nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: twit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₂éd The verb is an apheretic form of atwite (“(obsolete) to blame, reproach”), from Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on someone; to accuse or charge (someone) with something; to speak ill of; to taunt”), from Old English ætwītan (“to blame, reproach; to censure, upbraid; to taunt”), from æt- (prefix meaning ‘at, near; toward’) + wītan (“to accuse; to blame, reproach”) (from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“to punish; to torment; to know; to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”)). Piecewise doublet of advise. The noun is probably derived from the verb, although it is attested in print earlier. Pronunciation: /twɪt/, [tʰw̥ɪt] 1. A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner. Example: [T]he ſayd Thomas Hilles & this Reſpondent ſhevvyd the Frear Barons of certayne old Bookes that they had: as of iiij Evangeliſtes, and certayne Epiſtles of Peter & Poule in Engliſhe. VVhich Bookes the ſayd Frear dyd litle regard, and made a tvvyte of it, & ſayd, A poynt for them, for they be not to be regarded tovvard the nevv printed Teſtament in Engliſhe. Example: Wid[ow]. Novv I have receiv'd you into my Family, / I hope you vvill let my maids go quietly about / Their buſineſs, Sir. / S[ir] Fred[erick Frollick]. Upon condition there be no tvvits of the good man / Departed; no preſcription pleaded for evil cuſtoms / On the VVedding night. 2. An annoying or foolish person. Labels: informal Example: What do you mean, since when did I become such a radical fairy! […] Since I started knowing twits like you, you twit! 3. A person who chatters or gossips inanely; a chatterer, a gossip or gossiper; also, a person who divulges private information about others or is indiscreet; a tattletale. Labels: Ireland, UK, archaic, dialectal Example: Young Strephon he has Woo'd me long, / And Courted me with Pipe and Song; / But I a silly, silly peevish Twit, / For want of Sense, for want of Wit, / Have phoo'd, and cry'd, / Have pish'd, and fy'd, / And play'd the fool, and lost my Time, / And almost slipp'd, and almost slipp'd, / And almost slipp'd my Maiden Prime.
Word: twit Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative of a bird’s call. Pronunciation: /twɪt/, [tʰw̥ɪt] 1. Used to represent the short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else: cheep, tweet. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Midnights bell goes ting, ting, ting, ting, ting, / Then dogs doe hovvle, and not a bird does ſing: / But the Nightingale, and ſhe cries tvvit, tvvit, tvvit, tvvit, / Ovvles then on euerie bovve doe ſit. Example: Twit twit twit / Jug jug jug jug jug jug / So rudely forc'd. / Tereu
Word: twit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of a bird’s call. Pronunciation: /twɪt/, [tʰw̥ɪt] 1. A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, a chirp, a tweet. Example: The minutes seem'd hours—with impatience she heard / The flap of a leaf, and the twit of a bird; […]
Word: twit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of twitter. Pronunciation: /twɪt/, [tʰw̥ɪt] 1. Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”). Labels: US, informal
Word: twit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of twitter. Pronunciation: /twɪt/, [tʰw̥ɪt] 1. Clipping of twitter (“a knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving”). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, clipping Example: [I]s't a cursed wab o' yarn / That winna work, for knots and twits, / Spun by some thoughtless drabby sluts, / Whase minds on naething else is carried, / But thinking when they will be married; […]
Word: gibberish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/ 1. Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with. Example: Could it be, after all, that the whole story was true, and the writing on the sherd was not a forgery, or the invention of some crack-brained, long-forgotten individual? And if so, could it be that Leo was the man that She was waiting for - the dead man who was to be born again! Impossible! The whole thing was gibberish! Who ever heard of a man being born again? 2. Needlessly obscure or overly technical language. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gibberish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested mid-16th century. Origin obscure. Possibly from *gibber, of onomatopoeic origin imitating to the sound of chatter, possibly from or influenced by jabber, + -ish denoting the name of a language (compare English, Finnish, Spanish, etc.). The verb gibber, first attested circa 1600, is usually regarded as a back-formation from gibberish. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪ.bə.ɹɪʃ/ 1. unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless
Word: tout de suite Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French tout de suite. Pronunciation: /ˌtuːt ˈswiːt/, /ˌtuː də ˈswiːt/ 1. Immediately, right away. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: If you want to catch the bus, you'd better leave tout de suite! Example: I’ve got some decent Margaux in the cellar. Let’s get back to my place tout de suite and crack it open.
Word: gaffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gaff (“hook”) + -er. * (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps. * (glass) Pronunciation: /ɡæfɚ/, /ɡæfə/ 1. A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production. 2. A glassblower. Example: The apprentice carries a gather of glass on the blowpipe to the gaffer's bench […] 3. Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.
Word: gaffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely a contraction of godfather, but with the vowels influenced by grandfather. Compare French compère, German Gevatter. Compare also Old English ġefædera (“godfather”), of which some unattested dialectal descendant may have been an influence. 1. An old person, usually a man. Labels: colloquial Example: If thou return not, Gammer o'er her pail Will sing in sorrow, 'neath the brinded cow, And Gaffer sigh over his nut-brown ale […] 2. The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, or publican. Labels: UK, informal Example: And you're here to tell me what's what. Just like your bloody gaffer promised. 3. A sailor. 4. The baby in the house. Labels: Canada
Word: banshee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde (literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771. Pronunciation: /bænˈʃiː/, /ˈbænʃiː/ 1. A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death. Labels: Ireland, Scotland Example: Late had he heard, in prophet's dream, / The fatal Ben-Shie's boding scream […]. 2. A noisy or ill-tempered woman. Labels: derogatory Example: Where's this old banshee that runs the place?
Word: gracias Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gracias (“thank you”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɑ.θi.əs/, /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/, [ˈɡɾɑ̈.si.əs] 1. Thank you. Labels: US, colloquial Example: Muchos gracias, my friend. —The girls are in the kitchen, Bimbo told Vera. Example: "Gracias, my friend. I owe you a great debt.
Word: khutbah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic خُطْبَة (ḵuṭba). Pronunciation: /ˈkʊtbə/, /ˈxʊtbə/ 1. A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions. Example: Save your khutbah for another time.
Word: cicisbeo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cicisbeo, of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /ˌtʃɪtʃɪzˈbeɪəʊ/, /ˌt͡ʃit͡ʃəzˈbeɪoʊ/ 1. A man who escorts a married woman to social functions, especially in 18th-century Italy; a married woman's lover. Labels: historical Example: My old Cicisbee says it would do: & he is (or was poor fellow!) a famous Scholar. Example: The office of Cicisbeo is however an intolerably expensive one; especially to our countrymen.
Word: polder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/ 1. An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. Example: The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.
Word: polder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊldə/, /ˈpɒldə/ 1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
Word: bruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English bruit (“commotion, tumult; fame, renown; collective noun for a group of barons”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman brut (“commotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown; hearsay, rumour; collective noun for a group of barons”) and Old French bruit (“commotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown; hearsay, rumour”) (modern French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”)), a noun use of the past participle of bruire (“to make a noise; to rattle; to roar; to rustle”), from Late Latin brugere, an alteration of Latin rugīre (“to roar”) (the present active infinitive of rugiō (“to bray; to bellow, roar; to rumble”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to belch; to roar”)), possibly influenced by Late Latin bragere (“to bray”). The English word is cognate with Catalan brogir (“to roar”); Old Occitan bruir, brugir (“to roar”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /bɾɪu̯t/, /bɾʉt/, /bɹʉt/ 1. Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: [R]ememberyng yoʳ accustumable proudent demeanoʳ as well in the atteyning assurid knowledge of the intended purpose of the Scotts, from tyme to tyme, by suche good esp'iell and intelligence that ye have had among the said Scotts, as of the bruits and newes occ'rant amongs them, it is the more mervailed, that if eyther any such attemptats have been made by the said Scotts upon the king's subjects, or that any such bruits be in Scotland of the said duke's thider comyng, that ye have not advertised the king's highnes or me thereof before this tyme; [...] Example: Brother, we will proclaime you out of hand, / The bruit thereof will bring you many friends. 2. A clamour, an outcry; a noise. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: There is no healing of thy bruiſe: thy wound is grieuous: all that heare the bruit of thee, ſhall clap the hands ouer thee: for vpon whom hath not thy wickedneſſe paſſed continually? Example: [S]ome fresh bruit / Startled me all aheap!—and soon I saw / The horridest shape that ever raised my awe,— [...]
Word: bruit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English bruit (“commotion, tumult; fame, renown; collective noun for a group of barons”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman brut (“commotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown; hearsay, rumour; collective noun for a group of barons”) and Old French bruit (“commotion, tumult; noise, sounds; fame, renown; hearsay, rumour”) (modern French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”)), a noun use of the past participle of bruire (“to make a noise; to rattle; to roar; to rustle”), from Late Latin brugere, an alteration of Latin rugīre (“to roar”) (the present active infinitive of rugiō (“to bray; to bellow, roar; to rumble”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewg- (“to belch; to roar”)), possibly influenced by Late Latin bragere (“to bray”). The English word is cognate with Catalan brogir (“to roar”); Old Occitan bruir, brugir (“to roar”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /bɹuːt/, /bɹut/, /bɾɪu̯t/, /bɾʉt/, /bɹʉt/ 1. To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: And if it be to be beleued, as bruted is by fame. / A day did paſſe without the Sunne. Example: Generally, Whether there be [...] any that stubbornly refuse to conform themselves to unity and good religion: any that bruiteth abroad rumours of the alteration of the same, or otherwise that disturbeth good orders, and the quietnes of Christs Church and Christian congregation.
Word: bruit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”), from Old French bruit (“noise; sounds”); see further at etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːi/, /bɹuːˈiː/, /bɹuːt/, /ˈbɹui/, /bɹuˈi/ 1. An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur. Example: Gentlemen,—At the close of my last lecture I asserted that the bruit of the heart does not reside in the organ itself, that is to say, is not produced by any mechanism in the interior of the heart, or by a concurrence of circumstances independent of the surrounding organs. I showed you this clearly in the heart of the swan, whose sternum we removed. Upon opening the pericardium and placing the ear close to the heart, or even employing the stethoscope, no bruit or sound of any kind was to be distinguished. Example: Besides chlorosis, there are several analogous affections, especially such as proceed from large losses of blood, in which the arterial bruits are generally very distinctly perceptible. In all these cases the existence of the bruits coincides with a more than ordinary fulness of the pulse: when this ceases, the bruits become invariably less and less manifest. [Translated from the Archives Generales de Medecine.]
Word: bwana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab- Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā)bor. Swahili bwanabor. English bwana Borrowed from Swahili bwana (“master”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”). Doublet of abbot. Pronunciation: /ˈbwɑːnə/ 1. Big boss, important person. Labels: slang Example: It is Jim C.’s custom always to say “Up Simba” in a fake-deep bwana voice as he hefts the camera to his right shoulder […]
Word: burro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish burro. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊɹoʊ/, /ˈbɝoʊ/ 1. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.
Word: cadastre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cadastre. Pronunciation: /kəˈdæstəɹ/ 1. A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership. Example: As page 1 of the accompanying text helpfully explains, "ichnographic plans are particularly well suited for cadastres" but reveal nothing of the ups and downs and tops of things. 2. A register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value. Example: The only parts of Greece that have had a land registry and cadastre are the Dodecanese Islands, because they were occupied by the Italians from 1912 to the end of World War II. Land use on the islands, which include Rhodes and Kos, is still guided by Italian law.
Word: cadi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːdi/ 1. Alternative form of qadi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers. Example: The pretended cadi, directing his discourse to the feigned Ali Cogia, asked him what he had to lay to the merchant's charge.
Word: cadre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.də/, /ˈkɑː.dɹə/, /ˈkɑ.dɹeɪ/, /ˈkæd.ɹeɪ/, /ˈkɑ.dɹə/ 1. A frame or framework. Example: […] He took away the frame itself, as well as the notice. Mr. MacCulloch. I recollect Mr. Dobrée stating that his reason for taking the cadre was, that the notice was pasted, and that he could not unpaste it. 2. The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. Example: From the original plan, thirty-four cadre battalions, with a total of 116 companies, had actually been formed, a total of about 700 officers and another 600 key enlisted men. 3. The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group. Example: In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels. Example: After the war, he was a party cadre and worked as a correspondent for the daily newspaper Zeri i Popullit (The People's Voice). 4. A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
Word: vox populi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɒks ˈpɒpjuːlaɪ/ 1. Voice of the people. Labels: rhetoric 2. The public comment portion of a public meeting. Example: “To the extent that the Council passed a local law amending the Charter and the Council represents the people, it may be considered that the vox populi, which secured the initiated legislation, changed its own voice,” Justice Arthur E. Blyn of State Supreme Court wrote in the lower-court decision in 1987.
Word: VOX Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of voice operated recording. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Alternative spelling of VOx. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vox angelica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vox (“voice”) + angelica (“angelic”). 1. an organ stop giving a gentle tremolo effect; the voix céleste
Word: capital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English capital, borrowed partly from Old French capital and partly from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (in sense “head of cattle”), from caput (“head”) (English cap) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle. The noun is from the adjective. In the fourth sense, displaced native Old English hēafodburg, equivalent to head + borough (“city”). Compare chattel and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”. Doublet of cattle and chattel. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtəl/, [ˈkʰæpɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪtʰl̩], /ˈkapɪtəl/, [ˈkʰapɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰapɪtʰl̩], [ˈkʰæpɪɾəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪɾl̩] 1. Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: assets Example: He does not have enough capital to start a business. 2. Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures). Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: assets Example: He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods. 3. The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence. Labels: uncountable Example: The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed. Example: He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated. 4. A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it. Labels: countable Example: Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America. Example: The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital. 5. The most important city in the field specified. Labels: countable Example: Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital. 6. An uppercase letter. Labels: countable 7. Knowledge; awareness; proficiency. Labels: uncountable Example: Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession. 8. The chief or most important thing. Labels: broadly, countable
Word: capital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English capital, borrowed partly from Old French capital and partly from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (in sense “head of cattle”), from caput (“head”) (English cap) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle. The noun is from the adjective. In the fourth sense, displaced native Old English hēafodburg, equivalent to head + borough (“city”). Compare chattel and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”. Doublet of cattle and chattel. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtəl/, [ˈkʰæpɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪtʰl̩], /ˈkapɪtəl/, [ˈkʰapɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰapɪtʰl̩], [ˈkʰæpɪɾəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪɾl̩] 1. Of prime importance. Labels: not-comparable Example: a capital article in religion Example: whatever is capital and essential in Christianity 2. Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation). Labels: not-comparable Example: London and Paris are capital cities. 3. Excellent. Labels: UK, comparable, dated, not-comparable Example: a capital fellow Example: That is a capital idea! 4. Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death. Labels: not-comparable Example: capital punishment; capital murder Example: Neither could the Legiſlature in any thing more conſult the Publick Good, than by providing ſome effectual Remedy againſt this Evil, which in ſeveral Caſes deſerves greater Puniſhment than many Crimes that are capital among us. 5. Uppercase. Labels: not-comparable Example: One begins a sentence with a capital letter. 6. Uppercase. Labels: not-comparable Example: You're a genius with a capital G! Example: He's dead with a capital D! 7. Of or relating to the head. Labels: not-comparable Example: Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise / Expect with mortal pain.
Word: capital Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English capital, borrowed partly from Old French capital and partly from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (in sense “head of cattle”), from caput (“head”) (English cap) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle. The noun is from the adjective. In the fourth sense, displaced native Old English hēafodburg, equivalent to head + borough (“city”). Compare chattel and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”. Doublet of cattle and chattel. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtəl/, [ˈkʰæpɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪtʰl̩], /ˈkapɪtəl/, [ˈkʰapɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰapɪtʰl̩], [ˈkʰæpɪɾəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪɾl̩] 1. used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight. Labels: dated, slang Example: That's an amazing idea! Capital! Example: "Capital! And I shall soon get a bonus."
Word: capital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English capitale, partly from Old French capital and partly from Late Latin capitellum (“capital or chapiter of a column”), a form of Latin capitulum (“head-like object or structure; chapter”) (whence English capitulum, chapter, and the synonym chapiter (“uppermost part of a column”)), from caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capitellum, and caudillo. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtəl/, [ˈkʰæpɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪtʰl̩], /ˈkapɪtəl/, [ˈkʰapɪtʰəl] ~ [ˈkʰapɪtʰl̩], [ˈkʰæpɪɾəl] ~ [ˈkʰæpɪɾl̩] 1. The uppermost part of a column. Labels: countable Example: But a great wonder of this chamber, and a marvel to behold, was how the capital of every one of the four-and-twenty pillars was hewn from a single precious stone, carved by the hand of some sculptor of long ago into the living form of a monster: […]
Word: who knows Part of Speech: phrase 1. A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor knows who might. Example: It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows? Example: Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry. 2. A rhetorical question asked to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen. Example: Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it. Example: Since she hasn't studied at all I don't think she'll pass the test, but who knows?
Word: we Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wéyder. Proto-Germanic *wīz Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ Old English wē Middle English we English we From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám). Pronunciation: /wiː/, /wi/ 1. Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people. Example: We Canadians like to think of ourselves as different. Example: We the undersigned wish to express our disapproval.
Word: we Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /wə/ 1. us Labels: Geordie Example: He was a propa gadgie, and always bought we drinks after a long shift. Example: And what have you done for we since? Nowt!
Word: he Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiː/, [hiː], [hɪj], [hi(ː)], [çi(ː)] 1. A person who identifies as male, or animal already known or implied. Labels: masculine, nominative, personal, singular, third-person Example: That friend of your cousin's, he's on the phone. Example: […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment. 2. They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant). Labels: masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person Example: The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna? Example: First, to avoid the cumbrous ‘he or she’ and ‘his or hers’, and the ungrammatical ‘they’ when used in the singular, I have mostly stuck to saying ‘he’ or ‘his’. I hope that this will be understood in an unchauvinistic, gender-neutral way. 3. It; an animal whose gender is unknown. Labels: masculine, nominative, personal, proscribed, singular, sometimes, third-person 4. A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships. Labels: masculine, nominative, singular, third-person Example: JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […] Example: He [= the ship Bismarck] was made to rule the waves across the seven seas […]
Word: he Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiː/, [hiː], [hɪj], [hi(ː)], [çi(ː)] 1. Synonym of his.
Word: he Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”). Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiː/, [hiː], [hɪj], [hi(ː)], [çi(ː)] 1. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". Labels: uncountable 2. The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A male. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Is your cat a he or a she?
Word: he Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h). Pronunciation: /heɪ/ 1. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Example: The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet. Example: This Nehama claimed that in his own hand he recognized the consonant “he” of his Hebrew language, and in the letter “vav” his own male soul. 2. The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
Word: he Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of laughter. Labels: reduplication, uncommon, usually Example: (more common) Example: If e'er he went into excess, / 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; / But he who would his subjects bless, / Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; / And so from every cask they got, / Our king did to himself allot / At least a pot. / Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! / That's the kind of king for me.
Word: she Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sche, scho, hyo, ȝho (“she”), whence also Yorkshire dialectal shoo (“she”), Scots she, sho (“she”). Probably from Old English hēo (whence dialectal English hoo), with an irregular change in stress from hēo to heō /hjoː/, then a development from /hj-/ to /ç/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of Shetland from Old Norse Hjaltland. In this case, she is from Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”), and is cognate with Saterland Frisian jo, ju, West Frisian hja, North Frisian jü, Danish hun, Swedish hon; more at he. A derivation from Old English sēo (“that one”, occasionally “she”) is also possible, though less likely. In that case, sēo would have undergone a change in stress from sēo to seō /sjoː/, then a change from /sj-/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of sure from Old French seur. It would then be cognate to Dutch zij and German sie. Neither etymology would be expected to yield the modern vocalism in /iː/ (the expected form would be shoo, which is in fact found dialectally). It may be due to influence from he, but both hēo and sēo also have rare variants (hīe and sīe) that may give modern English /iː/. Pronunciation: /ʃiː/, /ʃi/, /ʃə/, [ʃɪi], [ʃɪ̈i] 1. A female. Example: Pat is definitely a she. Example: Come, come, we know very well what all the matter is; but if one won’t, another will; so pretty a gentleman need never want a lady. I am sure, if I was you, I would see the finest she that ever wore a head hanged, before I would go for a soldier for her.
Word: she Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sche, scho, hyo, ȝho (“she”), whence also Yorkshire dialectal shoo (“she”), Scots she, sho (“she”). Probably from Old English hēo (whence dialectal English hoo), with an irregular change in stress from hēo to heō /hjoː/, then a development from /hj-/ to /ç/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of Shetland from Old Norse Hjaltland. In this case, she is from Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”), and is cognate with Saterland Frisian jo, ju, West Frisian hja, North Frisian jü, Danish hun, Swedish hon; more at he. A derivation from Old English sēo (“that one”, occasionally “she”) is also possible, though less likely. In that case, sēo would have undergone a change in stress from sēo to seō /sjoː/, then a change from /sj-/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of sure from Old French seur. It would then be cognate to Dutch zij and German sie. Neither etymology would be expected to yield the modern vocalism in /iː/ (the expected form would be shoo, which is in fact found dialectally). It may be due to influence from he, but both hēo and sēo also have rare variants (hīe and sīe) that may give modern English /iː/. Pronunciation: /ʃiː/, /ʃi/, /ʃə/, [ʃɪi], [ʃɪ̈i] 1. To refer to (someone) using she/her pronouns. Labels: transitive Example: If somebody wants to go by “he,” continually “sheing” them [is invalidating]. Example: In his conversation with the woman, Ari would 'he' himself using the masculine pronoun and she would reply by consistently 'she'''ing' him. Such examples share something about the emotional quality of language[…]
Word: she Part of Speech: det Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sche, scho, hyo, ȝho (“she”), whence also Yorkshire dialectal shoo (“she”), Scots she, sho (“she”). Probably from Old English hēo (whence dialectal English hoo), with an irregular change in stress from hēo to heō /hjoː/, then a development from /hj-/ to /ç/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of Shetland from Old Norse Hjaltland. In this case, she is from Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”), and is cognate with Saterland Frisian jo, ju, West Frisian hja, North Frisian jü, Danish hun, Swedish hon; more at he. A derivation from Old English sēo (“that one”, occasionally “she”) is also possible, though less likely. In that case, sēo would have undergone a change in stress from sēo to seō /sjoː/, then a change from /sj-/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of sure from Old French seur. It would then be cognate to Dutch zij and German sie. Neither etymology would be expected to yield the modern vocalism in /iː/ (the expected form would be shoo, which is in fact found dialectally). It may be due to influence from he, but both hēo and sēo also have rare variants (hīe and sīe) that may give modern English /iː/. Pronunciation: /ʃiː/, /ʃi/, /ʃə/, [ʃɪi], [ʃɪ̈i] 1. Synonym of her.
Word: they Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi. The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”), Swabian dia (“they”). The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning “those” or “the”. This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning “those”, but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact. Pronunciation: /ˈðeɪ̯/, [ˈðæ̝ɪ̯], /ðə/ 1. A group of entities previously mentioned. Labels: nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually Example: Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Example: Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. 2. A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. Labels: nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually Example: Somebody requested a seat at Friday's performance but didn't say if they preferred the balcony or the floor. Example: Who says they care? —He himself does. 3. People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker. Labels: indefinite, nominative, plural, pronoun, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually Example: They say it’s a good place to live. Example: They didn’t have computers in the old days. 4. The authorities, the (power) elites, the powers that be, the establishment, the man, the system: government, police, employers, etc. Labels: indefinite, nominative, plural, pronoun, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually Example: They'll tax us for the air we breathe next. Example: They should increase our wages. 5. The opponents of the side which is keeping score. Labels: nominative, plural, singular, sometimes, third-person, usually
Word: they Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi. The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”), Swabian dia (“they”). The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning “those” or “the”. This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning “those”, but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact. Pronunciation: /ˈðeɪ̯/, [ˈðæ̝ɪ̯], /ðə/ 1. The, those. Labels: Southern-England, dialectal, nonstandard Example: They rooks as you see … only coom a few year agoo. Example: Darn'd if they Cockney Chaps can zee there worn't nort but lie in him. 2. Their. Labels: US, dialectal Example: MARY ELLEN is a different case from the others. She has five children and, she claims: "I don't know who they father is. I ain't never kept track. They is always another one. You know, I can catch me a guy[.]" Example: It's a shame to see someone talk so bad about the gays and lesbians in prison. She is brainwash to the fact that she think every gay and lesbian in prison is guilty of they crimes.
Word: they Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi. The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”), Swabian dia (“they”). The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning “those” or “the”. This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning “those”, but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact. Pronunciation: /ˈðeɪ̯/, [ˈðæ̝ɪ̯], /ðə/ 1. To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns. Labels: transitive Example: I have a pin that says she/her, but I still get theyed all the time.
Word: they Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi. The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”), Swabian dia (“they”). The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning “those” or “the”. This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning “those”, but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact. Pronunciation: /ˈðeɪ̯/, [ˈðæ̝ɪ̯], /ðə/ 1. A non-binary person. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, sometimes
Word: they Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From earlier the'e, from there. Pronunciation: /ˈðeɪ̯/, [ˈðæ̝ɪ̯], /ðə/ 1. There (especially as an expletive subject of be). Labels: US, dialectal Example: They’s music in the twitter of the bluebird and the jay. Example: MARY ELLEN is a different case from the others. She has five children and, she claims: "I don't know who they father is. I ain't never kept track. They is always another one. You know, I can catch me a guy[.]"
Word: gaffe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff. Pronunciation: /ɡæf/ 1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette. Example: make a gaffe
Word: me Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Scots me, North Frisian me, Saterland Frisian mie, Dutch me, mij, Low German mi, German mir (dative only), Icelandic mér (also still dative), Latin mē, Ancient Greek μέ (mé), ἐμέ (emé), Sanskrit मा (mā), all meaning “me”. Pronunciation: /miː/, /mi/, /mɪ/, /meɪ/, /me/ 1. The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). Labels: first-person, pronoun, singular Example: Can you hear me? Example: He gave me this. 2. The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). Labels: archaic, first-person, pronoun, proscribed, singular Example: And I awoke, and found me here. 3. The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). Labels: colloquial, first-person, pronoun, proscribed, singular Example: When I get to college, I'm gonna get me a white Nissan Sentra. 4. The first-person singular, as the object (of a verb, preposition, etc). Labels: first-person, pronoun, singular Example: Come with me. 5. Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). Labels: first-person, pronoun, singular Example: Who's there? —Me. (or:) It's only me. Example: Who did this? —Me. I did it. (or:) It was me. I did it.) 6. I, the first-person singular, as the subject. Labels: first-person, informal, nonstandard, often, pronoun, proscribed, singular Example: Me and my friends played a game. Example: [It was] literally all me and my astrophysicist colleagues could talk about. 7. I, the first-person singular, as the subject. Labels: first-person, nonstandard, pronoun, proscribed, singular Example: One of them, whose sobriquet was Big-headed Blackboy, was stretched out before the fire, and no answer could be obtained from him, but a drawling repetition, in grunts of displeasure, of "Bel (not) me want to go. Example: Well he said me mustn’t eat ’nanas cause ’nanas would make me sick. 8. I, the first-person singular, as the subject. Labels: first-person, nonstandard, pronoun, proscribed, singular Example: “I should stick to Tarzan,” he [Johnny Weissmuller] explains. “You see, I’m no actor. Well, I didn’t have to act in ‘Tarzan, the Ape Man’—just said, ‘Me Tarzan, you Jane.’ I'll never be able to act.” Example: May opened the door, and a huge Indian walked into the room. “Me Bear Tracks,” he said. “Me hungry.”