nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: peculiar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”). Pronunciation: /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/, /pəˈkjuː.li.ə/, /pɪˈkjul.jɚ/, /pəˈkjul.jɚ/, /pɪˈkjʉː.li.ə/ 1. Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual. Example: The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm. Example: It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street. 2. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular. Example: Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia. Example: And it was peculiar in their Temper, that they were fonder of what they could get by Rapine or Stealth at a greater diſtance, than much better Food provided for them at home. 3. One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others. Labels: dated Example: Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Example: hymns […] that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself 4. Particular; individual; special; appropriate. Labels: dated Example: while each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat Example: My fate is Juno's most peculiar care.
Word: peculiar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”). Pronunciation: /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/, /pəˈkjuː.li.ə/, /pɪˈkjul.jɚ/, /pəˈkjul.jɚ/, /pɪˈkjʉː.li.ə/ 1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic. Example: before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven. 2. an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated. Labels: UK
Word: explore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)). Displaced native Old English rāsian. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔː/, /ɪkˈsploɹ/, /ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/, /ɪkˈsploə/ 1. To seek for something or after someone. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To examine or investigate something systematically. Labels: transitive Example: The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand. Example: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. 3. To travel somewhere in search of discovery. Labels: transitive Example: It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle. 4. To examine diagnostically. Labels: intransitive 5. To (seek) experience first hand. Labels: transitive Example: It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality. 6. To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses. Labels: intransitive Example: He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance. 7. To wander without any particular aim or purpose. Labels: intransitive Example: The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one. Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. 8. To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats. Labels: transitive
Word: explore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)). Displaced native Old English rāsian. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔː/, /ɪkˈsploɹ/, /ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/, /ɪkˈsploə/ 1. An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like. Labels: colloquial Example: Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
Word: metanoia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentance”, literally “afterthought”), a compound of μετά (metá, “after, with”) and νοέω (noéō, “to perceive, to think”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈnɔɪə/ 1. A fundamental change of mind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sadly behind the great age of rowdy self-advertisement in which their lot has fallen, they seem not to have advanced one whit beyond John the Baptist and the Apostles, 1800 years ago, in their notions of the way in which the metanoia, the change of mind of the ill-doer, is to be brought about. Example: Metanoia is the knowledge that there can be totalities in this world totally different from what we thought. This is the sense in which metanoia is the most radical form of poiesis. 2. A spiritual or religious conversion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is therefore enthusiasm no less than resignation in an enlightened metanoia. You give up everything in the form of claims; you receive everything back in the form of a divine presence. Example: Ecstatic seizures are rare—they only occur in something like 1 or 2 percent of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. But the last half century has seen an enormous increase in the prevalence of other states sometimes permeated by religious joy and awe, "heavenly" visions and voices, and, not infrequently, religious conversion or metanoia. 3. A fundamental change in the human personality. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A device used to retract a statement just made, and then state it in a better way. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Two months after Obama’s autocue mishap, his vice-presidential running mate Joe Biden raised a laugh when he used metanoia in his speech to the Democratic convention: “You know, folks, that’s the America that George Bush has left us. And that’s the America we’ll continue to get if George – excuse me, if John McCain is elected president of the United States of America. Freudian slip. Freudian slip.”
Word: manifold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”). Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/, /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ 1. Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse. Example: The manifold meanings of the English word set are infamous among lexicographers. Example: [E]ch man as he receyuede grace, mynistringe ‘it in to ech other, as goode dispenderes of the manyfolde grace of God. 2. Many in number; numerous. Example: And although we be vnworthy (through our manyfolde ſynnes) to offre vnto thee any Sacryfice: Yet we beſeche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and ſeruice: and commande theſe our prayers and ſupplicacions, by the Miniſtery of thy holy Angels, to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the ſyght of thy dyuine maieſtie: […] 3. Complicated.
Word: manifold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”). Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/, /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ 1. Many times; repeatedly. Example: when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold. Example: It was found necessary to clear the entire piers from the mass of onlookers, or else the fatalities of the night would have been increased manifold.
Word: manifold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”). Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/, /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ 1. A copy made by the manifold writing process. Labels: historical 2. A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs. 3. The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum. Labels: US, dialectal, in-plural Example: My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty. 4. A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ. 5. A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
Word: manifold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English manifolden, from Old English maniġfealdan (“to multiply, abound, increase, extend, reward”), equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalten, Icelandic margfalda (“to multiply”), Swedish mångfaldiga (“to manifold, reproduce”). Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛnɪˌfoʊld/, /ˈmɛniˌfoʊld/, /ˈmænɪˌfəʊld/ 1. To make manifold; multiply. Labels: transitive 2. To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation. Labels: transitive
Word: include Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːd/ 1. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. Example: I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental. 2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend. Example: The vacation package includes car rental. Example: Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets? 3. To enclose, confine. Labels: obsolete Example: I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit. 4. To conclude; to terminate. Labels: obsolete Example: Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. 5. To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file. Example: You have to include the strings library to use this function.
Word: include Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːd/ 1. A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item. Example: In the previous lesson, you learned how to use server-side includes, which enable you to easily include snippets of web pages within other web pages.
Word: included Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of include Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: included Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːdɪd/ 1. Provided as an accompaniment or gratuity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Read the included leaflet for instructions. 2. Enclosed, not protruding, e.g. stamens within the corolla. Labels: not-comparable
Word: raw Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz (“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rå (“raw”), Faroese ráur (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree. Doublet of crude. Pronunciation: /ɹɔː/, /ɹɔː(ɹ)/, /ɹɔ/, /ɹɑ/ 1. (of food) Not cooked. Example: There's nothing but raw fish in the freezer. Example: He ate raw beef for dinner. 2. (of food) Not cooked. Example: I was 100% raw from 2014 until early 2018. 3. Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.) Example: Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml. Example: raw cane sugar 4. Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated. Example: ‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’ Example: a raw wound 5. New or inexperienced. Example: a raw beginner 6. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated. Example: a raw voice 7. Uncorrected, without analysis. Example: What makes Mexico worrying is not just the raw numbers but the power of the cartels over society. 8. Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather) Example: a raw wind Example: a raw and gusty day 9. Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed. (of an emotion, personality, etc.) Example: raw emotion 10. Candid in a representation of unpleasant facts, conditions, etc. Example: a raw description of the American political arena 11. Unrefined, crude, or insensitive, especially with reference to sexual matters. (of language) 12. Without a condom. Labels: slang 13. Not covered; bare; bald. Labels: obsolete Example: with scull all raw
Word: raw Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz (“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rå (“raw”), Faroese ráur (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree. Doublet of crude. Pronunciation: /ɹɔː/, /ɹɔː(ɹ)/, /ɹɔ/, /ɹɑ/ 1. Without a condom. Labels: slang Example: We did it raw. Example: You know what I be on, I'm about to go raw
Word: raw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz (“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rå (“raw”), Faroese ráur (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree. Doublet of crude. Pronunciation: /ɹɔː/, /ɹɔː(ɹ)/, /ɹɔ/, /ɹɑ/ 1. An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such. Example: With the recent advance in London yellow crystals, however, the disproportion of the relative value of these two kinds has been considerably reduced, and a better demand for crystallized raws should consequently occur. Example: Early in the year the raws were melted to about 20 Brix in order to facilitate filtration. 2. A galled place; an inveterate sore. 3. A point about which a person is particularly sensitive. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: In a moment Tom was angry. The women saw that Bill had touched him upon the raw, and they went out of the room to prepare a meal. 4. A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed. Labels: slang 5. A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated. Labels: slang
Word: raw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz (“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rå (“raw”), Faroese ráur (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree. Doublet of crude. Pronunciation: /ɹɔː/, /ɹɔː(ɹ)/, /ɹɔ/, /ɹɑ/ 1. To sexually penetrate without a condom. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: muggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown; first known to have come into use in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., in the mid-1920s. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡl̩/, /ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/ 1. Marijuana. Labels: dated, in-plural, slang, uncountable Example: But there was a drug in New Orleans, although it took me over nine months to find out anything about it—a drug of a very different and insidious kind! [...] It looked like chopped hay, or dried clover, and was rolled up in a double brown cigarette paper. In short, a "muggles", "weed", or "mootie", cannabis indica, Indian hemp, or, to give it its Mexican name, marijuana, which translated into English just means Mary Jane! Example: The boy said he had been in the habit of smoking something which youthful friends called "muggles," a childish name for marihuana. 2. A marijuana cigarette; a joint. Labels: countable, dated, slang Example: Marijuana is a variety of hemp weed (Cannabis sativa) long common in Mexico, lately becoming common in the U. S. Its leaves can be dried, ground and rolled into cigarets, which are bootlegged under the name of "muggles," "reefers," or "Mary Warners." Thinner, shorter than standard cigarets, "muggles" are made from the small delicate leaves of the female marijuana plant. Example: “[...] Eddie, what is this cigarette? It tastes a bit like opium.” / “It’s a ‘muggles’, kid—Mex marijuana; it won’t hurt you any if you don’t inhale too deeply, but you’ll pass out if you do. [...]”
Word: muggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Muggle. The verb sense (“to deface a geocache”) derives from the fact that people interfering with such items are assumed not to be geocachers: see the noun sense 1.2.1. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡl̩/, /ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Muggle. Labels: dated, slang Example: The magical and the muggle are separated by a river, wide and deep. I could see across, but I couldn't get across, [...]. Example: As it was nearing Halloween, we were able to join a potions class where we could change liquids into myriad colours with the addition of substances like dragon spit (muggle’s lemon juice). 2. Alternative letter-case form of Muggle. Labels: broadly, dated, slang Example: Some activists might know little of this ‘exterior’, such is their facility to move between activist spaces and places without having to encounter the ever-increasingly one-dimensional world in which the ‘muggles’ live. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Muggle. Labels: broadly, dated, slang, specifically Example: Try not to let the muggles see you find a Cache. Example: Use Stealth. Commonly used in a place with a high muggle-to-geocacher ratio.
Word: muggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See Muggle. The verb sense (“to deface a geocache”) derives from the fact that people interfering with such items are assumed not to be geocachers: see the noun sense 1.2.1. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡl̩/, /ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/ 1. To deface, destroy, or remove a geocache. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: Okay, September 3. That was just last Monday—Labor Day—so the geocache had been muggled sometime during the past week. Example: Stolen or vandalized geocaches are termed "muggled" or "plundered".
Word: muggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown; attested in Berkshire, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Somersetshire, Staffordshire, the West Country, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. The word is possibly a variant of muddle. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡl̩/, /ˈmʌɡ(ə)l/ 1. Often followed by along: to live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way; to muddle along. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated, dialectal, intransitive, slang Example: And zo thay muggled along, 'till tha volks all begun to make giame on them. Example: I might have a made out to muggle along if so be Mister Jolly would a rised my wages, or the Union could a kept on taken care o' this last poor little un, till sich time as I might a married some'un to keep the childern tidy; [...]
Word: est Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”). Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”). Pronunciation: /ɛst/ 1. Grace; favour. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: est Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɛst/ 1. Abbreviation of established. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: Acme Manufacturing Inc., est 1952 Example: Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker
Word: est Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɛst/ 1. Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ex. Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter X/x. Example: Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee.
Word: ex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the fact that crossing something out often results in the shape of the letter X. Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. To delete; to cross out. 2. To extinguish the life of. Labels: slang Example: You upset cuz your friend got exed I got pissed cuz my bro got knifed
Word: ex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Standalone use of prefix ex-. Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband. Labels: colloquial Example: My friend has an ex who now lives abroad. Example: Her ex is still sending her flowers, even though she has moved on.
Word: ex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Standalone use of prefix ex-. Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. Ex-, former, previously but no longer. Labels: not-comparable 2. Ex-, former, previously but no longer. My algebra II teacher's dad is an ex PE teacher at the same school. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex (“out of, from”); originated as a telegraphic abbreviation. Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. the place the train originated from or called at prior to the present location. Labels: not-comparable Example: When between the station and the junction I was looking to the rear of the train on the near side, thinking it possible that we might receive a signal from the guard to shunt at Swindon junction to allow the 2.27 a.m. fast train ex Derby to pass, but the guard did not give any signal Example: The train was the 12.40 p.m. ex Derby on January 14th, 1914
Word: ex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of expensive. Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. expensive, dear Labels: Singapore, colloquial Example: It's too ex.
Word: ex Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛks/ 1. Clipping of exhibition. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: deciduous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dēcidō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin dēciduuslbor. English deciduous Learned borrowing from Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) + -uus. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.ʊ.əs/, /dɪˈsɪd͡ʒ.u.əs/ 1. Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the Hippoidea there is generally the full series of 44 teeth, but the first premolar is often deciduous or wanting in the lower or in both jaws. 2. Of or pertaining to trees which lose their leaves in winter or the dry season. Labels: not-comparable Example: . Compare caducous. Example: a deciduous tree 3. Transitory, ephemeral, not lasting. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: evergreen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ever + green. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/, /ˈɛvɚɡɹin/, /ˈevəɡɹiːn/ 1. Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: nondeciduous Example: ...these three little creeping vines put forth their hands with joy, and spread over rock and hillock and twisted tree-root and mouldering log, in cloaks and scarves and wreaths of tiny evergreen, glossy leaves. 2. Continually fresh or self-renewing. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, often 3. Continually fresh or self-renewing. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, often Example: Chrome and Firefox are evergreen browsers: they update automatically and version numbers are only used for internal reference. 4. Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments.
Word: evergreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ever + green. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/, /ˈɛvɚɡɹin/, /ˈevəɡɹiːn/ 1. A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally. Example: The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving Spring; […] Example: Husband and wife walked till they had reached the house they were in search of, which stood in a terrace facing the sea, and was fronted by a small garden of wind-proof and salt-proof evergreens, stone steps leading up to the porch. 2. A conifer tree. Labels: informal, specifically Example: The spruce and fir trees crowded to the track on each side to welcome us, the arbor- vitae, with its changing leaves, prompted us to make haste, and the sight of the canoe-birch gave us spirits to do so. Sometimes an evergreen just fallen lay across the track with its rich burden of cones, looking, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions. Example: Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, / Way back up in the woods among the evergreens, / There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood / Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode 3. A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time. Labels: informal
Word: evergreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ever + green. Pronunciation: /ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/, /ˈɛvɚɡɹin/, /ˈevəɡɹiːn/ 1. To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications. 2. To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid.
Word: canyon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon. Pronunciation: /ˈkænjən/, /ˈkæɲən/ 1. A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. Example: After we have crossed the Glenderamackin stream, which drains the northern slopes of Saddleback, and the latter has united with the St. John's Beck to form the Greta, however, we see ahead the miniature canyon the Greta has hollowed out for itself, and into the depth of which the train now descends. Example: Snow filled her mouth. She caromed off things she never saw, tumbling through a cluttered canyon like a steel marble falling through pins in a pachinko machine.
Word: canyon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cañón. Doublet of cannon. Pronunciation: /ˈkænjən/, /ˈkæɲən/ 1. Of water, liquid, or another substance, to flow in or into a canyon. Labels: intransitive
Word: barranca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish barranca. Pronunciation: /bəˈɹæŋkə/ 1. A steep-sided gulch or arroyo; a canyon or ravine. Example: “Well: hardly,” said the Consul, softly as before, casting a suspicious eye for his part in the other direction at some maguey growing beyond the barranca, like a battalion moving up a slope under machine-gun fire. Example: Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine
Word: doppelgänger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of doppelganger. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Robin’s doppelgänger looked Robin up and down for a moment, then seemed to come to a decision. Example: It just speaks to these unlikely bedfellows — like my doppelgänger and Steve Bannon. It’s kind of an alternative to the horseshoe theory, I suppose, because the horseshoe theory sort of assumes that it’s the far left and far right.
Word: doppelganger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Doppelgänger (“ghostly spirit”, literally “double-walker”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒp(ə)lˌɡɛŋə/, /-ˌɡæŋə/, /ˈdɑp(ə)lˌɡɛŋəɹ/, /-ˌɡæŋəɹ/ 1. A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person. Example: "An orderly let out the news that you are here," she said. "But don't worry. We've sent out a doppelganger to fool the Sons, and the orderly has been sentenced to slavery under the pyramid builder for twenty lifetimes. I hate my brother! How dare he fight us with the sky falling?" Example: The uncanniness provoked by doppelgangers is particularly acute because the thing that becomes unfamiliar is you. 2. An evil twin. Example: I've got a pervert doppelganger / He came from over the sea / He hangs around doing sexual crimes / And the blame is getting pinned on me 3. A remarkably similar double. Example: Stars in Their Eyes ran for 16 years from 1990, and had the "wow" factor moment of transforming a pub singer into their idol, as the contestant said the famous words: "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be…" and then stepped out from a puff of dry ice as their musical doppelganger. Example: He had come tantalisingly close to his doppelganger on Thursday night when a beautiful burgundy boat cruised past him. “He saw me and I waved and he gave me a thumbs-up,” said Halicilar. “I was so happy. I cried.” 4. A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.
Word: poltergeist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Poltergeist, from poltern (“to rumble”) + Geist (“ghost”), cognates with English boulder and ghost, respectively. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊl.tɚˌɡaɪst/, /ˈpɒl.tə.ɡaɪst/, /ˈpəʊl.təˌɡaɪst/ 1. An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about. Example: A poltergeist haunts the house by moving objects around, making chain-rattling noises and throwing things. Example: The chapel is haunted by a demonic poltergeist.
Word: ghost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, gǣst (“breath, spirit, soul, ghost”) (compare modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysdos, from *ǵʰéysd- (“anger, agitation”). The h in the spelling appears in the Prologue to William Caxton’s Royal Book, printed in 1484, in a reference to the “Holy Ghoost”. It was likely influenced by Middle Dutch gheest, a common variant of geest. Both Caxton and his assistant Wynkyn de Worde had connections to the Low Countries. Doublet of geist. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. The verb gained prominence in the 2010s. cognates * Danish gast (“ghost”), gejst (“enthusiasm”) * Dutch geest (“ghost, spirit”) * German Geist (“ghost, spirit”) * Luxembourgish Geescht (“ghost, spirit, spectre, phantom”) * Saterland Frisian Gäist, Jeest (“ghost, spirit”) * Scots gaist, ghaist (“ghost”) * Swedish gast (“ghost”) * Vilamovian gȧjst (“ghost, spirit”) * West Frisian geast (“ghost, spirit”) * Yiddish גײַסט (gayst, “ghost, spirit”) * Yola gaast (“ghost”) Pronunciation: /ɡəʊst/, /ɡoʊst/, /ɡɐʉst/, /ɡʱoːsʈ/, /ɡoːsʈ/ 1. In the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Thug held up a middle finger. "A'ight y'all. I'm ghost." Example: But I don't see no competition in the game and I'm pissing on it If it ain't about the family, then I'm ghost and that's a promise
Word: Geist Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Geist. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Christendom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cristendom, cristendome, from Old English cristendōm, equivalent to Christen + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪsn̩dəm/ 1. The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Example: The result is contained in the fact of a wide and still widening Christendom. 2. The state of being a (devout) Christian; Christian belief or faith. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: By my Chriſtendome, So I were out of priſon, and kept Sheepe, I ſhould be as merry as the day is long. Example: […]and yet cannot be denied that ſo it ought to be, by any man that would not have his Chriſtendome ſuſpected. 3. The name received at baptism; any name or appellation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […]but for an Author to renounce his Chriſtendome to write in his owne commendation, to refuſe the name which his Godfathers and Godmothers gaue him in his baptiſme , and call himſelfe a wellwiller to both the writers[…] Example: His faith, his ſweet diſaſter: with a world Of pretty fond adoptious chriſtendomes That blinking Cupid goſſips.
Word: puritan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Puritan. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.tən/, /ˈpjɔː-/, /ˈpjʊ.ɹɪ.tən/, /ˈpjɜ-/ 1. A puritanical person. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: These new puritans have turned out to be surprisingly unskilled and inexperienced - very different from my generation who invented wife-swapping, orgies and free love in the late Sixties and early Seventies.
Word: puritan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See Puritan. Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.tən/, /ˈpjɔː-/, /ˈpjʊ.ɹɪ.tən/, /ˈpjɜ-/ 1. Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic. Labels: derogatory, usually Example: A pietistic protestantism, rigid, self-righteous, unintellectual, obsessed with puritan morality to the point where hypocrisy was its automatic companion, dominated this desolate epoch.
Word: pretext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːtɛkst/ 1. A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense. Example: The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint. Example: [T]hey would ſay [...] that I had quarrell'd / My brother purpoſely, thereby to finde / An apt pretext, to baniſh them my houſe.
Word: pretext Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin praetextum (“an ornament, etc., wrought in front, a pretense”), neuter of praetextus, past participle of praetexere (“to weave before, fringe or border, allege”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːtɛkst/ 1. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else. Example: The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods. Example: […] the something in the air of these establishments; the vibration of the vast, strange life of the town; the influence of the types, the performers, concocting their messages; the little prompt Paris women arranging, pretexting goodness knew what, driving the dreadful needle-pointed public pen at the dreadful sand-strewn public table[…]
Word: subtext Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text English subtext From sub- + text. 1. An implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Everyone heard the announcement, but not everyone agrees on what the subtext was. Example: The word dick has meant penis since the 1890s, but Chester Gould’s private detective “Dick Tracy” has no puerile subtext related to this word.
Word: subtext Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text English subtext From sub- + text. 1. To create or use a subtext. Example: All the participants used subtexting as an important viewing strategy of mainstream films. We are always looking for innuendoes and cues either with certain individual characters or between female characters. Example: Subtexting is the technique that every author needs to know in order to create dialogue that is rich in meaning while sounding natural, for in real life, this is the way people often converse.
Word: wicked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wicked, wikked, an alteration of Middle English wicke, wikke (“morally perverse, evil, wicked”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an adjectival use of Old English wiċċa (“wizard, sorcerer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“necromancer, sorcerer”), though the phonology makes this theory difficult to explain. Alternatively, perhaps related to English wicker, Old Norse víkja (“to bend to, yield, turn, move”), Swedish vika (“to bend, fold, give way to”), English weak. The "excellent, awesome" sense is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of "evil, mischievous". Compare similar semantic development in terrific and sick. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk.ɪd/, /ˈwək.əd/ 1. Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. Example: Genuine cowards follow wicked people and cannot reliably sustain any virtue. Example: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon. 2. Harsh; severe. Example: wicked wind 3. Excellent; awesome; masterful; exceptional. Labels: slang Example: That was a wicked guitar solo, bro! Example: The Artemis II astronauts sent back descriptions of the total solar eclipse they viewed from space to NASA's Mission Control. "It’s truly hard to describe. It is amazing," pilot Victor Glover said. Glover said that the Orion spacecraft was made as dark as possible due to every bit of light in the cabin affecting the view. "It’s a wicked view," he said of the darkened moon with deep space behind it.
Word: wicked Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English wicked, wikked, an alteration of Middle English wicke, wikke (“morally perverse, evil, wicked”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an adjectival use of Old English wiċċa (“wizard, sorcerer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“necromancer, sorcerer”), though the phonology makes this theory difficult to explain. Alternatively, perhaps related to English wicker, Old Norse víkja (“to bend to, yield, turn, move”), Swedish vika (“to bend, fold, give way to”), English weak. The "excellent, awesome" sense is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of "evil, mischievous". Compare similar semantic development in terrific and sick. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk.ɪd/, /ˈwək.əd/ 1. To a superlative extent, very, extremely Labels: Boston, Scotland, archaic, especially, not-comparable, slang Example: I didn't really wanna go see On Golden Pond with the fam, but my mom made me go, and I must say that in retrospect it was a wicked expressive film, with a lot of significant meaning. Example: The band we went to see the other night was pissah, and they were wicked loud!
Word: wicked Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wicked, wikked, an alteration of Middle English wicke, wikke (“morally perverse, evil, wicked”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an adjectival use of Old English wiċċa (“wizard, sorcerer”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“necromancer, sorcerer”), though the phonology makes this theory difficult to explain. Alternatively, perhaps related to English wicker, Old Norse víkja (“to bend to, yield, turn, move”), Swedish vika (“to bend, fold, give way to”), English weak. The "excellent, awesome" sense is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of "evil, mischievous". Compare similar semantic development in terrific and sick. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk.ɪd/, /ˈwək.əd/ 1. Wicked (evil) people collectively. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: And goodness knows the wicked's lives are lonely / Goodness knows the wicked die alone
Word: wicked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See wick. Pronunciation: /wɪkt/, /wəkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of wick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wicked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See wick. Pronunciation: /wɪkt/, /wəkt/ 1. Having a wick. Labels: not-comparable Example: a two-wicked lamp Example: Up went Moggy, with her thick-wicked kitchen candle, to seek repose; […]
Word: wicked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See wick. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkɪd/ 1. Active; brisk. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete 2. Infested with maggots. Labels: UK, Yorkshire, dialectal 3. Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nasty, nasti, naxty, naxte (“unclean, filthy”), whence also Early Modern English nasky (“nasty”), of obscure origin. Probably from earlier Middle English *naskty, *naskedy, from Middle English *nasked (“dirty, messy”) + -y, ultimately of North Germanic origin (comparable to Danish nasket (“dirty, foul, unpleasant”), Swedish naskot (“dirty, filthy”), Swedish naskig, naskug (“nasty, dirty, messy”)), themselves all probably related to Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“tender, soft”). Likely doublet of nesh and nosh. Cognate with Scots nastie, nestie (“dirty, filthy”). Alternative theories have also been proposed, which include: * From Low German nask (“nasty”) + -y. * Middle Dutch nestich, nistich ("nasty, dirty, unpleasant" > Modern Dutch nestig (“dirty, filthy, unclean; lazy, cranky”)), perhaps ultimately connected to the Scandinavian word above, or related to *nest (“nest”). * From Old French nastre (“lowly, strange”), shortened form of villenastre (“infamous, bad”), from vilein (“villain”) + -astre (pejorative suffix), from Latin -aster. * Other suggestions include Old High German naz (“wet”), hardening of English nesh(y) (“soft”), or alteration of English naughty. * Modern use of the word is sometimes attributed to the popular and often derogatory 19th century American political cartoons of Thomas Nast, but the word predates him. Pronunciation: /ˈnaː.sti/, /ˈnɑː.sti/, /ˈnæs.ti/ 1. Something nasty. Labels: informal Example: Processed foods are full of aspartame and other nasties. Example: This video game involves flying through a maze zapping various nasties. 2. Sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic, slang 3. A video nasty. Example: In this way, it is hoped that the nasties will be dealt with, and the remainder regularized. Example: Jones evokes the nasties discursively to brand the Splat Pack as 'authentic outlaws'.
Word: horrid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Italic *horzēō Latin horreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin horridusbor. English horrid Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/, /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/, /ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/ 1. Bristling, rough, rugged. Labels: archaic Example: His haughtie Helmet, horrid all with gold, // Both glorious brightnesse and great terror bredd. Example: Yea there, where very Desolation dwells, / By grots and caverns shagg'd with horrid shades, / She may pass on with unblench'd majesty, / Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. 2. Causing horror or dread. Example: Not in the legions / Of horrid hell, can come a devil more damned / In evils, to top Macbeth. Example: Give colour to my pale cheek with thy blood, / that we the horrider may seem to those / Which chance to find us; 3. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable. Example: horrid weather Example: The other girls in class are always horrid to Jane.
Word: horrid Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Italic *horzēō Latin horreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin horridusbor. English horrid Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒ.ɹɪd/, /ˈhɔ.ɹɪd/, /ˈhɑ.ɹɪd/ 1. Terribly; horridly; to an extreme extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Beg y’ pardon, sir,” said a voice at the tent door; “but Dormer’s ’orrid bad, sir, an’ they’ve taken him orf, sir.”
Word: torrid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *torséyeti Proto-Italic *torzeō Latin torreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torridus English torrid From Latin torridus, from torreō (“parch, scorch”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɒɹɪd/, /ˈtɔɹɪd/, /ˈtɑɹɪd/ 1. Very hot and dry. 2. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate. Example: a torrid love scene in a film or novel Example: It was left to the famed Greek philosopher, Plato, writing some two hundred years later, to bring out the torrid details of these kinky islanders. 3. Full of difficulty. Labels: UK Example: Tomás O'Leary had a torrid time behind the forwards, fumbling on the floor, hesitant with his kicks. 4. [of a streak, form, etc.] Good; impressive; hot. Labels: US Example: But thanks to a torrid stretch that started in mid-June, the Yankees have regained first place in the A.L. East and built the largest division lead — nine games ahead of the second-place Tampa Bay Rays — in the league.