nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: russet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsɪt/ 1. Having a reddish-brown color. Example: But looke, the Morne in Ruſſet Mantle clad, / Walkes o're the dew of yon high Eaſterne Hill, […] Example: Oh, long may thoſe, bleſt Cherry-Tree, / Whoſe generous hearts incircle thee, / A deſtiny ſo partial ſhare, / As actual bliſs and fancied care! / And long as theſe fair woodbines twine / Around this ruſſet coat of thine, / May I to all thy friends be join'd / In fondeſt union of the mind: […] 2. Gray or ash-colored. Labels: archaic Example: [W]hen they him ſpie, / As Wilde-geeſe, that the creeping Fowler eye, / Or ruſſed^([sic – meaning russet])-pated choughes, many in ſort / (Riſing and cawing at the guns report) / Seuer themſelues, and madly ſweepe the skye: / So at his ſight, away his fellowes flye, […] 3. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain. Example: Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes. 4. The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished. Example: […] I received some bales of leather, that when I sent them to the Currier's to wax them, they having been at the Currier's before, as they came up in the russet state, when I had sent them back to be waxed, he sent me back word they were so badly tanned, and so burnt in the tanning, he could not recommend them, […] Example: Usually the London leather trade exhibits little animation during the latter part of June, but this year a fair general business was transacted at Leadenhall. […] [I]n curried leather, russet butts and middlings, kip butts of bright manufacture, calf skins, light grain, prime Cordovan, and harness appear in considerable request. 5. Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted. Example: Many apple varieties are mottled or russet, with a rough, dull skin hiding crisp, flavorful flesh.
Word: russet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsɪt/ 1. To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting. Labels: ambitransitive, usually Example: Pear psylla causes damage when nymphs, feeding at high densities on leaves, produce enough honeydew to drip onto the fruit. A black, sooty mold fungus then grows into the honeydew, distorting and russeting the fruit surface, which substantially lowers its commercial value, […] Example: Cultivars differ greatly in their propensity to russet: the characteristic is heritable but more than one factor seems to be involved[…].
Word: silly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie. The semantic evolution is “lucky” to “innocent” to “naive” to “foolish”. Compare the similar evolution of daft (originally meaning “accommodating”), and almost the reverse with nice (originally meaning “ignorant”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.i/ 1. Sillily: in a silly manner. Labels: colloquial, regional Example: If you did but see how silly a Man fumbles for an Excuse, when he's a little asham'd of being in Love.
Word: silly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie. The semantic evolution is “lucky” to “innocent” to “naive” to “foolish”. Compare the similar evolution of daft (originally meaning “accommodating”), and almost the reverse with nice (originally meaning “ignorant”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.i/ 1. A silly person. Labels: colloquial Example: While they, poor sillies, bid good night, O' love an' bogles eerie. Example: "Oh, Bill. I can't - Oh, my dear, I've been hoping so much.... Oh, Bill..." said Josella. I had forgotten all about Susan until a voice came from above. "You are getting wet, you silly. Why don't you kiss her indoors?" it asked. 2. A term of address. Labels: endearing Example: ‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie. 3. A mistake. Labels: colloquial
Word: delineate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1559; borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- + līnea (“line”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/ 1. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline. Example: Bellmark delineated the space and began to dig. After clearing to about a foot deep he paused. 2. To depict, represent with pictures. 3. To describe or depict with words or gestures. 4. To outline or mark out. Labels: figuratively
Word: delineate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1559; borrowed from Latin dēlīneātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- + līnea (“line”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/ 1. Delineated, sketched out. Labels: obsolete Example: That forme which […] is delineate in the planispheare 2. Sketched out, portrayed, described, defined. Labels: obsolete Example: ſtill do I ſee in Him delineate his mother's viſage.
Word: sienna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian terra di Siena (“earth of Siena”), Siena being the most notable Renaissance location of the clay. Pronunciation: /siˈɛn.ə/ 1. A form of clay containing iron and manganese. Labels: countable 2. A pigment with a reddish-brown colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A light reddish-brown colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sienna Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian terra di Siena (“earth of Siena”), Siena being the most notable Renaissance location of the clay. Pronunciation: /siˈɛn.ə/ 1. having a reddish-brown colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: retreat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/, /ɹəˈtɹiːt/, /ɹiˈtɹiːt/ 1. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. Example: In a retreat he outruns any lackey. 2. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. 3. The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. Example: The general opted for a swift retreat because he saw his troops were vastly outnumbered. 4. A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security. Example: a mountain retreat Example: "[…] But come, Lady, we are too near the mouth of the cavern; let us seek its inmost recesses. […]" "Though all your actions are noble, […] is it fitting that I should accompany you alone into these perplexed retreats? Should we be found together, what would a censorious world think of my conduct?" 5. A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory. Labels: euphemistic, obsolete, rare 6. A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude, especially for meditation, prayer, or study. Example: We both need a week retreat after those two stressful years working in the city. Example: a Buddhist retreat 7. A signal for a military withdrawal. 8. A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base. Example: to-morrow the Royal Standard will be hoisted at Edinburgh Castle from reveille to retreat. 9. A military ceremony to lower the flag. 10. The move of a piece from a threatened position.
Word: retreat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/, /ɹəˈtɹiːt/, /ɹiˈtɹiːt/ 1. To withdraw from a position, go back. Labels: intransitive 2. To withdraw from a position, go back. Labels: intransitive Example: The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered. 3. To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier) Labels: intransitive 4. To slope back. Labels: intransitive Example: a retreating forehead Example: His face was a fair weakness, his chin retreated, and his hair lay in crisp, almost flaxen curls on his low forehead; his eyes were rather large, pale blue, and blankly staring.
Word: retreat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English treat English retreat From re- + treat. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈtɹiːt/ 1. Alternative form of re-treat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, intransitive
Word: however Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how + ever. Compare howsoever. Pronunciation: /haʊˈɛvə/, /haʊˈɛvɚ/, /hɑˈwɛvə(ɹ)/, /hæɔˈevə/, /hæʊˈevə/ 1. Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: He told me not to do it. However, I did it anyway. / I did it anyway, however. / I, however, did it anyway. Example: She wanted to go; however, she decided against it. 2. In contrast. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: The conference itself went very well. The party afterwards, however, was a disaster. 3. Regardless of how; no matter how Labels: not-comparable Example: However clear you think you've been, and however many questions you may've answered, there'll always remain some doubts. Example: Any rule of thumb, however true (it is), is useless unless you understand its underlying logic. 4. Regardless of how; regardless of the way in which. Labels: not-comparable Example: Let me know when you've had your interview, however it goes. Example: However we do this, it isn't going to work. 5. In any way in which; how. Labels: not-comparable Example: She offered to help however she could. Example: Wear your hair however you want. 6. In any way that one likes or chooses; in a haphazard or spontaneous way. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I don't care; just do it however. Example: Nothing was really planned; things just happened however. 7. How ever: an emphatic form of how, used to ask in what manner. Labels: interrogative, not-comparable Example: I thought it was impossible. However were you able to do it? 8. In any case, at any rate, at all events. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Our chief end and highest interest is happiness : And this is happiness to be freed from all (if it may) [or] however from the greatest evils.
Word: however Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how + ever. Compare howsoever. Pronunciation: /haʊˈɛvə/, /haʊˈɛvɚ/, /hɑˈwɛvə(ɹ)/, /hæɔˈevə/, /hæʊˈevə/ 1. But, yet, though, although. Labels: proscribed Example: *She wanted to go, however she decided against it.
Word: teal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic. As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923. The Australian political sense derives from the colour teal being intermediate between green (signifying environmentalism) and blue (signifying the conservative Australian Liberal Party). Pronunciation: /tiːl/, [tiːɫ], /til/ 1. Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks. Labels: countable 2. A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A teal independent. Labels: Australia, attributive, countable Example: In a bid to defend their inner-city seats, the Liberal Party has moved towards the environmental and progressive left in what can be described as a “teal strategy” that blurs the lines between the Liberals and the Greens. Example: Concerns of a targeted dirty tricks campaign targeting “teal” independents has prompted the Australian Electoral Commission to bring in its electoral integrity assurance taskforce as pre-polling opens.
Word: teal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tele, probably from an unrecorded Old English *tǣle, cognate with West Frisian tjilling (“teal”), Middle Dutch teling (“teal”) (modern Dutch taling), Middle Low German telink, from Proto-Germanic *tailijaz, of unknown ultimate origin, with no cognates outside of Germanic. As the name of a shade of dark greenish-blue like the color patterns on the fowl's head and wings, it is attested from 1923. The Australian political sense derives from the colour teal being intermediate between green (signifying environmentalism) and blue (signifying the conservative Australian Liberal Party). Pronunciation: /tiːl/, [tiːɫ], /til/ 1. Having a bluish-green colour.
Word: slate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English sclate, slat, slate (“type of rock; roofing slate; writing slate”), from Old French esclate, a feminine form of esclat (“broken piece, shard”) (modern French éclat), from Old French esclater (“to break, shatter”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, the causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”); further etymology unknown (see the Proto-Germanic entry for a discussion). Doublet of éclat and slat. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /sleɪt/ 1. Having the bluish-grey colour of slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 4).
Word: slate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English sclate, slat, slate (“type of rock; roofing slate; writing slate”), from Old French esclate, a feminine form of esclat (“broken piece, shard”) (modern French éclat), from Old French esclater (“to break, shatter”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slaitijaną, the causative of *slītaną (“to cut up, split”); further etymology unknown (see the Proto-Germanic entry for a discussion). Doublet of éclat and slat. The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /sleɪt/ 1. To cover (a building, or part of a building such as a floor or roof) with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1). Labels: transitive Example: The old church ledgers show that the roof was slated in 1775. 2. To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1). Labels: US, figuratively, transitive 3. To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1). Labels: US, figuratively, transitive Example: The next version of our software is slated to be the best release ever. 4. To write (something) on a writing slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.1). Labels: US, figuratively, transitive Example: The election was slated for November 2nd. Example: The Cleethorpes to Barton-on-Humber branch had been slated to transfer from Northern into the East Midlands franchise, but this move is still awaiting a DfT decision. 5. To provide synchronization information about (a scene, take, etc., of a film recording) using a slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.3.1). Labels: transitive Example: Why You Want to Slate your Shots 6. To scrape (an animal hide) with a slater (“blade originally made of slate”) to remove hairs. Labels: transitive 7. To cover a building, or part of a building with slates (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1). Labels: intransitive 8. To provide a film recording with synchronization information, especially using a slate (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.3.1). Labels: intransitive
Word: slate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is probably derived from slate (“flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers; fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock which cleaves easily into thin layers”, noun) (etymology 1; possibly alluding to the sharpness of such rock). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /sleɪt/ 1. To scold (someone) harshly; to chastise, to excoriate, to lambaste. Labels: transitive Example: "I'm awfully sorry if I gave it to her too hot; she deserved it; but i did not want to be a brute." / "But you were," said Pattie with grave regret. / "If I was, Val slated me hard enough. So we may cry quits over that!" said Gip, her gleam of repentance passing into space and her naughty passions once more triumphant. 2. To scold (someone) harshly; to chastise, to excoriate, to lambaste. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The play was slated by the critics. Example: It makes me mad to hear that wretched Mouse, when he wants to slate a very good novel, declare that there is no romance in real life. 3. To treat (an enemy) harshly. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Now we shall get "slated," I thought, if there is any one there: a few good shots might have picked off every one on deck. 4. To beat or thrash (someone) harshly. Labels: slang, transitive Example: "Does John Barker live here?" asks Thurnall, putting his head in cautiously for fear of drunken Irishmen, who might be seized with the national impulse to "slate" him. 5. To knock the hat of (someone) forward over their eyes as a joke. Labels: UK, obsolete, transitive Example: Another point of amusement is flying a tile or slating a man, as the phrases of the Stock Exchange describe it. […] One who was foremost in slating his brothers, or kicking about a new castor, had himself just sported a new hat, but, […] he would leave his new tile at the counting-house, and proceed to the Stock Exchange in an old one kept for the purpose: this becoming known to some of the wags, members of the house, they despatched a note and obtained the new hat, which no sooner made its appearance in the house than it was thrown up for general sport; […]
Word: slate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is probably derived from slate (“flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers; fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock which cleaves easily into thin layers”, noun) (etymology 1; possibly alluding to the sharpness of such rock). The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /sleɪt/ 1. Synonym of slating (“a harsh criticism”). Labels: dated, transitive Example: [Thomas] Carlyle's savage "slate" of him [Frederick Marryat] is unjust to a degree which can only be palliated by the fact that it was founded on a hasty reading of his books in the evil days after the loss of the manuscript of the French Revolution.
Word: slate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slaiten, slat, slate (“to set (a dog) on an animal”), from Old Norse *sleita, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /sleɪt/, /slet/ 1. To set (one or more dogs) on a person or animal; to sic. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive 2. To set one or more dogs on (a person or animal). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
Word: slate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Scots slait, slate (“dirty, slovenly, or objectionable person”), further etymology unknown. Pronunciation: /sleɪt/, /slet/ 1. A dirty or slovenly person. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, derogatory, obsolete, rare, transitive Example: Had aff [hold off], quoth ſhe, ye filthy Slate, / Ye ſtink o' Leeks, O figh!
Word: ultramarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine. Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”. Pronunciation: /ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/, /ˌəltɹəməˈɹin/ 1. Beyond the sea. Labels: archaic Example: [I]n England we ſhall never be taught to look upon the annihilation of our trade, the ruin of our credit, the defeat of our armies, and the loſs of our ultramarine dominions (whatever the author may think of them), to be the high road to proſperity and greatneſs. 2. Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).
Word: ultramarine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ultrāmarīnus, from Latin ultrā (“beyond”) + marīnus (“of or relating to the sea, marine”). By surface analysis, ultra + marine. Noun sense 1 (“pigment”) refers to the fact that lapis lazuli was obtained from foreign countries and hence “beyond the sea”. Pronunciation: /ˌʌltɹəməˈɹiːn/, /ˌəltɹəməˈɹin/ 1. In full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish colour like that of the pigment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine.
Word: vermilion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vermiculus Vulgar Latin *vermiclus Old French vermeil Old French vermeillonbor. Middle English vermelioun English vermilion From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Displaced native Old English bōcrēad. Pronunciation: /vəˈmɪl.jən/, /vɚˈmɪl.jən/ 1. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Take ſix Ounces of Brimſtone, and melt it in an Iron Ladle, then put two Pound of Quick-ſilver into a ſhammy Leather, or double Linnen Cloth, and ſqueeze it out into the melted Brimſtone, ſtirring them, in the mean Time, with a wooden Spatula till they are well united; and when they are cold, beat the Maſs into a Powder, and ſublime it in a Glaſs-veſſel, with a ſtrong Fire, and it will riſe into that Red Subſtance, which is called artificial Cinnabar or Vermilion. Example: Fanny was very pretty; her eyes were dark and brilliant, her teeth were like little pearls; her mouth was almost as red as Mademoiselle Caracoline’s when the latter had put on her vermilion. 2. A bright orange-red colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While this particular difference in the shade of vermilion is very striking in the symmetrical, smooth skins of even and regular make, which I have just compared, I must confess that it probably would not be in rough skins such as some European ornithologists appear still content with. 3. A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The kermes or cochineal insect. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 6. The cochineal dye made from this insect. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: vermilion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vermiculus Vulgar Latin *vermiclus Old French vermeil Old French vermeillonbor. Middle English vermelioun English vermilion From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Displaced native Old English bōcrēad. Pronunciation: /vəˈmɪl.jən/, /vɚˈmɪl.jən/ 1. Having a brilliant red colour. 2. Having the color of the vermilion dye.
Word: vermilion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis Proto-Italic *wormis Latin vermis Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin vermiculus Vulgar Latin *vermiclus Old French vermeil Old French vermeillonbor. Middle English vermelioun English vermilion From Middle English vermelioun, vermyloun, vermylon, vermilun, from Old French vermeillon (“vermilion”), from vermeil, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to Kermes vermilio, a type of scale insect used to make a crimson dye. Displaced native Old English bōcrēad. Pronunciation: /vəˈmɪl.jən/, /vɚˈmɪl.jən/ 1. To color or paint vermilion. Labels: transitive Example: Coraly has few of thoſe charms that conſtitute perſonal excellence—her cheek is pallid—her eye no brilliant; but when the latter beams benevolence, or ſparkles with mirth—when the former is ſuffuſed with the captivating bluſh of modeſty, or vermilioned with the glow of the tender paſſion, there are none more pleaſing.
Word: helicopter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Doublet of helicopteron. By surface analysis, helico- + -pter. The dragonfly sense is from a dragonfly's ability to hover and fly in any direction, like the flying machine. Pronunciation: /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, /ˈheləˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛl.iˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛl.ɪˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛlɪjˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ 1. An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft. Example: We flew over the city in a helicopter. Example: I’ve flown in flimsy microlights, soaring serenely above rich farmland. I’ve ridden tactical combat helicopters missions, skimming the desert floor and banking hard around sand dunes. 2. A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete. 3. The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple. 4. A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1). Labels: slang 5. A whirling trick performed with devil sticks. 6. A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
Word: helicopter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Doublet of helicopteron. By surface analysis, helico- + -pter. The dragonfly sense is from a dragonfly's ability to hover and fly in any direction, like the flying machine. Pronunciation: /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, /ˈheləˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛl.iˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛl.ɪˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛlɪjˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ 1. To transport by helicopter. Labels: transitive Example: Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets. 2. To travel by helicopter. Labels: intransitive 3. To rotate like a helicopter blade. Example: helicoptering his jacket, helicoptering his arms 4. To overprotect one's children, as a helicopter parent does. Example: Near-synonym: hover
Word: moose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”). Pronunciation: /muːs/, /mʉs/ 1. The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers. Example: We saw a moose at the edge of the woods. 2. Any of the extinct moose-like deer of the genera Cervalces and Libralces. Example: Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus. 3. An ugly person. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, figuratively
Word: moose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese むすめ (“daughter”). Pronunciation: /muːs/, /mʉs/ 1. An Asian girl taken as a lover. Labels: US, slang Example: In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose. Example: Even the lowest ranked serviceman, because of his salary, benefits, and status as an American occupationaire, could afford to “maintain a ‘Moose’ and still take care of his other obligations.”
Word: mosquito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”). Cognate with West Flemish meuzie (“mosquito”), dialectal Swedish mausa (“fly”), Lithuanian musė (“a fly”) and Sicilian muschitta (“midge”). See also midge. First attested in the 1580s. Pronunciation: /mɒˈskiː.təʊ/, /məsˈki.toʊ/, /məsˈkitə/, /məˈskiːto/, [məˈs̠kɪt̞o] 1. A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever. Example: I do not quite know what it was that made me poke my head out of the friendly shelter of the blanket, perhaps because I found that the mosquitoes were biting right through it. Example: We lit a driftwood fire to help keep the mosquitoes away. It was partially successful.
Word: mosquito Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”). Cognate with West Flemish meuzie (“mosquito”), dialectal Swedish mausa (“fly”), Lithuanian musė (“a fly”) and Sicilian muschitta (“midge”). See also midge. First attested in the 1580s. Pronunciation: /mɒˈskiː.təʊ/, /məsˈki.toʊ/, /məsˈkitə/, /məˈskiːto/, [məˈs̠kɪt̞o] 1. To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
Word: hello Part of Speech: intj Etymology: First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades. Ultimately from a variant of Old English ēalā, such as hēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and (in some dialects) hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound of hey and lo. Used when drawing attention to yourself. Possibly influenced by Old Saxon halo, imperative of halōn (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of halōn, holōn (“to fetch”). For more information, see hallo. The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Dictionary also suggested that it is a variant of holla, a variant of holloo. Further beyond, the origin remains uncertain. OED and Merriam-Webster suggested that it has a connection between hallow (“to shout, to cry out loud”), which came from Old French holloer, which, according to Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, is from Old Saxon halōn. Pronunciation: /hɛˈloʊ/, /həˈloʊ/, /ˈhɛloʊ/, /həˈləʊ/, /hɛˈləʊ/ 1. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence. Example: Hello, everyone. 2. A greeting used when answering the telephone. Example: Hello? How may I help you? Example: Hello. This is Marsha. ― Yes, Marsha. 3. A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected. Example: Hello? Is anyone there? Example: I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. 4. Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious. Labels: colloquial Example: You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello? Example: Dionne: Hello? There was a stop sign. Cher: I totally paused. 5. An expression of puzzlement or discovery. Labels: UK Example: Hello! What’s going on here?
Word: hello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades. Ultimately from a variant of Old English ēalā, such as hēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and (in some dialects) hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound of hey and lo. Used when drawing attention to yourself. Possibly influenced by Old Saxon halo, imperative of halōn (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of halōn, holōn (“to fetch”). For more information, see hallo. The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Dictionary also suggested that it is a variant of holla, a variant of holloo. Further beyond, the origin remains uncertain. OED and Merriam-Webster suggested that it has a connection between hallow (“to shout, to cry out loud”), which came from Old French holloer, which, according to Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, is from Old Saxon halōn. Pronunciation: /hɛˈloʊ/, /həˈloʊ/, /ˈhɛloʊ/, /həˈləʊ/, /hɛˈləʊ/ 1. "Hello!" or an equivalent greeting. Example: They gave each other a quick hello when they met, and went back on their merry ways. Example: In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.
Word: hello Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades. Ultimately from a variant of Old English ēalā, such as hēlā, which was used colloquially at the time similarly to how hey and (in some dialects) hi are used nowadays. Thus, equivalent to a compound of hey and lo. Used when drawing attention to yourself. Possibly influenced by Old Saxon halo, imperative of halōn (“to call, fetch”), used in hailing a ferryman, akin to Old High German hala, hola!, imperative forms of halōn, holōn (“to fetch”). For more information, see hallo. The Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Webster Dictionary also suggested that it is a variant of holla, a variant of holloo. Further beyond, the origin remains uncertain. OED and Merriam-Webster suggested that it has a connection between hallow (“to shout, to cry out loud”), which came from Old French holloer, which, according to Altfranzösisches Wörterbuch, is from Old Saxon halōn. Pronunciation: /hɛˈloʊ/, /həˈloʊ/, /ˈhɛloʊ/, /həˈləʊ/, /hɛˈləʊ/ 1. To greet (someone) with "hello". Labels: transitive Example: She is there guarding and looking after the candy and the children generally, and she helloes and renders an exclamation that Maidie is crossing the street. Example: He helloes to my daughter:[…]
Word: hi Part of Speech: intj Etymology: American English. First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hey, hy (circa 1475). Also an exclamation to call attention. See hey. Pronunciation: /haɪ/, /haːj/ 1. A friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival. Example: Hi, how are you? Example: I just dropped by to say “hi”. 2. An exclamation to call attention. Example: I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan. Example: 'Come back now!' shouted Sam. 'Hi! Come back!' But Gollum had vanished. 3. Expressing wonder or derision. Example: How did he do that, hi? Example: That’s mad, hi!
Word: hi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American English. First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hey, hy (circa 1475). Also an exclamation to call attention. See hey. Pronunciation: /haɪ/, /haːj/ 1. The word "hi" used as a greeting. Example: I didn't even get a hi.
Word: hi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From high. 1. Informal spelling of high, often in hyphenated terms. Labels: alt-of, informal Example: Get hi-quality videos here!
Word: gun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun From Middle English gunne, gonne, possibly from Gunnhild, a female given name formerly used as a nickname for engines of war (compare Nordic Gunn, a female name meaning “battle”). The name is composed of the Norse elements gunnr and hildr, both meaning "battle". Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌn/, /ˈɡɜn/, /ɡʊn/ 1. To shoot with a gun. Labels: transitive Example: What's the use of foolishness like calling a gentleman bad names when he can gun you in the dark and you're no good even at striking matches? 2. To cause to speed up. Labels: transitive Example: He gunned the engine. 3. To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause). Labels: informal Example: We're all gunning for you. 4. (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort. Labels: informal Example: Australian John Landy, one of Bannister’s rivals also gunning to break the four-minute barrier, took more than a second off the Briton’s time in Turku, Finland, a few weeks later. 5. To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for. Example: He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party. 6. To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning. 7. Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”). Labels: US, ambitransitive, slang Example: […] all inmates participated in such conduct, and […] "the inmates gunned only female staff, not the all-male security staff," he said.
Word: gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to ganef. 1. A magsman or street thief. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: To discover […] how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “gun,” it is necessary to visit the vast nursery-grounds of crime.
Word: gun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gunna, from gonna, from going to. 1. Nonstandard spelling of going to. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: I'm gun go get my coat from da closet.
Word: hibernate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hībernātus, perfect passive participle of hībernō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from hībernus (“wintry”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪbə(r)ˌneɪt/, [ˈhɑɪbəˌnɛɪt], /ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/, [ˈhäɪbɚˌneɪt], /ˈhʌɪbərˌneɪt/ 1. To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep. Labels: intransitive Example: Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter. Example: Organisms have developed all sorts of ways of dealing with these variations. They hibernate or estivate or migrate. 2. To live in seclusion. Labels: intransitive 3. To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory. Labels: intransitive Example: Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.
Word: goodbye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbye From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of God be with ye or God be with you. Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye. Pronunciation: /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, /ɡɵdˈbɑj/, /ɡədˈbaɪ/, /ɡəˈbaɪ/, /ɡʊdˈbɑe/ 1. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. Example: Goodbye! - Goodbye, Anna.
Word: goodbye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbye From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of God be with ye or God be with you. Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye. Pronunciation: /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, /ɡɵdˈbɑj/, /ɡədˈbaɪ/, /ɡəˈbaɪ/, /ɡʊdˈbɑe/ 1. An utterance of goodbye, the wishing of farewell to someone. Example: They made their good-byes. Example: We have time for a short goodbye.
Word: goodbye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god Middle English God English God Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Middle English been English be Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *wí Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *wíterosder. Proto-Indo-European *wíterom Proto-Germanic *wiþrą Proto-West Germanic *wiþr Old English wiþerclip. Old English wiþ Middle English wiþ English with Proto-Indo-European *uswé Proto-Indo-European *-(m)is? Proto-Indo-European *uswísder. Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Old English ēow Middle English yow English you ▲ English goodinflu. English goodbye From earlier goodby, Godby, Godby'e, Godbwye, God b'w'y, God bwy yee, God buy you, God be wi' you, each a progressively shorter contraction of God be with ye or God be with you. Note the change of God to good by confusion with good morning, good night, etc. Modernly analysed as good + bye. Pronunciation: /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, /ɡɵdˈbɑj/, /ɡədˈbaɪ/, /ɡəˈbaɪ/, /ɡʊdˈbɑe/ 1. To say goodbye; to wish somebody farewell on parting.
Word: primrose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The designation may derive from the fact that certain species of primroses are among the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring season. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/, /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/ 1. A flowering plant of the genus Primula. Example: A mile or so further on is the intermediate station of Ryhall, smothered with primroses in the season, and at all times a veritable flower garden. Example: Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet. 2. A flowering plant of the genus Primula. 3. A plant of the family Primulaceae. 4. A plant of the genus Oenothera, better known as an evening primrose. 5. A flower of a primrose plant. 6. A light yellow colour.
Word: primrose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The designation may derive from the fact that certain species of primroses are among the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring season. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/, /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/ 1. Of a light yellow colour. Example: Passenger saloons are tastefully furnished with wood veneer and partitions, mottled grey Vyanide walls, pale primrose ceilings and grey floor.
Word: primrose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English primerose, from Old French primerose, from Medieval Latin prima (“first”) + rosa (“rose”). The designation may derive from the fact that certain species of primroses are among the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring season. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪm.ɹoʊz/, /ˈpɹɪm.ɹəʊz/ 1. To pick primroses. Labels: intransitive Example: We went primrosing on Sunday and returned with a full basket.
Word: taupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa. Pronunciation: /təʊp/, /toʊp/ 1. A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taupe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa. Pronunciation: /təʊp/, /toʊp/ 1. Of a dark brownish-grey colour. Example: At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […] Example: In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]
Word: amber Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”). * The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber". Pronunciation: /ˈæm.bəː/, [ˈæm.bəː], [ˈæm.bəː] ~ [ˈæm.bɐ̝ː], /ˈɛːm.bəː/, [ˈɛːm.bəː] ~ [ˈɛːm.bɐ̝ː] 1. Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber. Example: They all moved safely through the first green and then the second, but when the third light turned amber Jack's taxi was the last to cross the intersection. Example: Ahead, a cool breeze swept the pale morning sun across a grassy meadow turned amber by morning's frost.