nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: feudalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English feudal 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 -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English feudalistic From feudal + -istic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of feudalism, feudal. Example: In the stereotyped cycle of peace and turmoil of a feudalistic society in Chinese history, Confucian culture has always been considered the basic stabilizing force. Dynasties might alter, circumstances might change, but democracy has never taken root and grown in Chinese society as it has long done in Western countries. Even after the success of the 1911 revolution, restoration of emperorship alternated with warlord strife. For quite a long time, the Republic of China had remained just in name. The Chinese communists seized power on the mainland, but their rule has run counter to democracy, creating a new form of feudalistic dictatorship.
Word: fictionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English fictionally From fictional + -ly. 1. In a fictional manner.
Word: fictitiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Latin fictus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -īcus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -īcius Latin fictīciusbor. English fictitious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English fictitiously From fictitious + -ly. 1. In a fictitious manner. Example: Since the term 'imagination,' absolutely in a grammatical sense, means a certain, definite idea, that is, an affection of the mind, representative or implying a representation, in the same way I acknowledge that nothing physical, or even in any sense moral, could be conceived by the mind, or could be understood precisely, if not by means of a figurable example: and not only, as they say in the schools, concretely, but especially individually: for at the lowest degree, this can be done vaguely and even fictitiously by an arbitrary representation, which is nevertheless figuarable or imaginable.
Word: fiendishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fiendish Middle English -ly English -ly English fiendishly From fiendish + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːndɪʃli/ 1. In a fiendish manner; evilly, wickedly. Example: At a side door, reclined on a couch, two guards of the haram, with their naked swords grasped in their hands, and features, fiendishly contorted between sleep and dissolution, seemed to menace death to any who should venture to approach. Example: […] I was suddenly awakened by a savage looking fellow standing close to my bedside, ordering me and my companion to leave our bed forthwith or suffer the consequences; at the same time using the most blasphemous language, and uttering the most hideous oaths imaginable, while fiendishly striking his huge fists in close proximity to my face. 2. Extremely, very in harsh or negative contexts. Example: Either the Russians are so fiendishly clever that they've managed to keep one of their agents running in this organization for over twenty years or they're so fiendishly clever that they're sending us false defectors to claim that they have. Example: In this operation, veins or arteries are taken from various body parts and used to bypass blockages or narrowings in the coronary arteries, those fine, fiddly, yet fiendishly important vital suppliers to the heart muscle itself.
Word: filthily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English filthy Middle English -ly English -ly English filthily From filthy + -ly. 1. in a filthy manner Example: […] I waded through with some difficulty, and one of the footmen wiped me as clean as he could with his handkerchief, for I was filthily bemired; and my nurse confined me to my box, till we returned home […] Example: I felt a peculiar shrinking from those pallid bodies. They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum. And they were filthily cold to the touch.
Word: fiscally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fiscal Middle English -ly English -ly English fiscally From fiscal + -ly. 1. In a fiscal manner; concerning finance Labels: not-comparable
Word: fishily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fishy Middle English -ly English -ly English fishily From fishy + -ly. 1. In a fishy manner
Word: fittingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fitting Middle English -ly English -ly English fittingly From fitting + -ly. 1. In a fitting manner. Example: And Van Persie fittingly had the final word with seconds to go by escaping Chelsea's defence once more to thump high past Cech in front of Arsenal's joyous supporters.
Word: flabbily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flabby Middle English -ly English -ly English flabbily From flabby + -ly. 1. In a flabby manner
Word: flaccidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flaccid Middle English -ly English -ly English flaccidly From flaccid + -ly. 1. In a flaccid manner
Word: flagrantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flagrant Middle English -ly English -ly English flagrantly From flagrant + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪɡrəntli/ 1. In a flagrant manner. Example: Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […]
Word: flamboyantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flamboyant Middle English -ly English -ly English flamboyantly From flamboyant + -ly. 1. In a flamboyant manner. Example: Frant and Etchingham [station buildings] are more flamboyantly gothic and are built of ragstone. Example: The entire tense, compact play takes place inside a subway car where an exchange between a flamboyantly loose blonde of about 30, Lula (Jennifer Mudge), and a conservatively dressed young black man, Clay (Dulé Hill ), escalates from surreally unsuppressed flirtation to violence and tragedy as all of Clay’s efforts toward assimilation are shown to be for naught.
Word: flashily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flashy Middle English -ly English -ly English flashily From flashy + -ly. 1. In a flashy manner Example: The attacking three have also been allowed to bloom. Liberated from deep defensive duties Eden Hazard has become more expressive, more obviously, flashily complete.
Word: flatteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English flateryngly, flateringli, alteration of earlier flaterandly. By surface analysis, flattering + -ly. 1. In a flattering manner.
Word: flauntingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flaunting Middle English -ly English -ly English flauntingly From flaunting + -ly. 1. In a flaunting manner
Word: flaunting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flaunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flaunting Part of Speech: adj 1. That flaunts; showy or gaudy. Example: He was much over-dressed, in a gaudy vest of many colors, a blue neckerchief, bedropped gayly with yellow spots, and arranged with a flaunting tie, quite in keeping with the general air of the man.
Word: flaunting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is flaunted. Example: Their bearing, which was simply the bearing of commonplace individuals going about their business in the assurance of perfect safety, was offensive to me like the outrageous flauntings of folly in the face of a danger it is unable to comprehend […]
Word: flawlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flawless Middle English -ly English -ly English flawlessly From flawless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːləsli/, /ˈflɔːlɪsli/, /ˈfloːləsli/, /ˈflɔləsli/, /ˈflɑləsli/ 1. In a flawless manner. Example: An all-round terrific lady: sweet, compassionate, busty, pert-nosed, prone to floods of sudden tears, a lover of mini-skirts and tall leather boots and snug sweaters, which you somehow wore with total innocence, a worrier, a sweet ruminator by windows. a girl possessed of incredibly long. elegant eyelashes. and of course more flawlessly managed hair than a salonful of average girls could ever grow.
Word: fleetly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fleet Middle English -ly English -ly English fleetly From fleet + -ly. 1. In a fleet manner; swiftly
Word: flimsily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flimsy Middle English -ly English -ly English flimsily From flimsy + -ly. 1. In a flimsy manner Example: They had barely time to regain the garden, when the flames shot through the house from top to bottom; for it was flimsily built inside and as dry as tinder.
Word: flippantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flippant Middle English -ly English -ly English flippantly From flippant + -ly. 1. In a flippant manner. Example: “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. Example: In response to the announcement on X Tuesday, Newsom flippantly posted, “You bent the knee” with a screenshot of Trump writing about Musk visiting the White House during his presidency.
Word: floppily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English floppy Middle English -ly English -ly English floppily From floppy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒpɪli/, /ˈflɑpɪli/ 1. In a floppy manner.
Word: floridly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flōreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flōridus French floride English florid Middle English -ly English -ly English floridly From florid + -ly. 1. In a florid manner
Word: fluidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fluidusder. Middle English fluid English fluid Middle English -ly English -ly English fluidly From fluid + -ly. 1. In a fluid manner; smoothly.
Word: foggily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English foggy Middle English -ly English -ly English foggily From foggy + -ly. 1. In a foggy manner
Word: foolhardily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English foolhardy Middle English -ly English -ly English foolhardily From foolhardy + -ly. 1. In a foolhardy manner
Word: forgetfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English forgetful Middle English -ly English -ly English forgetfully From forgetful + -ly. 1. in a forgetful manner
Word: formidably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin formīdō (“to fear, dread”) + -ably. 1. In a formidable manner. Example: The black-muzzled, tawny dog, a glimpse of which was seen in the chapter which first introduced its mistress to the reader, here gave tongue in the hall, amidst whose hollow space the deep bark resounded formidably. Example: But the Inspector was made of stern stuff. He closed his right hand and with the resulting fist pounded formidably on the bronze.
Word: formlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English formless Middle English -ly English -ly English formlessly From formless + -ly. 1. In a formless manner
Word: fortuitously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fortuitous Middle English -ly English -ly English fortuitously From fortuitous + -ly. 1. In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally. Example: […] For the genetic constitution of the individual may determine only a range of possible behaviour. The actual behaviour of each individual is fortuitously dependent on the total environment, and this latter can include the actual group. For example, the tendency of birds to refrain from mating may prevent the group from exhausting its food supply. 2. In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by a lucky chance; luckily; fortunately. Labels: proscribed, sometimes
Word: forthrightly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English forthright Middle English -ly English -ly English forthrightly From forthright + -ly. 1. In a forthright manner
Word: forwardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English forward Middle English -ly English -ly English forwardly From forward + -ly. 1. In a forward manner
Word: fractionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fractional Middle English -ly English -ly English fractionally From fractional + -ly. 1. In a fractional manner Example: One twin was fractionally older than the other.
Word: fragrantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fragrant Middle English -ly English -ly English fragrantly From fragrant + -ly. 1. In a fragrant manner
Word: fraternally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fraternal Middle English -ly English -ly English fraternally From fraternal + -ly. 1. In a fraternal manner.
Word: fraudulently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fraudulently; equivalent to fraudulent + -ly. 1. In a fraudulent manner. Example: But there is one study that has been interpreted to suggest it is at least possible. It found that between 32,000 and 2.8 million noncitizen voters might have fraudulently cast ballots in the 2008 presidential election. The study, based on a survey of 38,000 people after that election, has been under fire since it was published in 2014.
Word: freakishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English freak Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English freakish Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English freakishly From freakish + -ly. 1. In a freakish manner. Example: “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction. Example: "Certainly not freakishly small and certainly not enormous," Horwell said. "Not one of these witnesses can be relied upon."
Word: frenetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frenetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English frenetically From frenetic + -ally. 1. In a frenetic manner
Word: frenziedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frenzied Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English frenziedly From frenzied + -ly. 1. In a frenzied manner.
Word: friskily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frisky Middle English -ly English -ly English friskily From frisky + -ly. 1. in a frisky manner
Word: frivolously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frivolous Middle English -ly English -ly English frivolously From frivolous + -ly. 1. In a frivolous manner Example: The analogy between Reagan's mythmaking and Lucas's isn't intended frivolously.
Word: frontally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frontal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English frontally From frontal + -ly. 1. In a frontal manner Example: when the lesbian and gay movement addresses class issues frontally
Word: frostily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frosty Middle English -ly English -ly English frostily From frosty + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔs.tɪ.li/, /ˈfɹɒs.tɪ.li/ 1. In a frosty manner. Example: They're of the generation that believes that steak houses should be dimly lit and frostily chilled (hell, they actually believe in steak houses).
Word: frowzily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frowzy Middle English -ly English -ly English frowzily From frowzy + -ly. 1. In a frowzy manner
Word: frugally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frugal Middle English -ly English -ly English frugally From frugal + -ly. 1. In a frugal manner. Example: When they are at work they live most frugally, denying themselves every comfort and luxury till they have made a "pile."
Word: fruitlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fruitless Middle English -ly English -ly English fruitlessly From fruitless + -ly. 1. In a fruitless manner. Example: Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the opposition have been fruitlessly arguing for a long time."
Word: frustratingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frustrating Middle English -ly English -ly English frustratingly From frustrating + -ly. 1. In a frustrating manner; in a manner that causes frustration.
Word: fulsomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fulsomly; equivalent to fulsome + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlsəmli/ 1. In a fulsome manner Example: The traditional format produced more lively hearings -- with justices often interrupting each other -- and advocates unable to always respond fulsomely.
Word: fumblingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fumbling Middle English -ly English -ly English fumblingly From fumbling + -ly. 1. In a fumbling manner; while fumbling. Example: Fumblingly she groped and groped, till the burning blood gushed from her nose and mouth; then, mercifully, her tired senses swooned, and she fell with her head resting on the tree.
Word: funereally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English funereal Middle English -ly English -ly English funereally From funereal + -ly. 1. In a funereal manner. Example: We crawled funereally up the 1 in 100 to Blisworth and reduced speed to not more than 5 m.p.h. round the curve, [...].
Word: fussily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fussy Middle English -ly English -ly English fussily From fussy + -ly. 1. In a fussy manner. 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. Example: There's actually not much to see. Tooth-billeds don't build elaborate structures, merely scratching out a space on the rainforest floor that they decorate fussily with soft green leaves.
Word: futilely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English futile Middle English -ly English -ly English futilely From futile + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfju.təl.li/, /ˈfju.tə.li/, /ˈfju.taɪl.li/ 1. In a futile manner. Example: Near-synonyms: fruitlessly, pointlessly, to no avail, in vain Example: My fingers clawed futilely at the unyielding portal, while my eyes sought in vain for a duplicate of the button which had given us ingress.
Word: fuzzily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fuzzy Middle English -ly English -ly English fuzzily From fuzzy + -ly. 1. In a fuzzy manner. Example: His view of the world goes into grainy black and white, much brighter than it was before. Here and there, certain objects glow fuzzily in pink or red.
Word: bananaquit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From banana + quit (“small passerine bird”). 1. A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits. Example: Consider an example involving the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), a common land bird in Central and South America and on several Caribbean islands (Seutin et al., 1994). Example: Since not all bananaquits nest near wasp nests, Wunderle and Pollock were able to compare the nesting success of pairs nesting near or away from polybiine colonies.
Word: high yaller Part of Speech: noun 1. A light-skinned black person. Labels: US, slang
Word: sapadilla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sapodilla. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: potter's clay Part of Speech: noun 1. The clay used by a potter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person or people created and shaped by God. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: I am the potter’s clay. Example: We are but potter’s clay. 3. A nation or kingdom. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided. Example: In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom.
Word: soucouyant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From West Indies Creole. Pronunciation: /suːkuːˈjɑ̃/ 1. A night witch who sucks people's blood, sheds her skin, and can transform into a fireball and fly. Labels: Caribbean Example: 1986, Kenneth Ramchand, “Wayne Vincent Brown”, in Daryl Cumber Dance (ed.), Fifty Caribbean Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 90, We can notice, for example, that “Vampire” combines the folkloric soucouyant (blood-sucking old woman in the shape of a ball of fire), a science fiction creature (“clammy, from its bed of hairs / And thirsty” [p. 24]), the moon again (Brown’s poems are obsessed by the moon); … Example: 2002, David E. Jones, Evil in Our Midst: A Chilling Glimpse of the World's Most Feared and Frightening Demons, Square One Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 133, The Soucouyant is an evil fire, a kind of witch, that robes itself entirely in the skin of an old woman to hide its true identity from neighbors.
Word: shaddock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipping of earlier shaddock-tree. Popularly claimed to be from a "Captain Shaddock" of the British East India Company who introduced its seeds to Barbados from Southeast Asia. However, there are various historical problems concerning this lore, mainly pertaining to records of the purported seaman's surname; for one thorough review see this article by Shattocke Family history here (nota bene: Dead link. Try similar substitute page). Compare etymology of shrapnel, veritably also from a British officer's surname. The surname itself is of Old English origin; probably from or related to Chaddock at Lancashire, an estate in the township of Tyldesley, in the parish of Leigh (see Chaddock Hall). The second particle may be descended from the diminutive suffix -ock, but it is more likely ultimately cognate with English oak. However, Shaddock is an attested old variant of the name Chadwick and it may simply be from that. Pronunciation: /ˈʃadək/, /ˈʃædək/ 1. Synonym of pomelo, in all its senses including (inexact) grapefruit. Example: Oranges thrive better than below, producing abundance of delicious fruit; but the shaddock or pumplemous (Citrus decumana) requires the full force of a tropical sun, for it will not thrive even at Tondano a thousand feet lower. Example: Elizabeth Millar had five acres under shaddocks, callaloo, peppers and calabash.
Word: potters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɑtɚz/ 1. plural of potter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: club drug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any recreational drug commonly associated with nightclubs and raves or the clubgoing culture in general.
Word: club drugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of club drug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamma-hydroxybutyric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A naturally-occurring biochemical of uncertain function; sometimes used as a recreational drug.
Word: exenteration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exenterate + -ion, possibly corresponding to a learned borrowing from Latin *exenterātiō, from exenterō (“to disembowel”). Pronunciation: /ɛksɛntəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The surgical removal of all the contents of a body cavity such as the pelvis or the orbit. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process or fact of removing the entrails; evisceration. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: How to keep the corps seven dayes from corruption by anointing and washing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choisest practise.
Word: flabbergast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; possibly dialectal (Suffolk), from flabby or flap (“to strike”) + aghast. The word may be related to Scottish flabrigast (“to boast”) or flabrigastit (“worn out with exertion”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːst/, /ˈflæbɚˌɡæst/ 1. To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. Labels: transitive Example: He was flabbergasted to find that his work had been done for him before he began. Example: Her stupidity flabbergasts me, and I have to force myself to keep a straight face while she explains her beliefs.
Word: flabbergast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin of the verb is uncertain; possibly dialectal (Suffolk), from flabby or flap (“to strike”) + aghast. The word may be related to Scottish flabrigast (“to boast”) or flabrigastit (“worn out with exertion”). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈflæbə(ˌ)ɡɑːst/, /ˈflæbɚˌɡæst/ 1. An awkward person. Labels: countable 2. Overwhelming confusion, shock, or surprise. Labels: uncountable Example: His flabbergast was so great he couldn’t even come up with a plausible answer. Example: Her foibles were flattery, fine feeling, and flabergast; and if not old enough to be his mother, sufficiently so to be a young aunt.
Word: flyby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fly by. Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪˌbaɪ/ 1. A flight past a celestial object in order to make observations. Example: The upcoming flyby of Halley's comet is expected to provide new information on the nature of the comet. Example: Farthest from the dim red dwarf Ondeste, the ice dwarf Maisuth has attracted no interest beyond a cursory flyby by automated probe in 1874. No significant resources were noted. 2. A low-level ceremonial flight, typically in connection with an airshow or a military parade. Labels: US Example: Two of your snot-nose jockeys did a fly-by on my tower at over 400 knots! 3. A brief visit. Labels: figuratively 4. A sailby performed by a hydrofoil vessel while hydrofoiling. 5. A three-dimensional animated sequence in which the camera moves past an object or scenery.
Word: flypast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fly + past. 1. A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US) Labels: Ireland, UK Example: An impromptu flypast by the Red Arrows finished off the special event in style.
Word: flyover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fly over. Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪˌəʊvə/, /ˈflaɪˌoʊvɚ/ 1. A low-level flight, especially of military aircraft, of a ceremonial nature; a flypast (British). Labels: US Example: Look closely at the commemorative flight suit patch for Super Bowl LX and you’ll notice what appears to be an anomaly: while the military aircraft flyover on Sunday is set to include Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers and F-15C Eagle fighters alongside Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35C Lightning fighters, the patch includes silhouettes of another advanced fighter jet: the Air Force F-22 Raptor. […] “These flyovers serve as time-over-target training for our crews,” she said. 2. A road or railway that passes over another, allowing routes to cross without interruption. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, Philippines, UK Example: They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed. Example: As our train to Paris dashed through the labyrynthine flyovers at Porchefontaine, barely a mile from Versailles, the 75 m.p.h. limit was already almost attained. 3. A high-level overpass built above main overpass lanes. Labels: US 4. Middle America, noncoastal America. Labels: US, attributive, informal Example: Boom Town may not be a definitive text—save that for the historians—but it’s a significant update, one that exchanges the dusty pop-cultural clichés of a “flyover” city for the spark of a sincerely enlightening place. Example: If Democrats end up flipping state houses in places Trump won in 2016, they will have proved themselves capable of winning in the places coastal elites derisively refer to as “flyover America.”
Word: genomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gene + -omics or genome + -ics. 1. The study of the complete genome of an organism. Labels: uncountable
Word: bag for life Part of Speech: noun 1. A reusable shopping bag, especially one that the retailer commits to replacing when it wears out. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: shopping bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong bag with handles used to put purchases in; usually made of plastic, paper or fabric, sometimes given away with a purchase.
Word: two-stroke engine Part of Speech: noun 1. An engine that operates on the two-stroke principle.
Word: four-stroke engine Part of Speech: noun 1. An engine that operates on the four-stroke principle.
Word: engine displacement Part of Speech: noun 1. The total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: (a)(1) Engine displacement shall be calculated using nominal engine values and rounded to the nearest whole cubic centimetre, in accordance with ASTM E 29-67.
Word: regimental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From regiment + -al. 1. Relating to a regiment 2. Overly strict; rigid
Word: subdirectory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English directory English subdirectory From sub- + directory. 1. A directory located inside another directory.
Word: perversity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perverse + -ity, from Middle French perversité, from Latin perversitās. Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ 1. The quality of being perverse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hey kids, the word of the week is "pupaphobia"! Others may enjoy being frightened by chainsaw-wielding maniacs and cannibal clowns, but my Halloween is never complete without a murderous Muppet or two. Thankfully, a pair of events last Friday the 13th provided a perfect double feature of puppet perversity. 2. Something which is perverse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: More generally, for the ULD property to hold, the substitution effects (which are always well behaved) must be large enough to overcome possible “perversities” coming from the wealth effects. Example: “Of all this world's perversities, there is only one I cannot abide: the kink-shame. I'm off!” “You can't walk out! I'm walking out!”
Word: pardonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Back-formation from unpardonable, equivalent to pardon + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑː(ɹ)dənəbəl/ 1. Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon. Example: Perhaps they set out to do too much, a more pardonable offence than doing too little.
Word: pasteboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paste + board. 1. Card stock. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. Example: He handed Larry two slips of pasteboard, theater tickets, as was evident at first glance. 2. A widget allowing multiple users to paste and share text or other items. Labels: countable 3. A person's visiting card. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: “We shall only have to leave our pasteboards, Arthur.” He used the word ‘pasteboards,’ having heard it from some of the ingenuous youth of the nobility about town, and as a modern phrase suited to Pen’s tender years. Example: […] he no sooner learnt that the British officer in command had sent in his pasteboard, than he instantly returned the visit […]
Word: pasteboard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paste + board. 1. unsubstantial; flimsy Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: A poor, pasteboard story. The conventional, unattractive heroine is recovering from an illness in Rome. She is discontented and sorry for herself because her planned career as a sports mistress has now to be abandoned.
Word: fluency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin fluentia, equivalent to fluent + -cy. Cognate with French fluence. Pronunciation: /ˈfluːənsi/ 1. The quality of smoothness of flow. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She has fluency, nobility, / Elegance and symmetry, / Stability, fluidity, / Like poetry in motion. 2. The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The quality of consistently applying skill correctly in the manner of one well-practiced at it, requiring little deliberate thought to perform without mistakes Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on. 4. The inherent ability to use a language easily and accurately. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wildfires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wildfire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snaked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sneɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of snake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: amplifiers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.əz/, /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.əɹz/, /ˈæm.plə.faɪɹz/ 1. plural of amplifier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blaring Part of Speech: noun 1. Any loud noise, such as from an elephant. Example: […] they do not heed the noisy blarings of those who proclaim the great sin of their apostacy.
Word: blaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of blare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: civil rights Part of Speech: noun 1. The rights that can reasonably be expected by any citizen. Labels: plural, plural-normally 2. Those rights which are guaranteed protection by the US Constitution and are considered to be unquestionable, deserved by all people under all circumstances, especially without regard to race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability. Labels: US, plural, plural-normally Example: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.
Word: persistency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From persist + -ency. Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪst(ə)nsi/ 1. The state or characteristic of being persistent. Labels: uncountable Example: By this hand thou, thinkeſt me as farre in the diuels booke, as thou and Falſtaffe, for obduracie and perſiſtancie, let the end trie the man, [...] Example: On entering her room he had been struck by the absence of that saucy independence usually apparent in her bearing towards him, notwithstanding the persistency with which he had hovered near her for the previous month. 2. A measure of how much something persists. Labels: countable Example: The table shows that three-year "persistencies" range from 89.6 per cent with Standard Life (this means only 10 per cent of plans have lapsed after three years) to 58.9 per cent with Sun Life (almost 40 per cent of plans lapse after three years).
Word: unsubstantial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English substantial English unsubstantial From un- + substantial. 1. Insubstantial. Labels: archaic Example: What boots it, that my Fortune decks me thus / With unſubſtantial Plumes; when my Heart groans / Beneath the gay Capariſon, and Love / With unrequited Paſſion wounds my Soul! Example: They are (said he) meer phantoms of ignorance and credulity, swelled up in the repetition, like those unsubstantial bubbles which the boys blow up in sopasuds with a tobacco pipe.
Word: playhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪhaʊs/ 1. A venue for performing plays. 2. Alternative form of play house (“child's toy domestic dwelling”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inefficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English efficiency English inefficiency From in- + efficiency. 1. Lack of efficiency or effectiveness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet only 21 percent of adult TANF recipients are working today, largely because of these inefficiencies and loopholes. Example: “An organization’s reputational integrity is its greatest currency. When you compromise that, you have lost the loyalty and trust of your employees,” Wahler said. “His approach is going to increase inefficiency by creating an environment marked by instability, a lack of trust and divisiveness.”
Word: untrodden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English trodden English untrodden From un- + trodden. 1. That has never been trod upon; unexplored, unspoiled. Example: Proofs of the presence of the white man are found all over the Territory in the shape of old bouilli tins, &c., and often when out after a strayed horse, I have imagined myself to be in wilds untrodden except by the foot of the blackfellow, but the sight of an unassuming empty sardine tin would remind me that the ubiquitous digger had been there first. Example: If he could only get away from the holes in the banks, he thought, there would be no more faces. He swung off the path and plunged into the untrodden places of the wood. 2. Of a person: undefeated.
Word: wrapt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rapt, by overuse of ⟨wr⟩. Compare rack/wrack; see usage notes for rack. 1. Misspelling of rapt. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: Lo! where the ſtripling, wrapt in wonder, roves / Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine; […]
Word: wrapt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wrap Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: The piano-forté, at which Marianne, wrapt up in her own music and her own thoughts, had by this time forgotten that any body was in the room besides herself, was luckily so near them that Miss Dashwood now judged, she might safely, under the shelter of its noise, introduce the interesting subject, without any risk of being heard at the card table.
Word: tragical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek τραγικός (tragikós) + Latin -ālis. By surface analysis, tragic + -al. 1. Tragic Labels: archaic Example: We shall not describe this tragical scene too fully; but we thought ourselves obliged, by that historic integrity which we profess, shortly to hint a matter which we would otherwise have been glad to have spared. Example: Fortunately the illness passed away without serious consequences; yet it seemed the first break in our festivities, and was followed by an event of a most tragical nature.
Word: moralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral 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 -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English moralist From moral + -ist. 1. One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship. Labels: derogatory 2. A teacher of morals; a person who studies morality; a moral philosopher. Example: What must the old man have felt as, in ghastly terrifying solitude, by the light of one lamp feebly illuminating a little space of gloom, he in a few brief lines daubed the history of his nation's death upon the cavern wall? What a subject for the moralist, or the painter, or indeed for any one who can think!
Word: monseigneur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French monseigneur. Doublet of monsieur and monsignor. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnsɛˈnjəː/, /mɒnˈsinjəɹ/ 1. An honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime. Labels: archaic 2. (in particular) A title of the Dauphin of France. Labels: archaic
Word: revengeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From revenge + -ful. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɛnd͡ʒfʊl/ 1. Vengeful, vindictive. Example: the baser mind it selfe displayes / In cancred malice and revengefull spight […].
Word: outspread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outspreden, equivalent to out- + spread. Cognate with Dutch uitspreiden (“to outspread, stretch, unfold”), Danish udsprede (“to outspread”), Swedish utspridda (“to outspread”). 1. To spread out; expand; extend. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: outspread Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English outspreden, equivalent to out- + spread. Cognate with Dutch uitspreiden (“to outspread, stretch, unfold”), Danish udsprede (“to outspread”), Swedish utspridda (“to outspread”). 1. Extended outward, as one's arms; stretched out. Example: She longed to fall into his outspread arms once again. Example: Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
Word: traceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trace Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English traceable From trace + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪsəbəl/, [ˈt͡ʃɹeɪsəbəl] 1. Capable of being traced; possible to track down. Example: There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived. Example: Homosexuality is easily traceable in India. Dubois referred to houses devoted to male prostitution, with men dressed as women, and imitating the ways of women. 2. Containing a Hamiltonian path. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sherd Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜːd/, [ˈʃɜːd], /ˈʃɝd/, [ˈʃɝd] 1. Alternative form of shard. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: the thigh […] which all in sherds it drove
Word: resumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from past participle of sūmō (“to take”). 1. The act of resuming or starting something again. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And that supremacy was confirmed six minutes after the resumption with their second goal. Dzeko was again involved, slipping a neat pass through to the foraging Toure, who poked a right-foot finish past Butt. Example: But Murphy remains upbeat about the longer-term prospect of recovery and a resumption of the record growth in passenger volumes experienced in the UK in the two decades following privatisation. 2. Eminent domain. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable
Word: unseasonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unseasonable, unsesonable, equivalent to un- + seasonable. 1. Not in accordance with the season. Example: The snow in April was unseasonable. 2. Not at the right or fitting time. Example: There is a mania in every class to be mistaken for what it is not. Many things innocent, nay, even graceful in themselves, become injurious and awkward by unseasonable imitation. Example: The King looked sourly upon Lord Gro, and said, “Thy counsel is unacceptable and unseasonable. What lieth behind it?”
Word: disloyalty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French desloiauté (Modern French déloyauté), from des- + loiauté (“loyalty”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈlɔɪ.(j)əɫ.ti/ 1. An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach. Labels: countable 2. The quality of being disloyal. Labels: uncountable
Word: disaffection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disaffect + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈfɛkʃən/ 1. Discontent; unrest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: public disaffection Example: growing disaffection 2. Alienation; loss of loyalty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: political disaffection Example: The policy caused disaffection among young voters.
Word: sherds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sherd Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pot-sherd Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of potsherd. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [I]n the case of pottery, it [epigraphy] is usually taken to include graffiti scratched with a sharp point, and even painted inscriptions which are made before firing as part of the design of a vase, but not written documents (ostraka), in which pot-sherds are merely used as a material to write on instead of papyrus.
Word: on the right track Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Using the correct general approach to a particular task or problem; pursuing something in a promising way. Example: I don't think he has the final answer just yet, but he seems to be on the right track. Example: She looked at me with that familiar desire Her eyes lit up like they were on fire She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track, But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back, So if you want to have fun in this man's land, Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
Word: horse around Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in horseplay. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Can we quit horsing around and get some work done? Example: Stop horsing around with the controls, before you break something.
Word: booby prize Part of Speech: noun 1. A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance. Labels: idiomatic Example: At the end of the conference, they awarded him with a rubber chicken as a booby prize for complaining the loudest. Example: "Network Rail needs to take all the booby prizes going, for a ham-fisted, over-budget, over-time infrastructure project," local activist John Mair told RAIL.
Word: highwaymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of highwayman Labels: form-of, plural