nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: populate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/, /ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/, /ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/ 1. populous Labels: obsolete Example: Now, a famous King, and ſtrengthened with a Prince of ſingular expectation, and in the prime of his years, owner of the entire Iſle of Britain, enjoying Ireland populate and quiet, and infinitely more ſupported by Confederates of the Low-Countries, Denmarke, divers of the Princes of Germany and others.
Word: inhabit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre (in + habitāre). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ 1. To live or reside in. Labels: transitive Example: The Inuit inhabit the Arctic. Example: O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone? 2. To be present in. Labels: transitive Example: Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.
Word: task Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax. Pronunciation: /tɑːsk/, /task/, /tæsk/ 1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties. Example: daily task Example: monotonous task 2. Any piece of work done. Example: carry out a task Example: complete a task 3. A single action undertaken by a given agent. Example: [T]here is a well-defined run in which the stages of Atalanta’s run are punctuated by finite rests, arguably showing the possibility of completing an infinite series of finite tasks in a finite time 4. A difficult or tedious undertaking. Example: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. 5. An objective. 6. A process or execution of a program. Example: The user killed the frozen task. 7. A tax or charge. Labels: obsolete Example: Art thou the Collector of the Kings taske? […] Thou haſt thy taske money for all that be heere, […]
Word: task Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax. Pronunciation: /tɑːsk/, /task/, /tæsk/ 1. To assign a task to, or impose a task on. Labels: transitive Example: On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices. Example: All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality. 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax Labels: transitive Example: He tasks me; he heaps me; I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. 3. To charge, as with a fault. Labels: transitive Example: Too impudent to task me with those errors.
Word: task Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of taisch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: zoccolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian zoccolo. Doublet of socle. 1. A plinth. 2. A kind of ancient clog, consisting of a thick wooden sole and leather strap. Labels: historical
Word: Irak Part of Speech: name 1. Rare spelling of Iraq. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: Ben Shohnah relates, that in the year 456 of the Hejira, in the reign of Caiem, the twenty-sixth caliph of the house of Abbas, a report was raised in Bagdad which immediately spread throughout the whole province of Irak, that some Turks being out hunting saw in the desert a black tent, beneath which there was a number of people of both sexes, who were beating their cheeks, and uttering loud cries, as is the custom in the East when any one is dead.
Word: groan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”). Cognate with Scots grain (“to cry, scream”), Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”). The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹoʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɔʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹəʉ̯n/ 1. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief. Example: let out a groan 2. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy. 3. A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.
Word: groan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gronen, granen, from Old English grānian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *grainōn, from Proto-Germanic *grainōną (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grīnaną (“to whine; howl; whimper”). Cognate with Scots grain (“to cry, scream”), Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”). The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹəʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɵ̞ʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹoʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹɔʊ̯n/, /ˈɡɹəʉ̯n/ 1. To make a groan. Example: We groaned at his awful jokes. Example: The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet. 2. To seemingly creak under the strain of being heavily laden. Labels: figuratively Example: That night the table in the outer dining room was just groaning with good things. Example: Bookshelves groan under the bloated weight of tomes detailing Great Straight Marriages. 3. To strive after earnestly, as if with groans. Labels: obsolete Example: Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.
Word: aggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agate + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ɡi/ 1. Marble or a marble made of agate, or one that looks as if it were made of agate. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Mrs. Collins. Never seen so many children out. Snowmen in every yard this year. Billy. Look at mine, Mr Willis. Got a baseball for a nose and my best aggies for eyes. Mr. Willis. Yeah, marbles are fine—but in my day we used coal. Example: Most of the time it went fine; some of his classmates had so many marbles they could have opened up their own shop in smurfs, pirates, purple aggies and pink panthers.
Word: aggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French agriculturebor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūra Latin agricultūrabor. Middle English agriculture English agriculture English -al English agricultural English -ie English aggie From agricultural + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ɡi/ 1. An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges. Labels: US, informal 2. A student or alumnus of such a school. Labels: US, informal
Word: aggie Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ɡi/ 1. Alternative form of aggy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I got aggie like a motherfucker.
Word: stash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick + cache or stow + cache. Pronunciation: /stæʃ/ 1. A collection, sometimes hidden. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonyms: cache, reserve, hoard Example: They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies. 2. A place where drugs are stored. Labels: US, countable, informal, slang Example: The dealers managed to store the dope in the stash just in time to avoid being caught by the police. 3. Clothing or other items branded with a particular university club or society's logo. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: merch, swag Example: We've now ordered stash for everyone who said they wanted some. 4. A collection of yarn or other materials not yet allocated to any particular craft project. Labels: countable Example: My stash is mostly unfinished objects on the needles. I have one bag of yarn that I bought to make a coat.
Word: stash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a blend of stick + cache or stow + cache. Pronunciation: /stæʃ/ 1. To hide or store away for later use. Labels: transitive Example: He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar. Example: “Landlord,” said I, “tell him to stash his tomahawk there, or pipe, or whatever you call it; tell him to stop smoking, in short, and I will turn in with him.
Word: stash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apheretic clipping of mustache. Pronunciation: /stæʃ/ 1. A mustache. Labels: informal, nonstandard, slang
Word: homeless shelter Part of Speech: noun 1. A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support. 2. A sanctuary for the temporary housing of domesticated animals without a home.
Word: sturdy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious”) (perhaps influenced by Middle English sture, stoure, stor (“strong, robust, harsh, stern, violent, fierce, sturdy”); see English stour), from Old French estourdi (“dazed”), form of estourdir, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir (“to daze, to make tipsy”)), from Vulgar Latin *exturdire. Latin etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex- + turdus (“thrush (bird)”), but how this should mean “daze” is unclear. A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections. Disease in cows and sheep is by extension of sense of “daze”, while sense of “strongly built” is of late 14th century, and relationship to earlier sense is less clear, perhaps from sense of a firm strike (causing a daze) or a strong, violent person. Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːdi/, /ˈstɜrdi/ 1. Of firm build; stiff; stout; strong. Example: a sturdy oak tree Example: He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy then dainty. 2. Solid in structure or person. Example: It was a sturdy building, able to withstand strong winds and cold weather. Example: The dog was sturdy and could work all day without getting tired. 3. Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn. Labels: obsolete Example: This must be done, and I would fain see / Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay. Example: [A] ſturdy, hardned Sinner ſhall advance to the utmoſt pitch of Impiety with leſs difficulty, leſs reluctance of Mind, than perhaps he took the firſt ſteps in Wickedneſs, whilſt his Conſcience was yet Vigilant and Tender. 4. Resolute, in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality. Example: a man of sturdy piety or patriotism
Word: sturdy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious”) (perhaps influenced by Middle English sture, stoure, stor (“strong, robust, harsh, stern, violent, fierce, sturdy”); see English stour), from Old French estourdi (“dazed”), form of estourdir, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir (“to daze, to make tipsy”)), from Vulgar Latin *exturdire. Latin etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex- + turdus (“thrush (bird)”), but how this should mean “daze” is unclear. A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections. Disease in cows and sheep is by extension of sense of “daze”, while sense of “strongly built” is of late 14th century, and relationship to earlier sense is less clear, perhaps from sense of a firm strike (causing a daze) or a strong, violent person. Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːdi/, /ˈstɜrdi/ 1. A disease caused by a coenurus infestation in the brain of an animal, especially a sheep or canid; coenurosis. Labels: uncountable
Word: civilized Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/ 1. Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization. Example: In the year 1521, when Cortez reached Anahuac, the American bison was seen for the first time by civilized Europeans, if we may be permitted to thus characterize the horde of blood thirsty plunder seekers who fought their way to the Aztec capital. Example: Like the wolf, man the hunter in killing the weak and unfit, actually works to maintain the health of the herd. But civilized man is quite a different animal, and when he wipes out an entire city or levels a forest, he is no longer working within the natural balance of things. 2. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, reasonable, ethical. 3. Marked by refinement in taste and manners. Example: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […]‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
Word: civilized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɪv.ɪ.laɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of civilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: detrimental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin *dētrīmentālis, from Latin dētrīmentum (“harm”), from dēterō (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terō (“to rub or grab”). Pronunciation: /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/ 1. Causing damage or harm. Example: Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health. Example: "The fact is," continued he, "Lady Anne fears that my visits here may prove detrimental to what she considers your best interests. I thought myself an old, safe friend; but, as that cannot be explained to every body, she fears that I may keep off other and more eligible lovers."
Word: detrimental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin *dētrīmentālis, from Latin dētrīmentum (“harm”), from dēterō (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terō (“to rub or grab”). Pronunciation: /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/ 1. Anything harmful. Example: The definition of a parasite is a microbe that lives in you or on you to its benefit and to your detriment. In other words, the detrimentals suck the life out of you. Example: I'm afraid it may be the detrimentals, the poets, and æsthetes, and impressionist painters, who will rave about her.
Word: formality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French formalité. equivalent to formal + -ity. Pronunciation: /fɔːrˈmælɪti/ 1. The state of being formal. Labels: uncountable Example: [S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness. 2. Something said or done as a matter of form. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A customary ritual without substance, real consequence, or unique meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The examination for priesthood is no mere formality, so we have to study well. 4. A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc. Labels: countable Example: I expected some sort of formality before they let me see the crown—so valuable—but there was really nothing at all. I just said, "Can I see No. 64, please?" and he simply pulled one of the shallow drawers out of its case and put it down before me on the table.
Word: intelligentsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence. Pronunciation: /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/, /ɪntɛləˈd͡ʒɛn(t)si.ə/, /ɪntɛləˈɡɛn(t)si.ə/, /ɪntɛlɪˈɡɛntsɪə/ 1. The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] среди рабочих растет страстное стремление к знанию и к социализму, среди рабочих выделяются настоящие герои, которые — несмотря на безобразную обстановку своей жизни, несмотря на отупляющую каторжную работу на фабрике, — находят в себе столько характера и силы воли, чтобы учиться, учиться и учиться и вырабатывать из себя сознательных социалдемократов, «рабочую интеллигенцию». В России уже есть эта «рабочая интеллигенция», и мы должны приложить все усилия к тому, чтобы ее ряды постоянно расширялись, чтобы ее высокие умственные запросы вполне удовлетворялись, чтобы из ее рядов выходили руководители русской социал-демократической рабочей партии. Example: It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order.
Word: all out Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of out (“having depleted stocks”) (intensive but synonymous). Labels: not-comparable Example: —Do you have any more of those heirloom tomatoes? —Sorry, we're all out. 2. The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings. Labels: not-comparable 3. Alternative form of all-out (“comprehensive: using every means or covering every aspect”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: all out Part of Speech: adv 1. With maximum effort. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 2. Without regard for risk. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 3. Altogether; by far. Labels: Australia, US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Oh, bedad! He was all out the worst sight ever came across ould Ireland Example: Intemperate Venus is all out as bad in the other extreame^([sic]).
Word: all rounder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of all-rounder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: around the wicket Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand farther from the wicket
Word: over the wicket Part of Speech: adv 1. bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket Labels: not-comparable
Word: feygele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele), a diminutive of פֿויגל (foygl, “bird”), from Old High German fogal. Cognate with English fowl. Pronunciation: /feɪɡələ/ 1. A little bird. Labels: dated 2. A man who is or who is thought to be homosexual. Example: When will they introduce a scantily clad, ultrabuff, humpa-hunka burn'n all-man studflesh to give us feigellas a reason to watch? 3. A very young girl.
Word: Wilson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Will (short form of William) + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlsən/, /ˈwɪlsn̩/ 1. An English, Scottish and northern Irish surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rainn Wilson believes “The Office” would have to be different today. Example: State and local leaders, including US Sen. Jeff Merkley, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, US Rep. Maxine Dexter and City Council members, urged the community to stay peaceful at a news conference on Friday night, according to CNN affiliate KPTV, after the city saw an increase in activity by federal agents. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Even frozen water is expensive: The ski towns of Teton Village, Wyo., and Wilson, Wyo., both made the top 10. 24. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A small village in Breedon on the Hill parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4024). Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A locality in Kanyaka, South Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A suburb of Perth, in the City of Canning, Western Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baked beans Part of Speech: noun 1. A food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce. Labels: plural, plural-normally, singular Example: It ought to be understood that baked beans is not a subject for unanimity of opinion. Down East in Maine they favor a medium-sized onion in each pot.
Word: letterpress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From letter + press. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtɚˌpɹɛs/ 1. The printing process in which ink is applied to the top surface of a raised image area, which is then pressed against paper to transfer the image. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A machine used for such printing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: particular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/, /pəˈtɪk.jə.lə/, /pɚˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/, /pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/, /pəˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/ 1. Pertaining only to a part of something; partial. Labels: obsolete 2. Specific; discrete; concrete. Example: I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do. Example: We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith. 3. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing. Example: I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism. Example: wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth 4. Known only to an individual person or group; confidential. Labels: obsolete Example: or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere. 5. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions). Example: My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London. Example: I didn't have any particular interest in the book. 6. Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious. Labels: comparable Example: He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back. Example: These women are more particular about their appearance. 7. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise. Example: a full and particular account of an accident 8. Containing a part only; limited. Example: a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder 9. Holding a particular estate. Example: a particular tenant 10. Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject. Example: a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
Word: particular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle + -ar. Compare particle. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɪk.jʊ.lə/, /pəˈtɪk.jə.lə/, /pɚˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/, /pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/, /pəˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/ 1. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. Example: I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country. 2. A person's own individual case. Labels: obsolete Example: Since philosophy could never find any way for tranquillity that might be generally good, let every man in his particular seeke for it. Example: temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public[…]or such as concern our particular 3. A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) Labels: plural Example: When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals.
Word: goodnight Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From good + night. 1. Alternative spelling of good night. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I pray you ſpeake not: he growes worſe & worſe / Queſtion enrages him: at once, goodnight. Example: So goodnight to you—and goodnight, Councilor.
Word: goodnight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From good + night. 1. An instance of saying “good night”; a nighttime farewell. Example: At last the pupils had all taken their hats and said their “Goodnights,” and Adam, knowing his old master's habits, rose and said, “Shall I put the candles out, Mr. Massey?” Example: The afternoon passed into evening, and the sparrows began to twitter their goodnights in their lodgings on the roof and crevices of the chimney; […]
Word: goodnight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From good + night. 1. Alternative spelling of good-night. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With each one goodnighted / Including the pup, / Baby is sleeping / Bottom up. Example: Then he goodnighted me, I changed into pyjamas and in a trice was sleeping the sleep of the unjust, which is quite as dreamless as the sleep of the just if the unjust sleeper has a litre of Red Hackle on his bedside table.
Word: laryngeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus English -al English laryngeal Derived from New Latin laryngeus + -al, from larynx (“larynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, laryng- + -al or -ial. Pronunciation: /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /ləˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/, /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/, /ˌlɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /ˌlæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the larynx. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: At sight of it there commenced a series of laryngeal spasms, with clutchings at his throat, far more violent than any I had heretofore seen. 2. (of a speech sound) Made by or with constriction of the larynx with only the front part of the vocal cords vibrating, giving a very low frequency and producing what is known as "creaky voice." Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: laryngeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)bor. Latin larynx Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus New Latin laryngeus English -al English laryngeal Derived from New Latin laryngeus + -al, from larynx (“larynx”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, laryng- + -al or -ial. Pronunciation: /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əl/, /ləˈɹɪn.ʒi.əl/, /ləˈɹɪn.d͡ʒəl/, /ˌlɛɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/, /ˌlæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əl/ 1. An anatomical part (such as a nerve or artery) that supplies or is associated with the larynx. 2. A sound uttered by using the larynx. 3. In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩. Example: The vowel-coloring effects of the IH laryngeals cannot be considered apart from the vowel-reducing effect of the IH stress accent[…] Example: […]it is not only different from Buck's in the linguistics (laryngeals have seen to that); it is very different in scope and aim.
Word: urge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin urgeō (“urge”). Pronunciation: /ɜːd͡ʒ/, /ɝd͡ʒ/ 1. A strong desire to do something. Example: After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle. Example: sexual urges
Word: urge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin urgeō (“urge”). Pronunciation: /ɜːd͡ʒ/, /ɝd͡ʒ/ 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. Labels: transitive Example: Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…] Example: No longer do we tack and tack obediently to the demand of the Valkyries. A new power urges our ships independently of wind and tide. With the growth of steam power the crowning glory of the old ship departed. 2. To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. Labels: transitive Example: My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise. Example: You do miſtake your buſines, my Brother neuer / Did vrge me in his Act : I did inquire it, / And haue my Learning from ſome true reports / That drew their ſwords with you, did he not rather / Diſcredit my authority with yours, / And make the warres alike againſt my ſtomacke, / Hauing alike your cauſe. 3. To provoke; to exasperate. Labels: transitive Example: Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues. Example: “I can answer a civil question civilly,” said the youth ; “and will pay fitting respect to your age, if you do not urge my patience with mockery. Since I have been here in France and Flanders, men have called me, in their fantasy, the Varlet with the Velvet Pouch, because of this hawk-purse which I carry by my side ; but my true name, when at home, is Quentin Durward.” 4. To press hard upon; to follow closely. Labels: transitive Example: Man ? and for ever ? wretch ! what wouldst thou have ? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. 5. To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon. Labels: transitive Example: to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case Example: To be urging her opinion against Sir Thomas's, was a proof of the extremity of the case, but such was her horror at the first suggestion, that she could actually look him in the face and say she hoped it might be settled otherwise; in vain however; […] 6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to urge an ore with intense heat 7. To press onward or forward. Labels: transitive 8. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist. Labels: transitive
Word: nizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of nigga + -izzle. Popularized by the hip-hop culture in the 1990s and 2000s, as a rhyme of shizzle, as in fo shizzle my nizzle (“for sure, my nigga”). 1. Nigga, nigger. Labels: US, slang
Word: philanthropist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From philanthropy + -ist; compare French philanthrope. 1. A person who loves humankind in general. 2. A person or institution who seeks to improve the world, especially by monetary gifts. Example: […]and with a passing vague wonder as to what manner of man the ‘philanthropist’ might be who had more money than he knew what to do with,[…] Example: He was a noted philanthropist, and played a public-spirited part in the support of the Army during the Crimean War.
Word: invincible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/, /ɪnˈvɪn.sɪ.bəl/ 1. Impossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome. Labels: not-comparable Example: You know our armie is inuincible: As many circumcized Turkes we haue, And warlike bands of Chriſtians renyed, As hath the Ocean or the Terrene ſea Small drops of water, […] Example: Nothing in this world could / Ever bring them down / Yeah, they're invincible / And she's just in the background
Word: invincible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) + vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɪn.sə.bəl/, /ɪnˈvɪn.sɪ.bəl/ 1. Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed, or killed.
Word: digitus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin digitus. Doublet of digit. 1. An Ancient Roman unit of length, approximately 0.73 inches. Labels: historical
Word: nostalgic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nostalgia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English nostalgic From nostalgia + -ic. 1. Of, having, or relating to nostalgia. Example: And here, as I write, the faint, scarcely perceptible, ghost-like suspicion of a scent—a mere nostalgic fancy, compound, generic, synthetic and all-embracing—an abstract olfactory symbol of the "Tout Paris" of fifty years ago, comes back to me out of the past; and fain would I inhale it in all its pristine fulness and vigour. Example: And it was their voices which affected Gudrun almost to swooning. They aroused a strange, nostalgic ache of desire, something almost demoniacal, never to be fulfilled.
Word: nostalgic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nostalgia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English nostalgic From nostalgia + -ic. 1. A person who displays nostalgia for something. Example: But of course every well-brought-up person to-day knows that the Victorians were sentimentalists, nostalgics, escapists, self-deceivers. Example: In Bow Street court next morning, the slapper proved to be a paid agent of a group of nostalgics who call themselves The League of Empire Loyalists.
Word: state of being Part of Speech: noun 1. The overall physical condition of a person, as opposed to mental condition (state of mind).
Word: based Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From base + -ed. Pronunciation: /beɪst/ 1. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms. Example: That was a soundly based argument. Example: The company opted for a subscription-based business model.
Word: based Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From base + -ed. Pronunciation: /beɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of base Example: It's a new film based on a best-selling novel. 2. simple past and past participle of base Example: The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability. 3. simple past and past participle of base Example: The company is based in New York.
Word: based Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A reference to freebase cocaine, via basehead. Coined by American rapper from California Lil B in 2010 to describe his lifestyle. Pronunciation: /beɪst/ 1. Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality. Labels: slang Example: Based means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive. […] Based is positive. Example: You have to work as a human with empathy and love in your heart, staying positive and staying based and staying normal. 2. Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if simultaneously unpopular or controversial. Labels: Internet, humorous, sometimes Example: I hate l'Académie Française, but their spelling reforms are kind of based. Example: I officially approve of North Korea. This is... this is incredibly based. 3. Admirable; praiseworthy, especially if simultaneously unpopular or controversial. Labels: Internet, humorous, sometimes Example: based and redpilled Example: My last account got banned for being too based.
Word: based Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A reference to freebase cocaine, via basehead. Coined by American rapper from California Lil B in 2010 to describe his lifestyle. Pronunciation: /beɪst/ 1. Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one. Labels: Internet, humorous, sometimes Example: —There is no ethics in communism—Based.
Word: Nehra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi नेहरा (nehrā). 1. a surname of the Jat community found in Haryana, northwest Rajasthan 2. the gotra of the same name
Word: Balkanization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Balkan + -ization. The term is a reference to the conflicts that the Balkan peninsula experienced in the 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. Any disintegration or fragmentation process. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Example: demographic balkanization Example: Issues that are already hotly contested become even more divisive in the context of social balkanization. 3. Any disintegration or fragmentation process. Labels: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: altruist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alterī Vulgar Latin *alterui Old French autrui French autrui Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French altruismebor. English altruism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English altruist See altruism. Pronunciation: /ˈæltɹu.ɪst/, /ˈɔːltɹu.ɪst/ 1. A person showing altruism. Example: This event couldn't have been possible without the efforts of the altruists who helped in their spare time.
Word: philanthropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French philanthropique. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɒp.ɪk/, /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɑ.pɪk/, /ˌfɪl.ənˈθɹɔp.ɪk/, /ˈfɪl.ənˈθɹɒp.ɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind Example: a philanthropic enterprise Example: At the same time, politics started spilling over into the philanthropic initiative.
Word: misanthropist Part of Speech: noun 1. A misanthrope; a person who has a negative view of all humankind.
Word: misanthropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English misanthrope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English misanthropic From misanthrope + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɒpɪk/, /-zən-/, /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɑpɪk/ 1. Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt. Example: [C]hildren, ſervants, are falſe, fraudful, foul, if the miſanthropic man, who is father and maſter, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of paſſion, his opinion that they are ſo. Example: The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind.
Word: misanthropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía), from μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos), from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”). The word is analysable as miso- + -anthropy. Pronunciation: /mɪˈsæn.θɹə.pi/ 1. A negative view or hatred of the human race. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, Author's Preface Hence gloom and misanthropy have become the characteristics of the age in which we live, the solace of a disappointment that unconsciously finds relief only in the wilful exaggeration of its own despair. Example: According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
Word: philanthropically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English philanthropic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English philanthropically From philanthropic + -ally. 1. In a philanthropic manner.
Word: altruistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alterī Vulgar Latin *alterui Old French autrui French autrui Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French altruismebor. English altruism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English altruist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English altruistic From altruist + -ic. See altruism. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/, /ˌɑl.tɹuˈɪs.tɪk/ 1. Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish Example: His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.
Word: altruistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alterī Vulgar Latin *alterui Old French autrui French autrui Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French altruismebor. English altruism ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English altruist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English altruistic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English altruistically From altruistic + -ally. 1. In an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of others
Word: philanthropical Part of Speech: adj 1. philanthropic
Word: xenophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -phile. 1. A person who has a love of foreign people and culture. 2. A human who is attracted to extraterrestrial aliens.
Word: xenophile Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: derived unit Part of Speech: noun 1. Any unit derived from one of the seven base units of length (meter), mass (kilogram), time (second), electric current (ampere), thermodynamic temperature (kelvin), amount of substance (mole) and luminous intensity (candela). Example: The derived unit of electrical resistance (ohm) is derived from length, mass, time, and electric current. 2. Equivalently, in any coherent unit system, a unit derived from one or more base units.
Word: egoistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English egoist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egoistic From egoist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌiː.ɡəʊˈɪs.tɪk/, /ˌi.ɡoʊˈɪs.tɪk/, /ˌiː.ɡəʉˈɪs.tɪk/ 1. Egoistical.
Word: outswing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English swing English outswing From out- + swing. 1. An outward swinging motion. 2. The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.
Word: outswing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English swing English outswing From out- + swing. 1. To swing outward. 2. To surpass in swinging. Labels: transitive Example: I ain't no Paul Bunyan, but I can outswing anybody you can name with an axe.
Word: selfish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From self + -ish. Compare Danish selvisk (“selfish”), Swedish självisk (“selfish”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, [ˈsɛɫ̥fɪʃ] 1. Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making. Example: “We all have both a selfish separate self, and an Inner Being that is One with the Universal Spirit. In this sense, every human has a sort of ‘split personality’. We are all kind of what you call ‘schitzy’ with these two sides, these two people living within us. And they are in total opposition. The free will dictates which of these two sides will have its way in our life, at every given moment.” 2. Having excessive or exclusive regard and concern for one's own well-being, profit or pleasure, with little or no consideration for others. Example: Take warning by my fate, and shun that flowery and bewitching path; for in its labyrinths the good, the gentle, the kind-hearted, and the benevolent, are too often lost; while the sordid and the selfish scarcely so much as run a hazard. Example: The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival? 3. Of video game characters: relying on their own actions and capabilities to be effective in the game, rather than on other characters. Example: With that said, there is a perk to Xiao being a selfish DPS. He plays like Razor where he needs to be out in the field more than 90 percent of the time. Compared to Diluc, Xiao is more independent when it comes to dealing damage. 4. Related to or equivalent to a selfish gene; best understood as existing to preserve and replicate itself in competition with other entities at the same level of existence, rather than at the level of the individual or population containing it. Example: Discoveries of selfish genetic elements often follow from the emergence of a selfish phenotype either in a cross between members of closely related species, or in crosses involving individuals from different isolated populations within a species. Example: Through this hypothesized mechanism, a selfish virus would reduce the probability that other co-infecting genotypes contribute the expected share of their genes to the progeny.