nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: amber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”). * The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber". Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəː/, [ˈæm.bəː], [ˈæm.bəː] ~ [ˈæm.bɐ̝ː], /ˈɛːm.bəː/, [ˈɛːm.bəː] ~ [ˈɛːm.bɐ̝ː] 1. To perfume or flavour with ambergris. Labels: rare, transitive Example: ambered wine, an ambered room 2. To preserve in amber. Labels: rare, transitive Example: an ambered fly 3. To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber. Labels: literary, poetic, rare, transitive Example: For purple mountains majesty; for amber waves of grain. Example: Home to the mosaic of coloured-lit windows in the black and white houses, the fake gas lamps ambering the cobbles, sometimes the scent of applewood smoke. 4. To take on the yellow colour of amber. Labels: intransitive, literary, poetic, rare Example: Westward along Lancaster Avenue, among the stone walls and broad driveways of imposing old houses—their lawns dappled with the shade of ambering maples and dusty, bark-peeled sycamores— Example: [T]hough many of the pirates protested against these energetic activities[,] he was only pleasantly tired when the lowering, ambering sun began to bounce needles of gold glare off the waves ahead;
Word: periodic table Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The table is termed “periodic” because it follows the periodic law – when chemical elements are arranged in order of increasing atomic number, elements with similar properties recur at intervals. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹiˈɒdɪk ˈteɪb(ə)l/, /ˌpɪə-/, /ˌpɪɹiˈɑdɪk ˈteɪbəl/ 1. A tabular chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers so that elements with similar properties are in the same group (column). Example: The atomic weight of krypton would accordingly be 81.62; the mean of former determinations is 81.28. This is in accordance with its position in the periodic table, which lies between bromine, 80, and rubidium, 85. Example: Silica and alumina are distinctly the most abundant and characteristic petrogenic constituents, and with them are most frequently associated those elements toward the extreme petrogenic end of the periodic table, especially potassium, sodium, and calcium in the order named; and these elements are associated with each other.
Word: sidewinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + winder (“one who winds or wends, traveller”), from the sideways, looping manner in which they move. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚ/ 1. A North American rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, that inhabits lowland deserts. 2. A person who is untrustworthy and dangerous. Labels: slang 3. A heavy swinging blow from the side which disables an adversary. Labels: dated, slang 4. A pitcher who throws sidearm. Labels: colloquial 5. A type of middle-distance deep-sea trawler widely used during the 1960s and 1970s. 6. A rollercoaster element where riders enter a half-loop followed by a half-corkscrew, and exit perpendicular to the direction of entry.
Word: sidewinder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From side + winder (“one who winds or wends, traveller”), from the sideways, looping manner in which they move. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪd.waɪn.dɚ/ 1. Synonym of sidewind.
Word: caracal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French caracal, from Ottoman Turkish قره قولاق (kara kulak, literally “black ear”), a calque of Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš). Compare modern Turkish karakulak. Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌkæl/, /ˈkæɹ.əˌkæl/, /ˈkeɚ.əˌkæl/, /ˈkɛɚ.əˌkæl/ 1. A type of cat native to Southern Africa, West Asia, and parts of Central and South Asia, Caracal caracal.
Word: web-footed gecko Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of gecko, Palmatogecko rangei, from Namibia and adjacent areas, having broad, webbed feet
Word: fennec fox Part of Speech: noun 1. A fennec.
Word: honey-pot ant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From honeypot + ant. From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival. 1. A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen. 2. The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots. 3. An individual ant of the type 4. An individual ant of the replete class
Word: enough Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌf/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈnɐf/ 1. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Example: I've already had enough coffee today. 2. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Labels: archaic Example: There is food enough for us all. Example: How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
Word: enough Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌf/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈnɐf/ 1. Sufficiently. Example: Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them). Example: You've worked enough; rest for a bit. 2. Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very. Example: He is ready enough to accept the offer. Example: I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. 3. Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc. Example: Talking of Mr Smith, funnily enough, I saw him just the other day. Example: I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.
Word: enough Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌf/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈnɐf/ 1. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc. Example: I have enough (of it) to keep me going. Example: Enough of you are here to begin the class.
Word: enough Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌf/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈnɐf/ 1. Stop! Don't do that any more! It is too much! Example: Near-synonyms: please, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU Example: I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!
Word: enough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnʌf/, /i-/, /ə-/, /əˈnɐf/ 1. An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently. Labels: in-plural, rare Example: And she was neither beautiful nor handsome, but just at the point halfway between which a girl of twenty-three reaches who inherits good features and healthful figure, and who has learned to dance well, ride well, study enough, golf enough, and has attained the thousand other "well and enoughs" which include talking well and listening enough, and allow a woman to be liked and loved with so little consciousness that she never suspects she is particularly liked at all.
Word: computing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, compute + -ing. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ 1. The process or act of calculation. Labels: literally, uncountable, usually 2. The use of a computer or computers. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Home computing includes children accessing information for educational purposes, parents accessing information for recreational purposes, users working from home, retired people 'silver surfers' that use computers for keeping in touch via e-mail, the Internet and through possible on-line clubs and societies. 3. The study of computers and computer programming. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This course will cover several major fields of computing.
Word: computing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, compute + -ing. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of compute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: computer-aided design Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌeɪˈdɪdˌdɪˈzʌɪn/ 1. The process of using drawings made by using a computer to design machines, buildings, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: The technology seeks to identify the birds' nests on the ground. Details of their location are then fed into computer-aided design drawings and the global positioning systems of machinery working on site, to let operators know when they are working near exclusion zones.
Word: computer graphics Part of Speech: noun 1. The representation and manipulation of pictorial data by a computer. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The various technologies used to create and manipulate such pictorial data. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. The images so produced. Labels: plural, plural-only 4. A sub-field of computer science which studies methods for digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: computer language Part of Speech: noun 1. A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages, etc.
Word: calculator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌleɪ̯.ɾɚ] 1. A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically. Example: electronic calculator; pocket calculator Example: The calculator on a bookkeeper's desk in the 1950s was an adding machine with mechanical guts. 2. A person who performs mathematical calculation. Labels: historical Example: During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator. Example: First, many real-world investors bear little resemblance to the cool calculators of efficient-market theory: they're all too subject to herd behavior, to bouts of irrational exuberance and unwarranted panic. 3. A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming). Example: Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator Example: He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues. 4. A set of mathematical tables. Labels: obsolete
Word: boss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-? Proto-Germanic *baswô Proto-West Germanic *baswō Old Dutch *baso Middle Dutch baes Dutch baasbor. English boss Borrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), borrowed from English boss. Pronunciation: /bɒs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/ 1. One who is in charge or something. Example: The boss of the company was going to Spain for work. Example: Rule Number Two: Always treat the boss as if he's blind and stupid. 2. One who is in charge or something. Example: Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room. Example: My boss complains that I'm always late to work. 3. One who is in charge or something. Example: They named him boss because he had good leadership skills. 4. One who is in charge or something. Example: He is the Republican boss in Kentucky. 5. One who is in charge or something. Labels: Australia Example: Above all, she must not tell the boss of any little irregularity she may see. 6. One who is in charge or something. Labels: humorous Example: There's no olive oil; will sunflower oil do? — I'll have to run that by the boss. 7. One who is in charge or something. Labels: India, Multicultural-London-English, Philippines, especially, informal Example: Good to see you, boss. 8. An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress. Example: Cuphead built a reputation for difficulty before release, but its boss battles are mostly about recognizing patterns than getting lucky against unfair bosses. Watching players ace their way through the game’s bosses is a spellbinding reminder that even tough games can be defeated easily with hard work.
Word: boss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-? Proto-Germanic *baswô Proto-West Germanic *baswō Old Dutch *baso Middle Dutch baes Dutch baasbor. English boss Borrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), borrowed from English boss. Pronunciation: /bɒs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/ 1. To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly. Labels: transitive Example: By YOU last night’s journey was actually bossed / Without you, I’m certain, we’d all have been lost. Example: His sisters bossed him and spoiled him. All their lives he was to go on being their little brother, who could do no wrong, because he was the baby; [...]
Word: boss Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-? Proto-Germanic *baswô Proto-West Germanic *baswō Old Dutch *baso Middle Dutch baes Dutch baasbor. English boss Borrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master. The video game sense is borrowed from Japanese ボス (bosu), borrowed from English boss. Pronunciation: /bɒs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/ 1. Of excellent quality, first-rate. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: That is a boss Zefron poster. Example: Boy 2: He's the neatest looking guy on TV! Boy 3: I'll say! Boy 1: He sure is! Boy 3: Boy, the way he talks is really boss!
Word: boss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more. Pronunciation: /bɒs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/ 1. A lump, protuberance, or swelling in an animal, person or object. 2. A lump, protuberance, or swelling in an animal, person or object. 3. A lump, protuberance, or swelling in an animal, person or object. Example: To the upper part of the frame a chain is attached, and if the screw shaft be drawn back out of the boss, the square frame may be hove up by carrying the chain to a winch—the sliding block maintaining the frame in the perpendicular position. Example: The seargent […] screwing a bipod into the threaded boss on the underside of the barrel would kill these animals […] 4. A lump, protuberance, or swelling in an animal, person or object. 5. A lump, protuberance, or swelling in an animal, person or object. 6. A target block, made of foam but historically made of hay bales, to which a target face is attached. 7. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. Example: Boss, a short trough for holding water, when tiling the roof 8. A head or reservoir of water.
Word: boss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bos, bose, boce, from Old French boce (“lump, bulge, protuberance, knot”), from Frankish *bottja, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of beat; see there for more. Pronunciation: /bɒs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/ 1. To decorate with bosses; to emboss. Labels: transitive
Word: boss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a corruption of bast. Pronunciation: /bɒs/, /bɔs/, /bɑs/ 1. A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw. Labels: obsolete Example: All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth, Stephen, seated on a chair between them, his feet resting on a toasting boss.
Word: tangerine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco. Pronunciation: /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/, /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/, /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ 1. A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange. Example: As Hiro approaches, Vitaly watches his sword uncertainly. Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine. 2. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit. Example: The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head. 3. A tree that produces tangerines.
Word: tangerine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Tanger + -ine, after Tangier, Morocco. Pronunciation: /ˈtæn.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/, /ˈteə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/, /ˈtɛə̯n.d͡ʒəˌɹiːn/ 1. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.
Word: city Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English cite, derived from Old French cite, derived from Late Latin cīvitātem (“city”), in Classical Latin "citizenry", derived from cīvis (“fellow-citizen”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“lie down; settle”). Cognate with Old English hīwan pl (“members of one's household, servants”). See hewe. Doublet of civitas. Mostly displaced native Old English burg, whence Modern English borough. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪti/, [ˈsɪtʰiː], [ˈsɪtʰɪj], [ˈsɪʔɪj], /sɪtɪ/ 1. A large settlement, bigger than a town; sometimes with a specific legal definition, depending on the place. Example: São Paulo is the largest city in South America. Example: Ah, knovv you not the Citie fauours them, / And they haue troupes of Souldiers at their beck? 2. A settlement granted special status by royal charter or letters patent; traditionally, a settlement with a cathedral regardless of size. Labels: UK, historical Example: Manchester, incorporated in 1838, was made the centre of a bishopric in 1847 and became a city in 1853. Liverpool was transformed into a city by Royal Charter when the new diocese of Liverpool was created in 1880. Example: St Davids itself is the smallest city in Great Britain, with a population of less than 2,000. 3. The central business district; downtown. Labels: Australia Example: I'm going into the city today to do some shopping. 4. A large amount of something (used after the noun). Labels: slang Example: It’s video game city in here!
Word: civic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪvɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. Example: Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride. 2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties. Example: civic duty
Word: civics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin civicus (“having to do with citizens or a town or city”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪvɪks/ 1. The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: civil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird. (polite): Compare typologically urbane (<< Latin urbs), courteous (akin to court). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪv.əl/ 1. Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. Labels: not-comparable Example: She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people. Example: A third is wroth: ‘Is this an hour ⁠For private sorrow’s barren song, ⁠When more and more the people throng The chairs and thrones of civil power?’ 2. Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility. Labels: comparable Example: It was very civil of him to stop the argument. Example: They despise each other, but they are always civil in public. 3. In a peaceful and well-ordered state. Labels: archaic Example: Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country: VVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he, England would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free. 4. Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters. Example: a civil case 5. Secular. Example: As if our Saviour had said, No man can enter into heaven except he be born again; so as he speaketh not only of notorious Sinners, as Adulterers, Drunkards, Swearers, & c. but of all who are in their natural condition, tho' they live never so unblameably, free from scandalous sins, if they be not born again, their civil Righteousness will do them little good, for they shall never see the Kingdom of God. Example: The word from which "evil" in Romans 13.4 is translated means "generally opposed to civil goodness or virtue, in a commonwealth, and not to spiritual good, or religion, in the church.
Word: civilian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian. Pronunciation: /sɪˈvɪl.jən/, [sɪˈvɪl.jn̩] 1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces. Example: An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians. Example: Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle. 2. A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider. Labels: informal Example: I have this vision one day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian. Example: The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it. 3. One skilled in civil law. Example: Ancient civilians and writers upon government. 4. A student of civil law at a university or college. Example: although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more 5. A person not affiliated with a gang. Labels: slang 6. An employee of the civil service. Labels: Indian-English
Word: civilian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian. Pronunciation: /sɪˈvɪl.jən/, [sɪˈvɪl.jn̩] 1. Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions. Labels: not-comparable Example: The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing. Example: He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.
Word: clergy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clergie (attested in the 13th century), from Old French clergie (“learned men”), from Late Latin clēricātus, from Latin clēricus (“one ordained for religious services”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”). Equivalent to cleric + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈklɜːdʒi/, /ˈklɝd͡ʒi/ 1. A body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Today we brought together clergy from the Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox, and Reformed traditions for ecumenical dialogue. Example: Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
Word: minister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from minor (“less”) + -ter; see minor. Doublet of Minorite. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/, /ˈmɪn.ɪ-/, /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/, /ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/, /ˈmɪn.ə.stɐ/ 1. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church. Example: The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation. 2. A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church. 3. A politician who heads a ministry Example: He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior. Example: Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man. 4. In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador. 5. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. Example: […], I choſe / Camillo for the miniſter, to poyſon / My friend Polixenes: […] Example: And Moſes roſe vp, and his miniſter Ioſhua: and Moſes went vp into the mount of God.
Word: minister Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English mynystren, from Middle French ministrer, from Old French menistrer, ministrer and Latin ministrō, from minister. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/, /ˈmɪn.ɪ-/, /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/, /ˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/, /ˈmɪn.ə.stɐ/ 1. To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service. Labels: intransitive 2. To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship. Labels: intransitive 3. To afford, to give, to supply. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […] Example: ([…] Now he that miniſtreth ſeede to the ſower, both miniſter bread for your foode, and multiply your ſeede ſowen, and encreaſe the fruites of your righteouſneſſe)
Word: priest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester. * The Tyndale Bible uses native English elder instead. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːst/, [ˈpɹ̥iːst] 1. A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple. Example: The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession. Example: The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors. 2. A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish. Example: They flop and struggle, but she unhooks them swiftly, stunning them with a small brass priest. 3. The highest office in the Aaronic priesthood. Labels: Mormonism
Word: priest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbyter and prester. * The Tyndale Bible uses native English elder instead. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːst/, [ˈpɹ̥iːst] 1. To ordain as a priest. Labels: transitive Example: If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is. Example: He was deaconed on the 23rd May, and priested on the 29th September, 1624, by John, Bishop of Sodar and Man.
Word: Yahweh Part of Speech: name Etymology: The usual form of the ancient West Semitic (Hebrew) יהוה used in scholarship. Used especially in discussions of the religion of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah. The spelling Jahweh was used in German since the 1850s. The spelling Yahweh in English (ensuring the pronunciation of the initial consonant as /j/) first appears in the 1860s, e.g. in the Herald of the Kingdom and Age to Come edited by John Thomas, founder of the Antipas Christadelphians (vol. X. no. 1, Westchester, NY, January 1860). First appeared in English Bible translations for the Tetragrammaton in the 1902 Emphasized Bible (EBR). Pronunciation: /ˈjɑː(h)weɪ/, /ˈjɑ(h)weɪ/, [ˈjɑːʍeɪ̯], [ˈjɑːweɪ̯] 1. YHWH, the deity worshiped in Abrahamic religions. Example: 1985 "At the time when Yahweh God made earth and heaven" (New Jerusalem Bible, Genesis 2:4)
Word: Jehovah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew יְהֹוָה (yəhōwā), the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה (variously pronounced). The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qere perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in this case אֲדֹנָי (“my lord”) ('Adonai'). Continuing earlier Iehoua. In English, the name is first attested in 1530, in Tyndale's Bible: I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them (Exodus 6:3). Tyndale used Iehouah instead of Wycliffe's Adonay. The KJV also has Jehovah in this verse specifically, while it uses Lord otherwise. Young's Literal Translation (1898) has Jehovah. The New King James Version (1982) has Lord. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.və/, /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.və/ 1. A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton. Example: 2 And God spake vnto Moses, and said vnto him, I am the Lord. 3 And I appeared vnto Abraham, vnto Isaac, and vnto Iacob, by the Name of God Almighty, but by my name IEHOVAH was I not knowen to them. Example: After Serena Williams’ win at Wimbledon today, she will likely say — as she usually does after a big win — “I want to thank Jehovah God.”[…] “I have to thank Jehovah God for this,” Serena Williams told the crowd after receiving the trophy at the Australian Open in January, her sixth win there. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare
Word: Jehovah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew יְהֹוָה (yəhōwā), the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה (variously pronounced). The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qere perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in this case אֲדֹנָי (“my lord”) ('Adonai'). Continuing earlier Iehoua. In English, the name is first attested in 1530, in Tyndale's Bible: I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them (Exodus 6:3). Tyndale used Iehouah instead of Wycliffe's Adonay. The KJV also has Jehovah in this verse specifically, while it uses Lord otherwise. Young's Literal Translation (1898) has Jehovah. The New King James Version (1982) has Lord. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.və/, /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.və/ 1. A Jehovah's Witness. Labels: informal Example: I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door.
Word: hallelujah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/, /-ɪ-/ 1. An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God. Example: AND after theſe things I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen, ſaying, Alleluia: ſaluation, and glorie, and honour, and power vnto the Lord our God: 2. A general expression of gratitude or adoration. Labels: broadly Example: Hallelujah! It’s finally the weekend! Example: Hallelujah, it's nice to know you / It's so peculiar how you've come and changed my mind
Word: hallelujah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/, /-ɪ-/ 1. A shout of “Hallelujah”. Example: So ſung they, and the Empyrean rung, / With Halleluiahs: Thus was Sabbath kept. 2. A song of praise to God; a musical composition based on the word "Hallelujah". 3. General praise. Labels: in-plural Example: Who so stolid and selfish, that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs?
Word: hallelujah Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּ (halləlū) Biblical Hebrew יָהּ (yɔh) Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh)lbor. English hallelujah Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (halləlūyɔh), from הַלְּלוּ (halləlū, “praise!”) + יָהּ (yɔh, “Lord, Jah”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæl.əˈl(j)uː.jə/, /-ɪ-/ 1. To cry "hallelujah" in praise. Labels: intransitive Example: My aunt Gastonia […] she'd seen the Lord more times than they could ever count, and hallelujahed and hallelujahed, said, “While's all this the Gospel word and true, […]
Word: mustard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌstəɹd/, [ˈmɐ̞s.təd], [ˈmʌs.təd], [ˈmʊs.təd], [ˈmʌs.tɚd] 1. A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard. Example: He loved having mustard and toast for breakfast. 3. The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Mustard and cress sandwiches. 4. Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. Ellipsis of mustard gas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually 8. Energy, power (when throwing a baseball). Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually Example: He's left-handed and in his adulthood didn't have a baseball glove to call his own. He borrowed one of mine and just out of the car, still wearing his lab coat having worked an overnight shift, he taught himself to throw right-handed and put plenty of mustard on it.
Word: mustard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌstəɹd/, [ˈmɐ̞s.təd], [ˈmʌs.təd], [ˈmʊs.təd], [ˈmʌs.tɚd] 1. Of a dark yellow colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: Everything about her year-old restaurant, from the minimalist menu (about a dozen items) with refreshingly drivel-free descriptions to the decor (unadorned warm mustard walls, unclothed bistro tables), reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bells and whistles. 2. Very good, or very skilled. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: My expectations of public services were nil, so any time within a month was fine by me. They did it in less than a week, which was mustard.
Word: strawberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawberie English strawberry From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/, [ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi], /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɒˌbɛɹi/ 1. The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They went to pick strawberries today. Example: Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.” 2. Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen. Example: He told his father, and said it would be just suitable work for him to run about fields and woods amongst the strawberry hills after a flock of hares, and now and then lie down and take a nap on some sunny hill. 3. The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus) Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A dark pinkish red color, like that of the fruit; strawberry red. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Something resembling a strawberry, especially a reddish bruise, birthmark, or infantile hemangioma (naevus). Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: strawberry marks Example: I have stretch marks and strawberry legs [follicles or blocked pores that appear as black dots]^([sic]); discoloration all over my body. 6. A prostitute who exchanges sexual services for crack cocaine. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: Come home and see her mouth on the dopeman's dick / Strawberry, just look and you'll see her Example: […] infamous in Los Angeles through media reports: the crack houses and "strawberries" (women who exchange sex for crack) […] 7. A butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When Barey decided in 2020 to pursue porn full-time, she did not imagine that at 28 she would spend more time hunched over a desk – not in the fun way – making flow charts, scheduling Zoom calls, and sending pitch decks. “I’m at my happiest when I’m making a video like putting a strawberry in my butt and pushing it out,” she says. “Now I’m on calls all day and I have tech neck.”
Word: strawberry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawberie English strawberry From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/, [ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi], /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɒˌbɛɹi/ 1. Containing or having the flavor of strawberries. Example: I'd like a large strawberry shake. Example: We sing you a song of the strawberriest Strawberry Ice Cream on earth. 2. Flavored with ethyl methylphenylglycidate, an artificial compound which is said to resemble the taste of strawberries. 3. Of a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products. Example: The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit. Example: They are, at once, beautiful and curious, with their translucent white skin and strawberriest blond hair, looking like a group of Wagner’s Valkyrie lost in a Puccini opera.
Word: strawberry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew-der. Proto-Germanic *strawą Proto-West Germanic *strau Old English strēaw Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Old English strēawberġe Middle English strawberie English strawberry From Middle English strawberie, strawbery, from Old English strēawberġe, corresponding to straw + berry. Of various theories advanced to explain the name, the two most plausible are: # from the fact that wild strawberries grow on straw-like runners (compare Norwegian stråbær, denoting cranberries, which grow in a similar way); # from the practice, still common in parts of Europe, of gathering strawberries by stringing them on a straw or stalk. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/, [ʃt͡ʃɹɔːbɹi], /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɑˌbɛɹi/, /ˈstɹɒˌbɛɹi/ 1. To gather strawberries. Labels: intransitive Example: We strawberried in Michigan woods with our fat nanny, and in spring we gathered sand dollars on Daytona, passed smiling into Kodachrome. 2. To turn a dark pinkish-red. Labels: intransitive Example: My hips and elbows were strawberrying painfully.
Word: scarlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scarlet, scarlat, borrowed from Old French escarlate (“a type of cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlātum (“scarlet cloth”), of uncertain origin. This was long thought to derive from Classical Persian سقرلات (saqirlāt, “a warm woollen cloth”), but the Persian word (first attested in the 1290s) is now thought to be from Arabic سِقِلَّات (siqillāt), denoting very expensive, luxury silks dyed scarlet-red using the exceptionally expensive dye, first attested around the ninth century. The most obvious route for the Arabic word siqillāt to have entered the Romance languages would be via the Arabic-speaking Iberian region of al-Andalus, particularly Almería, where kermes was produced extensively; compare especially the dialectal form سِقِرْلَاط (siqirlāṭ). The word then came to be used of woollen cloth dyed with the same dye. The Arabic word may itself be derived from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτον (sigillâton), from Latin sigillātum (“a type of fabric”, literally “sealed; sealing”) . Pronunciation: /ˈskɑɹlɪt/, /ˈskɑːlɪt/, /ˈskɐːlət/ 1. A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture. 2. Cloth of a scarlet color. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All her household are clothed with scarlet.