nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wimp Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly a clipping of whimper. The term was understood in the United States by the 1930s, as it was incorporated into the names of two famous media characters known for living up to that name: The devious but cowardly Popeye supporting-character called "J. Wellington Wimpy", and the soft-spoken character "Wallace Wimple" from the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly. Pronunciation: /wɪmp/ 1. Weak, wimpy. Labels: slang
Word: wimp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See WIMP. Pronunciation: /wɪmp/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of WIMP. Labels: alt-of
Word: acrostic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French acrostiche, acrostique (“acrostic”) (modern French acrostiche), and its etymon Late Latin acrostichis, from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís), from ἄκρο- (ákro-, prefix indicating, among other things, the extremity or tip of something) + στῐ́χος (stĭ́khos, “row or file of soldiers; line of poetry, verse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to climb, go”)). Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɒstɪk/, /əˈkɹɔstɪk/, /əˈkɹɑstɪk/ 1. A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message. Labels: also, attributive Example: He [Judas Maccabeus] was termed Mackabæus, becauſe he carried in his ſtandard, or vexillum militare, theſe four Hebrew letters, Mem, Chaph, Beth, and Jod, or M. C. B. and J. whereunto their points being added, which are their vowells, (for others they have none) his mott was Mackabai, whereof he took his name. Theſe four letters are the acroſtickes or initiall letters of theſe four wordes in the fifteenth chapter of the book of Exodus, Mi Chamocha Baalim Jehovah, which is in Latin Quis ſicut tu Deorum Jehova? ["Who among the gods is like you, O Adonai?", Exodus 15:11.] Example: I have written an acroſticke ſonet to his Maieſtie, a canzonet to the Queene, and another acroſticke unto the Prince; whoſe ſervant I am by vow, and ſubordinate ſubject by birth. 2. A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Labels: also, attributive Example: The Whole [of the Book of Zephaniah] is wrote in a very lively, tender, and pathetic Stile; and all the Chapters, except the laſt, (which ſeems to have been of later Compoſition than the reſt) are in Acroſtick Verſe, i.e. every Line, or Couplet, begins, in an Alphabetical Order, with ſome Letter in the Hebrew Alphabet. Example: Each of the five chapters of the Lamentations contains a distinct elegy, according to the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet. And in the first four chapters the versification resembles acrostics. In the three first chapters each verse consists of three lines, and the initial letters of each verse are in the order of the Hebrew alphabet, with the exception that i. 7, and ii. 19, consist of five lines. 3. A kind of word puzzle, whose solution forms an anagram of a quotation, with its initial letters often forming the name of the person quoted. Labels: also, attributive Example: those who rack their brains in solving the Acrostics in our Sunday papers will, perchance, be saved many a rack and many a failure by our reverse alphabetical arrangement Example: For those of you who are new to acrostics, here is what to do. Your goal is to figure out the quote in the grid. […] Reading down the first letter of each answer spells the name of the author and the title of the work from which the quote was taken. 4. A kind of word puzzle in which a series of words are clued, and individual letters from the clued word spell out one or more additional words. Labels: also, attributive
Word: acrostic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French acrostiche, acrostique (“acrostic”) (modern French acrostiche), and its etymon Late Latin acrostichis, from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís), from ἄκρο- (ákro-, prefix indicating, among other things, the extremity or tip of something) + στῐ́χος (stĭ́khos, “row or file of soldiers; line of poetry, verse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to climb, go”)). Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɒstɪk/, /əˈkɹɔstɪk/, /əˈkɹɑstɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to acrostics. Labels: also, attributive Example: Other ancients have suggested that the original verses were written in hieroglyphs and also mentioned the acrostic code.
Word: suitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English suit Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English suitable From suit + -able. Pronunciation: [ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩], [ˈsuː.tə.bɫ̩], [ˈsju.tə.bɫ̩], [ˈsju.ɾə.bɫ̩], [ˈsu.tə.bɫ̩] 1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion. Example: Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant.
Word: catastrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “to overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”). Pronunciation: /kəˈtæstɹəfi/ 1. Any large and disastrous event of great significance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Chernobyl disaster was a catastrophe. Example: Last night, after the brief sitting of the House of Lords, and before catastrophe befell the Government in the Commons, I had a long chat with the Premier, in which he discussed the Home Rule question and his relations with it in perfectly frank manner. 2. A disaster beyond expectations. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pat : he comes like the Cataſtrophe of the old Comedie : my Cue is villanous Melancholly, with a ſighe like Tom o’ Bedlam. 4. A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: illegitimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1536, from Latin illēgitimus, most likely an adapted borrowing of Middle French illegitime, equivalent to il- + legitimate, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Pronunciation: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/ 1. Not conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards. Example: […] it may be impossible to convince them that the illegitimate power which they obtain, by degrading themselves, is a curse […] Example: The so-called interstellar space […] has not the properties of ordinary space. It will not conduct sound, nor can a human being move through it. It is therefore illegitimate to measure it in miles. 2. Not in accordance with the law. Example: […] if things went on at this rate it would be doubtful soon whether ever again he would be able to win another election by methods legitimate or illegitimate. 3. Not sanctioned by marriage. Example: If we credit the scandal of the former [i.e. his enemies], Artaxerxes sprang from the illegitimate commerce of a tanner’s wife with a common soldier. Example: His illegitimate birth deprived him of the influence of a father until perhaps his fifth year […] 4. Not sanctioned by marriage. Example: an illegitimate child Example: I am a bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard in valour, in every thing illegitimate. 5. Not sanctioned by marriage. Labels: dated Example: She had only to collect her memories, which proved to her that “anybody” regarded the illegitimate children as more rightfully to be looked shy on and deprived of social advantages than illegitimate fathers. Example: I heard last night that a what-do-you-call it?—claimant?—has arrived who says Pat Wayne is his illegitimate father. 6. Not correctly deduced. Example: an illegitimate inference Example: […] in natural things we must have recourse […] to experience. And all reasoning that is not supported so, ought to be repudiated, or at least suspected to be illegitimate. 7. Not authorized by good usage; not genuine. Example: an illegitimate word 8. Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers. Example: illegitimate union; illegitimate fertilization Example: […] the legitimate unions between the two forms of the above nine species of Primula are much more fertile than the illegitimate unions; although in the latter case pollen was always taken from a distinct plant of the same form.
Word: illegitimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1536, from Latin illēgitimus, most likely an adapted borrowing of Middle French illegitime, equivalent to il- + legitimate, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Pronunciation: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmət/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmɨt], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmɘt/ 1. A person born to unmarried parents. Example: Her father and mine was a shameless man and of all his illegitimates I am the most unfortunate and poverty stricken.
Word: illegitimate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1536, from Latin illēgitimus, most likely an adapted borrowing of Middle French illegitime, equivalent to il- + legitimate, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Pronunciation: /ɪlɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪmeɪt/, [ɪlɨˈd͡ʒɪɾəmeɪt], /ɘlɘˈdʒɘtɘmeɪt/ 1. To make illegitimate. Labels: transitive
Word: regolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Irregular formation from Ancient Greek ῥῆγος (rhêgos, “rug, blanket”) + -lith (from λίθος (líthos, “stone”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡəlɪθ/ 1. The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The structures on the surface were gone from normal view, pulverized into regolith across a span of aeons. Example: The soil sample, called LZS-1, is the latest in a list of lunar regolith simulants of varying quality that have been developed to help Nasa and other space agencies around the world prepare for missions to the Moon.
Word: pissant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsænt/ 1. An ant. 2. An insignificant person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: It is the beauty of well designed fascism that it gives every piss-ant an ant hill to piss from. Example: “Everyone is saying, ‘You can’t be serious about targeting Iran. Look at Iraq,’” the former intelligence official told me. “But they say, ‘We’ve got some lessons learned—not militarily, but how we did it politically. We’re not going to rely on agency pissants.’ No loose ends, and that’s why the C.I.A. is out of there.” 3. A person who adheres strictly to a rule or policy despite current circumstances. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Their manager is a real pissant about break times. 4. A person seemingly incapable of focusing on anything but the trivial, especially in the sense of trivial or irrelevant criticism. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: pissant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From piss + ant, because of the urine-like smell of anthills. Compare pismire. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪsænt/ 1. Insignificant or unimportant. Labels: sometimes, vulgar Example: This is our chance to make a name for ourselves; to show that we're not just some piss-ant white-bread mountain town. Example: A homosexual is somebody who, in 15 years of trying cannot get a pissant anti-discrimination bill through the city council.
Word: submersible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English submerse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English submersible From submerse + -ible. 1. Able to be submerged.
Word: submersible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English submerse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English submersible From submerse + -ible. 1. A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration. Labels: UK 2. A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines. Labels: UK 3. A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name. Labels: UK 4. A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Labels: US 5. An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
Word: pixie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; 17thC, originally in the folklore of southwest England; perhaps diminutive of dialectal Swedish pysk (“fairy”), though the transmission of a Swedish dialect term to southwest Britain is unexplained; perhaps Puck (“Robin Goodfellow”) + -sy; see Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪksi/ 1. A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature. Example: The writer in the Quarterly Review, vol xxii., gives a long list of words which he regards as connected with Puck: the editor of Warton adds German Spuk and Danish Spoge and Spogelse: we will contribute the Scottish Pauky, and the Devonshire Pixies, or Fairies. Example: Then she saw pixies — dozens and dozens of pixies — dancing and singing. 2. A cute, petite woman with short hair. Labels: slang Example: Then a pixie appears in the visitor window, round face, big brown eyes framed in thick liner, a tiny turned-up nose, red lips, inch-long blue-black hair so popular with the avant-garde. Example: Petite and narrow-waisted, with a pixie flip of hair the exact color of coffee beans, Abigail could easily pass for sixteen in a pair of ripped jeans and an Abercrombie T-shirt. 3. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome. 4. A butterfly of the genus Melanis. 5. Ellipsis of pixie cut. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: “Have you thought about a haircut? A pixie or a bob?” Example: In a picture posted to Instagram on June 28, the stylish star [Lizzo] showed off her new, lighter brows and a blonde pixie that we suspect comes courtesy of a wig but can't be sure.
Word: fairie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fairy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Cyril Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɹəl/, /ˈsaɪɹəl/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs. Example: Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them. Example: Zuma – a fierce critic of current ANC leader and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa – was forced to resign as president in 2018 and has been looking for political revenge ever since.
Word: derived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From derive + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹaɪvd/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species. Labels: not-comparable 2. Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms. Labels: archaic, comparable, not-comparable 3. A product of derivation Labels: not-comparable Example: The French language is derived from Latin.
Word: derived Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From derive + -ed. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹaɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of derive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: religionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion 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 religionist From religion + -ist. 1. An adherent of a religion. Example: How could Christians and other kinds of religionists justify being ruled by laws and rules, written and unwritten, that go against their faith? Example: With what astoundment would ye, if ye were alive with your merely human perfections, listen to the creed of our, so called, rational religionists! 2. An adherent of a religion.
Word: religionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin religiōbor. Old French religionbor. Middle English religioun English religion 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 religionist From religion + -ist. 1. Relating to religious people 2. Motivated by religious beliefs
Word: moonglade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + glade. 1. The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water. Labels: poetic, rare Example: Moonglade and sunglade on ocean or lake have a haunting and suggestive beauty. The reflected lane of light supplies what the mind craves in a picture—a path that seems to lead to some place of unknown and longed-for happiness […] Example: Heaven was full of silent stars, and there was a moonglade on the water that stretched almost from him to Rose.
Word: spaz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/. Pronunciation: /spæz/ 1. An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person; a spazmo. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang Example: In fact, it was the view of the scientists now in charge […] that the freakier they were, the better; if a mental spaz could go through and come out all right […] then the process was probably safe for the executives, politicians, and fashion models of the world. Example: “I was so in control from tee to green, the best I’ve played for years… But as soon as I got on the green I was a spaz.” 2. A hyperactive, erratically behaving person. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang 3. A tantrum or fit. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang 4. A person with spastic paralysis, spastic cerebral palsy or epilepsy Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: spaz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spastic. Compare spasm /ˈspæzəm/. Pronunciation: /spæz/ 1. To have a tantrum or fit. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, offensive, slang 2. To malfunction, go on the fritz. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: cyclopropane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English propane English cyclopropane From cyclo- + propane. 1. The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyclobutane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + butane from being a circular structure, a butane chain as a closed ring. 1. A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₄H₈; a light inflammable gas. Labels: uncountable 2. Any derivative of this compound. Labels: countable
Word: cyclopentane Part of Speech: noun 1. An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₅H₁₀; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: householder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English housholdere, equivalent to household + -er. The Buddhist sense is a semantic loan from Pali gahapati (literally “house-master”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊshoʊldə(ɹ)/ 1. The owner of a house. 2. The head of a household. Example: towns in which almost every householder was an English Protestant 3. A layperson, lay devotee, gahapati, grihastha. Labels: Hinduism
Word: created Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɹiːˈeɪ̯t.ɪd/, /kɹiˈeɪ̯t.ɪd/, /kɹiːˈæɪ̯t.ɪd/, /kɹiːˈæɪ̯t.əd/, /kɹiˈet.ɪd/ 1. Brought into existence by making.
Word: created Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹiːˈeɪ̯t.ɪd/, /kɹiˈeɪ̯t.ɪd/, /kɹiːˈæɪ̯t.ɪd/, /kɹiːˈæɪ̯t.əd/, /kɹiˈet.ɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of create Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: GFDL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of GNU Free Documentation License. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: theophobist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)der. French -phobeder. English -phobe 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 theophobist From theo- + -phobe + -ist. 1. A person who hates religion. 2. A person who has a fear of god, or a hatred of god. Affected with Theophobia.
Word: times Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times. Pronunciation: /taɪmz/, /tɑemz/, /tɜːmz/ 1. plural of time Labels: form-of, plural Example: It's been ten times more difficult than expected. 2. The circumstances of a certain time. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Modern times are so very different from the past. Example: The city called Fan-yang in Eastern Han times can be identified with the present village of Ch’u-wang (Nei-huang County, Honan Province). 3. A person's experiences or biography. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter.
Word: times Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times. Pronunciation: /taɪmz/, /tɑemz/, /tɜːmz/ 1. Multiplied by (see also 'ratio of comparison' sense at 'time'). Example: Four times five is/are twenty Example: One times one is one.
Word: times Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times. Pronunciation: /taɪmz/, /tɑemz/, /tɜːmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of time Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: times Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times. Pronunciation: /taɪmz/, /tɑemz/, /tɜːmz/ 1. To multiply. Labels: informal Example: I've taken the calories and the amount of food . . . and it's 410 calories per portion timesed by 6 portions which ^([sic]) the answer was 2460 calories... Example: A student as junior as Year 4 informed me that he made a forward estimate of cheeses in 100 trials by 'timesing both numbers by 10' […]
Word: newcomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English newe-comere, equivalent to new- + comer. Compare Old English nīwcumen (“new comer, neophyte, novice”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːkʌmə/, /ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/, [ˈn(j)uˌkʰʌmɚ] 1. One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival. Example: Welcome, we²l'ku²m. a. Received with gladneſs, admitted willingly, grateful[…] Welcome, we²l'ku²m. interj. A form of ſalutation uſed to a new comer. Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder. 2. A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
Word: sloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”). Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/, /slɒθ/, /slɔθ/, /slɑθ/ 1. Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a feeling combining indifference and lethargy; a dragging idleness. Labels: uncountable Example: Hot summer days inspire a sense of sloth in me. Example: Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace. 2. Any animal in the suborder Folivora. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable 3. Any animal in the suborder Folivora. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A group of bears. Labels: collective, countable, rare
Word: sloth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”). Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/, /slɒθ/, /slɔθ/, /slɑθ/ 1. To be idle; to idle (away time). Labels: intransitive, obsolete, transitive Example: He has been slothing this whole weekend. Example: […] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]
Word: editorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English editorial From editor + -ial. Pronunciation: /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/, /ˌɛdɪˈtɔɹiəl/, /ˌed.ɪˈtoː.ɹɪ.əl/ 1. Of or relating to an editor, editing or an editorial. Labels: not-comparable Example: editorial labours; editorial remarks Example: In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book. 2. Appropriate for high fashion magazines. Labels: not-comparable
Word: editorial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Medieval Latin ēditorder. English editor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English editorial From editor + -ial. Pronunciation: /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/, /ˌɛdɪˈtɔɹiəl/, /ˌed.ɪˈtoː.ɹɪ.əl/ 1. An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event. Example: Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...]. 2. A similar commentary on radio or television.
Word: sitar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi सितार (sitār) / Urdu ستار (sitār), from Classical Persian سهتار (si-tār, literally “three strings”). Doublet of setar. 1. A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.
Word: raga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “dye, colour”). 1. Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form. Labels: countable Example: ‘The song is composed in a raga appropriate to the present hour, which is the evening.’ 2. Passion, love, lust. Labels: uncountable Example: The conditions of asmita, raga, dvesha, and abhinivesha have a physical basis: they function to inhibit the normal pulsatory rhythms of the physical body. Example: We get tired of the slipping and sliding between raga and dvesha and we seek something more permanent - so instead of looking outward we begin to look inward. This is Yoga - the heart of Yoga.
Word: maga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish maga. 1. Thespesia grandiflora, a tree native to Puerto Rico also planted elsewhere for its fairness and the working properties of its wood.
Word: maga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the corresponding entry. 1. Alternative form of mugu. Labels: Africa, Nigeria, West, alt-of, alternative
Word: Dobro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trademark; a contraction of Dopyera brothers, the inventors. 1. A type of acoustic guitar with a metal resonator set into its body.
Word: similitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French similitude, from Latin similitūdō. By surface analysis, similar + -itude. Pronunciation: /sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/, /sɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/ 1. Similarity or resemblance to something else. Labels: uncountable Example: So am I tossed on the ebbing tide of life—now in sunshine, now in shade—seemingly free, yet, in reality, fettered by the strong, though slight chain of circumstance. For a small sum, any passenger may enter that boat and direct its course; and here again is similitude. I am at the beck of others. Example: Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon. 2. A way in which two people or things share similitude. Labels: countable Example: Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon. 3. Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin. Labels: countable Example: But others declare that no Creature can be made or tranſmuted into a better or vvorſe, or transformed into another ſpecies or ſimilitude, by man, or devill. […] Martinus [i.e., Martin] Delrio the Jeſuit accounts this degeneration of Man into a Beaſt to be an illuſion, deceptive and repugnant to Nature; for, the ſoule of man cannot informe a beaſts body, […] Example: If I was certain of anything in the world, I was certain that I had seen my brother in the study — nay, more, had touched him, — and equally certain that I had seen his double — his exact similitude, in the garden. 4. A parable or allegory. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And he spake many thynges to them in similitudes, sayinge: Beholde, the sower wentt forth to sowe, And as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side [...]. 5. A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances. Labels: countable
Word: cabby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cab + -y. 1. Alternative form of cabbie (“taxi driver”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cabbie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cab + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.bi/ 1. A cabdriver; someone who drives a taxi. Labels: colloquial
Word: artisan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/, /ɑː(ɹ)tɪˈzæn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪsən/ 1. A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. Example: One or two works, particularly those of Babcock & Wilcox, are on the Renfrew line, and the passenger services are run to suit the artisan rather than the businessman travelling daily to the city. 2. A person who displays great dexterity.
Word: artisan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/, /ɑː(ɹ)tɪˈzæn/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪsən/ 1. Artisanal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves). Example: Cartier and Tiffany have some unlikely new neighbours near Sloane Square — a butcher, a greengrocer and a cheesemonger. […] The row of artisan food and drink shops also includes a wine merchant. A bakery is due to open in time for Christmas and a tenant is being sought for a sixth unit.
Word: geographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin geōgraphicus; see French géographique. By surface analysis, geography + -ic. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪk/ 1. Pertaining to geography (or to geographics). Example: In his book, Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government, Zach Weinersmith speculates about what governments would look like if they didn’t rule over geographic locations, but instead ruled over minds. Example: The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game. 2. Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North)
Word: jerran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from an aboriginal Australian language, used briefly in Australian English. A mention is made in Robbery Under Arms, by Rolf Boldrewood; another is made in Alexander Harris's Settlers and Convicts (1847). 1. afraid Example: As soon as things had got thus far, I began to feel rather jerran, as the blacks say, (i.e. timorous).
Word: taking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, take + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ 1. Alluring; attractive. Example: […] a Proteus-Devil appeared unto him, changing into Shapes, but fixing himself at last into the form of a Fair Woman. Strange, that Satan (so subtil in making his Temptations most taking) should preferre this form […] Example: His speech from the hustings was very original, and therefore very taking. 2. Infectious; contagious. Labels: obsolete Example: All the stor’d vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! Strike her young bones, You taking airs, with lameness! Example: Come not near me, For I am yet too taking for your company.
Word: taking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, take + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is taken. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At the taking of the stockade he had distinguished himself greatly by the methodical ferocity of his fighting. Example: Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low. 2. A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. Labels: uncountable 3. A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). Labels: uncountable Example: What a taking was hee in, when your husband askt who was in the basket? Example: "[...] at last, he proceeded from staring to touching; he put out his hand and stroked one curl, as gently as if it were a bird. He might have stuck a knife into her neck, she started round in such a taking. "'Get away, this moment! How dare you touch me? Why are you stopping there?' she cried, in a tone of disgust. [...] 4. Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week. Example: Count the shop's takings.
Word: taking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, take + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of take Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Athelstan Arundel walked home[…], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
Word: démarche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French démarche, from Middle French, from 12th century demarcher (“to march”), from Old French demarchier, from de- + marchier. Attested 1658, in sense “walk, step”; meaning “a diplomatic move” attested from 1670s. Pronunciation: /deɪˈmɑːʃ/, /deɪˈmɑɹʃ/ 1. A diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse. 2. A diplomatic note without a personal attribution conveying an official protest or request for support, less formal than a bout de papier or a note verbale but of similar status to an aide-mémoire. Example: A less formal way of making diplomatic representations or protests is called a démarche. The following from the US Department of State handbook sets out the typical procedures and purposes of a démarche. Example: He did not question the Communist Party's conformity to Moscow, but he thought that the impact of a démarche would be limited since the Portuguese Communists could not afford to tone down their policies lest they be outflanked from the left.
Word: Bačka Topola Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bačka Topola. 1. A town and municipality of Vojvodina, Serbia.
Word: soot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soot, soote, sote, sot, from Old English sōt, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (“soot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with dated Dutch zoet (“soot”), German Low German Soot (“soot”), Danish sod (“soot”), Swedish sot (“soot”), Icelandic sót (“soot”). Compare similar ō-grade formation the same Proto-Indo-European root in Old Irish suide (“soot”) and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian súodžiai (“soot”), and Proto-Slavic *saďa (“soot”) (Russian са́жа (sáža), Polish and Slovak sadza, Bulgarian са́жда (sážda)). Pronunciation: /suːt/, /sʊt/, /sʉt/, /sʌt/ 1. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: soot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soot, soote, sote, sot, from Old English sōt, from Proto-Germanic *sōtą (“soot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with dated Dutch zoet (“soot”), German Low German Soot (“soot”), Danish sod (“soot”), Swedish sot (“soot”), Icelandic sót (“soot”). Compare similar ō-grade formation the same Proto-Indo-European root in Old Irish suide (“soot”) and Balto-Slavic: Lithuanian súodžiai (“soot”), and Proto-Slavic *saďa (“soot”) (Russian са́жа (sáža), Polish and Slovak sadza, Bulgarian са́жда (sážda)). Pronunciation: /suːt/, /sʊt/, /sʉt/, /sʌt/ 1. To cover or dress with soot. Labels: transitive Example: soot land
Word: carbon black Part of Speech: noun 1. A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays. Labels: uncountable
Word: spazz Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spaz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spazz Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of spaz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: San Franciscan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From San Francisco + -an. 1. Of or relating to San Francisco.
Word: San Franciscan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From San Francisco + -an. 1. A native of San Francisco. Example: San Francisco's Board of Supervisors last month approved a new zoning law designed to limit the height and size of office towers and to reduce by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan came after more than a decade of complaints from San Franciscans that their city was being "Manhattanized." Example: Her fellow San Franciscan Fraser is a long-haired, 24-year-old ex-baseball player with rugged, modelish looks.
Word: dot ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Such a ball is recorded in the scorebook using a dot. 1. A ball off which no runs are scored. Example: There were five dot balls in the first over, bowled by seamer Matt Henry, and only five runs in the second, off Glenn Phillips' part-time spin.
Word: draw stumps Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire drawing the stumps out of the ground. 1. To declare an end to the day's play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps. 2. To cease doing something, at least for the day. Labels: idiomatic
Word: drinks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹɪŋks/ 1. plural of drink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: drinks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹɪŋks/ 1. A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: drinks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹɪŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of drink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Duckworth-Lewis method Part of Speech: name Etymology: Devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. 1. A mathematical algorithm for generating revised target scores for the side batting second in a rain-affected one-day match. Example: The Duckworth-Lewis method of resolving rain-affected games has divided the cricketing fraternity into those who do not understand it and those who pretend they do. Rumour has it that it involves calculus, astrology, quantum mechanics and the use of dice. Either way teams get screwed.
Word: crumple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmpəl/ 1. A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
Word: crumple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌmpəl/ 1. To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together. Labels: transitive Example: He crumpled the note and threw it away. 2. To cause to collapse. Labels: transitive Example: He crumpled the car's body panels when he backed into a post. 3. To become wrinkled. Labels: intransitive Example: The car's body panels crumpled when they hit the post. 4. To collapse; to surrender. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: The team's defensive strategy crumpled. Example: The defenders crumpled owing to exhaustion and dehydration.
Word: crumple zone Part of Speech: noun 1. A structural feature of a vehicle designed to compress during an accident and absorb impact energy. Example: When Uff investigated Southall, the concept of crumple zones in rolling stock was slowly becoming established. He wrote: "A particular design feature which has proved controversial is the introduction of 'crumple zones', as energy-absorbing measures at the end of coaches. This was opposed by some who considered that it represented a new hazard in view of the possibility of passengers being located within these zones." British Rail designed and built its HSTs before crumple zones became common.
Word: motor car Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of motorcar (“self-propelled railway vehicle”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: The 20 sets of B.W. [British Westinghouse] equipment, including motor bogies and traction motors, were refitted to 20 new motor cars, similar in design to the 1913 stock, again at the railway company's Neasden Works. Example: A motor car is provided with two self-ventilated series-wound G.E.C. traction motors, each having a continuous rating of 80 h.p. at 575 V. 116 A. at a field strength of 66 per cent. 2. Alternative form of motorcar (“automobile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Today the motor car is not taken seriously as a solution to the problems of mass transport, and the transport planners of south-east England - and the mayor of London himself, judging by his Transport Plan - think in terms of trains and underground trains in particular […]
Word: fierce Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”). Pronunciation: /fɪəs/, /fɪːs/, /fɪjəs/, /fɪɹs/, /fiɾs/ 1. Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. Example: A fierce storm battered the coast. Example: Their fights with other members of their own kind were always preceded by loud and fierce waulings or savage snarling and snapping of teeth […] 2. Resolute or strenuously active. Example: We made a fierce attempt to escape. Example: I feel a fierce loyalty to my kin. 3. Threatening in appearance or demeanor. Example: The lion gave a fierce roar. 4. Excellent, very good. Labels: Ireland, slang Example: Q: "How was the party last night?" A: "Fierce!" 5. Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah. Labels: US Example: Tyra said to strike a pose and make it fierce.
Word: fierce Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”). Pronunciation: /fɪəs/, /fɪːs/, /fɪjəs/, /fɪɹs/, /fiɾs/ 1. Extremely; very. Labels: Ireland, not-comparable, slang Example: It was fierce cold last night.
Word: demeanor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demenure, from the verb Middle English demenen, demeinen (“to handle, manage”), from Old French demener (“to guide, conduct”), from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin *mināre (“to drive”) and minor (“to project or jut forth”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈminɚ/ 1. The social, non-verbal behaviors (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The man's demeanor made others suspicious of his intentions. Example: A confident demeanor is crucial for persuading others.
Word: others Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌðəz/, /ˈʌðɚz/ 1. plural of other Labels: form-of, plural
Word: others Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌðəz/, /ˈʌðɚz/ 1. Other people. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I treat others like I treat myself. Example: Javik: Do not care what others think. Do what you must. 2. Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Two decided to hide, the others surrendered. Example: I kept two special jars and threw away all the others.
Word: others Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʌðəz/, /ˈʌðɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of other Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bathing machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly. Labels: historical Example: Bathing-machines of the usual number and variety are in constant attendance, and on the South-parade is an establishment of hot salt-water baths, furnished with dressing-rooms and every requisite accommodation.