nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Lynn Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /lɪn/ 1. A local name for King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Labels: colloquial Example: King Edward. But whither shall we then? Hastings. To Lynn, my lord; and ship from thence to Flanders. 2. An English habitational surname from Welsh, from King's Lynn in Norfolk, from Welsh llyn (“lake”) or Old English lean (“reward”, implying land tenure). 3. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from Scottish Gaelic linne (“firth; pond, pool; waterfall”). 4. A surname from German, an anglicization of Lind. 5. A surname from Irish, a variant of Flynn. 6. A male given name transferred from the surname, usually used as a middle name. 7. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular as a middle name. 8. A female given name, variant of Lyn, popular as a middle name. 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 21. A river in Ontario, flowing from the town of Simcoe into Lake Erie.
Word: lyn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See linn. Pronunciation: /lɪn/ 1. Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disassociation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Latin associātiōbor. English association English disassociation From dis- + association. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.əˌsəʊ̯.siˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, /-ʃiˈeɪ̯.ʃən/ 1. dissociation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quad- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Reduced form of quadri-, from Latin quattuor (“four”). 1. Involving four elements. Labels: morpheme 2. Used for the digit four to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name. Labels: morpheme Example: un- (“1”) + bi- (“2”) + quad- (“4”) + -ium (element suffix) → unbiquadium (“element 124”)
Word: on edge Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Tense, nervous; consequently irritable. Labels: idiomatic Example: Waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge.
Word: aretology Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of moral philosophy that deals with virtue, its nature, and how to attain it. Labels: uncountable
Word: on high Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Middle English on heigh, on an heigh (“in or into heaven; up to heaven”) [and other forms], from Old English on hēagum (“on high”); hēagum is an inflected form of hēah (“high; tall”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“height; to elevate”). The English word is equivalent to on + high. Compare Dutch omhoog (“upwards, on high”), West Frisian omheech (“upwards”). Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈhaɪ/, /ɑn ˈhaɪ/ 1. To a high position; or up in, or to, the sky; above. Example: So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, / They cannot see the Sun on high; / The wind hath blown a gale all day, / At evening it hath died away. Example: His [a horse's] back would be so glossy, / His sides so smooth and brown, / I'd have to hold his collar / To keep from slipping down! / And jogging on the roadway, / The people passing by / Would turn to smile at Bonny / With me set up on high. 2. Up in, or to, Heaven. Labels: literary, specifically Example: Who is like vnto the Lord our God: who dwelleth on high: […] Example: The trumpet ſhall be heard on high, / The dead ſhall live, the living die, / And Muſic ſhall untune the ſky. 3. In authority, influence, or power. Labels: humorous Example: According to those on high, taxes need to increase again.
Word: on second thought Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. After reconsidering; on further consideration. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: I originally thought that it was a good idea, but on second thought I'm not so sure.
Word: have second thoughts Part of Speech: verb 1. To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision. Labels: idiomatic Example: At first it seemed a good idea, but now it's getting close I'm having second thoughts.
Word: on sufferance Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated. Labels: idiomatic Example: I wasn't whole-hearted about the decision but couldn't think of a better one, so went along with it on sufferance for the time being. Example: In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
Word: on the other hand Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. From another point of view. Labels: idiomatic, sequence Example: Well yes, it was quite a good bargain; on the other hand, do we really need one? Example: Its external relations, on the one hand to dynamics, and on the other to heat, light, chemical action, and the constitution of bodies, seem to indicate the special importance of electrical science as an aid to the interpretation of nature.
Word: on the wane Part of Speech: adj 1. in a period of decrease or decline Labels: idiomatic Example: The moon was on the wane.
Word: on the level Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: See the Citations page for examples showing the sense evolution. 1. Honest(ly), sincere(ly), straightforward(ly), fair(ly). Labels: idiomatic Example: He looks like a used car salesman, but he's really on the level, so you can trust him. Example: While I believe that the American people and the players want the game to be on the level, there are two or three things which, it strikes me, are not up to a high standard of honor. 2. Synonym of on the square (“discreet reference to freemasonry”).
Word: do a Reggie Perrin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the name of the main character in the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, who faked his own suicide. 1. To fake one's own suicide. Labels: UK, slang Example: 1998, "Whispering Bob", "There must be more to life than this!", uk.local.southwest, Usenet, Anyway, I went to Weymouth Yesterday, and sat on the beach thinking I could do a Reggie Perrin, so I took off all my clothes, and ran into the sea. I had planned to fake my own death, but for those of you who don't know, Weymouth's beach is a tad shallow, and is so for a considerable distance, well I ran as far as I could before my gonads rested in my throat cos of the cold and decided...THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Example: 2003, Anthony Hulse, Insanity Never Sleeps, Mediaworld PR Ltd, →ISBN, page 20, “Bloody hell, can’t you do a Reggie Perrin luv? Leave your clothes on Redcar beach and when I receive the dosh I’ll meet you in Australia?”
Word: arm to the teeth Part of Speech: verb 1. To equip thoroughly with weapons. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive, transitive Example: There, on the ramparts of the forts, stood Nicholas Koorn, armed to the teeth, flourishing a brass-hilted sword. Example: Who can murmur sweet nothings to his adored when two soldiers armed to the teeth have been instructed never to let him out of their sight?
Word: gotra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *gʷṓws From Sanskrit गोत्र (gotra). 1. The lineage or clan assigned to a Hindu at birth. Labels: Hinduism
Word: coax Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706. Pronunciation: /kəʊks/, /koʊks/ 1. To fondle, kid, pet, tease. Labels: obsolete 2. To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. Labels: transitive Example: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. Example: 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable. 3. To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position. Labels: transitive Example: They coaxed the rope through the pipe. Example: I've finally coaxed the sticky drawers open.
Word: coax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706. Pronunciation: /kəʊks/, /koʊks/ 1. A simpleton; a dupe. Labels: obsolete Example: Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory
Word: coax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from coaxial Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊæks/, /koʊæks/ 1. Clipping of coaxial cable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: coax Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from coaxial Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊæks/, /koʊæks/ 1. Clipping of coaxial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: smacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smack + -er. In reference to lips, from the sound of a loud kiss. In reference to money, cf. ackers (influenced in part by the smacking sound that is sometimes produced when cash is transferred from the hand of one person to the hand of another, or placed onto a hard surface such as a table or counter). 1. One who smacks or spanks. Example: It makes no difference whether the SMC is the smacker or the smackee. Does the SMC talk about physical violence in a matter-of-fact way? This isn't passion; it is evidence of sickness. 2. One who makes a smacking noise, especially while eating. 3. A loud kiss. Labels: humorous, slang Example: She planted me with a smacker so scorchy it singed my socks. 4. (chiefly in the plural) A lip. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Who can doubt then, that ANACREON'S beauty was furnished with a pair of such exquisite smackers. Example: Paul makes nude a little bit more racy by adding a little gold speckle to create texture on her lips or by rubbing some shimmery cream eye shadow on her kisser and topping it off with some gloss. It's a good way to jump-start your sexy smacker. 5. (chiefly in the plural): A unit of currency, especially a dollar or pound. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: mets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɛts/ 1. Clipping of metastases. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: Mets can be found in multiple organs.
Word: on the whole Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For the most part; apart from some insignificant details. Labels: idiomatic Example: The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film. Example: Davis had a ball lodged in his body, and his right hand shot off; but on the whole, he seems to have been less damaged than his companion.
Word: on tiptoe Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Standing elevated on the tips of one's toes. Example: Some tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers. 2. Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily on the tips of one's toes. Example: We crept out on tiptoe so as not to awake the children.
Word: once and for all Part of Speech: adv 1. Conclusively, finally, permanently. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.
Word: once or twice Part of Speech: phrase 1. A small, indefinite number of times. Labels: idiomatic Example: Have you changed a tyre before? — Yes, once or twice.
Word: on demand Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. When needed or required. Labels: idiomatic Example: The kitten is being fed on demand. Example: Our new on-demand software delivery system is cutting edge.
Word: cakehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cake + hole. Pronunciation: /keɪkhoʊl/ 1. The mouth. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang, usually Example: Shut your cakehole! We've heard enough! Example: He shoved another sandwich down his cakehole.
Word: trop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of troponin. Pronunciation: /tɹɒp/, /tɹɔp/, /tɹɑp/ 1. Abbreviation of troponin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable
Word: trop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See trope (“cantillation pattern”). Pronunciation: /tɹɒp/, /tɹɔp/, /tɹɑp/ 1. Alternative form of trope (“cantillation pattern”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: on-demand Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative spelling of on demand. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: de trop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French de trop (“too much”). Pronunciation: /dəˈtɹoʊ/, /dəˈtɹəʊ/ 1. excessive or superfluous Example: I think that wellingtons are a little de trop for a light shower. Example: "I should only be de trop," said the Captain, looking at them rather wistfully. "I'd best go and talk to the hermit,"—and so he strolled off out of the hum of men, and noise, and clatter of the banquet, into the dark walk, at the end of which lived that well-known pasteboard Solitary.
Word: one another Part of Speech: pron 1. Used of a reciprocal relationship among a group of two or more people or things; compare each other. Labels: pronoun, reciprocal Example: The raw recruits helped one another get over the first few days. Example: Rainy days seemed to follow one another all summer.
Word: one by one Part of Speech: adv 1. Individually in succession. Labels: not-comparable Example: The passengers escaped through the hatch one by one. Example: The walls are built up stone by stone / The fields divided one by one
Word: out-and-out Part of Speech: adj 1. Complete, utter. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: He is an out-and-out idiot. Example: an out-and-out lie 2. Thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock. Labels: attributive, not-comparable Example: For my own part I would sooner eat bread-and-cheese and know myself the possessor of an out-and-out horse, than sell him for the privilege of dining with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen every day in the year.
Word: one day Part of Speech: adv 1. At some unspecified time in the future. Example: One day I shall upgrade my software, but not just yet. Example: This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation. All participants were offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App. They received travel assistance, a $1,000 stipend, and preserved the possibility they could one day return to the United States legally. 2. At some unspecified time in the past. Example: One day I was playing with a girl from my class. Example: One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one, day. Example: You can stay one day or two.
Word: one-sided Part of Speech: adj 1. Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group. Example: We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided. 2. With one competitor dominant over the other. Example: It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round. Example: Lovenkrands only just failed to connect with another Enrique cross in what was becoming a one-sided affair at Ewood Park but despite Newcastle dominating, Blackburn held out with the half ending goalless. 3. Out of proportion or lopsided. 4. Having only one side, like a Möbius strip. 5. Turned to one side. 6. That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.
Word: Möbius strip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), one of two German mathematicians—the other being Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882)—who independently discovered the strip at the same time (1858). Pronunciation: /ˈmɜː.bi.əs stɹɪp/, /ˈməʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/, /ˈmoʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/ 1. A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses; Example: Like a mind moving on a Möbius strip of events, one's consciousness goes over the same territory again and again without ever becoming aware of the nature of awareness. Example: 1991, Theoni Pappas, More Joy of Mathematics, Wide World Publishing, page 117, B. F. Goodrich Co. has a patent for a Möbius strip conveyor belt. It lasts longer since the wear and tear is spread uniformly over the entire surface. 2. A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses; a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface.
Word: one-way Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors. Pronunciation: /wʌn.weɪ/ 1. Allowing movement, vision, etc. in only one direction; unidirectional. Labels: not-comparable Example: one-way mirror Example: The town centre is now a system of one-way streets. 2. Allowing travel in only one direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: I bought a one-way ticket to Leeds. 3. Of a function: easy to compute for every input, but hard to invert given the image of a random input. Labels: not-comparable
Word: one-way Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors. Pronunciation: /wʌn.weɪ/ 1. To use a disc harrow to turn the soil and kill weeds, in preparation for planting seeds. Labels: transitive Example: Over a period of 10 years, the average yield under stubble-mulch tillage has been 10 percent greater than under one-waying with continuous wheat, and 14 percent greater than under one-waying with wheat on fallow.
Word: one-way Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one + way. First attested in 1906 in reference to one-way tickets; 1914 in reference to one-way streets; 1940 in reference to one-way mirrors. Pronunciation: /wʌn.weɪ/ 1. A one-way trip or flight. Labels: uncommon Example: I wanted to fly but they say a system's coming in Chances are high that this is a one way
Word: one-way street Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one-way + street. 1. A road in which traffic is allowed to proceed in only one direction. 2. A course of action that cannot be undone. Labels: figuratively 3. Something that lacks reciprocity. Labels: figuratively Example: Judaism is not about reading your personal experiences into Jewish ritual, waving a wand, and declaring the result "Judaism". Vietnam has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on Torah values. Torah values can, obviously, have a bearing on Vietnam, or on anything else, but it's a one-way street. Example: Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.
Word: on foot Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Middle English on fote, from Old English on fōte (“on foot”), equivalent to on + foot. 1. On one's feet; walking, jogging or running but not in a vehicle or on the back of an animal. Example: The pub's not far: let's go on foot. Example: At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot. 2. On the move; astir. Labels: archaic 3. In progress or in preparation; active, in operation. Example: [W]ithin a short time it was generally believed at Naples, that a treaty of marriage was on foot between Zeluco and the young lady in question […]. Example: ‘I didn't know anything of this sort was on foot.’ Brangwen smiled awkwardly.
Word: on loan Part of Speech: adj 1. Loaned or lent, not owned. Labels: not-comparable Example: An ex-L.S.W.R. 0-6-0 goods engine, No. 0395, and a "Terrier" tank-engine, No. 2678, are now on loan. Example: Shortly thereafter Sugarman learned that the technology behind the pricey sunglasses wasn't on loan from NASA.
Word: on loan Part of Speech: adv 1. Loaned or lent. Labels: not-comparable Example: She worked on loan from another agency.
Word: drawdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from draw down. 1. The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The government initiated a drawdown of forces in the border region. Example: This imbalance causes the buildup of inventories during the summer months when consumption is low and the drawdown of inventories during the winter months when consumption is much higher. 2. The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization). Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The presidential drawdown authority, a US foreign policy tool, allows for the speedy delivery of DoD stocks to foreign countries in crisis. 3. The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From June to October 1992, an intensive reconnaissance survey of cultural resources exposed by a drawdown in lake elevation was conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 4. The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The final lap in the drawdown of an approved loan or credit facility is the issue of an official instruction by the borrower to the lending bank. Example: The financier exercises control over drawdown of the loan against presentation of stipulated documentation evidencing fulfilment of the pre-specified event or condition
Word: onlooker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From on + look + -er, probably from the verb look on, but compare with onlook. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnlʊkə/, /ˈɔnlɵkə/, /ˈɑnlʊkɚ/, /ˈɔnlʊkɚ/, /ˈɔnlʊkə/ 1. A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating. Example: I wasn’t involved in the fight; I was only an onlooker. Example: When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.
Word: thon Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Proposed in 1858 by Charles Crozat Converse from that + one. Compare also dialectal English and Scots thon (“that; yon”, adjective; pronoun). Pronunciation: /ðʌn/ 1. they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she. Labels: gender-neutral, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person Example: Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon" who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result. Example: Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge. 2. them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her. Labels: gender-neutral, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person Example: If Mr. or Mrs. A. comes to the courthouse on Monday next I will be there to meet thon. Example: I send my files to Dinsmore with a cutting note too subtle for thon to understand (thon is an imbecile, regardless of thon’s protected status).
Word: thon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of yon due to the influence of this and that. Pronunciation: /ðɒn/ 1. Yon. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Whatever are ye lookin' at, Neil?” his mother demanded, looking up from fastening her favorite garnet brooch. “That's the third time ye've had a peek out thon window.” “Not a thing, Mam,” he said, inhaling deeply. “Only taking pleasure in the day. Such beautiful weather, is it not?” Mrs. Forbes sniffed, but obligingly settled her spectacles on[…] Example: “But”—he spoke in a tone that made Magnus feel like a lad of twelve—“look in the shadows of thon window embrasure and tell me what you see.” Magnus bit back a curse and followed the older man's gaze. “I see Maili, the smithy's daughter.”
Word: on the cheap Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Synonym of cheaply or economically. Labels: informal Example: Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no, but would I go here to get drunk on the cheap? Absolutely. 2. Too cheaply or economically, inexpensive and affordable to the point of substandard quality. Labels: informal Example: Well, if you buy things on the cheap what do you expect?
Word: enthusiast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “(intransitive) be inspired or possessed by a god, be rapt, be in ecstasy, (transitive) inspire”): see enthusiasm. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/, /-θjuː-/, /-əst/, /ənˈθuziˌɪst/, /ɛn-/ 1. A person filled with or guided by enthusiasm. Example: But Charles Aubyn (for it was he) had, like most enthusiasts, overcalculated the influence of his eloquence; surprise had alone procured him a hearing, and the bold cavaliers around were little in the mood for a homily. Example: I would challenge any rock enthusiast to refrain from tapping his/her foot when listening to such music. 2. A person exhibiting over-zealous religious fervour. Labels: archaic
Word: on time Part of Speech: adj 1. Punctual or according to schedule; at the planned time. Example: Unless our train's not on time, we'll be home at three.
Word: on time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Punctually or according to the schedule. Labels: not-comparable Example: The train arrived on time for the first time this week. Example: A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough. 2. By installments, payments over a period of time. Labels: not-comparable Example: They bought their dining-room furniture on time. 3. By a player's running out of time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Smith beat Jones on time.
Word: onward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English onward From on + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnwəd/, /ˈɑnwɚd/, /ˈɔnwɚd/, /ˈɔnwəɾd/ 1. Moving forward. Labels: not-comparable Example: There was an onward rush as the gates opened. 2. Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end. Example: Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labour.
Word: onward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English onward From on + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnwəd/, /ˈɑnwɚd/, /ˈɔnwɚd/, /ˈɔnwəɾd/ 1. In a forward direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast, ⁠And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire. Example: Onward Christian soldiers, marching as to war...
Word: onward Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English onward From on + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈɒnwəd/, /ˈɑnwɚd/, /ˈɔnwɚd/, /ˈɔnwəɾd/ 1. To keep going; to progress or persevere. Labels: intransitive Example: The aim of the preacher who in the best sense would be up-to-date should comprize the homiletic method which, while following in a degree the example of the fathers, tries to formulate truth in clear and philosophical statements, not essaying a muddy theology or priding itself on a vague, vacuous mysticism, communing with the great minds of the ages from Augustine down, learning something from each and following none slavishly, at every successive stage in the process of development being able distinctly to set forth th truth ascertained thus far, obeying the onwarding impulse of the true investigator without keeping things forever so "fluid" that no precipitate of dependable doctrine is ever rendered, […] Example: Or of Kismet (?): whatever happens is pre-ordained, and one can "pass the buck" to something outside of oneself; to Allah, the inscrutable, I suppose, gaining one's spiritual calm from the feeling that the eternal onwardness is calmly onwarding; until little pain and little happiness become spread very very thin on the waters of time. 2. To pass (something) onward; to forward. Labels: transitive Example: The application has been delivered to the Nanking department of the Waichiaopu on January 19th for being kindly onwarded to Chungking. Example: It is unfair to saddle Italy with persons rejected for immigration to the U.S., especially since these persons were allowed to enter Italy on the understanding that they would be immigrating to the U.S. Italy has been cooperative in every way possible in allowing persons to transit the country for onwarding processing.
Word: troglodyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒɡlədaɪt/, /ˈtɹɒɡləʊdaɪt/, /ˈtɹɑɡlədaɪt/, /ˈtɹɑɡloʊdaɪt/ 1. A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman. 2. Anything that lives underground. Labels: broadly Example: The cave was populated by albino scorpions, blind salamanders, and other troglodytes. Example: Inhabited as early as the Gallo-Roman era, the caves of the troglodytes are slighted in guidebooks, naturally overshadowed by the chateaus of the kings. 3. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes. 4. A reclusive, reactionary or out-of-date person, especially if brutish. Labels: derogatory Example: Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope, wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ... 5. A person who chooses not to keep up to date with the latest software and hardware.
Word: crepuscular ray Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin crepusculum (“twilight”). 1. A sunbeam seen just after sunset or just before sunrise, caused by a cloud below the horizon and dust particles in the air above the horizon. 2. A cloud shadow cast on the bright sky.
Word: suffragist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English suffragist From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”). 1. A person who promotes suffrage. Example: Other suffragists (like Susan B. Anthony and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont) and “suffragents” helped make the referendum a reality here. Ms. [Elaine] Weiss called New York “the linchpin” that put our country on the path to pass the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women across the United States the right to vote. 2. One who votes.
Word: suffragist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English suffragist From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”). 1. Of, relating to, or promoting suffrage. Example: On June 4 the first speech was made by Senator [James Wolcott] Wadsworth [Jr.] of New York, whose very clever attack upon suffragist tactics was followed by an appeal to the economic fears and prejudices of his own prosperous class: […] Example: She [Isabella Stewart Gardner] lived during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, an era that included the Civil War, Reconstruction, the explosion of industrial capitalism and the rise of the socialist, trade-union, Populist, suffragist and transcendentalist movements.
Word: NEET Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of not in education, employment, or training, originally British government jargon, first attested in the late 1990s. Currently, outside of Britain is largely due to its use in Japanese — especially from anime-related culture — which spread globally online. Pronunciation: /ˈniːt/ 1. A person not in employment, education, or training. Labels: Internet, UK Example: The NEET population in 2003, according to a Ministry of Health and Labor estimate last September, was 520,000. Example: Studies have shown that NEETs are usually between the ages of 18 to 40 years and may be the victims of family breakdown and mental illness, lack of discipline also contributes to the problem. […] Kudo says the centre offers a one-year programme for NEETS^([sic]) priced at more than 2,000 US dollars per month.
Word: NEET Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈniːt/ 1. Initialism of National Eligibility Entrance Test. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: on heat Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of in heat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: amatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin amātōrius (“pertaining to love or a lover”, adjective), from amātor (“a lover”), from amō (“to love”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.mə.tə.ɹi/, /ˈæ.məˌtɔː.ɹi/, [ˈɑː.mə.tə.ɹɪ], [ˈæ.məˌtɔɹ.i] 1. Of or relating to love, especially sexual love. Example: Eggs, oysters, too, are amatory food; / But who is their purveyor from above / Heaven knows […] Example: In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.
Word: on message Part of Speech: adj 1. Publicly reiterating and supporting the official party policy; conforming to the party’s agreed policies. Labels: colloquial
Word: on target Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Accurate, or accurately predicted. Example: The second quartile's figures were right on target. Example: But the elephants so moved me yesterday that I wanted very much to go [to the circus] again. My sother recognized that when she spoke to me on the phone and after the show she said, "I know when I'm dealing with a three-year old." She was exactly on target, as always. 2. With accuracy. Example: Both shots landed on target. 3. Towards the goal. Example: Everton went close late on but managed just one attempt on target all match.
Word: open sea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English open see, open se, equivalent to open + sea. 1. That part of the sea out of sight of land. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sea open to all nations, i.e. not a mare clausum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dragoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalry soldier, dragoon”) (originally referring to a soldier armed with the firearm of the same name (noun sense 1.1)), ultimately from Latin dracō (“dragon; kind of serpent or snake”), from Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, “dragon; serpent”), possibly from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see, see clearly (in the sense of something staring)”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”)). Doublet of Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragon. The verb is either derived: * from the noun; or * from French dragonner (“to force (someone) into doing something, coerce; to torment (oneself)”), from dragon (noun) (see above) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Pronunciation: /dɹəˈɡuːn/, /dɹəˈɡun/, /ˌdɹæˈɡun/ 1. To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”). Labels: French, historical, transitive Example: She [Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné] appears to have exulted in the extirpation of protestantism in Provence, by the power of her son-in-law, count de Gregnan [i.e., François Adhémar de Monteil, Comte de Grignan]; she even speaks with levity of the sufferings of the huguenots, dragooned into the bosom of the true church. Example: This was the pious lady [Ninon de l’Enclos] who, in after times, expiated the faults of her youth by dragooning Huguenots into Catholics. 2. Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: In Politicks, I hear, you're ſtanch, / Directly bent againſt the French; / Deny to have your free-born Toe / Dragoon'd into a VVooden Shoe: […] Example: The next step was that suggested by Mr. Townsend, of quartering large bodies of troops upon the chief towns in the colonies, and demanding of the several colonial legislatures, a provision for their comfortable support and accommodation. […] Their object was perfectly understood: it was to curb the just and honourable spirit of the people; to dragoon them into submission to the parliamentary claim of taxation, and reduce them to the condition of vassals, governed by the right of conquest. 3. To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons. Labels: broadly, historical, transitive Example: He [Samuel Wilson] says, for example, that he is opposed to locking men up without trial, but he refrains from pledging himself to releasing the suspects. He says nothing about the necessity for dragooning the Irish for abolishing trial by jury.
Word: near sighted Part of Speech: adj 1. myopic; unable to see distant objects unaided
Word: insulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin īnsula (“isle, island”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or from Late Latin īnsulātus (“made an island”), see etymology at -ate. First attested in the 16th century; the general verb īnsulō (“insulate”) is attested only in New Latin and postdates the English term, but influence from an otherwise unattested Medieval Latin counterpart cannot be ruled out. Piecewise doublet of isolate. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnʃʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnsʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnsəleɪt/, [ˈɪns(j)ʊle(ɪ)t] 1. To separate, detach, or isolate. 2. To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc. Example: Ceramic can be used to insulate power lines.
Word: insulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īnsula (“isle, island”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or from Late Latin īnsulātus (“made an island”), see etymology at -ate. First attested in the 16th century; the general verb īnsulō (“insulate”) is attested only in New Latin and postdates the English term, but influence from an otherwise unattested Medieval Latin counterpart cannot be ruled out. Piecewise doublet of isolate. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsjʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnʃʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnsʊleɪt/, /ˈɪnsəleɪt/, [ˈɪns(j)ʊle(ɪ)t] 1. Of pollen or spores, with superficial ornamentation grouped in circular or polygonal areas separated by grooves. Labels: not-comparable Example: Among nonwinged grains, the sexine is rugulate, insulate, or microverrucate. Example: Pollen insulate when the elements are grouped in circular or polygonal areas separated by grooves.
Word: crescive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin crēscere (“to increase”). 1. Increasing or growing; marked by gradual spontaneous development. Labels: archaic Example: And so the prince obscured his contemplation Under the veil of wildness; which, no doubt, Grew like the summer grass, fastest by night, Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty.
Word: Dheeraj Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Hindi, meaning “patience”.
Word: arable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəbl̩/ 1. Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths). Example: And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land […] 2. Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
Word: arable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arable, from Middle French arable, from Old French arable, from Latin arābilis, formed from arō (“plow”) + -bilis (“able to be”). Cognate with earable (“arable”). Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəbl̩/ 1. Land that can be cropped (i.e., land that is arable); land that is being cropped (i.e., land that is in the cropping phase of a crop rotation, currently being cropped rather than used as pasture or fallow). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Arrangements for the drainage of this piece of arable were commenced last summer
Word: interlocutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/, /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/ 1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner. Example: Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk. Example: In the run-up to his return to the White House next Monday, Mr. Trump has rattled the world, and America’s neighborhood in particular, with a list of objectives – buying Greenland, seizing the Panama Canal, making Canada the 51st state – that treat friendly nations as weak interlocutors and impediments to be subdued. 2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the endmen and acts as leader. Example: The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones. 3. An interlocutory judgement or sentence.
Word: interlocutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjʊtə/, /ˌɪntəˈlɒkjətə/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.jə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑ.kə.təɹ/, /ˌɪn.təɹˈlɑk.ju.təɹ/ 1. A decree of a court. Example: A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.
Word: Rama Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma). * (Oumuamua): The nickname derives from the similarity of Oumuamua to the fictional object "Rama" in the story Rendezvous with Rama, where that fictional object is named for the god. Pronunciation: /rɑm(ə)/, /rɑ.mɑ/, /ˈɹɑːmə/, /ˈɹɑmə/ 1. Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”). Labels: Hinduism, alt-of, alternative 2. A name of the goddess Lakshmi. Labels: Hinduism 3. A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India. 4. Nickname for ʻOumuamua. 5. A river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a major tributary of the Neretva.
Word: intruder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intrude Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English intruder From intrude + -er. Pronunciation: /ənˈtɹudɚ/, /ɪnˈtɹuː.də(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who intrudes. Example: All intruders will be shot!
Word: intrude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɹuːd/ 1. To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass. Labels: intransitive Example: to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another Example: The noise of machinery intruded on an otherwise quiet morning. 2. To force in. Labels: transitive
Word: open-ended Part of Speech: adj 1. Unrestricted by definite limits. Labels: not-comparable Example: There will be an open-ended discussion. Example: This short list represents but a few items of an extensive and open-ended list of untreated Indian English lexis. 2. Adaptable to change. Labels: not-comparable Example: The topic is definitions, but is open-ended really. 3. Permitting a spontaneous or unstructured response. Labels: not-comparable Example: I'll ask you an open-ended question. 4. Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card. Labels: not-comparable Example: The flop of 3-6-Q gave Brunson an open-ended straight draw with his 4-5 of hearts.