nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līką Proto-West Germanic *līk Old English līċ Middle English lich English lich Inherited from Middle English lich, from Old English līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-. Pronunciation: /lɪtʃ/, /litʃ/, /laɪx/ 1. A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster. Example: It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull. 2. A corpse or dead body. Labels: UK, archaic Example: […] and that, as the chronicle states, a lich-way would be made through then, assembled his servants, and attempted to stop its progress as it was carried over a bridge. A scuffle ensued, and the body was thrown into the water. The lich-way as not made ; but the Bishop of Exeter amply revenged himself for the proceedings. Example: She saw him again that eventide, but then he was a reddened lich.
Word: lich Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English līke, līch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly and -lich. 1. Like; resembling; equal. Labels: obsolete Example: 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis. Anon he let two cofres make / Of one semblance, and of one make, / So lich, that no lif thilke throwe, / That one may fro that other knowe. Example: [He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich.
Word: lycée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lycée. Doublet of lyceum. 1. A public secondary school in France.
Word: Lycian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Lycia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lycian From Lycia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃən/, /ˈlɪ.si.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃi.ən/ 1. An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian group.
Word: Lycian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Lycia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lycian From Lycia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃən/, /ˈlɪ.si.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia. Example: From the 4th Century BCE onwards, the Lycians built rock-hewn "house" tombs – often funeral chambers carved into cliffs, with the rock face around the doorway cut to imitate the façade of a wooden Lycian house, complete with "timbers" and protruding "joists".
Word: Lycian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Lycia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Lycian From Lycia + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.sɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃɪ.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃən/, /ˈlɪ.si.ən/, /ˈlɪ.ʃi.ən/ 1. Of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: Formed in the 2nd Century BCE and composed of 23 city-states, the Lycian League was the world's first democratic union, a model of a strong confederacy based on popular and proportional representation.
Word: leitmotif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Leitmotiv (“leading motif”), from leiten (“to lead”) + Motiv (“motif”), originally used to describe Wagnerian opera. The spelling was influenced by motif. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪt.məʊˌtiːf/, /ˈlaɪt.moʊˌtif/, /ˈleɪt.moʊˌtif/, /ˈlaɪt.moʊˌtɪv/ 1. A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera. Example: In Wagner's operas, especially his cycle of four operas known collectively as the Ring cycle, the leitmotif did not simply label or point to one particular character or object but rather conjured up a realm of ideas. 2. A recurring theme. Labels: broadly Example: People have pointed out the influence of Wagner’s music on my work. Certainly I do not disclaim this influence. In particular, I followed Wagner in the use of the leitmotif, which I carried over into the work of language. Example: If one looks for a pattern in the political life of John Connally, one finds a leitmotif of scandals which threatened but never destroyed his career.
Word: Lett Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Lette. Pronunciation: /lɛt/ 1. Synonym of Latvian. Labels: uncommon Example: The Strange Case of Peter the Lett
Word: Lett Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Lette. Pronunciation: /lɛt/ 1. Synonym of Latvian. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon
Word: leitmotiv Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of leitmotif. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the domain of purely instrumental music, to which leitmotive are perfectly adapted in the realization of ‘programme music’, the earliest examples are to be found in the Symphonie Fantastique of Berlioz, where what he terms idée fixe is used in the manner of a ‘leitmotiv’. Example: A further application of the rhymes and repetitions is to be seen in Queneau’s use of leitmotive, whereby his texts are pervaded by objects which, again, serve to indicate the deliberate organisation underlying the surface of the narrative.
Word: liliaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Liliaceae + -ous 1. of the Liliaceae family, which contains the lily, and tulip, but which formerly contained a great number of plants now in other families.
Word: limned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From limn + -ed. 1. described or represented in a lifelike manner
Word: limned Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From limn + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of limn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: longitudinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin longitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin longitūdō, from longus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, longitude + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuː.dɪ.nəl/, /ˌlɔŋ.ɡɪˈtʃʉw.dɪ.nəl/, /ˌlɔn.dʒɪˈtu.dɪ.nəl/, /ˌlɔn.dʒəˈtu.də.nəl/, /ˌlɑn.dʒɪˈtu.dɪ.nəl/ 1. Running across a set direction of an object. Labels: not-comparable Example: The motion about the longitudinal axis of an airplane is called roll. Example: ...forming the bottom of the hopper, in combination with the recriprocating longitudinal movement of the same, for the purpose of regulating the feed from the hopper, substantially as herein set forth. 2. Running across a set direction of an object. Labels: not-comparable Example: The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car. Example: The third rotation is about the longitudinal axis of the thigh. 3. Relating to the geographical longitude. Labels: not-comparable Example: The longitudinal position of a ship refers to its angular distance east or west from the prime meridian. 4. Of a study, sampling data over time rather than merely once. Labels: not-comparable Example: longitudinal studies Example: Examining national longitudinal data, Mossakowski has found that people who were unemployed for long periods in their teens or early 20s are far more likely to develop a habit of heavy drinking (five or more drinks in one sitting) by the time they approach middle age.
Word: longitudinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin longitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin longitūdō, from longus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, longitude + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuː.dɪ.nəl/, /ˌlɔŋ.ɡɪˈtʃʉw.dɪ.nəl/, /ˌlɔn.dʒɪˈtu.dɪ.nəl/, /ˌlɔn.dʒəˈtu.də.nəl/, /ˌlɑn.dʒɪˈtu.dɪ.nəl/ 1. Any longitudinal piece, as in shipbuilding etc. 2. A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
Word: look at Part of Speech: verb 1. To observe or watch. Labels: transitive Example: The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green. Example: Oh my good gracious me, look at that. Whoa! Quick! What is it? I can't explain it. You're just going to have to come over here and look out this window for a while. Whatever it is, we're not interested. Well. I have to say you're missing out. 2. To study visually. Labels: transitive Example: The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them. 3. To consider. Labels: transitive Example: I looked at the possibility of buying a new car, but my current one still runs great and it's paid off. Example: The rest of the topic we’ll look at next week. 4. To face; to be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect. Labels: transitive Example: He is looking at jail time. Example: Lion hunts are highly choreographed, rarefied affairs; you’re looking at $70,000 before you even load your rifle. Then there are the game fees for the bait you’ll need − a zebra, warthog and a kudu, say − and for the lion itself. All in, you’re looking at a six-figure outlay with no guarantee that you’ll come home with a lion skin for a rug. (Taxidermy not included.)
Word: fossilise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of fossilize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fossilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fossil Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fossilize From fossil + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒs.ɪl.aɪz/, /ˈfɒsl̩aɪz/ 1. To make into a fossil. Labels: transitive Example: Most of the booths had been scooped clean by the scalpel-sharp corner of the glacier in the crash. Three remained. Two of them were punctured and, inside, the once-human occupants had been fossilized into the walls by centuries upon centuries of patient ice. 2. To become a fossil. Labels: intransitive 3. To become inflexible or outmoded. Labels: broadly, figuratively, intransitive Example: I was getting fossilised myself, but of late my stock of ideas has been very much enlarged. 4. To make antiquated, rigid, or fixed; to deaden. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head / Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Example: I'll meet you again Blanketed in soil Fossilized in photographs
Word: kwik Part of Speech: adj 1. Eye dialect spelling of quick. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: nosocomial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin nosocomīum (“hospital, infirmary”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Nosocomīum is borrowed from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital, infirmary”), from νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō, “to tend the sick”) + -εῖον (-eîon, suffix forming nouns denoting places); νοσοκομέω (nosokoméō) is from νόσος (nósos, “disease, illness, sickness”) (further etymology uncertain) + κομέω (koméō, “to take care of, look after, tend”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kem(H)- (“to be tired; to exert oneself”)). Pronunciation: /ˌnɒ.sə(ʊ)ˈkəʊ.mi.əl/, /ˌnəʊ-/, /ˌnɑ.səˈkoʊ.mi.əl/, /ˌnoʊ-/ 1. Of an infection or its cause: arising from the environment of, or treatment in, a hospital. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: It is a febrile disease accompanied by symptoms quite peculiar to it. […] There is a peculiar conformity between it and nosocomial fever, or typhus of prisons, described by Pringle [i.e., Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet], a disease of a complicated nature, and named by Pinal adynamic & ataxic fever. We shall soon see that both may originate from analogous causes, and that a contagion not being sufficiently strong for developing the true nosocomial fever among healthy persons, may, nevertheless, produce hospital gangrene. Example: Professor Laveran furnishes this narration as a specimen of the injurious effects which nosocomial influences exert upon otherwise benign affections. The return of troops from the Italian war had the effect of producing great accumulations of troops in the military Hospitals. […] [W]e find that some [febrile diseases], as malarial diseases for example, are benefited by the very fact of residence within an Hospital, and are but little subjected to nosocomial influences. 2. Of, relating to, or happening in a hospital. Labels: formal, not-comparable, uncommon Example: In 1822 he [Étienne Serres] left the Hôtel Dieu for La Pitié, where he remained until he had attained the legal limit of age which compels the nosocomial physicians and surgeons of Paris to retire from office. At this point terminates the strictly medical part of M. Serres' career, during which he gained great distinction as a nosocomial physician, and published several works of value. Example: I immediately set the bones and applied a temporary bandage, then took the dog to my private hospital […] Unique Nosocomial Treatment [section heading] After this, I applied a bandage-padded pack, reaching from the top of the shoulders to the root of the tail to prevent arching movements of the back, […]
Word: Nostradamus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Michel de Nostredame's surname is one that honors Saint Mary (Our Lady). More details (if desired) are available at Nostradamus § Childhood. 1. A French astrologer and author of prophecies who lived in the early 1500s. 2. Someone who makes accurate prophecies. Labels: broadly Example: The so-called "Nostradamus" of U.S. elections has admitted he was wrong after former—and now future—president Donald Trump won the 2024 contest despite his prediction that Vice President Kamala Harris would emerge victorious.
Word: Nostradamus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since before 1908. Most likely from wordplay among physicians, as a playful agent noun for quacks who give nostrums to their patients, playing on wide familiarity with a cultural reference to the famous (and dubiously effective) Nostradamus. 1. Any quack doctor or charlatan. Labels: dated
Word: neuronal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuron + -al. 1. Of, or relating to a neuron. Labels: not-comparable Example: Nicotine, a stimulant found in tobacco, long used by Native Americans, taught scientists about the existence of our own nicotinic receptors, which influence neuronal excitement. Example: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures local blood flow related to neuronal firing: When cells fire, they use up oxygen and glucose, and new, oxygen-rich blood then comes in to replenish these resources. These influxes of blood are what fMRI measures.
Word: Nisei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (“second generation”). 1. a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
Word: nisei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (にせい, nisei), from 二 (ni-, “second”) + 世 (sei, “generation”). Pronunciation: /ˈniseɪ/ 1. One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America. Example: Born and brought tip mostly in South America, the United States (particularly Hawaii) and Canada, the nisei and sansei have Japanese features but often speak the language imperfectly, if at all. Example: The Nisei, on the other hand, are more inclined to view the hyphenated Japanese Canadian identity with positive implications.
Word: nighttime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/, [ˈnaɪʔtaɪm] 1. The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nighttime fell like the opening / In the final act of the beginning of time Example: Smith Barney, for example, goes so far as to shift the hours during which taxi rides home are expensable as nighttime lengthens and shortens, says Moszkowski.
Word: nighttime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English nyght tyme, nyȝttyme, equivalent to night + time. Compare Dutch nachttijd, German Nachtzeit, Danish nattetid, Swedish nattetid. Compare also Middle English nyȝter tyme (“nighttime”), from Old Norse náttartími, nætrtími (“nighttime”). Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/, [ˈnaɪʔtaɪm] 1. Pertaining to nighttime; appropriate to the night. Labels: not-comparable 2. Happening during the night. Labels: not-comparable Example: Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.
Word: novelty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus. By surface analysis, novel + -ty. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑvəlti/, /ˈnɒvəlti/ 1. The state of being new or novel; newness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was by no means pleasant to realize that there was an unknown number of menaces up there over your head, quietly circling and circling until someone should arrange for them to drop - and that there was nothing to be done about them. Still, life has to go on - and novelty is a wonderfully short-lived thing. One became used to the idea perforce. Example: Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes. 2. A new product; an innovation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty. 3. A small mass-produced trinket. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One released image shows Trump with six women with leis whose faces were redacted by committee members, while another depicts what appears to be a bowl of novelty condoms with a caricature of Trump’s face with the text, “I’m HUUUUGE!” The condoms – shown in a bowl with a “Trump condom $4.50” sign – were produced by a novelty shop in New York City named Fishs Eddy. 4. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An opening move played for the first time ever (in high-level chess). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Topalov has unveiled some interesting novelties lately, but there was nothing unusual in his opening here. Sasikiran played the Nimzo-Indian, and Topalov replied with probably the most classical continuation. Example: It's not often a novelty comes as early as move seven nowadays, but in the latest round of the German Bundesliga, a recently discovered seventh move was employed to win a lovely game.
Word: novelty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus. By surface analysis, novel + -ty. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑvəlti/, /ˈnɒvəlti/ 1. In the design of a common household item, often impractically large, and meant primarily for display rather than functional use. Labels: not-comparable Example: My novelty calculator works fine but it hurts my hands to press the keys.
Word: Nidhogg Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Norse Níðhǫggr (“Malice Striker”). 1. a dragon who lives in Niflheim (world of ice and the dead), feeding upon the roots of Yggdrasil and bodies of the damned. Labels: Norse
Word: neuro-linguistic programming Part of Speech: noun 1. A field of study that attempts to build a set of transferable skills by programming the unconscious mind. Labels: uncountable
Word: norms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of norm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean. Pronunciation: /məʊn/, /moʊn/ 1. A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure. Example: let out a deep moan Example: We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain. 2. A lament or sorrow. Labels: obsolete Example: to make one's moan Example: it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours.
Word: moan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean. Pronunciation: /məʊn/, /moʊn/ 1. To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […]. Example: 1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone. 2. To grieve. Labels: intransitive, poetic 3. To make a moan or similar sound. Labels: intransitive Example: She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex. Example: They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning. 4. To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. Labels: transitive Example: ‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned. 5. To complain; to grumble. Labels: colloquial, intransitive 6. To distress (someone); to sadden. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: which infinitely moans me
Word: moan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English moa Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English moan From moa + -an. Pronunciation: /məʊn/, /moʊn/ 1. Of or pertaining to a moa.
Word: cardinal virtue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”). 1. One of the four foundational virtues identified by Greek and Christian philosophers, on which other virtues depend: justice, temperance, prudence, or fortitude. Labels: in-plural, often Example: Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrées, as Lord Henry remarked once, in a discussion on the subject, and there is possibly a good deal to be said for his view.
Word: goûter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French goûter. 1. A light meal in the afternoon; tea. Labels: dated Example: We thought best to have a lottery of toys, school furniture, books, etc... […] accompanied by the "goûter" which is a necessary part of every entertainment. This had the great advantage that the buying of toys and cakes for the goûter did not exhaust the whole amount of the draft.
Word: chanson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chanson f (“song”), from Latin cantio f. Doublet of cantion and canzone. Pronunciation: /ʃɑ̃ːˈsɔ̃ː/, /ʃɑ̃ˈsɔ̃/, /ʃɑ̃ˈsɑ̃/, /ʃɒ̃ˈsɒ̃/, /ʃɑ̃ˈsɒ̃/ 1. Any song with French words, but more specifically a classic, lyric-driven French song. 2. A religious song. Labels: obsolete
Word: sticktion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of stick + friction. 1. the temporary adhesion between a tribometer and a test surface that causes unrealistically high slip resistance readings Labels: uncountable
Word: robinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From robin. 1. The chaffinch, or roberd. 2. The European robin.
Word: robinet Part of Speech: noun 1. A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones. Labels: historical
Word: robinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French robinet. 1. A tap; a faucet.
Word: wets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cosmo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos)der. English cosmo- Derived from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”), from Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-, possibly from *ḱem-. 1. universe, world Labels: morpheme 2. cosmic rays Labels: morpheme
Word: -crat Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)bor. English -crat From Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “power, might”), modelled after words of Ancient Greek origin such as democrat and aristocrat. From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (English hard). Pronunciation: /-kɹæt/ 1. A participant in a specified form of government. Labels: morpheme 2. An advocate of a specified form of government. Labels: morpheme
Word: satanist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Satanist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: catamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”), from Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymede. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəmaɪt/ 1. A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man. Example: It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me. Example: And what about your brother? – Is he to be a catamite?
Word: catamite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”), from Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymede. Pronunciation: /ˈkætəmaɪt/ 1. To engage in a homoerotic relationship involving a boy and an older man.
Word: downe Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of down. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: downe Part of Speech: prep 1. Obsolete spelling of down. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: colds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noontide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English non-tyde, from Old English nōntīd (“noontide”), equivalent to noon + tide. 1. Midday, noon. Labels: literary Example: […] I haue bedymn'd / The Noone tide Sun, call'd forth the mutenous windes, / And twixt the greene Sea, and the azur'd vault / Set roaring warre: […] Example: The favorite noontide mess of the Andalusian peasantry; consisting of cucumbers shred fine, bread-crumbs, oil, vinegar, and water fresh from the spring. 2. Climax; high point. Labels: figuratively Example: Yet there are noble passages in his later poems: and even the latest have their own peculiar charm of serenity and kindliness,—a tranquil sunset, as it were, succeeding not unmeetly to the fiery splendours of his noontide course.
Word: non-U Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + U (“characteristic of the upper classes”), coined by British linguist Alan S. C. Ross (1907–1980) in an article in 1954, and popularized by the English journalist and writer Nancy Mitford (1904–1973). Pronunciation: /nɒnˈjuː/, /ˈnɑnˈju/ 1. Not U; not characteristic of the upper classes, particularly regarding language. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated, not-comparable Example: I may also note here that the U-demarcation is of two types: – (1) a certain U-feature has a different, non-U counterpart as non-U wealthy / U rich; (2) a certain feature is confined to U-speech and it has a counterpart which is not confined to non-U speech e.g. the pronunciations of girl as [ɡɛl], (? [ɡjɛl]), [ɡæl], [ɡɛəl] are U, but many (perhaps most male) U-speakers, like all non-U-speakers, use the pronunciation [ɡəːl]. Example: Pudding when used to mean all sweet dishes at the end of a meal is Non-U; the U expression is sweet. Similarly greens for vegetables is a Non-U expression.
Word: skyclad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sky + clad, indicating that the person in question is clad only in the sky. Attested from early 20th century England, it is partially a calque of Sanskrit दिगम्बर (digambara, “having all (=ten) quarters of the globe as one's only clothing, i.e., naked”). Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪ.klæd/ 1. Belonging to the Digambara school of Jainism. Labels: not-comparable 2. Nude, naked, especially when outdoors. Labels: not-comparable, poetic Example: There he stood, sky-clad, smearing witch's ointment all over.
Word: clods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sheng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 笙 (shēng). Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌŋ/, [ˈʃʰʌŋ], /ˈʃɛŋ/, [ˈʃʰɛŋ], /ˈʃɪŋ/ 1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass). Example: The appearance of a sheng in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century inspired the development of free reed instruments in Western Europe, including the harmonica, accordion, and symphonium (see next page).
Word: maple syrup Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.pəl ˈsɪ.ɹəp/, /ˈmeɪ.pəl ˈsɪɹ.əp/, /-ˈsɝ.əp/ 1. Syrup made from the sap of the sugar maple, Acer saccharum. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Syrup flavored with artificial maple flavoring; though legally in the United States cannot be labelled as such when for sale. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: property porn Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of television programme or glossy magazine article showing desirable properties with luxurious interiors and idyllic locations. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: point-blank Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French point blanc (“white point”), originally referring to the white spot to be aimed at on a target (see blank's "bull's eye") or alternatively into empty space being fired horizontally. 1. Very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards). Labels: not-comparable 2. The distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm. Labels: not-comparable Example: Now, here's a useful tool—.470, telescopic sight, double ejector, point-blank up to three-fifty. That's the rifle I used against the Peruvian slave-drivers three years ago. Example: Heavily armed militants launched a series of coordinated attacks in rural Assam on Tuesday, pulling villagers from their homes and shooting them at point-blank range, witnesses said. 3. Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt; outright. Labels: not-comparable Example: a point-blank assertion Example: At this point-blank denial, Stephen turned his face away decisively, and preserved an ominous silence; […]
Word: point-blank Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From French point blanc (“white point”), originally referring to the white spot to be aimed at on a target (see blank's "bull's eye") or alternatively into empty space being fired horizontally. 1. In a direct manner, without hesitation. Labels: not-comparable Example: One day, when he was doing some valuation for me, he told me point-blank that clergymen seldom understood anything about business, and did mischief when they meddled; […] Example: About a week afterwards she said to him, point-blank, "Are you seriously making love to your little cousin?"
Word: politic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French politique, from Latin politicus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Cognate with German politisch (“political”). Doublet of politico. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/, /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪk/, /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪk/, /ˈpɑ.lə.tɪk/, /ˈpɔl.ə.tɪk/ 1. Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political. Labels: archaic Example: the body politic Example: [H]e with his people made all but one politic body whereof himself was the head 2. Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised; adapted to its end, whether right or wrong. Labels: archaic Example: a politic treaty Example: For then this land was famously enrich'd / With politic grave counsel 3. Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious Labels: archaic Example: I have been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy 4. Shrewd, prudent and expedient; showing policy. Example: But as he headed for the front of the line one of his minders whispered that it might be politic to go to the back. Example: But campaigners in Florida accused him of turning a blind eye to the real issues with his "politic" appearance before the commission. 5. Discreet and diplomatic. Example: A unanimous exclamation called upon Evelyn himself to speak; and, after a minute's politic pause, he went on to state his plan. Example: Deferential, glad to be of use, / Politic, cautious, and meticulous; […] 6. Artful, crafty or cunning.
Word: politic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French politique, from Latin politicus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Cognate with German politisch (“political”). Doublet of politico. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/, /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪk/, /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪk/, /ˈpɑ.lə.tɪk/, /ˈpɔl.ə.tɪk/ 1. A politician. Labels: archaic Example: to speake truly of politikes & Statesmen Example: Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark? he borrows a lantern; / Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. 2. A politics; a set of political beliefs. Example: While the stories and lives on the screen are alternately moving and funny, an unspoken question arises: does similar experience always lead to a coherent politic?
Word: politic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from politicking. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪk/, /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪk/, /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪk/, /ˈpɑ.lə.tɪk/, /ˈpɔl.ə.tɪk/ 1. Alternative spelling of politick. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That why you turned the Kanuyaq Land Trust into the IRS for using donations to politic instead of to buy land? Example: Residents of New York, Illinois and now New Hampshire have watched as their governors waffled, politicked and, in the case of Illinois, possibly broke the law carrying out their duties to appoint a new senator.
Word: polyp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)). Doublet of polypus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑlɪp/, /ˈpɒlɪp/ 1. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles. 2. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles. 3. An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
Word: textbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From text + book. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/, /ˈtekst.bʊk/ 1. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
Word: textbook Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From text + book. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/, /ˈtekst.bʊk/ 1. Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike. Labels: literally Example: These figures are just too textbook, or papyrus-like, as if this information came off of a shelf in the Library of Alexandria 2. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook. Labels: figuratively Example: textbook case Example: Every night had been clear and star-studded, the progression of the moon through its phases absolutely textbook, its dance with the planets visible in the ecliptic... 3. Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook. Labels: figuratively Example: Well done everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook. Example: […]Hilts and the commandant spar verbally in a very textbook shot/reverse shot scene, back and forth, “over the shoulder” of one interlocutor and then the other […] 4. Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience. Labels: figuratively Example: He has a textbook understanding of company law but no practical experience of litigation. Example: So a lot of women will be very textbook if something meets the definition of sexual harassment, whereas a lot of men are more laissez-faire.
Word: thematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme + -atic. Pronunciation: /θɪˈmætɪk/, /θɛˈmætɪk/ 1. Relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic. Example: He had a thematic collection of postage stamps with flags on them (where (UK) thematic collection is equivalent to (US) topical collection) 2. Relating to a melodic subject. 3. Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection. Labels: Indo-European-studies Example: A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots. 4. Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).
Word: thematic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme + -atic. Pronunciation: /θɪˈmætɪk/, /θɛˈmætɪk/ 1. A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection. 2. A case that indicates the (usually inanimate) party which is a participant to the verbal predicate where that participant does not undergo any tangible change of state. Example: The nine transrelative cases are the thematic, instrumental, absolutive, affective, stimulative, effectuative, ergative, dative, and inducive. Following are explanations of the function and usage of each case. Examples of these cases in use are provided in Sec. 4.2.10 below.
Word: polygamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + -gamous. Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪɡəməs/ 1. Of, relating to, or practicing polygamy. Labels: not-comparable Example: That Mormon community no longer practises polygamous relationships. Example: […] declaring legitimate all children of LDS polygamous marriages […] 2. Exhibiting polygamy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: boku Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount) Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
Word: boku Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots of) Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: boku Part of Speech: det 1. Alternative spelling of beaucoup (many many many) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mediastinum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin mediastīnum, from Medieval Latin mediastīnus (“middling; middle”), from Latin mediastīnus (“a common servant”). Pronunciation: /ˌmiːdi.əˈstaɪnəm/ 1. The region in mammals between the pleural sacs, containing the heart and all of the thoracic viscera except the lungs.
Word: quadrivium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin quadrivium (“the four mathematical studies”), from Latin quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”). Pronunciation: /kwɒˈdɹɪvɪ.əm/, /kwɑˈdɹɪvi.əm/ 1. The higher division of the seven liberal arts in the Middle Ages, composed of geometry, astronomy, arithmetic, and music. Labels: historical Example: As to the nature of his studies, there can be no doubt that he [Dante] went through the trivium (grammar, dialectic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) of the then ordinary university course. Example: The riddle of existence is the college curriculum that was laid before the Pharaohs, that was taught in the groves by Plato, that formed the trivium and quadrivium, and is to-day laid before the freedmen’s sons by Atlanta University.
Word: fictive kin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪktɪv kɪn/ 1. Someone who, though unrelated by birth or marriage, has such a close emotional relationship with another that they may be considered part of the family. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ebaugh (2000) described three types of fictive kin (family-type) relationships, based not on blood or marriage, but rather on religious rituals or close friendship ties, that constitutes a type of social capital which many immigrants bring with them that facilitates their adjustment to the host society. […] Fictive kin are shared widely in Spanish-speaking countries, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Example: Most studies indicate that Black family members live in proximity, in part an outcome of segregated communities. These close-knit communities helped to produce strong fictive kin relations with neighbors and fellow church members, which in turn provided support in the face of discrimination from the larger society.
Word: whigger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of white + nigger. 1. Alternative spelling of wigger. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: 1999, James Ryan, Race and Ethnicity in Multi-Ethnic Schools, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 144, Students’ peers exert considerable pressure on them to stay within their groups and to avoid others who are not part of the group. […] individuals who stray from what some of their fellow students believe to be their appropriate peer group may be subject to penalties. Agnes, for example, an Anglo of European background, has been called a ‘whigger’ by White students for associating with students of African heritage. Example: 2003, February 8, I. M. White, "Re: 'Phantom Ryder' -- proven liar, watch it run away...", alt.revisionism and alt.flame.niggers, Usenet, Your inability to refute the facts that I have posted against the NIGGERS is so noted. ¶ Enough said, whigger-boy.
Word: monolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French monolithique. By surface analysis, monolith + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒn.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/, /ˌmɑ.nəˈlɪθ.ɪk/ 1. Of or resembling a monolith. 2. Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts. Example: A monolithic chunk of titanium with facets for cutting, wrenching, and prying. 3. Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation. Labels: figuratively Example: Mainstream culture is hardly the monolithic block that its caricaturization often implies. Example: Farming today is industrial, and dominated by monolithic corporations who control almost all the food we eat. 4. Of a single structure, a singular component; instead of an assembly. Labels: figuratively Example: Monolithic space stations only have a single station module. 5. Consisting of a single program or codebase. Example: Monolithic kernels perform all operating system duties in kernel space. Example: In the monolithic architecture software system is deployed as a single solution, in which functionally distinguishable aspects are all interwoven.
Word: monoliths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monolith Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Graecism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Grecism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: claro Part of Speech: noun 1. A cigar whose wrapper is very light tan or yellowish.
Word: harquebus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French harquebuse, borrowed from Middle Low German hakebusse or Middle Dutch hakebus, hagebus (modern Dutch haakbus), from hôk (“hook”) + busse (“box; firelock”), from Old Saxon hōk + *buhsa, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz + *buhsā. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹkɪbʌs/, /ˈhɑɹkwɪbʌs/ 1. An obsolete matchlock firearm. Example: All the while they had their eye and foot so quicke and readie, that as soone as ever they saw the harquebuse raised to the cheeke, so soon were they on the ground, and eftsoone to answer with their bowes, and to the their way, if by chance they perceived that we were about to take them. 2. A portable gun, varying in size from a small cannon to a musket. When used in the field it was supported upon a tripod or trestle.
Word: arquebus Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.bəs/ 1. Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: No one saw fire in the murk — as it might be, the match-flare for an arquebus.
Word: arquebus Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kwɪ.bəs/, /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.bəs/ 1. To shoot with an arquebus. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: handicapped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhændikæpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of handicap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: handicapped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhændikæpt/ 1. Having a handicap. Example: handicapped person Example: handicapped man 2. Limited by an impediment of some kind. Labels: derogatory Example: We are so handicapped for means, you see—the old story with this sort of institution. Practically everything we have has been given us at one time or another—it has to be, for there is simply no fund to apply to purchasing.
Word: handicapped Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhændikæpt/ 1. A disabled person. Labels: India
Word: garn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garne, from Old English ġearn. Compare also Danish and Old Norse garn. Doublet of yarn. 1. yarn (twisted fibers for weaving) Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: garn Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From go on. 1. A response that expresses disbelief or mockery. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: mrs pearce. […] But you dont know anything about her. What about her parents? She may be married. / liza. Garn! / higgins. There! As the girl very properly says, Garn! Married indeed! Dont you know that a woman of that class looks a worn out drudge of fifty a year after shes married? Example: "[…] This is going to mean a gold watch and a week's outing at Southend with full pay for both of us or I'm a Dutchman." "Garn!"
Word: garned Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of garnered. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: The playing could not have been at fault, since the two principals garned notices every bit as friendly as the play’s. Example: No, you are not disqualified -- but if your information is garned from other sources, it is subject to those sources [sic] opinions and their viewpoints ... and hence, cannot be truly your opinion, unless you feel the need to exactly mirror *their* opinions, based on their say-so. [ellipsis in original]
Word: garnered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of garner Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: garnering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of garner Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: garnering Part of Speech: noun 1. action of the verb to garner
Word: fictive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fictif. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪktɪv/ 1. Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional. Example: Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States. 2. Resulting from imaginative creation: fanciful or invented. 3. Being feigned, ingenuine or unreal.