nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: combustible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French combustible, equivalent to combust + -ible. Pronunciation: /kəmˈbʌstɪbəl/, [kəɱˈbʌstʰɪbəl] ~ [kəɱˈbʌstʰɪbl̩], /kəmˈbʌstəbəl/, [kəɱˈbʌstʰəbəl] ~ [kəɱˈbʌstʰəbl̩] 1. A material that is capable of burning. Example: A wheel, wrapt in combustibles, was kindled and rolled down the hill. 2. A cigarette or a similar product intended for smoking, as opposed to an electronic cigarette. Example: In total three-quarters of the western Big Tobacco giants' sales last year came from so-called combustibles as vaping sales are plateauing.
Word: lealty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman lealté, one of the variants of Old French loiauté. 1. loyalty, fealty Labels: Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: […] and kissed King Hasan's hands and did homage to him, and swore lealty to him. Example: 1886, Francis de Sales, The mission of the Church, part 12, translated by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey […] to lead away Christian lealty into rebellion and revolt
Word: supererogatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin superērogātōrius (“supererogatory”), from superērogātiō (“payment in addition”), from superērogō (“pay out over and above”), from super (“above”) + ērogō (“pay out, expend”); from ex (“out of, from”) + rogō (“ask; request”). Pronunciation: /suːpəɹɛˈɹɒɡətəɹi/ 1. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required. Example: They passed into the ancient shipyard which lay beyond, and which was now a mere vague, grass-grown approach to the waterside, bestrewn with a few remnants of supererogatory timber. Example: "In now you come," she ordered, "and we make love." That seemed supererogatory to David Jones, who, under the gaze of the painted deer, got in there and did as he was told. 2. Of a deed or action, morally benevolent and exceeding the strict requirement of God.
Word: supererogation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin superērogātiō (“payment in addition”), from superērogāre (“to pay in addition”), from super (“in addition to”) + ērogāre (“to pay, pay out, expend, disburse”), equivalent to supererogate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uːpəɹɛɹəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. An act of doing more than is required. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And ſithence the very thunder-lightning of your admirable eloquence is ſufficiently available to ſtrike them with a lame palſie of tongue (if they be not already ſmitten with a ſenceleſſe apoplexy in head, which may eaſely enſue ſuch contagious catharres and reumes, as I am privy ſome of them have been grievouſly diſſeaſed withall), miſſe not, but hitt them ſuerly home, as they deſerve with Supererogation. Example: And, therefore, it was thought a matter of supererogation to withdraw the nails and open the windows. 2. An action that is neither morally forbidden nor required, but has moral value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For now let us look at the supererogation which would be contrasted with mutual aid. […] [T]here would be two fundamental types of supererogation. Supererogation 1 focuses on the same sorts of situations and the same sorts of aid covered by mutual aid, but removes the limit on the cost to the giver: […] Supererogation number 2 focuses not on situations where basic needs are threatened, but on well-being, […] Example: According to standard definitions of supererogation, acts are supererogatory if and only if they are neither morally obligatory nor morally prohibited, but nevertheless have moral value (are morally good, etc.).
Word: DIL Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of dual-in-line. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: lectin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lēctus (“chosen”) + -in. Coined by W.C. Boyd in 1954. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛktɪn/ 1. Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates. Example: The result proved less about the safety of genetic engineering than it did about the safety of lectins – known animal poisons. Example: Soybeans are another excellent source of plant proteins but they are also on the list of high lectin foods. They are very important to vegans and vegetarians as they make it easy for them to get adequate proteins in their diet.
Word: lemniscate of Bernoulli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli. 1. Any closed curve described by a Cartesian equation of the form (x²+y²)²=2a²(x²-y²).
Word: foci Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.kaɪ/, /ˈfəʊ.saɪ/, /ˈfoʊ.kaɪ/, /ˈfoʊ.saɪ/ 1. plural of focus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orangoutang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malay orang utan. 1. Obsolete spelling of orangutan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: borders Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.dəz/, /ˈbɔɹ.dɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of border Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: borders Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.dəz/, /ˈbɔɹ.dɚz/ 1. plural of border Labels: form-of, plural
Word: betting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/, [ˈbɛɾɪŋ] 1. Describing one who bets or gambles. Example: If I were a betting man, I'd wager my next pay check he couldn't do that again.
Word: betting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/, [ˈbɛɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of bet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: betting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛ.tɪŋ/, [ˈbɛɾɪŋ] 1. The act of placing a bet. Example: Once the field was prepared, and preliminaries of the game all settled, the bettings all made and goods all “staked,” night came on without the appearance of any players on the ground.
Word: coucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coucher, from Anglo-Norman; equivalent to couch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. One who couches. 2. One who couches paper. 3. A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: She [the Herring-Buss] imployeth[…]at Land Viewers, Packers,[…]Couchers to make the Herrings lawful Merchandizes. 4. The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. Example: bookes, and specially of Grayles, Couchers, Legends, Processionailes[…]
Word: groundskeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grounds + keeper. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndzˌkipɚ/ 1. Someone who takes care of the upkeep of grounds (gardens, a playing field, woodlands, etc.)
Word: glam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of glamour. Pronunciation: /ɡlæm/ 1. Glamour; glamorousness. Labels: uncountable Example: Who wouldn’t be a glamor girl, a certain-to-enamor girl? What joie de vivre in her life is given her to cram, The dinkum sex-appealing girl, the subtle-charm-revealing girl, ’Mong men the havoc-dealing girl—in short, the girl with glam.! 2. Ellipsis of glam rock, the fashion and culture associated with this genre. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Blokes sporting make-up and vertiginous platform boots, songs that were precision-tooled melodramas of bubblegum pop and football-terrace stomp, a belief in pop itself as a liberating space for fantasy and shape-shifting: it’s perhaps unsurprising that glam, in whose rise Bowie played a huge part, has never been taken very seriously.
Word: glam Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of glamour. Pronunciation: /ɡlæm/ 1. Glamorous. Labels: slang
Word: glam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of glamour. Pronunciation: /ɡlæm/ 1. To make glamorous or more glamorous.
Word: curative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French curatif. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/ 1. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness. Example: The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time. Example: Making this request is not considered a curative measure but only for preventive purposes, as the Rambam rights, "A healthy man may read scriptural passages and psalms in order to merit of this reading and be with him and protect him from danger and hurtful influences." 2. Remediative. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony
Word: curative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French curatif. Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/ 1. A substance that acts as a cure.
Word: curative Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/ 1. of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something" Labels: not-comparable
Word: dances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnsɪz/, /ˈdænsɪz/ 1. plural of dance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dances Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːnsɪz/, /ˈdænsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: depressing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/, /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ 1. Causing depression or sadness. Example: The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off. 2. Causing a reduction in economic activity. Example: The policy may have a depressing effect on some branches of industry.
Word: depressing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(ɡ)/, /dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of depress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: depresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of depress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: enjoyable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English enjoy Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enjoyable From enjoy + -able. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/ 1. Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure. Example: That was an enjoyable day; I had a lot of fun.
Word: goth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gothic rock, first used by John Stickney in reference to The Doors in 1967 and used by the late 1970s to describe the musical scene that gave rise to the goth subculture, both from a supposed aesthetic similarity to dark and moody 19th century gothic fiction and earlier gothic art and architecture, from Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Pronunciation: /ɡɒθ/, /ɡɑθ/ 1. A punk-derived subculture of people who predominantly dress in black, associated with mournful music and attitudes. Labels: uncountable Example: I think that goth could flower in nerdcore's embrace. I converted Edward Gorey's lettering into a typeface, befriended vampires on LJ and MySpace, even put that spooky echo filter on the bass[…] Example: Philip has been into goth for many years, haven't you dear? 2. A style of punk rock influenced by glam rock; gothic rock. Labels: uncountable 3. A person who is part of the goth subculture. Labels: countable Example: And how come you never see goths driving cars? We drive cars... We're just like you really, except that we listen to Cradle of Filth. Example: We saw a solitary goth hanging out on a ledge by the train station. 4. A member of an alternative subculture based around rock music. Labels: UK, countable, slang Example: Goth bashing became horribly fashionable in the noughties. In August 2007, another peaceful goth couple were attacked in a skate park because of the way they looked. 5. Rare form of Goth. Labels: form-of, rare Example: At Madras we arriv’d in the height of confuſion, / A ſcene all occaſion’d by Hyder’s intruſion; / A goth-like invader! who doth us all keep / Penn’d up in a fort, like a ſcar’d flock of ſheep; […] Example: By much, they are a horde of all nations, a goth-like banditti, savage and wild, whose numbers bid defiance to all around; […]
Word: goth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gothic rock, first used by John Stickney in reference to The Doors in 1967 and used by the late 1970s to describe the musical scene that gave rise to the goth subculture, both from a supposed aesthetic similarity to dark and moody 19th century gothic fiction and earlier gothic art and architecture, from Late Latin gothicus (“Gothic, barbaric”), from Ancient Greek Γοτθικός (Gotthikós), from Ancient Greek Γότθοι (Gótthoi, “Goths”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), proposed to derive from unattested Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta). Pronunciation: /ɡɒθ/, /ɡɑθ/ 1. Relating to goth music or people. Example: With her black clothes and dyed hair, Melanie looked very goth compared to her classmates. Example: One of them looked like a total freak who had come straight off a Cirque du Soleil stage, with blue streaks in her hair, goth bracelets up her arm and so much black eyeliner that she could be on the set of Cleopatra.
Word: discussing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of discuss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chavs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃævz/ 1. plural of chav Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hints Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɪnts/ 1. plural of hint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hints Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɪnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ihn Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I hope not. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Goth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland. Pronunciation: /ɡɒθ/, /ɡɑθ/ 1. A member of the East Germanic people known for their invasion of the western Roman Empire and subsequent founding of successor states in Italy and Spain during Late Antiquity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An uncivilized person, a barbarian, a vandal. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 3. Alternative form of goth (“member of gothic subculture; or the subculture itself”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: For most Mansonites, Goth is only a phase, and their fashion and outlook on life change alongside Marilyn Manson's.
Word: Goth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland. Pronunciation: /ɡɒθ/, /ɡɑθ/ 1. Alternative form of goth. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Kayla's look tended to change with the seasons; at the moment it was less Goth than paramilitary, with laced jump boots.
Word: Goth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Gothes, Gotes (both plural). In turn partly from Old English Gotan, singular Gota, and partly from Late Latin Gothi. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutô, perhaps from *geutaną (“to pour”). Compare Old Norse Goti (“Gotlander, Goth”), and related also to Gutnish, Gotland. Pronunciation: /ɡɒθ/, /ɡɑθ/ 1. A surname
Word: Goths Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɒθs/, /ɡɑθs/ 1. plural of Goth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all the rage Part of Speech: adj 1. Very fashionable and popular, like a craze. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: She sent me to the theatre to see a dancing-woman who was all the rage; […]
Word: calender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Middle French calandre, from Late Latin calendra, altered from Latin cylindrus (“cylinder”), from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros). Doublet of calander and cylinder. * This spelling calender was introduced in the 17th century to differentiate the machine from the chronological senses of calendar. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləndə/, /ˈkæləndɚ/ 1. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating. 2. One who pursues the business of calendering.
Word: calender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English calendren, from Middle French calandrer. Pronunciation: /ˈkæləndə/, /ˈkæləndɚ/ 1. To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper etc., as in a calender. Example: He brought out the placard, which was quite a work of art. It was nearly two feet long, printed on calendered paper, with a selection of colors so bright that they shone even in the moonlight.
Word: calender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Classical Persian قلندر (qalandar, “wandering dervish”), from Arabic قَلَنْدَار (qalandār, “wandering dervish”), itself from Early Classical Persian کلندر (kalandar, “uncouth man”), from کلند (kaland, “rough, unshaven”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæləndə/, /ˈkæləndɚ/ 1. Alternative spelling of qalandar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calender Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæləndə/, /ˈkæləndɚ/ 1. Obsolete form of calendar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […]and maruell it is, that for this cauſe he was not ſainted in the Roman Calender. Example: To theſe the D. of Wittenberge and the Senate of Ulme ioyned their Embaſſadors, who the 4. day of Iune, which according to the Gregorian Calender was the 14. doo ſo arbitrate the matter, that al faults remitted, they after that throghout the whole Citie, ſhould follow the new Calender, which ſhould be kept in policies, and both the Churches of Religion. 2. Misspelling of calendar. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: foursome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Germanic *fedwōr Proto-West Germanic *feuwar Old English fēower Middle English four English four English -some English foursome From four + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹsəm/, /ˈfɔːsəm/ 1. A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two. Example: The fired-up foursome takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns. Example: And Ms. Davies’s 7,000-square-foot guesthouse, the only building from the original estate to survive, is already a favorite among card-playing foursomes and others who want to lounge on the second-story deck and watch dolphins bob in the whitecapped waves. 2. A sex act between four people.
Word: foothold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + hold. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊthoʊld/ 1. A solid grip with the feet. 2. A secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged. Labels: broadly Example: I’ve always looked for a secure foothold A secret formula that can free me from myself 3. Airhead, beachhead, bridgehead, lodgement. Example: Based on status report 16-C, it seems we're no closer to gaining a foothold in any sector. Without decent recon and greater intel on this enemy, I'm starting to think our efforts are futile. The risks involved and continued loss of resources and lives makes it hard to justify.
Word: fatten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fat + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈfætən/, [ˈfæʔn̩] 1. To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter. Labels: transitive Example: We must fatten the turkey in time for Thanksgiving. Example: And if the mat[t]er be too little, the vertue of digestion fayleth, and the bodye is dryed, and if the matter and meate be moderate, the meats is well digested, and the bodye fattened, the heart comforted, kinde heate made more, the humors made temperate, & wit made cleere: 2. To become fat or fatter. Labels: intransitive Example: He gradually fattened in the five years after getting married. Example: The Laplanders, possessing a country where corn will not grow, make bread of the inner bark of trees; and Linneus reports, that swine there fatten on that food […] 3. To make thick or thicker (often something containing paper, especially money). Labels: transitive Example: “You horrible old man, you’ve always tried to turn Erik into a slave, to fatten your pocketbook! […]” Example: […] stirred by the air / That freshened from the window, these ascended ⁠/ In fattening the prolonged candle-flames, / Flung their smoke into the laquearia, / Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling. 4. To become thick or thicker. Labels: intransitive Example: A broad river of white paper rushed constantly up from the cylinder and leaped into a mangling chaos of machinery whence it emerged a second later, cut, printed, folded and stacked, sliding along a board with a hundred others in a fattening sheaf. Example: The pencil-line of light by his feet fattened to a bar. Alan looked around and saw Norris Ridgewick. 5. To make (soil) fertile and fruitful. Labels: transitive Example: to fatten land Example: 1612, Joseph Hall, Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holie Storie, London: Sa. Macham, Volume 1, Book 4, p. 333, As the riuer of Nilus was to Egypt in steed of heauen to moisten and fatten the earth; so their confidence was more in it then in heauen; 6. To become fertile and fruitful. Labels: intransitive Example: These hostile Fields shall fatten with thy Blood.
Word: Chianti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian chianti, after Chianti, its area of production. Through Latin from the Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌀𐌍𐌕𐌄 (clante). Pronunciation: /kɪˈantɪ/, /kiˈɑnti/, /kiˈænti/ 1. A hilly geographic region in central Tuscany, Italy, famous for red wines. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A Tuscan red wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chianti Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Chianti. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Example: […] the Spouse scavenged and sold scrap metal for a fistful of lire, ate horse meat without censure and lugged straw baskets home from the neighborhood osteria, where chianti flowed from spigots.
Word: canteen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cantine, itself borrowed from Italian cantina. Doublet of cantina. Pronunciation: /kænˈtiːn/, /kænˈtin/, [kʰɛə̯nˈtʰin], /ˈkæːn.ʈiːn/ 1. A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink. Example: Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” 2. A military mess kit. 3. A box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc. 4. A temporary or mobile café used in an emergency or on a film location etc. 5. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work. Example: He ordered a salad at the canteen. 6. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work. 7. A small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work. Example: Yeah, I worked that bitch. She was buying me all the canteen I wanted. Example: “Well, le’me give you some advice,” he continued. “If someone offers you some canteen, don’t take it.” I instinctively knew what he was warning me against. But I felt slightly disrespected because it wasn’t as if I were a frail young girl who might go out on a date with someone and feel obligated to have sex because the guy had bought me a Happy Meal. The way I saw it, if someone wanted to give me some canteen, I was getting something for nothing!
Word: foursome reel Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of the Scottish highland dance in which groups of four dancers alternate between solo steps facing one another and a figure-of-eight style with intertwining progressive movement.
Word: canasta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish canasta. The game originates from Uruguay. Pronunciation: /kəˈnæstə/ 1. A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank. Labels: uncountable Example: “Do you know something, Fred?” she announced, “I won four dollars and eighty-five cents playing Canasta this afternoon.” “Canasta!” exclaimed Mr. Grimes, “I didn′t know you could play that silly game.” Example: Imagine, first, two players who engage in a game of canasta according to a standard set of rules.[…]We may imagine, however, that at a certain moment the two canasta players cease to play canasta and start a discussion of the rules. 2. A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta. Labels: countable Example: Groups of seven of a kind are called canastas, and before a player can go out he or his partner must have at least one canasta.
Word: barmaid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bar + maid. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː(ɹ).meɪd/ 1. A woman who serves in a bar. Example: At one of the way-stations on his long journey a barmaid at a tavern speaks to Gilgamesh and tries to give him common sense on the human condition.
Word: barman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bar Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English barman From bar + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːmən/, /ˈbɑɹmæn/, /ˈbɑɹmən/ 1. A man who works in a bar. Example: NOT so long ago there was a beer commercial on British TV in which two pointy-headed aliens order a pint in a rural pub. “Up from London, are we?” the barman asks politely.
Word: astound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish. Pronunciation: /əˈstaʊnd/, /əˈstæɔnd/, /əˈstæʊnd/ 1. To astonish, bewilder or dazzle. Example: 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 8, These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The vertuous mind […] Example: The yell which Isaac raised at this unfeeling communication made the very vault to ring, and astounded the two Saracens so much that they let go their hold of the Jew.
Word: astound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English astouned, astoned, astuned, past participle of astounen, astonen, astunen (“to astonish”). More at astonish. Pronunciation: /əˈstaʊnd/, /əˈstæɔnd/, /əˈstæʊnd/ 1. Stunned; astounded; astonished. Labels: obsolete Example: […] his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound; Example: For some Moments the Esquire stood astound, he rubb’d his Eyes, look’d on his Sister, stared at the Maid:
Word: weeny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y Pronunciation: /ˈwiːni/ 1. Minuscule; tiny. Labels: colloquial, dialectal Example: "So my gran'father, like a fool, ye see, opened his hand a little, an' the little weeny chap jumped away laughin', an' he niver seen him any more, an' the divil a bit o' the purse did he git; only the Cluricaun left his little shoe that he was makin'."
Word: weeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German wiener (“of Vienna”). The penis term is from its resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːni/ 1. A wiener, a hot dog. 2. A penis Labels: slang
Word: watcha Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of whatcha. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: shish Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Phonetic alteration of shush. Pronunciation: /ʃɪʃ/ 1. Used to request quiet; similar to shh. Labels: onomatopoeic
Word: shish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Phonetic alteration of shush. Pronunciation: /ʃɪʃ/ 1. To be quiet; to keep quiet. Labels: intransitive, onomatopoeic Example: He wouldn’t shish, so I kicked him. Example: Shish, my parents are back!
Word: shish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Turkish şiş (“skewer”). Pronunciation: /ʃɪʃ/ 1. On a skewer. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ketty wanted one of those healthy kebabs, so we walked down to the kebab shop on Hanmore Park High Street. She ordered shish chicken and salad in a pitta.
Word: shish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish şiş (“skewer”). Pronunciation: /ʃɪʃ/ 1. The spine of a shish kebab structure.
Word: gogo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/ 1. An elasticated hair band.
Word: gogo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Zulu úgógo. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, /ˈɡoʊɡoʊ/ 1. Grandmother; elderly woman. Labels: South-Africa Example: On the weekdays she and Bawinde worked for the South Africans, but as the weekend approached Elizabeth was anxious to get home to see if James had come to visit his gogo in the village.
Word: Lenz's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Heinrich Lenz, German physicist. 1. a law of electromagnetic induction which states that an electromotive force, induced in a conductor, is always in such a direction that the current it would produce would oppose the change which caused it; it is a form of the law of conservation of energy
Word: scorching Part of Speech: adj 1. Very hot. Example: It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade. 2. Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering. Example: Very probably he resolved never to repeat the request which had drawn forth such a scorching rebuke; but there is no evidence of his determination to forsake his iniquitous practices generally. 3. Sexy, sexual, attractive. Example: A ton of scorching content gets released all the time, and it turns out the newest sex movies of 2022 could basically double as (ethical!) porn; they’re that hot. 4. Of speed when driving, running, etc.: Very high. Example: Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.
Word: scorching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scorch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scorching Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or result of something being scorched. Example: There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders[…] Example: Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.
Word: rosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rosses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ross Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Bret Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Brett, ultimately meaning "a Breton".
Word: Mass card Part of Speech: noun 1. A religious card that states that a Catholic Mass has been said in honour of a dead person, or as a request for special favours such as improved health or success in a worldly endeavour.
Word: go-go Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage. 1. A style of funk music from the 1970s. Labels: uncountable
Word: go-go Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage. 1. Of or relating to this style of music. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the style of music played at discotheques. Labels: not-comparable 3. Fast and lively. Labels: not-comparable
Word: go-go Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage. 1. To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain Example: Then he looked at me with all earnestness and said to me, "Miss, Laura, would you go-go for me?"
Word: month's mind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English monethes mynde under influence from Medieval Latin dies mensis (“day of the month”) and Old English ġemynd, whose principal sense was "memory". 1. A requiem mass or other commemoration of a deceased person held one month after burial. Labels: Ireland, Scotland
Word: Favre Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Favre. Pronunciation: /fɑvɹə/ 1. A surname from French.
Word: Milos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Μήλος (Mílos). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːloʊs/ 1. An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
Word: Milos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Slavic. 1. A male given name of Slavic origin
Word: Milos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Miloš. 1. A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
Word: Milos Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Milo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leptospirosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Leptospira + -osis. 1. An acute, infectious, febrile disease of both humans and animals, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Ratner Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Yiddish occupational surname from rat, council. 1. A surname
Word: Riley Part of Speech: name Etymology: * From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”). Equivalent to rye + -ley (“lea”). * A variant of Reilly, from Irish Ó Raghallaigh (see O'Reilly). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.li/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable Example: Ibarra also deprived Riley of oxygen long enough to cause wounds and “intended to kill her,” Ross said. 2. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.” 5. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness. 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 12. A manufacturer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Zola Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Italian. 2. A female given name created from Zoë or from the surname. 3. Émile Zola, French writer
Word: Fulcher Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval English given name of Germanic origin, cognate to modern German Volker. 1. A surname transferred from the given name, most common in East Anglia.
Word: glam rock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡlæmˌɹɑk/, /ˈɡlæmˌɹɒk/ 1. A style of English rock music from the early 1970s, distinguished by the glamorous, glittery costumes of its performers and its bouncy beat and lyrics. Labels: uncountable Example: Although David Bowie is perhaps glam rock’s best-known star today, it was his friend, Marc Bolan – they met in their late teens in Soho – who sparked the movement.
Word: loafer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps short for landloafer, possibly a partial translation of German Landläufer (compare dialectal German loofen (“to run”), and English landlouper); or more likely connected to Middle English love, loove, loffinge, looffinge (“a remnant, the rest, that which remains or lingers”), from Old English lāf (“remainder, residue, what is left”) (more at lave), which is akin to Scots lave (“the rest, remainder”), Old English lǣfan (“to let remain, leave behind”) (more at leave). Pronunciation: /ˈləʊfə/, /ˈloʊfɚ/ 1. An idle person. Example: The garden was bounded by a three-foot brick wall with a fringe of wood rails upon the top, and against this wall was leaning a stalwart police constable, surrounded by a small knot of loafers, who craned their necks and strained their eyes in the vain hope of catching some glimpse of the proceedings within. Example: Along this unequal way, where loafers sat on whittled benches, lounged in doorways, leaned against porch props, Dan Gustin went pegging in his high-heeled boots like a mule in a Mexican chain hobble, holding a straight course for the hotel, past the doors of temptation. 2. A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin. Example: Someone must explain to Sunak about the time bomb ticking beneath his £1,000 loafers.
Word: loafer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps short for landloafer, possibly a partial translation of German Landläufer (compare dialectal German loofen (“to run”), and English landlouper); or more likely connected to Middle English love, loove, loffinge, looffinge (“a remnant, the rest, that which remains or lingers”), from Old English lāf (“remainder, residue, what is left”) (more at lave), which is akin to Scots lave (“the rest, remainder”), Old English lǣfan (“to let remain, leave behind”) (more at leave). Pronunciation: /ˈləʊfə/, /ˈloʊfɚ/ 1. To loaf around; to be idle. Labels: dialectal, intransitive
Word: loafer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named due to having a loaf in several of its stages. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊfə/, /ˈloʊfɚ/ 1. A particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life that moves at a speed of c/7, and the smallest such example.
Word: loafer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”), reinterpreted as or conflated with loafer (“idler”); compare the alternative forms which reflect other re-interpretations and conflations. Doublet of lupus and wolf. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊfə/, /ˈloʊfɚ/ 1. A wolf, especially a grey or timber wolf. Labels: Southwestern, US, dialectal Example: The great menace to livestock, other than the continual battle with cold, [...] was the gray wolf. [...] The big loafers came in from everywhere. Example: Cowboys had killed “loafers” at five hundred yards away with rifles. [...] Lucille was not like most cowhands and she sets out to capture the "loafer" with her lariat.
Word: glam rocker Part of Speech: noun 1. A musician who performs glam rock. Example: Lady Gaga has announced two UK dates – when she will be supported by glam rockers the Darkness – as part of her world tour. 2. A follower of this type of music. 3. A song in this style.
Word: glitter rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Glam rock, a music style popular in the early 1970s. Labels: uncountable Example: Glitter rock isn't associated with a specific musical style as much as a period of time, roughly between 1972 and 1975 when it reached a glorious apex in the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (featuring the debut of Meat Loaf).
Word: Morrison Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the given name Maurice or Morris + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹɪsən/, /ˈmɔɹɪsən/ 1. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic. Example: When Morrison mulls the pluses and minuses associated with rebuking Kelly for undermining the government’s public health messaging, the prime minister faces a genuine substantive dilemma, and that goes to the risks of amplification. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States:
Word: glitz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”). Pronunciation: /ɡlɪts/ 1. Garish, brilliant showiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The glitz of the award ceremony was obvious. Example: […] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.
Word: glitz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”). Pronunciation: /ɡlɪts/ 1. To make glitzy.
Word: presymptomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English symptomatic English presymptomatic From pre- + symptomatic. 1. relating to the early stages of a disease, before all symptoms have developed and when therefore accurate diagnosis is not possible. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pre-symptomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English symptomatic English pre-symptomatic From pre- + symptomatic. 1. Alternative spelling of presymptomatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: spirochete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Spirochaeta. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪ.ɹəˌkit/ 1. Any of several coiled bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and other animals.
Word: spirochaete Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spirochete. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lethal dose Part of Speech: noun 1. The dose of a substance or of radiation likely to cause death (sometimes suffixed with a number). Example: A lethal dose 50 will cause the death of 50% of a sample of test animals.
Word: lethal gene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any gene that brings about the death of an organism carrying it; usually the result of a mutation.
Word: kwerekwere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Foreigners who came to the townships could not speak the local languages. One theory on the origin of this term is that their own languages sounded like kwirikwirikwiri to the locals. A more plausible theory is that this term was a corruption of the word "korekore". The Korekore are a sub-group of the Shona people in neighboring Zimbabwe. 1. A foreign visitor to a township. Labels: South-Africa Example: We came here just like every other nation. Just like Indians, Asians, Europeans. But we are the only people they call ‘kwerekwere’. They call the blacks ‘kwerekwere’, they don’t call the whites ‘kwerekwere’. Example: If they see you are foreigner, you are “kwerekwere”. [They] give the name for all foreigners, “kwerekwere”.
Word: annatto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Cariban language. Pronunciation: /əˈnɑːtoʊ/ 1. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. Labels: countable 2. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking, containing bixin. Labels: uncountable 3. A fugitive orange-red dye obtained from this seed and fruit pulp through maceration and fermentation, used as textile dye and skin dye, containing bixin. Labels: uncountable
Word: Latin American Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Latin America, or of such descent.
Word: Latin American Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Latin America, its people, or its culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flying coffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because of the risk of death to those inside. 1. An aircraft with an unacceptably high accident rate. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: spoilt for choice Part of Speech: adj 1. Having such a selection of good choices that deciding which one to pick is difficult.
Word: stick 'em up Part of Speech: phrase 1. A command stereotypically given by robbers, particularly when pointing a gun: Put your hands in the air! Surrender!
Word: instinctively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English instinctive Middle English -ly English -ly English instinctively From instinctive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/ 1. Innately; by instinct; without being taught. Example: Fish instinctively know how to swim; most humans don't. Example: She loved him so passionately, and he was so godlike in her eyes; and being, though untrained, instinctively refined, her nature cried for his tutelary guidance.
Word: sapphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sappho (“a poet of the isle of Lesbos (612 B.C.E. - 570 B.C.E.)”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.fɪzm̩/ 1. Lesbianism; female homosexuality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Its odd that yᵉ Roman Women did not borrow that horrible Vice from Greece—it has a Greek name now & is called Sapphism, but I never did hear of it in Italy where the Ladies are today exactly what Juvenal described them in his Time—neither better nor worse as I can find.
Word: innately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English innate Middle English -ly English -ly English innately From innate + -ly. 1. In an innate manner, referring to a property that is possessed merely by its nature. Example: Fish innately know how to swim, they don't go to school to learn it. Example: Every mitzvah we perform as Jews was given innately at Mount Sinai. When a rabbi expounds a new law or practice, he is simply revealing something that was hidden in the Torah from the start.
Word: hurled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɜːld/, /hɜɹld/ 1. simple past and past participle of hurl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spanking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English spank Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English spanking From spank (“to move energetically”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspæŋkʰɪŋ], /ˈspeɪ̯ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspeɪ̯ŋkʰɪŋ] ~ /ˈspɛ̃ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspɛ̃ŋkʰɪŋ] 1. present participle of spank Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: spanking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English spank Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English spanking From spank (“to move energetically”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspæŋkʰɪŋ], /ˈspeɪ̯ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspeɪ̯ŋkʰɪŋ] ~ /ˈspɛ̃ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspɛ̃ŋkʰɪŋ] 1. Fast and energetic. Labels: not-comparable Example: a spanking pace Example: 'I'd like nothing better this minute,' said Mr Browne stoutly, 'than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.' 2. Brisk and fresh. Labels: not-comparable, often Example: a spanking breeze
Word: spanking Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spank Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English spanking From spank (“to move energetically”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspæŋkʰɪŋ], /ˈspeɪ̯ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspeɪ̯ŋkʰɪŋ] ~ /ˈspɛ̃ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspɛ̃ŋkʰɪŋ] 1. An intensifier. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, usually Example: brand spanking new Example: a spanking good time
Word: spanking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spank (“to punish by swatting”) + -ing (participial suffix) and -ing (gerundial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspæŋkʰɪŋ], /ˈspeɪ̯ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspeɪ̯ŋkʰɪŋ] ~ /ˈspɛ̃ŋkɪŋ/, [ˈspɛ̃ŋkʰɪŋ] 1. present participle of spank Labels: form-of, participle, present