nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: torch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English torch, torche (“large candle; lighted stick; (figurative) sunbeam”), from Old French torche, torque (“torch; bundle of (twisted) straw”) (modern French torche); further etymology uncertain, probably from Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”) (referring to a torch made from twisted plant fibres dipped in a flammable substance such as pitch), from Latin torqua, a variant of torquis (“collar of twisted metal, torque; wreath”), from torqueō (“to twist, wind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”). Etymology 1 sense 2.3 (Verbascum thapsus) is either due to the plant’s spike of yellow flowers, or because its leaves and stalks were used to make torches (noun etymology 1 sense 1). Etymology 1 sense 3.2 (“precious cause, etc., which needs to be protected and transmitted to others”) is derived from Latin lampada trādere, from Ancient Greek λᾰμπᾰ́δᾰ πᾰρᾰδιδόναι (lămpắdă părădidónai, “to hand over the torch”), a reference to the torch race held at various festivals such as the Panathenaic Games in Ancient Greece, which involved a relay where a torch was passed from one runner to another. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːtʃ/, [ˈtʰɔːt͡ʃ] ~ [ˈtʰo̞ːt͡ʃ], /ˈtoːtʃ/, [ˈtʰo̞ːt͡ʃ] ~ [ˈtʰoːt͡ʃ], [ˈtʰo̝ːt͡ʃ] 1. To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1). Labels: transitive 2. To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence). Labels: informal, transitive Example: Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street. 3. To make damaging claims about (someone or something); to ruin the reputation of (someone or something); to disparage, to insult. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: That influencer torched the company’s PR department. 4. Of a fire: to burn. Labels: intransitive Example: The flames torched up twenty feet in the air. 5. To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive (“an engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”). Labels: intransitive 6. To (appear to) flare up like a torch. Labels: UK, dialectal, figuratively, intransitive 7. To catch fish or other aquatic animals by torchlight; to go torch-fishing. Labels: US, intransitive
Word: torch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French torcher (“to daub; to wipe; to build or plaster with clay mixed with chopped straw”), from torche (“bundle of (twisted) straw; torch”) (see further at etymology 1) + -er (suffix forming the infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːtʃ/, [ˈtʰɔːt͡ʃ] ~ [ˈtʰo̞ːt͡ʃ], /ˈtoːtʃ/, [ˈtʰo̞ːt͡ʃ] ~ [ˈtʰoːt͡ʃ], [ˈtʰo̝ːt͡ʃ] 1. To point (“fill up and bring to a smooth finish”) (inside joints of slates laid on laths) using lime hair mortar. Labels: archaic, historical, transitive
Word: allele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn, “each other”) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.iːl/, /əˈliːl/ 1. One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome. Example: Genes are competing directly with their alleles for survival, since their alleles in the gene pool are rivals for their slot on the chromosomes of future generations. Any gene that behaves in such a way as to increase its own survival chances in the gene pool at the expense of its alleles will, by definition, tautologously, tend to survive. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
Word: homozygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homo- + -zygous. Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs/ 1. Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele
Word: heterozygous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -zygous English heterozygous From hetero- + -zygous. 1. Of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene. Labels: not-comparable Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
Word: junk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture. Often compared to Middle English junk, jonk, jonke, junck (“a rush; basket made of rushes”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”); however, the Oxford English Dictionary finds "no evidence of connexion". Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌŋk/, /d͡ʒɐŋk/ 1. Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This shed is full of junk – will you help me sort it out? Example: She needs to find a better place to keep her junk [= belongings]. 2. Material or resources of poor quality or low value, especially resources that lack commercial value. Labels: attributive, uncountable, usually Example: junk food Example: junk fish; junk trees 3. Nonsense; gibberish. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The student put down junk for answers just to finish his homework more quickly. 4. Any narcotic drug, especially heroin. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: The poor fellow took so much junk into his system he could only weather the greater proportion of his day in that chair with the lamp burning at noon, but in the morning he was magnificent. Example: Trace a line of goose pimples up the thin young arm. Slide the needle in and push the bulb watching the junk hit him all over. Move right in with the shit and suck junk through all the hungry young cells. 5. The genitalia, especially of a male. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk / Boys tryin' to touch my junk, junk / Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk Example: But what to do about a kid who flashes his privates at your child? And worse, how do you make sure your kid does not reciprocate? That's exactly the dilemma one mom faced when she learned that her 5-year-old neighbor had flashed his "junk" at her two sons and then made them swear not to tell. 6. Salt beef. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: My physician has ordered me three pounds of minced salt-junk at every meal . 7. Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships. Labels: uncountable, usually 8. A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk. Labels: countable, dated, usually Example: Dear Uncle Sam pervides fer his, An' gives a good-sized junk to all Example: Then he lay quiet for a little, and then, pulling out a stick of tobacco, begged me to cut him a quid. “Cut me a junk o’ that,” says he, “for I haven’t no knife and hardly strength enough, so be as I had. […]” 9. An entity with no whole; every part is itself a proper part of something larger. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: junk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture. Often compared to Middle English junk, jonk, jonke, junck (“a rush; basket made of rushes”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”); however, the Oxford English Dictionary finds "no evidence of connexion". Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌŋk/, /d͡ʒɐŋk/ 1. To throw away. Labels: informal, transitive 2. To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junkshop) Labels: informal, transitive Example: (On Facebook, a record collector wrote:) "The newest addition to my Annette Hanshaw collection, I junked this beautiful flawless E-copy within walking distance from my house." 3. To consume junk food, mainly at a fast-food restaurant. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: Let's just junk some burgers at McDonald's. Example: Let me go junking to KFC with you.
Word: junk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese junco with reinforcement from Dutch jonk, from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay jong, جوڠ, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“seagoing ship”), probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Doublet of djong. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌŋk/, /d͡ʒɐŋk/ 1. A Chinese sailing vessel. Example: It was a vessel of about seventy tons burthen, and shaped something like a Chinese junk.
Word: cellular phone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cellular + phone. 1. A mobile phone using cellular technology. 2. A mobile phone using any technology (such as PCS). Labels: informal
Word: angrily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English angrily, equivalent to angry + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/ 1. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger. Example: "Leave me alone for once," she said angrily. Example: "So it was a trick," said Narkunda angrily.
Word: anguish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English angwissh, anguishe, angoise, from Anglo-Norman anguise, anguisse, from Old French angoisse, from Latin angustia (“narrowness, scarcity, difficulty, distress”), from angustus (“narrow, difficult”), from angere (“to press together, cause pain, distress”). See angst, the Germanic cognate, and anger. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ 1. Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; an emotional state caused by intense misery or suffering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It took years to overcome the anguish from my wife's death. Example: So, ye miserable people; you must go to God in anguishes, and make your prayer to him.
Word: anguish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English angwischen, anguis(s)en, from Old French angoissier, anguissier, from the noun (see Etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ 1. To suffer pain. Labels: intransitive Example: c. 1900s, Kl. Knigge, Iceland Folk Song, traditional, Harmony: H. Ruland We’re leaving these shores for our time has come, the days of our youth must now end. The hearts bitter anguish, it burns for the home that we’ll never see again. 2. To cause to suffer pain. Labels: transitive
Word: angular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/, /ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ 1. Relating or pertaining to an angle, or angles. 2. Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner. 3. Sharp-cornered; pointed. Example: an angular figure Example: In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features: Hiragana あ い う え お Katakana ア イ ウ エ オ 4. Measured by an angle. Example: angular distance 5. Lean, lank. 6. Ungraceful; lacking grace. 7. Sharp and stiff in character. Labels: figuratively Example: He's remarkably angular in his habits and appearance. Example: She is an angular female. 8. Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
Word: angular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English angular, anguler, from Latin angulāris, from angulus (“angle, corner”). See angle. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡju.lə/, /ˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /ˈeɪ̯ŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /ˈɛ̃ŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ 1. A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
Word: animated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/ 1. Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely. Example: an animated discussion Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition. 2. Endowed with life. Example: Throughout animated Nature, of each characteristic Organ and Faculty there exists a preassurance, an instinctive and practical anticipation; and no preassurance common to a whole species does in any instance prove delusive. 3. Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that have the illusion of motion through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming. Example: an animated film
Word: animated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of animate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: animation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin animō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin animatiōlbor. English animation Learned borrowing from Latin animatiō, from animō, equivalent to animate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, /ə.nɪˈme.ʃən/ 1. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] by the animation of the same soul quickening that whole frame. 2. A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He recited the story with great animation. 4. The condition of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Perhaps an inanimate thing supplies me, while I am speaking, with whatever I possess of animation. 5. conversion from the inanimate to animate grammatical category Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "The constraints are not so hard and fast that exceptional sentences do not occur. In particular animation and disanimation can temporarily suspend the system." 6. Activities offered by a holiday resort encompassing activities that include movement, joy, leisure and spectacle, such as games, sports, shows, events, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: animosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate. Pronunciation: /æn.ɪˈmɒs.ɪ.ti/, /æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ti/, [æn.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi], [ɛən.əˈmɑ.sɪ.ɾi], /æn.əˈmɑ.sə.ti/ 1. Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was open animosity between the two rival teams. Example: Despite years of conflict, she felt no animosity toward him.
Word: aniseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English anece seed, aneys seede, annys sede, equivalent to anise + seed. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nɪ.sid/ 1. The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: annals Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.əlz/, [ˈɛən.əlz], [ˈeːn.əlz], /ˈɛn.əlz/ 1. plural of annal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: annals Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.əlz/, [ˈɛən.əlz], [ˈeːn.əlz], /ˈɛn.əlz/ 1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: So ended this great siege, the most memorable in the annals of the British isles. It had lasted a hundred and five days Example: the annals of our religion 2. Historical records; chronicles; history. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: the short and simple annals of the poor Example: It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. 3. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Annals of Science
Word: Queen Anne Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714). 1. Queen Anne of Great Britain (reigned 1702–1714). 2. The style of architecture, furniture, etc. popular during the reign of Queen Anne. Labels: attributive, often Example: We inherited our Queen Anne chairs from my wife's family. Example: That mood of reverie appeared to dispense with physical unrests in Rita's strong body, relaxed in her Queen Anne armchair, but possibly those were a little used up in the day's activities, which were strenuous in this period of building up her stock, both as a necessity to her business and as evidence to refute an accusation of dealing only in Mrs Dibble's assets. 3. A small town in Maryland, United States.
Word: annihilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. By surface analysis, annihilate + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˌnaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the annihilation of a corporation 3. The state of being annihilated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type. 4. The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: announce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce From Old French anoncier, from Latin annūntiāre, from ad + nūntiō (“report, relate”), from nūntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio. Doublet of annunciate. See also an-. Pronunciation: /əˈnaʊns/, /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ 1. To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known. Labels: transitive Example: Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts. Example: Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines. 2. To pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence. Labels: transitive Example: Publish laws, announce / Or life or death. 3. To act as announcer for (an event, usually sports). Labels: US, transitive Example: Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces the games. 4. To act or work as an announcer. Labels: US, intransitive Example: Our coach has retired, but occasionally he still announces.
Word: vacillate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin vacillātum, supine form of vacillō (“sway, waver”). By surface analysis, Latin vacill- + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈvæ.sə.leɪt/, /ˈvæ.sɪ.leɪt/ 1. To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate. Labels: intransitive Example: Its [the barometer's] normal register in the Paumotus [the Tuamotus] was 29.90, and it was quite customary to see it vacillate between 29.85 and 30.00, or even 30.05; […] 2. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. Labels: intransitive Example: Courageous, patriotic, yet vacillating, many of the noblest principles and the purest intentions, men of large possessions and ancient names, under the afflicting circumstances of the times, failed to render service to their unhappy country, but involved themselves in irremediable ruin. Example: Though it is vital to be alert for circumstances which require a change of plan, it is fatal to vacillate.
Word: announcement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈnaʊns.mənt/ 1. An act of announcing, or giving notice. Example: He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make." Example: Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez? 2. That which conveys what is announced. Example: This announcement was made during the first training session. 3. The content which is announced. Example: The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.
Word: annoying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious. Example: Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.
Word: annoying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of annoy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: annoying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French enoiierbor. Middle English anoyen English annoy Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English annoying From annoy + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. That which annoys; an annoyance. Labels: rare Example: […] they lose the true spirit of Christianity; and, while their heads are filled with clouds of mysticism, and the smoke of metaphysical nonsense, their hearts are filled with uncharitableness and bitter annoyings.
Word: annoyance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin inodiāre Old French anoier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ance Old French anoiancebor. Middle English anoyaunce English annoyance Inherited from Middle English anoyaunce (rare form of noyaunce), from Old French anuiance, anoiance, from the verb anuier (“to cause problems”), equivalent to annoy + -ance. Compare French ennui. Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪ.əns/ 1. That which annoys. Labels: countable Example: Having to wait 45 minutes for the bus is a real annoyance, but it's the only way to get to work. 2. An act or instance of annoying. Labels: countable 3. The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated. Labels: uncountable Example: feeling mild annoyance Example: ‘I’m not annoyed with you,’ Lizzie said, putting a hand on Dimple’s shoulder. ‘Well, I am. But you’re my sister. So the annoyance is nothing new.’
Word: anoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enointen, anointen, borrowed from Old French enoint, past participle of enoindre (“to anoint”). Doublet of inunct. Pronunciation: /əˈnɔɪnt/ 1. To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. Labels: transitive Example: He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. Example: And Fragrant Oils the ſtiffen'd Limbs anoint. 2. To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. Labels: transitive Example: Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his [Aaron's] head and anoint him. Example: Anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 3. To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Unlike other previous Prelates, who were swiftly anointed bishops, Francis did not follow suit. Ocáriz remained a Monsignor. In the eyes of many observers, it was a demotion of Opus Dei. 4. To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony. Labels: historical, transitive
Word: sessile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sessilis (“sitting”), from sessus, perfect passive participle of verb sedeō (“to sit”), + adjective suffix -ilis. Compare session. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛsaɪl/, /ˈsɛsɪl/ 1. Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about. Labels: not-comparable Example: a sessile oyster 2. Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner. Example: The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]
Word: anon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (“one”). See on and one. Pronunciation: /əˈnɑn/, /əˈnɒn/ 1. Straight away; at once. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Caliban: Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon, I know it by thy trembling: now Prosper works upon thee. Example: But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 2. Soon; in a little while. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]for as much as the same consisteth not in the extreames, but in a verie mediocritie of wealth and riches, as it shall better appeare anone. Example: With this man this is the hour of the white logic (of which more anon), when he knows that he may know only the laws of things—the meaning of things never. 3. At another time; then; again. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sometimes he trots, as if he told the steps, With gentle majesty and modest pride; Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps, As who should say, lo! thus my strength is try'd... Example: Anon he would be telling you of a cold he acquired in a Chicago lake breeze and how old Escamila cured it in Buenos Ayres with a hot infusion of the chuchula weed.
Word: anon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of anonymous. Pronunciation: /əˈnɑn/, /əˈnɒn/ 1. An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando. Example: Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons Example: Every body shared in the emotion of Anons [sic] song .... Anon is sometimes man, sometimes woman.... 2. An anonymous person, traditionally especially a published author but now especially an internet rando. Labels: Internet 3. A work with an unknown author. Example: On the floor again she came upon a couple of "Anons" and frowned at them: Ought We to Visit Her and Cast Away in The Cold. Those would certainly do very well on the top shelf. 4. A work without a title.
Word: anon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of anonymous. Pronunciation: /əˈnɑn/, /əˈnɒn/ 1. Clipping of anonymous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: another Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other Middle English another English another From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an + other. Pronunciation: /əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/, /ænˈʌð.ə(ɹ)/, /əˈnʌð.ɚ/, /ænˈʌð.ɚ/, /eɪˈnʌð.ɚ/ 1. One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Example: Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks. Example: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…]. 2. Not the same; different. Example: Do you know another way to do this job? Example: From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied. 3. Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead. Example: One gold ingot is valued the same as another, but gemstones are valued individually. Example: But that is another story and will be told another time.
Word: another Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other Middle English another English another From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an + other. Pronunciation: /əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/, /ænˈʌð.ə(ɹ)/, /əˈnʌð.ɚ/, /ænˈʌð.ɚ/, /eɪˈnʌð.ɚ/ 1. An additional one of the same kind. Example: This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another? Example: There is one sterling and here is another 2. One that is different from the current one. Example: I saw one movie, but I think I will see another. Example: I've thought about moving to another city at one time or another. 3. One of a group of things of the same kind. Example: His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.
Word: answerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English answer Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English answerable From answer + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːnsəɹəb(ə)l/, /ˈɑːnsɹəb(ə)l/, /ˈæn.səɹ.ə.bl/ 1. Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible. Example: 1731, Jonathan Swift, “The Sentiments of a Church-of-England Man, with respect to Religion and Government” in Miscellanies, London: Benjamin Motte and Charles Bathurst, Volume I, Section 2, p. 91, Should any Man argue, that […] he cannot be justly punished, but is answerable only to God […] 2. Able to be answered. Example: Is my question answerable on basis of the reading alone or does it go outside the information given in the story? 3. Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to). Labels: archaic Example: What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? Example: To this revelation he assented the sooner, as he confesses, because it was answerable to that of the Apostle to the Thessalonians, Prove all things, hold fast that which is good. 4. Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable. Labels: archaic Example: […] at my farm / I have a hundred milch-kine to the pail, / Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls, / And all things answerable to this portion. Example: By my other wife I had a daughter, so hard favoured, so foule and ill faced, that I thinke a grove full of golden trees; and the leaves of Rubies and Dyamonds, would not bee a dowrie aunswerable to her deformitie. 5. Of an argument: capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. Labels: rare Example: [T]he argument, though ſubtle, is yet anſwerable.
Word: antagonistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antagonist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English antagonistic From antagonist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ænˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk/, [ɛənˌtæɡ.əˈnɪs.tɪk] 1. Contending or acting against. Example: They were distinct, adverse, even antagonistic. Example: Though the tephrosia is a powerful agent, and, if carried too far beyond the antagonistic action of the poison, is, I presume, not entirely without danger, I have never known any bad symptoms to arise from its use. 2. Relating to an antagonist.
Word: ante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and. Pronunciation: /ˈænti/, [ˈɛənti], /ˈɛnti/ 1. A price or cost, as in up the ante. Example: “… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. … his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. …” Example: When it came to the more successful contestants, meanwhile, edits of the shows also began to fall heavily on sad backstories – the "sob story", if you will – instilling the idea that singers had to mine trauma from their lives to up the emotional ante, making them seem to be more "worthy" winners. 2. In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.
Word: ante Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and. Pronunciation: /ˈænti/, [ˈɛənti], /ˈɛnti/ 1. To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. 2. To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
Word: anteroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ante- + room, as a calque of French antichambre or its model Italian anticamera. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ti.ɹʊm/ 1. A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room. Example: [T]his was one of the anterooms off the main throneroom in which the king was accustomed to hold court with his entire retinue. Example: Several antique games, such as a skiddles table, occupy an upstairs anteroom.
Word: anthropologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anthropology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anthropologic From anthropology + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.θɹoʊ.poʊˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪk/, /æn.θɹə.pə.lɑd͡ʒik/ 1. anthropological; pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. Example: Anthropologic wisdom. — Kingsley.
Word: anthropologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anthropology 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 anthropologist From anthropology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.θɹoʊˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ 1. An expert in anthropology. Example: In actual fact, it is hard to see how anyone could defend the prescriptive approach. In any other field of enquiry, it would be seen as patently absurd. What would we say of the social anthropologist who, instead of describing the way a given society is, sets about prescribing the way he thinks it ought to be? (We'd probably suggest he ought to give up Anthropology and take up Politics!) [...] Example: In traditional anthropology, somebody goes to another country, says: “How fascinating these people are! How interesting their tools and their culture are,” and then they write a paper, and maybe a few other anthropologists read it, and we think these cultures are very exotic.
Word: anticipate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin anticipātus, perfect passive participle of anticipō (“to anticipate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ante- (“before”), + capiō (“to take”, cip- when prefixed) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See capable. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, [ɛənˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt], /ænˈtɪs.ə.peɪt/, [ɛənˈtɪs.ə.peɪt], /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.pæɪt/ 1. To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action. Labels: transitive Example: c. 1824 (written, published in 1891) Robert Hall, Fragment on Popery When two parties, each formidable for their numbers, and the weight of their influence and property, are animated by an equal degree of zeal, it is natural to anticipate the final success of that which possesses the most inherent strength. Example: He would probably have died by the hand of the executioner, if indeed the executioner had not been anticipated by the populace. 2. To take up or introduce (something) prematurely. Labels: transitive Example: The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument. 3. To know of (something) before it happens; to expect. Labels: transitive Example: to anticipate the pleasures of a visit Example: to anticipate the evils of life 4. To eagerly wait for (something) Labels: transitive Example: Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas.
Word: antic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from classical times, from Latin antiquus (“venerable”). See also Italian grottesco (“grotesque”). Doublet of antique. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪk/ 1. Playful, funny, absurd. Example: My men like Satyres grazing on the lawnes, Shall with their Goate feete daunce an antick hay, Example: In recounting the story of Lenny and Eunice in his antic, supercaffeinated prose, Mr. Shteyngart gives us his most powerful and heartfelt novel yet — a novel that performs the delightful feat of mashing up an apocalyptic satire with a genuine supersad true love story. 2. Grotesque, incongruous. Example: The amusement park environment of seaside resorts such as Venice and the antic eclecticism of Greene & Greene's pre-Craftsman work all preceded the establishment of the movie colony in Hollywood. 3. Grotesque, bizarre Labels: archaic Example: Fetch me my Rapier Boy, what dares the ſlaue / Come hither, couer'd with an antique face, / To fleere and ſcorne at our Solemnitie? Example: […] we all three enter'd the Gate of the Palace between two Rows of Guards, armed and dreſſed after a very antick manner, and ſomething in their Countenances that made my Fleſh creep with a Horror I cannot expreſs. 4. Obsolete form of antique. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: antic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from classical times, from Latin antiquus (“venerable”). See also Italian grottesco (“grotesque”). Doublet of antique. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪk/ 1. A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. Labels: obsolete 2. A caricature. 3. A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. Labels: in-plural, often Example: I'm fed up with your constant antics in class. Please behave yourself! Example: Two sets of manners, could the youth put on; / And, fraught with antics as the Indian bird / That writhes and chatters in her wiry cage, / Was graceful, when it pleased him, smooth and still / As the mute Swan that floats adown the stream, […] 4. A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon. Example: The Grave-maker, like the professional fools and Falstaff, and like Hamlet himself, is an antic, a grotesque, one who demonstrates to men how foolish and 5. Obsolete form of antique. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: antic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Italian antico (“ancient”), used to describe ancient wall paintings from classical times, from Latin antiquus (“venerable”). See also Italian grottesco (“grotesque”). Doublet of antique. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪk/ 1. To perform antics, to caper. Labels: intransitive Example: Jerry no more than cocked a contemptuous quizzical eye at the mainsail anticking above him. He knew already the empty windiness of its threats, but he was careful of the mainsheet blocks, and walked around the traveller instead of over it. 2. To make a fool of, to cause to look ridiculous. Labels: obsolete Example: Gentle lords, let's part; / You see we have burnt our cheeks: strong Enobarb / Is weaker than the wine; and mine own tongue / Splits what it speaks: the wild disguise hath almost / Antick'd us all. Example: Whether one's surroundings were anticked up or not, one often felt one was living in another century at Roque. 3. To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously. Labels: rare, transitive Example: She unfastened her dress, her arms arched thin and high, her shadow anticking her movements.
Word: antic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anticipation. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪk/ 1. A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping
Word: antidote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “antidote, remedy”), Clipping of ἀντίδοτον φάρμακον (antídoton phármakon, “drug given against”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Compare French antidote. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ 1. A remedy to counteract the effects of poison. Example: She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom. Example: Can'ſt thou not Miniſter to a minde diſeas'd, / Plucke from the Memory a rooted Sorrow, / Raze out the written troubles of the Braine, / And with ſome ſweet Obliuious Antidote / Cleanſe the ſtufft boſome, of that perillous ſtuffe / Which weighes vpon the heart? 2. Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful. Labels: figuratively Example: We need an antidote for this misinformation.
Word: antidote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “antidote, remedy”), Clipping of ἀντίδοτον φάρμακον (antídoton phármakon, “drug given against”), from ἀντιδίδωμι (antidídōmi, “to give in return, repay”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Compare French antidote. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ 1. To counteract as an antidote. Labels: transitive Example: Had she been less brilliantly efficient it might have ruined her business; had she been less impossibly absurd it would have spoiled her pleasure, but the two things simply antidoted one another. Example: For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy[…]
Word: antimacassar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + macassar. Antimacassars were originally used to protect upholstery from being soiled by macassar oil in the sitter's hair. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tɪ.məˈkæs.ə/, /ˌæn.tɪ.məˈkæs.ɚ/ 1. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa. Example: She was particularly fond of animals, and, besides her canary, whose cage hung on a nail in the massive wall of the keep by day, to the great annoyance of prisoners who relished an after-dinner nap, and was shrouded in an antimacassar on the parlour table at night, she kept several piebald mice and a restless revolving squirrel. Example: […] how could anyone on a three-legged stool under the high top of the sofa sleep? Especially if the fringe of an antimacassar lolled over the top and tickled your neck?
Word: antiquarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English antiquary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English antiquarian From antiquary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity. Example: antiquarian literature
Word: antiquarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English antiquary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English antiquarian From antiquary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.tɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques.
Word: antiquity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English antiquyte, antiquite, antiquytee, a borrowing from Old French antiquité, antiquitet, from Latin antiquitas, from antiquus. Equivalent to antique + -ity. See antique, antic. Compare with French antiquité. Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪk.wɪ.ti/, /ænˈtɪk.wə.ti/ 1. Ancient times; faraway history; former ages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity. 2. The people of ancient times. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has avowed. 3. An old gentleman. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. 4. The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq. 6. The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.