nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: illustre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English illustren, from Middle French illustrer (French illustrer), from Latin illūstrāre (“to illustrate”). 1. To illuminate (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre. 2. To make (someone) illustrious. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: colonnaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French colonne Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French colonnadebor. English colonnade English -ed English colonnaded From colonnade + -ed. 1. Having one or more colonnades. Example: But the troubles at Credit Suisse — whose colonnaded headquarters in Zurich are more than 5,800 miles from Silicon Valley Bank’s base in California — are separate and largely of its own making.
Word: trancelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trance Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English trancelike From trance + -like. 1. Having the characteristics of a trance. Example: He’d been so terrified by the look on his father’s face that he gasped, breaking the trancelike moment.
Word: cordless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cord + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹd.lɪs/ 1. Having no cord; especially using batteries instead of mains electricity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cordless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cord + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹd.lɪs/ 1. Clipping of cordless telephone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: I picked up the cordless from the table next to my chair. It was Dolores. Her voice was thin and brittle.
Word: preening Part of Speech: noun 1. A grooming or posturing. Example: Katia Carranza, Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Callie Manning are asked to do standard Hispanic preenings: hands on hips, placing weight on one leg while displaying the other thigh.
Word: preening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decide 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 decider From decide + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/ 1. A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides. Example: This written and revealed will of God I said was the Judge and Decider of all Questions. Example: The Determination of his Majesty, who is the only proper decider of this Matter. 2. An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter. Labels: Australia, UK Example: Four years on, France […] will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool in September 21 in Paris. Example: […] when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider. 3. A Turing machine that halts regardless of its input.
Word: wizen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzən/ 1. Wizened; withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness. Example: His face was wizen and wrinkled, his faded blue eyes dim and weak-looking. He was feeble, and his hands were tremulous with a perpetual nervous motion. Example: Yes, there would be a day when his face would be wrinkled and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would pass away from his lips and the gold steal from his hair.
Word: wizen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-West Germanic *wisnōn, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōną, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to consume”). Cognate with Icelandic visna, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (frawisan, “to squander through feasting”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzən/ 1. To wither; to become, or make, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage, as from age or illness. Labels: ambitransitive Example: After wizening with cold for an hour, we ran down to the hut for breakfast, rejoicing in having brought with us some portable soup ; and after a second visit to the summit, started at eight, when the day seemed already far advanced, along with the Bleiberg party, for the descent. Example: Where his suspicions were cast no man knew for certain, but his plump features wizened, and his rosy cheeks grew white, his proud head drooped, and he walked with a piteous uncertainty for so pompous and lofty a man.
Word: off the chain Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line. Slang sense by analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed. 1. Free from work or direct supervision. Labels: figuratively Example: “Here,” said Wigmore, “no bickering tonight, and no politics either. I’m off the chain, and we’re going to take you out to dinner at Oddy’s, and a theatre.” Example: although shop-assistants, among others, had to work longer hours, even up to 9 and 10 o’clock, for Saturday night became one of the busiest shopping times of the week, a sufficiently large number of people were “off the chain” by midday to give rise for the first time to the problem of what to do with leisure. 2. Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. Labels: slang Example: 2002 October 31, Samaki Walker (interviewee), Howard Beck (journalist), “Lakers Notebook: Walton's Words Make Shaq Stew”, Daily News, Los Angeles “I saw the ring (Tuesday), and it was just unbelievable. That it was my turn to be one of those select few to achieve the ultimate success. It is, what we say, ‘off the chain.’ So it was really an enjoyable moment.” Example: “I’ve had celebrities showing up spending a grip in there. I’ve got dancers performing, the whole nine! It's off the chain, Tremel...off the chain. Aren’t you proud of me? Your boy Vic or Vagina, whatever his name is, he’s not making moves like that is he?” 3. Completely insane; crazy. Labels: slang Example: What Pimp was asking me to do was crazy. Off the fuckin' chain. Insane. He was scheming to stick up T.C. and Miss Lady's pool hall so we could pay off G, but a playa like me was getting ready to go to college and put all that two-bit robbing and stealing shit behind me.
Word: Hoovercrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Hoover Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)bor. English -crat English Hoovercrat From Hoover + -crat. 1. An ally of President Herbert Hoover during his campaign and/or presidency. Labels: informal
Word: Hoovercrats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hoovercrat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paraleipses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paraleipsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paralepses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paralepsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paralipses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paralipsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: opuscule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French opuscule, from Latin opusculum, diminutive of opus. Compare opuscle, opusculum. Equivalent to opus + -cule. Pronunciation: /əˈpʌs.kjuːl/, /oʊˈpəs.kjul/ 1. A small or petty work.
Word: concretize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English concrete Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English concretize From concrete + -ize. 1. To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example. Labels: transitive Example: An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form. Example: But Ms. Yauger's death concretized these abstract discussions and theories. 2. To be embodied, to have physical representation. Labels: intransitive Example: These expressions of God's concern concretize around the figure of the divine hand or arm.
Word: deliberateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deliberate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deliberateness From deliberate + -ness. 1. the state or property of being deliberate. Labels: uncountable Example: Of course, Lasker ensured that there was nothing neutral about the commission […] Its members, chosen with exquisite deliberateness, were all Laskerʼs friends, associates, and sympathizers.
Word: simpleminded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of simple-minded. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: literalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-der. Old Latin leitera Latin līterader.? Proto-Hellenic *dipʰtʰérā? Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)bor. Etruscan [Term?]bor.? Latin littera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin litterālisbor. Old French literalbor. Middle English literal English literal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English literalism From literal + -ism. 1. Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Literal interpretation has always been a marked feature of Premillennialism; in Dispensationalism it has been carried to an extreme. We have seen that this literalism found its most thoroughgoing expression in the claim that Israel must mean Israel, that it cannot mean the Church, that the Old Testament prophecies regarding Israel concern the earthly Israel, and that the Church was a mystery, unknown to the prophets and first made known to the apostle Paul. Now if the principle of interpretation is adopted that Israel always means Israel, that it does not mean the Church, then it follows of necessity that practically all of our information regarding the millennium will concern a Jewish or Israelitish age. Example: Elsewhere, the liturgiologists were said to have "disembowelled the language of the Book of Common Prayer and the Bible" and produced in its place "the bland literalisms of Series 3 and the ASB[.]" 2. The style of art portraying a subject as literally and accurately as possible. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The two main forms of literalism are ergism and orthodoxy.
Word: spurred Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɜːd/, /spɜɹd/, /spʌɹd/, /spøːd/, /speːd/ 1. simple past and past participle of spur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spurred Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spɜːd/, /spɜɹd/, /spʌɹd/, /spøːd/, /speːd/ 1. Wearing spurs. Labels: not-comparable Example: a booted and spurred cowboy 2. Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs. Labels: not-comparable Example: a spurred corolla 3. Affected with spur, or ergot. Labels: not-comparable Example: spurred rye
Word: HYPSD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Harvard/Yale/Princeton/Stanford/Dartmouth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: volitionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin volitiōbor. French volitionder. English volition Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English volitionless From volition + -less. 1. Lacking volition.
Word: cloistral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Latin claustrālis (“of the cloister”), probably via Middle French cloistral. Doublet of claustral. 1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or living in a cloister. Example: 1606, Samuel Daniel, The Queen’s Arcadia, in The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel, London: R. Gosling, 1717, The Epistle, pp. 151-152, … it is in that Kind [of Words], as best accords With rural Passions, which use not to reach Beyond the Groves, and Woods, where they were bred And best become a Cloistral Exercise, Where Men shut out retir’d, and sequestred From publick Fashion, seem to sympathize With innocent and plain Simplicity: Example: As to the marriage of the friars in this cloystral house, their founder, Ivon, in my opinion, was quite right in this notion. 2. Sheltered from the world; monastic. Example: Speak not! he is consecrated— / Breathe no breath across his eyes: / Lifted up and separated / On the hand of God he lies, / In a sweetness beyond touching,—held in cloistral sanctities. Example: He must not dilute his own soul’s essence. He must not surrender to any passion his dandihood. The dandy must be celibate, cloistral; is, indeed, but a monk with a mirror for beads and breviary—an anchorite, mortifying his soul that his body may be perfect. 3. Secluded. Example: [C]loistral avenues, / Where silence dwells if music be not there: […] Example: Then, responsive to the bird’s insistence, / From the margin of some cloistral shore / Came a murmur up the hollow distance, / “On the morrow will I ope the door!”
Word: promptitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English promptitude, from Late Latin prōmptitūdō, from Classical Latin prōmptus. By surface analysis, prompt + -itude. 1. The quality of being prompt; alacrity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The pleasure evinced by Sir Charles was only less than that of his lady, and, as he appeared every way worthy of her, and sensible of her value, Mr. Glentworth bade her adieu with the more cheerfulness, and, on their return to the hotel, Isabella had ceased to lament the transaction, and all agreed to praise that promptitude of action which had enabled him to perform his wishes so happily. Example: "I've been directed here to find Miss Susan Pike," the man outside explained, between fresh coughings. ¶ "Well, then, mog your boots out of this as quick as ever you can!" my Aunt replied, with great promptitude. "You won't find her here!"
Word: untransmogrified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English transmogrified English untransmogrified From un- + transmogrified. 1. Not transmogrified; unchanged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unstanchably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unstanchable Middle English -ly English -ly English unstanchably From unstanchable + -ly. 1. In an unstanchable manner; unstoppably.
Word: unstanchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English stanch Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English unstanchable From un- + stanch + -able. 1. Incapable of being stopped or brought to a close; unstoppable. 2. Insatiable.
Word: unanchored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unanchor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unanchored Part of Speech: adj 1. Not anchored; free or liberated. 2. Not having a firm basis or foundation
Word: unanchor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor English unanchor From un- + anchor. 1. To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor. Labels: transitive 2. To liberate. Labels: broadly, transitive 3. To become loose or physically unattached. Labels: intransitive 4. To release from a fixed position and allow to be moved. Labels: transitive Example: To unanchor the cell cursor so that you can move it into position for selecting another range, press Shift+F8. This puts you in Add to Selection mode, in which you can move to the first cell of the next range without selecting any more cells.
Word: enfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of earlier infold, from Middle English infolden, equivalent to en- + fold. 1. To envelop and wrap up something. Labels: transitive Example: In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er, ⁠Like coarsest clothes against the cold: ⁠But that large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more. 2. To clasp with the arms; embrace. Labels: transitive Example: Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.
Word: incurious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin incūriōsus (“careless”), from in- (“un-”) and cūriōsus (“careful”). Attested since the 1560s, originally meaning ‘heedless and negligent.’ The sense of ‘uninquisitive’ dates from the 1610s, and the sense of ‘unworthy of attention’ from 1747. 1. Lacking interest or curiosity; uninterested. Example: A genuine Londoner is the most incurious animal in nature. Divide your acquaintance into two parts; the one set will never have seen Westminster Abbey—the other will be equally ignorant of St. Paul's. Example: It takes an extraordinarily incurious mind to believe, in 2019, that the most vulnerable populations online are moderate Republicans like himself, given what women and people of color who dare to participate in public discourse routinely face. 2. Apathetic or indifferent.
Word: Teddy boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Teddy boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead tree Part of Speech: adj 1. Made of or pertaining to paper, especially as opposed to a digital alternative. Labels: not-comparable Example: My question is basically do you need better on-line programs to search the docs ..., or actually different dead-tree style. Example: Dead tree technology doesn't saddle you with a $300 phone bill.
Word: dead tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantity of paper; a collection of paper such as a book or newspaper. Example: You can't grep dead trees. Example: Mail on dead trees: Dept. of CS, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Goteborg, Sweden 2. A tree that is still standing, but no longer alive. (compare: log, stump)
Word: tussocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tussock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pan-loaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pan-loaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conscience vote Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.
Word: incuriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English incurious Middle English -ly English -ly English incuriously From incurious + -ly. 1. In an incurious manner. Example: The man seemed to realize that he was being watched. He looked up and gazed incuriously at them for a moment. Example: At a single table a couple of Chinese drinkers looked up incuriously.
Word: incuriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incurious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incuriousness From incurious + -ness. 1. The state of being incurious; indifference or apathy. Labels: uncountable
Word: agast Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of aghast. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: self-mastery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English mastery English self-mastery From self- + mastery. 1. The conscious control of one's behaviour. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: willpower Example: Self-mastery matters for everyone.
Word: sabulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sabulosus, from sabulum (“sand”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæbjʊləs/ 1. Sandy or gritty. Example: This Lake is foure ſcore miles in length, and according to its interualling Circuite, ſometimes two, three, foure, or fiue miles in breadth: yet the body thereof, bending directly South-weſt; keepeth a glaſſie courſe, till it ſalute the auſtiere conſpicuoſity of the ſabulous and ſtony Deſarts: […] Example: ...or fills up the tubular vessels there with sabulous matter.
Word: arenaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin arēnāceus, from arēna (“sand”). Pronunciation: /aɹəˈneɪʃəs/, /ɛɹəˈneɪʃəs/ 1. Sandy; characterised by sand. Labels: especially 2. Growing in sandy soil. 3. Arenitic (relating to arenite)
Word: uncleaned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cleaned English uncleaned From un- + cleaned. 1. That has not been cleaned; dirty or foul; uncleansed.
Word: uncleaned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unclean Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: smoke alarm Part of Speech: noun 1. A smoke detector.
Word: prosopagnosic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prosopagnosic From prosopagnosia + -ic. 1. Relating to, or exhibiting, prosopagnosia. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:prosopagnosic.
Word: prosopagnosic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-der. Ancient Greek [Term?] Ancient Greek ἀγνώς (agnṓs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀγνωσία (agnōsía)lbor. German Agnosie German Prosopagnosiebor. English prosopagnosia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English prosopagnosic From prosopagnosia + -ic. 1. Somebody suffering from prosopagnosia. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:prosopagnosic.
Word: hefts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heft Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hefts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heft Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hefting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of heft Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hefted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of heft Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fusiform gyrus Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure within the temporal lobe of the human brain, believed to be involved in colour processing and the recognition of faces, bodies, and words.
Word: gyrus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gȳrus (“circle”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros). Doublet of gyro and gyre. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪɹəs/ 1. A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain. Example: The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively.
Word: hames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hames Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right. 1. A mess. Labels: Ireland, colloquial Example: You've made a right hames of it, you eejit!
Word: fornicate gyrus Part of Speech: noun 1. A horseshoe-shaped section of the cerebral cortex, comprising the cingulate gyrus and the parahippocampal gyrus.
Word: hobbledehoys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hobbledehoy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tlatoani Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl tlatoani (“ruler”). 1. An emperor of the Aztec kingdom.
Word: auditionee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From audition + -ee. 1. A person who participates in an audition. Example: But it was in the early 2000s that the high-stakes TV pop contest really arrived, along with promises that it would propel a few lucky auditionees to obscene levels of success and fame.
Word: fornix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪks/ 1. An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: 2. An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: 3. An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
Word: auditioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From audition + -er. 1. A person who conducts an audition. 2. A person who undergoes an audition; an auditionee.
Word: baba ganoush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَابَا غَنُّوج (bābā ḡannūj, literally “father of coquetry”), because it was supposedly invented by a member of a royal harem, perhaps to pamper the master: from بَابَا (bābā, “daddy, father, papa”) + غَنُّوج (ḡannūj, “coquettish, coy”) (compare غنج (ḡanija, “to coquet, flirt”)). Pronunciation: /ˌbɑːbə ɡəˈnuːʃ/, /ˌbɑbə ɡəˈnuʃ/ 1. A Middle Eastern dish made from a purée of roasted aubergine (eggplant), garlic, and tahini, often eaten as a dip with bread. Labels: uncountable
Word: tahini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n) related to grinding. Final -i most probably from North Levantine dialects or from Greek ταχίνι (tachíni). Pronunciation: /tɑːˈhiː.ni/ 1. A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ganoush, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baba ghanoush Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of baba ganoush. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: back channel Part of Speech: noun 1. The smaller of two channels in a river that diverge to form an island. 2. A secondary channel of activity, typically in parallel with primary channels and somewhat independent of them. 3. An unofficial communications channel used to make informal or subversive negotiations. 4. A real-time online discussion that occurs simultaneously with a verbal presentation. Example: TodaysMeet visualizes collaborative and parallel conversations in a backchannel through a digital classroom where every student has a voice. 5. A gesture or short prompt by which a listener invites a speaker to continue.
Word: backchannel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + channel. 1. Alternative form of back channel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backchannel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + channel. 1. To employ a back channel. Labels: transitive 2. To employ a back channel. Labels: transitive
Word: back-channel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of backchannel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bad eye Part of Speech: noun 1. A stare that is superstitiously supposed to be harmful. 2. A threatening or disapproving glance.
Word: bad mind Part of Speech: noun 1. malicious intent; animosity Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable Example: Bad mind and jealousy worse than obeah.
Word: bad-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Suspicious, malicious or cynical. Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica
Word: bad-talk Part of Speech: verb 1. To disparage something, or to speak maliciously about someone. Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica
Word: bahu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बहू (bahū) / Urdu بَہُو (bahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́). 1. A daughter-in-law or sister-in-law, especially one who lives with her husband's family when married. Labels: South-Asia
Word: binge eater Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who suffers from binge eating
Word: binge eating Part of Speech: noun 1. The consumption of a large amount of food in a relatively short time; often as a symptom of bulimia. Labels: uncountable
Word: binge eating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of binge eat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: binge eating disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Recurrent binge eating, but without the purging associated with bulimia nervosa. Labels: uncountable
Word: anaglypta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναγλύφω (anaglúphō, “to carve in relief”). It was originally a brand name, was invented in 1877. 1. A thick, embossed wallpaper. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oppressive anaglyptas, sickly floral designs or ugly woodchip paper made us long for smooth painted walls that would not detract attention from our furniture or paintings.
Word: bioactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active English bioactive From bio- + active. 1. Biologically active; having a biological effect. Example: Although some cephalopod inks have been studied chemically, there’s still a lot unknown about the bioactive function of ink when released in the wild. 2. Describing a terrarium, vivarium, etc. that is self-sustaining and mimics a natural habitat.
Word: bioactive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active English bioactive From bio- + active. 1. Such a material
Word: bioactivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin āctīvitāsder. Middle French activitébor. English activity English bioactivity From bio- + activity. 1. Biologic activity, such as biochemical or immunologic reactivity: the biologic effect (function or dysfunction, benefit or toxicity) of a substance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scudded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scud Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Forsyte Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Forsythe. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/, /ˈfɔːsaɪt/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: overheated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overheat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overheated Part of Speech: adj 1. Excessively heated. Example: Been getting tired of my motor running / Feeling overheated 'cause my life keeps coming / My heart has been troubled by the speed of love Example: He was hooked immediately by the overheated imagery, the overblownness of it all. No writer he read had ever communicated that feeling of an incomprehensible madness.
Word: bisn't Part of Speech: contraction 1. aren't Labels: West-Country, contraction Example: Thee bisn't playin with I any more. (You are not playing with me any more.)
Word: Forsythe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic personal name Fearsithe, composed of the elements fear (“man”) + sìth (“peace”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹsaɪθ/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: subtitles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subtitle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sugarless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English sugarless From sugar + -less. 1. Containing no refined sugar as an ingredient. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suggestively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English suggestive Middle English -ly English -ly English suggestively From suggestive + -ly. 1. In a suggestive manner. Example: She smiled suggestively and then walked towards the bedroom. Example: He smiles. He has an imploring look about him, the same look that Roadkill gets. He points suggestively at his rear quarter-panel.
Word: suggestiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English suggestive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suggestiveness From suggestive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being suggestive. Labels: uncountable Example: Those scholars regard the suggestiveness or leadingness of such questions as a matter of convention […] 2. The result or product of being suggestive. Labels: countable, rare
Word: overheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/, /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ 1. To heat excessively. Labels: transitive Example: 'Made one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated is something scandalous'. 2. To become excessively hot. Labels: intransitive 3. To grow too quickly in an uncontrolled way. Example: Dalio said that the Chinese economy was in danger of overheating, and somebody asked how a Chinese slowdown would affect the price of oil and other commodities.
Word: overheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overheten. Cognate with German überheizen, überhitzen (“to overheat”), Swedish överhetta (“to overheat”). By surface analysis, over- + heat. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈhit/, /ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/ 1. A condition of being overheated. Example: Continued operation with an overheat could lead to other serious problems, perhaps even a fire.
Word: subversiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English subversive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English subversiveness From subversive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being subversive. Labels: uncountable Example: The subversiveness of his message was lost due to its commercialism.
Word: binge eat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From binge + eat, after binge eating and binge eater. 1. To engage in binge eating. Labels: intransitive
Word: subtotal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English total English subtotal From sub- + total. 1. The total for a part of a list of numbers being summed.
Word: subtotal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English total English subtotal From sub- + total. 1. To calculate a subtotal.
Word: subtotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English total English subtotal From sub- + total. 1. Less than total; partial. Labels: not-comparable Example: A subtotal thyroidectomy usually prevents the recurrence of hyperthyroidism because only enough of the gland is left to maintain normal function.
Word: fractiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fractious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fractiousness From fractious + -ness. 1. The quality of being fractious; trouble-making; unruliness. Labels: uncountable Example: His speaking voice, a gruff husky tenor, added to the impression of fractiousness he conveyed. 2. A peevish or cranky nature. Labels: uncountable
Word: gloweringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English glowering Middle English -ly English -ly English gloweringly From glowering + -ly. 1. In a glowering manner.
Word: sudsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From suds + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌd.zi/ 1. Having suds; having froth or lather like soapy water. Example: A widespread belief in the AAF is that foam—a heavy soapy, sudsy substance—is the principal agent used in crash fire fighting . Example: Use a sudsy sponge or cloth to wash the doors, both inside and outside. If the door can be lifted off, wash it at the sink with hot sudsy water. 2. Soapy; resembling a soap opera. Example: By the end of that season, four sudsy series ranked in the Top 10: Dynasty in first place, Dallas second, Knots Landing ninth, and Falcon Crest tied for tenth.
Word: traffic signal box Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the large metal boxes containing traffic signal controls, found at roadsides and intersections, and often made available by the local council for artistic work. Labels: Australia, US Example: A caravan installed at the intersection close to the existing traffic signal box contains all the processing devices[…]. Example: Therefore, we asked the traffic department to install a vibrating traffic signal box for her to feel at each side of the street; this is being pursued at the time of this writing. 2. A structure holding traffic lights. Example: At such times, it is hard to define the relative position of the light in the traffic signal box. As we know, in the United States, the red light is on the top and the green at the bottom.
Word: sunbather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sunbathe 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 sunbather From sunbathe + -er. 1. A person who basks in the sun to get a tan. Example: I went to the beach to look at the sunbathers, at least some of whom went there to be looked at while they worked on their tans.
Word: commercialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English commercialism From commercial + -ism. 1. The practices, methods, aims, and spirit of commerce or business. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A tendency to value profit over everything else. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enfolded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enfold Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sumptuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sumptuous Middle English -ly English -ly English sumptuously From sumptuous + -ly. 1. In a sumptuous manner.
Word: enfolding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enfold Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enfolding Part of Speech: noun 1. A folding around something. Example: This deficiency is less to be regretted, because the people at large are not now fitted to enjoy its display of fashionable manners, or to follow the delicate enfoldings of its graceful knot, which is made of frail, though glittering, materials.
Word: sumptuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sumptuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sumptuousness From sumptuous + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sumptuous. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being sumptuous. Labels: countable, rare
Word: gunning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gunning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of firing a gun. Example: Philippe Bourgois […] witnessed shootings, muggings, bombings, machine-gunnings, fire bombings, and numerous fistfights, and he was manhandled by New York City police who mistook him for a drug dealer.
Word: hitchhikes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hitchhike Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hitchhikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hitchhike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supersaturate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English saturate English supersaturate From super- + saturate. 1. To cause a solution to have more solute dissolved in it than it can stably contain at current conditions. Example: In science class the teacher prepared a supersaturated solution by cooling a saturated solution. He then added a small seed crystal and a large precipitate formed in just a second.
Word: zero gravity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Austro-Hungarian-American artist Jack Binder in his 1938 picture feature "If Science Reached the Earth's Core", printed in the October 1938 issue of the science-fiction pulp-magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories as part of a series of similar "If—" articles. 1. The state of apparent weightlessness which occurs in a very low gravity field, or in free fall. Labels: uncountable Example: Starting at the zero-gravity of earth's core, accumulative acceleration is easily built up in a four-thousand-mile tube. Example: A gravity-free world, or zero gravity, or weightlessness is ... a relative thing.
Word: Jesum Crow Part of Speech: intj 1. Synonym of Jesus Christ (“exclamation of anger, surprise, etc.”). Labels: US, euphemistic Example: Jesum Crow, why's the statie so upset? We're only drinking tonics out here.
Word: rispetto Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of Tuscan poem of two quatrains in iambic tetrameter.
Word: rispetti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rispetto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ridder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ridder, rydder, from Old English hridder (“sieve”) (also as Old English hriddel > English riddle (“sieve”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hrīdrā, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrą, *hrīdrǭ (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide; part; separate; sift”). Cognate with German Reiter (“sieve”). 1. a sieve Labels: dialectal
Word: ridder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English riddren, from Old English hridrian, from Proto-Germanic *hrīdrōną (“to sieve; sift”), from the noun. See above. 1. to sieve; sift; riddle Labels: transitive
Word: ridder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rid + -er. 1. One who, or that which, rids.
Word: bull session Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull(shit) + session. 1. An informal discursive group discussion, often one where politics, economics or current events are discussed. Labels: idiomatic Example: For instance, if you were having a bull session in somebody’s room, and somebody wanted to come in, nobody’d let them in if they were some dopey, pimply guy. Example: "We had the usual bull sessions about solving the world's problems or what would be the result of something," recalls Breidbart.
Word: bigshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From big + shot. 1. Alternative form of big shot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: X-chromosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of X-chromosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schnitzel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Schnitzel (“cutlet”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃnɪts(ə)l/ 1. A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are, of course, many other types of Schnitzels and related veal specialties. 2. A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. A cutlet from this dish. Labels: countable Example: Repeat, adding more oil to the pan as needed, until all the schnitzel are cooked. Example: Lightly dust one schnitzel in the flour, submerge it in the egg replacer mixture and bread it in the bread crumbs, patting the bread crumbs onto the surface of the schnitzel with your dry hand. […] Continue until all of the schnitzel are breaded and fried.
Word: schnook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שנוק (shnuk, “person easily imposed upon or cheated”). Pronunciation: /ʃnʊk/ 1. A person who is easily taken advantage of. Labels: slang Example: He’s just a schnook. She’s obviously using him but he keeps coming back for more abuse. Example: The Apartment. Producer-Director Billy Wilder tells of a sweet-natured schnook (brilliantly played by Jack Lemmon) who shoots up the corporate ladder.
Word: sectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From section + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkʃənəl/ 1. Relating to a section. 2. Separating into sections. Example: Our new sectional couch divided into pieces, but the pieces still wouldn't fit through the door. 3. Relating to conflict between areas. Example: The U.S. civil war can be considered a sectional dispute.
Word: sectional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From section + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛkʃənəl/ 1. An item of furniture composed of modular sections; usually specifically a sectional sofa. Example: Instead of [...] admiring the sleek chrome and leather sectional, they had huddled in a corner. 2. A sectional chart, a type of map used for navigation in the air. 3. A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships. 4. A band sectional, in which one section of a band or orchestra practices separately.
Word: lysosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lysosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sectionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sectional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English sectionalism From sectional + -ism. 1. Promoting the good of one division, department or subgroup over that of the whole. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Promoting the good of one region over that of the nation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sectionalism is tearing the country apart. Everyone wants the other regions to do the work and pay the taxes while they reap the benefits.