nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hanap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hanap, from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Doublet of nap. 1. A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions. Labels: obsolete
Word: hanaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin hanaperium (“a large vase”), extended from hanapus (“bowl, cup”). Doublet of hamper. 1. A kind of basket, usually of wickerwork, and adapted for the packing and carrying of articles; a hamper
Word: hance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See enhance. Pronunciation: /hɑːns/ 1. To raise, to elevate. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: hance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglo-Norman, from Old French haulce. Pronunciation: /hɑːns/ 1. A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship. Example: He wears a minimal white cotton brief, and is pleased by the hance of its pouch, a catenary dip as he faces the mirror, the profile navicular and ostent. 2. The arc of smaller radius at the springing of an elliptical or many-centred arch.
Word: hanch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hænt͡ʃ/, /hɑːnt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of hance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hanch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hænt͡ʃ/, /hɑːnt͡ʃ/ 1. Obsolete form of haunch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hanch Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hænt͡ʃ/, /hɑːnt͡ʃ/ 1. To snap at something with the jaws. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: solidarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, from English solidary + -ity, or from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ti/, /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ti/, [ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ɾi] 1. A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A long time union member himself, Phil showed solidarity with the picketing grocery store workers by shopping at a competing, unionized store. Example: As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom. 2. Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection. Labels: uncountable Example: Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.
Word: Ursula Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Ursula, the name of a fourth century saint. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos cognate with Arcady. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.sjʊ.lə/, /ˈɜː.ʃʊ.lə/, /ˈɝ.sə.lə/ 1. A female given name from Latin. Example: Whisper her ear, and tell her, I and Ursula / Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse / Is all of her; Example: "Is her name Ursula?" And I called to mind the little girl who had tried to give some bread to the hungry John Halifax, and whose cry of pain we heard as the door shut upon her. Poor little lady! how sorry I was.
Word: ich Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English ich, from Old English iċ, iċċ (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm (“I”). See also ch-, I. Pronunciation: /iːt͡ʃ/, /ɪt͡ʃ/ 1. I. Labels: obsolete, personal Example: Ich haven't seen such foolishness before. Example: "Behold," she sayd, "and se How bright I am of ble! Ich am not cast away, That can my husband say, [...]"
Word: ich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of ichthyophthiriasis. Pronunciation: /ɪk/ 1. Ichthyophthiriasis, a parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused by ciliates of genus Ichthyophthirius. Labels: uncountable Example: Ich is one of the most common diseases of freshwater fish.
Word: masturbation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɑːstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmæstɚˈbeɪʃən/ 1. Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Diogenes in sight of all, exercising his Masturbation, bred a longing desire in the bystanders, that in such sort they might fill their bellies by rubbing or clawing the same. Example: Masturbation is fun and natural. Not to mention it's a great way to earn five bucks without touchin' the guy. 2. The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually 3. A vain activity that serves only to provide self-indulgent satisfaction without any practical or external value. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: That experimental film was nothing more than intellectual masturbation for the director. Example: So call me antisocial, call it masturbation Either way, it's a solo operation I'm just far more comfortable alone
Word: transliteration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English literation English transliteration From trans- + literation. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænzlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages. 2. The act or product of rendering speech in sign language, or vice versa. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transliterate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin transliterātum, past participle of transliterō, from trans (“across”) + literō , from littera (“letter”). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈlɪtəɹeɪt/ 1. To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system. Labels: transitive Example: In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.
Word: translocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English location English translocation From trans- + location. 1. Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There happen'd certain translocations at the deluge. Example: By taking users to places where they would or could not really go, the technology offered empathy or awe via translocation. 2. A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A transfer of a molecule through a membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: translavation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + lavation. 1. A laving or lading from one vessel to another. Labels: obsolete
Word: translatress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translator + ess. 1. A woman who translates. Labels: rare Example: […] I shall forbear to speak of the incomparable worth and pregnant parts of some Gentlewomen lately deceased, as Mrs. Philips the ingenious Translatress of Pompey, &c. since what is extant of hers, or her Contemporaries will more at large express their matchless merit;
Word: rupee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Sher Shah Suri, the Sultan of the Suri Empire 1540–1545 as Hindustani रुपीया / رُوپِییَہ (rūpīya), variant of रुपया / رُوپَیَہ (rūpaya, “rupee”), from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought gold or silver; stamped coin; beautiful, well-shaped; impressed, stamped”). Doublet of rufiyaa and rupiah. Pronunciation: /ˌɹuːˈpiː/, /ɹʊ-/, /ɹuˈpi/, /ˈɹupi/ 1. Any of the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka. Example: In fact, the visible appearance of the iron is a symbol; it is not what it ultimately is. To take an analogy we are given a ten-rupee note. He knows it truly who at sight recognizes the piece of paper as a symbol of unity that represents ten separate silver coins. Example: In the fifth and sixth [standard] I obtained scholarships of rupees four and ten respectively, an achievement for which I have to thank good luck more than my merit. 2. A silver coin circulating in India between the 16th and 20th centuries, weighing one tola (formerly 170–180 troy grains; from 1833, 180 troy grains). Labels: historical Example: The only Evidence that was produced by the [East India] Company, was, a letter from Samuel Annesley, at Surrat, dated the 16th January 1694; wherein he gives this Account: Rupees. 655,000. Sent home as Cargo in the Ships Defence and Resolution. Example: The roupie, as the French write it, roupee, or rupee, as it is ſpelt in our authors, is a ſilver coin, ſomething broader than one of our ſhillings, and much thicker; in point of fineneſs, it is better than the Engliſh ſtandard; for its weight is 7 dwt. 11 gr. which, reduced to our ſtandard, would be 7 dwt. 13 mt. ²⁄₂²⁄₆¹⁄₆³⁄₄.
Word: Low Saxon Part of Speech: name 1. A group of related dialects of Low German, spoken in northern Germany and parts of the Netherlands, formerly also in Denmark. 2. Synonym of Low German
Word: shitfaced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From shit + faced. 1. Very drunk. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: When they brought in that keg, I knew I was going to get shitfaced. Example: Jim and Myron LaFleur, with the entire beer cooler and wine rack at their disposal, were abysmally shitfaced. 2. Under the influence of mind-altering drugs. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: hart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hert, from Old English heorot (“stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (compare Dutch hert, German Hirsch, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish hjort), from Pre-Germanic *kerudos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of Heorot. Cognates Compare Welsh carw (“deer”), Latin cervus (“deer”), cervīx (“nape of the neck”), Lithuanian kárvė (“cow”), Russian коро́ва (koróva, “cow”), Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”), κορυφή (koruphḗ, “summit, crown of the head”), κορύπτω (korúptō, “to butt with horns”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū), 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁 (sruuā, “horn; claw, talon”), Sanskrit शरभ (śarabhá, “mythical antelope”). More at horn. Pronunciation: /hɑːt/, /hɑɹt/ 1. A male deer, especially the male of the red deer after his fifth year. Labels: countable Example: With milke-white Hartes vpon an Iuorie ſled, Thou ſhalt be drawen amidſt the froſen Pooles, And ſcale the yſie mountaines lofty tops: Which with thy beautie will be soone reſolu’d. Example: Then, finding Herds of luſtie Deare, / She Huntreſſe-like the Hart purſues; […] 2. The meat from this animal. Labels: uncountable Example: We are to have hart for dinner on Jack’s birthday; you call it deer in Grenada. Example: The people of Israel knew something of hunting, as in the stories of eating hart and roebuck, and venison. 3. The stag of any deer species. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: hart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See heart. Pronunciation: /hɑːt/, /hɑɹt/ 1. Obsolete spelling of heart. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, / And I am ſick at hart.
Word: hart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of hardware thread. As stated in The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual, Volume I: The term hart was introduced in the work on Lithe (Pan et al., 2009) and (Pan et al., 2010) to provide a term to represent an abstract execution resource as opposed to a software thread programming abstraction. RISC-V Foundation The corresponding source reads: Our proposal has two main components. First, we export a new low-level unvirtualized hardware thread abstraction, or hart, from the operating system to applications. […] Heidi Pan, Benjamin Hindman, Krste Asanović Pronunciation: /hɑːt/, /hɑɹt/ 1. In the RISC-V instruction set architecture, a hardware thread. Example: It is required by the RISC-V specification that at least one hart be assigned an ID of 0.
Word: than Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then; than”), German denn (“for; so”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then. Pronunciation: /ðæn/, /ðɛn/, /ðən/, [ðn̩] 1. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. Example: The artist worried more than was necessary: there were a lot of people at the exhibition, more than came last year. 2. Because; for. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, usually Example: If thou say yes, then puttest thou on Christ (that is, the wisdome of God, the Father) unkunning, unpower, or euil will: for than he could not make his rule so good as an other did his. Example: You shall also take the fine earth or mould which is found in the hollow of old Willow trees, rising from the root almost to the middle of the Tree, at least so far as the tree is hollow, for than this, there is no earth or mould finer or richer.
Word: than Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then; than”), German denn (“for; so”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then. Pronunciation: /ðæn/, /ðɛn/, /ðən/, [ðn̩] 1. Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates. Example: Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years. Example: No player is more skillful than Greg.
Word: than Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English than, thanne (“than; then”), from Old English þanne, a variant of þonne (“then; when; than”), from Proto-West Germanic *þannē, an alteration of *þan (“then; than”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“then; than”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (“that”, demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Dutch dan (“then; than”), German denn (“for; so”), German dann (“then”). Doublet of then. Pronunciation: /ðæn/, /ðɛn/, /ðən/, [ðn̩] 1. At that time; then. Labels: not-comparable
Word: swound Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of swoon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: It flung the blood into my head, and I fell down in a swound.
Word: swound Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of swoon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: black ice Part of Speech: noun 1. A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement. Labels: uncountable Example: He said the bus struck a patch of black ice, or freshly formed ice as yet invisible on the road surface, just after he had passed a trailer truck.
Word: artificial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificiālis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, [ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.l̩], /ˌɑɹ.təˈfɪʃ.əl/, [ˌɑɹ.ɾəˈfɪʃ.l̩], /ˌɐː.təˈfɪʃ.əl/ 1. Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. Example: The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky. Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. 2. Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned. Example: Her manner was somewhat artificial. 3. Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc. Example: “How quickly have I fallen!” thought Tarzan; but in his heart he did not consider it a fall—rather, he pitied the poor creatures of Paris, penned up like prisoners in their silly clothes, and watched by policemen all their poor lives, that they might do nothing that was not entirely artificial and tiresome. Example: This results in an artificial conflation of the individual crises experienced by Western European states and leads to imprecise judgements on the impact of Marshall. This confusing conflation is not simply the product of retrospection. 4. Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification. Example: Artificial keys are devised purely to facilitate determination […] 5. Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand. Example: An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning. Example: North makes an artificial call of 3♧, the cheapest suit at the 3 level, to show a very poor hand. What North holds in clubs doesn't matter at all.
Word: acorn cup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acorn + cup. 1. The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
Word: acorned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógr̥der.? Proto-Germanic *akraną Proto-West Germanic *akarn Old English æcern Middle English corninflu. Middle English acorn English acorn English -ed English acorned From acorn + -ed. 1. Furnished or loaded with acorns Labels: not-comparable 2. Fed or filled with acorns. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Like a full-acorn'd boar, a German one, Cried "O!" and mounted; found no opposition
Word: acorn-shell Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus.
Word: acosmism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English acosmism From a- + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + English -ism. 1. A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God. Labels: uncountable 2. The determination of the world as mere phenomena to which true reality does not pertain. Labels: uncountable Example: "[Spinoza's] system would have to be designated not an 'atheism' but instead the reverse, an 'acosmism', since according to this philosophy there is actually no world at all in the sense of something positively being."
Word: acosmist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See acosmism 1. A follower of acosmism
Word: handkerchief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + kerchief. Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃɪf/, [ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃɪf], /ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃiːf/, [ˈhæŋkəːt͡ʃɪi̯f], /ˈhæŋkɚt͡ʃəf/ 1. A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands. Example: He sneezed into his handkerchief during the meeting. Example: Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow. 2. A piece of cloth shaped like a handkerchief to be worn about the neck; a neckerchief or neckcloth.
Word: handleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English handle 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 handleable From handle + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈhændləəbl̩/ 1. Capable of being handled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: handless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English handles, from Old English *handlēas, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), equivalent to hand + -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), German handlos (“handless”), Icelandic handlauss (“handless”). Pronunciation: /ˈhændləs/ 1. Without any hands. Example: Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him 2. Not handy; awkward. Labels: obsolete Example: We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should. Example: This, however, was a thing that, left to himself, would have simply rendered Bill Lampiere a most handless workman at everything he attempted.
Word: handless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From handleless, by haplology, under the influence of etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /ˈhændləs/ 1. Without a handle. Labels: not-comparable Example: She gave him a few coppers from the handless jug. Example: One battered, spoutless, handless, japanned-in jug, that did not contain water, for it leaked.
Word: handmade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hand + made. Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌmeɪd/, /ˌhændˈmeɪd/ 1. Made by hand; manufactured manually. Labels: not-comparable Example: handmade jewels Example: handmade products
Word: handmade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + made. Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌmeɪd/, /ˌhændˈmeɪd/ 1. An art or craft object made by hand.
Word: naam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nam, naam, from Old English nām (“seizure of property”), probably from Old Norse nám (“occupation; acquisition, learning, study”, literally “taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmō (“taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take”). Cognate with Old English nǣm (“taking, acceptance”), Old High German nāma ("seizure, confiscation"; > German Nahme). Pronunciation: /nɑːm/ 1. The taking of property for the purpose of compensation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Goods taken in such a manner. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Hispanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus. Pronunciation: /hɪˈspænɪk/, /hɪˈspanɪk/, /hɪˈspɛnɪk/ 1. Of or relating to Spain. 2. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages. 3. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, especially as in Latin America. Labels: colloquial Example: Houses in New Mexico, California and Florida exhibit a strong Hispanic architectural influence. 4. Mestizo. Labels: colloquial
Word: Hispanic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus. Pronunciation: /hɪˈspænɪk/, /hɪˈspanɪk/, /hɪˈspɛnɪk/ 1. A native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country. 2. A person of Spanish ancestry. 3. A mestizo. Labels: colloquial
Word: Hispano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hispano, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispānia. 1. A Hispanic; a person of Spanish descent. Labels: slang Example: There are many famous Hispanos in the music world. Example: Hispanos are quickly becoming the largest minority in the United States. 2. A person from Spain.
Word: Hispano Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hispano, from Latin Hispānus, from Hispānia. 1. of Spanish descent
Word: latino Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Latino. Labels: alt-of
Word: pear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Vulgar Latin pirabor. Proto-West Germanic *peru Old English pere Middle English pere English pear From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Proto-West Germanic *peru, from Vulgar Latin pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular, ultimately a loanword from an unknown Mediterranean substrate source. Cognate with Scots peer (“pear”), Saterland Frisian Peere, Pere (“pear”), West Frisian par (“pear”), Dutch peer (“pear”), Danish, Greenlandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk pære (“pear”), Faroese, Icelandic pera (“pear”), Swedish päron (“pear”), German Birne (“pear”), Luxembourgish Bier, Bir (“pear”), Vilamovian biyn (“pear”), Yiddish באַר (bar, “pear”), French poire (“pear”). Pronunciation: /pɛə/, /pɛː/, /pɛɹ/, /peː/, /ˈpeə/ 1. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem. 2. A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). 3. The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood). 4. Choke pear (a torture device). 5. avocado, alligator pear Labels: Jamaica 6. A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.
Word: pinnacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnəkəl/ 1. The highest point. 2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain. Example: Kings, who remain in many respects the representatives of a vanished world, solitary pinnacles that topple over the rising waste of waters under which the past lies buried. 3. An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success. Labels: figuratively Example: The pinnacle of the effort to fix restrictive meanings to a set of terminology can be found in two papers in American Speech by Feinsilver (1979, 1980). 4. An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire. Example: Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around. Example: In the city’s midst the gleaming marble of a thousand steps climbed to the citadel where arose four pinnacles beckoning to heaven, and midmost between the pinnacles there stood the dome, vast, as the gods had dreamed it.
Word: pinnacle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnəkəl/ 1. To place on a pinnacle. Labels: transitive Example: And down this vast gulf upon which we were pinnacled the great draught dashed and roared, driving clouds and misty wreaths of vapour before it, till we were nearly blinded, and utterly confused. 2. To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. Labels: transitive Example: The pediment of the Southern Transept is pinnacled, not inelegantly, with a flourished cross
Word: stepfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stepfader, from Old English stēopfæder, from Proto-Germanic *steupafadēr (“stepfather”), equivalent to step- + father. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäiffoar (“stepfather”), Dutch stiefvader (“stepfather”), German Low German Steevvader (“stepfather”), German Stiefvater (“stepfather”), Swedish styvfar (“stepfather”), Icelandic stjúpfaðir (“stepfather”). 1. The husband of one's biological mother after her initial marriage to or relationship with one's biological father. Example: My stepfather loved me as much as he loved his own three sons. I knew how much he wanted to help me and how lacking in financial resources he was. Nothing could erase the image I gained of my real father that day: a carefree, well-to-do man who didn't really give a damn about the hopes and dreams of his firstborn son. 2. The husband of one's parent distinct from one's biological father or person with a similar relationship. Example: In suboptimal cases the gynaecologist takes sperm from anonymous donors. In this case the husband can only be stepfather of the child. Example: Telegony or Inheritance from the Stepfather The earliest reference to telegony ( which has no connection with the son of Odysseus ) is supposed to be in 1665 but the classical case is that described in the Philosophical Transactions of[…]
Word: happy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap. Pronunciation: /ˈhæpi/, /ˈhapɪj/, /ˈhape/, /ˈhapɪ/, /ˈhapi/ 1. Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. Example: Music makes me feel happy. Example: Happye are thy men, and happie are these thy seruantes[…] 2. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky. Example: […] I think I may presume that what I have hitherto Diſcourſed will induce you to think, that Chymists have been much more happy in finding Experiments than the Cauſes of them; or in aſſigning the Principles by which they may beſt be explain’d. Example: "Historians, you think," said Miss Tilney, "are not happy in their flights of fancy. They display imagination without raising interest. […]" 3. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky. Labels: archaic Example: How fares it with the happy dead? 4. Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something). Example: Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week? Example: Yes, I am happy with the decision. 5. Bringing or being an instance of favourable fortune; apt, felicitous, fortunate, propitious. Labels: usually Example: happy coincidence Example: The common privilege of your ſex affords you the happy opportunity of alleviating your ſorrows by communicating your ſentiments and feelings to some faithful friend; but to women, even this relief is rigidly denied, and, bound by the harſh reſtraints which the delicacy and reſerve of female natures have impoſed, I muſt bear the ſecret of my ſorrows with painful ſilence. 6. Favoring or inclined to use. Labels: in-compounds Example: slaphappy, trigger-happy Example: We live in a sue-happy society. If Santa slides off your roof and busts his tailbone, he could sue you, and probably will. 7. Dexterous, ready, skilful. Labels: often, rare Example: For inſtance, one lady can give an anſwer better than aſk a queſtion: one gentleman is happy at a reply; another excels in a rejoinder: one can revive a languiſhing converſation by a ſudden ſurpriſing ſentence; another is more dextrous in ſeconding; a third can fill the gap with laughing, or commending what has been ſaid. 8. Implying “May you have a happy ⁓” or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity. Example: Happy birthday! Example: Happy Fourth of July!
Word: happy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap. Pronunciation: /ˈhæpi/, /ˈhapɪj/, /ˈhape/, /ˈhapɪ/, /ˈhapi/ 1. A happy event, thing, person, etc. Labels: informal, rare Example: The strike split the Chicano community. Many workers at Farah crossed picket lines and continued to keep the plant operating. They were known as the "happies" because they wore buttons which featured a smiling face and the slogan, "I'm happy at Farah. …"
Word: happy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap. Pronunciation: /ˈhæpi/, /ˈhapɪj/, /ˈhape/, /ˈhapɪ/, /ˈhapi/ 1. Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Whenever I started drinking again after abstaining for any period of time, it usually was an effort to relieve stress and to "happy up." Example: [H]e smiled […] then asked my name. He checked it against his clipboard then sadly shook his head as if he'd been rejected himself. Told him I was looking for employment and he happied up again, able to help by directing me to apply at the front office, that the doors were on the Gower Street side. 2. Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven. Labels: informal, transitive Example: People really didn't want their Party Motivators in their photos, anonymous dancers, happying up the place. It spooked them. Example: […] [William] Glasser would probably say that happy people are "happying" themselves by choosing behaviors that help them to feel happy (working at their relationships, engaging in productive work activities, participating in desired recreational activities, etc.).
Word: hapuku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori hāpuku. 1. A large and valuable food fish, Polyprion oxygeneios, in the family Serranidae of New Zealand.
Word: haquebut Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hagbut. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hara-kiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), ultimately from 腹 (hara, “belly”) + 切る (kiru, “to cut”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæɹəˈkɪɹi/, /ˌhɑɹəˈkɪɹi/, /ˌhæɹiˈkæɹi/, /ˌhɛɹiˈkɛɹi/ 1. Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death. Labels: uncountable Example: On the downfall of his power in 1867 he was urged by one of his Council to save the honour of his family by a voluntary suicide. He flatly refused to do so and left the room, whereupon his faithful adviser retired to another part of the castle and solemnly performed the hara-kiri. 2. Suicide or any suicidal action. Labels: uncountable Example: ...the report that was issued at the time officially blamed a disgruntled crewman who had been accused of theft and may have decided to do the ultimate hara-kiri, but quite how you prove that I don't know... 3. An act against one's own interests. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable Example: Regarded logically, therefore, Japan’s decision to go to war made no sense. It was hara-kiri. Example: They are haunted by the spectre of the 1984 election, when Mr Walter Mondale committed hara-kiri by acknowledging the need to raise taxes if America were to get its economy straight.
Word: hari-kari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corrupted from Japanese 腹切り (harakiri), literally "belly-cutting". 1. Alternative form of hara-kiri. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, uncountable
Word: handling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle + -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”). Pronunciation: /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhændlɪŋ/ 1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: baggage handling Example: the heauens, and your faire handeling / Haue made you maister of the field this day 2. The mechanism for handling or manipulating something. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In mortal terror of people forcing an entrance at such an hour, and in such a manner as to leave no doubt of their purpose, I would have turned to fly when first I heard the noise, only that I feared by any quick motion to catch their attention, as I also ran the danger of doing by opening the door, which was all but closed, and to whose handlings I was unaccustomed. 3. The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A miniature[…]remarkable for its brilliancy of colour and charming freedom of handling. 4. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: handling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhændlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of handle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unwisdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *né From Middle English unwisdom (“lack of wisdom, foolishness; an instance of this”), from Old English unwīsdōm, from un- (prefix denoting absence or negation of something) + wīsdōm (“wisdom”) (from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wise judgment, wisdom”), from *wīsaz (“knowledgeable, wise”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; to see”)) + *-dōmaz (suffix forming nouns denoting the condition or state of [the suffixed word]) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”))). The word was apparently obsolete in the 18th century, but was revived from the 19th century and possibly popularized by its use in the works of the Scottish author and philosopher Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881): see the quotations. By surface analysis, un- (prefix denoting a lack of something) + wisdom. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪzdəm/, /ˌʌnˈwɪzdəm/ 1. Lack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness. Labels: uncountable Example: And all we conſyderynge her gracyous and charytable mynde, ſo unyuerſally, and conſyderyng the redyneſs of mercy and pyte in our Savyour Jheſu, may ſay, by lamentable complaynt of our unwyſedome, unto hym. Ah Domine! ſi fuiſſes hic—Ah my Lorde! yf thou had ben preſente, […] Example: Eccle[siasticus] 21. 15. […] Forſooth vnvviſedome is, &c. [i.e., which is plenteous in euill.] Sixtus [Pope Sixtus V] and the Louans, reading it amiſſe. 2. An instance of a lack of wisdom; a foolish act. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For hereby are fostered, fed into gigantic bulk, all manner of Unwisdoms, poison-fruits; till, as we way, the life-tree everywhere is made a upas-tree, deadly Unwisdom overshadowing all things; […] Example: Between these two extremes, of human wisdom on the one hand, and human ignorance on the other, all manner of half wisdoms and unwisdoms, of appetites, passions, and self-denials, of convictions and prejudices, jostle one another in contending for partial and temporary dominion over the mind and the habits of man. 3. A foolish or unwise being or force. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: [W]hat great thing ever happened in this world, a world understood always to be made and governed by a Providence and Wisdom, not by an Unwisdom, without meaning somewhat?
Word: unwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unwis, from Old English unwīs (“unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”), equivalent to un- + wise. Cognate with Dutch onwijs (“unwise”), German unweise (“unwise”), Danish uvis (“unwise”), Swedish ovis (“unwise”), Icelandic óvís (“unwise”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwaɪz/ 1. Not wise; lacking wisdom Example: unwise man Example: unwise kings
Word: unwisely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English vnwysely, vnwisely, vnwyseliche, from Old English unwīslīċe (“unwisely, foolish”), equivalent to un- + wisely. 1. In an unwise manner; foolishly. Example: The scope of the new upgrade isn't just restricted to the station and junction. It has involved more than simply putting back what was unwisely taken away.
Word: unwish Part of Speech: verb 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 wish English unwish From un- + wish. 1. To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. 2. To undo a wish Labels: transitive
Word: non- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- From Middle English non- (“not, lack of, failure to”), from Middle English non (“no, not any; not, not at all”, literally “none”) and Old English nān- (prefix), both from Old English nān (“no, not any”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, zero”), see none. Merged with and reinforced by Middle English non- (“not”), from Old French non- and Medieval Latin nōn (“not”), from Old Latin noinu, noinom, from ne oinom (“not one”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɒn/, /ˌnɒn/, /ˈnɑn/, /ˌnɑn/, /ˈnɔn/ 1. Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed. Labels: morpheme Example: nonpayment (“lack of payment, failure to pay”) Example: nonaggressive (“not aggressive”) 2. Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed. Labels: morpheme Example: nonaboriginal Example: nonabrasive 3. Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed. Labels: morpheme Example: nonaccountability Example: nonacceleration 4. Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed. Labels: morpheme Example: nonabiding Example: nonacceptance 5. Used in the sense of no or none, to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not, to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed. Labels: morpheme Example: nonaccent Example: nonacrocentric
Word: non- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Indo-European *h₁newn̥(n)ós Proto-Italic *nowenos Latin nōnus English non- From Latin nōnus (“ninth”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɒn/, /ˌnɒn/, /ˈnɑn/, /ˌnɑn/, /ˈnɔn/ 1. prevocalic form of nona- Labels: morpheme
Word: nonability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + ability. 1. Want of ability. 2. An exception taken against a plaintiff in a cause, when he is unable legally to commence a suit.
Word: nonacceptance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin accipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin acceptārelbor. Old French accepterder. Middle French acceptancebor. ▲ Old French accepterder.? Middle English accepten English accept Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English acceptance English nonacceptance From non- + acceptance. 1. A neglect or refusal to accept. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nomothetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek νομοθέτης (nomothétēs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós)bor. English nomothetic Borrowed from Ancient Greek νομοθετικός (nomothetikós). Pronunciation: /ˌnɒməˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Relating to the underlying laws of a subject. Labels: not-comparable Example: A focus on averaged risk effects, estimated across people, may occlude idiographic within-person processes which could aid in the precise detection of individual-level correlates of suicide. The present study focuses on new statistical models applied to intensive longitudinal data to quantify heterogeneity in within-person processes. Nomothetic approaches, such as multi-level models, are the most conventional method for identifying group-level suicide risk factors. These methods assume that effects apply equally across all individuals.
Word: nomothetical Part of Speech: adj 1. nomothetic Labels: not-comparable
Word: itinerary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English itinerarie, from Latin itinerārium (“an account of a journey, a road-book”), from iter (“a way, journey”). By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ary. Pronunciation: /aɪˈtɪnə(ɹə)ɹi/, /aɪˈtɪnəˌɹɛɹi/ 1. A written schedule of activities for a vacation or road trip. 2. A route or proposed route of a journey. Example: The length of the Wengernalp Railway from Lauterbrunnen over the Kleine Scheidegg to Grindelwald or vice versa, Riggenbach rack-and-pinion operated throughout, should be a "must" in the itinerary of every Oberland tourist; [...]. 3. An account or record of a journey. 4. A guidebook for travellers.
Word: itinerary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English itinerarie, from Latin itinerārium (“an account of a journey, a road-book”), from iter (“a way, journey”). By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ary. Pronunciation: /aɪˈtɪnə(ɹə)ɹi/, /aɪˈtɪnəˌɹɛɹi/ 1. Itinerant; travelling from place to place; done on a journey. Example: It were rather an itinerary circuit of justice than a progress.
Word: arrogant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəɡənt/, /ˈaɹəɡənt/, /ˈɛɹəɡənt/, /ˈaɾəɡənt/ 1. Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others. Example: sound arrogant Example: an arrogant assumption
Word: noogie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, possibly from Yiddish נודזשען (nudzhen, “to badger”), or possibly from Hebrew נוגות (nugot, “afflict”) (see Eicha/Lamentations 1:3) or possibly via an alteration of nudge, matching the alteration of wedge to wedgie. Pronunciation: /ˈnʊɡi/ 1. An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly. Labels: slang Example: give someone a noogie Example: get a noogie
Word: noogie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, possibly from Yiddish נודזשען (nudzhen, “to badger”), or possibly from Hebrew נוגות (nugot, “afflict”) (see Eicha/Lamentations 1:3) or possibly via an alteration of nudge, matching the alteration of wedge to wedgie. Pronunciation: /ˈnʊɡi/ 1. To perform a noogie on. Labels: slang
Word: acatalectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin acatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος (akatálēktos, “leaving off”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˌkæt.əˈlɛk.tɪk/ 1. Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot Labels: not-comparable
Word: acatalectic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin acatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληκτος (akatálēktos, “leaving off”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˌkæt.əˈlɛk.tɪk/ 1. A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables