nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Deneb Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic ذَنَب الدَّجَاجَة (ḏanab ad-dajāja, “hen's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + دَجَاجَة (dajāja, “hen”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛnɛb/ 1. A blue giant star in the constellation Cygnus; Alpha (α) Cygni. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle. Deneb is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one of the most luminous stars known.
Word: Albireo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from the phrase "ab ireo" in the title for the constellation Cygnus in the star catalog of the Almagest, as translated by Gerard of Cremona. Christian Ludwig Ideler speculated that "ireo" referred to the plant called irio. Later, people apparently considered "abireo" to refer to the star, and as a misprint of an Arabic term, and transcribed it as al-bireo. 1. A binary star in the constellation Cygnus; Beta (β) Cygni.
Word: wearily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English werily, werelye, equivalent to weary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪɹɪli/, /ˈwɪəɹɪli/ 1. In a weary manner; feeling weary. Example: "Yes," said Marvin. "Wearily I sit here, pain and misery my only companions." Example: People living in the Portishead area have grown wearily familiar with delays and cost overruns since reopening the railway (part of the MetroWest project) was approved in 2012. 2. In a weary manner; causing weariness.
Word: King Kong Part of Speech: name Etymology: See King Kong § Etymology on Wikipedia. 1. A fictional giant ape, the eponymous star of several movies. 2. A king (playing card). Labels: slang 3. Two kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. Labels: slang
Word: Thuban Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic ثُعْبَان (ṯuʕbān, “snake”), the Arabic name for the constellation Alpha Draconis being الثُعْبَان (aṯ-ṯuʕbān). 1. α Draconis, a white giant star in the constellation Draco which served as the North Star from about 3942 to 1793 BC.
Word: E100 Part of Speech: noun 1. A motor vehicle fuel blend based on close to 100% ethanol used in alcohol fuelled vehicles Labels: uncountable
Word: vorarephilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vorare (“to devour”) + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌvoɹ.ɹə.ɹəˈfɪ.li.ə/, /voɹˌɹɛ.ɹ(ə)ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /voʊ̯-/ 1. A paraphilia or fetish in role-playing, involving the devouring of or being devoured by another person or creature. Labels: uncountable Example: 1998, Karl Xydexx Jorgensen, in alt.fan.furry http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/msg/1a213152a9bb5836?dmode=source&hl=en Ooh, vorarephilia. What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy. Example: 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, in alt.fan.vore http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.vore/msg/b0833972db5377ca?dmode=source&hl=en A place to discuss vorarephilia... Why, I am right on topic here, my kind of place, and not even any competing predators to snatch my prey away while I play with it, harrr harrr harrrr! 2. Sexual cannibalism as a paraphilia. Labels: proscribed, uncountable
Word: replevy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (probably from a Germanic source which also gave pledge). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈplɛvi/ 1. To return goods to their rightful owner by replevin; to recover goods. 2. To bail. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: I humbly crave your Majestie / It to replevie , and my Sonne reprive
Word: replevy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Old French replevir (“recover”), from re- + plevir (probably from a Germanic source which also gave pledge). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈplɛvi/ 1. replevin
Word: tartrazine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tart(a)r Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English az(ote) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English azine English tartrazine From tart(a)r + azine. 1. A lemon-yellow azo dye used as a food colouring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rowlands and Gorecki said that existing methods to turn tissue transparent use solutions that have side effects such as dehydration and swelling and can alter the structure of the tissue. However, tartrazine was used at a low concentration, and its effects were easily undone, potentially facilitating prolonged study of biological processes in live animals, they wrote. Example: The European Union requires a warning label on products that contain three artificial food dyes approved in the U.S.: Yellow No. 5, also known as tartrazine. Red No. 40, also called E129 or Allura Red AC. Yellow No. 6, called sunset yellow or E110.
Word: food colouring Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance added to food in order to change its colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Add a few drops of blue food colouring to the icing.
Word: azo dye Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a large number of mostly yellow to red synthetic dyes that contain an azo or diimide (-N=N-) functional group.
Word: thank-you Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of thank + you. 1. An expression of gratitude. Example: I must offer a big thank-you to my agent for getting me this job. 2. That expresses thanks. Example: a thank-you letter
Word: diimide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English imide English diimide From di- + imide. 1. The compound HN=NH 2. Any azo compound derived from this simple compound Labels: countable
Word: chrysoine resorcinol Part of Speech: noun 1. a golden-yellow azo dye used as a food coloring Labels: uncountable
Word: rhombencephalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhomb + encephalon. Pronunciation: /ɹɒmbɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/, /ɹɒmbɛnˈkɛfəlɒn/ 1. The hindbrain.
Word: dihydroxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English oxy English hydroxy English dihydroxy From di- + hydroxy. 1. Containing two hydroxy functional groups. Labels: not-comparable
Word: garrote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈɹɒt/, /ɡəˈɹoʊt/ 1. An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. Labels: historical Example: I have twenty times done that which by Busnée law should have brought me to the filimicha (gallows), yet my neck has never yet been squeezed by the cold garrote. Example: […] promising that, by so doing, the painful death to which he had been sentenced should be commuted for the milder form of the garrote,—a mode of punishment by strangulation, used for criminals in Spain. 2. Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation. Example: The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.
Word: garrote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈɹɒt/, /ɡəˈɹoʊt/ 1. To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote. Labels: transitive Example: I have not a sou, and for want of a few crowns I shall be garroted within a month unless I can escape, though, as I told you before, I have done nothing, a mere bagatelle; but the worst crimes in Spain are poverty and misery. 2. To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob. Labels: transitive Example: “And then Lee may have fallen into the river, and Norton been garrotted. It is certainly a formidable indictment that you have against Bellingham; but if you were to place it before a police magistrate, he would simply laugh in your face.” Example: About this time the police reports were full of cases of garrotting. The victim was seized from behind, one man gagged or burked him, while another picked his pocket.
Word: quinoline yellow Part of Speech: noun 1. a yellow food coloring now known to be toxic and banned in some countries Labels: uncountable
Word: riata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish reata, from reatar (“to retie”). Compare lariat. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɑːtə/ 1. A lariat or lasso. Labels: US, regional Example: “You double-crossing devil,” the young man growled. “[…] Hereafter you'll trot ahead of me at the end of a riata, while I keep you on the jump with a four-horse whip. Right now you're scattering my dunnage from hell to breakfast, […]” Example: A few blocks from the capitol we stripped him, cut off everything hanging between his legs, then fixed him with a riata and dragged him up and down Congress.
Word: reata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Spanish re- Spanish atar Spanish reatardeverb. Spanish reatabor. English reata Borrowed from Spanish reata. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɑːtə/ 1. A lariat or lasso. Labels: Texas Example: The riders overtook them laughing and circled the cart at a full gallop until one of them took down his reata and dropped a loop over the mule’s head and brought it to a halt.
Word: lariat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish la reata (“the lasso”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæɹɪət/ 1. A lasso. Example: Not so circumscribed in expedient for the reduction of surplus wealth were those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name. Example: I'm putting on my riding hat / Got my boots and my lariat / Ooh hoo I'm dressing up in style 2. A tether. 3. An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.
Word: lariat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish la reata (“the lasso”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæɹɪət/ 1. To lasso. Labels: transitive Example: Here they dismounted, lariated their horses, in order that they might enjoy the long, green grass growing near the banks of the brook; and bathing their faces in the cool, sparkling water, they partook sparingly of their provisions.
Word: fast yellow AB Part of Speech: noun 1. a yellow azo dye formerly used as a food colouring Labels: uncountable
Word: riboflavin-5-sodium phosphate Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellow dye used as a food colouring.
Word: riq'a Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic رُقْعَة (ruqʕa). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɑː/, /ˈɹiːkə/ 1. A simple style of Arabic calligraphy, common in everyday handwriting. Labels: uncountable
Word: yellow 2G Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellow azo dye used as a food colouring. Labels: uncountable
Word: risp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rispen, from Old Norse rispa (“scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *ripsōną (“to rend; rip; tear open”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyb- (“to tear; snatch; pluck; reap”). Compare also Old Norse rifsa (“to plunder; reave”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪsp/ 1. To rub together, to rasp or grate.
Word: risp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rispen, from Old Norse rispa (“scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *ripsōną (“to rend; rip; tear open”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyb- (“to tear; snatch; pluck; reap”). Compare also Old Norse rifsa (“to plunder; reave”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪsp/ 1. A rubbing or grating together. Example: [T]hat Greek waste silent but for the risp of the tettix and the wash of listless wind through the spare grass.
Word: Micah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkə/ 1. A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh. 2. Any of several men in the Old Testament: Example: The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 3. Any of several men in the Old Testament: 4. A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]. Example: "We will call the boy Micah," he announced at last. "I had thought of some sweeter name, perhaps David," she suggested. "We will call him Micah," Abner replied. 5. A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew].
Word: roborate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin rōborāre (“to strengthen, to confirm”) + -ate (“forming verbs”), from rōbur (“reddish oak; hardness, strength”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊbəˌɹeɪt/, /ˈɹɑbəˌɹeɪt/, /ˈɹəʊbəreɪt/, /ˈɹɒbəɹeɪt/ 1. Synonym of confirm, to verify, to establish. Labels: obsolete 2. Synonym of strengthen, to invigorate, to restore. Labels: obsolete 3. Synonym of harden, to make obdurate. Labels: obsolete
Word: rother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hrūþer, hrȳþer, byforms of hrīþer, hrīþ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“bovine”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒðə/ 1. A horned animal, especially an ox. Labels: obsolete
Word: rother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rother, from Old English rōþor. See rudder. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒðə/ 1. A rudder.
Word: roun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *rūnābor.? Proto-Germanic *rūnō Proto-West Germanic *rūnu Old English rūn Middle English roune English roun From Middle English roun, from Old English rūn, from Proto-Germanic *rūnō; more at round. Doublet of rune and round. The "rune" sense is likely a semantic loan from Old English rūn or one of its Germanic cognate. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯n/ 1. A speech or conversation (especially rumoured or whispered). Labels: obsolete 2. A rune (ancient Germanic character) Labels: obsolete 3. A secret or mystery. Labels: obsolete
Word: roun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Old English rūnian. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯n/ 1. To whisper. Labels: obsolete
Word: convexity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English convex Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English convexity From convex + -ity. 1. The state of being convex. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A convex line or surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rowel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊəl/ 1. A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types. Example: I / Perceive 'tis an advantage for a man to vvear ſpurres, / The rovvell of Knight-hood does gingle in the eare of their / Vnderſtanding. Example: The deep and sharp rowels with which Ivanhoe’s heels were now armed, began to make the worthy Prior repent of his courtesy,[…]. 2. A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit. Example: The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. 3. A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.
Word: rowel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella. Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊəl/ 1. To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid. Labels: transitive 2. To fit with spurs. Labels: transitive 3. To apply the spur to. Labels: transitive Example: to rowel a horse Example: When the first dogs barked Glanton roweled his horse forward and they came out of the trees and across the dry scrub with the long necks of the horses leaning out of the dust avid as hounds […]. 4. To incite; to goad. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He would have been completely ignorant of what was going on if Frank, periodically roweled by the viciously anti-labor stand of the Pittsburgh newspapers, hadn't felt the need of an audience.
Word: ruckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of ruck. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌkəl/ 1. To crease or wrinkle.
Word: ruckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of ruck. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌkəl/ 1. A disordered collection. Example: Seldom he comes by this way ; but he is amang them yonder, wi' a hookit nose and chin, grey blear'd een, lang black hair, and a ruckle o' duds for claise o' a' sorts, wi' bits o' embroidery sewed on them. Example: She can't sit in the car by herself for a couple of hours whilst I clamber up a rocky river bed to see a ruckle of stones and a view that you can't see for the rain and mist, so I magnanimously say I'll come with her. 2. A wrinkle. Example: After the second lunch, with a little more to drink, he helped her into her coat more zealously, smoothing the material down over one should blade as if the cloth had suddenly thrown up a ruckle. Example: When she was little and I went to see her in bed, I often thought she wasn't there. She lay so neatly and so straight, without a ruckle and with her head just under the top of the bedclothes.
Word: ruckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably cognate with Dutch rochelen (“to hawk”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌkəl/ 1. A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation. Labels: Scotland
Word: ruckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably cognate with Dutch rochelen (“to hawk”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌkəl/ 1. To make a rattling noise in the throat. Labels: Scotland, intransitive
Word: proleptical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek; compare French proleptique. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈlɛptɪkəl/ 1. Anticipating the usual time; applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition. 2. Previous; antecedent. Example: Nor can the proleptical notions of Religion be so well defended by the protest Servants of the Altar 3. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. Example: It must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views.
Word: ruga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁roug-h₂-der. Proto-Italic *rougā Latin rūgabor. English ruga Borrowed from Latin rūga (“a crease in the face, wrinkle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹuː.ɡə/ 1. A fold, crease or wrinkle. Labels: plural-normally Example: Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; […] Example: the deadly water-snakes coil’d together like the Rugæ of a single great Brain, the gray and even illumination from the Sky
Word: saltillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish saltillo. 1. In Mexican languages, especially Nahuatl, a glottal stop or fricative sound. 2. In mostly Hispanophone countries, especially Mexico, an apostrophe-like letter (lowercase ꞌ and in some orthographies capital Ꞌ) used to represent a glottal stop.
Word: runnel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English runel, rennel, rinel, from Old English rynel (“that which runs; runner; stream”), from Proto-Germanic *runilaz, equivalent to run + -el. Cognate with Scots rinel, rinnal (“stream; runnel”), Swedish rännel (“runner; runnel”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnəl/, /ˈɹʌn.l/ 1. A small stream, a rivulet. Example: Spring, is ye comen in, / Dappled larke singe, / Snow melteth, / Runnel pelteth, / Smelleth wind of newe buddinge. Example: Every little runnel in the bay was astir, and yet the land around him was as dry as flax, and no drop of rain had fallen. 2. A small artificial channel for water to flow in. Example: Still lower down the slope, on a staircase by the Eastern Bastion, there is an elaborate piece of hydraulic science for checking the flow of water. A stone runnel is made to descend the stairs in a series of parabolic curves which would subject the water to friction, and thus reduce its velocity and the consequent danger of a flood on the pavement below.
Word: runnel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English runel, rennel, rinel, from Old English rynel (“that which runs; runner; stream”), from Proto-Germanic *runilaz, equivalent to run + -el. Cognate with Scots rinel, rinnal (“stream; runnel”), Swedish rännel (“runner; runnel”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌnəl/, /ˈɹʌn.l/ 1. To create channels for directing the flow of liquid. Example: Not all saltmarshes are suited to habitat modification, but where they are, runnelling provides long-term and cost-effective control with minor non-target impacts. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text The people who settled here weren’t farmers. They hunted. Yet they built a large amphitheater of mud, a platform carefully runneled to carry liquid—possibly blood.
Word: rutilant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Middle English rutilaunt (“shining with a gold or red colour”), from rutilāns (“reddening”), an adjective use of the present participle of rutilō (“to redden”) (from rutilus (“(yellowish) red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)). The English word is cognate with Italian rutilante, Portuguese rutilante, Spanish rutilante. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːtɪl(ə)nt/, /-tə-/, /ˈɹutələnt/, [-ɾə-] 1. Shining or glowing with a red colour or light. Labels: also, figuratively, literary Example: [S]tately Hyperion or the lordly ſonne, the moſt rutilant planet of the ſeuẽ, in Lent when Heralius herring enters into his chiefe reign and ſcepterdome, ſkippeth and danſeth[,] the goats iumpe on the earth for ioy of his entrance. Example: [T]he colour of a Comet ſignifies the Nature of the Ruling Planet. This was of a Fiery Red, but mixed with a dusky Silver colour, which made it look but dim in appearance, (unleſs in clear Nights before the Moon was up, for then it look'd more Rutilant:) and therefore it was likewiſe in this reſpect of the Nature of Mars and Mercury, [...]
Word: rika Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of riq'a. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: swan song Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Schwanenlied(from Schwan + Lied) or Schwanengesang; from the belief that the mute swan sings before dying. 1. A final performance or accomplishment, especially one before retirement. Labels: idiomatic Example: Yet, on the whole, our good Saint-Pierre is musical, poetical though most morbid: we will call his Book the swan-song of old dying France. Example: In no other way can be explained our sacrifices and martyrdoms. For no other reason did Rudolph Mendenhall flame out his soul for the Cause and sing his wild swan-song that last night of life.
Word: mute swan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is not very vocal (though not entirely mute). 1. A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.
Word: transcending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transcend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: SoCal Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Southern California. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: sabir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sabir. Pronunciation: /sɑˈbɪɹ/, /sɑˈbɪɚ/, /sɑˈbɪə/, /səˈbɪə(ɹ)/ 1. a lingua franca Example: My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.
Word: Sabir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sabir sabir (“know”), in Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme, probably from Spanish saber, ultimately from Latin sapere. Pronunciation: /sɑˈbiɹ/, /sɑˈbiə/, /səˈbɪə/ 1. An Italian-based pidgin language used as the lingua franca of Mediterranean trade from roughly the 11th to the 19th centuries. Labels: historical
Word: Sabir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a native Turkic formation; see Sabir. Cognate to Greek Σαβίνος (Savínos), Σάβιροι (Sáviroi). 1. A member of a (possibly Turkic) people or tribe who lived around the Caspian before the arrival of the Avars. Labels: historical
Word: Sabir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly a native Turkic formation; see Sabir. Cognate to Greek Σαβίνος (Savínos), Σάβιροι (Sáviroi). 1. The (probably Turkic) language spoken by these people. Example: […] could hardly be anything else but Hungarian. Beyond the Hungarian presence in this polyglot state, there were, he suggested, speakers of Bulğar Turkic, Türk and Sabir (which he viewed as Common Turkic) and various other tongues.
Word: Sabir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic صَابِر (ṣābir). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: Sabir Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Sabir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Azerbaijani Sabir or Səbir. 1. Any of several places in Azerbaijan.
Word: hemophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English hemo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English hemophobia From hemo- + -phobia. 1. Fear of blood; dread or intense discomfort at the sight of blood. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] there may be found practitioners of modern medicine, highly accomplished histologists, pathologists, therapeutists, etc., who, when certain acute cases confront them, evince hemophobia and eschew the lancet: Example: The conflict between himself and his family, as to whether he should return to medicine or not, was deepening […]. The nightmares were still very bad, but in any case the haemophobia alone prevented any hospital service whether in Britain or France.
Word: fineness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fine 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 fineness From fine + -ness. 1. The quality or degree of being fine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The ratio of length to width of a ship, aircraft or rocket Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Minoan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Sir Arthur Evans, not knowing the Minoan term for “Minoan” at the time, coined this name in the early 20th century, from Ancient Greek Μίνως (Mínōs), the mythical king of Crete. The actual name is probably reflected in Egyptian kftjw (perhaps reconstructible as *Káftayu) and Biblical Hebrew כַּפְתּוֹר (Kaftor, “Caphthor”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈnəʊən/ 1. Of or relating to the civilization that developed in Crete from the neolithic period to the Bronze Age (about 3000-1050 B.C.E.). Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the writing systems (Linear A and Linear B) used in Crete and later in mainland Greece. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to the ancient language of the Minoans which died out by the beginning of the 1st millennium B.C.E. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Minoan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sir Arthur Evans, not knowing the Minoan term for “Minoan” at the time, coined this name in the early 20th century, from Ancient Greek Μίνως (Mínōs), the mythical king of Crete. The actual name is probably reflected in Egyptian kftjw (perhaps reconstructible as *Káftayu) and Biblical Hebrew כַּפְתּוֹר (Kaftor, “Caphthor”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈnəʊən/ 1. A person who belonged to the Minoan civilization.
Word: Minoan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Sir Arthur Evans, not knowing the Minoan term for “Minoan” at the time, coined this name in the early 20th century, from Ancient Greek Μίνως (Mínōs), the mythical king of Crete. The actual name is probably reflected in Egyptian kftjw (perhaps reconstructible as *Káftayu) and Biblical Hebrew כַּפְתּוֹר (Kaftor, “Caphthor”). Pronunciation: /mɪˈnəʊən/ 1. The language written in Linear A.
Word: Tracey Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪsi/ 1. A surname from Old French, a spelling variant of Tracy. 2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of popular British usage, variant of Tracy. Example: Emily. Em-il-y, three syllables, like a knock on the door of destiny. Such an odd, old-fashioned name, compared to those Kylies and Traceys and Jades — names that reeked of Impulse and grease and stood out in gaudy neon colours — 3. A male given name.
Word: respecting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛktɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of respect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: respecting Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛktɪŋ/ 1. regarding; considering Example: I wrote to him respecting the proposed lawsuit.
Word: quoted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkwəʊtɪd/, /ˈkwoʊtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of quote Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sabkha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَبْخَة (sabḵa, “salt flat”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæbkə/, /ˈsæbxə/, /ˈsɑbkə/ 1. An area of coastal salt flats, especially in North Africa and Arabia.
Word: stopping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɒpɪŋ/, /ˈstɔpɪŋ/, /ˈstɑpɪŋ/, [ˈstɔ̟pɪŋ], /ˈstɒpɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of stop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stopping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɒpɪŋ/, /ˈstɔpɪŋ/, /ˈstɑpɪŋ/, [ˈstɔ̟pɪŋ], /ˈstɒpɪŋɡ/ 1. The act of something that stops; a halt. Example: constant startings and stoppings Example: the narrowings, widenings, divertings, or stoppings of the stream of breath 2. Material for filling a cavity in a tooth. Labels: dated Example: an amalgam stopping Example: curious antiquaries, sifting the ruins of time, when London is a grass-grown path and all those hurrying along the pavement this Wednesday morning are but bones with a few wedding rings mixed up in their dust and the gold stoppings of innumerable decayed teeth 3. A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. 4. A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. Example: 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse The drawing poultices and stoppings of farriers are often highly injurious, instead of abating inflammation .
Word: enjoying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of enjoy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blowynge, blowende, from Old English blāwende, from Proto-Germanic *blēandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), equivalent to blow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈblaː.ɪn/, /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of blow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blowynge, blowyng, from Old English blāwung (“blowing”), equivalent to blow + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈblaː.ɪn/, /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who blows, or that which blows. Example: the blowings of a trumpet Example: the puffings and blowings of an unfit runner
Word: declaring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English declaring, declarynge, equivalent to declare + -ing (present participle ending). Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈklɛəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of declare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: declaring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English declaring, declaryng, declaringe, declarynge, equivalent to declare + -ing (gerund ending). Pronunciation: /dɪˈklɛɹɪŋ/, /dɪˈklɛəɹɪŋ/ 1. The act of making something known; announcing; proclaiming Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: allowing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of allow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: refusing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfjuːzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of refuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: securing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səˈkjʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /səˈkjɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /səˈkjʊɹ.ɪŋ/, /səˈkjɝ.ɪŋ/, /səˈkjɔɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of secure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gaining Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gaining Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪnɪŋ/ 1. Gain; profit. Example: […] yet, when the Doctor was about it, he might as well have told the public, that my gainings were annually thirty thousand, instead of three […]
Word: sebkha Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛbkə/, /ˈsɛbxə/ 1. Alternative form of sabkha. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And so it was that when the sun came up he looked between two oleanders and saw it reflected red across the miles of glittering salt sebkha that lay between him and the mountains.
Word: sacring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sacre + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪkɹɪŋ/ 1. Consecration of the Eucharist. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. Consecration of a person for holy office, usually a bishop or sovereign. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Judaea greeted its monarch. He was to ascend to the immemorial sacring place of millennia of kings, there to be endued with the robe and crown of rule.
Word: sacring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sacre + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪkɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sacre Labels: archaic, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sacre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sacren, sakeren (“to make holy, hallow”), from Old French sacrer (“to hallow, consecrate, anoint, dedicate”), from Latin sacrō (“to make sacred, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós (“sacred”), from *seh₂k- (“to sanctify, to make a treaty”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪkɚ/ 1. To consecrate. Labels: obsolete Example: c.''' 1382-1395, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe), Exodus 28:41, And thou schalt clothe Aaron, thi brother, with alle these, and hise sones with hym. And thou schalt sacre the hondis of alle; and thou schalt halewe hem, that thei be set in preesthood to me. Example: And I purpose this night to sacre you all with the Holy Incense.
Word: sacre Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈseɪkɚ/ 1. Alternative form of saker (“type of cannon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sadhu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit साधु (sādhú, “good; good man, holy man”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːduː/, /ˈsæduː/, /-djuː/ 1. An ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty). Labels: Hinduism Example: Then again these figures take no account of the thousands of beggars who travel free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies smeared with ashes. A large number of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere with them. Example: It was clad in white in the manner of an Indian sadu or holy man, and it was walking barefoot on the grubby pavements.
Word: calabozo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calaboose. 1. calaboose; prison
Word: Webley Part of Speech: name 1. An English habitational surname for someone who lived in Weobley in Herefordshire.
Word: time shifting Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of recording a broadcast with the intention of watching or listening to it later at a more convenient time. Labels: uncountable 2. The practice of network affiliates from different time zones of making television programs available at multiple times during the day. Labels: uncountable 3. The correction of the times in a subtitle file. Labels: uncountable
Word: farts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɑːɹts/ 1. plural of fart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɑːɹts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fart Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Titusville Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Titus Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Italic *weikslā Latin vīllader. Old French ville Middle French ville French villebor. English -ville English Titusville From Titus + -ville. 1. A place in the United States: 2. A place in the United States: Example: Rockledge's Shanikqua Smith goes for a layup during Tuesday's game against Titusville. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, settled by the Titus family.
Word: clerks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɑː(ɹ)ks/, /klɝks/ 1. plural of clerk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clerks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klɑː(ɹ)ks/, /klɝks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clerk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: waitstaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wait + staff. 1. Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually
Word: denaturalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + naturalize. Pronunciation: /diːˈnæt(jə)ɹəlaɪz/, /diːˈnætʃəɹəlaɪz/ 1. To revoke or deny the citizenship of. Labels: transitive Example: After the regime fell, the leader was executed and the principal party members were denaturalized and deported. Example: For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American citizens: a law that allowed the department to denaturalize, or strip, citizenship from criminals who falsified their records or hid their illicit pasts. 2. To make less natural; to cause to deviate from its nature. Labels: transitive Example: Henchard was, by original make, the last man to act stealthily, for good or for evil. But the solicitus timor of his love — the dependence upon Elizabeth's love into which he had declined (or, in another sense, to which he had advanced) — denaturalized him. 3. To cease to treat as natural. Labels: transitive Example: One question these scenes pose for cultural theory is whether such depictions denaturalize rape and denormalize masculinist pleasure in viewing sexual violence.
Word: FoE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Friends of the Earth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FOE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Friends of the Earth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Fraternal Order of Eagles. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FOE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of freedom of expression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of forces of evil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: priced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹaɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of price Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: priced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹaɪst/ 1. Having a price of the kind specified. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable
Word: desensitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- (“not, do the opposite of, undo”) + sensitize. First attested in the 1900s. Pronunciation: /diːˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/, /-ətaɪz/ 1. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood. Example: […] child pornography is often used by pedophiles and child sexual abusers to stimulate and whet their own sexual appetites, and as a model for sexual acting out with children; such use of child pornography can desensitize the viewer to the pathology of sexual abuse or exploitation of children, so that it can become acceptable to and even preferred by the viewer;[…] 2. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive. Labels: ambitransitive 3. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive. Labels: ambitransitive 4. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive. Labels: ambitransitive 5. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of (someone) or in (something); to become insensitive. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: stencil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”). The verb is from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛnsɪl/, /ˈstɛnsəl/ 1. A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet. Example: You do not necessarily need to have a stencil brush to paint over a stencil. 2. A pattern produced using such a utensil. Example: In 2013 a damaged stencil of a rat and an image of a girl hugging a bomb were painted over on the walls of a Fitzroy church by the building owner’s father-in-law, who tried to help out by painting the building while house sitting. He did not know the significance of the stencils. 3. A two-ply master sheet for use with a mimeograph.
Word: stencil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely a nominalization of Middle English stencellen (“to garnish with bright hues”), borrowed from Middle French estinceller (“to glisten”), from Old French estenceler (“to spark”), from Old French estencele (“spark”), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, from metathesis of Latin scintilla (“spark”). The verb is from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛnsɪl/, /ˈstɛnsəl/ 1. To print with a stencil. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Stencilled letters were used for words and phrases, as well as for captions for some of his stencil “prints,” print being used in the sense of a multicolor woodcut.
Word: insensitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sensitive English insensitive From in- + sensitive. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv/ 1. Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people; inconsiderate or incompassionate. 2. Not expressing normal physical feeling. Example: It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact. 3. Not expressing normal emotional feelings; cold; tactless; undiplomatic. Example: 1895, Grant Allen, The British Barbarians Somehow, when Bertram Ingledew let it once be felt he did not wish to be questioned on any particular point, even women managed to restrain their curiosity: and he would have been either a very bold or a very insensitive man who would have ventured to continue questioning him any further. Example: Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home, / By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes, / By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face, / That told me you might have some advice to give / On how to be insensitive.
Word: sid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from sidiki or sidiqi. 1. sadiki Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: splenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen. Pronunciation: /spləˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry. Example: A sect, whose chief devotion lies / In odd perverse antipathies; / […] / More peevish, cross, and splenetick, / Than dog distract, or monkey sick. Example: Horace seems to have purg'd himself from those Splenetick Reflections in those Odes and Epodes, before he undertook the Noble Work of Satires; which were properly so call'd. 2. Related to the spleen. Example: I have already described the general protuberance of the abdomen among the children throughout the Messaria and the Carpas districts, all of whom are more or less affected by splenetic diseases.
Word: splenetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen. Pronunciation: /spləˈnɛtɪk/ 1. A person affected with spleen. Labels: archaic
Word: vaporous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English vaporous, from Late Latin vapōrōsus (“full of steam”), from Latin vapor (“exhalation; smoke; steam, vapour”) (possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to boil; to smoke, steam; aroma; strong odour”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as vapour + -ous. Possibly a doublet of hope. Cognates * French vaporeux (“misty, vaporous; filmy, transparent”) * Italian vaporoso (“flimsy, gauzy; fluffy; vaporous”) * Portuguese vaporoso * Spanish vaporoso (“airy; vaporous”) Pronunciation: /ˈveɪpəɹəs/, /ˈveɪpɹəs/ 1. Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour. Example: Hovv can darkneſſe be called a Maſſe? &c. No it cannot. Nor a thin vaporous matter neither. Example: For the great rock has screened the westering sun / That still on plains beyond streams vaporous gold / Among the branches; […] 2. Breathing out or giving off vapour. 3. Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty. Example: O hatefull, vaporous, and foggy night, / Since thou art guilty of my cureleſſe crime: / Muſter thy miſts to meete the Eaſterne light, / Make vvar againſt proportion'd courſe of time. Example: [W]e ſee that the very aire it ſelfe is never conglaciate nor frozen, nor hardened, conſidering that miſts, fogs and clouds are no congealations, but onely gatherings and thickenings of a moiſt and vapourous aire: for the true aire indeed vvhich hath no vapour at all and is altogether drie, admitteth no ſuch refrigeration as may alter it to that degree and heigth ^([sic]). 4. Of a thing: covered or hidden by vapour, fog, or mist. Example: Wide sea, that one continuous murmur breeds / Along the pebbled shore of memory! / Many old rotten-timber'd boats there be / Upon thy vaporous bosom, magnified / To goodly vessels; many a sail of pride, / And golden keel'd, is left unlaunch'd and dry. 5. Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague. Labels: figuratively Example: So vvhoſoeuer ſhall entertaine high and vapourous imaginations, in ſteede of a laborious and ſober inquiry of truth ſhall beget hopes and Beliefes of ſtrange and impoſſible ſhapes. Example: Now I recenter my immortal mind / In the deep sabbath of meek self-content; / Cleans'd from the vaporous passions that bedim / God's Image, sister of the Seraphim. 6. Of clothes or fabric: thin and translucent; filmy, gauzy. Labels: figuratively Example: [A]irily-attired ladies were lounging upon the chairs in the gardens of the Tuileries; only the most fragile and vaporous bonnets were to be seen in the Bois de Boulogne; […] Example: She carried herself no less attentively than usual, and kept no less anxious an eye upon her vaporous skirts; she held her bouquet very tight, and counted over the flowers for the twentieth time. 7. Feeling melancholy; experiencing the vapors. Example: The task at first daunted him, and he wailed to Mary that he could not write about the Florentines because he no longer enjoyed them as a school. Again Mary rescued him from his vaporous mood, and the two of them vigorously plunged into the new work.