nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: plumage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English plumage, plummage (“bird’s feathers collectively, plumage; (falconry) feathers fed to a hawk to cause it to regurgitate, casting”), from Middle French plumage, plomage (“bird’s feathers collectively; person’s (showy) clothing”), from Old French plumage (“bird’s feathers collectively”) (modern French plumage), from plume (“feather, plume”) + -age (suffix forming nouns denoting a state of being). Plume is derived from Latin plūma (“feather, plume”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow; to fly; to run; etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to flow; to fly; to run”). By surface analysis, plume + -age (suffix forming nouns with a sense of appurtenance or collection). Pronunciation: /ˈpluːmɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈpljuː-/, /ˈplumɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The feathers covering the body of a bird collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: Very fayre ⁊ hardy Hawkes [“Slauon Goshawkes”], large footed, very well penned, theyr downe and plumage excellent fine, their tungs blacke, and their nares large and wide. Example: [T]he glad Bird [a dove] ſtayes all the day abroad, / And vvondrous proud that he a place had found, / […] / Bathing himſelfe, vvhich long he had not done, / And dryes his feathers in the vvelcome Sunne, / Pruning his plumage, clenſing euery quill, / And going back, he beareth in his bill / An Oliue leafe, by vvhich Noah vnderſtood / The great decreaſe and vvaning of the flood: […] 2. Feathers used ornamentally; feathering; (countable) a bunch or tuft of such feathers; a plume. Labels: archaic, broadly, uncountable Example: [S]he could not but contrast the splendour of the Polish retinues and their plumages and draperies, with the strait-buttoned Prussian dignitaries, all in mere soldier uniform, succinct 'blue coat, white linen gaiters,' and no superfluity even in the epaulettes and red facings. 3. Feathers which are fed to a hawk to cause it to regurgitate, for the purpose of cleaning its crop; a type of casting. Labels: broadly, obsolete, uncountable Example: Euery night, after he hath fleen with his hawke the daye, either at the fielde, or brooke, he muſte giue his hawke caſting, ſomewhyles plumage, ſome other whiles pellets of Cotton, or ſuche like, and agayne, ſometimes ſome one medicine or other, according as by hir caſting, or mewte, he ſhall perceyue hir to ſtande needefull thereof, […] 4. A person's dress, especially when elaborate or fine. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: While she was thinking what to say, Marie gradually wiped away her tears, and smoothed her plumage in a general sort of way, as a dove might be supposed to make toilet after a shower, […] 5. A person's external appearance, especially when showy. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: I have thought / Of thee, thy learning, gorgeous eloquence, / And all the strength and plumage of thy youth, […] Example: This expression of liberality and confidence from a man of Major Bridgenorth's reserved and cautious disposition, gave full plumage to Mistress Deborah's hopes; […]
Word: gauchos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaucho Labels: form-of, plural 2. Calf-length trousers with flared legs. Example: She wore gauchos and boots and a gypsy blouse and a vest. Example: She wore her gauchos (pants) and pink top, white sweater cape.
Word: excogitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin excōgitāre, from ex- + cōgitāre (“think”). Pronunciation: /ɛksˈkɒdʒɪ(ˌ)teɪt/, /ɛksˈkɑdʒəˌteɪt/ 1. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate. Example: The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity. Example: Did he ponder the harmony of the spheres? Certainly not: celestial spheres were first excogitated decades or more after Pythagoras' death. 2. To reach as a conclusion through reason or careful thought. Example: After many years of study, he excogitated a solution. Example: This evidence […] thus excogitated out of the general theory.
Word: exuviate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzjuː.vɪ.eɪt/, /ɛkˈsuː.vɪ.eɪt/, /ɛɡˈzuː.vɪ.eɪt/ 1. To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult). Labels: ambitransitive, rare Example: Like any arthropod encased in a rigid exoskeleton, a trilobite must periodically moult, or exuviate, in order to grow. Example: Although multicultural societies are difficult to manage, they need not become a political nightmare and might even become exciting if we exuviate our long traditional preoccupation with a culturally homogeneous and tightly structured polity and allow them instead to intimate their own appropriate institutional forms, modes of governance, and moral and political virtues.
Word: exuviae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exuviae, from exuō (“cast off, undress”). 1. plural of exuvia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exuviae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exuviae, from exuō (“cast off, undress”). 1. The coverings of an animal that have been shed or cast off, particularly the molted exoskeletons of arthropods. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Among the Ancient Romans, weaponry and equipment stripped from the person of a foe; booty. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: father of chapel Part of Speech: noun 1. The chairperson or the senior shop steward of a trade union chapel (branch) in UK printing and journalism.
Word: Saturnus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Saturnus, from Latin Sāturnus. 1. Alternative form of Saturn (“the god of fertility and agriculture”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Saturnalia, named for Saturnus, an ancient agricultural deity, began on Dec. 17. Example: Saturnus, alone among the planet-gods, resisted Germanisation.
Word: wampum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of wampumpeag (“wampum”), probably borrowed from Massachusett wampompeage (“string of white beads used as money”). Compare peag (“string of white beads used as money”), also a clipping of wampumpeag. Noun sense 3 (“common kingsnake”) is from the similarity of the snake’s appearance to a string of wampum. Cognates Penobscot wάpαpəyak (singular wάpαpi) Unami òpapiàk (singular òpapi) Pronunciation: /ˈwɒmpəm/, /ˈwɑmpəm/ 1. Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead. Labels: uncountable Example: [A]mong the Red Men of America the giving of the white belt of wampum was the deepest pledge of honor; […] Example: From his lodge went Hiawatha, / Dressed for travel, armed for hunting; / Dressed in deer-skin shirt and leggings, / Richly wrought with quills and wampum; / On his head his eagle-feathers, / Round his waist his belt of wampum, […] 2. Money. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: [Kenneth O'Keefe, letter] Have that seven quid. Or else I'll be kaput. […] [Sebastian Dangerfield, letter in reply] Kenneth, we all want wampum. And as you must know, if only I had some I would be only too willing to share. But the only thing I have here is a pile of business magazines which I am going to burn for a fire. Example: [M]ore and more people in the folk world suddenly discovered there was more than a little wampum to be made by discovering a trace of Indian blood in their past and donning the traditional headband. 3. Ellipsis of wampum snake (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, obsolete
Word: pecan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pacane and at first spelt paccan. The French word derives from an Algonquian word, perhaps Miami (Illinois) pakani. Compare Cree pakan (“hard nut”), Ojibwe bagaan, Abenaki pagann, bagôn, pagôn (“nut; walnut, hazelnut”). Pronunciation: /piːˈkɑːn/, /pɪˈkɑːn/, /ˈpiːkæn/, /ˈpiːkɑːn/, /ˈpɪkæn/ 1. A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts. Example: And away on the farther bank, a motte of huge pecans, standing like giant sentinels over the dwarfed landscape, filled the eye with remote vistas in their shady, twilight aisles. It was very still. Example: Within its ornamental fence, the 8/10-acre property includes several of the largest live oaks in the area — plus huge pecans and stately magnolias. 2. A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree. Example: MEG. […] (Meg takes out two pecans and tries to open them by cracking them together.) Come on ... Crack, you demons! Crack! LENNY. We have a nutcracker! MEG. (Trying with her teeth.) Ah, where's the sport in a nutcracker? Where's the challenge? 3. A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut. Example: Each shell contains two pecans, usually plump and oblong in shape, although some varieties are round or pointed.
Word: Chicago Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *šek- Proto-Algonquian *-a·kw- Proto-Algonquian *-a Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa Miami šikaakwabor. French Chécagoubor. English Chicago From French Chécagou, a transcription of Miami šikaakwa (“wild leek, ramp, Allium tricoccum; striped skunk”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa; compare Ojibwe zhigaagawanzh /zhigaagawinzh (“onion, leek”), zhigaag (“striped skunk”). Doublet of skunk. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡəʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɑ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊ/, /ʃəˈkɑː.ɡo/, [ʃɪˈkä(ː).ɡo] 1. A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan. Example: I am an American, Chicago born—Chicago, that somber city—and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way: first to knock, first admitted; sometimes an innocent knock, sometimes a not so innocent. Example: Chicago is now #1 in murder and sausages. That sounds like my kind of town!
Word: pone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”). Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊni/, /ˈpoʊni/ 1. A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. Labels: historical 2. A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. Labels: historical
Word: pone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”), from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (“thing which has been baked or roasted”), whence also Abenaki abôn (“bread”). Pronunciation: /poʊn/ 1. A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs. Labels: Southern-US, countable, historical, uncountable
Word: pone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps borrowed from Latin ponere. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊni/, /ˈpoʊni/ 1. The last player to bet or play in turn. Labels: US, historical
Word: succotash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Narragansett msíckquatash (“boiled corn kernels”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌkəˌtæʃ/ 1. A stew made from kernels of corn, lima beans, tomatoes and sometimes peppers. Labels: US, uncountable, usually Example: Some of their modes of cookery have been adopted, and are retained. [...] [T]heir nokehike, which is corn parched and pounded, their ſuckataſh, which is a mixture of corn and beans boiled, are much uſed, and very palatable. Example: This lordly dish is made of oak, and will contain about six quarts, which was indeed a goodly quantity, whether of nokehike, appoon, nausamp, or sukketash, for the breakfast of his tawny majesty.
Word: tabasco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Tabasco. 1. Alternative letter-case form of Tabasco (hot sauce). Labels: alt-of, uncountable, usually Example: Robbie adores it when Heather puts tabasco on food. 2. A tabasco pepper. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Louisiana is a major producer of tabascos.
Word: tequila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco. Pronunciation: /ˌtəˈkiː.lə/ 1. An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For a moment the bottle of tequila at the bottom of the garden gleamed on his soul, then the Consul stumbled into his bedroom.
Word: wigwam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ 1. A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States. 2. Any more or less similar dwelling used by indigenous people in other parts of the world. Labels: dated, possibly Example: Their houſes or wigwams, which they call carbets, are built as I have already deſcribed thoſe of the negroes; but inſtead of being covered with the leaves of the manicole-tree, they are covered with the leaves of rattans or jointed canes, here called tas, which grow in cluſters in all marſhy places: [...] Example: The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.
Word: wigwam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa·ʔmi (“house”). Doublet of wickiup. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ 1. To dry (flax or straw) by standing it outside in the shape of a wigwam. Labels: transitive
Word: atoll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (*saṃtīrtha, “level ford”). The traditional etymology from Persian آبتل (âb-tal, “water-hillock”) is unlikely. Pronunciation: /ˈætɒl/, /əˈtɒl/, /ˈætɔl/, /ˈætɑl/, /ˈætoʊl/ 1. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.
Word: coir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil கயிறு (kayiṟu), Malayalam കയർ (kayaṟ). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪə/, [ˈkʰɔːjə], /ˈkoːjə/, /ˈkɔɪɚ/, /ˈkɒ(ː)jaʳ/ 1. The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then, how comparatively sweet was everything on board - no paint, no tar, no new rope, (vilest of smells to the qualmish!) no grease, or oil, or varnish; but instead of these, bamboo and rattan, and coir rope and palm thatch; pure vegetable fibres, which smell pleasantly if they smell at all, and recall quiet scenes in the green and shady forest.
Word: glutamate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glutamic acid + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈɡluː.tə.meɪt/, [ˈɡlʉː.tə.mɛɪ̯t], /ˈɡlu.tə.meɪt/, [ˈɡɫu̟.ɾə.meɪ̯t], /ˈɡlʉː.tə.mæɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of glutamic acid. 2. The anion of glutamic acid in its role as a neurotransmitter. Example: At a synaptic level, the axon terminal having to repeatedly release glutamate is the lecturer droning on repetitively; the moment when the postsynaptic threshold is passed and the NMDA receptors first activate is the dendritic spine finally getting it.
Word: breaking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is broken. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation […] 2. A change of a vowel to a diphthong. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Breakdancing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The urban dance genre includes breaking, waacking, and house dancing, among others.
Word: breaking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of break Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: notes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /noʊts/, /nəʊts/ 1. plural of note Labels: form-of, plural
Word: notes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /noʊts/, /nəʊts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of note Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: turned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɜːnd/, /tɝnd/, /tɔːnd/, /tɔːnt/ 1. simple past and past participle of turn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: takes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /teɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: takes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /teɪks/ 1. plural of take Labels: form-of, plural
Word: receiving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of receive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: receiving Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsiːvɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is received; reception. Example: Those that are received graciously may, and must, render the calves of their lips — poor returns for rich receivings, yet, if sincere, more acceptable than the calves of the stall.
Word: plants Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /plɑːnts/, /plænts/, /pleənts/ 1. plural of plant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plants Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plɑːnts/, /plænts/, /pleənts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plant Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hodad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally Californian surfer slang from the 1960s. Perhaps from the greeting Ho! Dad, though no evidence for this derivation is known. The suggestion that it derives from Western Hemisphere Spanish jodido (“fucked, difficult, annoying”) similarly lacks evidence; also the vowel change from -did to -dad is unexplained. 1. Someone who comes to the beach and has a surfboard, but never surfs, or that surfs poorly and annoys the local seasoned surfers. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: diorama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French diorama. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈrɑːmə/, /ˌdaɪəˈrɑmə/, /ˌdaɪəˈræmə/ 1. A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape. Example: With his diorama-like compositions and tales of longing — usually for a loving family — Wes Anderson has taken audiences most everywhere on the planet: Asia and Europe, New York City and the American southwest, a fox’s hole and an island inhabited by dogs.
Word: impulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/ 1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent. Example: Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey. 2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration. Example: my heart, impulsive and wayward Example: Americans are not libertarians in the Cato Institute sense of the word, but they are folk libertarians in this sense of impulsive behaviour, which is a feature of American life that anyone who wants to govern the United States, Democratic or Republican, has to be aware of. 3. Of a force, acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous.
Word: impulsive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/ 1. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent. Example: Notwithstanding all which Motives and impulsives , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms 2. One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
Word: emmenagogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔμμηνα (émmēna, “menses”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”). 1. An herb that stimulates blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus, causing menstruation. Example: Because of its phenolic ether content (methyl chavicol), which varies within wide limits, depending on the species, the origin and the time of harvesting, basil is often cited as an emmenagogue.
Word: emmenagogue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔμμηνα (émmēna, “menses”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”). 1. emmenagogic Labels: not-comparable Example: Take of the emmenagogue decoction, six ounces; borax, fifteen grains; troches of myrrh, two scruples; dittany of Crete, finely powdered, ten grains; […] Example: DES does not propose an etymology for this word [bunnanaru, 'yellow germander'], but merely notes its similarity to the toponym Bunnánaru. Paulis suggests that this similarity may be due to chance or folk etymology, which is plausible. He proposes an etymology *kunn-án-aru, from Lat. cunnus 'vagina' because of this plant's apparent emmenagogue properties.
Word: burd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English berde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde, ġebyrde (“of noble birth”), from byrd, ġebyrd (“birth”), or from an unattested *byrde (“embroideress”). Possibly the origin of the English slang bird for a young woman. 1. maiden, young woman Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: The hall was furnished in a manner equally grand, and at one end of it was a glorious couch of velvet, silk and gold, and there sate Burd Ellen, combing her golden hair with a silver comb.
Word: disappointed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/, /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ 1. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. Example: After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed. Example: If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed. 2. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. Example: Scattered here and there amongst the steerage passengers were men of a different class: men whose previous lives had not fitted them for the hard and uncertain lot that certainly lay before them - pale-faced boys from Melbourne shops; middle-aged and disappointed men; one and all hoping for a turn of luck in the lottery of the newly-discovered goldfield. 3. Expressing or indicating disappointment. Example: a disappointed tone / face / silence
Word: disappointed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/, /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disappoint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: budo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 武道 (budō). 1. Japanese martial arts. Labels: uncountable
Word: bufo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfō (“toad”). 1. toad, frog Labels: Hawaii, slang
Word: buko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog buko. 1. A coconut. Labels: Philippines
Word: immunoelectrophoresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English electrophoresis English immunoelectrophoresis From immuno- + electrophoresis. 1. A laboratory technique that combines electrophoresis and antigen-antibody reactions to separate and identify proteins, especially antibodies, in biological samples. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: -phore Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)der. New Latin -phorusbor. English -phore From New Latin -phorus, from Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”). See phoresy. 1. Bearer, carrier or conveyor. Labels: morpheme
Word: killed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɪld/, /kɪlt/ 1. simple past and past participle of kill Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:killed.
Word: killed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɪld/, /kɪlt/ 1. Deoxidized. Labels: not-comparable 2. Inactivated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: highly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hiȝly, heȝly, heyȝliche, from Old English hēalīce (“highly”), equivalent to high + -ly. Cognate with Dutch hoogelijk (“highly”), German höchlich (“highly”), Danish højlig (“highly”), Swedish högligen (“highly”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪli/ 1. In a high or esteemed manner. Example: He spoke highly of you. 2. Extremely; greatly; very much. Example: He is in a highly visible job. Example: The book was highly controversial yet sold unbelievably well.
Word: rights Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹaɪts/ 1. plural of right Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rights Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹaɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of right Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: directly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English direct Middle English -ly English -ly English directly From direct + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk(t).li/, /daɪˈɹɛk(t).li/, /dɪˈɹek(t).li/, /dɑɪˈɹek(t).li/ 1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. Example: He drove directly to the office, and didn't stop off at the petrol station. Example: On arriving at the doors, and entering a long, capacious passage, our eyes became quite dazzled by the gleams of colored light which shone upon them, both directly and reflectedly. 2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary but by direct means. Example: I'm sick of asking you to fire him; I'll just do it directly. 3. Plainly, without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms. Example: I'm going to tell Natalie directly that I love her. Example: To put it more directly: he's not 'made redundant' but sacked. 4. Exactly; just; at the shortest possible distance. Example: It's directly across the street. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read. 5. Straightforwardly; honestly. Example: He told me directly that he'd cheated on me, and how sorry he was for it. 6. Immediately. Labels: dated 7. Soon; next; in due time; as soon as it becomes convenient. Labels: Cornwall, Midlands, Southern-US, dated, dialectal, including Example: We'll go to the store directly, but first I need to finish sweeping.
Word: directly Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Etymology tree English direct Middle English -ly English -ly English directly From direct + -ly. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛk(t).li/, /daɪˈɹɛk(t).li/, /dɪˈɹek(t).li/, /dɑɪˈɹek(t).li/ 1. As soon as; immediately (elliptical for directly that/as/when) Labels: British Example: “He is, he is," Nastenka repeated. “He is here, and I know it. We made an agreement at the time, that evening, before he went away: when we said all that I have told you, and had come to an understanding, then we came out here for a walk on this embankment. It was ten o'clock; we sat on this seat. I was not crying then; it was sweet to me to hear what he said.... And he said that he would come to us directly he arrived, and if I did not refuse him, then we would tell grandmother about it all. Now he is here, I know it, and yet he does not come!" Example: Tenderly, reluctantly, he took his leave of her, promising that he would contact her directly he got back, perhaps in ten days or so.
Word: ecstatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstætɪk/ 1. Feeling or characterized by ecstasy. Example: [W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his vveapon, tho' it vvas not as yet in above half its length. Example: The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state. 2. Extremely happy. Example: Bobbie was dancing round the room on the tips of her toes uttering animal cries, apparently ecstatic in their nature. 3. Relating to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion. Example: ecstatic gaze ecstatic trance Example: this ecstatic fit of love and jealousy
Word: ecstatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós). By surface analysis, ecstasy + -tic. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstætɪk/ 1. Transports of delight; words or actions performed in a state of ecstasy. Labels: in-plural Example: I think that Dante's more abstruse ecstatics / Meant to personify the Mathematics. 2. A person in a state of ecstasy. Example: If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...
Word: decide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English deciden, from Old French decider, from Latin dēcīdere, infinitive of dēcīdō (“cut off, decide”), from dē (“down from”) + caedō (“cut”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪd/ 1. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The election will be decided on foreign policies. Example: It was decided to meet here at midnight. 2. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation. Labels: intransitive Example: You must decide between good and evil. Example: I have decided that it is healthier to walk to work. 3. To cause someone to come to a decision. Labels: transitive Example: Your admonition decided me against my intended course of action. Example: It decides me to look into the matter, for if it is worth anyone's while to take so much trouble, there must be something in it. 4. Of a Turing machine: to return a correct answer (for some yes-or-no problem) on every possible input. Example: No Turing Machine can decide the halting problem. Example: First, the hierarchy theorems tell us that a Turing machine can decide more languages in EXPSPACE than it can in PSPACE. 5. To cut off; to separate. Labels: obsolete Example: Our seat denies us traffic here; / The sea, too near, decides us from the rest.
Word: blissful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blisful, bislvol, equivalent to bliss + -ful. 1. Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss. Example: In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view; Example: She ... led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world. 2. Blessed; glorified. Labels: obsolete
Word: Salon des Refusés Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Salon des Refusés. 1. An exhibition held in Paris from 1863 to 1886, showing works that had been rejected by the Académie des Beaux-Arts when submitted for display at the Paris Salon. Labels: historical
Word: Salon des Refusés Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Salon des Refusés. 1. A gallery for outsider art or art rejected from mainstream galleries. Example: The press reported rumors that a salon des refuses was in the works. Example: By the time American photographic pictorialists became interested in organizing their first salon, European painters and sculptors had been organizing salons des refuses in protest against the official salons of Paris for more than forty years.
Word: ahata Part of Speech: noun 1. The musical sounds in nature and in Indian music, especially percussion Labels: India, uncountable
Word: extremely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English extreme Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English extremely From extreme + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪksˈtɹimli/, /ɪksˈtɹiːmli/ 1. To an extreme degree. Example: The National Center for Health Statistics' latest data indicate that quintuplets are extremely rare, with 66 reported sets of five or more babies in 2013.
Word: asceticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀσκέω (askéō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀσκητής (askētḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀσκητῐκός (askētĭkós)der. Medieval Latin asceticusbor. English ascetic 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 asceticism From ascetic + -ism. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛt.əˌsɪz.əm/ 1. The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: faecal matter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fecal matter. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The family that makes the Squatty Potty says this posture unfurls your colon and gives your faecal matter a clear run from your gut to the bowl, reducing bloating, constipation and the straining that causes haemorrhoids.
Word: DCG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of definite clause grammar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The AGFL formalism for the syntactic description of Natural Languages has been developed by the Computer Science Department of the Radboud University of Nijmegen. It is a formalism in which large context free grammars can be described in a compact way. AGFLs belong to the family of two level grammars, along with attribute grammars and DCG's: a first, context-free level is augmented with set-valued features for expressing agreement between constituents. 2. Initialism of discounted cumulative gain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: stillicide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicisation of Latin stillicidium. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪlɪsʌɪd/ 1. Water falling in drops, especially in a row from the eaves of a roof, or from icicles or stalactites. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whatever in my field of vision dwelt – / An indoor scene, hickory leaves, the svelte / Stilettos of a frozen stillicide – / Was printed on my eyelids' nether side / Where it would tarry for an hour or two, / And while this lasted all I had to do / Was close my eyes to reproduce the leaves, / Or indoor scene, or trophies of the eaves. 2. Synonym of stillicidium. Labels: historical, uncountable 3. A clause written into a land agreement that prohibits the tennant from building so close to the boundary that it would cause the water dripping from the eaves to fall on the neighbouring property. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The ground onto which the dripping water from the eaves falls. In this sense it means the same as eavesdrop or eavesdrip. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sidle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from side + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdl/, /ˈsaɪdəl/ 1. To (cause something to) move sideways. Labels: also, ambitransitive, figuratively Example: [F]rom the circle of delighted auditors listening to the gentillesses of the pink cockatoo, who was sidling on his stand in the sunshine, a whole party of the Beresfords caught sight of me, and in a minute I was surrounded; [...] Example: The mare never moved; but after immense weight had been placed on both, the horse began to sidle, and before the last bag could be put on him, he sunk on his knees; it was put on the mare, and she bore it, never moving her posture until she was unloaded. 2. In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner. Labels: also, ambitransitive, figuratively Example: There was one little prim old lady, of very smiling and good-humoured appearance, who came sidling up to me from the end of a long passage, [...] Example: A small lad, with a large head and faded yellow hair, sidles up to you, and says something about "Ing'n work," or "Cur'osities," or "Cam'ra 'bscura," or "Guide." You give some sharp, quick answer; the small boy collapses and vanishes.
Word: sidle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from side + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdl/, /ˈsaɪdəl/ 1. An act of sidling. Example: [I]n this mythic America, we fly along in the fast lane, placing bets against flashing lights in the rearview mirror, against the dreaded sidle into the gravel and the voice at the window demanding our license. 2. An act of sidling. Example: Listener up there! Here you … what have you to confide in me? / Look in my face while I snuff the sidle of evening, / Talk honestly, for no one else hears you, and I stay only a minute longer.
Word: absurdism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From absurd + -ism (“doctrine, theory”). Pronunciation: /əbˈsɜːdˌɪz.m̩/, /æbˈsɝdˌɪz.m̩/, /əbˈsɝdˌɪz.m̩/, /æbˈzɝdˌɪz.m̩/, /əbˈzɝdˌɪz.m̩/ 1. A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Absurdity, something that is absurd Labels: countable, usually Example: Henri Duval is a swashbuckling adventure with an absurdism straight out of Douglas Fairbanks: Siegel makes his hero a dandy who draws swords on men who insult his clothes. Example: It is a sense of irrational well-being that can seduce perfectly rational people to believe such absurdisms as “Two can live as cheaply as one…” Later (about 9 1/2 weeks) comes the rational spoilsport follow up “…for half as long.”
Word: actinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From actin- + -ism. 1. That property of electromagnetic radiation that leads to the production of photochemical effects Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: nylon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by the company DuPont in 1938. According to the company, the name was formed from the random generic syllable nyl- + the common fiber suffix -on (as in rayon and Dacron), said to be ultimately from cotton. Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪlɒn/, /ˈnaɪlɑn/ 1. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: I tore a hole in my nylons while walking home through the woods. Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure He put on make-up, nylons, panties, a dress. 3. A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel who was appointed as a courtesy, rather than on merit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polyester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English ester English polyester From poly- + ester. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑliˌɛstə(r)/ 1. Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A material or fabric made from polyester polymer Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polyester Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English ester English polyester From poly- + ester. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑliˌɛstə(r)/ 1. Of, or consisting of polyesters. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her short stout body was packed into pale pink polyester pants and a matching buttonfront vest.
Word: patibulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin patibulum (“crossbeam”). 1. The crossbar of a cross used for crucifixion.
Word: monomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English monomer From mono- + -mer. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəmə/, /ˈmɑnəmɚ/ 1. A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer. Example: The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH. Example: Nothing at all in the German fridge, so new that its interior smells only of cold and long-chain monomers.
Word: stipes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stīpes. 1. The vertical beam of a cross used for crucifixion. 2. The basal segment of the maxilla of an insect or a crustacean. 3. A stipe; a stalk or stem.
Word: polymer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/, /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/, /ˈpɑ.lə.mɚ/, /ˈpɒl.ə.mɚ/, /ˈpɔl.ə.mə/ 1. A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A material consisting of such polymer molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH. Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Word: polyethylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- English -ylene English ethylene English polyethylene From poly- + ethylene. 1. A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. And this fauxfall appears to be altering our planet’s ancient cooling process. Example: The most abundant chemical in the plastics is polyethylene, which is used for single-use packaging, plastic bags and containers such as bottles.
Word: tenebrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from tenebrism. 1. A painter working in the style of tenebrism. Example: Caravaggio was a tenebrist.
Word: baramin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew בָּרָא (bārāˀ, “he created”) + מיִן (mīʸn, “kind”) (misunderstood to mean "created kind"), coined by American creationist Frank Lewis Marsh in 1941. 1. A set of organisms descended from some originally created species (based on the Biblical doctrine of Special Creation); a kind.
Word: baraminology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baramin + -ology, coined by American creationist Kurt Wise in 1990. 1. The classification of organisms based on the Biblical doctrine of Special Creation, done mainly by Creationists; the study of the created kinds. Labels: uncountable
Word: eisegesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰς (eis, “into”) and English exegesis. Historically unrelated to the Ancient Greek εἰσήγησις (eisḗgēsis, “proposing, advising”). Pronunciation: /aɪsɪˈdʒiːsɪs/, /aɪsɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/ 1. An interpretation, especially of Scripture, that reflects the personal ideas or viewpoint of the interpreter; reading something into a text that is not there. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the benefit of readers who may have been influenced by certain eisegeses of MacCorquodale and Meehl (1948), let us here emphasize: Whether or not an interpretation of a test's properties or relations involves questions of construct validity is to be decided by examining the entire body of evidence offered, together with what is asserted about the test in the context of this evidence. Example: To be sure, there are those who are more sophisticated in their dogmatic eisegeses, but the offense is not thereby lessened.
Word: septuagenarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛptəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛptəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Synonym of seventysomething: a person between 70 and 79 years old. Example: Mary Moon, she's a vegetarian. Mary Moon, Mary Moon, Mary Moon. Mary Moon, who will outlive all the septuagenarians. Example: For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]
Word: septuagenarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin septuagenarius (“containing 70”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French septuagénaire, from Latin septuagenus (“70 each”) + -arius (“-ary”), from Latin septuāginta (“seven tens, 70”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛptəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛptəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛpt͡ʃəwəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛptjʊəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Of or related to seventysomethings. Labels: not-comparable