nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Zaragozan Part of Speech: adj 1. Saragossan; of, from or relating to the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zaragozan Part of Speech: noun 1. Saragossan; a native or inhabitant of the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
Word: Saragossan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Saragossa + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Saragossan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Saragossa + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
Word: Sevillan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Seville + -an. 1. Alternative form of Sevillian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Sevillan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Seville + -an. 1. Alternative form of Sevillian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sevillian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Seville + -ian. 1. Of, from or relating to Seville, Spain Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sevillian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Seville + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of Seville, Spain
Word: Zaragozans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zaragozan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saragossans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saragossan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sevillians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sevillian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sevillans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sevillan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Barcelonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Barcelonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bortsches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bortsch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bosom buddy Part of Speech: noun 1. A very close friend. Labels: informal Example: He made a telephone call to his bosom buddy, drinking companion and confidant, CBS Sports Director Bill MacPhail. Example: Although they were far from bosom buddies, she liked Mary Jackson as much as anyone on the street.
Word: forban Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forbannen, partly from Middle English for- + bannen, equivalent to for- + ban; and partly from Old French forbenir (“to banish”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ferbonne (“to banish”), West Frisian ferbanne (“to banish”), Dutch verbannen (“to banish”), German Low German verbannen (“to banish”), German verbannen (“to banish”), Swedish förbanna (“to curse, damn”). 1. To exile; banish. Labels: archaic, obsolete, poetic, rare, transitive Example: That lower down it constitutes correspondential phytostatics, or pressure of vegetable life, grasping matter close with prolonged human fingers in the trees, and forbanning materialism from the very stones. Example: Lost from those archangelic thrones that star, Fadeless and fixed, heaven's light of azure bliss; Forbanned of all His splendor and depressed Beyond the birth of the first sun, and lower Than the last star's decline
Word: overembellish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + embellish. 1. To embellish excessively.
Word: overembellishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overembellish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overembellished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overembellish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overembellishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overembellish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: multimediocrities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multimediocrity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waywardens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waywarden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transworld Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + world. 1. Spanning possible worlds. Example: But it doesn't really come to the same thing, because the usual notion of a criterion of transworld identity demands that we give purely qualitative necessary and sufficient conditions for someone being Nixon. Example: If we start with transworld individuals which exist in several possible worlds, we can, as Lewis pointed out, construct world-specific individuals as ordered pairs, of which the first member is a transworld individual and the second member is a possible world ...
Word: Wittgensteinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wittgenstein + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the person or ideas of Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common.
Word: Wittgensteinian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wittgenstein + -ian. 1. One who believes or follows the principles of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Word: Wittgenstein Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Wittgenstein. 1. A surname from German. 2. Ludwig Wittgenstein, an Austrian-born twentieth-century philosopher noted for the idea of "family resemblance" as that which individual objects of a sense of a term have in common. Example: Thus we might ask Wittgenstein and Phillips if the structure of family resemblance does not dissolve the dichotomy of internal/external to which their semantic and criteriologic pragmatic contextualism is connected.
Word: parenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parent + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛəɹəntə/, /ˈpɛ(ə)ɹəntəɹ/, /ˈpæɹəntəɹ/ 1. Agent noun of parent. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: linear operator Part of Speech: noun 1. An operator L such that for functions f and g and scalar λ, L (f + g) = L f + L g and L λf = λ L f.
Word: parvule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parvus (“small”). 1. A small pill or pellet; a granule. Labels: obsolete
Word: linear operators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linear operator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bortschs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bortsch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedalia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twenty winks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modeled after forty winks, from the humorous notion that if a short nap is forty winks then a very short nap is twenty winks (half that amount). 1. A very short sleep. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Near-synonyms: forty winks; see also Thesaurus:shut-eye Example: All right, go along to the doting mother, while I stretch out on the settle and chance twenty winks of sleep before Andrew turns up. I never sleep well on the train, as you know.
Word: percutient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin percutiens. See percuss. 1. Striking; having the power of striking or hitting. Labels: archaic
Word: percutient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin percutiens. See percuss. 1. That which has the power of striking. Labels: archaic Example: Therefore proceeding upon our grounds before layed; to wit, that no body can be moved of it self; we may determine those motions to be naturall unto bodies which have constant causes, or percutients to make them alwayes in such bodies: […]
Word: perditas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perdita Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brandling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brand + -ling. 1. The young or parr of the salmon, so named from its markings being, as it were, branded. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A small, red earthworm, Eisenia fetida, used for bait in freshwater fishing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And you also find another kind of worm called a brandling, which is striped and smells like an earwig, and which is very good bait for perch.
Word: brandlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brandling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonnos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonno Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonnas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: starey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stare + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛə.ɹi/, /ˈstɛɚ.i/, /ˈstɛɹ.i/, /ˈsteː.ɹi/, /ˈsteəɹi/ 1. Characterized by staring. Example: […] skin white as buttermilk and maybe smelling a little like it, and big blue starey eyes, starey to some extent even when she was not distributed over a vaulting horse.
Word: spaghetti squashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spaghetti squash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: string beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of string bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winged beans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winged bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Evon Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: sullows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sullow. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toswap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toswappen, equivalent to to- + swap. 1. To smite heavily. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: toswink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toswinken, equivalent to to- + swink. 1. To toil excessively; work or labour hard. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: faboo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of fabulous. Pronunciation: /fæˈbuː/ 1. Fabulous. Labels: informal Example: [For sale:] new black patent leather, square toed, flared-heel uber faboo shoes Example: “Her dress.” Chantal handed him a fresh scotch and took a sip of the eggnog she'd snagged for herself. “It's a Vera Wang. Doesn't she look faboo?"
Word: totear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran (“to tear apart, tear asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“apart”), *teraną (“to tear, tear away”), equivalent to to- + tear. Pronunciation: /təˈtɛə/, /təˈtɛɚ/ 1. To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend. Labels: obsolete 2. To break. Labels: obsolete 3. To disturb violently; agitate. Labels: obsolete
Word: t'other Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of tother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: totread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English totreden, equivalent to to- + tread. 1. To tread in pieces. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: to-whiles Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English, from towhile + -s; compare whiles. 1. While. Labels: obsolete
Word: towind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English towinden, equivalent to to- + wind. 1. To whirl around; revolve. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 2. To go to pieces. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: again-coming Part of Speech: noun 1. Coming back, return. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: townselike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from *townslike, equivalent to towns + -like. 1. Bourgeois; plebeian. Labels: obsolete Example: The riche merchaunt, the poore Squier, the wise plough man, and the good townselike craftsman, needes no daughter in lawe that can fril and paint her selfe, but such as be skilfull very well to spinne.
Word: breaky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From break + -y; or alternatively, a clipping of breaking (compare movie from moving picture). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪki/ 1. Easily broken. Example: my achy breaky heart
Word: breaky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of breakfast + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛki/ 1. Alternative spelling of brekkie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: toysome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toy + -some. 1. Playful; playfully affectionate; amorous.
Word: phugoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φῠγή (phŭgḗ, “fleeing, flight; escape; retreat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”)) + English -oid (“suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’, forming adjectives and nouns”). The word was coined by the British aerodynamicist and engineer Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946) in his book Aerodonetics (1908), the author mistaking the meaning of φῠγή (phŭgḗ) to be “flight” in the sense of “the act of flying”: see the quotations. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːɡɔɪd/, /ˈfjuˌɡɔɪd/ 1. Of the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Phugoid theory deals with the longitudinal stability, and the form and equations of the flight path of an aerodone.
Word: phugoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φῠγή (phŭgḗ, “fleeing, flight; escape; retreat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”)) + English -oid (“suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’, forming adjectives and nouns”). The word was coined by the British aerodynamicist and engineer Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946) in his book Aerodonetics (1908), the author mistaking the meaning of φῠγή (phŭgḗ) to be “flight” in the sense of “the act of flying”: see the quotations. The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːɡɔɪd/, /ˈfjuˌɡɔɪd/ 1. The motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up. Example: As the amplitude of the phugoid is increased beyond the limits of the semicircle, there is a rapid shortening of the time period as shown by the manner in which the time curve falls away almost immediately after that critical form of flight path is passed. […] [I]f we select phugoids of greater and greater velocity, for a given aerodone the form of the tumbler curve approximates more and more closely to a circle of radius #61;2H#95;n. Example: As well as physical debris, the report drew on recent analysis by Australian defense scientists of burst frequency signals from Flight 370 to satellites that indicated the aircraft had been descending fast, likely in an automated series of swooping dives called fugoids.
Word: phugoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phugoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toywort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toy + wort. So named because children play a game with the seed pods. 1. The shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris. Labels: dialectal
Word: toyworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toywort. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phwoarr Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of phwoar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fuckwads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuckwad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interconfessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + confessional. 1. Taking place between religious organisations that have different systems of formulated theology (confessions of faith) Labels: not-comparable Example: The goal of this interconfessional endeavour is to bring harmony and understanding between these disparate churches.
Word: abbeylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abbey + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of an abbey. Example: Fort Tryon Park, just north of the George Washington Bridge, is the site of the Cloisters, an imposing abbeylike structure housing the Metropolitan Museum's medieval collections.
Word: multischema Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + schema. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one (database) schema. Labels: not-comparable Example: Use caution when granting public synonyms, especially in a multischema environment.
Word: multirow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + row. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one row. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multicolumnar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + columnar. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one column. Labels: not-comparable Example: a multicolumnar report Example: a multicolumnar notochord
Word: multischeme Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + scheme. 1. Of or pertaining to more than one scheme. Labels: not-comparable Example: a multischeme health insurance system
Word: prefixhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prefix + -hood. 1. The state, condition, or qualification of being a prefix. Labels: uncountable Example: Thus, in OT, the prefixhood of in- is achieved through a constraint on output well-formedness, rather than being specified lexically.
Word: suffixhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suffix + -hood. 1. The state, condition, or qualification of being a suffix. Labels: uncountable
Word: patient zero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally patient O (standing for out of California), referring to Gaëtan Dugas, a superspreader of AIDS who was at the time erroneously believed to have introduced the virus to the United States. The letter O was later misinterpreted as a zero. 1. The initial patient in the population of an epidemiological investigation. Example: When epidemiologists trace the evolution of a disease, they look for the first individual known to have contracted it, who is given the inglorious lavel "Patient Zero". For example, the official Patient Zero for the AIDS epidemic was a South African man who died in 1959 (though it is suspected that the disease originated as early as the 1920s. Example: When I think of Gaëtan Dugas, the French-Canadian flight attendant who paid his first known visit to a New York City bathhouse on October 31, 1980, the man to whom all the city's initial cases of AIDS would be traced back—hence the moniker he was given: patient zero […] 2. The source or origin of something. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Danny Boyle, patient zero of the zombie revival, reviews The Walking Dead. Example: Dove, the Patient Zero of empowerment marketing, has lifted its sales to the tune of $1.5 billion with its "#RealBeauty" campaign, cooked up by executives who noticed that few women like to call themselves beautiful and saw in that tragic modesty a great opportunity to raise the profile of the Dove brand.
Word: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for neurologists William G. Lennox (Boston, USA) and Henri Gastaut (Marseille, France). 1. A difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy, characterized by frequent seizures of different types and often accompanied by mental retardation and psychological and behavioural problems. Labels: uncountable
Word: networkability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From network + -ability. 1. The quality of being networkable; suitability for, or capability of, networking. Labels: uncountable
Word: forgrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forgrowen, from Old English forgrōwan (“to grow up, grow into, increase, overgrow”), equivalent to for- + grow. 1. To grow to excess or out of shape; grow unduly. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: A terror to the new made folke, which neuer erst had knowne So foule a Dragon in their life, so monstrously foregrowne, So great a ground thy poyson paunch did vnderneath thée hide. 2. To become grown over; overgrow; become covered with growth (usually one that is excessive or unsightly). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And after the floode was passed & Noy and his housholde come out of the arke, the worlde beyng deuided among his thre sonnes, Sem, Cham, and Iaphethe, and that the people began eftsones to multiplye and increase, the worlde was so forgrowen in wickednes, that there was none found, that truely worshipped god […] Example: Plutarch saith that mens minds do rust and forgrow through idlenes […]
Word: zeroable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zero + -able. 1. Capable of being zeroed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forhale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier forhail, equivalent to for- + hale. Compare Norwegian and Danish forhale (“to delay”), Swedish förhala (“to protract, prolong, retard”). 1. To overhaul; overtake. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: forhele Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forhelen, from Old English forhelan (“to cover up, conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *frahelaną (“to conceal, hide”), equivalent to for- + hele. Cognate with Dutch verhelen (“to conceal”), German verhehlen (“to hide, conceal”). 1. To conceal; hide. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: seaspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + space. 1. A designated portion of the sea for naval use. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seasprays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seaspray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pantagruelism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Eponym from French character in the novel Gargantua and Pantagruel, + -ism. 1. burlesque comedy that has an underlying serious purpose; a form of satire Labels: uncountable
Word: preroll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + roll. 1. A period of time during which the camera rolls but before the action begins. Labels: uncountable 2. An advertisement that plays before the main content. Labels: Internet, countable Example: Are ads that play before video clips, known as prerolls, more effective when paired with banner ads? 3. A joint which has been preprepared by a cannabis vendor or dispensary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I bought prerolls for almost a decade until I got good at rolling my own joints. Example: Offer a Buy-One-Get-One, a Build-Your-Own-Preroll-Pack, assemble grab bags full of goodies (such as a preroll, a gram, an edible, and some stickers) available for a set price
Word: preroll Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + roll. 1. To roll something in advance. 2. To make or show a preroll.
Word: palays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palays Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of palace. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: continental breakfasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continental breakfast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: continental divides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continental divide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: continental quilts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continental quilt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: continental slopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continental slope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: continental shifts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of continental shift Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calmatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calmative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baptisms by fire Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baptism by fire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English winly, wynnelych, wunliche, from Old English wynlīċ (“joyous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjulīk (“joyous”), from *wunjō (“joy, delight, desire”), equivalent to winne + -ly. More at winne, winsome. 1. Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly. Labels: obsolete
Word: winly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English winly, wynnelych, wunliche, from Old English wynlīċ (“joyous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjulīk (“joyous”), from *wunjō (“joy, delight, desire”), equivalent to winne + -ly. More at winne, winsome. 1. Delightfully; pleasantly. Labels: obsolete 2. Quietly. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: deligent Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of diligent. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The deligent use of all outward means[…]
Word: deligate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin dēligātus, perfect passive participle of dēligō (“to bind up”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To bind up; to bandage. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Every one is aware of the uncertainty as well as great danger of the different cutting and deligating operations for the removal of this distressing infirmity.
Word: delectus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin delectus (“selection”), from deligo (“to select”). 1. An elementary reader (collection of passages) for learners of a language Labels: obsolete Example: If she spoke with any keenness of interest to Mr. Casaubon, he heard her with an air of patience as if she had given a quotation from the Delectus familiar to him from his tender years, and sometimes mentioned curtly what ancient sects or personages had held similar ideas, as if there were too much of that sort in stock already; at other times he would inform her that she was mistaken, and reassert what her remark had questioned. Example: I am convinced that for [t]his purpose the best way would be to disregard classical Latin entirely, to use neither Cornelius Nepos, nor Eutropius, nor Cæsar, nor any delectus from them, but to use the Latin Bible, the Vulgate.
Word: Lobamba Part of Speech: name 1. The traditional and legislative capital of Eswatini.
Word: tommy-rot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tommyrot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: perpetia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of peripetia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: These different ways make two sorts of Action or Fable: The One Simple, the Other Complex. The Simple Actions are such as End without a Discovery and a Peripetia; The Complex have either a Discovery, or a Perpetia, or Both. Example: The first symphonic essay by Beethoven in the minor mode allowed him to stretch the perpetia of the drama from darkness to light not just within a single movement, as in Symphony No. 4/1, but over a longer span, with only a few hints of light until the Finale blazes forth with C-major brilliance.
Word: castellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of casteller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perquire Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin perquiro. 1. Exactly. Labels: archaic Example: I perceive you have gotten a paper from some of these rebellious ministers, and has gotten your answers perquire 2. Separate as to place. Labels: archaic
Word: perquire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin perquiro. 1. Accurate. Labels: archaic
Word: Málaga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Málaga, q.v. 1. Alternative spelling of Malaga: 2. Alternative spelling of Malaga:
Word: Malagan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Málaga + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] in his handling of this affair; a Malagan ambassador praised his foresight and wisdom, which resulted in peace and tranquility in Malaga.
Word: Malagan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Málaga + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain. Example: 1937, New York Time, February 14 1937, MALAGANS ACCLAIM AMERICAN 'SAVIORS'; Many Rightists Say They Owe Their Lives to the Edward Nortons of Memphis Acclaimed by the Insurgent conquerors of Malaga as "saviors of hundreds of lives," Mr. and Mrs. Edward Norton of Memphis, Tenn., held open house today for grateful Malagans. The Nortons, who live in Villa los Pinos, overlooking the Mediterranean, admitted they had sheltered "lots of friends and friends of friends" during Leftist control of the city.
Word: Malagans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Malagan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bilbaoan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bilbao + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Arana, the son of a major Bilbaoan shipbuilder, set out to revitalize a flagging Basque consciousness. One of his major concerns was the restoration of the Basque language, Euskera, which had fallen to the status of a local patois Example: Antonio's good grammar and mathematical skills landed him a job in the store of an old Bilbaoan friend of his uncle two blocks from the latter's residence.
Word: Bilbaoan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bilbao + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. Example: During the French occupation, Bilbaoans were likely to have been exposed to some French culture and influence. Example: Only about 10 percent of Bilbaoans speak Euskara, as compared with 35 to 40 percent of the inhabitants of Donostia. Such a contradiction is at the very core of both the difficulties and the dynamism of the Basque Country.
Word: Bilbaoans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bilbaoan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Badajoz Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Badajoz, of uncertain origin but possibly from Arabic forms of Latin Pax Augusta. Pronunciation: /ˌbɑːdəˈhoʊs/ 1. A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. Example: It was at this town of Badajoz, the capital of Estremadura, that I first fell in with those singular people, the Zincali, Gitanos, or Spanish gypsies. 2. A province of Extremadura, Spain, around the city.
Word: perseverer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From persevere + -er. 1. One who perseveres.
Word: perseverator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perseverate + -or. 1. One who perseverates.
Word: perstat Part of Speech: phrase 1. (The condition under discussion) persists. 2. Alternative spelling of the military acronym PERSTAT Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Navarran Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Navarre + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to Navarre, Spain.
Word: Navarran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Navarre + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Navarre, Spain.
Word: Smithfield stone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Smithfield (a London meat market) + stone. Calculated on the basis that for every 14lb (1 standard stone) of livestock purchased, 8lb (1 Smithfield stone) of saleable meat are produced. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɪθfiːld stoʊn/, /ˈsmɪθfiːld stəʊn/ 1. A British unit of weight used in the meat trade, equal to eight pounds (avoirdupois). Labels: obsolete
Word: scent out Part of Speech: verb 1. To locate by following a scent. Labels: transitive Example: To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice. Example: 'Be careful what you do,' rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, 'lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.'
Word: come over Part of Speech: verb 1. To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. Labels: transitive Example: I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don't know what came over me. Example: It was then that a great pity came over me for this thin shadow of man; thinking rather what a fine, tall gentleman Colonel Mohune had once been, and a good soldier no doubt besides, than that he had wasted a noble estate and played traitor to the king. 2. To seem; to come to express a feeling or state. Labels: informal Example: That's why he's come over strange. 3. To change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict. Labels: intransitive Example: come over for coffee and cake Example: You'll soon come over to my way of thinking: welcome to the dark side. 4. To deceive or get the better of; overreach. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you.
Word: come to oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To gain consciousness or self-control. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of which the spring sunlight streamed. Example: The patient invariably falls down in a swoon and is carried like dead to his hammock, where he is tightly lashed with cords. As they come to themselves, they writhe in agony, so that their hammocks rock violently to and fro.
Word: on't Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of on + it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, regional Example: “Speak no more on’t,” she said; “and now let us part, our conversation may attract more notice than is convenient for either of us.” Example: 'For', says she, 'he is run off I know not where, but as he makes his bed, must he lie on't; and if he run away for his pleasure, may stay away for mine.
Word: keep house Part of Speech: verb 1. To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper. Labels: idiomatic Example: So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it. 2. To seclude oneself in one's house in order to evade the demands of creditors.
Word: phantasies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phantasy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phantasies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of phantasy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: melt away Part of Speech: verb 1. To fade or wane Labels: intransitive Example: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI It came at last. The sky lightened, the mist melted away, and then a long, low, far-off streak of pale yellow light floated on the eastern horizon.
Word: broad awake Part of Speech: adj 1. wide awake Labels: not-comparable Example: Ah, that is kind, dear mother; and see now How broad awake I am, and how so smart I'm finishing my work since you relate These pretty tales. Example: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII The felon Rufus Dawes had stretched himself in his bunk and tried to sleep. But though he was tired and sore, and his head felt like lead, he could not but keep broad awake.
Word: in league Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. collaborating (with) Example: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII Sarah Purfoy was in league with the convicts--was herself the wife or mistress of one of them. She had come on board armed with a plot for his release, and this plot was about to be put in execution. Example: I'm in league with Satan / I was raised in hell / I walk the streets of Salem / Amongst the living dead
Word: beaverlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From beaver + -like. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːvɚˌlaɪk/ 1. Having physical or temperamental characteristics like those of a beaver.
Word: Red Square Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Russian Кра́сная пло́щадь (Krásnaja plóščadʹ), originally literally "beautiful square". 1. A large historical square in central Moscow. Example: The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by the Great Wall of China and Red Square in Russia.
Word: mahusive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of mahoosive. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, humorous, slang Example: Picture this: we had a fat tourist: wandering along in a mahusive pair of budgie smugglers (Speedo's), and wearing this ridiculous flower hat; pawing over a local girl. Example: Rachel McAdams showed off a mahusive baby bump while out and about in Notting Hill, London late yesterday afternoon. Which could just about be the most exciting thing to ever happen, today.
Word: Hellenises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Hellenise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: labour unions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of labour union Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tail draggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tail dragger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dragger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: golden boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golden boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plutei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pluteus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porrectus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin porrectus, from porrigō (“to stretch”). Pronunciation: /pɔˈɹɛktəs/, /pəˈɹɛktəs/ 1. A neume denoting a set of three tones which first fall from the original tone, then rise.
Word: porrecti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porrectus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Decan Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Deccan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: supersecretive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + secretive. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpərˈsiːkrɪtɪv/ 1. Alternative spelling of super-secretive. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ms. Black’s cause has been further hampered by the supersecretive way she was selected, which led to a vacuum in the days after the announcement that was easily filled by the mounting opposition.
Word: do off Part of Speech: verb 1. To take off (clothing). Labels: obsolete Example: Than seyde Sir Trystram, ‘I requyre you, do of your helmys, that I may se you.’ Example: So she laughed, and did off her other raiment, and slid swiftly into the water, that embraced her body in all its fresh kindness […] 2. To kill, to bump off Labels: slang
Word: armoured combat vehicles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armoured combat vehicle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armoured personnel carriers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armoured personnel carrier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yard-sale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From yard + sale. 1. To sell, or buy, things at a yard sale.
Word: yard-sale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From yard + sale. 1. Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).
Word: yard-sale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard + sale. 1. Alternative form of yard sale. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of yardsale. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: V-sync Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of vertical synchronization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: with knobs on Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Embellished. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: And although starting to talk about problem drug takers and demedicalization, when it came to talking about services, it fell back on the old medically dominated system, what Roger Lewis described as 'clinics with knobs on'. 2. (manner) Extremely; in a similar way, but taken to an extreme. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: And the same to you with knobs on! Example: The door opened a foot. Parker squinted out, looking like death on a Popsicle stick. With knobs on.
Word: powder blues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of powder blue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: win up Part of Speech: verb 1. To get back on one's feet. Labels: obsolete Example: And so they ran togydirs so myghtyly that ayther smote other downe, horse and all, to the erth; and than they wan up lyghtly, and drewe swerdys and dressed their shyldis […]
Word: have had it Part of Speech: verb 1. To have endured all that one can. Labels: idiomatic Example: I've had it with your shenanigans! 2. To be broken or worn out beyond repair. Labels: idiomatic Example: My old car has just about had it. 3. To be dead or close to death. Labels: idiomatic Example: The dog got hit by a car, and I'm afraid he's had it. Example: When the brakes didn’t work, we thought we’d had it. 4. To have failed. Labels: idiomatic Example: 'Once you start to make a set at Le Chiffre at the tables, you'll have had it,' he said. 'But wear a cover that will stick with the general public.'
Word: have it Part of Speech: verb 1. To state or hold as true; to insist. Example: Conventional wisdom has it that heat rises, but in fact heat diffuses: hot air rises. Example: He'll have it that I am maliciously misleading him. 2. To buy: to purchase. Example: Twenty quid, you say? Yes, we'll have it, thank you. Example: (Well, for only twenty quid, we're having it all day long, aren't we?) 3. To accept (an excuse, a behavior, etc); to believe. Example: He tried to make excuses but she wouldn't have it / was not having it / was having none of it. Example: Like her growing mid section, the stone was bulging in the middle. She had seen it as she walked out of Ngozi's palace. Ngozi had grilled her about who the father of her baby was, since she was known to be unmarried. Uzo'ma had insisted on keeping the identity of the father secret and Ngozi was not having it. 4. To be the object of ridicule, rebuke, critique, etc. Example: Near-synonym: get it Example: "Well, I expect you are going to let us have it," he laughed. "We are used to it Mr. Malone. We don't mind. But you will see the turn some day. These articles may rise up in judgement." "I will treat it fairly, I assure you." "Well, we ask no more." 5. To possess some desirable quality or ability; to be all that. Example: I was nervous about her performing on stage, but after all these years, she still has it. Example: I was nervous about her performing on stage, but after all these years, she’s still got it. [alloform]
Word: has had it Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have had it Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: having had it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of have had it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: had had it Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of have had it Labels: form-of, past
Word: had it Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of have it Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Conventional wisdom once had it that bloodletting cures many diseases.
Word: had it Part of Speech: verb 1. misconstruction of have had it Labels: alt-of, misconstruction Example: I had it with your antics!
Word: having it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of have it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: having it Part of Speech: adj 1. Enjoying the moment. Labels: not-comparable
Word: has it Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of have it Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gluepot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glue + pot. 1. A pot for holding glue. Example: Near-synonym: pastepot 2. Synonym of sticky wicket. 3. A muddy playing field. Labels: Australia, informal Example: Frequent showers from the dark clouds that swept in and out over the Sydney Football Stadium turned the surface into something of a gluepot. Example: "We want to bring back the glue-pot. We're going to bog up the wings, bog up the goal squares, have big pools of water on the 50-metre arcs, and the centre square is going to be one of those really squeaky, sticky glue-pots that is a little bit on the nose.
Word: glue-pot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gluepot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Toms Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Tom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Toms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Toms Part of Speech: name 1. A surname originating as a patronymic, derived from Tom.
Word: Edgars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Edgar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: praetoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praetorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Edmunds Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the given name Edmund. 1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Edmunds Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the given name Edmund. 1. plural of Edmund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: profluvia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of profluvium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alberts Part of Speech: name 1. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Albert.
Word: Alberts Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Albert Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of Alberts Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alberts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Albert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Andis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of German Anthes. 1. A surname from German.
Word: propendent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin propendens. 1. Inclining, hanging, or projecting forward or toward Example: a. 1716, Robert South, a sermon of Ecclesiastes vii. 10. In respect of the nature of the thing itself ; which we have seen is equally propendent to both parts , and not discernable which way the balance inclines
Word: praecipuum Part of Speech: noun 1. An amount or asset separated from the rest of an estate before any distribution.
Word: woodpushers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woodpusher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raciology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From racio- + -logy, apparently as a calque of German Rassenkunde. Related to French raciologie. First attested in 1924. 1. The scientific study of human race. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 2. The racial makeup of a person or place. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: down to a T Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative form of to a T. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fiendly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fendly, feendly (“hostile, devilish”), from Old English fēondliċ (“hostile”), corresponding to fiend + -ly. Cognate with Dutch vijandelijk (“hostile”), German feindlich (“hostile”), Danish fjendtlig (“hostile”), Swedish fiendtlig, fientlig (“hostile”). 1. Hostile. Labels: obsolete 2. Like a fiend; devilish. Labels: archaic
Word: duck out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly an allusion to the abrupt manner in which a swimming duck can dive and disappear beneath the surface of the water, or from duck (“lower the head or body”) as to avoid notice. 1. To depart quickly or exit abruptly, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Wile they was still talking along these lines, the orchestra begin to drool a Perfect Day, so I ducked out on the porch for air. Example: Fearful of missing a roll-call, Representative Charles E. Bennett has ducked out of funerals, bolted from hospital beds and defied snowstorms to get to the House chamber. 2. To depart quickly or exit abruptly by way of, especially in a manner which does not attract notice and before a meeting, event, etc. has concluded. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The four-term Democrat, known to critics as "King Kevin" and "Mayor De Luxe," has been threatened with recall petitions and recently ducked out the back door of a restaurant to avoid picketers. 3. To move or act so as to achieve avoidance, escape, or evasion. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: In the one moment he saw his opponent ducking out of his field of vision and the background of white, watching faces; in the next moment he again saw his opponent and the background of faces. Example: Congress even now is considering enlarging that deficit by cutting those taxes. . . . It means ducking out of the basic Social Security problem. 4. To avoid a debt; to skip out on a bill. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: praesidia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of praesidium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off vocal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese オフボーカル (ofubōkaru), from English off + vocal. 1. The instrumentals. Labels: Japan
Word: undern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English undern, ondern, from Old English undern (“third hour of the day; nine o'clock; morning”), from Proto-Germanic *undurniz (“interval”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥ter, *h₁enter (“between”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch onder, dialectal German Untern, dialectal Swedish undarn. 1. Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am). Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: ...wete yow wel that sir launcelot was glad and soo was that lady Elayne that she had geten sir launcelot in her armes... and soo they lay to gyders vntyl vndorne on the morn and alle the wyndowes and holes of that chamber were stopped that no manere of day myghte be sene 2. Synonym of noon: the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm). Labels: obsolete, uncountable 3. Synonym of afternoon. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable 4. Synonym of evening. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable 5. A light meal, particularly in the afternoon. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: unshut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + shut. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈʃʌt/ 1. To open (a door, window etc.). Labels: archaic Example: ANd anone as he had vnshet the wyndowe the enchaūtement was gone / thēne he knewe hym self that he had done amys / Allas he sayd that I haue lyued so long now I am shamed / Soo thenne he gat his swerd in his hand and said thow traitresse what arte thow that I haue layn by alle this nyghte / thow shalt dye ryghte here of my handes
Word: unshuts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unshut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unshutting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unshut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Sangrail Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Seint Graal, from Old French saint graal, saint greal (“Holy Grail”). 1. The Holy Grail. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Ryght so there cam by the holy vessell, the Sankegreall, wyth all maner of swetnesse and savoure – but they cowde nat se redyly who bare the vessell. Example: A sinful man, and unconfessed, / He took the Sangreal’s holy quest, […]
Word: Basilika Part of Speech: name 1. A collection of laws completed c. 892 AD in Constantinople by order of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise during the Macedonian dynasty. Labels: historical