nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: formal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See formo-. 1. Formalin. Labels: uncountable 2. An acetal formed from formaldehyde. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: attachment disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition where a person, especially a child, has difficulty, or is incapable of, bonding with others.
Word: commute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin mūtō Latin commūtōbor. English commute Borrowed from Latin commūtō. Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːt/, /kəˈmjut/, /kəˈmjʉːt/ 1. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen Example: to commute tithes into rentcharges for a sum Example: to commute market rents for a premium 2. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen Labels: transitive Example: to commute the daily toll for a year's pass 3. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen Labels: transitive Example: His prison sentence was commuted to probation. 4. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen Labels: transitive 5. To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: He […] thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. 6. Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result. Labels: intransitive Example: A pair of matrices share the same set of eigenvectors if and only if they commute.
Word: commute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ English commute Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English commutation English ticket English commutation ticket English commute From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, e.g. a month, for a single, commuted payment. Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːt/, /kəˈmjut/, /kəˈmjʉːt/ 1. A regular journey between two places, typically home and work. Labels: transitive Example: If you're hearing me then it means your ego has been commuted successfully into this CAT with zero errors. Only one warning by the way: it may take a moment to acclimatize to being a bodyless ego, but try not to worry too much. Example: PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes. 2. The route, time or distance of that journey.
Word: commute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ English commute Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English commutation English ticket English commutation ticket English commute From commutation ticket, a pass on a railroad, streetcar line, etc. that permitted multiple rides over a period of time, e.g. a month, for a single, commuted payment. Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːt/, /kəˈmjut/, /kəˈmjʉːt/ 1. To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa. Labels: Canada, UK, US, intransitive Example: I commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan by bicycle. Example: My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room. 2. To regularly travel from one place to another using public transport. Labels: Philippines, intransitive 3. To journey, to make a journey Labels: intransitive Example: By one estimate, vultures either residing in or commuting into the Serengeti ecosystem during the annual migration—when 1.3 million white-bearded wildebeests shuffle between Kenya and Tanzania—historically consumed more meat than all mammalian carnivores in the Serengeti combined.
Word: outlive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈlɪv/ 1. To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. Labels: transitive Example: And he that calls on thee, let him bring forth / Eternal numbers to outlive long date. Example: If anything / it makes it worse, your early death, that / having now at last outlived you, I too / have broken ranks. 2. To live through or past (a given time). Labels: transitive Example: This must have been the way mamma had first looked at Sir Claude; it brought back the lustre of the time they had outlived. 3. To surpass in duration; outlast. Labels: transitive 4. To live longer; continue to live. Labels: intransitive
Word: survive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervīvere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive. Pronunciation: /səˈvaɪv/, /səˈvʌɪv/, /sɚˈvaɪv/ 1. Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive. Labels: intransitive Example: Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived. 2. Of an object or concept, to continue to exist. Labels: intransitive Example: This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives. 3. To live past (a life-threatening event) Labels: transitive Example: Whether by a miracle or by good luck, all twenty passengers survived the crash. Example: He did not survive the accident. 4. To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something). Labels: transitive Example: his children survived him; he was survived by his children Example: And for that dowrie, Ile aſſure her of / Her widdow-hood, be it that ſhe ſuruiue me / In all my Lands and Leaſes whatſoeuer / Let ſpecialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, / That couenants may be kept on either hand. 5. To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster. Labels: intransitive Example: I just know you'll get through this, because that's what survivors like you do: they not only survive but thrive. 6. Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league. Labels: intransitive Example: They narrowly survived, but the heat is on.
Word: laksa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay laksa. 1. A spicy noodle stew from Indonesia or Malaysia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boozer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From booze + -er (agent noun suffix) or (pub) + -er (relational noun suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.zə(ɹ)/ 1. One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard. Labels: colloquial Example: “Tess is a fine figure o′ fun, as I said to myself today when I zeed her vamping round parish with the rest,” observed one of the elderly boozers in an undertone. Example: But they have only one insurance rate for ordinary men — drinkers and non-drinkers, and they compel the man who doesn′t booze to make up for the extra amount that the boozer should pay. 2. A public house, pub. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: Zoe’s dad went to the same boozer every day, a flat-roofed pub on the edge of the estate, with the cross of St George hanging above the door and a ferocious-looking Rottweiler tied up outside. Example: During the week, the players were just as likely to be spotted out together in a local pub such as the Four in Hand. It was even known for them to frequent the Marksman off Carters Green, one of the town’s roughest boozers. 3. A World War II fighter radar detector, fitted to British bombers. Labels: UK, obsolete 4. A vehicle equipped with tanks for supplying water to remote locations. Labels: Africa Example: 2010 June 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 2, Mr. Mututho: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should assure the people of Vihiga that they will get a water boozer because the sick people are not party to this complication. Could he assure the people that he can send a boozer in his capacity even if he cannot supply power or a standby generator, so that they can have a small well?
Word: beweep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bewepen, biwepen, from Old English bewēpan (“to weep over, mourn, bewail”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwōpijan (“to weep over”), equivalent to be- + weep. Cognate with Old Frisian biwēpa (“to beweep”), Old Saxon biwōpian (“to beweep”). 1. To weep over; weep for; weep about; deplore; lament. Labels: transitive Example: c. 1593, Michael Drayton, The Shepheards Garland, The Second Eglog, 2nd edition, With Nymphs and shepheards yearly moane His timeless death beweeping. In telling that my hart alone Hath his last will in keeping. Example: When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state 2. To weep. Labels: intransitive Example: Fast by her style doth wery labour stand./ Pale fere also, and sorrow all bewept Example: Child! Arline! wilt thou? darest thou heap A stain thine after life will beweep, On these hairs by thee and sorrow bleach'd On this hear dishonour never reach'd.
Word: deplore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French déplorer, from Old French deplorer, from Latin dēplōrāre (“to lament over, bewail”), from dē- + plōrāre (“to wail, weep aloud”); origin uncertain. Pronunciation: /dɪˈploɹ/, /dɪˈplɔː/, /dɪˈplo(ː)ɹ/, /dɪˈploə/ 1. To bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for. Labels: transitive Example: I deplore my neighbour for having lost his job. Example: I deplore not having listened to your advice. 2. To condemn; to express strong disapproval of. Labels: transitive Example: I deplore how you treated him at the party. Example: The UNHCR deplores the recent events in Sudan. 3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. Labels: obsolete Example: The physicians do make a kind of scruple and religion to stay with the patient after the disease is deplored; whereas, in my judgement, they ought both to inquire the skill, and to give the attendances, for the facilitating and assuaging of the pains and agonies of death.
Word: bewail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) + wail. Pronunciation: /bɪˈweɪl/ 1. To wail over; to feel or express deep sorrow for. Example: […] Though in this city he Hath widow’d and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury, Yet he shall have a noble memory. Example: And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
Word: lament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare. Pronunciation: /ləˈmɛnt/ 1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. 2. A song expressing grief.
Word: lament Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter and its etymon Latin lāmentor (“to wail, weep”), from lāmentum (“wailing, moaning, weeping”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare. Pronunciation: /ləˈmɛnt/ 1. To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. Labels: intransitive Example: Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. Example: And they are dangerous because when worn they make their wearer look ridiculous and contemptible to those not enthralled by the same fashion; and when their moment has passed they take up precious closet space, taunting you and making you lament of money that should have been spent on something more longevous. 2. To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail. Labels: transitive Example: Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton. Example: By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
Word: disapproval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English approval English disapproval From dis- + approval. Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈpɹuvəl/, [dɪsəˈpɹuːvəɫ] 1. The act of disapproving; condemnation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Everyone glared in disapproval at the man talking loudly on the phone.
Word: prone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊn/, /pɹoʊn/, /pɹəʉn/, /pɹɐʉn/ 1. Lying face-down. Example: prone position Example: But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking. 2. Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward. Example: The hand is in the prone position typically when using a keyboard; and the forearm is then also in the prone position; when the foot is resting on the inner side of the sole, it is in the prone position. 3. Having a downward inclination or slope. 4. Shooting from a position while lying down. 5. Predisposed, liable, inclined, given (to something) (most often, specifically to being befallen by an unsought bad outcome, rather than to undertaking a willful behavior or to having a happy accident). Labels: figuratively Example: prone to failure Example: Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted; / Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone, / Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited / To any sensual feast with thee alone: […]
Word: prone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prone, proone, proon, from Latin prōnus (“turned forward, bent or inclined”), from prō (“forward”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊn/, /pɹoʊn/, /pɹəʉn/, /pɹɐʉn/ 1. To place in a prone position, to place face down.
Word: prone to Part of Speech: adj 1. Inclined to; having a tendency to. Example: Men are naturally exceeding prone to deceive themselves in the opinion they have of themselves. Example: Some trees are prone to disease in an urban setting. 2. Having the potential to.
Word: propanone Part of Speech: noun 1. The systematic name of the simplest ketone with formula C₃H₆O, usually called acetone. Labels: uncountable
Word: condign Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English condigne, from Old French condigne, from Latin condignus, from con- + dignus (“worthy”). Compare deign. Pronunciation: /kənˈdʌɪn/, /kənˈdaɪn/ 1. Fitting, appropriate, deserved, especially denoting punishment. Example: Vnlesse it were a bloody Murtherer, Or foule felonious Theefe, that fleec'd poore passengers, I neuer gaue them condigne punishment. Example: Consider, then, who is your best friend: he that would have brought him to condign punishment, or he that has saved him?
Word: candy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/ 1. Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. Labels: uncountable 2. Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, uncountable Example: They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip. 3. A piece of confectionery of this kind. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, countable Example: Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays. 4. crack cocaine. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 5. An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene. Labels: uncountable Example: candy kid; candy raver Example: Then while our hands were still connected, he slid a colorful beaded bracelet among the many others he had off of his arm and then onto my wrist without having to break our intertwined hands. "And there you have it! Your first piece of kandi."
Word: candy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/ 1. To cook in or coat with sugar syrup. Labels: transitive 2. To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup. Labels: intransitive Example: Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time. 3. To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass. Labels: intransitive
Word: candy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.di/ 1. A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally. Labels: obsolete
Word: Santa Claus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Sinterklaas (“Saint Nicholas”). Doublet of Sinterklaas. Pronunciation: /ˈsæn.təˌklɔːz/, /ˈsæn.təˌklɑz/, /ˈsæn.təˌklɔz/, /ˈsæːn.təˌkloːz/ 1. A figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time. Example: Last Monday the Anniversary of St. Nicholas, otherwise called St. A Claus, was celebrated at Protestant-Hall. Example: The noted St. Nicholas, vulgarly called Santaclaus—of all the saints in the kalendar the most venerated by true hollanders, and their unsophisticated descendants. 2. A generous source of free gifts or benefits. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: I then probe as to whether he is waiting for some Santa Claus to make him well, strong, and happy, or whether he is waiting for rigor mortis to deliver him from his earthly troubles. 3. A number of places in the United States. 4. A number of places in the United States. 5. A number of places in the United States.
Word: funda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of fundamental, originating in Indian English. 1. Basics or fundamentals, considered as a unit. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: Get your funda correct before you submit the paper. Example: What is the funda behind relativity? 2. Understanding. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: You did not have the funda to realize that the statistics is an ass. Example: But then, your funda is weak.
Word: supercilious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin superciliōsus (“haughty”). Pronunciation: /ˌsuː.pəˈsɪ.li.əs/, /ˌsu.pɚˈsɪ.li.əs/ 1. Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty. Example: [H]is ſupercilious glances grevv humbled, yea, his dazeling ſplendor (eclipſt in the ſetting [i.e., death] of his Maſter) becomes quickly darkned: […] Example: "I've tried to be a good man, sir, and do my duty honest, and if it wasn't for the supercilus^([sic]) kind of way in which father carried on last night - a sort of sniffing at me as it were, as though he hadn't no opinion of my references and testimonials - I should feel easy enough in my mind."
Word: fir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English firre, from Old English fyrh, furh, as in furhwudu (“pinewood”), from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō, *furhijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥kʷeh₂, from *pérkʷus (“oak”). Possibly conflated during Middle English with Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”). Germanic cognates include Dutch vuren, Low German Fuhr, German Föhre (“pine”), Danish fyr). Outside of Germanic, compare Italian (Trentino) porca (“fir”), Latin quercus (“oak”), Albanian shpardh, shparr (“Italian oak”), Punjabi ਪਰਗਾਇ (pargāī, “holm oak, Quercus baloot”)). Related to frith. Pronunciation: /fɜː/, /fəː/, /fɝ/, /fɪɾ/, /føː/ 1. A conifer of the genus Abies. Labels: countable Example: A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky. 2. Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris). Labels: countable Example: we shall find a spot that is sheltered and snug enough, sir. There is a dry fir-wood just ahead, if I remember rightly. Example: I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent. 3. Wood of such trees. Labels: uncountable
Word: Huancayo Part of Speech: name 1. A city and province, the capital of the Junín region, Peru.
Word: on the same page Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In broad agreement or sharing a common general understanding or knowledge (common in office environments). Labels: idiomatic Example: I want to make sure we're all on the same page with the game plan for the Acme account. Example: Our unions want to see their members protected, and we have no desire to get into conflict with them on this. We're all on the same page. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: on the same page.
Word: agreeing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From agree + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of agree Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: agreeing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agree + -ing. 1. An agreement. Example: He had many wars; inextricable coil of claimings, quarrellings and agreeings […]
Word: scurf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scurf (“skin disease causing scabs or scales; flakes of skin that fall off due to a skin disease, etc.”), from Old English scurf, from Proto-Germanic *skurf- (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off, sever; to divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schurft, German Schorf, Danish skurv, Swedish skorv. Pronunciation: /skɜː(ɹ)f/ 1. A skin disease. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There ſtood a Hill not far whoſe frieſly top / Belch'd fire and rowling ſmoak; the reſt entire / Shon with a gloſſie ſcurff, undoubted ſign / That in his womb was hid metallic Ore, 4. The foul remains of anything adherent. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The Scurf is worn away, of each committed Crime 5. Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A low, mean person. Labels: countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable
Word: scurf Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɜː(ɹ)f/ 1. A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).
Word: gimcrack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmkɹæk/ 1. Showy but of poor quality; worthless. Labels: not-comparable Example: For years past this branch of art-manufacture had been entrusted to those whose taste, if it may be called taste at all, can be no more referred to correct principles of design than the gimcrack decorations of a wedding-cake could be tested by any standard of sculpturesque beauty. Example: It was cocking her up with gimcrack notions about ladies till she'd be ashamed to look at her own hands after she had done a day's work with them.
Word: gimcrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmkɹæk/ 1. Something showy but worthless; a bauble or gimmick. Example: [H]er miſlike of my Dreſs confirms me, this muſt be ſome levvd London Gimcrack, ſome Play-houſe haunting Couſin; […] Example: […] Lord Orville, […] changed the ſubject to Cox's Muſeum, and aſked vvhat he thought of it? "Think!—" ſaid he, "vvhy I think as hovv it i'n't vvorth thinking about. I like no ſuch jem cracks. It is only fit, in my mind, for monkeys,—though, for aught I knovv, they too might turn up their noſes at it."
Word: gimcrack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmkɹæk/ 1. To put together quickly and without much care; to bodge. Labels: transitive Example: Actually the book is a series of related images (some fresh and sharp) and fragmentary sketches (a few vividly effective), gimcracked together with a semblance of plot and allegory, Example: That page, written fifteen years before by Land Recorder Frederic Prigg, was an imprecise description of land without benefit of any survey, and was more eyeball than ciphers, with measures gimcracked together by a claimant and a recorder who barely understood each other. 2. To embellish with gimcracks. Labels: transitive Example: Furthermore many of the peripheral characters and myths that the Disney interests have appropriated over the years have been gimcracked to death, so that they have none of their original integrity . Example: It was a small café, gimcracked with atmosphere, the usual red-checkered tablecloths, and candles dribbling down the sides of old wine bottles.
Word: flakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪks/ 1. plural of flake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flakes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ingrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English ingrat, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). Cognate with French ingrat. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/ 1. Ungrateful. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: Many of theſe might ſeem ingrate and unkind children, that vvill no better acknovvledge and recogniſe their parents in vvords and outvvard pretence, but abrenounce and caſt them off, as though they hated them as dogs and ſerpents. Example: Yet in his mind malitious and ingrate 2. Unfriendly; unpleasant. Labels: obsolete
Word: ingrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1393, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English ingrat, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). Cognate with French ingrat. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/ 1. An ungrateful or unpleasant person. Example: But Mr Pecksniff, dismissing all ephemeral considerations of social pleasure and enjoyment, concentrated his meditations on the one great virtuous purpose before him, of casting out that ingrate and deceiver, whose presence yet troubled his domestic hearth, and was a sacrilege upon the altars of his household gods. Example: "Speak the truth, you ingrate!" cried Miss Havisham, passionately striking her stick upon the floor; “you are tired of me.”
Word: formations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of formation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: showy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From show (noun) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.i/, /ˈʃoʊ.i/ 1. Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye. Labels: derogatory, sometimes 2. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display. Example: showy flowers 3. Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts). Labels: informal Example: I think my problem with it is that it's a) a little "telly" not "showy" in comparison to the rest […] Example: There's a way to make this more showy and less telly. It's like you're in a hurry to get on with the rest of the story.
Word: ungrateful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + grateful. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/ 1. Not grateful; not expressing gratitude. Example: Near-synonyms: unappreciative, unthankful Example: “It seems to delight you to think that you are to leave Paris, and that we shall not see each other for months, perhaps. Tarzan, you are a most ungrateful beast!” and D’Arnot laughed. 2. Disagreeable, repellent, unpleasant. Example: If any care for what is here ⁠Survive in spirits render’d free, ⁠Then are these songs I sing of thee Not all ungrateful to thine ear.
Word: ungrateful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From un- + grateful. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/ 1. A person who fails to show gratitude; an ingrate.
Word: worthless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *worthles, from Old English weorþlēas (“worthless”), equivalent to worth + -less. Cognate with Dutch waardeloos (“worthless”), German wertlos (“worthless”), Swedish värdelös (“worthless”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɝθləs/, /ˈwɝθlɪs/, /ˈwɜːθləs/ 1. Having no worth or use; without value. Example: Don’t be a worthless slouch! Go get yourself a job. Example: Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless.
Word: ingrateful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ingrate (“unfriendly”) + -ful, from Latin ingrātus (“disagreeable”), from in- (“not”) + grātus (“pleasing”). 1. ungrateful; not grateful Labels: obsolete Example: Ingrateful Eve Example: […] under change of times, / And condemnation of the ingrateful multitude. 2. unpleasing to the sense; distasteful Labels: obsolete Example: Therefore what he gives / (Whose praise be ever sung) to man in part / Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found / No ingrateful food
Word: hexameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξάμετρος (hexámetros). Equivalent to hexa- + meter. Piecewise doublet of sexameter. 1. A line in a poem having six metrical feet. Labels: countable Example: The date of composition is pretty certainly about 1590, a date suggested by the burlesque hexameters of Huanebango. 2. A poetic metre in which each line has six feet. Labels: uncountable
Word: pentameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle French pentamètre, by surface analysis, penta- + meter. Pronunciation: /pɛnˈtæmɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A line in a poem having five metrical feet. Labels: countable Example: The best verses, more especially pentameters, are written on the principle of attracting and fixing the attention to their close. 2. Poetic metre in which each line has five feet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tetrameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English meter English tetrameter From tetra- + meter. 1. A line in a poem having four metrical feet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A poetic metre in which each line has four feet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + meter. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/, /ˈtɹaɪmɪtəɹ/, /ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹaɪmɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A line in a poem having three metrical feet. 2. a poetic metre in which each line has three feet. Example: All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue.
Word: dimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- (“two”) + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪmɪtəɹ/, /ˈdɪmɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. A line in a poem having two metrical feet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A poetic metre in which each line has two feet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: merit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English meriten, from Middle French meriter, Old French meriter (“to deserve, merit”) (modern French mériter), from merite: see further in Etymology 1. The word is cognate with Italian meritare (“to deserve, merit; to be worth; to earn”), Latin meritāre (“to earn regularly; to serve as a soldier”), Spanish meritar (“to deserve, merit; to earn”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹɪt/, /ˈmɛɹət/ 1. To deserve, to earn. Labels: transitive Example: Her performance merited wild applause. Example: Oh! France! charming country! where I had the good fortune to be born! one never quits thee with impunity. Celebrated for the rich beauty of thy soil, for the sociability of thy inhabitants, for all the comforts of civilized life, thou meritest thy reputation, and nothing is so rare. 2. To be deserving or worthy. Labels: intransitive Example: They were punished as they merited. Example: [A]nd yet he bode them do yt, and they were bounde to obaye and meryted and deserued by theyr obedyēce. 3. To reward. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: Thus charg’d thy sire, which thou forgett’st: yet now those thoughts appease / That torture thy great spirit with wrath; which if thou wilt give surcease, / The king will merit it with gifts ; and if thou wilt give ear / I’ll tell you how much he offers thee:—yet thou sitt’st angry here.
Word: poetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French poetique, from Latin poeticus, from Ancient Greek ποιητικός (poiētikós) from ποιέω (poiéō, “make”). Doublet of poietic. Pronunciation: /pəʊˈɛtɪk/, /poʊˈɛtɪk/, /poʊˈetɪk/ 1. Relating to poetry. Example: Iambics are one form of poetic meter. Example: Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes. 2. Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc. 3. Connecting to the soul of the beholder.
Word: poem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Widely displaced English leed. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.ɪm/, [ˈpʰəwɪm], /ˈpəʊ.əm/, /ˈpɔːɪm/, /ˈpoʊ.əm/ 1. A literary piece written in verse. Example: Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes. 2. A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry. 3. A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.
Word: merits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹ.ɪts/ 1. plural of merit Labels: form-of, plural 2. Intrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages. Example: I was the boss's pet project, but was rejected on the merits. 3. Substance, distinguished from form or procedure. Example: The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.
Word: merits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹ.ɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of merit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intensity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intense + -ity. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/ 1. The quality of being intense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “It is hard. And there is a level of viciousness that I was not expecting. I was not expecting the intensity of this experience, but this isn’t supposed to be easy. My father and this administration intends to be transformative, and we want to do big, bold things and we’re looking to change the status quo. So I didn’t expect it to be easy. I think some of the distractions and some of the ferocity was — I was a little blindsided by on a personal level,” she said. 2. The degree of strength. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The painting’s dislocated, unformed features are the very opposite of the hard, painted dolls of the other portrait, and, where they are dead and ready to topple, this unknown man’s eyes are full of intensity and life. Example: Fagus sylvatica (European beech) and Acer saccharum (sugar maple, from North America) are very tolerant of deep shade, while Betula spp. (birches) and Populus spp. (poplars) grow best under high light intensities. 3. Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Synonym of radiance. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: poets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊ.ɪts/, /ˈpəʊ.ɪts/ 1. plural of poet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poetrye, poetrie, a borrowing from Old French pöeterie, pöetrie, from Medieval Latin poētria, from poēta (“poet”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “poet; author; maker”). Displaced native Old English lēoþcræft. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.ɪ.tɹi/, /ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/, /pɵˈjɛʈ.ri/ 1. Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: More people write poetry than read it. 2. A poet's literary production. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: That 'Swan Lake' choreography is poetry in motion, fitting the musical poetry of Tchaikovski's divine score well beyond the literary inspiration.
Word: syllables Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪləbl̩z/ 1. plural of syllable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syllables Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɪləbl̩z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of syllable Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deserving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/, /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ 1. Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious. Example: the deserving poor 2. Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.) Example: In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record.
Word: deserving Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/, /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ 1. desert, merit Example: I here understand that value which every man puts upon his own deservings from the publick
Word: deserving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/, /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of deserve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poete, from Old French poete, from Latin poēta (“poet, author”), from Ancient Greek ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker, author, poet”), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, compose”). Displaced native Old English sċop. Doublet of piyyut. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊ.ɪt/, /ˈpəʊ.ət/, /ˈpɔː.ɪt/, /ˈpoʊ.ət/, /ˈpoʊ.ɪt/ 1. A person who writes poems. 2. A person with a creative or romantic imagination.
Word: centime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French centime. By surface analysis, cent- + -ime. Doublet of centim, centimo, and santim. 1. A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc. Labels: historical 2. A coin having face value of one centime.
Word: metrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin metricus + -al. For sense 4: Compare Russian метри́ческий (metríčeskij). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtɹɪkl̩/ 1. Relating to poetic meter. 2. Having a regular rhythm. 3. Of or pertaining to measurement. 4. Relating to birth certificates. Labels: Eastern, Europe Example: metrical records / metrical books
Word: worthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþiġ (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugur (“worthy”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːði/, /ˈwɝði/, /ˈwəːðɪj/, /ˈwøːði/, /ˈweːði/ 1. Having worth, merit, or value. Example: These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities Example: This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. 2. Admirable or honourable. Example: that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding. 3. Deserving, or having sufficient worth. Example: 1 And I saw in þe right hand of him that sate on the Throne, a booke written within, & on the backeside, sealed with seuen seales. 2 And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof? 3 And no man in heauen, nor in earth, neither vnder the earth, was able to open the booke, neither to looke thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open, and to reade the booke, neither to looke thereon. Example: [I]t is a deed of higheſt charitie to help undeceive the people, and a vvork vvorthieſt your autoritie, […] 4. Suited; suitable; befitting. Example: No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. Example: […] whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
Word: worthy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English worthy, wurthi, from Old English *weorþiġ (“worthy”), equivalent to worth + -y. Cognate with Dutch waardig (“worthy”), Middle Low German werdig (“worthy”), German würdig (“worthy”), Swedish värdig (“worthy”), Icelandic verðugur (“worthy”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːði/, /ˈwɝði/, /ˈwəːðɪj/, /ˈwøːði/, /ˈweːði/ 1. A distinguished or eminent person. Example: That worthy one day, in our absence, being caught in the act of culpable talpicide, was rebuked by his mistress for disobeying his master's orders. 2. a good, wise and virtuous person. Example: Confucius and Mencius are revered as the sages and worthies of Confucianism.
Word: worthy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English worthien, wurthien, from Old English weorþian (“to esteem, honor, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, adorn, deck, enrich, reward”), from Proto-Germanic *werþōną (“to be worthy, estimate, appreciate, appraise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with German werten (“to rate, judge, grade, score”), Swedish värdera (“to evaluate, rate, size up, assess, estimate”), Icelandic virða (“to respect, esteem”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːði/, /ˈwɝði/, /ˈwəːðɪj/, /ˈwøːði/, /ˈweːði/ 1. To render or treat as worthy. Labels: transitive Example: And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king […] Example: After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
Word: literature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-der. Old Latin leitera Latin līterader.? Proto-Hellenic *dipʰtʰérā? Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)bor. Etruscan [Term?]bor.? Latin littera Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin litterātūrader. Old French littératurebor. Middle English literature English literature From Middle English literature, from Old French littérature, from Latin literatura or litteratura, from littera (“letter”), from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek διφθέρᾱ (diphthérā, “tablet”). Displaced native Old English bōccræft. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɪt.ɚ.ə.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈlɪɾ.ɚ.ə.t͡ʃɚ], /ˈlɪ.tɹə.t͡ʃɚ/, [ˈlɪ.t͡ʃɹə.t͡ʃɚ] 1. The body of all written works. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He’s studying English literature at university. Example: There’s a vast body of scientific literature on the subject. 3. All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The obvious question to ask at this point is: ‘Why posit the existence of a set of Thematic Relations (THEME, AGENT, INSTRUMENT, etc.) distinct from constituent structure relations?ʼ The answer given in the relevant literature is that a variety of linguistic phenomena can be accounted for in a more principled way in terms of Thematic Functions than in terms of constituent structure relations. Example: In fact, information on when each of the terms first appeared in English, and if obsolete, how long they persisted, is entirely absent from the literature. 4. Written fiction of a high standard. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 2008, Adam Cadre However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. 5. Literacy; ability to read and write. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: They all assumed to be mighty rakish and knowing, they were not very tidy in their private dresses, they were not at all orderly in their domestic arrangements, and the combined literature of the whole company would have produced but a poor letter on any subject.
Word: on its merits Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Considering only intrinsic good points and bad points, without prejudice or other considerations, such as procedural ones. Labels: idiomatic Example: The proposal should be discussed on its merits.
Word: behoove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See behove. Pronunciation: /bɪˈhuːv/ 1. To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove. Labels: US, transitive Example: It ill behooves my mother to complain. Example: Straighter he stood, and had achieved some praise / In other exercise, much more behooving / A soldier's taste than merely dirt removing. 2. To be fitting. Labels: intransitive Example: It behooved that the Sonne of God suld descend unto us, and tak himselfe a bodie of our bodie, flesh of our flesh, and bone of our bones, and so become the Mediator betwixt God and man, giving power to so many as beleeve in him, to be the sonnes of God; […] Example: Now, while discoursing of sperm, it behooves to speak of other things akin to it, in the business of preparing the sperm whale for the try-works.