nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pye, pie, pey (“baked dish, filled pastry”), possibly attested earlier (c. 1199) in the surname Piehus (“pie-house?”). Further origin uncertain. Relation to Middle English pie, pye (“magpie”) has been suggested due to correspondences between other similar foods and the names of birds (compare haggis (“Scottish dish”) and haggess (“magpie”); and chewet (“meat pie”) and chewet (“chough, jackdaw”); however, the baked dish may instead be named after a creator with the surname Pie, a common name at the time. The surname is ultimately derived from the bird above, and thus from Old French pie, from Latin pīca (“magpie”). If true, then doublet of speight. Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing). Labels: transitive Example: I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board. 2. To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner. Labels: transitive 3. To ignore (someone). Labels: UK, often, slang, transitive Example: Some of my friends drop everyone out as soon as they get a girlfriend, and they alienate people. Or they stop going out to the gym and doing things they love because they're all about the other person. When you do that you're sacrificing yourself and you will be left with nothing if you split up. You'll have to start again and get back in contact with all your mates you've pied off. Shame. Example: just my luck been put in a presentation group at uni with a guy I pied on tinder last week HAHA gud
Word: pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, feminine of pīcus (“woodpecker”). Doublet of pica and speight. Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. Magpie. Labels: obsolete Example: Joe looked as if he thought this talk was like the chattering of a pie.
Word: pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi पाई (pāī, “low-denomination coin”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā, “foot, shoe”), from पाद (pāda, “foot, base, quarter”) + -इक (-ika, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. A former low-denomination coin of northern India. Labels: historical Example: I gave him all the money in my possession, Rs.9.8.5. – nine rupees, eight annas, and five pie – for I always keep small change as bakshish when I am in camp.
Word: pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi पाहि (pāhi, “migrant farmer, passer-through”), from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva, “side, vicinity”). Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. Ellipsis of pie-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: pie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish pie (“foot, Spanish foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pous. Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 27.9 cm. Labels: historical
Word: pie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. Alternative form of pi (“metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pie Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /paɪ/, /pɑɪ/ 1. Alternative form of pi (“to spill or mix printing type”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, transitive Example: The door of the [printing] shop was shattered. He went in. The presses were broken. The type pied.
Word: A Part of Speech: character Etymology: From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ. * The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century. Pronunciation: /eɪ̯/, /æɪ/, /eː/ 1. The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, uppercase Example: Apple starts with A. Example: Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
Word: A Part of Speech: num Etymology: From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ. * The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century. Pronunciation: /eɪ̯/, /æɪ/, /eː/ 1. The first numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. Labels: uppercase Example: Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks".
Word: A Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: * (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet. * (blood type): From A antigen 1. A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters. Example: We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors. Example: In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class. 2. The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses). Example: I was so happy to get an A on that test. Example: Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's. 3. A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote. Example: Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A. 4. A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B. Example: My blood type is A negative. 5. Mass number. 6. A universal affirmative suggestion. 7. Abbreviation of adulterer or adulteress, used as a human brand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical Example: Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A". 8. Allele dominant. 9. Alternative spelling of A.M. and AM (“ante meridiem”). Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: A Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet. * (blood type): From A antigen 1. Ace. (including in card games) 2. Acre. 3. Adult; as used in film rating. 4. Ammeter. 5. Angstrom. Labels: nonstandard 6. Answer. 7. An assist. 8. Asexual. 9. Arsehole. Labels: London, UK 10. Atom. Example: A-bomb
Word: A Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet. * (blood type): From A antigen 1. Atom; atomic.
Word: crow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krēaną (“to crow”). See below. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊ/, /kɹoʊ/ 1. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. Example: Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills. 2. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea. 3. A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Example: He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary. Example: Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that. 4. Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout. Labels: archaic, slang Example: “Ay,” put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest “crow” in London—“‘fishers of men,’ as the parson says.” Example: By nine o'clock on the evening of November 12, 1854, Pierce had his confederates in their places. The crow, Agar's woman, lounged across the street from the Trent mansion. 5. A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships. Labels: historical 6. The mesentery of an animal. 7. An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy. Labels: derogatory Example: But it helps a man along to have a wife he can be proud of. Suppose you marry some old crow. People point at her and ask, 'Who is that death's head yonder?' Example: (Mrs. Meany to Woody, from a window) "I don't care! I'm not running a pet shop." "Well it looks like one with an old crow in the window!" 8. A black person. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur 9. The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank. Labels: slang Example: A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen. Example: The young man had been threatened with loss of his third class rank, his “crow,” the eagle in a petty officer's sleeve insignia.
Word: crow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krēaną (“to crow”). See below. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊ/, /kɹoʊ/ 1. Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black. Labels: uncommon Example: "Though her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks. Since she saw Hugh, she's given me no peace.” Sheffield's square , good-looking face shaped a grimace. Example: […] only her crow hair could be seen. Her appearance could not be seen as she anxiously called out, "Mother ..." The setting sun cast a dim yellow light on the interior of the house. The woman lay on her back and looked up at the beams overhead[…]
Word: crow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwan (past tense crēow, past participle crāwen), from Proto-West Germanic *krāan, from Proto-Germanic *krēaną, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”). The noun is from Middle English crowe, from the verb. Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian гра́ять (grájatʹ)). Related to croak. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊ/, /kɹoʊ/ 1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance. Labels: intransitive Example: Yet once me thought it [the ghost of Hamlet's father] was about to ſpeake, / And lifted vp his head to motion, / Like as he would ſpeake, but euen the / The morning cocke crew lowd, and in all haſte / It ſhrunke in haſte away, and vaniſhed / Our ſight. Example: This is the Cock that crowed in the Morn[.] 2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. Labels: intransitive Example: He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards. Example: Touting its sponsorship of local engineering and sustainability programs, Amazon crows about such “investments” as its dog park, playing fields, art installations, and Buckyball-reminiscent domical gardens. 3. To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it. Labels: intransitive
Word: crow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwan (past tense crēow, past participle crāwen), from Proto-West Germanic *krāan, from Proto-Germanic *krēaną, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”). The noun is from Middle English crowe, from the verb. Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian гра́ять (grájatʹ)). Related to croak. Pronunciation: /kɹəʊ/, /kɹoʊ/ 1. The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
Word: crow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹəʊ/, /kɹoʊ/ 1. Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: My young boys hop out the ride in a crop yard searching, tryna find this crow
Word: raven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English raven, reven (“raven (Corvus corax); carrion crow (Corvus corone); rook (Corvus frugilegus) (?); the constellation Corvus; gall nuts of the Aleppo oak (Quercus infectoria) used to make black ink”), from Old English hræfn (“raven”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn (“raven”), from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep- (“to crackle; to rattle”) or *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”), probably ultimately onomatopoeic, referring to the bird’s call. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪvn̩/, /ˈɹeɪvən/ 1. Of the jet-black and often glossy colour of the plumage of a raven (etymology 1, noun sense 1). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: ebony, onyx Example: raven curls raven darkness
Word: raven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of ravin, from Middle English ravin, ravine, raven (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/, /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ 1. Alternative spelling of ravin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The. iiii. rule. […] If thou withdrawe thine handes, and forbere, / The rauens of anyething: remember than, / How his [Jesus's] innocent handes nailed were. Example: VVhy doe vve like to feed the greedy Raven / Of theſe blovvne men, that muſt before they ſtand, / And fixt in eminence, caſt life on life, / And trench their ſafeties in vvith vvounds, and bodies?
Word: raven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of ravin, from Middle English ravin, ravine, raven (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/, /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ 1. Alternative spelling of ravin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: elephant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *eḷu (“elephant”) (compare Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛlɪfənt/, /ˈɛləfənt/, /ˈeləfənt/, /elefant/, /ˈe.lɪ.ˈfenʈ/ 1. A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Anything huge and ponderous. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. Synonym of elephant paper. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second Labels: UK, childish, countable, uncountable Example: Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant, two elephant, three elephant... 5. Ivory. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: He sent rich gifts of elephant and gold. 6. A xiangqi piece that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pope Julius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unknown. Presumably named after Pope Julius II, the Warrior Pope. 1. A sixteenth-century gambling card game about which little is known. Labels: obsolete Example: Of Pope Julius cardys he ys chefe cardynall. Example: Item the laste day delived unto the kings grace whiche his grace lost at pope July game wt my lady marquess and m Weston xvj cor
Word: GNU FDL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɡən(j)uː ɛf diː ɛl/, /d͡ʒiː ɛn juː ɛf diː ɛl/ 1. Partial initialism of GNU Free Documentation License.
Word: brown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin. Cognates * Dutch bruin * German braun * Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brun * Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrúnē), φρῦνος (phrûnos, “toad”) * Latin brunneus (“brown”) * Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”) * Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”) * West Frisian brún Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊ̯n/, /ˈbɹæʊ̯n/, /ˈbɹaːn/, /bɹuːn/ 1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel. Example: He wore brown jeans for his birthday. 2. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. Labels: countable 3. Black tar heroin. Labels: uncountable 4. A copper coin. Labels: archaic, countable, slang Example: “To save a journey up the town, / A razor lent here for a brown: / But if you think the price too high, / I beg you won’t the razor try.” Example: I know there are many persons — some who are themselves poor — who 'never turn a beggar from their door,' but always give them a few browns (halfpence) or some scran (broken victuals). 5. A brown horse or other animal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish. 6. A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance. Labels: capitalized, countable, ethnic, informal, slur, sometimes Example: Many browns and blacks are immigrants — some of whom have not yet become naturalized citizens of the United States. Example: For example, a Brown Asian Caucus emerged at the inaugural National Conference on Asian American Mental Health in 1972 – where Filipinos were joined by Pacific Islanders who also felt marginalized as part of the Asian American/ Pacific Islander (AAPI) umbrella group. 7. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A brown trout (Salmo trutta). Labels: countable, informal, uncountable 9. A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The temptation to have a shot into the brown was great. There was not a head there which was not a big one and the one by himself was not too easy a shot since it is always difficult to shoot when lying in soft snow. Example: My anger mounted at this, I opened the courtyard door and raised my musket to fire into the brown; I had loaded it with small shot, and if it had gone off that would have been the death of us and the ruin of all of us in the house.
Word: brown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin. Cognates * Dutch bruin * German braun * Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brun * Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrúnē), φρῦνος (phrûnos, “toad”) * Latin brunneus (“brown”) * Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”) * Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”) * West Frisian brún Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaʊ̯n/, /ˈbɹæʊ̯n/, /ˈbɹaːn/, /bɹuːn/ 1. To become brown. Labels: intransitive Example: Fry the onions until they brown. Example: The chicken was browning nicely, the skin beginning to crisp and take on the toasty tones of oiled wood. 2. poop. Example: i've just browned myself. 3. To cook something until it becomes brown. Labels: transitive Example: Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […] 4. To tan. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun. 5. To make brown or dusky. Labels: transitive Example: A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves, / Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. 6. To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface. Labels: transitive Example: It is mixed uniformly with olive oil, and rubbed upon the iron slightly heated, which is afterwards exposed to the air, till the wished-for degree of browning is produced. 7. To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur, transitive, usually Example: the browning of America
Word: December Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin decem Latin December Latin decemberbor. Old French decembrebor. Middle English December English December From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth month”), from Latin decem (“ten”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; December was the tenth month in the Roman calendar. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛmbə/, /dɪˈsɛm.bɚ/, /ɖɪˈsɛmbə(r)/, /ɖɪsəmˈbɜ(r)/, /dɪˈzɛmbə/ 1. The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: Old Oakes doe not eaſily fall: / Decembers cold hand combes my head and beard, / But May ſvvimmes in my blood; and he that vvalkes / VVithout his vvooden third legge, is never old. 2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. Labels: rare Example: But others were less than thrilled with this new gizmo, particularly its addictive qualities. There were reports of breakups threatened and consummated over it. “Our marriage or your Sony,” one woman told her husband, who duly sold the Walkman to a bachelor friend. A young woman named December Cole, a sales executive at a beauty magazine, recalled a trip to Atlantic City with "a basically rude" man who wouldn't stop "bopping around to his own music." 3. A surname.
Word: floccinaucinihilipilification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin floccus (“a wisp”) + naucum (“a trifle”) + nihilum (“nothing”) + pilus (“a hair”) + -fication. A jocular coinage, apparently by pupils at Eton College, combining a number of Latin word stems. The word was inspired by a line present in various editions of William Lily's (c. 1468–1522) Latin grammars published around the 17th–19th centuries (including the Eton Latin Grammar), in which some nouns commonly used in the genitive case with some verbs like pendo and facio are listed, which express evaluating something as worthless or as previously mentioned; see the reference. Pronunciation: /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/, /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːkɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/, /ˌflɒksɪˌnɑsɪˌn(a)ɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless. Labels: countable, humorous, often, uncountable Example: I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money. Example: There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.
Word: month Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥sder. Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ Old English mōnaþ Middle English mon(e)th English month From Middle English mon(e)th, from Old English mōnaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþ, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably derived from *meh₁- (“measure”) with moon-cycles being used to measure time. Related to moon. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mound (“month”), Dutch maand (“month”), German Low German Maand (“month”), German Monat (“month”), Danish måned (“month”), Swedish månad (“month”), Icelandic mánuður (“month”). Eclipsed non-native Old English calend (“month”), borrowed from Latin calendae. Pronunciation: /mʌnθ/, /mʊnt̪/, /mʊnt/ 1. A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon. Example: July is my favourite month. Example: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. 2. A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof. Example: Holonyms: bimester < trimester < quadrimester < semester < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight 3. A woman's period; menstrual discharge. Labels: in-plural, obsolete Example: Sckenkius hath two other instances of two melancholy and mad women, so caused from the suppression of their months.
Word: January Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der. Latin iānus Latin Iānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin Iānuāriusder. Anglo-Norman geneverbor. Middle English Janevere Middle English Januarie English January From Middle English Januarie, januari, re-latinised forms of Middle English Janevere, Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin Iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), a compound of Iānus ("Janus") + -ārius (adjectival suffix), with the first element perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *yeh₂- (“to go”). Doublet of Gennaro. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæn.jʊ.ə.ɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒæn.jə.ɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌæɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒæn.jʉˌeːɹi/ 1. The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: 01/01/09 : Thursday, 1st January(,) 2009. 2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. Labels: rare Example: “Hi, January!” Lynn calls. “Happy birthday!”
Word: February Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der. Latin februum Latin Februa Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin Februāriusder. Middle English Februarie English February From Middle English Februarie, februari, februare, from Latin Februārius (“the month of the Februa”), from Februa (“the Purgings, the Purifications”), a Roman holiday two days after its ides (i.e., Feb. 15), + -arius (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Februa from februum (“purging”), from an earlier Sabine [Term?] word, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”) and thus cognate with thio- (“sulfurous”) and Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”) and thus cognate with fever and febris. A relatinization abandoning Middle English feoverel, from Old French feverier, which itself displaced Old English solmōnaþ (“mud month”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛb.ɹʊ.ə.ɹi/, /ˈfɛb.j(ʊ.)ə.ɹi/, /ˈfɛb.ɹə.ɹi/, /ˈfɛb.ɹi/, /ˈfɛb.ɹuˌɛɹi/ 1. The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: Susan was born on February 29. 2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. Labels: rare Example: “Cheryl, the man in this photo is a Mr. Dennis Lowe. He worked for a computer software company and he was married. He was impersonating a police officer, a real one by the name of Alexander Colton. He was doing this because he's obsessed with a woman named February—” Nowakowski stopped talking because Cheryl Sheckle's body jerked violently and she let out a muted cry. […] “It isn't a nickname, Cheryl. It's a real person, her name is February Owens and he's been obsessed with her since they went to high school together.”
Word: march Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)). Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/, /mɑɹt͡ʃ/, /mɐːtʃ/, /maɾtʃ/ 1. A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies. 2. A journey so walked. 3. A political rally or parade. Example: Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas. 4. Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music) 5. Steady forward movement or progression. Example: the march of time 6. The feat of taking all the tricks of a hand.
Word: march Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark”). Akin to Old English mearc, ġemearc (“mark, boundary”). Compare mark, from Old English mearcian. Compare typologically Russian сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (akin to след (sled)). Also compare пятно́ (pjatnó) (<~ пята́ (pjatá)). Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/, /mɑɹt͡ʃ/, /mɐːtʃ/, /maɾtʃ/ 1. To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does. Labels: intransitive Example: The column marching in double file, the instructor commands: […] 2. To cause someone to walk somewhere. Labels: transitive Example: The old man heaved himself from the chair, seized Jessamy by her pinafore frill and marched her to the house. 3. To go to war; to make military advances. Example: The armies drawing constantly nearer to each other, the king advised with his council, whether he should march against the Britons, or sall upon the count of Gharolois. 4. To make steady progress. Labels: figuratively Example: Some say history repeats itself, that time is cyclical. Others cling to the notion of progress and change over time. Apparently Nancy Walker marches to a different drummer — marches backwards, that is. Her ideas on art and society seem quaint and odd on the one hand and, on the other, petty and regressive.
Word: march Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border”), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier”), from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/, /mɑɹt͡ʃ/, /mɐːtʃ/, /maɾtʃ/ 1. A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary. Labels: archaic, historical, often, plural Example: Juan's companion was a Romagnole, / But bred within the March of old Ancona[…]. 2. A region at a frontier governed by a marquess. Labels: historical
Word: march Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English marche (“tract of land along a country's border”), from Old French marche (“boundary, frontier”), from Frankish *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō, from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”). Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/, /mɑɹt͡ʃ/, /mɐːtʃ/, /maɾtʃ/ 1. To have common borders or frontiers Labels: intransitive
Word: march Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English merche, from Old English merċe, mereċe, from Proto-West Germanic *marik, from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea”). Cognate Middle Low German merk, Old High German merc, Old Norse merki (“celery”). Compare also obsolete or regional more (“carrot or parsnip”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“edible herb, tuber”). Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/, /mɑɹt͡ʃ/, /mɐːtʃ/, /maɾtʃ/ 1. Smallage. Labels: obsolete
Word: April Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́τη (Ăphrodī́tē)der. Etruscan 𐌖𐌓𐌐𐌀 (urpa)der.? Latin Aprīlisder. Old French avrillbor. Middle English Averil Middle English Aprill English April From Middle English apprile, Aprill, re-Latinised from Middle English aueril, from Old French avrill, from Latin Aprīlis (“of the month of the goddess Venus”), perhaps based on Etruscan 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌖 (apru), from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē, “Venus”). Displaced native Old English ēastermōnaþ (“April”, literally “Easter month”), see Eastermonth. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.pɹɪl/, /ˈeɪ.pɹəl/, /ˈeɪ.pɹaɪl/, /ˈep.rɪl/, /ˈaprɪl/ 1. The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: Oh, to be in England / Now that April’s there 2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]; used since the early 20th century. Example: I'm April Hooper. That sounds silly, the April part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English April. 3. A surname.
Word: may Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mai, so called because it blossoms in the month of May. Pronunciation: /meɪ/, /mɛj/, /mæɪ/, /me/, /mei/ 1. The hawthorn bush or its blossoms. Labels: uncountable Example: The fire from Lindfield was coming down the grassy hillside to the right between the hedges of may.
Word: may Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French mai, so called because it blossoms in the month of May. Pronunciation: /meɪ/, /mɛj/, /mæɪ/, /me/, /mei/ 1. To gather may, or flowers in general. Labels: intransitive, poetic Example: Soo it befelle in the moneth of May / quene Gueneuer called vnto her knyȝtes of the table round / and she gafe them warnynge that erly vpon the morowe she wold ryde on mayeng in to woodes & feldes besyde westmynstre. "So it befell in the month of May, Queen Guenever called unto her knights of the Table Round; and she gave them warning that early upon the morrow she would ride a-Maying into woods and fields beside Westminster." Example: In valleys green and still / Where lovers wander maying 2. To celebrate May Day. Labels: intransitive, poetic
Word: may Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English may, maye (“woman, maid, girl, virgin”), from Old English mǣġ (“kinswoman”), from Proto-West Germanic *māg, from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“kinsman”). Related to Old English māge, mǣġe (“kinswoman”) and Old English mǣġ (“kinsman”). Pronunciation: /meɪ/, /mɛj/, /mæɪ/, /me/, /mei/ 1. A maiden. Labels: archaic
Word: June Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyuder.? Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder. Latin Iūnō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Iūnius Latin iūnius Old French juinbor. Middle English Juyn Middle English June English June From Middle English June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Middle English Juyn, juyng, from Old French juing, juin, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“vital force, youthful vigor”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːn/, /d͡ʒjuːn/, /d͡ʒun/ 1. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: this glad June day 2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century. Example: Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June, because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? June was a name for women in sitcoms and soap operas, the name of women who knit with synthetic wool and follow recipes that use cornflakes, not the name of a thirty-year-old with a ring in her nose ('Oh, June'.)
Word: June Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short for junior. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːn/, /d͡ʒjuːn/, /d͡ʒun/ 1. A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.
Word: July Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Iūlius Latin iūlius Old French jule Anglo-Norman juliebor. Middle English Julie English July From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove". Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/, /d͡ʒuˈlaɪ/, /d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/, /dʒuːˈlɑːj/, [dʒuː.läːj] 1. The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: From July 2025, the income assessment method for young couples buying BTO flats will be tweaked. 2. A female given name from English. Labels: uncommon Example: By 1880, in his early to middle twenties, he had married a literate woman named July, who would be his first of three wives. Riley continued to live close to his parents, James and Frances, whose house was just three doors down and who still had four of their own children living with them in addition to a grandson. Example: In Prairie County, Arkansas, in March 1863, a black woman named July, born free in Tennessee but under indenture to a white man until she turned twenty-one, was brought before a circuit court when she was just short of reaching her age of freedom.
Word: July Part of Speech: name Etymology: A translation of the French surname Juillet. 1. A surname from French.
Word: august Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”). Doublet of August and Augustus. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌst/, /ɔˈɡʌst/, /ə-/, /ɑˈɡʌst/ 1. Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable. Example: an august patron of the arts Example: In the book of Pſalms there are many things ſaid of David, which ſeem capable of a much auguſter ſenſe than can be pretended to be anſwered by any thing that befel himſelf. 2. Of noble birth. Example: an august lineage Example: A branch of the house of Lorraine, in comparison with which even the royal race of Capet was mean, the Guises traced back their august lineage through a long line of warrior princes to the Imperial figure of Charlemagne.
Word: august Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From August. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌst/, /ɔˈɡʌst/, /ə-/, /ɑˈɡʌst/ 1. To make ripe; ripen. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. To bring to realization. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.
Word: august Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɡʌst/, /ɔˈɡʌst/, /ə-/, /ɑˈɡʌst/ 1. Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: September Part of Speech: name Etymology: PIE word *septḿ̥ Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Italic *septəm Latin septem Latin September Old French septembreder. Old English Middle English English September From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), which see; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar. Pronunciation: /sɛpˈtɛmbə/, /səpˈtɛmbə/, /sɛpˈtɛmbɚ/, /səpˈtɛmbɚ/, /ˈsɛpʈəmbə(ɾ)/ 1. The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: Late September is a beautiful time of year. 2. Celi, the Roman goddess of September. Labels: rare 3. A male or female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. Labels: rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:September.
Word: October Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/, /ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/, /ɵkˈtobə(ɾ)/, /ˈɔktɵbə(ɾ)/ 1. The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: By October it was advancing steadily toward Pangwa, encountering meager resistance. 2. A female given name transferred from the month name. Labels: rare Example: The other one [book] I just read is October Suite by Maxine Clair (Random House, $23.95). It's about a woman named October. She's a young black schoolteacher in the 1950s ... Example: From somewhere in the distance came the screaming whine of an emergency vehicle's siren. Lance flipped open his phone. “Get me the address of a woman named October Guinness . . . That's right, October,” he said again, [...]
Word: October Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/, /ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/, /ɵkˈtobə(ɾ)/, /ˈɔktɵbə(ɾ)/ 1. A type of ale traditionally brewed in October. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Sir, if I vvas vvorthy to adviſe you, I vvou'd have a Bottle of good October by me. Shall I ſet a Cup of old Stingo at your Elbovv? Example: [T]he gate of a large chateau, of a most noble and venerable appearance […] induced them to alight and view the apartments, contrary to their first intention of drinking a glass of his October at the door.
Word: October Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French octobre, from Latin Octōber (“eighth month”), from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“twice four”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; October was the eighth month in the Roman calendar. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtəʊ.bə/, /ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/, /ɵkˈtobə(ɾ)/, /ˈɔktɵbə(ɾ)/ 1. In the early Soviet Union, to give a child a name tinged with Soviet revolutionary thought, as opposed to religious christening. Labels: historical, transitive
Word: November Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Italic *nown̥ Latin novem Latin November Latin november Old French novembrebor. Middle English Novembre English November From Middle English Novembre, from Old French novembre, from Latin November (“ninth month”), from Latin novem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar. Displaced native Old English blōtmōnaþ (literally “sacrifice month”), so called because the Anglo-Saxons, when they were pagans, would sacrifice in this month before the winter set in. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈvɛmbə/, /nəˈvɛmbə/, /noʊˈvɛmbɚ/, /nəˈvɛmbə(r)/ 1. The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December. Example: Holonyms: calendar year; year Example: Red o'er the forest glows the setting sun, / The line of yellow light dies fast away / That crown'd the eastern copse, and chill and dun / Falls on the moor the brief November day. 2. A female given name.
Word: multiculturalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English -al English multicultural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English multiculturalism From multicultural + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/ 1. The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: polyculturalism (several or many) Example: The truth is that diversity, a kind of multiculturalism if we want to call it that, is the norm in any society. 2. The cultural Marxism conspiracy theory. Labels: colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: current events Part of Speech: noun 1. Current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently found in the news. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: The teacher asked the students to write a report on current events. Example: I like to stay informed about current events by reading the newspaper daily.
Word: day Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (“day”), German Tag (“day”), German Low German Dag, Dagg (“day”), Limburgish Daach, Daag (“day”), Luxembourgish Dag (“day”), Mòcheno ta (“day”), Vilamovian taog (“day”), West Flemish dag (“day”), Yiddish טאָג (tog, “day”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dag (“day”), Faroese and Icelandic dagur (“day”), Norn dagh (“day”), Crimean Gothic tag (“day”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”), Vandalic *dag- (“day”); also Breton deviñ (“to burn”), Cornish dewi (“to kindle”), Irish daigh (“fire, flame”), dóigh (“to burn, singe; sear, scorch”), Manx daah (“to scorch, singe; to cauterize”), Scottish Gaelic dòth (“scorch, singe; burn”), Welsh deifio (“to scorch, singe”), Latin foveō (“to warm, keep warm”), Greek τέφρα (téfra, “ash, cinder”), Albanian dhez, ndez (“to kindle, light”), Old Prussian dagis (“summer”), Armenian հրդեհ (hrdeh, “fire”), Sanskrit दह् (dah, “to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ̯/, [ˈdeɪ̯], /ˈdeː/, [ˈdeː], /ˈdæɪ̯/ 1. To spend a day (in a place). Labels: intransitive, rare Example: I nighted and dayed in Damascus town[.]