nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: microdiscectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + discectomy. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪ.kɹoʊ.dɪskˈɛk.tə.mi/, /ˌmaɪ.kɹəʊ.dɪskˈɛk.tə.mi/ 1. microdecompression Example: Richardson had a microdiscectomy to repair a herniated disk, which bothered him for most of last season.
Word: microdiscectomies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪkɹəʊdɪskˈɛktəmiz/ 1. plural of microdiscectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mysticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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 mysticist From mystic + -ist. 1. One who is involved in mysticism. Example: Directed by the Midwestern mysticist Michael Polish (“Twin Falls, Idaho”).
Word: mysticist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der. Latin mysticus Old French mistiqueder. English mystic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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 mysticist From mystic + -ist. 1. Relating to mysticism Labels: not-comparable
Word: mysticists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mysticist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæmatophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete typography of haematophobia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: haematophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haemato- + -phobia. 1. Fear of blood. Labels: uncountable
Word: hematophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of haematophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Some sufferers of hematophobia experience a typical phobic reaction characterized by an increase in blood pressure and heart rate. Example: Hemophobia (also called hematophobia) is the fear of blood, wounds, and injuries.
Word: hæmatophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hæmat- + -o- + -phagous. 1. Obsolete spelling of hematophagous. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: In these hæmatophagous females the nectar of flowers may be considered as a supplementary food which prevents starvation when blood is not available.
Word: ⠐⠱ Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠱ wh 1. where
Word: ⠐⠳ Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠳ ou 1. ought
Word: ⠐⠹ Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠹ th 1. through
Word: ⠐⠺ Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠺ w 1. work
Word: hemicube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + cube. 1. An abstract regular polyhedron containing half the faces of a cube.
Word: unplayful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + playful. 1. Not playful.
Word: hemicubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemicube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemicraniectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemicraniectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: healsfang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English healsfang (“fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments”, literally “neck-taking", or "taking by the neck”), equivalent to halse + fang. Cognate with Icelandic hálsfang (“embracing”). 1. In Anglo-Saxon law, a fine or mulct of uncertain character. Labels: historical
Word: healsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Anglicised variant of Scots hailsome, equivalent to heal + -some. 1. Wholesome; healthful. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: jolly-hockey-sticks Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a catchphrase introduced in a BBC radio comedy programme, Educating Archie (1950)http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-jol1.htm. 1. Wholesomely athletic and enthusiastic, in a manner stereotypically associated with traditional British public schools for girls. Labels: UK Example: Polly couldn't abide Pat Walsh's bossy, jolly hockey-sticks manner and her curious predilection for calling absolutely everyone "babe." Example: We had to march along behind one of our mistresses — they were all very jolly hockey-sticks. March to church and then a lockstep turn about the park, everyone staring at us, knowing where we were from.
Word: locksteps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lockstep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jollyboat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jolly boat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jolly boat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A type of ship's boat of the 17th to 19th centuries, used mainly to ferry personnel to and from the ship. Example: Boats for Ships. A Jolly-boat. A Long-boat. A Skiffe. A Pinnace. A Water-boat. A Yaul. Example: [H]e went down the ship's side […] and, seating himself in the stern sheets of the jolly-boat, took the helm, pushed off, and four young lads rowed him ashore.
Word: jollyboats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jollyboat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jolly boats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jolly boat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jolly along Part of Speech: verb 1. To keep (someone) happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.
Word: unplayfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unplayful + -ly. 1. In an unplayful manner.
Word: unplayfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unplayful + -ness. 1. The quality of being unplayful. Labels: uncountable
Word: Pollyannaism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pollyanna + -ism. 1. Persistent irrational optimism. Labels: uncountable Example: […] some good guys at the Secretariat decided that 1975 should be International Women’s Year. ¶ It is typical of the special brand of United Nations Pollyannaism that they did so regardless of the fact that Secretariat hiring policies are grossly discriminatory. Example: I realize one self-evaluation is as true as another and that my mother’s relentless Pollyannism was a less melancholy and more efficient way of muddling through than my gloom or my sister’s saturnine honesty.
Word: FDICIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: keys of the kingdom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of keys to the kingdom. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: "I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven." Example: The malcontents intrigued with Holland in 1666, and schemed to capture the three Keys of the Kingdom—the castles of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Edinburgh.
Word: keyservers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keyserver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muraled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mural + -ed. 1. Decorated with a mural. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muraled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mural + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of mural Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: muralled Part of Speech: adj 1. Decorated with a mural. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muralled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mural Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: those who will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Apparently originated in a song. 1. One should take immediate advantage of an opportunity that may not be available later. Labels: archaic
Word: craniodental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n- Proto-Hellenic *kárahə Ancient Greek *κρᾱν- (*krān-) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on) Ancient Greek κρᾱνῐ́ον (krānĭ́on)bor. Medieval Latin crāniumlbor. English cranio- Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental English craniodental From cranio- + dental. 1. Of or pertaining to the cranium and teeth. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prædictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prædiction Labels: form-of, plural Example: Thus in a book ascribed to Justin Martyr, containing a number of Quæstions with answers to them, for the use of the Orthodox, one of the questions is this; “if all the arts of delusion are abolished by the coming of Christ, how comes it to pass, that Dæmons still speak by those who are called Ventriloquists, and that they do not make Christianity ridiculous and contemptible, by shewing forth the works of imposture and uttering oracular prædictions in the bodies of Christians?”
Word: prædiction Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of prediction. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cyberelite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + elite. 1. An elite in the world of computers or in cyberspace. Example: The cyberelite made up of individuals such as Bill Gates, Mitch Kapor, and Esther Dyson emerged from a computer culture in the 1970s and 1980s that denigrated the government's role in the information age as that of an Orwellian big brother. Example: We are often reminded that while members of a largely Western, male, and affluent cyberelite "amuse themselves in cyberspace, half the human race has never made a telephone call" (Tele-Haves and Have-Nots 1996).
Word: cyberelites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyberelite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: portside Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From port + -side. 1. On the port (left) side of a ship. Labels: not-comparable Example: All was quiet for several minutes until the fog broke and a large oak tree passed outside my portside window. Example: The portside lounge in shades of tan and yellow seated sixty-six passengers while a TV Lounge on the starboard side could accommodate forty-eight passengers in a predominantly blue space.
Word: portside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From port + -side. 1. An area alongside a port. 2. The port (left) side of a boat. Example: The net is taken in by repeatedly strapping off lengths of the net that are hauled forward alternately from the portside and starboardside; the pile of netting in the foreground is made from successive bights of the net resulting from this procedure. Example: It is obvious that the reasonable principles do not require a merchant ship to bear a green light at her starboardside and a red light at her portside, but if each State were to regulate the colour and the place of the lights with unlimited sovereignty, and without regard for the uniformity, the regulation would be a danger instead of a measure of precaution.
Word: portside Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From port + -side. 1. Toward or on the port side. Example: Ship was to dock portside to at pier 1 but ended up starboardside as docking became seriously complicated
Word: portsides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of portside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi सरोद (sarod). 1. A fretless string instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. Example: More surprising are segments showing Mr. Bream and friends starting an evening at a pub and then repairing to his home to play jazz, and a 1962 improvisation with the sarod player Ali Akbar Khan in which Mr. Bream picks up Mr. Khan’s themes with an effortlessness and a fluency that say a lot about his musicianship.
Word: sarods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centerman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From center + -man. 1. Alternative form of centreman. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “I think everyone hoped Mikey Nylander’s situation would work itself out, but when it didn’t, we needed two centermen and we got the two guys everyone else wanted.”
Word: centermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of centerman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterinvestigation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + investigation. 1. An investigation launched in response to another investigation. Example: But Mr. Spitzer continued to be pressed on questions related to Mr. Bruno’s travels with state troopers, which the governor’s aides last week asked the state attorney general and Albany district attorney to investigate. Mr. Bruno has accused the governor of having the state police monitor his travel schedule in an effort to uncover politically damaging information, and has called for a counterinvestigation of the Spitzer administration.
Word: magrets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterinvestigations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterinvestigation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of megillah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “There are a lot of investors who aren’t willing to go for the whole megilla who could go in for a slice,” Mr. Yount said.
Word: megillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: proplaintiff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + plaintiff. 1. In favour of the plaintiff in a legal case. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are hoping for a proplaintiff verdict.
Word: prodefendant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + defendant. 1. In favour of the defendant in a legal case. Labels: not-comparable Example: We are hoping for a prodefendant verdict.
Word: nonverdict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + verdict. 1. Failure to reach a verdict in a legal case. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ronald Safer, a lawyer for Mr. Kipnis, argued that the jury should be allowed to return whatever verdict it had reached, even if, in this case, it was a nonverdict.
Word: nonverdicts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonverdict Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonveridically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonveridical + -ly. 1. In a manner that is not veridical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonvertically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonvertical + -ly. 1. In an orientation that is not vertical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonhorizontally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nonhorizontal + -ly. 1. In an orientation that is not horizontal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plumcot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of plum + apricot. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌm.kɒt/, /ˈplʌm.kɑt/ 1. A hybrid fruit of a plum and a apricot. Example: These fruits are in season now, along with the plumcot, 50 percent plum and 50 percent apricot, which has been sold on a limited basis until now. Example: He also sent us specimens of what he calls the "plumcot" — a cross between the plum and the apricot.
Word: plumcots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plumcot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mural + -ism. 1. An art movement involving murals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: With its pumped-up colors, a focus on everyday lives made heroic and its status as an essentially public artwork, “Departures” strongly suggests a new twist on the Los Angeles muralism of the 1970s, a movement born from the Chicano civil rights movement when Mexican-American artists like Judy Baca, David Rivas Botello and Willie Herrón adapted the Mexican muralist tradition for their own time.
Word: muralistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mural + -istic. 1. Exhibiting or suggesting muralism.
Word: peacetimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peacetime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reinstruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + instruct. 1. To instruct again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: The judge told the lawyers that the jury had been attentive in the trial, and added: “I do think there is some benefit to bringing the jury back into the courtroom and reinstructing them.”
Word: reinstructed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reinstruct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reinstructs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reinstruct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reinstructing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reinstruct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: geodimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a brand name, from geodetic distance meter. 1. An instrument measuring the distance between two points by means of a laser.
Word: antivice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + vice. 1. Opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour). Example: The Red Mosque enjoyed decades of government backing but lately had become a source of embarrassment for General Musharraf as its leaders used their students to carry out Taliban-style antivice campaigns. Mr. Haq told the privately owned Geo television network on Tuesday night that it had become a sanctuary for militants from other parts of the country.
Word: antiviolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + violent. 1. Acting against or opposing violence.
Word: proviolence Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + violence. 1. In favour of violence.
Word: proviolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + violent. 1. In favour of violence.
Word: geodimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geodimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cimicifuga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any member of the former genus Cimicifuga, now Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, of flowering plants: bugbane or cohosh. Example: You can also have a long bloom season by including fall-flowering plants like chrysanthemums, anemones, cimicifugas, fall-blooming crocuses and false crocuses (colchicums).
Word: cimicifugas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cimicifuga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colchicums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colchicum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guaranine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guaran(a) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɑːɹəniːn/ 1. Caffeine extracted from guarana. Labels: uncountable Example: V-tonic Bath Spheres by Fresh contains a cola-nut extract that the company promises will energize the skin, and Kiss My Face’s Wake Up toothpaste has guaranine, a form of caffeine found in guarana seeds.
Word: RBAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of role-based access control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: jumbotron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Sony's JumboTron, introduced in the 1980s and retired in 2001. From jumbo + -tron. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌm.bəʊˌtɹɒn/, /ˈd͡ʒʌm.boʊˌtɹɑn/ 1. A very large video screen, typically used in a stadium or concert venue to show close-up shots. Example: This aesthetic included covering the buildings facing the urban square 'with coloured lights, jumbotrons, and flashing advertising images.' Example: “To go from seeing him on a jumbotron to touching his shoulder pad, how many people can say that?” said Ms. Jackson, a 29-year-old mother and baby-T-shirt designer.
Word: meshugeneh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mashugana. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He became a self-described meshugeneh, Yiddish for “crazy person,” fascinated with all things Jewish.
Word: meshugenehs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meshugeneh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jumbotrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jumbotron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midrun Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mid- + run. 1. During a run. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you're a salty sweater and prone to cramps, eating a salty snack before your run and ingesting salt midrun can help. Example: “Sometimes my chest aches” midrun, she said.
Word: pepperminty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peppermint + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of peppermint. Example: It looks like any other clear glycerin soap and acts like it, too, except that it smells very pepperminty and left my skin smelling sort of sharp.
Word: præparation Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of preparation. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: reblooming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebloom Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebloomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rebloom + -er. 1. A flower that blooms more than once in a year. Example: A. There are almost as many places as plants, but most rebloomers are not cut back flower by flower.
Word: rebloomed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebloom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reblooms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebloom Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebloomers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rebloomer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beachcast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beach + cast. 1. Cast up onto a beach. Labels: not-comparable Example: beachcast fish
Word: surfcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From surf + cast. 1. To fish by casting into the surf near the shoreline. Labels: intransitive Example: "From the beach? You surfcasted?” She sighed. “You think I can't surfcast because I'm a crip? For your information, I've hauled in 50-pound stripers from my wheelchair!”
Word: surfcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From surf + cast. 1. An instance of surfcasting. Example: Night fishing is the best time to fish here, and you'll see lots of surfcasts tossing Danny Plugs.
Word: surfcasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of surfcast Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: surfcasting Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of fishing by casting a line into the sea from the shore. Labels: uncountable Example: Instead of doing some surfcasting with a small rod and reel, he continued to lie in the warm sun. Example: More than anything, it sets the tone of motivation for the upcoming year, to prove to yourself you won't let anything get in the way of you and your surfcasting.
Word: griefwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grief + work. 1. Counseling intended to help somebody overcome grief. Labels: uncountable
Word: postpatriarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + patriarchal. 1. After patriarchy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: headly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hedly, havedlich, from Old English hēafodlīċ (“at the top, principal, capital, deadly”), equivalent to head + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian haadlik, Dutch hoofdelijk, Middle Low German hö̂vetlī̂k, Middle High German houbetlich (archaic German hauptlich). Piecewise doublet of chefly and chiefly. 1. Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly. Labels: archaic Example: O'er blows the filthy and contagious clouds / Of headly murther, spoil, and villainy. 2. Heady; violent; impetuous. Labels: archaic
Word: electronic sport Part of Speech: noun 1. The competitive playing of video games as a sport. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: electronic sports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electronic sport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extremitys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extremity (alternative spelling of extremities). Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural Example: The Fort on the Mount St. Catherine after a Month's Siege was reduc'd to ſuch Extremitys, that they who defended it were forc'd to treat about a Surrender: and Aug. 29. 'twas agreed between the Engliſh Commiſſioners, Edward Earl of Mortaigne, Thomas Earl of Salisbury, and Fitz-Hugh, and the French Commiſſioners, the Sieur Nobles Lieutenant of Guy de Bouteil, which the Sieurs De Buſſon and de Graville, in the Name of the Gariſon, that they would deliver up the Abby and Fortreſs of St. Catherine on the Thurſday following, on condition of having only their Lives ſpar'd.
Word: superstrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of superstrate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: ...the fabrick of them consists in several membranes superstrated one over another...
Word: headwark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heedwarke, hedewarke, from Old English hēafodwærc (“pain in the head, headache”), equivalent to head + wark. Cognate with Danish hovedvark (“headache”), Swedish huvudvärk (“headache”), Icelandic höfuðverkur (“headache”). 1. A headache.
Word: ostreaphile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ostrea (“oyster”), + -phile. 1. An lover or aficionado of oysters as food.
Word: linkt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of link Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: To whom our knight, by fast instinct / Of wit and temper, was so linkt,
Word: hyperphysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + physical. 1. Supernatural, beyond the physical realm, immaterial, metaphysical Example: Yet what becomes quickly discernible is that violence and hyperphysical activity often result in the same kinds of address as the hypercomplex frames of meta-reference. 2. Highly stimulating, offering intense or abundant visual, tactile, or other physical stimulation. Labels: often Example: In the post-pandemic present, the key to success is undoubtedly the "hyperphysical" shops, the macro trend, identified by The Future Laboratory and reported by Vogue Business, which describes retail spaces so spectacular that visiting them is an emotional experience. From Balenciaga's pink fur-clad pop-ups to Jacquemus' bag vending machines: at a time when many consumers have yet to abandon e-commerce as their preferred mode of purchase, hyperphysical retailing is catalysing the attention of younger consumers. Example: Additionally, the store can lead to an immersive brand activation environment, with the digital and physical environment converging more and more. Some of this discussion involves concepts such as hyperphysical stores (where the tangible aspects are highly visible and sensorial) and other leans more toward the ‘store of the future’, with increased technology integration.
Word: IAMMS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: walk off with Part of Speech: verb 1. To steal, especially by surreptitiously removing an unguarded item. Labels: idiomatic Example: While Mike Donovan was engaged in his contest with Paul, his companion had quietly walked off with the shirt. Example: I went looking for Red Denny, the head canvas-man, who had walked off with my pocket-knife. 2. To win, as in a contest and especially without significant effort. Labels: idiomatic Example: Last week in Cleveland, Harry Hopman's Aussies walked off with tennis' top trophy, the Davis Cup. 3. To make the strongest favorable impression in a theatrical or similar performance, in comparison to other performers. Labels: idiomatic Example: But kindliness does not prevent elegant Actor Woolley from walking off with the picture against the trying competition of six scene-stealing children. Example: But in "La Cenerentola," Rossini's version of the fairy tale, which returned to the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday night, Juan Diego Flórez, the 29-year-old Peruvian tenor, walked off with the show.
Word: whole kit and kaboodle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kit and caboodle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bellywark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From belly + wark (“pain”). 1. A pain in the stomach; bellyache; colic; gripe. Labels: Midlands, Northern-England, countable, uncountable Example: "Nay, nay," replied Charley, "I'm noen soea weel this morning, I've had th' bellywark vary bad, an' I'm feared it 'ell start again if I knock abaet, I'd rather ne quiet." Example: wish I could eat the darn stuff - gives me bellywarks !! 2. A shot in marbles made with the taw held against the belly. Labels: Yorkshire, countable, uncountable
Word: belly-wark Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bellywark. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Sick of the idle crick, and the belly-wark in the heel.
Word: swipeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swipe + -able. 1. Capable of being swiped. Example: The new public transport card is swipeable at local train and bus stations.
Word: headling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hedling, hevedling, from Old English hēafodling (“an equal, fellow-servant”), equivalent to head + -ling. Cognate with German Häuptling (“chief, chieftain”). Piecewise doublet of chefling and chiefling. 1. An equal; a fellow; mate. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. A chieftain. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: headling Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), equivalent to head + -ling. Cognate with Scots heidlingis (“headlong”), Middle High German houbetlingen (“headlong”). 1. Headlong; precipitately. Labels: not-comparable
Word: partable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From part + -able. 1. Capable of being parted.
Word: WCF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Windows Communication Foundation, a runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework used to build connected, service-oriented applications. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of World Cat Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WCF Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of women and children first (“a social norm in rescuing people from shipwrecks”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WCF Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of weak coin flip. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: muteable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mute + -able. 1. Capable of being muted.
Word: headish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From head + -ish. 1. Headstrong. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. Testy. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. Flighty. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: RIAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RIA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ISAPI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Server Application Programming Interface. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: games of gotcha Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of game of gotcha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gianduia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gianduja. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: down the track Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Further along, in terms of time or progress. Labels: idiomatic Example: I would like to support your proposal, but I can't guarantee how I'll feel down the track.
Word: nicky-tam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knickerbockers (due to the shape that the trouser legs adopt) + taum (a cord). 1. A pair of straps or pieces of string tied around the leg below the knee to raise trousers above the level of farmyard dirt. Example: Use for ditching. Example: A Pair of Nicky-Tams Folk song. 2. The same to prevent the ingress of dust and vermin up the trouser leg. Example: Keeping rats out. 3. A simpleton or country yokel. Labels: broadly Example: Interview with Sir Nicky Tam in the Aberdeen Voice. Example: See also "A Pair of Nicky-Tams".
Word: midways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midway Labels: form-of, plural 2. midway briefs. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: skip town Part of Speech: verb 1. To abscond from one's place of residence suddenly, without warning. Labels: informal Example: The suspect skipped town when he found out the police were going to raid his apartment. Example: We have just seen a feckless House of Representatives pass a ludicrous impeachment of a Cabinet secretary by one vote—and then skip town while avoiding a vote on aid to Ukraine.
Word: nicky-tams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nicky-tam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prepatriarchal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + patriarchal. 1. Before patriarchy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: countersurge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + surge. 1. A surge opposing an earlier surge. Example: Across the centuries the fortunes of the two religions have risen and fallen in a sequence of momentous surges, pauses, and countersurges. Example: With the Shiite militias having taken a lower profile since the troop increase began, and with Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia embarking on its own sort of countersurge, a main focus of the American military operation is to deprive the group of its strongholds in the areas surrounding Baghdad — and thus curtail its ability to carry out spectacular casualty-inducing attacks in the Iraqi capital.
Word: countersurges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countersurge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decadeslong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From decades + -long. 1. Lasting for decades. Labels: not-comparable Example: From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified.
Word: heartstopper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heart + stopper. 1. Something highly exciting. Labels: informal Example: One, “I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You,” was a heartstopper in the film “Garden State.”
Word: heartstoppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heartstopper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inveterately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inveterate + -ly. 1. For a long time. Example: In this case, I was driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress. Example: The result was a succès de scandale that touched a raw feminist nerve, threw inveterately sleazy art-world politics into relief, and caused permanent editorial rifts at Artforum itself.
Word: miniretrospective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + retrospective. 1. A small retrospective of an artist's work. Example: This cheerful miniretrospective of his die-cut vinyl decals (the gallery’s four walls are covered with them, floor to ceiling) updates Op Art aesthetics in a way that seems in step with the art world’s current cash-and-carry moment.
Word: nonactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonpress Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + press. 1. Not of or pertaining to the press (journalism or publishing industry). Labels: not-comparable Example: Still, there are a lot of press at a nonpress event, and it all takes place in Sun Valley, the kind of toy town where wealth is part of the civic culture.
Word: tweakings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tweaking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: semisubmerged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + submerged. 1. Partially submerged. Labels: not-comparable Example: All I could see was a three-ringed ripple, and beyond that, the semisubmerged silhouette of a fellow student.
Word: conspirings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conspiring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contradancing Part of Speech: noun 1. contra dance Labels: uncountable Example: Though the pastime’s popularity has declined since 1976, when the National Square Dance Convention in Anaheim, Calif., drew a record crowd of 40,000, today New York — like Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and dozens of other American cities — supports a modest but resilient square-dancing and contradancing scene.
Word: corporatocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corporate + -o- + -cracy. 1. Rule by corporations. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He spent most of the 1970s and ’80s helping the evil corporatocracy that runs the Secret American Empire establish suzerainty over the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America and Africa. Example: This chapter examines the politics of America's corporatocracy, a political system in which powerful corporate interest groups dominate the policy agenda. We can see how the corporatocracy arose as the confluence of four big trends.
Word: corporatocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corporatocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filmworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From film + -worthy. 1. Deserving of being filmed. Example: Still, it is perhaps the most filmworthy stage musical in decades, combining great characters, a strong story and a flawless pop Broadway score.
Word: fingery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From finger + -y. 1. Resembling fingers in shape. Example: They are swimming toward some kind of undersea plant (a sea anemone?), itself surrounded by watermelon-size amoeba shapes with long, fingery edges. 2. Requiring the use of fingers to climb.
Word: intermountain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + mountain. 1. Between mountains. Labels: not-comparable Example: To the Editor: The cover photography for “The Last Wilderness ” contains an S.U.V. As a graduate of the University of Montana, I fully understand the reality of travel in the intermountain West.
Word: microbank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + bank. 1. A bank that offers microfinance. Example: Our nonprofit institute is developing a microfinance model in which the microbank makes an equity investment (not a loan) and shares in the profit or loss of the microbusiness.
Word: microbanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microbank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midengined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mid- + engined. 1. Having the engine between the rear and front axles (in a motor vehicle). Labels: not-comparable Example: “Our model was the styling cues that midengined cars have.
Word: squirrel grip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun on two senses of nuts: the food hoarded by a squirrel, and testicles. 1. A grip on another player's testicles; an illegal rugby tackle involving such a grip. Labels: Australia, colloquial, figuratively, often Example: Their breakaway, Philippe Chamayou, had been grabbing our lineout jumpers in the squirrel grip all match long, while ensuring we couldn't return service by wearing a cricket protector For the uneducated a squirrel grip is where an opponent grabs a player by the testicles, the most vile act in the game after eye gouging. Example: 'Wootton tells me you put the squirrel grip on one of his commissioners, Jack,' Harry said.
Word: nonconstricting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constricting English nonconstricting From non- + constricting. 1. That does not constrict. Labels: not-comparable Example: The baby dress, balloon, the trapeze and the tent all have one thing in common: a looseness that allows for the circulation of air between cloth and body, nonconstricting comfort for hot, humid summer days.
Word: squirrel grips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squirrel grip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outcampaign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + campaign. 1. To campaign better than (as for a political position). Labels: transitive Example: “But I can outcampaign these guys, and I will, and I can, and we’re going to be doing just fine both here and Iowa and in South Carolina, and I have every confidence.”
Word: outcampaigning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outcampaign Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outcampaigned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outcampaign Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overaggressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English overaggressive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English overaggressiveness From overaggressive + -ness. 1. Excessive aggression. Labels: uncountable Example: McGraw has been more abused than any other manager in baseball. In his early days, when a member of the Baltimore team, McGraw was far from being the quietest member of the club. He had arguments without number, and when he took up the duty of managing the Giants he carried with him the reputation for overaggressiveness, in fact, a mania for trouble making. Example: It remains for the traffic man to steer a course between the rocks of overaggressiveness on the one hand and lack of legitimate aggressiveness on the other.
Word: overcommercialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + commercialize. 1. To make excessively commercial. Labels: transitive Example: It was unwieldy, included a fatal bombing at Centennial Olympic Park and is largely considered the most overcommercialized Olympics in the history of the modern Games.
Word: overcommercializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overcommercialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overcommercializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcommercialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcommercialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcommercialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overlight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + light. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈlaɪt/ 1. To illuminate too brightly. Labels: transitive Example: Dozens of times over the next two years, Officer Yan’s work brought him through the sliding glass doors into the overlit clamor of Kings County’s emergency room, one of the busiest in the city. 2. To illuminate from above. Labels: transitive Example: Thus the stereotype is overlighted by the archetype, just as in conventional Egyptian statuary the historical pharoah is often shown standing under the god, the wings of Horus.
Word: overlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + light. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌlaɪt/ 1. excessive light Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle, insomuch as perpetual looking against the ſun would cause blindness. Example: "The Lecture Hall was very tastefully decorated with palms and evergreens and the platform on which the statue of H. B. Blavatsky is placed had several wreaths of lotus flowers beautifully arrayed and the statue itself was bedecked with a profusion of the choicest lotuses and shone out, to great advantage, under the overlight which shed its subdued lustre amid the foliage round it.
Word: overlight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English over-lyght, equivalent to over- + light. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈlaɪt/ 1. Too light or frivolous; giddy. Labels: dated Example: Also that they be not overlight and wanton of behaviour.
Word: overlights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overlight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overlighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overlight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overlit Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overlight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overlighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overlight Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reverse proxy Part of Speech: noun 1. A proxy that retrieves information on behalf of a client from possibly multiple servers.
Word: punily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From puny + -ly. 1. In a puny fashion.
Word: quotee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quote + -ee. 1. Somebody whose words are being quoted. Example: Or it can summarize the inner thoughts of either the quoter or the quotee (“She’s like, yeah, as if I’d be caught dead in them!
Word: quotees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quotee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandboarding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sand + snowboarding. 1. A recreational activity resembling snowboarding but performed on sand instead of snow. Labels: uncountable Example: It wasn’t until I was 29, and tried sandboarding for the first (and last) time, that I saw the beauty in being merely O.K. at something.
Word: reverse proxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reverse proxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slidey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slide + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslaɪdi/ 1. Tending to slide or cause sliding; slippery. Labels: informal Example: I always prefer playing indoors on a soft, bouncy, slidey wood surface because outdoor asphalt courts release the day's heat slowly and the softened tar sucks at the bottoms of your sneakers. Example: Tunes with titles like “Mazurka Maracaibo” shimmer with countless plucked strings. Mr. Brozman deploys everything from the small Bolivian charango to a Finnish harp called the kantele, while there’s usually something slidey to carry the melody.
Word: gigliato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian gigliato (literally “lilied”). 1. A silver coin established in 1303 by Charles II of Anjou in Naples, and then also in Provence from 1330, and depicting on its reverse side a lily entwined around a cross. Labels: historical
Word: Giottesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Giotto + -esque. 1. In the manner of Giotto di Bondone
Word: cyberimperialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + imperialism. 1. Imperialism with regard to the Internet or cyberspace. Labels: uncountable
Word: cybercolonialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + colonialism. 1. Colonialism with regard to the Internet or cyberspace. Labels: uncountable
Word: cybergang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + gang. 1. A criminal gang that operates in cyberspace. Example: ...Knights of Access was one of the world's premiere cybergangs but they never did anything harmful to civilians. They fought hacking battles with other gangs and cracked corporate and government sites. Example: Cybergangs and some novel types of crime do not neatly fit into the jurisdiction of national or international law (see, for example, Sassen 1998).
Word: cybergangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cybergang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paupiettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paupiette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: truckway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From truck + way. 1. A special road for the exclusive use of trucks. Example: “It would feed a north-south truckway spine along the west side of Manhattan, with short east-west spurs,” he writes.
Word: truckways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of truckway Labels: form-of, plural