nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: untenable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tenable English untenable From un- + tenable. 1. Not able to be held or sustained, such as of an opinion or position. Example: The theory of cold fusion was untenable. Example: They are seeking to escape from the unpleasant implications of an untenable status dilemma. They desire but cannot afford a prestigious social status. 2. Unfit for habitation. Example: […] ceilings, staircases, all that make a house habitable had vanished in the flare of his conflagration, and since his soul could no longer dwell there, it dwelt instead, so to speak, in the pleasant garden which surrounded the untenable house. Example: The floor was a veritable mud puddle, and even the meager bedding of old reindeer skins was wet from the dripping walls and ceiling. This untenable dwelling housed a family of six Eskimos: a grandmother, father and mother and three children.
Word: alloyed Part of Speech: adj 1. mixed. Example: Their pleasure was alloyed with misfortune.
Word: alloyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alloy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: great-grandmother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From great- + grandmother. 1. The mother of one's grandparent. Example: She’s now a great-grandmother with three sons, a grandson and two great-grandchildren.
Word: great-grandfather Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From great- + grandfather. 1. The father of one's grandparent. Example: The new bek's great-grandfather had passed every night of his life under the sky, on the back of a pony or in the felt walls of a ger, and Buljan retained the ancestral contempt for cities and city dwellers.
Word: first cousin Part of Speech: noun 1. A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt. 2. A relative who has with the other person only two grandparents or one grandparent (maternal or paternal) in common, but parents are different. 3. Anything closely related. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: […] that coarseness which is first cousin to sin. Example: [H]e was afraid the Mexicans, who were, he claimed, first cousin to the spigotties, would catch us off our guard and give us the same treatment.
Word: inveigh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”). Compare vehicle, invective. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪ/ 1. To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism Labels: intransitive Example: Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […] Example: He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family. 2. To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He is a Spirit, that inveighs away a Man from himself, undertakes great Matters for him, and after fells him for a Slave.
Word: Galego Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in the region of Galicia in the Northwestern corner of the Spanish peninsula and which is related to Portuguese. It is believed to be the parent language of Portuguese and shares many similarities with it, but typically uses Spanish orthography.
Word: parsimony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsimōnia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past participle stem of parcere (“to spare”), + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹ.səˌmoʊ.ni/, /ˈpɑː.sə.mə.ni/ 1. Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) frugality, economy, thrift, thriftiness; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy Example: Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. Industry, indeed, provides the subject which parsimony accumulates. But whatever industry might acquire, if parsimony did not save and store up, the capital would never be the greater. 2. The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: We used three search heuristics, Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and maximum parsimony, to construct phylogenies from unique COI haplotypes and used default parameters for analyses unless otherwise noted.
Word: slob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈslɒb/, /ˈslɑb/ 1. A lazy and slovenly or obese person. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: What if God was one of us / Just a slob like one of us Example: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have just begun our gradual descent into the Indianapolis area, a descent similar in many ways to the gradual slide of the United States from a first-class world leader to an aggressive, third-rate debtor nation of overweight slobs, undereducated slob children and aimless elderly people who can't afford to buy medicine. The current conditions in Indianapolis: Temperature sixty-one degrees, partly cloudy skies, winds from the southwest and intense Midwestern boredom." 2. A member of the Bloods. Labels: derogatory
Word: slob Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈslɒb/, /ˈslɑb/ 1. To move slowly or cumbersomely. Example: […] save the placid Jemima who slobbed along as slowly and comfortable as a well-fatted pig returning from feeding-trough to stye. Example: Mitch slobbed down on to the sofa and plonked a foot on the table, his ankle right next to the offending device. 2. To act like a slob, in a lazy or slovenly way. Example: For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. Example: There’s nothin’ sweeter than slobbing in front of crap TV after a hard day’s work … There is nothing worse than slobbing in front of crap TV after a hard day’s nothing. 3. To slop or spatter. Example: He had a pail of paint, and I didn't want to get slobbed up with paint, […] Example: You've been SLOBBED! Hit the showers and try again. 4. To drool or slobber; to talk while slobbering. Example: I could not understand his intense feeling for his smelly hounds, with their horrible yelping and slobbing mouths. Example: He called Carrington’s name with a mouth no longer capable of forming the syllables, passionately desiring the boy to be alive, and the result was a slobbing idiotic cry. 5. To perform fellatio. Labels: vulgar Example: A lot of these SUVs have a big enough middle compartment where you can barely reach over and slob his knob. Example: Only a lame could get his jimmy slobbed down by Lover Lips, who was one of the best gamers on planet-whore, and not learn a thing or two about manipulation.
Word: certitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɝtət(j)ud/, /ˈsɜːtɪtjuːd/ 1. Sureness, certainty. Labels: uncountable Example: I have absolute certitude about that. 2. Something that is a certainty. Labels: countable Example: Taxes are obviously certitudes.
Word: liminal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin līmināris, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; beginning, commencement”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns). Līmen is possibly derived from līmus (“askew; sideways”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend, bow; elbow”)) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (suffix forming action nouns or result nouns from verbs)). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmən(ə)l/ 1. Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. Example: [W]ith the utmost strictness, we excommunicate digamists, as bringing infamy upon the Paraclete by the irregularity of their discipline. The selfsame liminal limit we fix for adulterers also and fornicators; dooming them to pour forth tears barren of peace, and to regain from the church no ampler return than the publication of their disgrace. Example: There is a reminiscence, which comes and goes, of Mexican words, of Mexican turns of speech and puns. It is a murmur that wanders in the liminal part of his soul, but the writer [Ramón del Valle-Inclán] lets it be felt with full consciousness of what he is doing. 2. Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it. 3. Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process. Example: If it be assumed […] (2) that the imperceptible value which it [resistance] finally attains is equal to the liminal intensity of the stimulus; and (3) that the intensity of the sensation is proportionate to the magnitude of the area of the circle of irradiation,—the same relation between strength of stimulus, liminal intensity, and intensity of sensation is found as is expressed by 'Fechner's formula' (Maassformel). Example: Every stimulus must reach a certain intensity before any appreciable sensation results. This point is known as the threshold or liminal intensity. 4. Of an empty environment that evokes a surreal blend of nostalgia, comfort, and unease; see liminal space. Labels: informal
Word: incipient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ 1. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence. Labels: not-comparable Example: After 500 years, incipient towns appeared. Example: Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.
Word: incipient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ 1. A beginner. Labels: obsolete 2. A verb tense of the Hebrew language.
Word: timorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English timorous (“(adjective) fearful, frightened; causing fear, dreadful, terrible; deferential, modest; (noun) timid people collectively”), borrowed from Old French temoros, temorous, from Medieval Latin timōrōsus, from timōr- (the stem of Latin timor (“dread, fear”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’). Timor is derived from timeō (“to be afraid of, fear”) (further origin uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temH- (“dark”)) + -or (suffix forming third-declension masculine abstract nouns). Doublet of timoroso. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪməɹəs/, /ˈtɪmɹəs/ 1. Tending to be easily frightened; shy, timid. Example: But thou now O temerous ⁊ weake ſely ſhepe, thynke yt ſufficient for thee, onely to walke after me, which am thy ſhepehearde ⁊ gouernor: […] Example: Thys faute of puſillanimitye and tymorous mynde, letteth a man alſo mani tymes from the doynge of manye good thynges, whyche (if he tooke a good ſtomake to hym in the truſt of Gods helpe) he were wel able to do. 2. Feeling fear; afraid, fearful, frightened. Labels: archaic Example: He [the Devil] marketh well […] mennes complexions within thẽ [them], health, or ſicknes, good humours or badde, by which they be light hearted or lumpiſh, ſtrong hearted, or faynt & fieble of ſpirite, bolde and hardy, or timorous and fearefull of courage. Example: Men call her Athliot: vvho cannot be / More vvretched made by infelicitie, / Vnleſſe ſhe here had an immortall breath / Or liuing thus, liu'd timerous of death. 3. Fastidious in dressing. Labels: UK, dialectal 4. Fired with intense feeling; passionate. Labels: UK, dialectal 5. Hard to manage; difficult, tiresome. Labels: UK, dialectal 6. Causing dread or fear; dreadful, terrible. Labels: obsolete Example: Well, having past halfe way downewards, wee came to the most scurrile and timorous Discent of the whole passage, where with much difficuty, I set safe the foure Germanes in our narrow Rode hewen out of the craggy Hill; […] 7. Humble, modest; also, showing reverence; respectful, reverent, reverential. Labels: obsolete
Word: frock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”). Pronunciation: /fɹɒk/, /fɹɑk/ 1. A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body. Example: This was just what he had been afraid of. These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to their frocks and gossip and leave men's work to the men. 2. An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit. 3. A sailor's jersey. 4. An undress regimental coat.
Word: frock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”). Pronunciation: /fɹɒk/, /fɹɑk/ 1. To clothe (somebody) in a frock. Labels: transitive Example: […] Mrs. Parmly-Coles, in thus frocking her daughter, was no jealous cat but a pearl among mothers. 2. To make (somebody) a cleric. Labels: transitive 3. To grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to. Labels: US, transitive Example: MajGen Richard G. Schulze […] was selected for two-star rank by members of the January selection board. He was frocked on 27 Jan and assigned new duties as CG, MCRD, San Diego.
Word: frock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frock, froke, from Old Norse frauki (“frog”), related to Old English frocga (“frog”). More at frog. Pronunciation: /fɹɒk/, /fɹɑk/ 1. A frog. Labels: dialectal
Word: undress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdɹɛs/ 1. To remove one's clothing. Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: She undressed herself before putting on her bedclothes. 2. To remove one’s clothing. Labels: intransitive Example: The doctor asked me to undress for the examination. 3. To remove the clothing of (someone). Labels: transitive Example: Mary began to undress her daughter in preparation for bathtime. Example: The young men slowly and sensually undressed each other before making passionate love. 4. To strip something off. Labels: figuratively, transitive 5. To take the dressing, or covering, from. Example: to undress a wound
Word: undress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdɹɛs/, /ˈʌndɹɛs/ 1. Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public. Labels: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable Example: Here he had not waited above ten minutes, when Emilia entered in a most inchanting undress, with all the graces of nature playing about her person, and in a moment rivetted the chains of his slavery beyond the power of accident to unbind. 2. Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear. Labels: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable Example: His undress, and the agitation he was apparently in, which she imputed to the effect of her charms, combined to make him appear more interesting both to the mother and daughter […]. 3. Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She returned to her dorm to find her roommate, fresh out of the shower, in a state of undress. Example: The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress.
Word: take off Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove. Labels: transitive Example: He took off his shoes. Example: The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word. 2. To imitate (somebody), often in a satirical manner. Labels: transitive, usually Example: Yes, the Peaches, on a nearly non-existent budget, lack professionalism. The basic format of this show — taking off on television, with a soap opera, a quiz show, news, a cooking class and commercials for KY and grass, etc. — resembles kids getting up a skit. Example: Pym would take him off perfectly, thought Brotherhood. Pym would catch that accent to a tee. 3. To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight. Labels: intransitive Example: The plane has been cleared to take off from runway 3. Example: That high-jumper takes off from her left foot. 4. To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave. Example: You take off, make the steep drop, hear the white water rumbling behind you and feel the spray on your back. 5. To become successful, to flourish. Labels: intransitive Example: The business has really taken off this year and has made quite a profit. Example: 2007 July 12, The Guardian, A welcome invasion. The message is now the medium – that is powerful and means products can take off practically all by themselves. 6. To depart. Labels: intransitive Example: I'm going to take off now. Example: Take off, loser! 7. To quantify. Labels: transitive Example: I'll take off the concrete and steel for this construction project. 8. To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission. Labels: ambitransitive Example: If you take off for Thanksgiving you must work Christmas and vice versa. Example: He decided to let his mother take a night off from cooking, so he took her and his siblings out to dinner. 9. To take drugs; to inject drugs. Labels: dated, intransitive, slang 10. To steal (something) or rob (someone). Labels: dated, slang, transitive 11. To swallow. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: to take off a glass of wine
Word: take off Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of takeoff. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: France never experienced a "take off" of the sort hypothesized by W. W. Rostow — a sudden spurt of output that begins sustained industrial growth. Example: Therefore, the only sure way to estimate the quantity of lumber required for any particular job is to do a take off of each piece of lumber needed for the work.
Word: mendacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious. Pronunciation: /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/ 1. Lying, untruthful or dishonest. Example: He was dismissed as a mendacious witness. 2. False or untrue. Example: mendacious propaganda Example: utterly mendacious
Word: Alsatian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Alsace Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Alsatian From Alsace + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈseɪʃən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France). Labels: not-comparable Example: [...] while the 7 p.m. is the fastest locomotive-hauled train to Strasbourg reaching the Alsatian capital (313 miles) in 4hr 11min [...].
Word: Alsatian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Alsace Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Alsatian From Alsace + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈseɪʃən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France). 2. A German shepherd dog. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, US, dated Example: Even the dogs here are restrained, Jesse thought, unlike the feral Alsatians back home that would sprint barking from the bottom of the garden straight through the house and smash themselves against the inside of the door until their owners appeared and locked them away. 3. A rogue or debauchee, like those who haunted Alsatia in London. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: You shall sink a nobleman in the Temple Gardens, and rise an Alsatian at Whitefriars.
Word: Alsatian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Alsace Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Alsatian From Alsace + -ian. Pronunciation: /ælˈseɪʃən/ 1. The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.
Word: German shepherd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A more commonly used shortening of German Shepherd Dog. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɜː.mənˈʃɛ.pəd/, /ˌd͡ʒɜɹ.mənˈʃɛ.pəɹd/ 1. A large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog. Labels: countable
Word: moneyboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From money + boy. 1. A rentboy; a (usually young) male who earns money by offering sexual services. Labels: especially, slang
Word: CC boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of sissy boy. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːˌsiː bɔɪ/, /ˈsiˌsi bɔɪ/ 1. An effeminate male homosexual. Labels: slang
Word: genitalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin (membra) genitālia, substantive use of neuter plural of genitālis (“pertaining to generation or birth”). First attested in 1651. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈteɪ̯.liː.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒen.ɪˈteɪ̯.liː.ə/, /-ˈteɪ̯l.jə/, /ˌd͡ʒɛn.ɪˈteɪ̯.li.ə/, /ˌd͡ʒen.ɪˈtæɪ̯.liː.ə/ 1. External sex organs. Labels: plural, singular Example: The second turning of the spiral is the fact that the pink blush of the female genitalia is what lures Enkidu away from his wild companions into what becomes the beginning of his movement into human society. 2. Any sex organs, whether external or internal; body parts responsible for sexual reproduction or sexual stimulation. Labels: broadly, plural, singular
Word: palindrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”). By surface analysis, palin- + -drome (compare also velodrome and syndrome). Pronunciation: /ˈpælɪndɹəʊm/, /ˈpælɪndɹoʊm/ 1. A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics. Example: The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it's a palindrome. 2. A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction. Labels: broadly 3. A sequence of items that follows the same pattern both forwards and backwards. Labels: broadly Example: A conjunct palindrome from notes 5 to 11, D D E F E D D, abuts the only melodically disjunct group E G D (notes 12–14), and at the same time contributes to a melodic sequence with the opening four notes. Example: The shops opposite were a High Street palindrome — Korean gorocery, courier service, letting abgents, courier service, Korean grocery — and buses passed with noisy frequency. 4. A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
Word: relative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, /rɪˈleː.ʈɪʋ/ 1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. Labels: not-comparable Example: We've been discussing the relative merits of various methods of transportation. Example: I once knew a case—possibly I read of it—where a pack of cards lay on the floor. It was a murder case and the guilt or innocence of an accused man depended on the relative positions of the fifty-first and fifty-second cards. 2. Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. Labels: not-comparable Example: The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/index.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg. 3. Depending on an antecedent; comparative. Labels: not-comparable Example: The words “big” and “small” are relative. 4. Having the same key but differing in being major or minor. Labels: not-comparable 5. Relevant; pertinent; related. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, rare Example: relative to your earlier point about taxes, ... Example: The Spirit that I haue ſeene May be the Diuell, and the Diuel hath power T'aſſume a pleaſing ſhape, yea and perhaps Out of my Weakneſſe, and my Melancholly, As he is very potent with ſuch Spirits, Abuſes me to damne me. Ile haue grounds More Relatiue then this: The play's the thing, Wherein Ile catch the Conſcience of the King. 6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional. Labels: not-comparable
Word: relative Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, /rɪˈleː.ʈɪʋ/ 1. Alternative form of relatively. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: In 1924 it moved to a commonious campus at Stockton. Like other Californian colleges, however, it decided to remain a relative small institution. Example: Mr. Schneebell. Instead of the relative small number of cases, you should phrase it probably differently. Professor Brazer. I accept that correction.
Word: relative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, /rɪˈleː.ʈɪʋ/ 1. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family. Example: The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives. Example: In 2008, the leader of a pro-government union accused Flores of nepotism after she reportedly hired at least 40 relatives to work within the National Assembly. 2. Something kindred or related to something else. Labels: figuratively 3. A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Word: hypoallergenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined between 1950 and 1955 from hypo- + allergenic. Some say that it was coined by advertisers in 1953. Merriam-Webster puts the date at 1940. Pronunciation: /haɪ.pəʊ.æl.ə(ɹ)ˈdʒɛn.ɪk/, /haɪ.poʊ.æl.ɚˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/ 1. Containing fewer allergens; minimally allergenic. Example: However, unless you have a nonshedding, nonlicking breed, there's no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic dog. How about a nice goldfish instead? 2. Relating to a hypoallergen.
Word: affiliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) + filiō (from filius (“son”)). Pronunciation: /əˌfɪliˈeɪʃən/ 1. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The establishment of a child's paternity or maternity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] he did not […] forget to write to Mark a stinging letter in which he stated that if he refused to accept his responsibilities he would see that an action for affiliation was brought against him. Example: If the defendant is adjudged to be the father, an affiliation order can be made under which he will be obliged to pay any expenses incidental to the birth and to pay a weekly sum for the maintenance and education of the child. 3. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: affirmation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio. Pronunciation: /æfɝˈmeɪʃn/ 1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her success was an affirmation of all her hard work. Example: The ceremony included an affirmation of loyalty. 2. A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Daily positive affirmations can improve self-confidence. Example: [Gemini:] Yes, your family group chat decided to meet for dinner at seven today, and there is a reminder to say your daily affirmations, you are strong, you are confident— [Nishtha Bhatia] Okay, we'll do these affirmations a bit later, but why don't you add that dinner to my calendar?
Word: cab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cabriolet. Pronunciation: /kæb/ 1. A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver. 2. A similar compartment in other vehicles. Example: Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s cab. He knew that DEVILISH smirk anywhere. It was Fingers. 3. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower. 4. Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet. Labels: historical Example: Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was! Example: “There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.” 5. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys. Example: a cab ride Example: to take a cab
Word: cab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of cabriolet. Pronunciation: /kæb/ 1. To travel by taxicab.
Word: cab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew קב (káv). Pronunciation: /kæb/ 1. A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure. Labels: historical Example: […] in the famine of Samaria […] the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver […]
Word: cab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cabinet. Pronunciation: /kæb/ 1. An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade. Labels: informal 2. Clipping of cabinet file (“a compressed library archive file”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: cab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cabernet sauvignon Pronunciation: /kæb/ 1. Short for cabernet sauvignon Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable, usually
Word: cab Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæb/ 1. Alternative form of Cab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: damn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/, [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam], /ˈdam/, [ˈdam], [ˈdam] ~ [ˈdäm] 1. To condemn. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The official position is that anyone who does this will be damned for all eternity. Example: Only God can damn. 2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment. Example: He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Example: Lack of access to support services can damn children with disabilities and lesser means to lives where they never harness their full range of abilities. 3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively. Example: I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker. 4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal. Example: 1708 November 8, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing. Example: Homosexuality and suicide have some common characteristics. Both are damned by the Western Judeo-Christian culture as sins (although the latter has only been considered such since the sixth century). 5. To curse; put a curse upon. Labels: slang Example: That man stole my wallet. Damn him! 6. To invoke damnation; to curse. Labels: archaic Example: c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury […] while I inwardly damn.
Word: damn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/, [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam], /ˈdam/, [ˈdam], [ˈdam] ~ [ˈdäm] 1. Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Shut the damn door! Example: Damn freaks!
Word: damn Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/, [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam], /ˈdam/, [ˈdam], [ˈdam] ~ [ˈdäm] 1. Very; extremely. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: That car was going damn fast! Example: How are you damn quick?
Word: damn Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/, [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam], /ˈdam/, [ˈdam], [ˈdam] ~ [ˈdäm] 1. Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: damn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnāre (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”). Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/, [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam], /ˈdam/, [ˈdam], [ˈdam] ~ [ˈdäm] 1. The word "damn" employed as a curse. Labels: error-unknown-tag, slang Example: He said a few damns and left. 2. A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot. Labels: error-unknown-tag, slang Example: The new hires aren't worth a damn. 3. The smallest amount of concern or consideration. Labels: error-unknown-tag, slang Example: I don't give a damn.
Word: clef Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clavis. Pronunciation: /klɛf/ 1. A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
Word: clave Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kleɪv/ 1. simple past and past participle of cleave Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Example: And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Word: clave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish clave, from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clavis and clef. Pronunciation: /ˈklɑːveɪ/ 1. singular of claves Labels: form-of, singular
Word: clave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish clave, from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clavis and clef. Pronunciation: /ˈklɑːveɪ/ 1. A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
Word: clave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of autoclave. 1. Ellipsis of autoclave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: clave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of autoclave. 1. Ellipsis of autoclave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: clavis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clef. Pronunciation: /ˈkleɪ.vɪs/, /ˈklɑv.ɪs/ 1. A Roman key. Example: Iron clavis, the solid web-shaped at the edges to fit the wards in the lock, and having a pointed broach and a kite-formed looped haft. 2. A device for restraint of the hands. Example: His hands were restrained by means of a clavis and bolt (of iron), appropriated to each wrist, and united by a padlock. 3. Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms. Example: Homer, with a clavis, I have had possession of some years. 4. A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon. Example: There are many disadvantages in using a clavis intended for another country, which necessarily includes plants that are absent from our islands while it omits some that are present and neglects the peculiarities of our island flora.
Word: agglomeration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin agglomerātiō. By surface analysis, agglomerate + -ion. 1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A state of being collected in a mass; a mass; a cluster. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conclave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm The noun is derived from Late Middle English conclave (“private chamber; (Roman Catholicism) private room where election of the Pope takes place; meeting held for this purpose”), borrowed from Middle French conclave (modern French conclave), or directly from its etymon Latin conclāve (“chamber, room; enclosed space that can be locked; dining hall”), from con- (prefix denoting a being or bringing together of several objects) (combining form of cum (“(along) with”)) + clāvis (“key”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“(noun) crook, hook; peg; (verb) to close”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnkleɪv/, /ˈkɒŋ-/, /ˈkɑnˌkleɪv/, /ˈkɑŋ-/ 1. To participate in a closed, private, or secret meeting. Labels: intransitive Example: [N]or […] were a group of the miserably destitute ever discovered conclaved gravely in the committee-room, where the Board of Directors are usually occupied in breaking hearts—while the said board were hammering might and main in the yard, where the miserably destitute are usually occupied in breaking stones. Example: That Mr. [Frederick Apthorp] Paley is no impassionate member of the Camden Brotherhood, as conclaved at Cambridge,—no luke-warm laggard either in his enthusiastic admiration of Middle-Aged Gothicisms, or in his derisive and unworthy deprecation of "Classic Christianisms," will be immediately inferred from the following passage, […] 2. Of a cardinal: to attend a closed assembly to elect a pope. Labels: intransitive Example: At Cardinal Verdi's urging the College of Cardinals at last conclaved behind locked doors, slipping into the heavily guarded Sistine Chapel through the underground tunnels for their deliberations. Example: "Brothers, we have a Pope!" Bennelli exclaimed. "But I request that you remain conclaved, until I consult the man whom we elected. I shall return within the hour."
Word: agglutination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French agglutinationbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Latin glūtinō Latin agglūtinō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō New Latin agglutinatioder. English agglutination Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16th century, from French agglutination. The linguistic sense derived from this usage during the early 19th century. The sense of gluing or cementing objects together in other contexts is from New Latin agglutinatio, from Latin agglūtinō (“glue; fasten to”) + -iō (a suffix used to form nouns). Compare Spanish aglutinación (“uniting; (linguistic) agglutination”), French agglutiner (“to paste together”, verb), and German Agglutination (“(linguistic) agglutination”) and Agglutinierung (“(biological) adhering, clumping”). Pronunciation: /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See agglutinative. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The clumping together of red blood cells or bacteria, usually in response to a particular antibody. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It may resemble the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens.
Word: aggravation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French aggravation. Pronunciation: /ˌæɡɹəˈveɪʃən/ 1. The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Adrian, whose health had always been weak, now suffered considerable aggravation of suffering from the effects of his wound. 2. Exaggerated representation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A feeling of being provoked by irritation and annoyance; the feeling of being riled up or increasingly irritated. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: A little less conversation, a little more action please / All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
Word: senior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/, /ˈsinjɚ/ 1. Older. Example: senior citizen 2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior. Example: senior member; senior counsel 3. Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university. Labels: US 4. Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience. Labels: Canada, US Example: senior hockey 5. Synonym of elder. Example: It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.
Word: senior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/, /ˈsinjɚ/ 1. An old person. Labels: US Example: Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor. 2. Someone older than someone else (with possessive). Example: He was four years her senior. 3. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. 4. An elder or presbyter in the early Church. Labels: obsolete Example: Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…]. 5. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office. 6. A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist. Labels: Philippines, US
Word: junior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/, /ˈd͡ʒuniɚ/ 1. Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: He uses the leverage of seniority with the more junior employees. 2. Younger. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information. Example: Humorous books for junior readers are often ignored by the critical community, due, in part, to what Milner Davis describes as a “conventional bias against comic genres” (1996: 101), and I consider this a serious oversight within the field of children's literature. 3. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […] 4. Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university. Labels: US, not-comparable, usually 5. Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable, usually Example: Only about half of the schools had a single closing time, while the others organized different times for their infant and junior children. 6. Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable, usually Example: junior hockey 7. Synonym of younger. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: "Not bad for the junior hand," commented Crediton.
Word: junior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/, /ˈd͡ʒuniɚ/ 1. A younger person. Labels: countable Example: four years his junior Example: Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games. 2. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A clothing size for girls or women. Labels: uncountable 4. A third-year student at a high school or university. Labels: Philippines, US, countable 5. A student in a junior school or the second part of a primary school. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable Example: My son is now a junior at another, bigger school; but our hopes for his schooling have really remained the same. Of course, we want him to be able to read and keep up at maths but the fact that he is still so enthusiastic about his school and his teacher and his classmates 6. A junior barrister. Labels: countable