nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: outwit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English wit English outwit From out- + wit. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈwɪt/ 1. To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits. Labels: transitive Example: But my dear Lady Teazle 'tis your own fault if you suffer it—when a Husband entertains a groundless suspicion of his Wife and withdraws his confidence from her—the original compact is broke and she owes it to the Honour of her sex to endeavour to outwit him—
Word: outsmart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English smart English outsmart From out- + smart. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/ 1. To beat in a competition of wits. Labels: transitive Example: Maldonado, who is in only his second season in Formula 1, won the Spanish Grand Prix after his team outsmarted Ferrari with pit-stop timing.
Word: INS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of isolated neutron star. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of inertial navigation system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of iodine number saponification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: INS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Immigration and Naturalization Service. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: I began to call the INS regularly to check up on the status of my application. I got the proverbial "run-around," and this effort only confirmed my suspicion that the INS was sitting on my application. Example: Rudi Dekkers of Huffman Aviation, where Atta, 33, and Al-Shehhi, 23, first trained in July 2000, showed the yellow INS forms to CNN during an interview Monday. Dekkers said he was surprised to get the forms at such a late date. 2. Initialism of Indian Naval Ship. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: big up Part of Speech: verb 1. To increase one's muscle mass. Labels: informal, transitive Example: She was bigged up—had a weight-lifter's rippling arms. 2. To become big. Labels: informal Example: Relatively simple multicellular forms had already existed for a hundred million years when the Cambrian began: the explosion had a long fuse, and during this earlier fizzling life experimented with various ways to big up. 3. To behave confidently and proudly. Labels: slang, transitive 4. To proclaim or exaggerate the importance of; to promote. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I want to big up my bro on the mic. Example: They're trying to big themselves up to be more than they are.
Word: big up Part of Speech: noun 1. Significant respect or acclaim. Labels: slang Example: I want to give a big up to my bro on the mic.
Word: Jim Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪm/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name James. Example: Returning many key players from the 2022 season, Michigan was a championship favorite — despite starting with Jim Harbaugh being suspended for a different kind of three. Example: Instead, they found the building locked and doors blocked by a plainclothes administrator named Jim Hairfield, who works in the agency’s security and facilities office, according to the education department website.
Word: direct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho. For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈɹɛkt/, [daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt], /dɪˈɹɛkt/, /dəˈɹɛkt/, /dɑeˈɹekt/ 1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption. 2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end. Example: the most direct route between two buildings 3. Straightforward; sincere. Example: Be even and direct with me. 4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. Example: He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words. Example: Nor did the government scruple a direct and avowed interference with elections. 5. In the line of descent; not collateral. Example: a descendant in the direct line 6. In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body. 7. Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates. Example: direct nomination; direct legislation 8. Having a single flight number. 9. Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
Word: direct Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho. For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈɹɛkt/, [daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt], /dɪˈɹɛkt/, /dəˈɹɛkt/, /dɑeˈɹekt/ 1. Directly. Example: The walls, which are fixed direct into the ground without a plinth, are made of wattle and plastered with a thin lair of mud or cowdung. Example: Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.
Word: direct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho. For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈɹɛkt/, [daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt], /dɪˈɹɛkt/, /dəˈɹɛkt/, /dɑeˈɹekt/ 1. To manage, control, steer. Example: to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army Example: Pent up in Utica he vainly forms A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs, And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs A feeble Army, and an empty Senate, Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain. 2. To aim (something) at (something else). Example: They directed their fire towards the men on the wall. Example: He directed his question to the room in general. 3. To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer. Example: He directed me to the left-hand road. Example: the next points to which I will direct your attention 4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order. Example: She directed them to leave immediately. Example: I'll first direct my men what they shall do. 5. To address (a letter) to a particular person or place. Labels: dated Example: [A]s I do not know where I shall be, and shall have my letters sent after me as soon as I do know, continue to direct hither.
Word: felon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“base, wicked; hostile; of an animal: dangerous; of words: angry, harsh, slanderous; of things: dangerous, deadly; false, fraudulent; unlucky”) [and other forms], from Old French felon (“bad, evil, immoral”) (compare fel (“evil; despicable, vile”)), from Early Medieval Latin fellōnem; further etymology uncertain. Doublet of fell (“of a strong and cruel nature; fierce; grim; ruthless, savage”). Etymology 1, adjective sense 3 (“obtained through a felony”) is derived from the noun. The noun is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“criminal, specifically one who has committed a felony, felon; cruel, hostile, violent, etc., person; deceiver; evildoer, monster, sinner; traitor; bold or fierce warrior; deceit, falseness; wickedness, wrongdoing; treachery”) [and other forms], from feloun, felun (adjective): see above. Cognates * Catalan felló (adjective) * French félon (adjective, noun) * Italian fellone (adjective, noun) * Occitan felon, felhon, fellon (adjective) * Spanish felón (adjective, noun) Pronunciation: /ˈfɛlən/ 1. Of a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked. Labels: poetic Example: For Courteſies, tho' undeſerv'd and great, / No gratitude in Fellon-minds beget, / As tribute to his VVit, the churl receives the treat. Example: And tvventy youths in radiant mail incas'd, / Cloſe ambuſh'd nigh the ſpacious hall he plac'd. / Then bids prepare the hoſpitable treat: / Vain ſhevvs of love to veil his felon hate! 2. Of a place: harsh, savage, wild; of a thing: deadly; harmful. Labels: broadly Example: He ask'd the VVaves, and ask'd the Fellon vvinds, / VVhat hard miſhap hath doom'd this gentle ſvvain? Example: Thus often unbelief grovvn ſick of life, / Flies to the tempting pool or felon knife, / The jury meet, the coroner is ſhort, / And lunacy the verdict of the court: […] 3. Obtained through a felony; stolen. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Thus hee that conquer’d men, and beaſt moſt cruell, / (VVhoſe greedy pavves, vvith fellon goods vvere found) / Anſvver’d Goliah’s challenge in a duell, / And layd the Giant groveling on the ground: […]
Word: felon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“base, wicked; hostile; of an animal: dangerous; of words: angry, harsh, slanderous; of things: dangerous, deadly; false, fraudulent; unlucky”) [and other forms], from Old French felon (“bad, evil, immoral”) (compare fel (“evil; despicable, vile”)), from Early Medieval Latin fellōnem; further etymology uncertain. Doublet of fell (“of a strong and cruel nature; fierce; grim; ruthless, savage”). Etymology 1, adjective sense 3 (“obtained through a felony”) is derived from the noun. The noun is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“criminal, specifically one who has committed a felony, felon; cruel, hostile, violent, etc., person; deceiver; evildoer, monster, sinner; traitor; bold or fierce warrior; deceit, falseness; wickedness, wrongdoing; treachery”) [and other forms], from feloun, felun (adjective): see above. Cognates * Catalan felló (adjective) * French félon (adjective, noun) * Italian fellone (adjective, noun) * Occitan felon, felhon, fellon (adjective) * Spanish felón (adjective, noun) Pronunciation: /ˈfɛlən/ 1. A person who has committed a felony (“a serious criminal offence”); specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime. Example: I doe defie thy coniurations: / And doe attach thee as a fellon heere. Example: And therefore they are but like the Fellon that ſtandeth before the Judge, he quakes and trembles, and ſeems to repent most heartily; but the bottom of all is, the fear of the Halter, not of any deteſtation of the offence; as is evident, becauſe, let but this man have his liberty, and he vvill be a Thief, and ſo a Rogue still, vvhereas, if his mind vvas changed, he vvould be othervviſe. 2. An evil or wicked person. Labels: obsolete Example: But he, the King of Heav'n, obſcure on high, / Bar'd his red Arm, and launching from the Sky / His vvrithen Bolt, not ſhaking empty Smoak, / Dovvn to the deep Abyſs the flaming Felon ſtrook. Example: The master'd felon press'd the ground, / And gasp'd beneath a mortal wound, / While o'er him stands the Bruce. 3. A predatory animal regarded as cruel or wicked. Labels: broadly, obsolete
Word: felon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feloun, felone (“type of carbuncle or sore with pus; swelling on a hawk’s body”), possibly from Old French *felon, from Latin fel (“bile, gall; bitterness; poison; venom”): see etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛlən/ 1. A small infected sore; an abscess, a boil. 2. A small infected sore; an abscess, a boil. Labels: often, specifically Example: He hev been away from home for a few days, since he's had that felon upon his finger; for a' said, since I can't work I'll have a hollerday.
Word: femur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin femur (“thigh”). Pronunciation: /ˈfiːmə(ɹ)/ 1. A thighbone. 2. The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia. 3. A segment of the leg of an arachnid.
Word: practical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈpɹak.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈpɾak.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈpɹɛk.tə.kəl/ 1. Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. Example: Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking. Example: Modern engineering applies science to practical problems. 2. Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use. Example: Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts. Example: Recruits will be taught in-depth electrical and mechanical engineering as well as gaining practical experience in rail maintenance. 3. Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical. Example: All in all, Jack's a very practical chap. 4. Of a prop: having some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation. Labels: not-comparable 5. Light fixtures used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery. Example: Practical lighting can help sell the illusion that the film is a real situation.
Word: practical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈpɹak.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈpɾak.tɪ.kəl/, /ˈpɹɛk.tə.kəl/ 1. A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability Labels: UK 2. A prop that has some degree of functionality, rather than being a mere imitation. Example: Practicals are used onstage as they would be used in real life. If the sound cue is to be from a radio or television, give qualities to the recording that will maintain the sense of the medium. 3. A light fixture used for set lighting and seen in the frame of a shot as part of the scenery. Example: A naturalistic set is normally dressed with all the furnishings and props to be found in a real room. This includes electric light fittings which, when they actually light, are known as practicals. 4. Laboratory experiment, test or investigation
Word: ob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus. Pronunciation: /ɒb/ 1. a halfpenny Labels: historical
Word: ob Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ɒb/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of of. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I'b gob a cold, ob course. Example: Officer.—"What is the numerical strength of the enemy in our front?" Intelligent Contraband.—"Eh, Massa?" O.—"How many men has the Confederate General Blank?" I. C.—"'Bout forty-leben thousan', Massa." O.—"Don't you mean about four thousand?" I. C.—"Yes, Massa; dar's 'bout four hundred ob 'em."
Word: ob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /ɒb/ 1. an objection Labels: archaic 2. the obese gene 3. observation
Word: chortle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/, [ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩] 1. A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle. Example: He frequently interrupted himself with chortles while he told us his favorite joke. 2. A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
Word: chortle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps a blend of chuckle + snort. Coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, completed in 1855 but only introduced to the public in his 1871 novel Through the Looking-Glass. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɔɹtəl/, [ˈt͡ʃɔɹɾɫ̩] 1. To laugh with a chortle or chortles. Labels: intransitive Example: The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures. Example: 'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
Word: mood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”). Pronunciation: /muːd/, /mʉd/ 1. A mental or emotional state, composure. Example: I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend. Example: Nor these alone, but every landscape fair, / As fit for every mood of mind, / Or gay, or grave, or sweet, or stern, was there / Not less than truth design'd. 2. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art). Example: Whatever the mood of her music, funky or romantic, upbeat or blue, sophisticated or simple, her fans get the message. And as long as the word comes from Natalie, they adore it, turning every one of her albums to gold or platinum. 3. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood. Example: He's in a mood with me today. Example: He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago. 4. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something. Example: I'm not in the mood for running today. Example: Paul: Shield practice? Gurney, we had shield practice this morning. I'm not in the mood. Gurney: Not in the mood? Mood's a thing for cattle and loveplay, not fighting. 5. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling. Example: A good politician senses the mood of the crowd. Example: This was the mood that led him to deny to Mainstream, the successor to the New Masses , permission to reprint “Reading, Writing, and the Rackets.” This was the mood that, when he was invited to a meeting to draft a letter of protest […] 6. A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing. Labels: slang Example: “I'm only here for a night. I'm road tripping with a friend and he decided we needed a queer bar, stat.” “Oh, that's a whole mood.” Example: To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood.
Word: mood Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”). Pronunciation: /muːd/, /mʉd/ 1. Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable. Labels: slang Example: ⁠—I am feeling very exhausted today. ⁠—Mood. Example: I mean, mood. Courteney Cox showing Kimmel her completely empty pantry over Zoom while explaining that her family is snacking more than usual is relatable content.
Word: mood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of mode, from Latin modus, with specialized uses in grammar, music and logic. Pronunciation: /muːd/, /mʉd/ 1. A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality. Example: The mood most frequently encountered in English is the indicative, of which the mood in this sentence is an example. Example: The grammatical category of mood makes it possible for speakers to signal their attitude to what they are saying, in particular to indicate whether what they are saying is to be understood as a fact, a possibility or a command. The different moods of the verb are shown by special endings or forms. German has three moods: […]
Word: trait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract. Pronunciation: /tɹeɪt/, /tɹeɪ/ 1. An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. Example: inherited traits and acquired traits Example: The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!? 2. An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface. Example: Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin. Example: Traits are parametrized on other methods, which must be provided to create a class using the trait. Using a trait-like mechanism to compose large collections of mutually-dependent classes or traits could lead to parameter explosion.
Word: lady Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *daigijǭder. Old English dǣġe Old English hlǣfdīġe Middle English lady English lady From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady”, literally “bread-kneader”), from hlāf (“bread, loaf”) + dǣġe (“kneader”), related to Old English dǣġe (“maker of dough”) (whence dey (“dairymaid”)). Compare also lord. More at loaf, dairy, dough. Unrelated to lad. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.di/, /ˈlɛj.dɪj/, [ˈleɪ.ɾi], /ˈlæɪ.di/, [ˈlæɪ.ɾi] 1. To address as “lady”. Example: “[…]When I am dead ye’ll mind I said it, my leddy.” “Ah, Elspeth, but do not lady me; say Christine, just wee Christine.[…]” Example: “I thought you would never come, Lady Mary,” and he kissed her again. “Why will you persist in ladying me? Have I not told you—stop, now, will you?” and she pushed his mouth away. “Have I not told you as many times as you have seen me to call me Mary only?”
Word: ordinance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ordinaunce (ca. 1300), from Old French ordenance (“decree, command”) (modern French ordonnance), from Medieval Latin ordinantia, from ordinans, the present participle of ordino (“put in order”) (whence ordain). Doublet of ordonnance. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdɪnəns/, /ˈɔːdnəns/, /ˈoɹdɪnəns/, /ˈoɹdnəns/ 1. A local law, passed by e.g. a city. Labels: US Example: Enactive. Expositive. / Art. 57. XIII 2. The Registrative, or say Recordative: exercised, by the arrangements and operations, by which, in conformity to corresponding ordinances and mandates, the accounts, given at different periods by the exercise of the statistic function, are kept in contiguity, and in a regular series, for the purpose of reference and comparison. Example: According to the weatherperson, spring arrived in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, March 20 at 6:34 p.m. But gay people here didn't need a weatherperson to feel the gust of fresh air at a hearing on the proposed gay rights ordinance before the City Council that night at 7:30. 2. An edict or decree, authoritative order. Labels: England 3. An edict or decree, authoritative order. Labels: Commonwealth, UK 4. An edict or decree, authoritative order. Labels: Hong-Kong 5. An edict or decree, authoritative order. Labels: India, Pakistan 6. A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church. 7. Alternative form of ordnance (“military equipment, especially artillery”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath, Example: [T]he ſayd gunnes beeing able to hurt but a ſmall diſtance off, and the Iaponians being furniſhed with bꝛazen oꝛdinance vnknowen vnto the Corayans, they pꝛeſently dꝛaue them from their walles, […]
Word: ordnance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reduced form of ordinance, which is attested from the late 14th century in the sense of “military equipment or provisions”. The sense of “artillery” arises in the early 15th century, the sense “military logistics” in the late 15th century. The shortened form ordnance arises by the 17th century, now often distinguished in writing from the other meanings of ordinance. Also doublet of ordonnance. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdnəns/, /ˈɔːdɪnəns/, /ˈoɹdnəns/, /ˈoɹdɪnəns/ 1. Military equipment, especially weapons and ammunition. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: When the Turkes tooke Conſtantinople, they melted the Bells into Ordnance; I haue heard both Bells and Ordnance, but neuer been ſo much affected with thoſe, as with theſe Bells. Example: What Mr. Vance’s trip made clear is that both sides think they emerged as the victor of the first round: the United States by dropping so much ordnance on Iran, the Iranians by surviving. Neither seems in the mood for compromise. 2. Artillery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let all the Battlements their Ordinance fire, / The King shal drinke to Hamlets better breath, Example: From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.
Word: bonjour Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from French bonjour (“good afternoon/good day/good morning”). Pronunciation: /bɒnˈʒʊə/, /bɒ̃ˈʒʊə/, /bɒnˈd͡ʒʊə/, /bɒnˈd͡ʒɔː/, /bɒnˈʒɔː/ 1. Good morning; hello. Example: Say bonjour to the botched R.S.V.P. The practice of replying to invitations, let alone actually showing up to parties as promised, has become as antiquated as the chimney sweep, and much messier.
Word: bonjour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French bonjour (“good afternoon/good day/good morning”). Pronunciation: /bɒnˈʒʊə/, /bɒ̃ˈʒʊə/, /bɒnˈd͡ʒʊə/, /bɒnˈd͡ʒɔː/, /bɒnˈʒɔː/ 1. To greet in French with "bonjour". Labels: ambitransitive Example: He went on down the boulevard, bonjouring right and left, lifting his hat, bowing. He moved very slowly. Example: Connaughton entered the simple but cheery restaurant, checked his coat, bonjoured the maître d'...
Word: carbon monoxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A colorless, odorless, flammable, highly toxic gas. Labels: uncountable Example: carbon monoxide poisoning Example: A process for preparing normally solid high molecular weight, hydrocarbon polymers which comprises heating and reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen at a temperature of 125 ° to 350 °C, under a pressure of at least 30 atmospheres and in contact with a phosphomolybdic compound represented by the formula P₂Mo_(20–24)O_(2–60).
Word: rad Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹæd/ 1. Clipping of radical (“excellent”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated, slang Example: In the Guinness Book of World-fucking-Records, man… under "Raddest Fucking Dude Alive"! Example: What is up, girly-friend? Holy shit, cuz. This is such a rad surprise.
Word: rad Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹæd/ 1. A non-SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation, equal to 0.01 gray, that is, 1 centigray. Example: Near-synonyms: centigray, cGy (same physical quantity) 2. Symbol for the radian, a unit of measure for angle. Labels: alt-of, symbol 3. Clipping of radiator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang 4. Abbreviation of sight radius. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang 5. Clipping of radical: a political radical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: The women who work in it with me are all feminists, they're all rads, two of them are black belts in karate...I mean, they're major women.
Word: rand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind. Pronunciation: /ɹænd/, [ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd], /ɹand/, /ɾand/, /ɹæːnd/ 1. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland. Example: at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh Example: Outside the rand or steep edge of this dome the bog is permanently ringed around by a zone liable to base-rich flooding, and this zone, the lagg, carries a persistent fen or carr vegetation. 2. A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: They came with chopping-knives / To cut me into rands and sirloins 3. A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth. Labels: UK, dialectal, rare Example: They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue. 4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe. 5. A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
Word: rand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand. The sense of currency is because of gold that was extracted from the Witwatersrand rocks. Pronunciation: /ɹænd/, [ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd], /ɹand/, /ɾand/, /ɹæːnd/ 1. A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand 2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
Word: rand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See rant. Pronunciation: /ɹænd/, [ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd], /ɹand/, /ɾand/, /ɹæːnd/ 1. To rant; to storm. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: […] I ſmelt out my noble ſtincker Greenſheild in his Chamber, and as tho my heart ſtringes had bin crackt, I vvept, & thumpd, and thumpd, and rau'd and randed, and raild, and told him hovv my vvife vvas novv grovvne as common as baibery, and that ſhee had hierd her Taylor to ride vvith her to VVare, to meete a Gentleman of the Court.
Word: rand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from random. Pronunciation: /ɹænd/, [ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd], /ɹand/, /ɾand/, /ɹæːnd/ 1. A random number.
Word: Raum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Raum. Doublet of room. 1. A surname from German.
Word: vines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪnz/ 1. plural of vine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”), from Latin marītō (“marry”, verb, literally “give in marriage”), from marītus (“lover”, “nuptial”), from mas (“male, masculine, of the male sex”). Equivalent to marry + -age. Doublet of maritage. Displaced native Old English sinsċipe. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈmɛɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈmaɾɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The state of being married. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You should enter marriage for love. 2. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By his marriage to his two wives, Tapuwae quietly strengthened all of the pas of the Wairoa district, as many of them came under his control through these unions. Example: One layman in Buddha's time decided to embrace celibacy and relinquished his marriage vows to his four wives. When he asked them what they wanted in terms of a settlement, one said, […] 3. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities. Labels: countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable Example: My grandparents' marriage lasted for forty years. Example: Pat and Leslie's marriage to each other lasted forty years. 4. A union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, or religious rights and responsibilities. Labels: countable, often, specifically, uncountable 5. A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe. 6. A close union. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: And this marriage of poetry and history remained a solid relationship throughout the classical period. Example: Above all, we will no longer have to feel qualms about the marriage of art and money. We will no longer have to wonder if it is possible to separate the esthetic value of an art work from its commercial value. 7. A joining of two parts. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 8. A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A homosexual relationship between male prisoners. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: vain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English veyn, from Old French vain, from Latin vānus (“empty”). Pronunciation: /veɪn/, /ven/, /vein/ 1. Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason. Example: Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. 2. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. Example: I will not hear thy vain excuse Example: Let no man deceive you with vain words. 3. Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile. Example: vain toil a vain attempt Example: Vain is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. 4. Showy; ostentatious. Example: Yet ſhall (my Lord) your juſt, your noble Rules / Fill half the land with imitating Fools: / VVho random dravvings from your ſheets ſhall take, / And of one beauty many blunders make; / Load ſome vain Church with old Theatric State, / Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate, […]
Word: vain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A conversion of the adjectival form of vain. The only use of this verb in English appears c. 1628 in the writings of Owen Felltham. Pronunciation: /veɪn/, /ven/, /vein/ 1. To frustrate. Labels: dated, obsolete, rare, transitive
Word: vane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foone (“flag, banner”), Dutch vaan (“banner, flag”), German Low German Fahn (“flag”), German Fahne. Doublet of obsolete fane (“weathercock; banner”) and fanon. Pronunciation: /veɪn/, /ven/, /veːn/ 1. A weather vane. 2. Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid. 3. The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. 4. A sight on a sextant or compass. 5. One of the metal guidance or stabilizing fins attached to the tail of a bomb or other missile.
Word: burglar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 16th century, from Medieval Latin burglātor, British byform of burgātor (“burglar”), derived from burgō (“to commit burglary”), from Late Latin burgus (“fortified town”), itself probably from Frankish *burg (“fortress”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, *burgiją (“borough, watch-tower”). The -l- in burglātor may have been inserted under influence from Latin latro (“thief”). The shortened English form may have arisen through confluence with Old French burgeor (“burglar”), itself from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːɡlə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɝɡlɚ/ 1. A person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft. Example: The burglar made off with a large diamond from the museum. Example: In the village itself his lionheartedness had been a legend ever since he had brained a burglar with a number seven iron, and the jury in Guildford had, despite the clear direction of the judge, resolutely declined to convict him for the use of unnecessary force.
Word: burglar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 16th century, from Medieval Latin burglātor, British byform of burgātor (“burglar”), derived from burgō (“to commit burglary”), from Late Latin burgus (“fortified town”), itself probably from Frankish *burg (“fortress”), from Proto-Germanic *burgz, *burgiją (“borough, watch-tower”). The -l- in burglātor may have been inserted under influence from Latin latro (“thief”). The shortened English form may have arisen through confluence with Old French burgeor (“burglar”), itself from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːɡlə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɝɡlɚ/ 1. To commit burglary. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The latter, with another constable, remained to watch the burglared premises both back and front, […]
Word: burgle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from burglar (1867). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːɡl̩/, /ˈbɝɡl̩/ 1. To commit burglary. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: In St. Louis, burglars burgle by daylight Example: The New York World has coined a new verb -- "to burgle." 2. To take the ball legally from an opposing player. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch. Example: I'm surprised you have anything left to curate, Mr Bradford. Fake alarm system on the front wall, single mortise lock on the door, windows that won't shut properly. Why don't you hang up a notice saying 'Please Burgle Me'?
Word: burglarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From burglar + -ize (1829). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹaɪz/ 1. To commit burglary. Labels: Canada, US, ambitransitive Example: People who would now attempt to burglarize in top-boots, would be as mad as if they were to adopt that costume for picking pockets. Example: [M]en exclaim against you as the most bungling of "cabbagers" ... that ever burglarised upon the property of Shakespeare!
Word: baffled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbæfl̩d/ 1. simple past and past participle of baffle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: baffled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbæfl̩d/ 1. Thoroughly confused, puzzled Example: She looked completely baffled by the puzzle. Example: The scientists were baffled by the unexpected results. 2. Having baffles
Word: keen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kene (“bold, brave, sharp”), from Old English cēne (“keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike, powerful; learned, clever, wise”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“knowledgeable, skilful, experienced, clever, capable”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Danish køn (“handsome, pretty”), Dutch kien (“smart, wise, able”), koen (“daring, valiant, doughty, courageous”), German kühn (“bold, daring, audacious, hardy, valiant, venturesome”), Icelandic kænn (“wise, crafty, clever, able”), Faroese kønur (“expert (in, on), experienced, skilful, able, capable”), Scots keen (“lively, brisk; avaricious”). Related to Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). More at cunning, can. Pronunciation: /kiːn/, /kin/ 1. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. Labels: Commonwealth Example: I’m keen on computers. Example: I’m keen on you. 2. Fierce, intense, vehement. Example: This boy has a keen appetite. Example: [N]euer did I know / A creature that did beare the ſhape of man / So keene and greedy to confound a man. 3. Having a fine edge or point; sharp. Example: The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen As is the Razors edge, inuisible: […] Example: Come thick Night, / And pall thee in the dunneſt ſmoake of Hell, / That my keene Knife ſee not the Wound it makes, / Nor Heauen peepe through the Blanket of the darke, / To cry, hold, hold. 4. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp. Example: For when we rage, aduiſe is often ſeene By blunting vs to make our wits more keene. Example: So, when remote futurity is brought / Before the keen inquiry of her thought, / A terrible sagacity informs / The poet's heart; […] 5. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing. Example: keen satire or sarcasm Example: O lawfull let it be / That I have roome with Rome to curſe a while, / Good Father Cardinall, cry thou Amen / To my keene curſes; for without my wrong / There is no tongue hath power to curſe him right. 6. Cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp. Labels: usually Example: a keen wind Example: the cold is very keen 7. Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive. Labels: UK 8. Marvelous. Labels: US, dated, informal Example: I just got this peachy keen new dress. Example: Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful / Oh, Bennie, she's really keen / She's got electric boots, a mohair suit / You know I read it in a magazine, oh / B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets 9. Brave, courageous; audacious, bold. Labels: obsolete
Word: keen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English kene (“bold, brave, sharp”), from Old English cēne (“keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike, powerful; learned, clever, wise”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“knowledgeable, skilful, experienced, clever, capable”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Danish køn (“handsome, pretty”), Dutch kien (“smart, wise, able”), koen (“daring, valiant, doughty, courageous”), German kühn (“bold, daring, audacious, hardy, valiant, venturesome”), Icelandic kænn (“wise, crafty, clever, able”), Faroese kønur (“expert (in, on), experienced, skilful, able, capable”), Scots keen (“lively, brisk; avaricious”). Related to Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”). More at cunning, can. Pronunciation: /kiːn/, /kin/ 1. To make cold, to sharpen. Labels: rare, transitive Example: This is the pureſt exerciſe of health, / The kind refreſher of the ſummer-heats; / Nor, when cold Winter keens the brightening flood, / Would I weak-ſhivering linger on the brink.
Word: keen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish caoin (“to lament, keen”). Pronunciation: /kiːn/, /kin/ 1. A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Example: [S]he went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her up; and the car twisted softly around the little drive and away to the London road. Minutes later he heard its Klaxon, just one sharp keen, like the harsh cry of a sea-bird.
Word: keen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Irish caoin (“to lament, keen”). Pronunciation: /kiːn/, /kin/ 1. To utter a keen. Labels: intransitive Example: Last night he had put down too much Potheen / (A vulgar blend of Methyl and Benzene) / That, at some Wake, he might the better keen. / (Keen—meaning 'brisk'? Nay, here the Language warps: / 'Tis singing bawdy Ballads to a Corpse.) 2. To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry. Labels: transitive Example: Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen. Example: Satiran, lost in his own grief, shuddered once, then lifted his head to the sky and keened out his loss to the heavens. 3. To mourn. Labels: transitive Example: I keened my Gran, I keened my babies, but then my words poured out of my grief. I don't have the full heart like that for Owen, sorry as I am for his goin. Without the heavy grief on me I can maybe think of the words easier. Example: She sniffed and nodded and cried and wailed and keened for her husband, who would never come back to her.
Word: derogatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogō; corresponding to derogate + -ory. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/, /dɪˈɹɔɡətɹɪj/, /dɪˈɹɑɡəˌtɔɹi/ 1. Disparaging. Example: It was perfectly plain, that fast and far as scandal flies, Lady Anne's words, when derogatory to the Count, and that beloved wife, for whose sake they would have been most resented, had never reached their retreat in Devonshire, much less followed them to distant Italy. 2. Tending to derogate Labels: usually Example: The Tories […] knew that […] the House which should be the first to come to a resolution would have a great advantage over the other. […] The Commons had determined that, on Monday the twenty-eighth of January, they would take into consideration the state of the nation. The Tory Lords therefore proposed, on Friday the twenty-fifth, to enter instantly on the great business […]. But […] Devonshire moved that Tuesday the twenty-ninth should be the day. “By that time,” he said with more truth than discretion, “we may have some lights from below which may be useful for our guidance.” His motion was carried; but his language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their order. 3. Tending to derogate: Labels: usually Example: Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not. 4. Tending to derogate: Labels: usually Example: Billie Jean King said Friday that the Australian Open’s Margaret Court Arena should have its name changed because of Court’s derogatory comments about gay and transgender people. 5. Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
Word: derogatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogō; corresponding to derogate + -ory. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/, /dɪˈɹɔɡətɹɪj/, /dɪˈɹɑɡəˌtɔɹi/ 1. A tradeline on a credit report that indicates negative credit history.