nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: everliving Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ever + living. 1. Which lives or continues forever; immortal; everlasting. Labels: not-comparable 2. Which will never be forgotten. Labels: broadly, not-comparable 3. Of or relating to immortality. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...a priest of the eternal imagination, transmuting the daily bread of experience into the radiant body of everliving life 4. Generic intensifier. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Dewey shrinks back, thinking, This guy's about to come across this desk, beat the everliving shit out of me. Example: What the holy everliving fuck was he talking about?
Word: everliving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ever + living. 1. That which is living forever. Labels: uncountable Example: In fact, the everliving differs from the eternal. Example: Be aware you are, and discover the everliving.
Word: tetradrachm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετράδραχμον (tetrádrakhmon). See tetra- (“four”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹədɹæm/ 1. A silver coin in Ancient Greece, equivalent to four drachms. Labels: historical Example: The dealer gave the coin a moment's scrutiny. "There is no question about this," he replied. "It is a Sicilian tetradrachm of Dionysius."
Word: Umbundu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Umbundu úmbúndú. 1. A Bantu language spoken by the Ovimbundu people in the central highlands of Angola.
Word: Kanuri Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːri/ 1. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad.
Word: Slovenians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Slovenian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concurs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of concur Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concurring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of concur Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arterioscleroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arteriosclerosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: top notch Part of Speech: adj 1. Very good; of the highest level or quality. Labels: idiomatic Example: The award may be given to anybody who consistently writes top notch content.
Word: reusability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reuse Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English reusability From reuse + -ability. 1. The property or degree of being reusable. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: apple brandies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apple brandy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brandies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brandy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brandies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brandy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attractive nuisance Part of Speech: noun 1. In the legal area of torts, a hazardous object or condition that is likely to attract children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object or condition, and to whom the landowner can therefore be held liable for injuries.
Word: attractive nuisances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attractive nuisance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wox Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of wax (“to become”) Labels: form-of, obsolete, past Example: VVhereof when as the Gyant was aware, / He wox right blyth, as he had got thereby, / And laught ſo loud, that all his teeth wide bare [...]
Word: appertained Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of appertain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: axiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English axiology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English axiological From axiology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to value theory, the philosophical field of axiology. Labels: not-comparable Example: Students of psychology and epistemology are familiar with the axiological literature of the last forty years, and are here reminded of the great diversity of opinions on this topic. 2. Of or relating to values themselves. Labels: not-comparable Example: It might now be thought that the object of this judgment is the validity of value or an axiological validity (as distinct from a theoretical validity).
Word: coni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English decorative Middle English -ly English -ly English decoratively From decorative + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɜkɹətɪvli/ 1. In a decorative manner.
Word: decadently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English decadent Middle English -ly English -ly English decadently From decadent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkədəntli/ 1. In a decadent manner.
Word: demonstratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English demonstrative Middle English -ly English -ly English demonstratively From demonstrative + -ly. 1. In a demonstrative manner.
Word: demoralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French démoraliser. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/ 1. To destroy the morale of; to dishearten. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive 2. To erode the moral adherence of; to corrupt. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, dated, transitive Example: [I]f you convert a man brought up in another creed, you inevitably demoralize him. Example: The election of a man like Mr. Blaine would be such an encouragement to the base and rapacious impulses apt to govern the conduct of politicians, it would so demoralize the public mind and open the floodgates of corruption so wide, that it is no exaggeration to say the success of our free institutions is at stake.
Word: demoralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of demoralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: demoralizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Disheartening.
Word: demoralized Part of Speech: adj 1. disheartened. Example: The state uses universal testing to identify and elevate meritocrats, leaving most of England’s citizens poor and demoralized, without even a legitimate grievance, since, after all, who could argue that the wise should not rule?
Word: demoralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of demoralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: demoralizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of demoralize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: draftily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English drafty Middle English -ly English -ly English draftily From drafty + -ly. 1. In a drafty manner.
Word: drafty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier draughty, equivalent to draft + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɑːfti/, /ˈdɹæfti/ 1. Characterized by gusts of wind; windy. Labels: US 2. Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts). Labels: US Example: It's really drafty (draughty) in here.
Word: deplorably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English deplorable Middle English -ly English -ly English deplorably From deplorable + -ly. 1. in a deplorable manner Example: As it is, the miner is one of the most overworked and deplorably underpaid men in the country. […] I know very well that if your supply of coal depended on my walking several miles to a pithead, descending in a cage for half a mile, walking again to the dwindling tunnel where I had to work, then slogging away for about seven hours in that hell, all for something like two pounds a week, your grates would be empty. Example: But, setting this view aside, dishonorable would it be in the South were she willing to abandon to shame the memory of brave men who with signal personal disinterestedness warred in her behalf, though from motives, as we believe, so deplorably astray.
Word: educationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English educational Middle English -ly English -ly English educationally From educational + -ly. 1. In an educational manner. Example: From 1940 to the mid-1970s, the tendency for men to marry down educationally became more pronounced and the cultural ideal of hypergamy — that women must marry up — became more insistent.
Word: elaborately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English elaborate Middle English -ly English -ly English elaborately From elaborate + -ly. 1. In an elaborate manner. Example: Malcolm seeks help via the Internet but not before he has elaborately explicit “sex” with Abigail, easily among the most offensively tasteless gross-outs in a movie that delights in them. Example: Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in," Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged.
Word: exultantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English exultant Middle English -ly English -ly English exultantly From exultant + -ly. 1. In an exultant manner.
Word: bloodlines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bloodline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Arawak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono. 1. A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America. Example: Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s. 2. A member of an Arawak indigenous group.
Word: Arawak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono. 1. A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean. 2. A Caribbean language belonging to this group.
Word: Arawak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono. 1. Pertaining to the Arawak peoples Labels: not-comparable
Word: open beta Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that is in its beta stage, or being tested.
Word: squirmish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English squirm Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English squirmish From squirm + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɝmɪʃ/, /ˈskwɜːmɪʃ/ 1. showing signs of restlessness resulting from feelings of discomfort or distress. Example: I think it embarrassed us a little when the Russians shot the fellow down and we denied that he was there, and the President later had to identify that as a "cover story". I remember the words, even. It made me feel a little squirmish.
Word: squirmish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of squirm + skirmish. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɝmɪʃ/, /ˈskwɜːmɪʃ/ 1. A skirmish. Labels: nonce-word, proscribed Example: “Ah!” resumed Stebby, “you have not known Put as long as I have. He had rather see a fight or a squirmish any time than not.” “Skirmish,” said Freeman. “Squirmish, I said,” retorted Stebby, “and yet, Put is really — well, Put is really at heart you know” “A coward,” said Put. Example: Usage shifted from formal to less formal with each new generation. Words themselves changed. Why, I wonder, did two old soldiers both use "squirmish" rather than "skirmish" line? (Robert Norman says of Wounded Knee confrontation: "We were ordered to make a ‘squirmish’ line around those Indians standing there.")
Word: squirmish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of squirm + skirmish. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɝmɪʃ/, /ˈskwɜːmɪʃ/ 1. To squirmingly skirmish.
Word: exergue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French exergue. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɜː(ɹ)ɡ/ 1. A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription. Example: In farther eviction of what has been advanced, relative to the initial letters in the exergues of certain Sidonian coins; it may not be improper to observe, that a medal in my small collection exhibits the letter Hheth, immediately after the numerical inscription in the exergue. Example: In childhood I must have felt with the energy of a man what I now find stamped upon memory in lines as vivid, as deep, and as durable as the exergues of the Carthaginian medals.
Word: screech owl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that these species are owls which emit screeching calls. 1. Any New World owl of genus Megascops. Example: The screech owls winter in the north and are distinctly farsighted in preparing for winter. Example: And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word. 2. A common barn owl, of species Tyto alba, found almost worldwide. Labels: UK Example: The poet Propertius refers to a philtre containing snake bones, a toad, and the feathers of a screech-owl. 3. A mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus).
Word: nanoohm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nano-ohm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: microohm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of micro-ohm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: milliohm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English ohm English milliohm From milli- + ohm. 1. One thousandth (10⁻³) of an ohm, abbreviated as mΩ.
Word: kiloohm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + ohm. 1. One thousand (10³) ohms. Symbol: kΩ.
Word: megaohm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English ohm English megaohm From mega- + ohm. 1. An SI unit of resistance equal to 10⁶ ohms. Symbol: MΩ
Word: gigaohm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of giga-ohm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teraohm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tera- + ohm. 1. Alternative spelling of tera-ohm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Akeanon Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Aklanon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Atzera Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Adzera. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Azera Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Adzera. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Atsera Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Adzera. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Awabagal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Awabakal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Awabagal Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Awabakal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snowmobiling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz Proto-West Germanic *snaiw Old English snāw Middle English snow English snow Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobilebf. English -mobile English snowmobile English -ing English snowmobiling From snowmobile + -ing. 1. The use of a snowmobile for amusement. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypotonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English hypotonic From hypo- + tonic. Pronunciation: /hʌɪpə(ʊ)ˈtɒnɪk/, /haɪpəˈtɑnɪk/, /haɪpoʊˈtɑnɪk/ 1. Having a lower osmotic pressure than another. 2. Showing less than normal tension in the muscles or muscle tissue. Example: But always he went the full length, crying until he was completely exhausted, worn out, hypotonic.
Word: cauliflower cheese Part of Speech: noun 1. A British dish of boiled cauliflower served with a cheese sauce. Labels: uncountable
Word: blue cheese Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /blu ˈtʃiz/, /bluː ˈtʃiːz/ 1. A kind of cheese made with bluish mold in it. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of blue cheese dressing Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: bluey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blue + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.i/ 1. Having a colour similar to blue.
Word: bluey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.i/ 1. The metal lead. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable 2. A bushman's blanket. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: Then we had to wring our blueys which were rotting in the swags, /And we saw the sugar leaking through the bottoms of the bags […] 3. A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: ‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well. 4. A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable 5. A blue singlet, especially one from the Bonds clothing label. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable 6. A bluebottle. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable 7. A disposable underpad. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable 8. A blue film. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable 9. A person with ginger hair. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable 10. An online troll who uses the blue check verification system on Twitter. Labels: Internet, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable 11. Synonym of blue pill (“pill of Viagra”). Labels: UK, colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: He confessed: "You'd have to do a 'bluey' with her. It's one of those situations you think, 'I'm not risking it'. With really good-looking girls, the pressure's on."
Word: blueish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blewissh, blewisch, equivalent to blue + -ish. 1. Alternative spelling of bluish. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The carpet is a light grey and blueish criss-cross.
Word: blondish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blond Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English blondish From blond + -ish. 1. Somewhat blond in colour. 2. Similar to a stereotypical dumb blonde. Example: I had a blondish moment earlier: I accidentally locked my keys inside my hotel room.
Word: blinder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndə/, /ˈblaɪndɚ/ 1. comparative form of blind: more blind Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate.
Word: blinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndə/, /ˈblaɪndɚ/ 1. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. 2. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. Labels: often, plural, plural-only Example: From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision. 3. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. Example: Orientalism itself, furthermore, was an exclusively male province; like so many professional guilds during the modern period, it viewed itself and its subject matter with sexist blinders. Example: As it was, innocence was his blinder. 4. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. Labels: UK, slang Example: He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground. Example: And we asked the blue winger, who in our game / had played what they call a blinder, to help out 5. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. Labels: slang Example: If a man goes out on a blinder, he might be charged with being drunk and incapable and therefore have a criminal record, although he is an honourable man. 6. Something that blinds, literally or figuratively. Example: When the 'blinders' are switched off, and the audience's eyes given time to re-adjust, the new scene is in place […]
Word: blinder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blind + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndə/, /ˈblaɪndɚ/ 1. To fit (a horse) with blinders. Labels: transitive 2. To obstruct the vision of. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: […] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky Example: They think they're being focussed when they're really just blindering their eyes, as a farmer would a plough horse, to ways of getting to their goal faster.
Word: blackmailer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blackmail + -er. 1. Someone who blackmails. Example: "It’s a crime crueller and infinitely worse in its results than murder. As a lawyer, I can only say that I have consistently refused to defend a blackmailer or to prosecute any poor devil who does away with his tormentor.” Example: This sex blackmailer and dryhanded public virgin was lunching secretly each week with the East Coast spokesman for organized crime, Frank Costello, in N.Y. Central Park's Tavern on the Green (according to the Time magazine obituary).
Word: blossomy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to blossom + -y; possibly from Middle English blosmy (from Old English blōstmig). Pronunciation: /ˈblɒsəmi/, /ˈblɒsmi/ 1. Similar to blossom.
Word: blow-dry Part of Speech: verb 1. To dry with a hair dryer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Use a couple of large Velcro rollers at the crown while you blow-dry to add volume, said Patrick Melville, an owner of the Warren-Tricomi salon in New York.
Word: blow-dry Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of blow-drying. Example: She went to the hairdresser's for a haircut, shampooing and a blow-dry. Example: After we had our hair cut, we had to wait a few minutes for blow-drys. 2. A blow-dried hairdo. Example: A lot of hairdressers don’t consider what the client looks like. There’s no point doing something big and fabulous like a huge blow-dry if she hasn’t even got a hairdryer at home; she can never recreate it. Example: She rests her blow-dry against his belly as Ollie stands there helplessly.
Word: bookmobile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English book Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobilebf. English -mobile English bookmobile From book + -mobile. 1. A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.
Word: boozy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English booze Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English boozy From booze + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːzi/ 1. Intoxicated by alcohol. 2. Inclined to consume a significant amount of alcohol. Example: Dirty Davy had brought with him his chief clerk, who was a facetious personage, and boozy, and on the confidential footing of a common rascality with his master, who, after the fashion of Harry V. in his nonage, condescended in his frolics and his cups to men of low estate […] 3. Involving a large consumption of alcohol. Example: We all had hangovers after a boozy weekend in town. Example: Once the concert was over I settled back into my boozy routine, wine at home with my family, cognac in my studio when I was composing. 4. Containing or cooked with alcohol. Example: For dessert, the hosts treated us to a helping of boozy apple pie. Example: You embodied that good done-in mama who gives and gives like a fountain of boozy chicken soup to a rat race of men.
Word: Suzi Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of Susan and of related female given names.
Word: brambly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bramble Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English brambly From bramble + -y. 1. Covered in brambles 2. Rough; harsh or grating. Example: December 2004, "500 Greatest Songs of All Time - Bob Dylan, 'Blowin' in the Wind'", in The Rolling Stone everyone knew the song belonged to the burning-eyed young man who ruled New York's folk scene, and whose recording of it — just his brambly voice and fleet-fingered acoustic-guitar playing — was definitive
Word: tooler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tool + -er. 1. A stonemason's chisel. 2. One who tools leather. 3. A criminal who defrauds a fruit machine and steals the money inside. 4. A pickpocket. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: Pickpockets took to housebreaking and housebreakers joined gangs of street thieves; cracksmen's mistresses were often toolers and shoplifters. Example: A tooler was the most elite of the pickpockets, a planner and plotter, a boy with brains, daring and courage. At any one time Ikey hoped for four toolers in the making and two fully blown and working at the top of their trade.
Word: toolers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tooler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monthlong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From month + -long. 1. Which lasts a month, or approximately so. Labels: not-comparable Example: In early December, as rainwaters had started the monthlong process of flooding mines and washing out rail lines, workers lined up before 1 p.m. at an easy-to-miss storefront depot in Mackay. Example: The 1.2-meter-diameter (4-foot-diameter) telescope has set off on a monthlong journey to its orbital destination of the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, which is nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away from Earth and also home to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Euclid will keep pace with Earth as our planet orbits the sun.
Word: weeklong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wiċe Middle English wyke English week English long English -long English weeklong From week + -long. 1. Lasting for (approximately) one week. Labels: not-comparable Example: One of those daughters, Jordyn Wilson Peppin, runs the Purely Woman School of Grace, a weeklong program where “ladies” can learn a godly path to “etiquette, grace and hosting.” Example: They felt confident that the weeklong artillery bombardment of the German lines had weakened the enemy and that they would encounter little resistance once the "big push" began.
Word: majestically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English majestic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English majestically From majestic + -ally. 1. In a majestic manner. Example: When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.
Word: multi-purpose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English purpose English multi-purpose From multi- + purpose. 1. Alternative form of multipurpose. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In 2019, Balfour Beatty was awarded a five-year, £65 million contract to maintain and operate Network Rail's fleet of multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) to perform this task across Network Rail's Southern, Central and Anglia routes.
Word: daylong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day English -long English daylong From day + -long. 1. Which lasts a day, or approximately so. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Hang En tour involves a difficult daylong trek over limestone mountain paths and along riverbeds to the remote indigenous village of Ban Doong.
Word: daylong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day English -long English daylong From day + -long. 1. Throughout the day. Labels: not-comparable Example: I feel myself to be a man disgraced, walking nightlong and daylong beyond the Paling of a Garden lush with fountains and flowers, waiting In vain for the.... Example: ...silent house with its bare rooms and bone-white walls on which the southern windows cast slanted plaques of light that slide, daylong, towards the...
Word: nightlong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *nihtlong, from Old English nihtlang (“lasting through the night, night-long, a night in length”), equivalent to night + -long. 1. Lasting a night (i.e. the duration of one night); lasting all night. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nightlong Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nihtlonge, nihtlonges, from Old English nihtlanges (“for the night”), equivalent to night + -long. 1. Through the night. Labels: not-comparable
Word: melodramatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English melodramatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English melodramatically From melodramatic + -ally. 1. In a melodramatic manner.
Word: misanthropically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English misanthropic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English misanthropically From misanthropic + -ally. 1. In a misanthropic manner.
Word: monogamously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English monogamous Middle English -ly English -ly English monogamously From monogamous + -ly. 1. In a monogamous manner. Example: Their closest living relatives, deer mice, dwell in forests instead of open spaces, she learned, and they live promiscuously instead of monogamously.
Word: undersexed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sexed English undersexed From under- + sexed. 1. Lacking sufficient sexual desire or activity; sexually unfulfilled; sexually frustrated.
Word: unfulfilled 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 fulfilled English unfulfilled From un- + fulfilled. 1. Lacking fulfillment; marked by a feeling of failure to achieve goals or desires. Example: Drag this neurotic to hysterics, leave him balked and unfulfilled; holding inside, outwardly patient 'til the time he'll call it. 2. Not yet provided as promised, particularly with respect to a contract or an order for a supply of something.
Word: deferments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deferment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deferment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English defer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English deferment From defer + -ment. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɜːmənt/, /dɪˈfɚ.mənt/ 1. An act or instance of deferring or putting off. 2. Officially sanctioned postponement of compulsory military service.
Word: groundlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English groundless Middle English -ly English -ly English groundlessly From groundless + -ly. 1. In a groundless manner; without justification. Example: Shame, disappointment, and discomfiture gnawed at his heart; a constant apprehension of being overtaken, or met—for he was groundlessly afraid even of travellers, who came towards him by the way he was going—oppressed him heavily. Example: For example, the organization has groundlessly denounced Elon Musk, a powerful libertarian voice, as an antisemite in a baldfaced effort to drain his social network, X, of advertising revenue. Yet, when now-Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) came to the defense of his uncle for antisemitic remarks he made in the ’90s, the organization refused to condemn him.
Word: alpha geeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alpha geek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alpha waves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alpha wave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adverbial clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adverbial clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boarding parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boarding party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chief executive officers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chief executive officer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hourlong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hour + -long. 1. Which lasts an hour, or approximately so. Labels: not-comparable Example: The band’s hourlong set inspired arcs of flying bodies; before it was another excellent performance by a sludgy and curious punk band with another unpublishable name, this one from Allentown, Pa. 2. Of or relating to an hourlong period of time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: half-hourlong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From half-hour + -long. 1. which lasts half an hour, or approximately so. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roofward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English roof Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English roofward From roof + -ward. 1. Toward the roof. Labels: not-comparable Example: As I opened the champagne bottle, the cork was propelled roofward.
Word: in heaven's name Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. An intensifier, chiefly used with questions. Labels: idiomatic Example: What in heaven's name are you doing? Example: Who in heaven's name told you to do that?
Word: señores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of señor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acrimonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acrimony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alacrities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alacrity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tattoo artist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tattoo + artist. 1. A person who draws tattoos on others.
Word: tattoo artists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tattoo artist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thieve out Part of Speech: verb 1. to walk out of a place stealthily Example: But Kezia thieved out at the back.
Word: bellicosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin bellicosusder. Middle English bellicose English bellicose English -osity English bellicosity From bellicose + -osity. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/, /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsəti/ 1. The characteristic of being bellicose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The timing is intriguing too. Before this news North Korea was all bellicosity and bluster.
Word: bellicosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bellicosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: utility man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of utilityman. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. An actor of one of the least important parts in a play.
Word: couveuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kubāō Latin cubāre French couver French -euse French couveusebor. English couveuse Borrowed from French couveuse. 1. An incubator for sickly infants, especially those born prematurely.
Word: hair-tidy Part of Speech: noun 1. A dish used by women in the past to store the hair that fell while combing, and use it later for a bun, etc. Labels: historical Example: 1918 : The fireplace was choked up with rubbish. She poked among it but found nothing except a hair-tidy with a heart painted on it that belonged to the servant girl. - Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 81)
Word: Tigrigna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian tigrigna, from Tigrinya ትግርኛ (təgrəña). 1. Alternative spelling of Tigrinya. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stay-button Part of Speech: noun 1. A button on a corset. Example: In the servant girl's room there was a stay-button stuck in a crack of the floor, and in another crack some beads and a long needle.
Word: interpositive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English positive English interpositive From inter- + positive. 1. A specialized type of negative film stock that is part of the intermediate process that goes from an original negative to a release element (most common in the motion picture film post-production process). The material used is itself the same as in an internegative. The differences is that an IP has a positive image on it, while an IN has a negative image.
Word: Makua Part of Speech: name 1. A group of Bantu languages spoken in Mozambique and neighboring regions. 2. Alternative spelling of Makhuwa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: billable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bill 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 billable From bill + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪləbəl/ 1. Capable of being billed for. Labels: not-comparable
Word: billable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bill 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 billable From bill + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪləbəl/ 1. Something that is billed for. Example: […] time spent building and encoding a Web site and similar billables should be calculated as services and so noted in all contracts and invoice terms.
Word: wore rose colored glasses Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wear rose colored glasses Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wore rose-colored glasses Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wear rose-colored glasses Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: look through rose-colored glasses Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of wear rose-colored glasses. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wearing rose-colored glasses Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wear rose-colored glasses Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wears rose-colored glasses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wear rose-colored glasses Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Makhuwa Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken by about 2.5 million people in Mozambique and neighboring regions.
Word: birdfeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + feed. 1. Food intended for birds, often a mixture of various seeds. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: shellshocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of shell-shocked. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shellshock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shell shock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pallidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pallidus English pallid 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 pallidness From pallid + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being pallid. Labels: uncountable
Word: bucktoothed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buck + toothed. 1. Having buckteeth. Labels: derogatory
Word: Gáe Bolga Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gáe Bolg Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gáe Bulga Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gáe Bulg Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjollnir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Mjǫllnir, likely from Proto-Norse *ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᚾᛃᚨᛉ (*meldunjaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *meldunjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-n- (“lightning”). Compare Old Norse mjuln (“fire”), Welsh mellt, Slovene mółnja, Russian мо́лния (mólnija). Pronunciation: /ˈmjɔlnɪɹ/, /ˈmjɒlnɪə/ 1. The hammer of the Norse god Thor. Labels: Norse
Word: Mjølner Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjollner Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjölnir Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjöllnir Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjölner Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjølnir Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mjolner Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Mjollnir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Makhuwa-Meetto Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken by more than one million people in Mozambique and Tanzania.
Word: Makhuwa-Shirima Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken by half a million people in Mozambique.
Word: nebulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English nebulous Middle English -ly English -ly English nebulously From nebulous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛb.jʊ.ləs.li/ 1. In a manner like that of a cloud or haze. Example: The vapour drifted nebulously into the hall. 2. As if viewed through a cloud or haze. 3. Vaguely, without clear purpose or specific intention. Example: He waved his hand nebulously in the direction he intended to go. Example: 'I see, nebulously as yet, a certain explanation that would cover the facts as we know them.'
Word: nebulousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nebulous 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 nebulousness From nebulous + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being nebulous. Labels: uncountable Example: Though Pierre profoundly shuddered at that impenetrable yet blackly significant nebulousness, which the wild story of Isabel threw around the early life of his father; yet […]
Word: tampons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tampon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tampons Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of tampon Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: backburning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backburn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bail bondsman Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who provides bail bonds, and takes responsibility for the court appearances of the persons to whom such bonds are issued.
Word: CSIS Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.sɪs/ 1. Acronym of Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Center for Strategic and International Studies. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of Centre for Strategic and International Studies. Labels: Indonesia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: bail bondsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bail bondsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bondsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bondsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bail bonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bail bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: court appearance Part of Speech: noun 1. An event in which a person who has been charged with a crime or named as a party to a lawsuit appears in court, either in person or through an attorney.
Word: court appearances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court appearance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: captivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of captivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethics + -ist, changing /ks/ to /θ/ for ease of pronunciation and dropping the -s. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθɪsɪst/ 1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct). 2. A person who advocates a particular set of principles governing right and wrong conduct.
Word: even as we speak Part of Speech: adv 1. Right at the moment, right now, contemporaneously. Labels: not-comparable Example: By the way, Sam Gumple, the town beau, hates Ned Holland with a deadly hatred, which logically proves him jealous; and, even as we speak, behold the cause! Example: At 11 p.m. the man checking names at the door of the Village Vanguard, the New York City jazz club where Miles played, where Monk played, says Jesus hasn’t arrived but his plane “is touching down even as we speak.”
Word: carcinogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carcinogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decologies Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of decalogies. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: anticlimaxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticlimax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deconstructions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deconstruction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ballast tanks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballast tank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shmutz Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of schmutz. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: prolixities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prolixity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acidize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid 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 acidize From acid + -ize. 1. To impregnate with acid; acidify. 2. To treat (a limestone or sandstone formation) with HCl or HF to enlarge void spaces in it.