nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: psaltery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A learned alteration of Middle English sauterie, sautrie (rarely psautry), from Old French psalterie, from Latin psaltērium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “stringed instrument, psaltery, harp”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “to touch sharply, to pluck, to pull, to twitch” and in the case of the strings of musical instruments, “to play a stringed instrument with the fingers, and not with the plectron”). Doublet of psalter, psalterion, and psalterium. Cognate of psalm and psalmody. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.tə.ɹi/, /ˈsɒl.tɹi/, /ˈsɔːl-/, /ˈsɔl.tə.ɹi/, /ˈsɑl.tə.ɹi/ 1. A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. Example: And at the dedication of the wall of Ieruſalem, they ſought the Leuites out of all their places, to bꝛing them to Ieruſalem, to keepe the dedication with gladneſſe, both with thankeſgiuings and with ſinging, with cymbals, pſalteries, and with harpes.
Word: toxicologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French toxicologieder. English toxicology 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 toxicologist From toxicology + -ist. 1. A scientist or physician who specializes in toxicology. Example: Toxicologists at the Taft Laboratory at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) here are dosing mice with poppers to solve the baffling mystery of diseases which are killing gay men.
Word: toxicology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French toxicologie, equivalent to toxico- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌtɒksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paintwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paint + work. 1. The painted surface of a car, building, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The interior colour scheme departs from the conventional L.T. red and green upholstery and matching paintwork, which has been replaced by a maroon and grey moquette with dove grey paint below the waist rail. Example: At night, some nap on their stretchers. High up on a wall, stuck to peeling paintwork, are photographs of eight drivers killed in service.
Word: Toyland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English toy Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Toyland From toy + -land. 1. An imaginary land inhabited by living toys. 2. The world of the design, manufacture and marketing of toys. Labels: informal
Word: toyshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + shop. 1. A shop that sells toys. Example: There have always been cheap clockwork animals in toyshops since clockwork was utilised for making moving toys. Example: You and I in a little toyshop / Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Word: toystore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + store. 1. a toyshop
Word: trachyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French trachyte, from Ancient Greek τρᾱχύς (trākhús, “rough”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪkʌɪt/, /ˈtɹakʌɪt/ 1. A pale igneous rock consisting mostly of potassium feldspar and plagioclase. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The type of rock that results is often described as trachyte and contains abundant crystals of a different kind of alkali-rich feldspar, such as sanidine, rather than plagioclase.
Word: tracing paper Part of Speech: noun 1. A translucent paper on which may be traced the design of whatever it is placed on. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Someone tore open the oiled silk covering and spread out the contents. Six sheets of fine tracing paper, each covered with signs and drawings, were disclosed.
Word: trackless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From track (noun) + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking or without something’). Pronunciation: /ˈtrækləs/ 1. Of a place: not having tracks or paths; pathless, untrodden; also, having had all tracks removed. Example: a trackless desert a trackless forest Example: Associates! Solitude in trackless deserts, / Where locusts, ants, and lizards poorly thrive,— / […] / Were to an honest heart endurable, / Rather than such associates. 2. Leaving no track or trace when moving; also, not following any track or path. Labels: literary Example: What was it that I loved so well about my childhood's home? / It was the wide and wave-lashed shore, the black rocks crowned with foam! / It was the sea-gull's flapping wing, all trackless in its flight, / Its screaming note, that welcomed on the fierce and stormy night! 3. Of a train, tram, etc.: not running on tracks. Example: a trackless trolley
Word: traction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of verb trahere (“pull”), + noun of action suffix -io (genitive -ionis). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæk.ʃən/, /ˈtɹak.ʃən/, /ˈtɾak.ʃən/, /ˈtɹɛk.ʃən/ 1. The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Horse traction was used for all but 23 years of the tramway's life. 2. The condition of being so pulled. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Grip. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The pulling power of an engine or animal. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The adhesive friction of a wheel etc on a surface. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal, especially in gaining support, recognition, or popularity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I could not get any traction in trying to push through the legislation. 7. Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal, especially in gaining support, recognition, or popularity. Labels: uncountable, usually 8. Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal, especially in gaining support, recognition, or popularity. Labels: uncountable, usually 9. Progress in or momentum toward achieving a goal, especially in gaining support, recognition, or popularity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Despite this somewhat late start, the field of study has gained great traction globally, and since 2015 has even had its own journal: Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal. 10. A mechanically applied sustained pull, especially to a limb. Labels: uncountable, usually 11. Collectively, the locomotives of a railroad, especially electric locomotives. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: traction Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of verb trahere (“pull”), + noun of action suffix -io (genitive -ionis). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæk.ʃən/, /ˈtɹak.ʃən/, /ˈtɾak.ʃən/, /ˈtɹɛk.ʃən/ 1. To apply a sustained pull to (a limb, etc.). Labels: transitive
Word: accites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of accite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acciting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of accite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: accited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of accite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trade dispute Part of Speech: noun 1. a dispute between workers and their employer
Word: trade-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from trade in. 1. property used as part payment for a new purchase 2. a transaction including such payment Example: The Alco design, although the least powerful of the three, claims an economy advantage in its use of a V-12 engine instead of the usual V-16; moreover, Alco offers excellent trade-in terms.
Word: acclimates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acclimate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: acclimating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acclimate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trade in Part of Speech: verb 1. To give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.
Word: Arian heresy Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Arianism.
Word: AIUI Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of as I understand it. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: abands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aband Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aband Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abanded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aband Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tarsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian, from intarsiare. 1. Intarsia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1849, Mary Philadelphia Merrifield, Original Treatises: Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts of Painting, in Oil, Miniature, Mosaic, and on Glass, republished 1999 [1967], Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: Original Texts with English Translations, page lviii, Tarsia work was frequently employed in decorating the choirs of churches, as well as the backs of the seats and the wainscotings. It was also used in the panels of doors. Example: Andrea del Castagno portrays him, Vasari tells us, among the famous men and women painted in the Casa de' Carducci, and Benedetto da Maiano, he also notes, portrays Dante on a tarsia door in the Palazzo della Signoria.
Word: intarsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian intarsio. 1. A decorative form of Italian wood inlaying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The steps of the raised temple in which the saint and the basilisk perform have a beautiful intarsia of foliage similar to that on the Giants' Staircase at the Doges' Palace. 2. A knitted design resembling a mosaic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: theatromania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English theatre Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mania English theatromania From theatre + -o- + -mania. 1. An excessive love of the theatre. Labels: uncountable
Word: Triestino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Trieste Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian triestinobor. English Triestino Borrowed from Italian triestino. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
Word: Triestino Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Italian Trieste Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Italian -ino Italian triestinobor. English Triestino Borrowed from Italian triestino. 1. A form of the Venetan language used in Trieste, Italy.
Word: tropia Part of Speech: noun 1. A visual defect of the eye; strabismus or squint.
Word: tradesman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English tradesman From trade + -s- + -man. 1. A skilled manual worker (implied male). 2. A manual worker (implied male) who visits private premises to perform his job. Labels: dated Example: Tradesmen should use the rear entrance. 3. One who works in trade (commerce); a shopkeeper. Labels: dated Example: After this memorable event, I went to the hatter's, and the bootmaker's, and the hosier's, and felt rather like Mother Hubbard's dog whose outfit required the services of so many trades. […] It was not necessary to explain everywhere that I had come into a handsome property; but whenever I said anything to that effect, it followed that the officiating tradesman ceased to have his attention diverted through the window by the High-street, and concentrated his mind upon me. Example: During the morning she had seen several people and quite a number (comparatively) of tradesmen’s vans.
Word: punctum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pūnctum. Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punt, and punto. 1. A sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area. Example: Thus, from what has been stated, we see that neither the white puncta nor the minute white branchwork of lines were ever tubular. 2. A neume representing a single tone.
Word: punctum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1980 by French literary theorist Roland Barthes in his book Camera Lucida. 1. A detail in a photograph that captures the viewer's attention and evokes an emotional response or personal connection beyond the intended subject. Example: […]the punctum is something that is seen by the viewer, without it being shown to them by the photographer. As such, it functions, according to Fried, as an “ontological guarantee” (553) of a given photograph’s nontheatricality. Example: Barthes describes the punctum (the nonconnotative or denotative meaning) of the photograph (or movie still) in such a manner; the detail relevant or not relevant to the image's overall meaning becomes the focus of an otherwise forgettable picture […]
Word: tradesperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade English -s- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English tradesperson From trade + -s- + person. 1. A skilled manual worker.
Word: journeyman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jorneman; from journe (from Old French jornee (“a day's work, a journey”)) and mon; equivalent to journey + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɝnimən/, /ˈd͡ʒɜːnimən/ 1. A tradesman who has completed an apprenticeship or equivalent educational path in a trade. Example: Everyone must follow safety guidelines whether you're an apprentice, journeyman, or even master electrician. Example: […] toiling away, calm and collected as a journeyman joiner engaged for the year. 2. A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day. Labels: derogatory, sometimes 3. A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career. Example: The Los Angeles Lakers added journeyman forward Bob McAdoo to their roster in hopes that he could help them win a title.
Word: master tradesman Part of Speech: noun 1. A skilled and experienced tradesman, especially one who has submitted a masterpiece to his guild.
Word: punctum caecum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. The blind spot in the eye. Example: It was perhaps three minutes later when an excited gentleman in the state of disrobement that is tacitly regarded as falling upon the punctum caecum in times of fire, flood and nocturnal emergency shot out of the door of No. 7 and bounding up the intervening flights of steps pounded with the knocker on the door of No. 9.
Word: punctum proximum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. near point
Word: punctum remotum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. far point
Word: punctum vegetationis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. the terminal cell of a leaf bud or stem from which new growth originates
Word: punctum vasculosum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. Any small drop of blood seen as a spot in sections of the brain.
Word: DXM Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of dextromethorphan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: tradesman's entrance Part of Speech: noun 1. The entrance to a large house, used by tradesmen to deliver goods and services; usually at the side or rear. Example: Near-synonyms: back door, backdoor, back passage, postern 2. The anus. Labels: slang Example: Holonyms: posterior, derrière
Word: tradesmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tradesman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partakes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of partake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trade unionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trade union + -ist. 1. A member of a trade union.
Word: trade war Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of nations creating mutual tariffs or similar barriers to trade. Example: Meronyms: trade barrier, barrier to trade Example: But for weeks Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning has said Beijing believes there is no winner in a trade war.
Word: pulsate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps formed within English as a back-formation from pulsation (attested from the early 15th century, in Middle English). A figurative derivation from New Latin pulsō, pulsātum (“(of an organ) to pulse, to emit a pulse”, intransitive) is also possible, itself a back-formation of New Latin pulsātiō (“pulsation”, 14th century), or derived from classical Latin pulsō (“to strike repeatedly”, transitive) with semantic influence from classical pulsus (“a pulse”). Ultimately from Latin pellō (“to strike”). By surface analysis, pulse + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of push. Pronunciation: /pʌlˈseɪt/, /ˈpʌl.seɪt/ 1. To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse. Labels: intransitive 2. To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music. Labels: intransitive Example: The party pulsated with revellers. 3. To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 4. To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity. Labels: transitive
Word: trading stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A small paper coupon, given by a retailer to a customer, that may be saved up and redeemed for goods.
Word: traducian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin traducianus, from tradux (“a shoot for propagation”). 1. One who believes that a child's soul is inherited from its parents.
Word: traducian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin traducianus, from tradux (“a shoot for propagation”). 1. Pertaining to the belief that one's soul is inherited from one's parents. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Varangian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Βάραγγος (Bárangos), from Medieval Latin Varingus, from Old Norse væringr, from várr (“pledge”) or værr (“pledge”), which is cognate with Old English wǣr (“fidelity, loyalty”), + Old Norse gangi (“companion”). Cognate with Old English wærgenga. Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæn.d͡ʒi.ən/ 1. A member of the ethnically Scandinavian people around the borders of Constantinople in the ninth and tenth centuries. Labels: historical 2. A member of the imperial body guard at Constantinople from 955. Labels: historical Example: The Byzantines continued to recruit elite warriors from the north, not merely from Rus’ but directly from far-off Scandinavia; from the end of the tenth century, they referred to them as ‘Varangians’.
Word: Varangian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Βάραγγος (Bárangos), from Medieval Latin Varingus, from Old Norse væringr, from várr (“pledge”) or værr (“pledge”), which is cognate with Old English wǣr (“fidelity, loyalty”), + Old Norse gangi (“companion”). Cognate with Old English wærgenga. Pronunciation: /vəˈɹæn.d͡ʒi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Varangians. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Varanger Peninsula in Norway. Labels: not-comparable 3. Pertaining to a period of intense glaciation during the late Proterozoic eon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: traducianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English traducian 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 traducianism From traducian + -ism. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈdjuːsɪənɪz(ə)m/ 1. The doctrine that the soul or spirit is inherited from one or both parents. Labels: uncountable Example: Augustine's insistence on its spiritual nature made it hard for him to uphold, along with Tertullian, the doctrine of physical traducianism. Example: Tertullian suggested that the human soul is transmitted by parents to their children and is therefore inescapably associated with continuing human sin: this doctrine of ‘traducianism’ underlay the pessimistic view of the human condition and its imprisonment in original sin which was presented in an extreme form by that later theological giant from North Africa, Augustine of Hippo.
Word: marines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marines Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of marine corps. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: marines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dextromethorphan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dextro- + methorphan. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛk.stɹoʊ.məˈθɔɹˌfæn/ 1. An opioid that is used as an antitussive drug, found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations, and as an NMDA blocker used to treat pseudobulbar affect. Labels: uncountable
Word: when push comes to shove Part of Speech: phrase 1. When the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: He is not a particularly talented builder, but when push comes to shove, he can usually get the job done. Example: While most chose at that time either to disband or to join the APC rally several blocks north in McPherson Park, several hundred mostly young DC-area blacks and a sizable number of militant Palestinians continued to demand their right to confront the Klan. Push somehow came to shove and the face-off began. Several hours of street fighting followed.
Word: trafficator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From traffic + -ator. 1. A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn. Labels: Nigeria Example: There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer. 2. A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles. Labels: historical
Word: dares Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛəz/, /dɛɹz/, /deːz/, /deəz/, /diəz/ 1. plural of dare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dares Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɛəz/, /dɛɹz/, /deːz/, /deəz/, /diəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: romp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a variant of ramp. Pronunciation: /ɹɒmp/, /ɹɑmp/ 1. To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously. Labels: intransitive Example: sport (formal) Example: When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something. 2. (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress. Labels: US, transitive Example: If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds. Example: Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak. 3. To make progress or win easily. Example: I romped through my finals. Example: England romped to an easy win over Australia. 4. To move with little effort relatively quickly. Example: We romped along with the wind astern. Example: From Crewe, of course, the ten-coach load of 347/370 tons was a laughably easy proposition for the two engines, between them in effect making up Class "11" power, and they fairly romped away with the train. 5. To engage in playful or illicit sex. Labels: slang Example: This wasn't salacious, romping 'sex', tabloid style Example: Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show.
Word: romp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a variant of ramp. Pronunciation: /ɹɒmp/, /ɹɑmp/ 1. Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. Labels: archaic Example: I will venture to affirm, that a girl, whose spirits have not been damped by inactivity, or innocence tainted by false shame, will always be a romp, and the doll will never excite attention unless confinement allows her no alternative. 2. A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. 3. An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. 4. A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily.
Word: traffic circle Part of Speech: noun 1. an intersection with a circular shape and, usually, a central island Labels: Canada, US
Word: when the chips are down Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the game of poker, in which chips laid down on the table are staked. 1. When the pressure is on; when the situation is urgent or critical. Labels: idiomatic Example: He wasn't a very talented musician but, when the chips were down, he played well. Example: When the chips are down, you need to make tough decisions.
Word: traffic jam Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow. Example: Victorian Londoners did not speak of 'traffic jams' - that term came from America after the First World War. They spoke rather of traffic 'locks' or 'blocks', and their prevalence would be one reason why Pearson began to direct his thoughts underground. Example: Driving in London next week ? Then watch out for the big traffic-jam spots – the places where you may well face a wait if you cannot go another way.
Word: snarl-up Part of Speech: noun 1. A traffic jam. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK
Word: prosody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *-ti ? Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti Ancient Greek πρός (prós) Proto-Hellenic *awéidō Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Proto-Hellenic *awoidā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ) Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)bor. Latin prosōdiabor. Middle French prosodieder. English prosody From Middle French prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, from Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒzədi/, /ˈpɹɒsədi/, /ˈpɹəʊzədi/, /ˈpɹɑzədi/, /ˈpɹɑsədi/ 1. The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An accurate acquaintance with the Prosody and Metres of the Greek Language is so necessary an accompaniment of true scholarship, that any attempt to advocate its claims to the notice of the student would be entirely superfluous. Example: The aim of this book is to answer the question WHAT DID GREEK PROSODY SOUND LIKE? The study of prosody stands at the intersection of a number of quite disparate disciplines, as illustrated in the diagram overleaf. 2. The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the system of prosody in Samson plainly forbids extrametrical syllables in the midst of the line, and there is certainly no other example. Example: Or again, Otto Eißfeldt's eight-page summary of conflicting scholarly theories on biblical prosody painfully illustrates how the scholars have read biblical poetry with roughly the intellectual apparatus appropriate to the decipherment of cuneiform inscriptions, multiplying confusion by the invention of elaborate pseudo-mathematical systems of scansion or by the wholesale importation of terms and concepts from Greek prosody.
Word: DM Part of Speech: verb 1. To communicate by direct message, usually on a social media website. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: Rio [Ferdinand] DM’d me after the tournament. He’d said I was the weak link, and that Croatia should be targeting me. 2. To dungeon master; to perform as a dungeon master; to run a tabletop role-playing game.
Word: DM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Daily Mail, a national newspaper. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Distributed Morphology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: traffic light Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæˌfɪk laɪt/ 1. A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code. Example: In Sydney you'd better be riding the clutch and completely in sync with the traffic lights so that your car is already moving as they turn green. 2. A signalling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing indicating the moment it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code. Labels: plural-normally Example: How do I get to the hospital? ~ You go straight on to the traffic lights, then turn left at the traffic lights and the hospital is on your right. 3. A colour code using the three signals of a traffic light (green, yellow or amber, and red) as a metaphor. Example: The Department of Health recommends that food packaging display the recommended daily intake with a traffic light system, for ease of understanding. 4. The colored dots on stamp sheet margins printed with offset printing or photogravure methods, used by the printers to check color accuracy. 5. In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of four blinkers that are orthogonally equidistant from a central point.
Word: judeophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Judeophobia. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: diehard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from die hard. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.hɑɹd/, /ˈdaɪ.hɑːd/ 1. Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change. Labels: idiomatic 2. Fanatically opposing progress or reform. Labels: idiomatic 3. Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs. Labels: idiomatic Example: For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist. Example: The libertarian right of the Consservative Party, many of them diehard Europhobes, privately referred to the health minister and his advisers as "the Gestapo" for their faith in enforced lockdowns. 4. Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted. Labels: idiomatic
Word: diehard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from die hard. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.hɑɹd/, /ˈdaɪ.hɑːd/ 1. A person with such an attitude. Labels: idiomatic Example: I should like my Scottish correspondent to see recent statements by leading officers of certain American railways which both have been among the most extreme diehards for steam, and also have developed the most powerful and outstanding steam locomotive designs—[…].
Word: built in Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of built-in. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: get cracking Part of Speech: verb 1. To get started; to get busy. Labels: informal Example: If I'm going to finish my homework by Thursday, I'd better get cracking.
Word: depreciated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹiːʃi.eɪtɪd/, /dɪˈpɹiːsi.eɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of depreciate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The currency depreciated sharply in 2001 and 2002, which contributed to a dramatic current account adjustment; in 2003 to 2005, Brazil ran record trade surpluses and recorded its first current account surpluses since 1992.
Word: hunker down Part of Speech: verb 1. To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task. Labels: idiomatic Example: That test is worth half your grade, so you'd better hunker down and start studying. Example: Imagine that you are in a storm; you would not shake your fists at the clouds and the rain and yell, “Stop it, stop it NOW! This is unacceptable.” You would hunker down for safety and wait until it passes. 2. To stubbornly hold to a position. Labels: idiomatic
Word: knobkierie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans knopkierie, from knop (“knob”) + kierie (“stick”). 1. A fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end. Labels: South-Africa 2. A bludgeon.
Word: big rig Part of Speech: noun 1. A large truck, an 18-wheeler. Labels: informal Example: Driving on the interstate at night, you will see less traffic, but more big rigs.
Word: knuckle down Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1864 in American English, from the game of marbles. 1. To get to work; to focus on a task. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: You should knuckle down and do your homework! Example: As students all over the United States knuckle down to learning, the rumble of war drums once more proclaims Mars high man in Europe. Discarding morbid curiosity, every student should consider it vitally necessary to get a general picture of the causes, movements, and possible effects of World War II. The average U. S. citizen's knowledge of World War II will probably decide his role in it. 2. To submit; knuckle under.
Word: divvy up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A diminutive form of the phrasal verb divide up. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪv.i ˈʌp/ 1. To divide up: to divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution. Labels: informal Example: We can divvy up the last piece of cake and each have a little dessert.
Word: go it alone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From go it + alone. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/, /ˈɡoʊ ɪt əˈloʊn/ 1. To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups. Labels: colloquial Example: He quit working for the company and decided to go it alone as a consultant instead. Example: But can Mr. Stovel conscientiously allow infant sprinkling to be scriptural baptism? and is this the ground on which he would receive pædobaptists to the Lord's table? If he does not, then, instead of going the whole length of free communion, with our pædobaptist friends, he goes it alone. 2. To play a hand without the assistance of one's partner. Example: When the trump suit [in euchre] has been settled, the player who has named it (the maker) has the right to go it alone, but he must announce his intention to do so before a card has been led. His partner places his cards face downwards on the table, and takes no active part in the hand. The maker (he is the only one of the four who can go it alone) plays his hand against the two opponents in partnership.
Word: die out Part of Speech: verb 1. To become extinct. Labels: idiomatic Example: The dinosaurs died out a long time ago. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway,[…]. 2. To cease gradually. Labels: idiomatic Example: The prejudice has died out. Example: However, apart from all this, the Chief was a grand old man, belonging to a class of individualists which seems to be dying out in these days, when standard behaviour seems to be as prevalent as standard designs.
Word: frump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le. Pronunciation: /fɹʌmp/ 1. A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy. Labels: colloquial, countable Example: You look like such a frump today! Example: “I don’t mind how many strange women you’ve loved so long as you don’t tell me about them.” “Women!” said Anthony, with a virtuous air. “Women indeed! You ask James here what kind of women I was going about with last time he saw me.” “Frumps,” said Jimmy solemnly. “Utter frumps. Not one a day under forty-five.” 2. Unattractive, dowdy clothes. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: Get that frump off – it's horrid! 3. A bad-tempered person. Labels: countable, dated 4. A flout or snub. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: frump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le. Pronunciation: /fɹʌmp/ 1. To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Was ever gentlewoman So frump'd off with a fool! 2. To assume a countenance or demeanor indicating irritation, ill-humor, or disapproval. Example: 1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I told the guy "Well, now all I can do is come up with excuses" & told him I had to babysit. He frumped like, "Oh, shame!" and asked if I'd be there later.
Word: predictiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English predictive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English predictiveness From predictive + -ness. 1. the ability to predict Labels: uncountable
Word: Kathy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Kath Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Kathy From Kath + -y. 1. A diminutive of the female given names Katherine or Kathleen, also used as a formal given name. Example: During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy […] At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt […] When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.
Word: Roberta Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Robert. Example: It was many years before the house on Maple Street was forgotten as "The Quimby Place" and called by its now correct name of "The Carter House", and it was many years before Mrs. Carter succeeded in making Peyton Place call her "Roberta" instead of the frivolous and, to her, harlotish-sounding name of "Bobbie".
Word: Robby Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Robert, Roberta + -y. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Roberta. Example: Robby is contemplating macramé.
Word: go from strength to strength Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue to get stronger, more and more successful. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Internet continues to go from strength to strength as it matures, finding new ways to better itself. Example: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. (King James Version); They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. (New International Version) - Psalms 84:7
Word: raiment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aphetized from Middle English arayment, borrowed from Anglo-Norman arraiement and Old French areement, from areer (“to array”). See array. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.mənt/ 1. Clothing, garments, dress, material. Labels: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Example: For all that beauty that doth cover thee Is but the seemly raiment of my heart Example: And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. / And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. / And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Word: get someone's back up Part of Speech: verb 1. To annoy or anger someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: That joke really got my boss's back up. Example: Telling someone that her child can and should be doing better and not offering some solutions immediately gets my back up.
Word: off-the-shelf Part of Speech: adj 1. As purchased or as commonly available, without modification or customization. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: We can build a specialized part for you, but an off-the-shelf product will probably cost less.
Word: revulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from Middle French révulsion and partly from Latin revulsiō. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvʌlʃən/, /ɹəˈvʌlʃən/ 1. Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A sudden violent feeling of disgust. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere; counterirritation. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: To run on in deſpight of the Revulſions and Pul-backs of ſuch Remora’s aggravates our tranſgreſſions. Example: The recent financial revulsion has revealed the feeble basis on which credit now stands, […] 5. A sudden reaction; a sudden and complete change of the feelings. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: We resolve, and our resolutions melt away with a word and a look: we are the toys of an emotion. And yet I think Norbourne was right in his sudden revulsion in favour of his uncle. We are rarely wrong when we act from impulse. Example: A sudden and violent revulsion of feeling, both in the parliament and in the country, followed.
Word: over the counter Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Through direct trade; outside a standard stock exchange. 2. Able to be obtained without a doctor's prescription. Example: Over-the-counter ED treatments are a poor substitute for prescription sex drugs or good old weed. Example: A federal judge on Friday ordered that the most common morning-after pill be made available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger. 3. Legitimately. Labels: figuratively
Word: put someone's back up Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: You really put her back up there, John. Example: [T]hat is exactly the kind of remark that is guaranteed to put certain masters' backs up, isn't it?
Word: Gulf of Finland Part of Speech: name 1. An arm of the Baltic Sea that separates the European countries of Estonia and Finland. On its eastern end, the Neva at the Russian city of St. Petersburg empties into it.
Word: crags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crag. Labels: form-of, plural Example: It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, […]
Word: debit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛb.ɪt/ 1. In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A cash sale is recorded as debit on the cash account and as credit on the sales account. 2. A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: debit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛb.ɪt/ 1. To make an entry on the debit side of an account. Example: The economist also observed that some of the Victoria Line's cost should be debited to existing lines, as they would benefit from the rebuilding of their interchange stations with the new tube. 2. To record a receivable in the bookkeeping. Example: We shall debit your account for the amount of the purchase. Example: We shall debit the amount of your purchase to your account.
Word: debit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French debet, from Latin debitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter of debitus, past participle of debere (“to owe”); Doublet of debt. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛb.ɪt/ 1. of or relating to process of taking money from an account Labels: not-comparable 2. of or relating to the debit card function of a debit card rather than its often available credit card function Labels: not-comparable
Word: charrette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of charette. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The canoes and luggage were loaded on a couple of charrettes, or two-wheeled carts. Example: Charrette??? If you've never heard of one you needn't feel alone. At various times the charrette has been described as “process of community planning,” “a vehicle for citizens’ participation” and a “technique for studying and resolving educational facility problems.”’ It is in essence a community planning workshop generally designed around the construction of public facilities. […] Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period.
Word: tralatitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trālātīcius. 1. transferred 2. metaphorical 3. passed down; transmitted from one to another 4. passed around; common Labels: obsolete
Word: tram driver Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who drives a tram. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: tramp steamer Part of Speech: noun 1. A commercial steamship that has no regular schedule or published ports of call. Example: They found out I was bright, so they figured I'd make a good labor organizer when I got out of school. When I left at the end of the summer, they carefully instructed me how to shag a tramp steamer in 'Frisco going south, lending me an old union card so I could work my passage as a deck hand.
Word: port of call Part of Speech: noun 1. Any port (except its home port) being visited by a ship, especially to load or unload cargo or passengers or to take on supplies. Example: Serving the flat and fertile south-eastern part of Co. Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners. 2. A place visited. Labels: figuratively Example: My first port of call was the home of an old friend of my mother's, an American woman who'd married a French man.
Word: lopsided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lop (“to hang loosely”) + side + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒp.saɪ.dəd/, /ˈlɑp.saɪ.dɪd/ 1. Not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other. Example: Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait. 2. biased; not balanced between points of view Labels: figuratively
Word: stokes Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See stoke (verb) 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stoke Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stokes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After George Gabriel Stokes 1. A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm²/s.