncountable