nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: engraved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡɹeɪvd/ 1. Made by engraving. Labels: not-comparable 2. Decorated with engravings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: logistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French logistique, coined or popularized 1830 by Antoine-Henri Jomini from logis (“lodging place”), in phrases maréchal des logis (“marshall of lodging”) (see maréchal des logis), major-général des logis (“major-general of lodging”). Possibly influenced by existing mathematical term logistique, of Ancient Greek origin; see logistic. Pronunciation: /ləˈd͡ʒɪstɪks/ 1. The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements. Labels: uncountable Example: logistics company Example: logistics management 2. The procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel. Labels: uncountable
Word: logistics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logistic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supply chain Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from the supplier to the customer. Example: [during the British expedition to Tibet] ... the expedition under General Macdonald became dominant. The difficulties of penetrating a hostile and barren country in the dead of winter, of keeping a supply chain with India unbroken, and of fighting for the capture of fortified passes ... Example: In Bullough’s estimation, Moneyland is the dark twin of globalization, an unregulated system made possible by the same tissues of connectivity that have enabled global supply chains, cross-border trade and electronic cash flows.
Word: acrophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acro- + -philia. 1. A love of heights. Labels: uncountable 2. Sexual arousal from heights or high altitudes. Labels: uncountable
Word: crushing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, crush + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crush Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crushing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, crush + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/ 1. That crushes; overwhelming. Example: a crushing defeat Example: The fruits of these kickstarted endeavors began to show in 1915, first in the deployment of a new range of depth charges. These were, mercifully, smaller than Jellicoe's "crushing hand of God" prototype, and, whilst practically just as lethal to submarines, they were significantly less risky to the launching ship, and could also be carried in larger numbers. 2. Devastatingly disheartening. Example: crushing blow Example: crushing guilt
Word: crushing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, crush + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌ.ʃɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to crush. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A former method of execution by placing heavy weights on the victim. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Crushed material. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: oilseed crushings 4. The act of subjecting sugarcane to crushing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Holtze speaks with feeling upon this subject. His own experience had shown him the folly of planting sugar in dry soil, at a distance from water; the natural consequence was that, though the cane grew on the ironstone ridges of Palmerston, it would not throw up sufficient juice to make a good crushing.
Word: -cyte Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte From Latin cyta, from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, jar”). Compare cyte. Pronunciation: /-ˌsaɪt/, /-ˌsɑɪt/, /-ˌsajʈ/ 1. Used to form cell names and classifications for mature cells. Labels: morpheme
Word: chocolate starfish Part of Speech: noun 1. The anus. Labels: UK, slang, vulgar
Word: Muskogee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Creek Mvskoke. Pronunciation: /məˈskoʊɡiː/ 1. A member of an American Indian people, the Creek.
Word: Muskogee Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Creek Mvskoke. Pronunciation: /məˈskoʊɡiː/ 1. The language spoken by these people. 2. A city, the county seat of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.
Word: gleeked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡliːkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of gleek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: machicolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin machicol(amentum) (“machicolation”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process). Machicolamentum may be derived from Old French macher (“to chew; to crush”) (modern French mâcher) + col (“neck”) + Latin -mentum (suffix indicating an instrument or medium, or the result of something). The English word is cognate with Middle English machecolled (“having machicolations”), machecolling (“act of constructing machicolation; the openings making up the machicolation”), Middle French machecoleis (modern French mâchicoulis (“machicolation”)), Latin machecollum (“machicolation”), Occitan machacol. Pronunciation: /məˌt͡ʃɪkəˈleɪʃən/ 1. An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Leibourn Caſtle, Kent. A proſpect of the front of that caſtle. Over the gate, we are told, was a machicolation or contrivance, from whence, in caſe of a ſudden attack, great ſtones, boiling water, or melted lead, might be thrown down upon the aſſailants. Example: There is another feature of this proverbial place which seems to have contributed to the phrase's significance—that is, the Blarney stone. [...] There is one stone, on the very battlement of the castle, forming the outward surface, the machicolation, or opening, through which stones, hot water, melted lead, or anything of that ardent character used, long ago, to be pitched on the heads of people coming after their cattle, and trying to beat in the outer gate. [...] To kiss it, a man should be held by the heels, dipped through the machicolation with his head about a hundred feet or so from the ground, and his life in the hands of a great many jokers, holding on desperately by the battlement and the man, and wishing the latter all manner of mellifluousness and good luck for the remainder of his life! 2. A projecting parapet with a series of such openings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The main walls were carried to the top of the fourth story, where a capacious machicolation enclosed the tower, on which there is a parapet wall of great thickness, with arches: this was to protect the persons employed over the machicolations. Example: In the Contrada della Pace there remains a very bold fragment of a castle tower. It is built of very roughly-jointed stone, and is perfectly plain till near the top, where it has a bold machicolation with tall square angle-turrets, the whole battlemented with a forked battlement.
Word: machinator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchina Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or Latin māchinor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin māchinātorbor. English machinator Borrowed from Latin māchinātor (“engineer, inventor”). 1. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. Example: what Archimedes did by the cleane strength of his ingenious Art, no lesse admirable, then commendable for the defence of his Citty, and Countrey against the Romanes: that doe this viperous brood by their Arte infernall, no lesse detestable then damnable (infused into them by that Romaine Architect or cheife machinator of all mischiefe) to betray their owne deare Mother Countrey into the hands of Rome, Example: […] ’tis one of the great Designs, as ’tis certainly the Interest, of those wicked Agents and Machinators, industriously to hide from us their Influences and Ways of acting;
Word: machiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine English -er English machiner From machine + -er. 1. One who operates a machine. 2. A horse employed to pull a vehicle. Labels: obsolete Example: Five hunters, two covert hacks, and one machiner — all looking wonderfully fit.
Word: machinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French machiniste, from machine (“machine, mechanical device”), from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”). Pronunciation: /məˈʃiː.nɪst/ 1. A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines. 2. A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal. 3. A person who operates machinery. 4. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
Word: woodchuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Folk-etymological adaption of Cree ocêk, otchek (“fisher”), Ojibwe ojiig (“fisher, marten”), or a similar term in a related Algonquian language, subsequently reapplied to the groundhog. An earlier form of this word, woodshock, still sometimes designates the marten. Also a doublet of wejack. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊd.t͡ʃʌk/ 1. A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax. Labels: Northern-US
Word: obit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from obīre (“to go down, to die”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒbɪt/, /ˈəʊbɪt/ 1. The death of a person. Labels: archaic 2. A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. Labels: historical Example: Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead. 3. A record of a person's death.
Word: obit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of obituary. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊbɪt/, /əˈbɪt/ 1. An obituary. Labels: colloquial Example: So a proposed US series, called Circling the Drain, is certainly breaking new ground. It involves a 25-year-old reporter (played by Caprica's Alessandra Torresani) who is reassigned from a paper's style section to its obits desk.
Word: masturbatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English masturbate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English masturbatory From masturbate + -ory. Pronunciation: /ˌmæs.tɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.tə.ɹi/, /ˈmæs.tɚ.bəˌtɔːr.i/ 1. Of or relating to masturbation. Example: A common belief is that women are slower than men in their sexual responses, but the masturbatory data do not reflect that opinion. 2. Excessively self-absorbed or self-indulgent. Example: A 2025 phenomenon involving teenagers and masturbatory twentysomethings with limited education and experience given the authority to tell five-star generals, former presidents, cabinet secretaries, academics, and ambassadors how to do their jobs. 3. vain, futile, pointless (having no real substance, value, or importance)
Word: heterophenomenology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English phenomenology English heterophenomenology From hetero- + phenomenology, coined by American philosopher Daniel Dennett. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛt.ɹəʊ.fə.nɒm.ənˌɒl.ə.dʒi/ 1. phenomenology of the other 2. method of studying the consciousness of other people Example: I go to some lengths in my book to explain that heterophenomenology is nothing other than the scientific method applied to the phenomena of consciousness, and thus the way to save the rich phenomenology of consciousness for scientific study. I didn't invent the heterophenomenological method; I just codified, more self-consciously and carefully than before, the ground rules already tacitly endorsed by the leading researchers.
Word: qualophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English quale Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Latin -philalbor. English -phile English qualophile From quale + -o- + -phile. 1. A cognitive scientist who endorses qualia as being unmeasurable by heterophenomenology. Example: 1994. Daniel Dennett, Get Real, in Philosophical Topics, vol. 22, no. 1 & 2, Spring & Fall 1994, pp. 505-568 https://web.archive.org/web/20070715205004/http://cogprints.org/280/00/getreal.htm "figment, for instance. It is an attractive feature to qualophiles until I find a suitably abusive way of characterizing it, and I am always gratified when some brave qualophile admits that, yes, something along the lines of figment as just what she was hankering for. " Example: "So what is the explanatory problem that bothers the qualophile (to use Dennett's term)? Right now I'm looking at the red diskette case beside my computer. My perceptual state possesses a certain reddish qualitative character. What explains that feature of my perceptual state? " http://www.cogsci.ecs.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?locating-consciousness.3
Word: ironclad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English iron Proto-Indo-European *gley-der. Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan Old English clǣþan Middle English clethen Middle English clad English clad English ironclad From iron + clad. 1. Covered with iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal; armor-plated. Example: Unlike the average vehicle, cash delivery vans are ironclad and almost unstoppable. Example: In that flickering pallor it had the effect of a large and clumsy black insect, an insect the size of an ironclad cruiser, crawling obliquely to the first line of trenches and firing shots out of portholes in its side. 2. Solid or certain; not able to be disputed or questioned; irrefutable. Labels: figuratively Example: The suspect had an ironclad alibi for his whereabouts on the night of the crime. 3. Rigorous; severe; exacting. Labels: figuratively Example: an ironclad oath or pledge Example: Observers of the day considered his rule more ironclad than that of the Prendergast machine in Kansas City, or even Tammany Hall in New York. 4. Stubborn; inflexible. Labels: figuratively Example: He is in his seventieth year, and has done work enough in his life to try the most ironclad constitution. Example: All the previous articles had only elicited a growl here or there from a hide-bound Catholic or from an iron-clad Evangelical, but now his post-bag was full.
Word: ironclad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English iron Proto-Indo-European *gley-der. Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan Old English clǣþan Middle English clethen Middle English clad English clad English ironclad From iron + clad. 1. A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal. Example: He turned again to the nearest land ironclad, advancing now obliquely to him and not three hundred yards away, and then scrambled the ground over which he must retreat if he was not to be captured. 2. An armor-plated warship, (especially) one preceding the invention of harveyized steel. Example: About a couple of miles out lay an ironclad very low in the water, almost, to my brother's perception, like a water-logged ship. This was the ram Thunder Child. 3. A wooden warehouse with an outer skin of corrugated metal.
Word: disputed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpjuːtɪd/, /dɪsˈpjutɪd/, [dɪsˈpjuɾɪd], /dɪsˈpjʉːtɪd/, [dɪsˈpjʉɾɪd] 1. Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted. Example: The theory, though common, was widely disputed. Example: The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so. 2. Claimed by more than one sovereign state.
Word: disputed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpjuːtɪd/, /dɪsˈpjutɪd/, [dɪsˈpjuɾɪd], /dɪsˈpjʉːtɪd/, [dɪsˈpjʉɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of dispute Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: They disputed the issue loudly and vehemently.
Word: pencil pusher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US origin, 1881. 1. One who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork. Labels: derogatory, informal, often Example: “[…] I don't have her creative genius or her version. I'm a numbers man, like my father. A pencil pusher, as Amanda said.” With no balls, he added silently. Example: The internal investigator for the Macon Police Department had the dour, lifeless personality of a career pencil pusher.
Word: overstep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/, /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/ 1. To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. Labels: transitive Example: That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste. Example: As a result, there was a gain of 3½ min. from Goraghwood to Dundalk, which we reached 2 min. early. Nevertheless, the customs officials succeeded in overstepping their 13-min. time allowance, and we left 1 min. late. 2. To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward. Example: As an instance of this inability to control the muscles well, may be cited the almost constant tendency to understep or overstep especially with the fore legs. Example: If a sense of feeling gave him some knowledge of the width of the steps the fact that the third step was ⅝ of an inch wider could not cause him to overstep, but if it had any effect it would tend to cause him to understep. 3. To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:overstep.
Word: overstep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/, /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/ 1. A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground. Labels: uncountable Example: A few animals, such as bison, commonly use an understep walk, while several species, including black bears, cougars and pronghorn regularly use an overstep walk. Example: Therefore, an understep (where the hind track lies behind the front track) is probably a slower gait than a direct-registering walk where the hind lies on top of the front, and both are probably slower than an overstep walk, where the hind track registers beyond the front track. 2. A movement in which one oversteps. Labels: uncountable 3. A decision or action that goes too far. Labels: uncountable Example: […] an overstep of their legal bounds as an organization of any kind, and a violation of your civil rights.
Word: conventions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛn.ʃənz/ 1. plural of convention Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draw the line Part of Speech: verb 1. To set a boundary, rule, or limit, especially on what one will tolerate. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't mind if they have some fun, but I draw the line at anything that might harm others. Example: By contrast, the British government draws the line at giving the Community a significant new role in setting minimum standards on working conditions, labor representation on corporate boards, and social affairs.
Word: hard-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hardheaded. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This increase has not been caused by empire-building on the part of transport managers, who have to convince such hard-headed men as accountants and boards of directors of their arguments. Example: Having found a property that 'feels' right you then have to adopt a hard-headed attitude and consider the realities of life in a new environment.
Word: madcap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from mad + cap (“(informal) head”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈmædkæp/, /ˈmædˌkæp/, /ˈmæɖˌkæp/ 1. A person who acts in a capricious, impulsive, or reckless manner. Example: Near-synonyms: mad lad, madlad Example: Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-houſe vvith you preſently; […] 2. A very foolish or irresponsible person; a fool, an idiot. Labels: South-Asia Example: [R]un around as he commands. He is a madcap and we must learn to live with him. We are in his hands. 3. An insane person; a lunatic. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: VVhy vvhat a mad-cap hath heauen lent vs here? Example: Bel[lamont]. […] [W]hat place is this? / May[bery]. Bedlam iſt not? / Bel. VVhere theſe mad-men are, I neuer vvas amongſt them, as you loue me Gentlemen, lets ſee vvhat Greekes are vvithin. / […] / Bell. Pray beſtovv your name ſir vpon vs. / Full. My name is Full-moone. / Bell. You vvell deſerue this office good maiſter Full-moone: and vvhat mad-caps haue you in your houſe.
Word: madcap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from mad + cap (“(informal) head”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈmædkæp/, /ˈmædˌkæp/, /ˈmæɖˌkæp/ 1. Capricious, impulsive, or reckless; also, bizarre, crazy, zany; or foolish, idiotic. Example: a madcap activity a madcap idea a madcap plan Example: The film featured a madcap car chase that went right through a crowded café.
Word: sunne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of sun. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gremlin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; the following etymologies have been suggested: * A variant of goblin. * From Irish gruaimín (“gloomy little person”); or from Dutch gremmelen (“to soil, stain; to spoil”), or griemelen, grimmelen (“(obsolete) to abound, teem; to swarm”); but Oxford English Dictionary says there is little evidence for such derivations. The word was popularized, especially in the United States, by the children’s novel The Gremlins (1943) by British author Roald Dahl (1916–1990), in which gremlins sabotage Royal Air Force aircraft in revenge for the destruction of their forest home to make way for an aircraft factory; the creatures later join forces with the British to fight the Nazis. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɛmlɪn/, /ˈɡɹɛmlən/ 1. A contemptible person. Labels: obsolete 2. An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery. Example: Like Abominable Snowmen, gremlins have never actually been seen; but nobody who works with electronic gear doubts the existence of these mischievous and elusive entities. There are too many malfunctions and failures that can have no other explanation. Example: Crucial time was saved by the fact Nexus didn't require a Transport & Works Act. Nevertheless, other gremlins kept raising their heads. 3. Any mysterious, unknown source of mischief or trouble, or the problem created thereby. Labels: broadly Example: We rechecked everything, and we suspect gremlins in the database. 4. A young, inexperienced surfer or skateboarder, regarded as a nuisance. Labels: broadly, slang 5. A person regarded as similar to a fictional gremlin, in particular: mischievous, troublesome, short, or annoying. Labels: broadly Example: Rosa, the main character in Tears of Themis, is also very smart, justice-driven, and willing to help. Meanwhile, the Honkai: Star Rail Trailblazer […] can often be a sarcastic, pessimistic, lazy, self-serving, dumpster-diving gremlin. […] That’s absolutely gremlin behavior.
Word: A2 Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Ann Arbor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: A1 Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From various rating systems, as that of Lloyd's of London or the condition of insured ships. First attested in 1837. 1. In good health. Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. In excellent or top condition. Labels: informal, not-comparable 3. First-class. (Compare A 2 and A 3, which are inferior grades.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: A1 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the International Union of Railways (French: Union internationale des chemins de fer, UIC) classification system, a steam locomotive that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels; also called an 0-2-2.
Word: artsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arts + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹtsi/ 1. Alternative form of arty. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Yeah, we were the artsy kids. Theatre people and comic book writers. The geeks. The freaks. Well, we've been sitting here all along at our own table in a forgotten corner of the high school cafeteria, and have some stuff to show you. Example: GusGus, Icelandic veterans of artsy techno music, have always enjoyed provoking their audience, and when they do so here, it's exhilarating.
Word: artsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arts + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹtsi/ 1. Alternative form of artsie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snow-capped Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered with snow at the top, especially of a hill or mountain. Labels: not-comparable Example: snow-capped peaks Example: In the current era of global warming, Mount Kilimanjaro is no longer permanently snow-capped.
Word: narrowly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English narowly, equivalent to narrow + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈnæɹəʊli/, /ˈnaɹəwlɪj/, /ˈnɛɹoʊli/, /ˈnæɹoʊli/, /ˈnaɾole/ 1. In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude. Example: They regarded the new idea rather narrowly. Example: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers. 2. Closely; by a narrow margin. Example: They narrowly escaped collision. Example: The next day Opra Pitrachard ſent for Monſieur Conſtance to come to him, and ordered him to go and tell the French Officers that there was no deſign of keeping them Priſoners […] I charge you that you ſay this, and no more to thoſe French Officers; and know, that you ſhall be narrowly watched and overheard.
Word: decaffeinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English caffeine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English decaffeinate From de- + caffeine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /diːˈkæfiːneɪt/ 1. To remove the caffeine from something (especially from coffee). Labels: transitive
Word: Kos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs) and modern Greek Κως (Kos). 1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.
Word: crew cut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally worn by rowing crew. 1. A closely-cropped haircut in which the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush.
Word: crewcut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crew cut. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fine arts Part of Speech: noun 1. The purely aesthetic arts, such as music, painting, and poetry, as opposed to industrial or functional arts such as architecture or carpentry. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: evetime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eve + time. 1. evening; eventide Labels: poetic, uncountable Example: May ye beautifully rime / Your evetime song, ye singers
Word: jazzercise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s. 1. A form of aerobic exercise based on jazz dance. Labels: uncountable Example: I don't know when the hearse is gonna be ready, and Mama has her Jazzercise on Mondays. Example: Probably because when she got her period, her father had been so completely freaked out he'd left her in the bathroom, bleeding onto wadded-up toilet paper, for three hours, until Sydelle returned from her Jazzercise class with a box of sanitary napkins.
Word: jazzercise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of jazz + exercise, a trademark of the 1960s. 1. To perform this kind of exercise. Labels: intransitive
Word: macadamia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmder. Old Irish Ádam Scottish Gaelic Àdhamh Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimhder. English MacAdamder. Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -iader. English macadamia From the genus name Macadamia, coined by the German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1857, in honor of John Macadam, whose surname is an alternative spelling of MacAdam, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh (“Adam's son”). By surface analysis, Mac- + Adam + -ia. Pronunciation: /mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/, /mækəˈdeɪmjə/ 1. An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coffee shops-cum-meeting-spots dotted across the city are teeming (Equator, Blue Bottle and Saint Frank). Caffeine-fuelled, lactose-intolerant, macadamia milk latte-drinking young folk are journalling, manifesting, coding, ChatGPT-ing and pitching their ideas.
Word: caplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of capsule + tablet. Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.lət/ 1. A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
Word: caplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cap (“upper limit or ceiling”) + -let (diminutive suffix). Piecewise doublet of capelet. Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.lət/ 1. A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
Word: Cocacolonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Coca-Cola + colonization The word was first documented in 1949 in Australia and France. 1. Globalization or cultural colonization likened to westernization or Americanization consisting of the importing of western or American goods or cultural values to the detriment of local goods or values. Labels: colloquial, often, pejorative, uncountable
Word: nimbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus (“dark cloud”). Doublet of nimb. Sense 2 (“grey rain cloud”) was coined by the British chemist and amateur meteorologist Luke Howard (1772–1864): see the 1803 quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmbəs/ 1. A circle of light; a halo. 2. A grey rain cloud. Example: [pages 99–100] Cumulo-cirro-stratus vel Nimbus. […] The rain cloud. A cloud or system of clouds from which rain is falling. It is a horizontal sheet, above which the cirrus spreads, while the cumulus enters it laterally and from beneath. […] [page 107] The nimbus, although in itself one of the least beautiful clouds, is yet now and then superbly decorated with its attendant the rainbow; which can only be seen in perfection when backed by the widely extended uniform gloom of this modification.
Word: holoprosencephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + πρόσω (prósō, “forwards, onwards”) (referring to the prosencephalon (“forebrain”)) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”) + English -y (suffix denoting a condition), i.e. “condition of a whole (inappropriately divided) forebrain”. By surface analysis, holo- + pros- + encephal- + -y. 1. A congenital disorder involving insufficient division of the lobes of the brain during fetal development, resulting in skull and facial deformities ranging from minor cleft lip problems to cyclopia, in which a single eye develops where the nose would normally be. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macadamia nut Part of Speech: noun 1. The hard-shelled edible seed of the macadamia tree.
Word: gabble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gab + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæbəl/ 1. To talk fast, idly, foolishly, or without meaning. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I pitied thee, took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour one thing or other; when thou didst not, savage, know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like a thing most brutish Example: Then he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable. 2. To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity. Example: gabbling fowls Example: I not to Cinna’s Ears, nor Varus dare aſpire; / But gabble like a Gooſe; amidſt the Svvan-like Quire.
Word: gabble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gab + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gabbelje (“to mock”), Dutch gabbelen (“to chatter, babble”), German Low German gabbeln (“to mock”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæbəl/ 1. Confused or unintelligible speech. Labels: uncountable Example: a lot of gabble from witnesses Example: [T]he driver was delayed there by a skimpy little woman with a thin piping voice practised in the art of defeating escape from it by a ceaseless stream of gabble.
Word: dr Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of debtor, debit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of doctor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable Example: Probably a real change would be the cure the drs can't find.
Word: replicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicāre (“to fold”); see ply. Doublet of reply and replica. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/, /ˈɹɛpləˌkeɪt/, /ˈɹeplɪˌkæɪt/, /ˈɹepləˌkæɪt/ 1. To make a copy (replica) of. Example: On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate. Example: It is the Northern portals that are most interesting. The earlier structure was given the romantic, grotto-like feature of a tower with windows. When expanded (circa 1893), the engineers chose to replicate that design, seemingly extending the castle further. 2. To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result. Example: [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. Example: The idea is that by building the centre with used and new normal railway components, GCRE will "replicate" the UK main line railway. Doherty sees this as a unique selling point: "We have some good rail research/testing universities such as Birmingham and Huddersfield, but you can't replicate a train rattling through at 120mph in a lab." 3. To reply. Labels: obsolete
Word: replicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicāre (“to fold”); see ply. Doublet of reply and replica. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛpləkət/, /ˈɹepləkət/ 1. The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica. 2. A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.
Word: replicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin replicātus, past participle of replicāre (“to fold or bend back; reply”), from re (“back”) + plicāre (“to fold”); see ply. Doublet of reply and replica. 1. Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself. Example: a replicate leaf or petal Example: the replicate margin of a shell
Word: incidence matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A matrix showing the relationship between two classes of objects.
Word: pseudograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English graph English pseudograph From pseudo- + graph. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdəˌɡɹɑːf/, /ˈs(j)uːdəˌɡɹæf/, /ˈsudoʊˌɡɹæf/ 1. A graph that may contain loops as well as multiple edges between vertices
Word: pseudograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdəˌɡɹɑːf/, /ˈs(j)uːdəˌɡɹæf/, /ˈsudoʊˌɡɹæf/ 1. A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.
Word: valency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin valentia and Latin valentia (“bodily strength; health; vigour”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Valentia is derived from valēns (“healthy, strong, vigorous”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); while valēns is the present active participle of valeō (“to be healthy, sound, or well; to be strong; to have influence or power, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to rule; powerful, strong”). Sense 1 (“combining capacity of an atom”) and sense 3 (“number of arguments a verb can have”) are possibly from valence + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪ.lən.si/ 1. Alternative form of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”). Labels: Britain, alt-of, alternative, countable 2. Alternative form of valence (“the combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.”). Labels: Britain, broadly, uncountable Example: vaccine valency Example: Some etymons appear to have greater valency than others when it comes to the formation of portmanteau words. 3. The number of edges connected to a vertex in a graph. Labels: Britain, countable 4. Alternative form of valence (“the number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four”). Labels: Britain, alt-of, alternative, countable 5. Importance, significance. Labels: Britain, uncountable 6. Alternative form of valence. Labels: Britain, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: indegree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in + degree. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndəˌɡɹiː/ 1. The number of edges directed into a vertex in a directed graph
Word: outdegree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English degree English outdegree From out- + degree. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtdəˌɡɹiː/ 1. The number of edges directed out of a vertex in a directed graph.
Word: chromatic number Part of Speech: noun 1. The smallest number of colours needed to colour a given graph (i.e., to assign a colour to each vertex such that no two vertices connected by an edge have the same colour). Example: The chromatic number of a complete graph K#95;n is n; the chromatic number of a bipartite graph K#95;#123;n,m#125; is 2. Example: The chromatic number of a graph G is the minimum value of k for which G is k-colourable, and is denoted by #92;chi(G).[…]A more essential use of the chromatic number was made by Gallai (1968a) and Roy (1967), who discovered a simple relationship between the chromatic number of a digraph and the length of a longest directed path in the digraph, where the chromatic number #92;chi(D) of a digraph D is defined to be the chromatic number of its underlying graph G(D).
Word: youngest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/, /ˈjʌŋ.ɡəst/ 1. superlative form of young: most young Labels: form-of, superlative 2. Most recently begun or formed. Example: I may be the youngest in my family but I still resent being referred to as the baby. 3. Receiving dealt cards last, i.e. immediately before the next deal to the eldest.
Word: youngest Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/, /ˈjʌŋ.ɡəst/ 1. The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.
Word: Vandenberg catalyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Edwin J. Vandenberg, American chemist. 1. An aluminoxane, prepared from an alkyl-aluminium and water, used as a catalyst in the manufacture of polyether elastomers.
Word: Freya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Scottish form of Old Norse Freyja (“mistress, lady”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪə/ 1. Alternative form of Freyja. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A female given name from Old Norse of mostly British usage.
Word: Frigga Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Frigg + -a, with suffix added to make the name more obviously feminine in English. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪɡə/ 1. Alternative form of Frigg. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. 77 Frigga, a main belt asteroid.
Word: oxetane Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds having a four-membered ring containing 3 carbon atoms and 1 oxygen atom; the parent compound C₃H₆O.
Word: parent compound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parent + compound. 1. The simplest member of a class of compounds, from which the others are formally obtained by substituting radicals for hydrogen atoms.
Word: polyether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērder. English ether English polyether From poly- + ether. 1. a polymer, such as an elastomer, in which carbon atoms of the repeating units are joined by a single oxygen atom
Word: Tyr Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“god”). Doublet of Tiw. 1. The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw. Labels: Norse
Word: repeating unit Part of Speech: noun 1. The basic structural unit of a polymer; the monomer unit which has been polymerized.
Word: Tiu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English Tīw, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīw, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of Tuesday and Tyr. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːuː/ 1. The ancient Germanic god of war and the sky, identified with Tyr of Norse mythology. Labels: Germanic
Word: elastomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English elastomer From elastic + -mer. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlæstəmə(ɹ)/ 1. Any polymer having the elastic properties of rubber.
Word: Lydia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), from λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), a feminine form of Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.di.ə/ 1. A historical region and ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. Labels: historical 2. A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia. Example: And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Lydia was a stout, well-grown girl of fifteen, with a fine complexion and good-humoured countenance; a favourite with her mother, whose affection had brought her into public at an early age. Example: The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah.
Word: kubihineri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 首捻り, literally head twisting throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker wraps one hand around his opponent's neck and grips his arm with the other; he then forces his opponent down by twisting his neck.
Word: kubinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 首投げ (“neck throw”). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker wraps one arm around his opponent's neck then turns and throws him.
Word: makiotoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 巻き落とし, meaning "twist down". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker throws his opponent by twisting him towards his own inside hand.
Word: mitokorozeme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 三所攻め (mi-tokoro-zeme, literally “attacking three places”). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker attempts an inside leg trip with one leg, tries to pull the other out from under him, and drives his head into the opponent's stomach so as to force him out backwards. A triple attack force out.
Word: gravity meter Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument that measures the local acceleration due to gravity (strength of the gravitational field).
Word: exists Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: humanosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin hūmānus Old French umain Middle French humainbor. Middle English humayne English human Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English humanosphere From human + -o- + -sphere. 1. That part of the Earth inhabited by, or influenced by, humans.
Word: presumptuousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English presumptuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English presumptuousness From presumptuous + -ness. 1. The state of being presumptuous. Labels: uncountable
Word: roadway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on". Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/ 1. A way used as a road. Example: On the south side of the two running lines is a second goods store, reached by a roadway along the south side of the station. This roadway also acts as a terminus for all provincial bus services from Limerick. Example: It’s a dip of fewer than 150 deaths from highs reached in 2021, when the agency recorded the largest quarterly spike in its history of tracking roadway fatalities. 2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. 3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.