nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: abscondence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin abs- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin condō Latin abscondōder. Middle French abscondrebor. ▲ Latin abscondōbor. English abscond English -ence English abscondence From abscond + -ence. Pronunciation: /æbzˈkɑn.dn̩ts/, /æbzˈkɑn.dn̩s/, /æbˈskɑn.dn̩ts/, /æbˈskɑn.dn̩s/ 1. The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive. Labels: rare Example: Security as a result became a thing of the past, and as a corollary, abscondences rose dramatically. Example: The staff feared that earlier transfer to unlocked units would increase the abscondence.
Word: absconder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin abs- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin condō Latin abscondōder. Middle French abscondrebor. ▲ Latin abscondōbor. English abscond Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English absconder From abscond + -er. Pronunciation: /æbˈskɑn.dɚ/, /æbˈzkɑn.dɚ/, /æbˈskɒn.də/ 1. A person who absconds. Example: […] unless such an Act of Grace do reach insolvent Absconders, who to shun the Cruelty of their severe Creditors confine themselves out of their Reach, ’tis humbly conceived, ’twill be but half an Act of Grace. Example: What else could it all mean but that Mr. Robert Weymouth was an absconder—was about to fly with the bank’s remaining funds […]
Word: odd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point"). Pronunciation: /ɒd/, /ɑd/ 1. Something left over, not forming part of a set. Labels: informal Example: I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds. 2. An odd number. Labels: diminutive Example: So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.
Word: quiz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin. * The Century Dictionary suggests it was originally applied to a popular toy, from a dialectal variant of whiz. * The Random House Dictionary suggests the original sense was "odd person" (circa 1780). * Others suggest the meaning "hoax" was original (1796), shifting to the meaning "interrogate" (1847) under the influence of question and inquisitive. * Some say without evidence it was invented by a late-18th-century Dublin theatre proprietor who bet he could add a new nonsense word to the English language; he had the word painted on walls all over the city, and the morning after, everyone was talking about it (The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin). * Others suggest it was originally quies (1847), Latin qui es? (who are you?), traditionally the first question in oral Latin exams. They suggest that it was first used as a noun from 1867, and the spelling quiz first recorded in 1886, but this is demonstrably incorrect. * A further derivation, assuming that the original sense is "good, ingenuous, harmless man, overly conventional, pedantic, rule-bound man, square; nerd; oddball, eccentric", is based on a column from 1785 which claims that the origin is a jocular translation of the Horace quotation vir bonus est quis as "the good man is a quiz" at Cambridge. Pronunciation: /kwɪz/, [kʰw̥ɪz] 1. An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing. Labels: dated Example: I've always heard he was a quiz, says another, or a quoz, or some such word ; but I did not know he was such a book-worm. Example: I tell you I am going to the music shop. I trust to your honour. Lord Rawson, I know, will call me a fool for trusting to the honour of a quiz. 2. One who questions or interrogates; a prying person. Labels: dated 3. A competition in the answering of questions. Example: We came second in the pub quiz. Example: Once all six friends are clear that the topic of Janet's story is a pub quiz, we launch into talk around this topic, combining factual information about quizzes we have participated in with fantasies about becoming a team ourselves. 4. A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course. Example: For many it is hard to envision a scenario where a student completes an online quiz (or test) without using their smartphone, tablet, or other device to look up the answers, or ‘share’ those answers with other students.
Word: quiz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin. * The Century Dictionary suggests it was originally applied to a popular toy, from a dialectal variant of whiz. * The Random House Dictionary suggests the original sense was "odd person" (circa 1780). * Others suggest the meaning "hoax" was original (1796), shifting to the meaning "interrogate" (1847) under the influence of question and inquisitive. * Some say without evidence it was invented by a late-18th-century Dublin theatre proprietor who bet he could add a new nonsense word to the English language; he had the word painted on walls all over the city, and the morning after, everyone was talking about it (The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin). * Others suggest it was originally quies (1847), Latin qui es? (who are you?), traditionally the first question in oral Latin exams. They suggest that it was first used as a noun from 1867, and the spelling quiz first recorded in 1886, but this is demonstrably incorrect. * A further derivation, assuming that the original sense is "good, ingenuous, harmless man, overly conventional, pedantic, rule-bound man, square; nerd; oddball, eccentric", is based on a column from 1785 which claims that the origin is a jocular translation of the Horace quotation vir bonus est quis as "the good man is a quiz" at Cambridge. Pronunciation: /kwɪz/, [kʰw̥ɪz] 1. To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: he quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room— Example: 'Now, Puddock, back him up—encourage your man,' said Devereux, who took a perverse pleasure in joking; 'tell him to flay the lump, splat him, divide him, and cut him in two pieces—' It was a custom of the corps to quiz Puddock about his cookery […] 2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. Labels: archaic, transitive 3. To question (someone) closely, to interrogate. Labels: transitive Example: He quizzed the suspect for around half an hour. Example: This week members return to the chamber to quiz the government on the Zimbabwe election, teacher shortages, backlog of asylum applications and improving the system for dementia diagnosis. 4. To instruct (someone) by means of a quiz. Labels: transitive 5. To play with a quiz. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive
Word: calendar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium. Displaced native Old English rīmbōc and ġerīmbōc. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.ən.də/, [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.də], /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/, [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.dɚ] 1. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. Example: The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars. 2. A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information. Example: Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall. 3. A list of planned events. Example: The club has a busy calendar this year. 4. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule. Example: a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court Example: Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of Tempeſts in State; which are commonly greateſt, when Things grow to Equality; As naturall Tempeſts are greateſt about the Æquinoctia. 5. An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK) Labels: US
Word: calendar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from kalō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium. Displaced native Old English rīmbōc and ġerīmbōc. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.ən.də/, [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.də], /ˈkæl.ən.dɚ/, [ˈkʰæl.(ə)n.dɚ] 1. To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call. Labels: transitive Example: The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date. 2. To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Labels: transitive Example: Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes.
Word: millennium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Latin annīs Latin mīllennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin mīllenniumbor. English millennium From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/ 1. A period of time consisting of one thousand years. Labels: countable Example: But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums. Example: How this happens no one really knows, despite the efforts of philosophers and psychologists over two and a half millennia to study the phenomenon. 2. The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000. Labels: with-definite-article Example: A huge fireworks display was put on in Sydney to celebrate the millennium. 3. Any long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday. Labels: archaic Example: Near-synonym: utopia Example: expecting a millennium
Word: millennium Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Proto-Italic *atnos? Latin annus Latin annīs Latin mīllennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin mīllenniumbor. English millennium From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/ 1. The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations). Example: usher in the millennium Example: The Nazis' concept for the so-called Thousand-Year Reich of their infallible Leader has been described as but a pale pseudoreligious false-prophet imitation of the Christian concept of the millennium of Christ regnant. 2. A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday. Labels: archaic Example: Near-synonym: utopia Example: usher in the millennium
Word: raptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæptə/, /ˈɹæptɚ/ 1. A bird of prey. 2. One who ravishes or plunders. Labels: obsolete
Word: raptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology as above. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæptə/, /ˈɹæptɚ/ 1. One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs. Labels: informal
Word: week Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wiċe Middle English wyke English week From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”). Related to weak and dialectal English wick (“corner”); see Proto-Germanic *wīk(w)aną (“to bend, yield, cease”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ouk, oulk (“week”), Yola wick, wik (“week”), North Frisian waag, Week, weg (“week”), Saterland Frisian Wiek, Wíek (“week”), West Frisian wike (“week”), Bavarian Wochn (“week”), Cimbrian boch, bòcha (“week”), Dutch week (“week”), German Woche (“week”), German Low German Week (“week”), Limburgish waek, Wéëk (“week”), Luxembourgish Woch (“week”), Mòcheno boch (“week”), Vilamovian woch (“week”), Yiddish וואָך (vokh, “week”), Danish uge (“week”), Elfdalian wiku, wikå (“week”), Faroese and Icelandic vika (“week”), Jamtish vuku (“week”), Norwegian Bokmål uke (“week”), Norwegian Nynorsk veke, vika, viku, vukku, vuku (“week”), Scanian uga (“week”), Swedish vecka (“week”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “sequence; week”); also Cornish gwigh (“periwinkles, whelks”), Irish faocha, faochóg (“periwinkle”), Latin vicis (“alteration, turn; time”), Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō, “to yield”), Albanian vig (“bier, litter, stretcher”), Northern Kurdish avêtin, avitin, avîtin, havêtin, havîtin (“to cast, hurl, throw”), Persian آویختَن (âvixtan, “to hang, suspend”), بیختن (bēxtan / bixtan, “to sieve, sift”). Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick. Pronunciation: /wiːk/, [ˈwɪi̯k] 1. Any period of seven consecutive days. Example: Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day, weekday < weekend 2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. 3. A period of five days beginning with Monday. 4. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath. Example: A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 5. A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day. Example: I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next] Example: The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
Word: week Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /wiːk/, [ˈwɪi̯k] 1. The squeal of a pig. Example: And ho, ho, ho, went Mister Pig, and week, week, week, went she; […] Example: […] his head came a-top of one of a litter of young pigs that happened at that moment to be foraging about: week! week! week! week! week! cried little piggy.
Word: abashed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈbæʃt/ 1. Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. Example: So spake the Lord Goldry Bluszco, standing in great pride and splendour beneath the starry canopy, and scowling terribly on the Ambassador from Witchland, so that the Ambassador was abashed and his knees smote together.
Word: abashed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈbæʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of abash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: leap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løpe (“to run”), Swedish löpa (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’). Pronunciation: /ˈliːp/, [ˈlɪi̯p], /ˈlɛp/ 1. To jump. Labels: intransitive Example: It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep Example: I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer? 2. To pass over by a leap or jump. Labels: transitive Example: to leap a wall or a ditch Example: ⁠Deep folly! yet that this could be— ⁠That I could wing my will with might ⁠To leap the grades of life and light, And flash at once, my friend, to thee: […] 3. To copulate with (a female beast) Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To copulate with (a human) Labels: archaic Example: go leap her, and engender young devilings 5. To cause to leap. Labels: transitive Example: to leap a horse across a ditch
Word: leap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løpe (“to run”), Swedish löpa (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’). Pronunciation: /ˈliːp/, [ˈlɪi̯p], /ˈlɛp/ 1. The act of leaping or jumping. Example: He made a leap across the river. Example: Leaps from one Extream to Another , are Unnatural Motions in the Course of our lives and Humours 2. The distance traversed by a leap or jump. 3. A group of leopards. Example: Manikanta returned to the palace riding on a royal tiger accompanied by a leap of leopards to the utter surprise of the inhabitants of Pantalam. Example: I can see it now... a leap of Leopards eating the carcass of a Longhorn out in the Vista.... 4. A significant move forward. Labels: figuratively Example: That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. Example: Since the arrival of mainstream pornography platforms in the early 2000’s and the rise in smartphone use, online pornography consumption has shown considerable year on year leaps. 5. A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts. Labels: figuratively Example: It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs. 6. A fault. 7. Copulation (by a male animal) with a female one. Example: Much difference of opinion exists as to the number of bullings a cow should receive. Here, I think, good judgment should be used. If the bull is cool and quiet, and some time has intervened since he had his last cow, one good leap is better than more […] 8. A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals. 9. A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder. Example: He unfortunately persevered, and the cot veered round towards the fall of the leap, and was running fast towards the rapids, when Mr. Craven lost his self-possession, and jumped out to gain a rock within a length of him, but did not succe[e]d, and he sunk in a part of the river over the leap called the dancing-hole, from which he was never more seen to rise. The cot was dashed with violence against another rock […] Example: […] where the Esk divides it in the middle, and forms a linn or leap, is named the How burn; […]
Word: leap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop. Cognate with North Frisian laap, luup, luupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Saterland Frisian lope, loope (“to run”), West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Limburgish loupe (“to jog, run, walk”), Low German lopen, loupen (“to run”), Luxembourgish lafen (“to run”), Vilamovian łaojfa (“to run”), Danish løbe (“to run”), Faroese leypa (“to jump”), Icelandic hlaupa (“to run; to jump”), Norwegian Bokmål løpe (“to run”), Norwegian Nynorsk laupa, laupe, løpa, løpe (“to run”), Swedish löpa (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’). Pronunciation: /ˈliːp/, [ˈlɪi̯p], /ˈlɛp/ 1. Intercalary, bissextile. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lep, from Old English lēap (“basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”). Cognate with Icelandic laupur (“basket”). Pronunciation: /ˈliːp/, [ˈlɪi̯p], /ˈlɛp/ 1. A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely. 2. Half a bushel.
Word: nu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n). Pronunciation: /njuː/, /nu/ 1. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nu Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). Doublet of now. Pronunciation: /nu/ 1. An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc. Labels: Jewish 2. Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.) Labels: Jewish
Word: nu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Phonetic respelling of new. 1. new
Word: watchlist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From watch + list. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔt͡ʃˌlɪst/, /ˈwɒt͡ʃˌlɪst/ 1. A list of people or things that are assigned to receive special attention or monitoring. Example: The police have hundreds of citizens on their watchlists. Example: The TSA provides the airlines with the “No Fly” and “Automatic Selectee” watchlists for use in identifying passengers who are to be denied boarding or who require additional scrutiny prior to boarding. The “No Fly” watchlist is a list of persons who are considered a direct threat to U.S. civil aviation.
Word: watchlist Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From watch + list. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔt͡ʃˌlɪst/, /ˈwɒt͡ʃˌlɪst/ 1. To add to a watchlist. Labels: transitive
Word: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: If the sight of a very long word makes you rigid with terror, look away now. For the correct term for such a condition is, ironically, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Word: lente Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛn.teɪ/ 1. An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente. Labels: uncountable
Word: winter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪntə/, [ˈwɪntʰə], /ˈwɪntɚ/, [ˈwɪntʰɚ] ~ [ˈwɪntʰɹ̩], /ˈwɪɾ̃ɚ/ 1. Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra. Example: And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold. 2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. Labels: countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable Example: Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. Example: Buterin seemed to sense that the market was out of balance, and he made a smart decision that helped Ethereum weather the crypto winter and continue to build while the market was down. 3. Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. Labels: countable 4. An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. The rainy season. Labels: India, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Note that the Citie of Goa is the principall place of all the Oriental India, and the winter thus beginneth the 15 of May, with very great raine. Example: The Winter heere beginneth about the first of Iune and dureth till the twentieth of September, but not with continuall raines as at Goa, but for some sixe or seuen dayes every change and full, with much wind, thunder and raine.
Word: winter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vinter (“winter”), Faroese and Icelandic vetur (“winter”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪntə/, [ˈwɪntʰə], /ˈwɪntɚ/, [ˈwɪntʰɚ] ~ [ˈwɪntʰɹ̩], /ˈwɪɾ̃ɚ/ 1. To spend the winter (in a particular place). Labels: intransitive Example: She had summered in England and France and Germany and Switzerland. She had wintered in Italy and Egypt and India and Spain. Example: Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it. 2. To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold. Labels: transitive
Word: winter Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: mouse potato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mouse + couch potato; "mouse" referring to the device linked to computers. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, /maʊs pəʊ.teɪ.təʊ/ 1. A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer. Labels: slang Example: Lady Miss Kier is a mouse potato. 'I wake up, I go and turn the computer on before I wash my face or brush my teeth. I'll be sitting there in my underwear, and before I know it, four hours have passed. Then I pick up the phone, push some more buttons and the food delivery arrives, and then 16 hours have passed in front of the computer. It leaves you completely drained.' Example: The internet, the authors say, affords the average mouse-potato the opportunity to experience a Naipaul-esque enigma of arrival in far-away lands without ever leaving the shores of Trinidad.
Word: bone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bian, Biin, biinj (“bone; leg”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Icelandic bein (“bone; leg”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pieces, shatter”), Avestan 𐬠𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (byente, “they fight, hit”). Related also to Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”) (whence Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”)), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See bain, bein. Pronunciation: /bəʊn/, /boʊn/, /bəʉn/, /bɐʉn/, /bon/ 1. Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bian, Biin, biinj (“bone; leg”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Icelandic bein (“bone; leg”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pieces, shatter”), Avestan 𐬠𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (byente, “they fight, hit”). Related also to Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”) (whence Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”)), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See bain, bein. Pronunciation: /bəʊn/, /boʊn/, /bəʉn/, /bɐʉn/, /bon/ 1. To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from. Example: One of the fish stalls specialized in boning shad, and he who has never eaten a boned shad baked twenty minutes on a hot oak plank has been deprived of the most delicious morsel that the ocean yields. Example: The ballottine is made of a piece of meat, fowl, game or fish which is boned, stuffed, and rolled into the shape of a bundle. The term ballottine should strictly apply only to meat, boned and rolled, but not stuffed. 2. To fertilize with bone. Example: He cites an instance of land heavily boned 70 years ago as “still markedly luxuriant beyond any other grass land in the same district.” 3. To put whalebone into. Example: Having my stays very fully boned and fitted with shoulder-straps. 4. To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line. Example: boning rod 5. To have sexual intercourse (with). Labels: ambitransitive, slang, usually, vulgar Example: O Memmius, well and slowly did you bone me, supine, day by day, with the whole of that beam. Example: We’re bonin’ on the dark blocks / Wearin’ out the shocks, wettin’ up the dashboard clock 6. To perform “bone pointing”, a ritual that is intended to bring illness or even death to the victim. Labels: Australia, dated Example: “You don’t know!”, Bony echoed. “You can tell me who boned me fifteen years ago on the other side of the world, and you can’t tell me who killed the white-fella in the Crater”. 7. To study. Labels: usually Example: bone up Example: “I know it. You do not study.” “What’s the use of boning all the time! I wasn’t cut out for it.” 8. To polish boots to a shiny finish. Example: […] the permanent boning (excessive polishing) of boots by recruits […] 9. To nag, especially for an unpaid debt. Example: Dix Handley: Don’t bone me! Cobby: Now look, I’m not boning you, Dix— Dix: Did I ever welsh? Cobby: Nobody said you did— Dix: You just boned me!
Word: bone Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bian, Biin, biinj (“bone; leg”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Icelandic bein (“bone; leg”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pieces, shatter”), Avestan 𐬠𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (byente, “they fight, hit”). Related also to Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”) (whence Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”)), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See bain, bein. Pronunciation: /bəʊn/, /boʊn/, /bəʉn/, /bɐʉn/, /bon/ 1. Used before an adjective as an intensifier Labels: not-comparable Example: GWF, well almost anyway, 40, bone-lonely, desperately needs a friend in Southern Maine.
Word: bone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown; probably related in some way to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /bəʊn/, /boʊn/, /bəʉn/, /bɐʉn/, /bon/ 1. To apprehend, steal. Labels: slang, transitive Example: “Did I?” said Squeers, “Well it was rather a startling thing for a stranger to come and recommend himself by saying that he knew all about you, and what your name was, and why you were living so quiet here, and what you had boned, and who you had boned it from.” Example: […]as long as you and I live I take it for granted that you will not suspect me of boning them. But to guard against casualties hereafter, I have asked Nicolay to write you a line saying that I have never had in my possession or custody any of the papers which you entrusted to him.
Word: bone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French bornoyer (“to look at with one eye, to sight”), from borgne (“one-eyed”). Pronunciation: /bəʊn/, /boʊn/, /bəʉn/, /bɐʉn/, /bon/ 1. To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line. Example: Joiners, &c., bone their work with two straight edges.
Word: bone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of trombone. Pronunciation: /bəʊn/, /boʊn/, /bəʉn/, /bɐʉn/, /bon/ 1. Clipping of trombone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: punkin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋkɪn/ 1. Nonstandard form of pumpkin. Labels: alt-of, dialectal, nonstandard Example: When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock[…] Example: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
Word: servant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvənt/, /ˈsɝvənt/, [ˈsɝvn̩ʔ] 1. One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. Example: There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids. Example: In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates. 2. One who serves another, providing help in some manner. Example: She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing. 3. A person who dedicates themselves to God. 4. A professed lover. Labels: obsolete 5. A person of low condition or spirit.
Word: servant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvənt/, /ˈsɝvənt/, [ˈsɝvn̩ʔ] 1. To subject. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires Are Seruanted to others[…]
Word: robot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ̯.bɒt/, /ˈɹəʊ̯.bət/, /ˈɹoʊ̯.bɑt/, /ˈɹɔʊ̯.bɑt/, /ˈɹəʉ̯.bɔt/ 1. A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: “I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!” Example: Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome.
Word: robot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referencing the origin of the name of the 4chan imageboard /r9k/ (created in 2008), so-called because it implements the ROBOT9000 algorithm by Randall Munroe to prevent the reposting of content. Possibly overlapping with the sense of robot (“a person who does not seem to have any emotions”), alluding to autism, due to the prevalence of personal stories describing awkward or embarrassing situations on the board. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ̯.bɒt/, /ˈɹəʊ̯.bət/, /ˈɹoʊ̯.bɑt/, /ˈɹɔʊ̯.bɑt/, /ˈɹəʉ̯.bɔt/ 1. A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community. Labels: Internet Example: One anonymous message addressed to "fellow robots" hoped readers would have "an enjoyable Elliot Rodger day"—a reference to the shooter who killed six near a Santa Barbara university last year. Example: Posters on the board are locked in an ongoing debate about who can be one of them— a "robot." Can white guys be robots, despite their privilege? Can black guys? Women love them! It goes on and on. Only one rule really seems to be agreed upon: "If you have no friends and no gf you are a robot."
Word: English Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/, /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/, /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to England. Example: During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible. The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans, except the Germans, whose courage they admired. 2. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England. Example: Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English. Example: Honest, honest, English is just a language of confusions. 3. Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen). Example: The Uſuwrper [...] within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 4. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure. Example: an English ton 5. Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German. 6. Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.
Word: English Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/, /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/, /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ 1. The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity. Example: The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea. 2. The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable 3. Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically. Labels: uncountable Example: Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English. 4. A particular instance of the English language, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used? 5. A particular instance of the English language, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be. 6. A particular instance of the English language, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English. Example: Data: I have completed my analysis of the anomaly. It appears to be a multi-phasic temporal convergence in the space-time continuum. Dr. Crusher: In English, Data. 7. A particular instance of the English language, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I loved reading until 7th grade English. Example: This reflects that in English, students learn a range of text types, such as procedures, editorials, poetry, and not just academic essays. 8. A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 9. Alternative form of english. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: You are putting too much English on the ball.
Word: English Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/, /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/, /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ 1. The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca. Example: How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English? 2. A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. 3. English language, literature, composition as a subject of study Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A male or female given name. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: English Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English Englisch, English, Inglis, from Old English Englisċ (“of the Angles; English”), from Engle (“the Angles”), a Germanic tribe + -isċ; equivalent to Engle + -ish. Doublet of Anglish. Compare West Frisian Ingelsk, Scots Inglis (older ynglis), Dutch Engels, Danish engelsk, Old French Englesche (whence French anglais), German englisch, Spanish inglés, all ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow”) (compare Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu, “narrow”), अंहस् (áṃhas, “anxiety, sin”), Latin angustus (“narrow”), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ, “narrow”)). More at Angles (tribe) § Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡə.lɪʃ/, /ˈiŋ.(ɡ)lɪʃ/, /ˈɪŋ.ɡləʃ/, /ˈɪŋɡ.lɪʃ/ 1. To translate, adapt or render into English. Labels: archaic, rare, transitive Example: […] severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said. Example: Mamma is an adaptation of a French farce by Mr. Sydney Grundy, made in the time when his chief claim to recognition as a playwright lay in his ingenious aptitude for Englishing the un-Englishable. 2. To make English; to claim for England. Labels: archaic, rare, transitive Example: While the man Clive—he fought Plassy, spoiled the clever foreign game, Conquered and annexed and Englished!