nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -ize Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree 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 From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /-ɑjz/, /-aɪz/ 1. Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs Labels: morpheme Example: pixel + -ize → pixelize 2. Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives, especially similative verbs Labels: morpheme Example: cannibal + -ize → cannibalize
Word: -ize Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See -ise (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /-ɑjz/, /-aɪz/ 1. Alternative form of -ise (suffix used to form nouns). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: palliard + -ize → palliardize
Word: -ise Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -isen, from Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō), from Proto-Indo-European *-idyé- (verbal suffix). Cognate with Old English -ettan (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /-ɑjz/ 1. Alternative form of -ize used in certain words; see the usage notes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: -ise Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ise, from Old French -ise, borrowed from Latin -itia. 1. Suffix used in loanwords from French to form abstract nouns of quality or function. Labels: morpheme Example: merchandise, franchise
Word: bastardise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bastard + -ise. Pronunciation: /ˈbæstə(ɹ)daɪz/, /ˈbɑːstə(ɹ)daɪz/ 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: ‘I have bastardised both my daughters.’
Word: bastardised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bastardise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fusibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fusibilité. Equivalent to fusible + -ity. 1. The ease with which a material will melt. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: in personam Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin in persōnam (literally “towards a person”). 1. In a lawsuit against a specific individual, a summons and complaint to give the court jurisdiction that is served to a person to try a case. In personam means that a judgment can be enforceable against the person wherever he/she is. Labels: not-comparable Example: in personam judgment
Word: kinesics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs, “motion”, noun) + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge or practice), coined by the American anthropologist Ray L. Birdwhistell (1918–1994) in his work Introduction to Kinesics (1952) (see the quotation). Κῑ́νησῐς (Kī́nēsĭs) is derived from κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion, move”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). Compare kinesia and kinesic. Pronunciation: /kɪˈniːsɪks/, /kaɪ-/, /kəˈnisɪks/ 1. The study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements. Labels: uncountable Example: Section I consists of a brief discussion of the general field of kinesics which, it is hoped, will be suggestive to others working in this area whether their central focus be linguistic, psychiatric, or general cultural. The field of kinesics is divided methodologically in a manner approximating the prevalent usage in linguistics. 2. Such non-verbal communication. Labels: uncountable
Word: melismatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From melismata + -ic or melisma + -tic. 1. Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text. Example: Because slower metrical types are more melismatic and ornamented than primary-meter, their melodic-passages in both xipi and erhuang are more melismatic and complex than those of primary-meter. Example: 1998, Barbara Newman, Introduction, Barbara Newman (translator), Hildegard von Bingen, Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum, Cornell University Press, 2nd Edition, page 28, In general, the more melismatic a piece, the more solemn, elaborate, and difficult it is, and the more the text is dominated by the music.
Word: Mondayitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Monday + -itis. The term has been widely used in Australia for decades. Popularity of the term in the USA may be traceable to its use in the US comedy film Office Space (1999). 1. The tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend. Labels: uncountable
Word: ham e-mail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Chosen as an opposite for spam (junk e-mail), both words being meat products. 1. E-mail that is wanted by the recipient and is not considered spam. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: I-HAWK Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Improved homing-all-the-way killer, a type of missile. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: kecapi suling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Name of the instruments used, kecapi + suling. 1. Sundanese instrumental and improvisational form of music. Labels: uncountable
Word: kinesthetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kinesthesia. 1. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Referred by some people as the sixth sense. Labels: uncountable
Word: man-machine Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a system: including both human and machine and/or their interface. Labels: not-comparable Example: The man-machine system is a combination of people and equipment interacting to produce a desired result from given inputs.
Word: metanoete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετανοῆτε (metanoête), subjunctive of μετανοῶ (metanoô, “to repent”), from the Gospel of Luke: : οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐὰν μὴ μετανοῆτε, πάντες ὁμοίως ἀπολεῖσθε. oukhí, légō humîn, all’ eàn mḕ metanoête, pántes homoíōs apoleîsthe. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. ―Luke 13:3 and 13:5, NIV Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtənəʊˈiːti/ 1. Metanoia. Labels: uncountable Example: In the light of this approaching crisis, John has a one-word message for the people who come out to the desert to hear him: “Metanoete!” The New American Bible translates this as “Reform your lives!” But metanoete, which is very important in all the Gospels and in the book you are reading, is also very difficult to translate simply. The closest I can come is “change your attitude.”
Word: mountain unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of military unit armed, equipped and trained to fight in rugged, mountainous terrain.
Word: innovative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti Proto-Italic *nowāō Latin novō Latin innovō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin innovātusbor. English innovate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English innovative From innovate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈnɒ.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.ə.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.əˌveɪ.tɪv/, /ɪˈnəʊ.və.tɪv/, /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/ 1. Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions. Example: He says the company's FLIRT design, in particular its retractable steps, provides greater accessibility, while the technology is highly innovative and reliable. 2. Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking.
Word: mukluk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yup'ik maklak (“bearded seal”), referring to sealskin used to make boots, originally derived from Proto-Eskimo *makla (“bearded seal, spotted seal”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌklʌk/ 1. A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik. Labels: Canada, US Example: Her parkee, made of Caribou, it is a lovely fit, / And she's all right from muck-a-luck unto her dainty mit. / This lovely Klooch is fond of Hooch, and makes it very well. 2. A laced winter boot resembling a traditional mukluk, with thick rubber sole and cloth upper. Labels: Canada, US Example: [...] the Canadians’ [soldiers’] mukluks and sleeping bags were superior to anything in use. the mukluk, a rubber-soled boot with a calf-high outer nylon cover, has a thick woollen inner boot that keeps feet warm in the coldest of weather. Example: The skin is used to make mukluks, hats, parkas. We are resourceful and respectful of the animals, the land.
Word: Nagraj Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit नागराज (nāgarāja, “king of snakes”). The surname is from Marathi नागराज (nāgrāj). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit. 2. A surname from Marathi.
Word: Nambissan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam നമ്പീശൻ (nampīśaṉ). This surname is mostly found in Kerala, among those who work in the temples and perform the duty of making temple garlands. It is often a surname of the brahmins in Kerala. 1. A surname from Malayalam.
Word: negative growth Part of Speech: noun 1. Economic decline. Labels: uncountable
Word: nidorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nidor (“the unpleasant smell of some cooked animal substances”) + -ous, or from Medieval Latin nidorosus. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪd.ə.ɹəs/, /ˈnaɪ.də.ɹəs/ 1. Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances. Labels: literary Example: ‘Taste my breath—is it not fetid, foul, and nidorous?’ Example: That old man's niderous whispered breath had entered into MacMurrough's heart an insufflation of—of what, exactly?
Word: NOIBN Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of not otherwise indexed by name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: insufflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English insufflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insufflation From insufflate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/ 1. The action of breathing or blowing into or on. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From the oracle the sound did come—or at any rate the sense did, a sense all accordant with the insufflation she had just seen working. Example: He was the inventor of the procedure for flexible sigmoidoscopy using insufflation (inflating the sigmoid colon with air) that still is practiced today. 2. The result of breathing or blowing into or on. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: snorting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of snort Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: snorting Part of Speech: noun 1. A snort sound or action. Example: At length it grew dark; they though, they heard a sound of whizzing and snorting in the air, such as the swans use to make in the; winter time. Example: Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.
Word: snorting Part of Speech: adj 1. Very large or significant; whopping. Labels: colloquial Example: […] a snorting great monster in the shed […] Example: Mr. Poirot has been caught up in some absolutely snorting killings.
Word: snorts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snorts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snort Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snort Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: snort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-. Pronunciation: /snɔɹt/ 1. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. Example: "I absolutely refuse to leave, however, until we have made at least a superficial examination of this country, and are able to take back with us something in the nature of a chart." Professor Summerlee gave a snort of impatience. 2. A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted. Labels: slang 3. A consumed portion of an alcoholic drink. Labels: slang Example: She unlocked the top drawer of the roll-top desk, took out a bottle and a glass and poured herself a snort. Example: Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us. 4. A submarine snorkel. Labels: UK
Word: snort Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-. Pronunciation: /snɔɹt/ 1. To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose. Labels: intransitive Example: She snorted with laughter. Example: Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about. 2. To express or force out by snorting. Labels: transitive Example: He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel. 3. To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound. Labels: intransitive Example: Back in 2018, the body representing the water industry was snorting at Gove’s aspersions, declaring hotly that it looked forward to its pet regulator “bringing some sorely needed facts and balance to the debate”. 4. To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose. Labels: slang, transitive Example: to snort cocaine 5. To snore. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: the snorting citizens 6. To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel. Labels: intransitive
Word: unfazed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fazed. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfeɪzd/ 1. Not frightened or hesitant; undaunted; not put off; unimpressed. Example: After stumbling and landing on her face, the toddler picked herself up and continued unfazed. Example: Say, but isn't Annie Watson a dandy witness? She testified as straight as a book. And she stood a hot cross-examination unphased. 2. Undamaged. Labels: archaic Example: The tall man throughout was "unphased"—the dewy and least compact one surrendered! Example: Being a lad of a little upwards of a century, and maintaining, as all widowers do, that I was unfazed by time […]
Word: strakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strakes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of strake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Dvorak Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak. Pronunciation: /ˈdvɔːʒæk/, /ˈdvɔːʒɑːk/, /ˈdvɔɹʒɑk/, /ˈdvɔɹʒæk/ 1. A surname from Czech, especially 2. A surname from Czech, especially
Word: Dvorak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”), equivalent to dvůr (“court, courtyard, estate, farm”) + -ák (“-er, -an: forming related nouns”). The keyboard is named after the American inventor August Dvorak. Pronunciation: /ˈdvɔːʒæk/, /ˈdvɔɹæk/, /dəˈvɔɹæk/ 1. Describing an optimized keyboard layout for the English language, in which the alphabet is arranged in the order PYFGCRL on the top row, AOEUIDHTNS on the middle, or home row, and QJKXBMWVZ on the bottom row, thus placing the letters most frequently used in the home row. Many variants on Dvorak layouts also exist, including keyboards for right-hand-only and left-hand-only-typists. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dvorak keyboard
Word: pragmatist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”). 1. One who acts in a practical or straightforward manner; one who is pragmatic; one who values practicality or pragmatism. Example: A pragmatist would never plant such a messy tree, but I like its flowers. 2. One who acts in response to particular situations rather than upon abstract ideals; one who is willing to ignore their ideals to accomplish goals. Example: I'm not a thief, I am a pragmatist. I need this bread to feed my family. Example: We cannot trust him not to lie for his own gain: he's an opportunist and a pragmatist. 3. One who belongs to the philosophic school of pragmatism; one who holds that the meaning of beliefs is the actions they entail, and that the truth of those beliefs consists in the actions they entail, successfully leading a believer to their goals. Example: [S]ome pragmatists (such as William James) took a more pantheist or pandeist approach by rejecting views of God as separate from the world. 4. An advocate of pragmatism. 5. One who studies pragmatics. Labels: uncommon
Word: pragmatist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρᾶγμα (prâgma, “thing”). 1. Advocating pragmatism. Example: Historians also suggest that Roosevelt was a pragmatist in foreign affairs, in that his policies were determined by practical consequences rather than by any philosophy.
Word: artistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artiste Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French artistiquebor. English artistic Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/, /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ 1. Having or revealing creative skill. Example: He [Abraham Lincoln] leaves for America’s history and biography, so far, not only its most dramatic reminiscence—he leaves, in my opinion, the greatest, best, most characteristic, artistic, moral personality. 2. Relating to or characteristic of art or artists. Example: Art should be independent of all clap-trap—should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with emotions entirely foreign to it, as devotion, pity, love, patriotism, and the like. 3. Aesthetically pleasing. Example: To be artistic, that is, to excite the feeling of beauty effectually, the notes must not be all forte or all piano ; and the execution is the finer the more numerous the gradations—supposing these are such as to satisfy other requirements. 4. Euphemistic form of autistic. Labels: Internet, euphemistic, form-of, offensive Example: To track gf workouts is artistic as fuck. Example: Second anon is artistic and severely regarded.
Word: artistic Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artiste Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French artistiquebor. English artistic Borrowed from French artistique, from artiste + -ique. By surface analysis, artist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈtɪs.tɪk/, /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ 1. Artistically, in an artistic style. Labels: nonstandard Example: 'You've got to do it artistic. Here, like this.'
Word: garden variety Part of Speech: adj 1. Ordinary, common, or unexceptional. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I can usually recover from a garden variety cold with rest and fluids. Example: “Contrary to the government’s depiction, the Maxwell grand jury testimony is not a matter of significant historical or public interest,” Judge Engelmayer wrote. “Far from it. It consists of garden-variety summary testimony by two law enforcement agents.”
Word: garden variety Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary, standard kind. Labels: idiomatic
Word: caffeine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French caféine, from café (“coffee”), or German Caffein, Kaffein (cp. Coffein, Koffein), from Kaffee (“coffee”) (cp. Kaffe, Koffee, Koffe), or Italian caffè (“coffee”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈkæfiːn/, /kæˈfiːn/ 1. An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For example, 0.100 grams of caffeine yield by combustion, by weight, 0.180 grammes of carbonic acid. Example: Hitherto, in consequence of its slight solubility, caffeine has been administered hypodermically only in very small doses ; in fact, at the ordinary temperature, it requires 93 parts of water to dissolve, so that a cubic centimeter would contain scarcely more than a centigram.
Word: cypress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ 1. An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis. Example: The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream.. Example: Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
Word: cypress Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ 1. Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stimulant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɪmjʊlənt/ 1. A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body. Example: Milk of chameleon was recommended as an erotic stimulant by Avicenna. Example: “Uppers” are what’s known as stimulants while “downers” are what is classified as depressants. […] Uppers increased cardiovascular and respiratory functions to dangerous degrees that can overwhelm the body. If you’ve ever felt an adrenaline rush before, you likely felt shaky, weak, or dizzy once it passed. This is similar to what stimulant drug users experience once a stimulant wears off. Feelings of exhaustion and depression set in and users seek more uppers to ward off what’s known as a “crash”. 2. Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm. Example: [T]ouching the much vexed question of stimulants he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in) […] Example: I was never to feel anything comparable under the influence of orthodox religious stimulants.
Word: stimulant Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstɪmjʊlənt/ 1. Acting as a stimulant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nervous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English nervous (“composed of or incorporating nerves”), from Latin nervōsus (“nervous; sinewy; energetic, vigorous”), from nervus (“nerve; muscle; sinew, tendon; (figuratively) energy, power; nerve; force, strength, vigour”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥ (“sinew, tendon”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as nerve + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈnɜːvəs/, /ˈnɝːvəs/, /ˈnɑvəs/ 1. Of sinews and tendons. Labels: obsolete 2. Of sinews and tendons. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]here is nothing in marble equal to the Venus of Medici, for ſoftneſs and tenderneſs; as there is nothing ſo ſtrong and nervous, as the Hercules Farneſe. 3. Of sinews and tendons. Labels: obsolete Example: Fortescutus illustratus, or a commentary on that nervous treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ […] [book title] Example: Nervous, clear, and striking, was almost all that he uttered […]. 4. Of nerves. 5. Of nerves. Example: All Nervous Diſtempers whatſoever, from Yawning and Stretching, up to a mortal Fit of an Apoplexy, ſeems to me to be but one continued Diſorder, or the ſeveral Steps or Degrees of it, ariſing from a Relaxation or Weakneſs, and the want of a ſufficient Force and Elaſticity in the Solids in general, and the Nerves in particular, in Proportion to the Reſiſtance of the Fluids, in order to carry on the Circulation, remove Obſtructions, carry off the Recrements, and make the Secretions. Example: Elizabeth Moſs, a girl of about 15 years of age, was attacked, in December, 1773, with a ſlow nervous fever, during the courſe of which ſhe had very little ſleep; […] 6. Of nerves. Labels: obsolete Example: CANNACORUS, […] It hath a knobbed tuberoſe Root: The Leaves are long and nervous: […] 7. Of nerves. Example: Being in a crowd of strangers makes me nervous. Example: I can only assure you here that there is such a thing as a nervous child; whose nervous system is unstable; who is easily upset; whose pulse is apt to "run away" at any excitement; who blushes and pales and sweats easily; who tires easily; and who may be subject to headache and eye strain. 8. Of nerves. Example: They were looking at the table (which was spread out in great array); for these young housekeepers are always nervous on such points, and like to see that everything is right. Example: Various harbours fit to receive settlers are now enumerated by the author; and as for the cold, of which some, through report, entertained a nervous dread, he invites his readers to reflect on "the great colde that is at times in Muſcouia, Sweidon, Norway, Spruceland, Poland, Denmarke, and other Eaſterne and Northerne parts of the world, where the people liue well and grow rich;" […]
Word: copyrighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered by a copyright, not public domain. Labels: not-comparable
Word: copyrighted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of copyright Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: apprehensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō (“to apprehend, understand, learn”) + -īvus (“-ive”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/, /ˌæpɹɪˈhensɪv/ 1. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant. Example: This convinc'd me that there was no going on Shore for us in the Night upon that Coaſt, and how to venture on Shore in the Day was another Queſtion too; for to have fallen into the Hands of any of the Savages, had been as bad as to have fallen into the Hands of Lyons and Tygers; at leaſt we were equally apprehenſive of the Danger of it. Example: But Claggart's was no vulgar form of the passion. Nor, as directed toward Billy Budd, did it partake of that streak of apprehensive jealousy that marred Saul's visage perturbedly brooding on the comely young David. Claggart's envy struck deeper. 2. Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect. Labels: obsolete Example: More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.
Word: apprehensive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō (“to apprehend, understand, learn”) + -īvus (“-ive”). Pronunciation: /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/, /ˌæpɹɪˈhensɪv/ 1. A mood indicating an undesired outcome. Labels: uncountable Example: In 16.66 the non-visual apprehensive is used with the third-person.
Word: Amazonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Amazonian From Amazon + -ian. Pronunciation: /æməˈzoʊni.ən/, /æməˈzoʊnjən/ 1. Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike. 2. Having to do with the Amazon River in South America, and its surrounding region. Example: The new numbers, showing almost 10,000 sq kms were lost in the year to August, were released as emboldened farm owners scuffled with forest defenders in Altamira, the Amazonian city at the heart of the recent devastation. 3. Of or relating to the most recent Martian geological time period. 4. Of a woman, very tall, strong and athletic. Labels: figuratively Example: Women's tennis champions Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams are noted for their Amazonian physiques. 5. Requiring a huge amount of work; of extraordinary difficulty; Herculean. Labels: figuratively Example: It's to their credit that they are capable of such "transformations," as well as performing the amazonian task of surviving and working as a small theater. Example: Russian capitalism created an exploited economic class that was up against these common enemies at every turn and was forced to take on the Amazonian task of battling class rule, its ideology and state. 6. Of or relating to Amazon.com, Inc.. Labels: informal, uncommon Example: I’ve […] languidly sipped merlot while my Amazonian inamorato responds to a high-priority event.
Word: Amazonian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Amazonian From Amazon + -ian. Pronunciation: /æməˈzoʊni.ən/, /æməˈzoʊnjən/ 1. The Amazonian geological period.
Word: Amazonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Amazon Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Amazonian From Amazon + -ian. Pronunciation: /æməˈzoʊni.ən/, /æməˈzoʊnjən/ 1. An Amazon. 2. An employee of Amazon.com, Inc.. Labels: informal Example: […] Amazonians like David Risher, who lead^([sic]) the first expansion into retail in the 1990s; Warren Jenson, Covey's short-lived successor as CFO; and Rick Dalzell, the former Army Ranger who was Amazon's CIO for a decade. Example: In a memo to his company’s 180,000 workers late Sunday, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos called the practices depicted in the story as “shockingly callous,” but said: “The article doesn’t describe the Amazon I know or the caring Amazonians I work with every day.”
Word: elderly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English eldre English elder Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English elderly From elder + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛldɚli/, /ˈɛldəli/ 1. old; having lived for relatively many years. 2. Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging. Example: The car was parked toward the rear of the shop, an elderly gray-blue Dodge. It looked better than it had in years. Example: The fleet had been ordered speculatively by Beacon Rail, and intended as heavy shunting and trip locomotives, as well as a viable low-emission replacement for the elderly Class 08/09 'BR Standard large shunter' which dates from the 1950s and 1960s.
Word: elderly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English eldre English elder Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English elderly From elder + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɛldɚli/, /ˈɛldəli/ 1. Older people as a whole. Labels: collective, plural, plural-only, singular, with-definite-article Example: the elderly Example: health insurance and retirement income for the elderly 2. An elderly person. Labels: countable, plural, singular, uncommon Example: He lives next door to an elderly. Example: He lives next door to some elderlies.
Word: pantry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæntɹi/, /ˈpantɹi/, [ˈpant(ʰ)ɹ̥i], [ˈpænt(ʰ)ɹ̥i], [ˈpeənt(ʰ)ɹ̥i] 1. A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller. Labels: Canada, UK, US Example: Next to the saloon is the pantry, which includes a wine cabinet, J. E. Hall bottle-cooling unit, a Stills Café set and ample cupboard space. 2. A break room. Labels: Hong-Kong
Word: boardinghouse reach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because the lodgers at a boardinghouse, dining at the same time, might have to reach past each other for dishes and condiments. 1. The ability to reach a long distance across a table to get desired food. Example: He developed his boardinghouse reach in the oil fields. Example: There is nothing contrived about this restaurant — it is strictly the basics — good food, good service, and good prices. All you need is a good boardinghouse reach and if you don't have one, then ask for the food to be passed. 2. The act of reaching across a table to get desired food, often considered poor etiquette because it invades others' personal space. Example: Avoid the boardinghouse reach. Reach for something only within the invisible boundary that separates your personal space from the other diners'.
Word: half-baked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from half- (prefix meaning ‘incomplete, partial’) or half (adverb) + baked (“cooked by baking; (slang) drunk”, adjective). The noun is derived from adjective sense 1.2 (“of a person: having no common sense or intelligence”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɑːfˈbeɪkt/, /ˌhæfˈbeɪkt/ 1. Of a person or thing: incompletely developed or formed; not fully prepared or trained. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: And idolatrous parents hovv carefull they are to nuzzle vp their Poſterity in Superſtition and Idolatry; I vvould our profeſt Popelings, and halfe-baked Proteſtants, did not let vs ſee but too often. Example: If we would have hired a good mechanic instead of a half baked kikuyu driver, he would have checked the oil and never burned out that bearing in the truck. 2. Of a person or thing: incompletely developed or formed; not fully prepared or trained. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: The guy had some half-baked idea for getting rich in the stock market. Example: In short, [William Stanley] Jevons thought that sunspots stunted harvests in India, driving up prices in England and driving down the economy. Though Jevons's theory was more than half-baked, it needed more time in the oven, since he forgot to calculate that poor harvests in Asia would hit England only after a time lag. 3. Of a person: having no common sense or intelligence; foolish. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: [H]e treated his cousin as a sort of harmless lunatic, and, as they say in Devon, "half-baked." Example: Fifty thousand pounds our esteemed father-in-law was proposing to settle upon that half-baked, nitwitted little slypuss. 4. Of a person: mildly under the influence of alcohol, a drug, etc. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: If you need to talk to John tonight, try to catch him early in the evening, while he’s still only half-baked. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: partially cooked by heating in an oven, either as an accidental outcome or as a work in process. Example: Near-synonyms: (dated) dough-baked, underbaked Example: The casserole was half-baked, but I choked it down anyway to be polite.
Word: half-baked Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from half- (prefix meaning ‘incomplete, partial’) or half (adverb) + baked (“cooked by baking; (slang) drunk”, adjective). The noun is derived from adjective sense 1.2 (“of a person: having no common sense or intelligence”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɑːfˈbeɪkt/, /ˌhæfˈbeɪkt/ 1. A foolish or stupid person; a fool, an idiot. Labels: UK, dialectal, informal Example: Half-bakeds were not lacking. Under this family name, however, stood various genera described in that day's idiom, more often spoken than written—a speech not elegant, but grounded in truth and winged by fancy—as "sap-heads," "un-mit-i-ga-ted ahsses," "pinky-dinkies," "bone-heads," "pin-heads," "natural-born-durn fools," and so on. […] To trade on another's strength in achievement, to deplete another's vitality, and again to do deeds that made the stronger explode in a laughter darkening the eyelids with tears and as unquenchable as the immortals', seemed the role of Half-bakeds in the community drama. Example: Wanted—by reputable Chicago internist and teacher, […] a young, competent, ethical, progressive, dependable Gentile roentgenographer or roentgen technician; […] no "floaters," "half-bakeds" or "bluffers" need answer, as advertiser is quite competent to judge quality of roentgen work done and fully informed regarding plate and film procedures and interpretation.
Word: bells and whistles Part of Speech: noun 1. Extra features added for show rather than function; fancy additions or features. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: His new car has all the bells and whistles, but it doesn't move through traffic jams any faster. Example: The bells and whistles do not impress me.
Word: feather in one's cap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The placing of a feather in a hat has been a symbol of achievement that has arisen in several cultures, apparently independently. The English writer and traveller Richard Hansard recorded it in his Description of Hungary, 1599: "It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the number of fethers in his cappe." The Native American tradition of adding a feather to the head-dress of any warrior who performed a brave act is well known. 1. An accomplishment; particularly one that is flaunted or boasted of. Labels: idiomatic Example: He thinks it is quite a feather in his cap that he figured it out for himself. Example: And contrary to his own Expectation, as well as that of every Body else, when he came to Court, the seven and twentieth of July, the Staff was taken from him, rather with mortifying, than agreeable Circumstances ; When a considerable Pension, or at least a Feather in his Cap, was the least that was expected for him. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see feather, cap. Example: He wore a feather in his cap, and wagg'd it too often.
Word: bottom of the ninth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Bottom, from the home team's location below visitors on the scoreboard; ninth from the number of innings in a baseball game. 1. The second part of the ninth and final inning; the end of the game. Example: Hitting a home run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth let the home team finish ahead of the visitors. 2. By extension, any last chance or final opportunity. Labels: idiomatic
Word: fazed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From faze + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪzd/ 1. Hesitant, frightened; daunted, disconcerted; perturbed, put off. Example: How can you wake up with someone you don't love And not feel slightly fazed by it?
Word: fazed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From faze + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of faze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pena Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯄꯦꯅꯥ (penā). 1. A Meitei classical musical instrument.
Word: cliffhanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cliff + hanger, evoking the image of someone left hanging from a cliff, thereby having an uncertain fate. The term cliffhanger is considered to have originated with the serialized version of Thomas Hardy's A Pair of Blue Eyes, published in Tinsley's Magazine in the 1870s, in which the character Henry Knight is left hanging off of a cliff. It was inspired by a real life story from his wife Emma's childhood, when she had to rescue one of her school friends from a similar position. Pronunciation: /ˌklɪfˈhæŋ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense. Example: Back in the early 80s, the hit series Dallas kept the nation guessing with its season-ending cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?" 2. An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute. Labels: broadly Example: This presidential election is such a cliffhanger. Will it be the rising star Dmitry "Obamovich" Medvedev? Or the veteran Gennady "McCainovich" Zyuganov?
Word: glycopyrrolate Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug of the group of muscarinic anticholinergic drugs with stronger effect for anti-salivary effect and weak effect for increasing heart-rate. Labels: uncountable
Word: piety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ̯ɪti/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɪtʰɪi̯], /ˈpaɪ̯ɪɾi/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɪɾɪi̯], /ˈpaɪ̯əti/ 1. Reverence and devotion to God. Labels: uncountable Example: Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made. 2. Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country. Labels: uncountable Example: patriotism as piety, when done right 3. A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement. Labels: countable Example: Those who dwell outside of Western Establishment bastions are not idiots just because they do not mouth the pieties of GASP. Some of them can write very well. There are other traditions, you know. They could write for Wikipedia, if you let them. But such true openness and genuine tolerance is unacceptable, precisely because those other traditions fail to pay exclusive homage to GASP sources, through which—Wikipedians imagine—all the benefits of global civilization flow. 4. A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was quick with the pieties about hard work, honest communication, active listening, and respecting others' viewpoints, but walking the walk is different from talking the talk.
Word: carnal knowledge Part of Speech: noun 1. Sexual intercourse. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: to have carnal knowledge of someone Example: to knock a woman, to have carnal knowledge of her
Word: thetan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. Mid 20th c., Coined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, from theta + -n, from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”), used in Scientology to represent the source of life. Pronunciation: /ˈθeɪ.tən/ 1. A soul, spirit or being. Example: Actually a thetan is in a very, very small amount of mass. From some experiments conducted about fifteen or twenty years ago – a thetan weighed about 1.5 ounces! Example: According to Scientology doctrine, each human being is actually a thetan or spirit, an immortal, godlike expression of the life force (theta). […] In his writings, Hubbard traces the existence of this life force back trillions of years. In the beginning theta was separate from the physical universe. Theta had no energy or mass, time or location; it was simply energy. Thetans therefore existed before and are the original source of the material universe.
Word: amphetamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English alpha- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. ▲ Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English pheno- English phen- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether ▲ German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English -amine English ethylamine English phenethylamine English methylphenethylamine English alpha-methylphenethylamineder. English amphetamine Shortened form of a(lpha-)m(ethyl)ph(en)et(hyl)amine. Pronunciation: /æmˈfɛt.ə.miːn/, /æmˈfɛt.əm.ɪn/ 1. The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 3. Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals. Labels: countable, informal, nonstandard, uncountable 4. A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: two-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From two + up. 1. A game of chance, played by betting on the outcome of two pennies thrown in the air. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable Example: From the image of a wily digger playing two-up, to a prime minister at the track or the tables, the construction of gambling is as an activity quintessentially Australian. Example: The origins of two-up remain obscure. It probably derived from ‘pitch and toss’, a game British youths had played since the late eighteenth century. In Australia pitch and toss was first recorded in the 1850s on the Victorian goldfields, and in New Zealand as a street game on the West Coast in the early 1870s. Two-up evolved as a variant, becoming popular in Australia in the early 1890s, and in New Zealand a year or two later, as labouring men from both countries traversed the Tasman Sea in search of work.
Word: two-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From two + up. 1. Having two document pages per printed page. Labels: not-comparable
Word: two-up Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From two + up. 1. With two people aboard. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some of us rode two-up as we travelled in convoy to the beach.
Word: barbiturate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Barbiturat, equivalent to barbituric + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪt͡ʃəɹɪt/, /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈbɪt͡ʃəɹeɪt/, /ˌbɑɹbɪˈt(j)ʊəɹɪt/, /ˌbɑɹbɪˈt(j)ʊəɹeɪt/, /ˌbɑɹˈbɪt͡ʃu.ɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of barbituric acid. 2. Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics. Example: Following the “Summer of Love” in 1967, amphetamines and barbiturates began to replace psychedelics as the dominant drugs used in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, and increasing numbers of individuals were treated at the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic for complications following barbiturate use. Example: Chlorpromazine should be taken with caution in combination with barbiturates, sleeping pills, narcotics, or any other medication which may produce a depressive effect. Avoid alcohol.