nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: attendance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”). Pronunciation: /əˈtɛn.dəns/ 1. The act of attending; the state of being present; presence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Attendance at the meeting is required. Example: All those in attendance are to sign this slip. 2. A tally or listing of the persons present. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance. Example: The workshop […] was extremely successful with an attendance of more than 380 participants from government, the private sector and members of Trade Associations for Grains, Seed and Cocoa Federation. 3. The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: John's attendance for the conventions was not good. 4. Attention paid to something; careful regard. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The matter required his immediate attendance. 5. Maid service. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "And what are you going to charge me?" There had come a kindly, almost a friendly note into his voice. "With attendance, mind! I shall expect you to give me attendance, and I need hardly ask if you can cook, Mrs. Bunting?"
Word: factorial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English factor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English factorial From factor + -ial. Pronunciation: /fækˈtɔːɹi.əl/ 1. The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120. Example: The expression #123;#125;#95;nC#95;r means the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time. It is also written #92;binomnr, and is equal to#92;frac#123;n(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)#92;cdots#92;cdots(n-r#43;1)#125;#123;r#33;#125;or n#33;#47;r#33;(n-r)#33;, in which r#33; is read "factorial r" and denotes the product of all the integral numbers from 1 to r inclusive. Example: This playing around with consecutive integers reminded one of the students of factorials, and he asked about products of integers, which I said could be expressed similarly as#92;prod#95;#123;k#61;1#125;ⁿk#61;1#92;cdot 2#92;cdot 3#92;cdotsn.But what does this equal? Well, of course we can say that it is equal to n factorial and write#92;prod#95;#123;k#61;1#125;ⁿk#61;n#33; and then use our calculators, but inventing a new symbol like 'factorial' feels like an admission of defeat!
Word: factorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English factor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English factorial From factor + -ial. Pronunciation: /fækˈtɔːɹi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial. Example: I shall denote, as usual, the factorial product of the numbers up to n by n#33;, but I have found it necessary to introduce a separate notation for the products of successive even or odd numbers. I consequently definen#33;#33;#61;n#92;cdot(n-2)#33;#33;.Starting with1#33;#33;#61;1,#92;quad 2#33;#33;#61;2,it follows that, for positive values of n,n#33;#33;#61;n#92;cdotn-2#92;cdotn-4#92;cdots,where the last factor is either 1 or 2, according as n is odd or even. Example: The definition of addition is an example of definition by induction, sometimes called recursive definition. As another example of this, consider the following inductive definition of the factorial function. We define n#33; for n#92;in#92;mathbbN by the following two properties, (i) 1#33; is defined to be 1, (ii) for all k#92;in#92;mathbbN, we define (k#43;1)#33; to be (k#43;1)#92;timesk#33;. 2. Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent. Example: The latter sold the goods to a customer who was cashier to certain creditors of the agents without disclosing the factorial capacity in which they acted. 3. Of or pertaining to a factory. Labels: dated
Word: factorial prime Part of Speech: noun 1. A prime number that is one more or one less than a factorial. For example, 7 is a factorial prime, since 3! + 1 = 7.
Word: -mas Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -masse, -messe, from Old English -mæsse, the second element in several ritual and holiday names (e.g. Candelmæsse, Cristes mæsse, hlāfmæsse, etc.), from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”). Compare Dutch mis, German Messe, Danish messe, Swedish mässa, Icelandic messa. 1. Indicates holidays or sacred days. Labels: morpheme
Word: Iesus Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Jesus. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: And forthwith he came to Iesus and said, Hail master, and kissed him. And Iesus said unto him , Friend , wherefore art thou come? Example: In no wise: For Iesus Christ remains alwayes first and supreme Pastor, and S. Peter and his Successors are only his Lievtenants and Vicars upon earth; and in this manner that doth rather raise Iesus Christs authority, than lessen it ; for even as it is an honor to a King to have under him Governors of Provinces, vice-Royes, Lievrenants and Generalls of Armies, to whom his Subjects pay obedience, because of the power given them by the King : so likewise it is an honor to Iesus Christ to have in the Kingdom of his Church Vicars and Lievtenents that my visibly govern his Church, and whom he hath commanded us to obey as his own self.
Word: soothing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsuːðɪŋ/ 1. Tending to soothe or mollify. Example: soothing music 2. Giving relief. Example: a soothing ointment 3. Freeing from fear or anxiety. Example: soothing words
Word: soothing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsuːðɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of soothe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of sooth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soothing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsuːðɪŋ/ 1. The act by which somebody is soothed. Example: There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints. Example: I'll take you to the highest mountain To the depths of the deepest sea And we won't need a map, believe me Now let my body do the moving And let my hands do the soothing Let me show you the world in my eyes
Word: soothe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”). See also sooth. Displaced Old English frēfran, ġefrēfran (“to comfort, console, soothe”), and partially displaced Old English stillan, ġestillan (“to calm, become calm, pacify, quieten”) (whence modern still). The semantic evolution of "to verify, prove the validity of" → "to comfort" (first attested in the late 17th century) comes from the notion of assuaging someone by supporting the truth of what they say. Pronunciation: /suːð/ 1. To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh. Labels: transitive Example: Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. Example: Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job. 2. To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften. Labels: transitive 3. To smooth over; render less obnoxious. Labels: rare, transitive 4. To calm or placate someone or some situation. Labels: transitive 5. To ease or relieve pain or suffering. Labels: transitive Example: I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day I am a cider drinker, it soothes all me troubles away 6. To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery. Labels: intransitive 7. To bring comfort or relief. Labels: intransitive 8. To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter. Labels: transitive 9. To prove true; verify; confirm as true. Labels: obsolete, transitive 10. To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out. Labels: obsolete, transitive 11. To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and despiſe.
Word: placate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the late 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin plācātus, perfect passive participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), ultimately thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please. Pronunciation: /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/, /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ 1. To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate. Labels: transitive Example: The gleam of the light on the paper placated his professional anger, and he wrote rapidly, the final dash of his signature curling the paper up in a triangular tear. Example: To-day a deity who should require bleeding sacrifices to placate him would be too sanguinary to be taken seriously.
Word: placate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the late 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin plācātus, perfect passive participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), ultimately thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please. Pronunciation: /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/, /ˈpleɪkeɪt/ 1. Placid, peaceful. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: When are you more placate and serene?
Word: harmonious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French harmonieux; by surface analysis, harmony + -ous. Pronunciation: /hɑɹˈmoʊni.əs/, /hɑːˈməʊni.əs/ 1. Showing accord in feeling or action. Example: The team worked in a harmonious atmosphere, achieving great results. 2. Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined. Example: The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other. 3. Melodious; in harmony. Example: The choir’s voices blended in a harmonious melody.
Word: verify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/ 1. To substantiate or prove the truth of something. Labels: transitive Example: "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters." 2. To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something. Labels: transitive Example: In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette. 3. To affirm something formally, under oath. Labels: transitive
Word: pleasing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːzɪŋ/, /ˈplizɪŋ/ 1. Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification. Example: These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance. Example: Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
Word: pleasing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːzɪŋ/, /ˈplizɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of please. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pleasing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːzɪŋ/, /ˈplizɪŋ/ 1. pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing." Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
Word: pacify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsɪfaɪ/, /ˈpæsəfaɪ/ 1. To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize Example: Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance. 2. To mollify, placate or soothe (someone or something). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Tell me that you'll call me / Just as soon as you get home / To pacify my heart while I'm alone / I don't like being alone 3. To appease (someone). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion. Example: Screaming feed me here Fill me up again Temporarily pacifying
Word: enjoyment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enjoy + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/, /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.mənt/ 1. The condition of enjoying anything. Labels: uncountable Example: Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company. Example: Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better. 2. An enjoyable state of mind; a feeling of satisfaction or delight from a situation. Labels: uncountable Example: I experienced more enjoyment from summer camp than any part of school. Example: All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which must be fruitful in other consequences besides those particular acts. 3. An activity that gives pleasure. Labels: countable Example: Is it, haply, an idle occupation, or is the time ill-spent that is spent in roaming the world in quest, not of its enjoyments, but of those arduous toils whereby the good mount upwards to the abodes of everlasting life? 4. The exercise of a legal right. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: solar prominence Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the large eruptions of luminous hydrogen gas that rise thousands of kilometers above the chromosphere of the Sun.
Word: hood Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian and Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /⁠xaudā⁠/)). More at hat. Pronunciation: /hʊd/, [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d], /hɵd/, /hʉd/ 1. To cover (something) with a hood. Labels: transitive 2. To extend out from (something), in the manner of a hood. Labels: transitive 3. To grow over the eyelid but not the eye itself. Labels: intransitive
Word: hood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of hoodlum. Pronunciation: /hʊd/, [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d], /hɵd/, /hʉd/ 1. Gangster, thug. Labels: slang Example: Teen-age hoods steal cars in cities, take them into the pines, strip them, ignite them, and leave the scene.
Word: hood Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe. Pronunciation: /hʊd/, [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d], /hɵd/, /hʉd/ 1. Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe. Pronunciation: /hʊd/, [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d], /hɵd/, /hʉd/ 1. A neighborhood. Labels: slang Example: What’s goin’ down in the hood? Example: Neighborhoods are now hoods cause nobody's neighbors / Just animals surviving with that animal behavior 2. Any poor suburb or neighbourhood. Labels: slang
Word: hood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”. Pronunciation: /hʊd/, [hʊ̈d], [hɪ̈d], /hɵd/, /hʉd/ 1. Person wearing a hoodie. Labels: UK
Word: multitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- + -itude. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/, [-t͡ʃ-], /ˈmʊltɪt͡ʃuːd/, /ˈmʌltəˌt(j)ud/ 1. A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion. Example: Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Example: A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons. 2. The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace. Example: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil Example: Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be caſt into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a ſwiniſh multitude.
Word: fluster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is probably from Middle English *flostren (implied in flostring, flostrynge (“agitation; blustering”)) from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language; compare Icelandic flaustra (“to bustle”), flaustr (“a bustle; a hurry”). Compare Old English flustrian (“to weave, plait, braid”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌstə/, /ˈflʌstəɹ/ 1. To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse. Labels: transitive Example: The aged housekeeper was no less flustered and hurried in obeying the numerous and contradictory commands of her mistress, […] Example: Weel, Sam'l, I d'na want to fluster ye, but she's been ower lang wi' Lisbeth Fargus no to hae learnt her ways. 2. To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context. Labels: transitive 3. To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context. Labels: broadly, transitive 4. To make (someone) feel flushed and hot through drinking alcoholic beverages; also, to make (someone) slightly drunk or tipsy. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Three lads of Cypres, noble ſvvelling ſpirits, / That hold their honour, in a vvary diſtance, / The very Elements of this vvarlike Iſle, / Haue I tonight fluſtred vvith flovving cups, / And the vvatch too: novv mongſt this flocke of drunkards, / I am to put our Caſsio in ſome action, / That may offend the Iſle; […] Example: His practice of flustering himself daily with claret was hardly considered as a fault by his contemporaries. 5. To be agitated and confused; to bustle. Labels: intransitive Example: He seemed to fluster when speaking in front of many people. Example: [H]e broke out upon Mrs. Sumfit: "Now, then, mother!" which caused her to fluster guiltily, […] 6. To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context. Labels: intransitive 7. To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context. Labels: broadly, intransitive 8. To catch attention; to be showy or splendid. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 9. To boast or brag noisily; to bluster, to swagger. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […] 10. Of a seed: to produce a shoot quickly. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: fluster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is probably from Middle English *flostren (implied in flostring, flostrynge (“agitation; blustering”)) from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language; compare Icelandic flaustra (“to bustle”), flaustr (“a bustle; a hurry”). Compare Old English flustrian (“to weave, plait, braid”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌstə/, /ˈflʌstəɹ/ 1. A state of agitation or confusion; a flutter. Example: Good-morrovv, Madam; hovv do you do to-day? you ſeem to be in a little fluſter. Example: I wouldna wonder but ye're richt, Leeby; for Chirsty would be in an oncommon fluster if she thocht the lad's mither was likely to hear 'at her best chair was torn. 2. A state of slight drunkenness or tipsiness; also, the excitement caused by this state. Labels: obsolete Example: It is certainly a very agreeable change, when we see a glass raise a lifeless conversation into all the pleasures of wit and good humour. But when Caska adds to his natural impudence the fluster of a bottle, that which fools call fire when he was sober, all men abhor as outrage when he is drunk. 3. Showiness, splendour. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet to vvork he fell, not omitting firſt to Sum himſelf up in the vvhole vvardrobe of his Function; […] as to the end that being huff'd up in all his Eccleſiaſtical fluſter, he might appear more formidable, and in the pride of his Heart and Habit, out-boniface an Humble Moderator. Example: Let no preſent fluſter of Fortune, or flovv of Riches, either tranſport the Man himſelf vvith Confidence, or the Fools about him vvith Admiration, till vve ſee that it makes him better and vviſer than he vvas before, […]
Word: discography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disco- + -graphy. First attested in 1933. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsˈkɒɡɹəfi/, /ˌdɪsˈkɑɡɹəfi/ 1. A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases). 2. A complete collection of the releases of a musical act. Labels: broadly 3. Radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
Word: spoonerism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spooner + -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups. Pronunciation: /ˈspuː.nəɹˌɪ.zəm/ 1. A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed. Labels: rhetoric Example: Undergraduates at Oxford University were playfully fond of Spooner, whom they nicknamed "the Spoo". They also coined the term "spoonerism" around 1885, after Spooner had been a fellow at New College for almost twenty years. By 1892, his reputation for absentmindedness was well known; students came to New College expecting to hear a spoonerism.
Word: aforesaid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aforesaid(e), aforeseid(e), past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”). Equivalent to afore- + said. Pronunciation: /əˈfɔɹsɛd/, /əˈfɔːsɛd/ 1. Previously stated; said or named before. Labels: not-comparable Example: I soon took pity upon them and on myself, and rode off; but before I had crossed the aforesaid green glade, I heard their voices and laughter rising gaily as before. Very impertinent! Example: ARIEL: Well, as I was trying to do, before you came in and said all those things, my first step would be to torture the prisoner with the aforesaid electricity, wasn't it?
Word: latter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English latter, lattere, lattre, from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Equivalent to late + -er, thus a doublet of later; also, related to last, whose doublet is latest. Pronunciation: /ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈlæt.ɚ/, [ˈlæɾ.ɚ] 1. Relating to or being the second of two items. Labels: not-comparable Example: The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though). Example: On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact. 2. Near (or nearer) to the end. Labels: not-comparable Example: the latter part of the century 3. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time. Labels: not-comparable Example: In his latter years my dad became very absent-minded. Example: Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […]?
Word: sciolist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin sciolus + -ist. First attested at the beginning of the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪəlɪst/ 1. One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding. Example: Near-synonyms: dabbler, dilettante, jack of all trades, know-it-all, fachidiot Example: Men of true ſcience modestly admit the truth on the authority of the divine word; the ſciolist in imitation of the peasant, whoſe obſtinacy is the natural reſult of pride, and ignorance, will not believe if he does not comprehend.
Word: pygmalion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pygmalion, from Ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων (Pugmalíōn), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pʿmytn /⁠puġ‘mayaton⁠/), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pmyytn /⁠pumayyaton⁠/, “Pumay has given”), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉 (pmy, “Pumay”) + Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (ytn /⁠yaton⁠/, “to give”). Pronunciation: /pɪɡˈmeɪliən/ 1. One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with).
Word: draggle-tailed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Taken from draggle (“net drawn along the bottom of the water for fishing”), this was originally applied to women whose dresses dragged along the ground behind them. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡl̩ˌteɪld/ 1. Slatternly, untidy, unkempt. Example: And yet by the way, as one sometime demanded of one of his complices, How it came to pass, that they, who take upon them by the Stars, to tel everie draggle-tail’d Girl that comes to them to enquire after a Silver Spoon lost, what was become of it, and which way it was gone; yet could not by their star-skil foresee and foretel the Scotch Kings defeat at Worcester […] Example: 1830, William Hazlitt, Conversations of James Northcote, Esq., R.A., London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, “Conversation the Fourth,” p. 51, Every thing of that sort appears to be at present no better than it is with us in a country-town: or rather it wants the simplicity and rustic innocence, and is more like the draggled-tailed finery of a lady’s waiting-maid.
Word: efflux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion. Pronunciation: /ˈɛflʌks/ 1. The process of flowing out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We all age through the efflux of time. Example: The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful. 2. Something which has flowed out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the efflux of a boil Example: Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.
Word: efflux Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion. Pronunciation: /ˈɛflʌks/ 1. To run out; to flow forth. Labels: intransitive 2. To pass away. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: effluence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French effluence, from Latin effluentia. Pronunciation: /ˈɛfluəns/ 1. The process of flowing out. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that flows out; the issue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But we have grounds to believe, that there are yet other Rays or Effluences from the Sun, which neither Feeling nor Sight can apprehend, but which are to be inferred from the effects. Example: The doctrine of spiritism is associated in Shinto with the word Mitama, for which "spirit" is the nearest English equivalent. Strictly speaking, the Mitama is not the God, but an emanation or effluence from him, which inhabits his temple, and is the vehicle of his action at a distance from the place where he himself resides.
Word: outflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outflowen, from late Old English ūtflōwan (attested in the past tense as ūt flēow), equivalent to out- + flow. The noun is derived from the verb. 1. The process of flowing out. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A fluid that flows out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Borg’s home, which he built with his wife and two sons among tall conifers 33 years ago, overlooks the Nipigon River, an outflow from the lake of the same name. 3. Any outward movement. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The part of a system that allows material to flow out. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: outflow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outflowen, from late Old English ūtflōwan (attested in the past tense as ūt flēow), equivalent to out- + flow. The noun is derived from the verb. 1. To flow outward. Labels: intransitive
Word: transient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/, /ˈtɹɑːn.zi.ənt/, /-si.ənt/, /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/, /ˈtɹæn.si.ənt/ 1. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. Example: a transient pleasure Example: this transient world 2. Remaining for only a brief time. Example: a transient view of a landscape Example: a transient disease 3. Decaying with time, especially exponentially. 4. unsteady, [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]]. 5. having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again. 6. Occasional; isolated; one-off 7. Passing through; passing from one person to another. 8. Intermediate. 9. Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Word: transient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/, /ˈtɹɑːn.zi.ənt/, /-si.ənt/, /ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/, /ˈtɹæn.si.ənt/ 1. Something that is transient. 2. A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge. 3. A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum. 4. A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker. Example: Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong. 5. A homeless person. 6. A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time. Example: The overhead in loading transients is a big time-waster. Example: These areas function to single thread supervisor routines that are loaded as needed. The Logical Transient Area (LTA) processes $$B transients. 7. A homestay. Labels: Philippines
Word: permease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English permeate Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English permease From permeate + -ase. 1. Any of several enzymes that transport membrane proteins.
Word: regulon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From regulate + -on. 1. A group of genes that are regulated by the same regulatory molecule. The genes of a regulon share a common regulatory element binding site or promoter. The genes comprising a regulon may be located non-contiguously in the genome
Word: aggregator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aggregate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡɹɪˌɡeɪtə/, /ˈæɡɹɪˌɡeɪtɚ/ 1. Someone or something which aggregates. Example: An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers. Example: What we have seen in recent years is the emergence of the aggregator as the immediate customer of our traditional rail freight operating businesses, meaning that the future model is likely to feature rail freight companies with strong expertise in rail movement of freight, and aggregators with strong expertise in intermodal operation. Thus the final customer relationship (Tesco, Amazon, and so on) is increasingly likely to be owned by the aggregator rather than the rail freight company. 2. An online feed reader used to keep track of updates to blogs, etc. Labels: Internet
Word: delegatee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From delegate + -ee. 1. Someone or something to which something is delegated.
Word: non-goal Part of Speech: noun 1. A potential goal or requirement which is explicitly excluded from the scope of a project. Example: That's a hard problem, but it's a non-goal for us here.
Word: rambunctious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of rumbustious (“boisterous and unruly”). Pronunciation: /ɹæmˈbʌŋ(k)ʃəs/ 1. Boisterous, energetic, noisy, and difficult to control. Labels: US, informal Example: The kids are being especially rambunctious today. Example: "Bad cess may attend you, where are you scampering to, you rambunctious"—but she could go no farther; the tears burst from her, and she gave way, without farther resistance, to an explosion of grief.
Word: econobabble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From econo- + babble. 1. Excessively obscure economic jargon. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Once you cut through all the econobabble, it says we're headed for a recession. Example: Politicians now use econobabble as a tool of mass confusion, aimed at scaring the public into doing things they don't want to do while narrowing our policy choices.
Word: boomlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English boom Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English boomlet From boom + -let. 1. A small period of rapid growth. Example: This is the twentysomething generation, those 48 million young Americans ages 18 through 29 who fall between the famous baby boomers and the boomlet of children the baby boomers are producing. Example: There was a boomlet in fitness centers as corporations sweetened their programs to pay for part of their employees' gym memberships […].
Word: all over the board Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. All over the map. Labels: idiomatic Example: The numbers I got for that were all over the board.
Word: latke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːt.ki/, /ˈlɑːt.kə/ 1. A pancake fried in oil, usually made from potatoes and sometimes also onions, traditionally served on Hanukkah. Example: Her favorite Chanukah memories were of eating latkes and sour cream while her mother gossiped with the aunts and cousins. Example: We do not spend our days huddled in smoke-filled rooms plotting world domination while Jared Kushner plays dreidel in the back with Noam Chomsky and George Soros sneaks the last latke.
Word: tromboon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of trombone + bassoon, humorously coined by composer Peter Schickele, attributed to fictitious composer P. D. Q. Bach. 1. A trombone with the reed and bocal of a bassoon placed instead of the usual mouthpiece, which combines the limitations of both instruments, producing a loud comical sound. 2. An awkward union of disparate elements combining the disadvantages of both.
Word: clickwrap license Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with shrinkwrap license. 1. A license which is implicitly agreed to when the user clicks on a particular user interface element, such as a button or link. Example: The second example, the so-called “clickwrap” license, is more likely to create an enforceable contract. In this variation, the user is required to view, however fleetingly, the terms of the license and to take some affirmative action to agree to its terms, such as by clicking a button that says “Yes, I have read this license and I agree to its terms,” before accessing the licensed software. Example: Like the more familiar “clickwrap” license, which we encounter every time we download a software update or buy an item on the Internet, this license employs the law of contract to limit the use of an invention by others.
Word: stagflationary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English stagflation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English stagflationary From stagflation + -ary. 1. Tending to induce stagflation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stagflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of stagnation + inflation, generally thought to have been coined by the British politician Iain Macleod (1913–1970) in a 17 November 1965 parliamentary speech: see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃn̩/, /ˌstæɡˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Prolonged high inflation accompanied by stagnant growth, often with recession and high unemployment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We now have the worst of both worlds—not just inflation on the one side or stagnation on the other, but both of them together. We have a sort of "stagflation" situation and history in modern terms is indeed being made. There is another point behind the figures. As I say, production has fallen by 1 per cent. or ½ per cent. Example: As soon as we understand how involuntary unemployment can result from rational and well-informed individual behavior, it also becomes obvious how inflation and unemployment—which we once thought could not occur simultaneously—can be combined, as they have been in the recent stagflation.
Word: multiple expansion Part of Speech: noun 1. An increase in the price-earnings ratio, or multiple, of a stock or group of stocks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The recent rise in the market is due more to multiple expansion than any increase in earnings.
Word: Candlemas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Candelmasse, from Old English Candelmæsse, equivalent to candle + -mas, following the tradition that the candles to be used in church during the following year are blessed on this day. Compare Old Norse kyndilsmessa (“Candlemas”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.dəl.məs/ 1. The festival in the Christian year celebrated on February 2nd. It commemorates the purification of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of the infant Jesus in the Temple. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […] [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it. This done, ſhe performs the very ſame Operation on the other Side of the Cock's Body, and there takes out the other Stone; then ſhe ſtitches up the Wounds, and lets the Fowl go about as at other Times, till the Capon is fatted in a Coup, which is commonly done from Chriſtmas to Candlemas, and after. Example: They held high holiday from Christmas-day until Candlemas (February 2nd ), […] 2. A quarter day in Scotland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: verbiage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French verbiage. Compare verb meaning "word" in verbal and verbose. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː(ɹ).bi.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvɝ.bi.ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Overabundance of words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: bureaucratic verbiage Example: We're done drafting our paper except for the final check to see whether any verbiage can be reduced. 2. The manner in which something is expressed in words; word choice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology Example: In each article of this series, there is a paragraph on nutrition; the verbiage for it was developed by consensus among the section editors, and therefore no elective rewording should be done (by others) in any such paragraph.
Word: hypoglycemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + glycemia or hypo- + glyc- + -emia. 1. A too low level of blood glucose. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hoopoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of obsolete hoopoop, from earlier hoop, from Middle French and Old French huppe, from Latin upupa, ultimately onomatopoeic; Compare Ancient Greek ἔποψ (épops), Persian پوپو (popo). Pronunciation: /ˈhupu/, /ˈhupoʊ/, /ˈhuːpuː/, /ˈhupəʊ/ 1. Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoopoe.
Word: assassinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From assassin + -ate, after Middle French assassiner. Pronunciation: /əˈsæsɪneɪt/, /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/ 1. To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons. Example: The Assassines, a nation depending of Phœnicia, are esteemed among the Mahometists[…]. And thus was our Earle Raymond of Tripoli murthered or assassinated (this word is borrowed from their name) in the middest of his Citie, during the time of our warres in the holy land[…]. Example: A Korean Communist selected as a vice chairman of the government for north Korea in the Russian occupied zone was assassinated as he was leaving a conference with Col. Gen. Chistjakoff, commander of the soviet 25th army, a Korean refugee said today. 2. To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack. Labels: figuratively Example: He assassinated his rival's character. Example: Such uſage as your honourable Lords / Afford me aſſaſſinated and betray'd, […]
Word: assassinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From assassin + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈsæsɪneɪt/, /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/ 1. Assassination, murder. Labels: obsolete Example: Mor. Why? if I had made an assassinate upon your Father; vitiated your Mother: ravished your Sisters― Tru. I would kill you, Sir, I would kill you, if you had. Mor. Why? you do more in this, Sir: it were a vengeance centuple, for all facinorous Acts, that could be nam'd, to do that you do. 2. An assassin. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet again, many of them deſperat hairebraines, raſh, careleſſe, fit to be Aſſaſinates, as being voide of all Feare and Sorrow […]
Word: potatoes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈteɪ.təʊz/, /pəˈteɪ.toʊz/ 1. plural of potato Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of potatoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: potatoes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pəˈteɪ.təʊz/, /pəˈteɪ.toʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of potato Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: calligraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French calligraphie, from Ancient Greek καλλιγραφία (kalligraphía, literally “pretty writing”), from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪɡɹəfi/ 1. The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written. Labels: uncountable Example: This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658):[…]. Example: There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation. 2. Any such style of decorative writing. Labels: countable Example: Around the corner, at Goedhuis, among more contemporary calligraphies, the fat and fuzzy brushwork of Zeng Yizeng (born 1973) stands out. 3. A document written in decorative style. Labels: countable Example: 2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169, Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions.
Word: calligrapher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calligraphy + -er. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪɡɹəfɚ/ 1. one who practices calligraphy
Word: fatuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”). Pronunciation: /ˈfæt.ju.əs/, /ˈfæ.tʃu.əs/ 1. Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness. Example: A fatuous love affair can easily result in a fatuous marriage. A couple who hardly know each other and, indeed, may not even really like each other, make a commitment that has little chance of being honoured. Example: While much publicity is given to fatuous 'reversing Beeching' ideas, the reality is that the real investment is focused on expanding the road network - [...].
Word: genie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni/ 1. A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. 2. A fictional magical being that is typically bound to obey the commands of a mortal possessing its container. Example: genie in a bottle
Word: glue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu (“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay. Partially displaced native Old English līm (“glue”) and ġelīman (“to glue”) (whence modern lime). Pronunciation: /ɡluː/ 1. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: adhesive, cement Example: The wasp has always made the paper from which it constructs its nest, by uniting vegetable fibres with glue, while man was vexing himself with attempts to write on the bark of trees or a waxen or metallic table. 2. Anything that binds two things or people together. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: What is a kiss ? Why this, as some approve, / The sure sweet cement, glue, and lime of love. Example: In other words, the railways are the glue which holds the country together for those without cars, and for those of us who want to get between major cities sustainably and rapidly. The railways are not a 'nice to have extra', but a key component of our infrastructure. 3. A viscid secretion on the surface of certain plants. Labels: countable, uncountable