nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Florianópolis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Florius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Latin Floriānuslbor. Portuguese Floriano Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. Portuguese -polis Brazilian Portuguese Florianópolisbor. English Florianópolis Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Florianópolis. Pronunciation: /ˌflɔːɹiæˈnɒpəlɪs/, /ˌflɔɹiæˈnɑpələs/ 1. A municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Word: Aracaju Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Aracaju, from Old Tupi Arákaîu, from ará (“macaw”) + akaîu (“cashew”), literally “cashew of the macaw(s)”. Pronunciation: /ˌæɹəkəˈʒuː/ 1. A municipality, the state capital of Sergipe, Brazil.
Word: Guaraní Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Portuguese guarani ultimately derived from Paraguayan Guarani guarani (“warrior”). Pronunciation: /ˌɡwɑːɹəˈniː/ 1. A member of an Amerindian people native to Paraguay and adjacent regions. 2. The Tupian language family spoken by this people. 3. The Paraguayan Guarani language spoken by this people in Paraguay. Labels: specifically
Word: Palmas Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality, the state capital of Tocantins, Brazil. 2. Synonym of Miangas (“Indonesian island”).
Word: Tupinambá Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tupinambá, borrowed from Old Tupi tupinambá, possibly from tupi (“Tupi”) + anama (“nation”) + mbá (“all”). 1. A member of a particular Tupi ethnic group.
Word: Tupinambá Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tupinambá, borrowed from Old Tupi tupinambá, possibly from tupi (“Tupi”) + anama (“nation”) + mbá (“all”). 1. An extinct South-American Indian language of the Tupí-Guaraní family.
Word: Brasilia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Brasília. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: BrasilFest. Seattle Center. Features Brazilian music, dance, art & food. This year features the Central-West region, where Brazil’s capital Brasilia was founded in 1960.
Word: pavement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pament, from Anglo-Norman pavement and reinforced by Middle French pavement; both from Latin pavīmentum (“paved surface or floor”), from pavīre (“to beat, to ram, to tread down”). Morphologically pave + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/ 1. A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. 2. A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road. Labels: Canada, Ireland, Mid-Atlantic, South-Africa, UK, US, countable, usually Example: It was a cold and rainy afternoon as Ethel Churchill sat at the window of their new abode, a house in one of the streets leading from the Strand to the river. It was the day after their arrival, and nothing could well be more gloomy than the view: the pavement was wet, and a yellow mist obscured every object,... Example: Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house. 3. A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually Example: [H]e attempted to recover his importance, by haranguing upon the Roman highways, when Mr. Jolter desired the company to take notice of the fine pavement upon which they travelled from Paris into Flanders […]. Example: The antirunway munitions are specifically designed to cause maximum destruction to airfield pavements. 4. The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually 5. Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: ...that took them to a brief rise of marble stairs that should've put them on the third-and-a-halfth floor if it'd been anywhere but Hogwarts, and then it was back to tiled stone pavement again, and... 6. Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sidewalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English walk English sidewalk From side + walk. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdwɔːk/, /ˈsaɪdwɔk/, /ˈsaɪdwɑk/ 1. A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US Example: Stay on the sidewalk. Example: Morning commuters in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas discovered slick sidewalks and icy roadways Monday. 2. Any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road. Labels: US, broadly
Word: Basque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-Roman era tribe settled in the Atlantic Biscaian gulf and Pyrenean mountain region of south-western Europe, who were ancestors of the current Basque population. Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/, /bask/ 1. A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain. Example: Basques wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight. […] The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a decree that allowed Basques to be killed with impunity in the district.
Word: Basque Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-Roman era tribe settled in the Atlantic Biscaian gulf and Pyrenean mountain region of south-western Europe, who were ancestors of the current Basque population. Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/, /bask/ 1. The language of the Basque people. Example: If you like a challenge, try Hungarian. It’s like no other European language you’ve heard, except maybe Basque.
Word: Basque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-Roman era tribe settled in the Atlantic Biscaian gulf and Pyrenean mountain region of south-western Europe, who were ancestors of the current Basque population. Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/, /bask/ 1. Relating to the Basque people or their language. Labels: not-comparable Example: The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland.
Word: Romanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language. Labels: not-comparable Example: The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian). Example: The leader of far-right opposition party AUR, George Simion, who has been backing Georgescu in his presidential bid, was among the first to react to CCR's decision. In a post on X, he said, "What a disgrace! Once again, the Constitutional Court is mocking the Romanian people, is attacking our democracy and our essential rights & freedoms. We stand with Călin Georgescu!”
Word: Romanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Romania. Example: USR leader Elena Lasconi, who was supposed to face Georgescu in the second round of the 2024 presidential elections and is expected to run again this year, also reacted to the news, saying, “I hope the CCR's decision is just a first step. […] Romanians need to regain their trust in institutions!” 2. Ellipsis of Romanian deadlift. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying. I swear I could hear Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians. Example: I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them.
Word: Romanian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/ 1. The official language of Romania and Moldova. 2. An age from 3.6 to 1.8 million years ago, a subdivision of the Plio-Pleistocene.
Word: do Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English don, from Old English dōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do, make”). For senses 4 and 5, compare Old Norse duga, also Northern English dow. The past tense form is from Middle English didde, dude, from Old English dyde, *diede, an unexpected development from Proto-Germanic *dedǭ/*dedē (the expected reflex would be *ded), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti, an athematic e-reduplicated verb of the same root *dʰeh₁-. The meaningless use of do in interrogative, negative, and affirmative sentences (e.g. "Do you like painting?" "Yes, I do"), existing in some form in most Germanic languages, is thought by some linguists to be one of the Brittonicisms in English, calqued from Brythonic. It is first recorded in Middle English, where it may have marked the perfective aspect, though in some cases the meaning seems to be imperfective. In Early Modern English, any meaning in such contexts was lost, making it a dummy auxiliary, and soon thereafter its use became mandatory in most questions and negations. Doublets include deed, deem, and -dom, but not deal. Other cognates include, via Latin, English feast, festival, fair (“celebration”), via Greek, English theo-, theme, thesis, and Sanskrit दधाति (dadhāti, “to put”), धातृ (dhātṛ, “creator”) and धातु (dhātu, “layer, element, root”). Pronunciation: /də/, /dʊ/, /duː/, /d͡ʒ/, /dy/ 1. A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality. Labels: UK, informal Example: We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday. Example: She was into French cuisine but I ain't no Cordon Bleu / This was at some do in Palmers Green, I had no luck with her 2. Clipping of hairdo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Nice do! Example: I don't like to spend time on my hairstyle, so I usually just wear a do-rag. 3. Something that can or should be done. Example: Don’t forget the dos and don’ts. Example: With the coming of Monday arrived a new life for David—a curious life full of "don'ts" and "dos." 4. Something that has been done. Labels: obsolete Example: "How come you quit?" "I'm moving to London." "Fair dos." 5. Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument. Labels: archaic Example: A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. 6. A cheat; a swindler. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang 7. An act of swindling; a fraud or deception. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang 8. A homicide. Labels: UK, slang Example: Get it done, no not properly Them man thought that they got me True, I came back like a fucking zombie Attempted do with the ching Have an opp boy say “please don’t chong me!”
Word: do Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Italian musicologist Giovanni Battista Doni in 1635 as an easier-to-sing open-syllable revision to the solmization ut of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin Dominus (“The Lord”) (speculated by some to be an ulterior abbreviation of Giovanni Battista Doni) on the pattern of other Latinate solfège with the stated justification that God is the tonic and root of the world. Pronunciation: /dəʊ/, /doʊ/ 1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
Word: do Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Short for ditto. 1. Abbreviation of ditto. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: Softest flowers, .. J. P. Robson, 335 / Stars of Hartlepool, .. do 356 Example: Michael Higgins, 51, Back lane / John Mulligan, 53, do
Word: do Part of Speech: num Etymology: Shortening of dozen. Pronunciation: /dəʊ/, /doʊ/ 1. The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12.
Word: Bulgarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian. Pronunciation: /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/, /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/, /bʊlˈɡɛɹi.ən/, /bʊlˈɡɑɹi.ən/ 1. Relating to Bulgaria, its people, or the Bulgarian language. Example: Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.
Word: Bulgarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bulgaria + -an or Bulgar + -ian. Pronunciation: /bʌlˈɡɛə.ɹi.ən/, /bʌlˈɡɛɹi.ən/, /bʊlˈɡɛɹi.ən/, /bʊlˈɡɑɹi.ən/ 1. A native of Bulgaria. Labels: countable Example: Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness. 2. The official language of Bulgaria. Labels: uncountable Example: The big advantage of learning Russian is that, once you’re proficient, you can understand other Slav languages such as Czech, Polish or Bulgarian. 3. Ellipsis of Bulgarian split squat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis Example: Yes, Bulgarians attack glutes (and this one does too!) but all the pauses and pulses in this series will also exhaust your quads.
Word: UTC Part of Speech: name Etymology: A compromise initialism between English CUT (“Coordinated Universal Time”) and French TUC (“Temps Universel Coordonné”), unofficially giving “Universal Time Coordinated” and “Universel Temps Coordonné”. 1. Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.
Word: UTC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Uniform Traffic Code. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UTC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of unable to contact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: chat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. To be engaged in informal conversation. Example: She chatted with her friend in the cafe. Example: I like to chat over a coffee with a friend. 2. To talk a while in a friendly manner. Example: I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while. 3. To talk of; to discuss. Labels: transitive Example: They chatted politics for a while. Example: We would get totally stoned and usually drunk too and chat a load of nonsense into the small hours. 4. To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie). Labels: informal, often, slang Example: Don't listen to me, I'm chatting. 5. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters). Example: Do you want to chat online later?
Word: chat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. Informal conversation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat. Example: Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub. 2. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Internet Relay Chat 3. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream. Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me." Example: While there are chats for various interest groups (games, Internet, sports), you can also […] 4. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream. Labels: Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz. Example: "Chat, should I pick up this sword before heading out?" 5. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream. Labels: Internet, broadly, countable, humorous, nonstandard, uncountable 6. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects. Labels: countable 7. Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura. Labels: countable
Word: chat Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present. Labels: humorous, informal Example: Chat, is this real?
Word: chat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. A small potato, such as is given to swine. Example: Wheat and potatoes were traditionally cash crops, though they also provided tail corn for the poultry and chats for the pigs
Word: chat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. Mining waste from lead and zinc mines. Labels: regional Example: Frank had been looking at calcite crystals for a while now [...] among the chats or zinc tailings of the Lake County mines, down here in the silver lodes of the Vita Madre and so forth.
Word: chat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thieves' cant. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. A louse (small, parasitic insect). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, World-War-I, slang Example: 'Do officers have chats, then, the same as us?' 'Not the same, no. The chats they got is bigger and better, with pips on their shoulders and Sam Browne belts.' Example: May a thousand chats from Belgium crawl under their fingers as they write.
Word: chat Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/ 1. Alternative form of chaat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: given name Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪvən ˌneɪm/ 1. The personal name chosen for a child, usually by their parents. Example: Japan: Use family names first, followed by given names, but be aware that some may introduce themselves to Westerners with their given name first. Example: This may explain why some Chinese Americans write their Chinese name backwards. For example, the Chinese characters to Ching Tien Chay′s name show that his given name is really Tien Ching. 2. A name bestowed by oneself or another, as opposed to the name given by one's parents. Labels: humorous, uncommon Example: Professor: Lady Bird, is that your given name? Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson: Yeah. Professor: Why is it in quotes? Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson: I gave it to myself, it’s given to me by me.
Word: womb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wombe, wambe, from Old English womb, wamb (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *wambu, from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”). Cognate with Scots wam, wame (“womb”), Dutch wam (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vom (“rumen”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”). Superseded nonnative Middle English mater, matere (“womb”), and matris, matrice (“womb”) borrowed from Latin māter (“womb”) and Old French matrice (“womb”), respectively. Pronunciation: /wuːm/ 1. In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. Example: I danced myself right out the womb / Is it strange to dance so soon? 2. The abdomen or stomach. Labels: obsolete Example: And his hede, hym semed,was enamyled with asure, and his shuldyrs shone as the golde, and his wombe was lyke mayles of a merveylous hew[…]. 3. The stomach of a person or creature. Labels: obsolete 4. A place where something is made or formed. Labels: figuratively Example: The womb of earth the genial seed receives. Example: The shadows of the future hours rose dark and menacing from the womb of time [...] 5. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. Example: The centre spike of gold Which burns deep in the blue-bell's womb.
Word: womb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wombe, wambe, from Old English womb, wamb (“belly, stomach; bowels; heart; womb; hollow”), from Proto-West Germanic *wambu, from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”). Cognate with Scots wam, wame (“womb”), Dutch wam (“dewlap of beef; belly of a fish”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vom (“rumen”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”), Old Welsh gumbelauc (“womb”), Breton gwamm (“woman, wife”), Sanskrit वपा (vapā́, “the skin or membrane lining the intestines or parts of the viscera, the caul or omentum”). Superseded nonnative Middle English mater, matere (“womb”), and matris, matrice (“womb”) borrowed from Latin māter (“womb”) and Old French matrice (“womb”), respectively. Pronunciation: /wuːm/ 1. To enclose in a womb, or as if in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: axe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”). Pronunciation: /æks/ 1. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. 2. An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. 3. A dismissal or rejection. Labels: informal Example: His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe. 4. A drastic reduction or cutback. Labels: figuratively Example: the Beeching Axe Example: The tractor plant is slated for the axe. 5. A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz. Labels: slang 6. A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives. Example: A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.
Word: axe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ax, axe, ex, from Old English æx (“axe”), from Proto-West Germanic *akusi (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī (“axe”), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷsih₂ (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Cognate with Scots aix (“axe”), Dutch aks (“axe”), German Axt (“axe”), Danish økse (“axe”), Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øks (“axe”), Icelandic öxi (“axe”), Swedish yxa (“axe”), Latin ascia (“axe, mason's trowel”). Pronunciation: /æks/ 1. To fell or chop with an axe. Labels: transitive 2. To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The government announced its plans to axe public spending. Example: The broadcaster axed the series because far fewer people than expected watched it.
Word: axe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from French axe, from Latin axis. Pronunciation: /æks/ 1. The axle of a wheel. Labels: archaic
Word: axe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derived from French axe, from Latin axis. Pronunciation: /æks/ 1. To furnish with an axle.
Word: axe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more. Pronunciation: /æks/ 1. Alternative form of ask. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: Axe and it ſhalbe geven you. Seke and ye ſhall fynd / Knocke and it ſhalbe opened vnto you. Example: I axe you—have I said one word about that little matter to-day?
Word: HTTP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol used most commonly to transfer Web pages and accompanying data over the Internet. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.
Word: CLI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of command line interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of command-line interpreter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of calling line identity or caller line identity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CLI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Common Language Infrastructure (for .NET.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TCO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Total Cost of Ownership (“the sum of costs arising when deploying technology, especially hardware and software”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of transparent conducting oxide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Arabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusbor. English Arabic From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəbɪk/, /ˈaɹəbɪk/, /ˈɛɹəbɪk/, /ˈaɾəbɪk/, /ˈɛɹəbək/ 1. Related to the Arabic language. Labels: not-comparable Example: an Arabic translation Example: nuances of Arabic inflection 2. Expressed in a script that was developed in Arab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Labels: not-comparable Example: Arabic numerals 3. Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective). Labels: not-comparable Example: White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule". 4. Arab. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: I saw that in my workplace black co-workers had to unite with Arabic and white workers just to be able to win better wages and working conditions and certainly to be able to win a strike.
Word: Arabic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusbor. English Arabic From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəbɪk/, /ˈaɹəbɪk/, /ˈɛɹəbɪk/, /ˈaɾəbɪk/, /ˈɛɹəbək/ 1. A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa. Example: Egyptian Arabic Example: Eastern Arabic 2. The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others. Example: Near-synonym: Arabic alphabet
Word: Arabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusbor. English Arabic From Latin arabicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós), from Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”) [from Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)] + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). By surface analysis, Arab + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəbɪk/, /ˈaɹəbɪk/, /ˈɛɹəbɪk/, /ˈaɾəbɪk/, /ˈɛɹəbək/ 1. A variety of the Arabic language. Example: He was speaking an Arabic that they'd never heard before and could barely understand. 2. An Arab. Labels: proscribed Example: That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics. Example: Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spoken Arabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects. 3. Ellipsis of Arabic numeral. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: A novel writer will usually spell out Arabics from one to nine, to accord with the tone of the genre.
Word: Maori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊɹi/, /ˈmɐʉɹiː/, /ˈmæʊɹiː/, [ˈmɑːɔɾi] 1. A member of the indigenous people of New Zealand.
Word: Maori Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊɹi/, /ˈmɐʉɹiː/, /ˈmæʊɹiː/, [ˈmɑːɔɾi] 1. The language of these people.
Word: Maori Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊɹi/, /ˈmɐʉɹiː/, /ˈmæʊɹiː/, [ˈmɑːɔɾi] 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Māori.
Word: Johor Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Johor, from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Classical Persian گَوهَر (gawhar). Pronunciation: /dʒəʊˈhɔː/ 1. A state in southern Malaysia. Capital: Johor Bahru.
Word: Kedah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kedah. 1. A state in northwestern Malaysia. Capital: Alor Setar.
Word: Kelantan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kelantan. 1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Kota Bharu. Example: Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises. 2. A major river in Kelantan, Malaysia.
Word: Malacca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region. Pronunciation: /məˈlaka/, /məˈlakə/, /məˈlækə/ 1. A state in western Malaysia. 2. The capital city of Malacca State, Malaysia. 3. Ellipsis of Strait of Malacca. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The Arabs were not pioneers on this route; even earlier than this period Indian ships had sailed through Malacca to Java and went as far as China. Example: Consider these facts : • In just one year, U.S. $ 400 billion in cargo — including 80 percent of the oil transported to Northeast Asia moves through Malacca on 60,000 ships; • Of the 15 largest ports in the world, 12 are in the Asia […]
Word: Malacca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay Melaka, probably after melaka, a kind of tree that grows in the region. Pronunciation: /məˈlaka/, /məˈlakə/, /məˈlækə/ 1. Ellipsis of Malacca cane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Walking Canes, from low priced to the richest and most costly description. Novelties in French Cane mountings. A choice collection of Malaccas and other Sticks.
Word: Negeri Sembilan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay Negeri Sembilan. 1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Seremban.
Word: Pahang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Pahang. 1. A state in northern peninsular Malaysia. Capital: Kuantan.
Word: Penang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay pinang (“betel nut”), from Pulau Pinang. Pronunciation: /peˈnaŋ/, /piˈnaŋ/, /ˈpiːnɛŋ/, [ˈpi˧.nɛŋ˦], /pəˈnæŋ/ 1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: George Town. 2. An island of Penang, Malaysia.
Word: Perlis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Perlis. 1. A state in northwestern Malaysia. Capital: Kangar.
Word: Sabah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Sabah. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːbɑː/ 1. A state in eastern Malaysia located at the Northern part of the Borneo island with the main city Kota Kinabalu as its capital.
Word: Sarawak Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Sarawak. Pronunciation: /saraˈwak/, /ˈsæɹəwæk/, /ˈsɑːɹəwæk/, /səˈrɑːwək/ 1. A state in eastern Malaysia. Capital: Kuching. Example: In other parts of the Nanyang the Chinese were never prominent in Communist Parties except, later, in Sarawak, where the local Chinese Communist faction attempted with little success to gain control of the Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (S.U.P.P.), a party largely Chinese-supported, which emerged as one of the legal political parties after Sarawak obtained self-government in 1956. 2. A former country in Southeast Asia; the "Kingdom of Sarawak" from 1841 to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's annexation of it in 1946. Labels: historical
Word: Selangor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Selangor. 1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Shah Alam. 2. A river in Selangor, Malaysia.
Word: Terengganu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Terengganu. 1. A state in western Malaysia. Capital: Kuala Terengganu.
Word: Kuala Lumpur Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malay Kuala Lumpur. Pronunciation: /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊr/, /ˈkuala ˈlumpʊə/, /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpə(ɹ)/, /kuˈɑːlə ˈlʊmpʊə/ 1. A federal territory, the capital and largest city of Malaysia, located in the western part of the country.
Word: Putrajaya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Putrajaya; from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra, “son”) + जय (jayá, “victory”). 1. A federal territory in western Malaysia. 2. The administrative capital of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name. 3. The Malaysian government. Labels: metonymically
Word: Labuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Indonesian Labuan and Malay Labuan. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːbuˌɑːn/ 1. A district in Banten, Indonesia. 2. A federal territory off Sabah, Malaysia.
Word: rain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match. Cognates Cognate with Yola rhyne, ryne (“rain”), North Frisian Riin, rin (“rain”), Saterland Frisian Rien (“rain”), West Frisian rein (“rain”), Dutch regen (“rain”), Limburgish raenger, Rään (“rain”), German Low German Regen, Ręgen, Rägen (“rain”), Luxembourgish Reen (“rain”), German Regen (“rain”), Mòcheno reng (“rain”), Vilamovian raan (“rain”), Alemannic German regu, räge, rägä (“rain”), Bavarian Regn, rein (“rain”), Cimbrian regan, réego, reng (“rain”), Yiddish רעגן (regn, “rain”), Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish regn (“rain”), Crimean Gothic reghen (“rain”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌽 (rign, “rain”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪn/, /ˈɹæɪn/, /ˈɾen/, /ˈɾei̯n/ 1. Condensed water falling from a cloud. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We've been having a lot of rain lately. Example: The rains came late that year. 2. Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually 3. An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Word: rain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reinen, from Old English reġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *regnōn, from Proto-Germanic *regnōną, from *regną (“rain”), as above. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian règhenan, rengen (“to rain”), Dutch regenen (“to rain”), German regnen (“to rain”), Limburgish raengere, rääne (“to rain”), Low German regen (“to rain”), Luxembourgish reenen (“to rain”), Yiddish רעגענען (regenen, “to rain”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål regne (“to rain”), Faroese, Swedish regna (“to rain”), Icelandic rigna (“to rain”), Norwegian Nynorsk regna, regne (“to rain”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪn/, /ˈɹæɪn/, /ˈɾen/, /ˈɾei̯n/ 1. To have rain fall from the sky. Labels: impersonal Example: Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today. 2. To fall as or like rain. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Tears rained from her eyes. Example: Leaves rained from the tree. 3. To issue (something) in large quantities. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head. Example: Generous to a fault, they positively rained gifts on all their friends.
Word: rain Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪn/, /ˈɹæɪn/, /ˈɾen/, /ˈɾei̯n/ 1. Obsolete form of reign. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Such wondrous science in mans witt to rain.
Word: bouton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bouton. Doublet of button. Pronunciation: /buːˈtɒn/ 1. A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon. Example: terminal bouton Example: synaptic bouton
Word: Turk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more. Pronunciation: /tɝk/, /tɜːk/ 1. A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages. 2. A person of a Turkic ethnic group native to Anatolia, constituting the ethnic majority of Turkey. Example: The people of Matabello, like those of most of the Mahometan villages of East Ceram and Goram, amused me much by their strange ideas concerning the Russian war. They believe that the Russians were not only most thoroughly beaten by the Turks, but were absolutely conquered, and all converted to Islamism! And they can hardly be convinced that such is not the case, and that had it not been for the assistance of France and England, the poor Sultan world have fared ill. Another of their motions is, that the Turks are the largest and strongest people in the world - in fact a race of giants; that they eat enormous quantities of meat, and are a most ferocious and irresistible nation. 3. A Muslim. Labels: obsolete Example: Would not this, sir, and a forest of feathers—if the rest of my fortunes turn Turk with me—with two Provincial roses on my razed shoes, get me a fellowship in a cry of players? Example: Compare but our manners unto a Turke [translating Mahometan], or a Pagan, and we must needs yeeld unto them[…]. 4. a Christian horse-archer in Crusader army (Turcopole). 5. A bloodthirsty and savage person; vandal; barbarian. Labels: archaic Example: Was neuer any Impe so wicked and barbarous, any Turke so vyle and brutishe. Example: A sort of primitive barbarity distinguishes the whole; no variety of character appears; and to call a man Turk is to say, that he is jealous, haughty, covetous, ignorant, and lascivious; at the same time that a certain dignity of gait, and magnificence of manners, gives him the appearance of generosity and true greatness of soul. 6. A member of a Mestee group in South Carolina. 7. A person from Llanelli, Wales. 8. A Turkish horse. 9. The plum curculio.
Word: Turk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more. Pronunciation: /tɝk/, /tɜːk/ 1. Synonym of Turkic. Example: Kazakhstan is officially a bilingual country: Kazakh, a Turk language spoken natively by mainly the Kazakh population, has the status of the 'state' language, [...] 2. Synonym of Turkish.
Word: Turk Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Turke, Turk, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /⁠turk⁠/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). See Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k for more. Pronunciation: /tɝk/, /tɜːk/ 1. A surname.
Word: British Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ. The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries. In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548). As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/, [ˈbɹɪtɪʃ], [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ], [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ] 1. The residents or inhabitants of Great Britain. Labels: plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article 2. The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom. Labels: plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article 3. The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations. Labels: plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article 4. Synonym of Welsh: the Welsh people. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only, usually, with-definite-article
Word: British Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ. The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries. In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548). As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/, [ˈbɹɪtɪʃ], [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ], [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ] 1. The Celtic language of the ancient Britons; Common Brittonic. Labels: usually, with-definite-article 2. The British English language. Labels: US, usually, with-definite-article
Word: British Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Brittish, from Old English Brettisċ. The spelling with single -t- appears in the 13th century under the influence of Medieval Latin Britannicus, but spelling with -tt- persists alongside -t- during the 13th to at least 18th centuries. In reference to the island of Great Britain from ca. 1400 (Latin natio Anglica sive Britannica, Brittisshe occean 1398, the Britishe nacion 1548). As a noun, referring to the British people, British soldiers, etc. from ca. 1600. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtɪʃ/, [ˈbɹɪtɪʃ], [ˈbɹɪɾɪʃ], [ˈbɹɪʔɪʃ] 1. Of Britain. Labels: usually, with-definite-article 2. Of the United Kingdom. Labels: usually, with-definite-article 3. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire. Labels: usually, with-definite-article 4. Of England; English. Labels: informal, proscribed, usually, with-definite-article 5. Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic. Labels: historical, usually, with-definite-article 6. Of the British Isles. Labels: historical, usually, with-definite-article 7. Of British English. Labels: usually, with-definite-article
Word: Briton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Brittōder. Old French Bretonder. English Briton From Old French Breton, from Latin Brittō. Doublet of Breton and Brython. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪt.ən/ 1. An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person. Example: At last the Saxons had killed nearly all the Britons, and the few who remained took refuge in the mountains, in that part of the country which we now call Wales, and in Cornwall. Example: He writhed for twenty minutes under the flowery and eulogistic periods of the president, and rose himself in the state of confused indignation which the Briton feels when he is publicly approved. 2. A citizen of the United Kingdom or (historical, obsolete) its overseas empire. Example: ...when these hateful termes of Scottes and Englishemen, shalbe abolisshed, and blotted oute for euer, and we shal al agre in the onely title and name of Britons... Example: Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves: Britons never, never, never will be slaves.
Word: republic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/, /ɹəˈpʌb.lɪk/, /ɹɪˈpʊb.lɪk/, /ɹəˈpʊb.lɪk/ 1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy. Example: The United States is a republic; Norway is a constitutional monarchy. Example: Perhaps the great charm of a republic to the young mind is, the career which it seems to lay open to all, and whose success depends upon personal gifts; while their exercise seems more independent when devoted to the people rather than to the monarch. 2. A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate. Labels: archaic Example: Republicanism is the political principle of the separation of the executive power (the administration) from the legislative; despotism is that of the autonomous execution by the state of laws which it has itself decreed.[…]Therefore, we can say: the smaller the personnel of the government (the smaller the number of rulers), the greater is their representation and the more nearly the constitution approaches to the possibility of republicanism; thus the constitution may be expected by gradual reform finally to raise itself to republicanism[…]. None of the ancient so-called "republics" knew this system, and they all finally and inevitably degenerated into despotism under the sovereignty of one, which is the most bearable of all forms of despotism. 3. One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast. Example: The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast. 4. One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
Word: saya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog saya, from Spanish saya. 1. A skirt. Labels: Philippines Example: And as she stalked in her long, loose stride toward the dressing-room to readjust her saya, somewhat in distress from the Maestro's last effort, it had suddenly flashed upon him where he had seen her before.