nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: midwinter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English midwinter, mydwinter, mydwynter, from Old English midwinter, from Proto-West Germanic *midiwintru, from Proto-Germanic *midjawintruz (“midwinter”), equivalent to mid- + winter. Cognate with West Frisian midwinter (“midwinter”), Dutch midwinter (“midwinter”), German Mittwinter (“midwinter”), Danish midvinter (“midwinter”), Swedish midvinter (“midwinter”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪdˈwɪntə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɪdˌwɪntə(ɹ)/ 1. Of or occurring in the middle of winter. Labels: not-comparable Example: Except for the mid-winter period, when the 11.30 a.m. from Paddington and its opposite number will be withdrawn - Torquay now has seven daily expresses to and from Paddington as compared with five down and six up previously. Example: There is aid at hand in the tourist’s personal war midwinter fatigue and ennui—airlines serving the Caribbean islands are at odds with each other’s tariffs, and their competitive juggling of schedules and prices benefits the tourist.
Word: mid-autumn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English autumn English mid-autumn From mid- + autumn. 1. The middle of autumn. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: mid-autumn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English autumn English mid-autumn From mid- + autumn. 1. Happening in the middle of autumn. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: mid-autumn Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English autumn English mid-autumn From mid- + autumn. 1. In the middle of autumn. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: midautumn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mid-autumn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: midautumn Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mid-autumn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: midautumn Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of mid-autumn. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mid-spring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English spring English mid-spring From mid- + spring. 1. The middle of spring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mid-spring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English spring English mid-spring From mid- + spring. 1. In the middle of spring (the season), or a spring (leap). Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-spring Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English spring English mid-spring From mid- + spring. 1. In the middle of spring (the season), or a spring (leap). Labels: not-comparable
Word: mid-fall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English fall English mid-fall From mid- + fall. 1. The middle of fall. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: mid-fall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English fall English mid-fall From mid- + fall. 1. Happening in the middle of fall. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: mid-fall Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English fall English mid-fall From mid- + fall. 1. In the middle of fall. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: midfall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mid-fall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: telesthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English -esthesia English telesthesia From tele- + -esthesia. 1. extrasensory perception Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: downsize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From down- + size. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/ 1. To reduce in size or number. Labels: intransitive Example: Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home. Example: The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers. 2. To reduce the workforce of. Labels: transitive Example: They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building. 3. To terminate the employment of. Labels: euphemistic, transitive Example: Joe got downsized and became a plumber.
Word: coddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒd.əl/, /ˈkɑ.dəl/, /ˈkɔd.əl/ 1. To treat gently or with great care. Labels: transitive Example: How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas, walled up in inaccessible castles, with a tutor and a library, guarded by cordons of sentinels, sermoners, old aunts, old women from the world without, and have nevertheless escaped from all these guardians, and astonished the world by their extravagance and their frolics? 2. To cook slowly in hot water that is below the boiling point. Labels: transitive Example: a coddled egg Example: It [the guava fruit] bakes as well as a Pear, and it may be coddled, and it makes good Pies. 3. To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect. Labels: transitive
Word: coddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from caudle. Compare British dialect caddle (“to coax, spoil, fondle”) and cade. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒd.əl/, /ˈkɑ.dəl/, /ˈkɔd.əl/ 1. An Irish dish comprising layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and bacon rashers with sliced potatoes and onions. 2. An effeminate person. Labels: archaic
Word: pamper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er. Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/, /ˈpæm.pɚ/, [ˈpɛəm.pɚ] 1. To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence. Labels: transitive Example: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good. 2. To feed luxuriously. Labels: dated 3. To put someone in pampers (a diaper). Labels: informal
Word: pamper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er. Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/, /ˈpæm.pɚ/, [ˈpɛəm.pɚ] 1. Alternative form of pampers. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “[…]And let me get you some more panties. I got all sizes. You look like about a size four,” she comments going to another cabinet. “Now, when you put these on after you wash up and the medicine kicks in, the maxi-pad goes on the inside of your panties on the bottom to catch all that blood coming out of your tail.” She must be crazy. I gotta wear a pamper. Example: The jacket is his exact size, fitting him just right, but his pants are two sizes too small. They’re hugging him extra tight. His butt is exploding out of them, causing it to look like he’s wearing a pamper.
Word: going Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡuː.ɪŋ/ [ˈɡʊw.ɪŋɡ], /ˈɡæn.ɪn/, /ɡaːn/, [ˈɡʌo̞ŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of go Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I'm afraid I must be going. 2. Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly. Labels: in-compounds Example: theatre-going, church-going, movie-going
Word: going Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡuː.ɪŋ/ [ˈɡʊw.ɪŋɡ], /ˈɡæn.ɪn/, /ɡaːn/, [ˈɡʌo̞ŋ] 1. A departure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Māna-Yood-Sushāī was before the beginning of the gods, and shall be after their going. […] After the going of the gods there will be no small worlds nor big. Example: But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […] 2. The suitability of ground for riding, walking etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The going was very difficult over the ice. 3. Progress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We made good going for a while, but then we came to the price. 4. Conditions for advancing in any way. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant. 5. Course of life; behaviour; doings; ways. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 6. The whereabouts (of something). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I can't find my sunglasses; you haven't seen the going of them, have you? 7. The horizontal distance between the front of one step in a flight of stairs and the front of the next. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.
Word: going Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”). Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡuː.ɪŋ/ [ˈɡʊw.ɪŋɡ], /ˈɡæn.ɪn/, /ɡaːn/, [ˈɡʌo̞ŋ] 1. Likely to continue; viable. Labels: not-comparable Example: He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern. 2. Current, prevailing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The going rate for manual snow-shoveling is $25 an hour. 3. Available. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: He has the easiest job going. Example: Craig: Did you look at Tudor life? did you do a lot of studying about that? Natalie: Yeah, I was really geeky about it, I read every single book that was going.
Word: starting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/, [ˈstɑɹt.ɪŋ], [ˈstɑɹɾɪŋ], /ˈstɑːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of start Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: starting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɑɹtɪŋ/, [ˈstɑɹt.ɪŋ], [ˈstɑɹɾɪŋ], /ˈstɑːtɪŋ/ 1. The act of something that starts. Example: constant startings and stoppings
Word: flying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”). Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. That flies or can fly. Labels: not-comparable Example: flying fox Example: a flying rumour 2. Brief or hurried. Labels: not-comparable Example: flying visit 3. Capable of moving rapidly; highly mobile. Labels: not-comparable Example: flying column 4. Not secured by yards. Labels: not-comparable 5. Capable of foiling. Labels: not-comparable Example: Flying ferries are the watercraft of the future! 6. Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines. Labels: not-comparable Example: He brands his cow W (flying W) or — (two-bar). Example: […] some seventy-five cows belonging to William and Bernie with a Flying W […] 7. Being able to glide through the air. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: flying squirrel Example: flying snake
Word: flying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fleynge, fleeʒinge, flihinde, vlyinde, vleoinde, flyand, ffleghand, flighand (also fleoninde, fleonninde, etc.), from Old English flēogende, from Proto-Germanic *fleugandz (“flying”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fljoogend (“flying”), West Frisian fleanend (“flying”), Dutch vliegend (“flying”), German Low German flegend (“flying”), German fliegend (“flying”), Danish flyvende (“flying”), Swedish flygande (“flying”), Icelandic fljúgandi (“flying”). Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fly Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”). Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. An act of flight. Labels: countable Example: "Flyings" could vary considerably in complexity and lavishness and could involve an actor or property being either lifted from the stage into the flies above or vice versa. As Colin Visser has observed, flyings and sinkings are both "associated with supernatural manifestations of various kinds" […] 2. The action or process of sustained motion through the air. Labels: uncountable Example: His seconde hawke wexyd gery And was with flyenge wery. She had flowyn so oft, That on the rode loft She perkyd her to rest. 3. The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water. Labels: uncountable
Word: rancid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ranceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin ranciduslbor. English rancid Learned borrowing from Latin rancidus (“stinking, rank, rancid, offensive”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹænsɪd/, /ˈɹeə̯nsɪd/, /ˈɹɛə̯nsɪd/ 1. Rank in taste or smell. Example: The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table. 2. Offensive. Unpleasant. Example: Her remarks were rancid; everyone got up and left.
Word: words Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɜːdz/, /wɜɹdz/ 1. plural of word Labels: form-of, plural Example: Words have a longer life than deeds. — Pindar (translated)
Word: words Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɜːdz/, /wɜɹdz/ 1. Angry debate or conversation; argument. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt. 2. The lines in a script for a performance. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Sat. 3. Lyrics. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The composer set the words to music.
Word: words Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɜːdz/, /wɜɹdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of word Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: undefined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defined English undefined From un- + defined. 1. Lacking a definition or value. Labels: not-comparable Example: We slid into our office, past two women discussing the "X factor," an apparently undefined quality their firm felt they lacked. 2. That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation. Labels: not-comparable Example: The result of division by zero is undefined.
Word: undefined Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defined English undefined From un- + defined. 1. An undefined value. Example: [Option:] · [PDP11:] F [BSD:] · [XE 2.3:] [1] [XE 3.0:] · [SIII:] · [COFF:] · [meaning:] make undefineds global Example: Every operation is defined completely either by delivering a value of some type depending only on the types of its operands or by causing some defined exception; there are no ‘undefineds’ in Ten15.
Word: wondering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of wonder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wondering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəɹɪŋ/ 1. The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc.
Word: wondering Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəɹɪŋ/ 1. Full of questioning and consideration. Example: Mary obeyed in wondering silence, which was increased when the French soubriette obviously taxed her abilities to the utmost; she had received full instructions from her mistress.
Word: entries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indices Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin indicēs. Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɪsiːz/, /ˈɪndɪˌsiz/, /ˈəndəsiːz/ 1. plural of index Labels: form-of, plural Example: The subscript numbers after each element are the indices of that element. Example: A common convention in computing is to have indices beginning at zero, whereas in mathematics indices usually begin at one.
Word: commonly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English comunly; equivalent to common + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmənli/, /ˈkɒmənli/ 1. As a rule; frequently; usually. Example: The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. 2. In common; familiarly. Labels: obsolete Example: As he thereon stood gazing, he might see / The blessed Angels to and fro descend / From highest heaven in gladsome companee, / And with great joy into that Citie wend, / As commonly as friend does with his frend.
Word: copying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpiɪŋ/, /ˈkɒpiɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of copy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: copying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɑpiɪŋ/, /ˈkɒpiɪŋ/ 1. an instance of the making of a copy Labels: countable 2. the practice of making one or more copies Labels: uncountable
Word: belly button Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From belly + button. 1. The navel. Labels: informal
Word: belly-button Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of belly button. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: articles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtɪkəlz/, /ˈɑɹtɪkəlz/ 1. plural of article Labels: form-of, plural
Word: articles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtɪkəlz/, /ˈɑɹtɪkəlz/ 1. Breeches; coat and waistcoat. Labels: slang 2. the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling Example: After educational training at Hayes Grammar School and Hayes College, Mr. Nokes was articled to a Surveyor and Land Agent in 1885, and, at the expiration of his articles, became a partner in the firm.
Word: articles Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtɪkəlz/, /ˈɑɹtɪkəlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of article Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Ares Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Arēs, from Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs). Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.ɹiːz/, /ˈɛɹ.iz/ 1. The Greek god of war, usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos. Labels: Greek Example: Near-synonym: Mars (Roman counterpart)
Word: Jove Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Joves, from Latin Iovis, genitive of Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Dyeus, Jupiter, and Zeus. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊv/, /d͡ʒoʊv/ 1. Jupiter, god of the sky. Labels: Roman Example: BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove’s roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).] 2. Jupiter Labels: archaic 3. Tin. Labels: obsolete
Word: Jove Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Joves, from Latin Iovis, genitive of Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Dyeus, Jupiter, and Zeus. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəʊv/, /d͡ʒoʊv/ 1. An expression of surprise or amazement. Example: "I promise to take care of myself. Yes; I won't take any risks. Not a single blessed risk. Of course not. I mean to hang out. Don't worry. Jove! I feel as though nothing could touch me. Why! this is luck from the word Go."
Word: pantheon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pantheon (“a Roman temple to the gods later used as a church”), c. 1300. Pronunciation: /ˈpænθiən/, /ˈpænθiˌɑn/ 1. A temple dedicated to all the gods. 2. All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group. Example: Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon. 3. A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group. Labels: broadly Example: Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold Example: Mahomes, Kelce, head coach Andy Reid and other key contributors to the Chiefs’ recent run can now put themselves alongside NFL legends in the pantheon of the sport’s greatest.
Word: Satan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Sathan, Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”) and Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shaitan. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.tən/, /ˈsæɪ.tən/ 1. The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity into sin; the Devil; (Theistic Satanism) the same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped. Example: Many Satanists reject the notion that Satan is bad. Example: And he shewed me Ioshua the high Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. / And the Lord said vnto Satan; The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan, euen the Lord that hath chosen Ierusalem rebuke thee. Is not this a brand pluckt out of the fire? 2. A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable, or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal. Labels: countable Example: 'Cause I finished with him, so I just felt kind of relieved and empowered afterwards, you know? He was tryin' to dilute my squash, and I was like, "Not today, Satan."
Word: Satan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Sathan, Satan, from Old English Satan, from Latin Satan, from Ancient Greek Σατάν (Satán), from Hebrew שָׂטָן (satán, “adversary, accuser”) and Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān, “satan, devil”). Doublet of shaitan. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.tən/, /ˈsæɪ.tən/ 1. A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel. Labels: countable Example: This literature refers to a major figurehead of evil called “Satan,” the leader of a group of angels also referred to as “Satans.” These Satans accuse people and lead them astray. Example: 2007, Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator), M. A. H. Eliyasee (Roman script transliteration), Osman Taha (Arabic script), The Qur′an, II, 102, page 15, They followed what the Satans recited over Solomon′s Kingdom. Solomon did not disbelieve but Satans disbelieved, teaching men magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels Hārūt and Mārūt. 2. Anything that causes destruction or is viewed as evil. Example: The most of these, such as various kinds of grasshoppers, leaf hoppers, butterflies, etc., are not peculiar to the clovers, while others do but little damage and need not be mentioned here. In a contest with any of them, the farmer is to a great extent powerless on account of their wide distribution and incredible capacity of increase in a very short period of time, and must rely, in his controversy with these satans, on improved methods of rotation, and on their natural enemies, the parasites, which by a wise and merciful dispensation of the Giver of all good, in due time, always hold them in check and prevent the total destruction of the crop. Example: Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them.
Word: slanderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slander + -er. 1. One who slanders or defames the name or reputation of another person.
Word: raconteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French raconter French -eur French raconteurbor. English raconteur Borrowed from French raconteur. Pronunciation: /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtəː/, /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtəː/, /ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/, /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtɝ/ 1. A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit. Example: He was tempted to try the last door—to look into the room of evil fame; but he reflected that this would be indiscreet, since Colonel Capadose handled the brush—as a raconteur—with such freedom. There might be a ghost and there might not; but the Colonel himself, he inclined to think, was the most mystifying figure in the house. Example: It is notoriously possible for the author of a fictitious narrative to become, after a time, unable to distinguish it from a statement of actual facts. There is a case on record in which a learned judge communicated to the Psychical Society in perfect good faith a ghost story, all the principal features of which were proved to be imaginary. They had their origin in his own talent as a distinguished raconteur.
Word: raconteur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree French raconter French -eur French raconteurbor. English raconteur Borrowed from French raconteur. Pronunciation: /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtəː/, /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtəː/, /ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/, /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtɝ/ 1. To make witty remarks or stories. Example: The two of them turn to each other and raise an eyebrow each, their signal to slip into alternating raconteuring.
Word: Sherlock Holmes Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌʃɜɹ.lɒk ˈhoʊmz/ 1. A series of novels by Arthur Conan Doyle about a consulting detective with keen observational awareness, astute logical reasoning and professional forensic skills; also related media based on the books, such as movies. 2. The fictional detective who is the protagonist of the series. Example: “Oh, hullo, Mrs Cream.” The woman she was addressing was tall and thin with a hawk-like face that reminded me of Sherlock Holmes. She had an ink spot on her nose, the result of working on her novel of suspense. [...] This was the first time I had seen Ma Cream today, she having gone off around noon to lunch with some friends in Birmingham, and I would willingly not have seen her now, for something in her manner seemed to suggest that she spelled trouble. She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked. [...] She sniffed. And if I were to say that I liked the way she sniffed, I would be wilfully deceiving my public. It was the sort of sniff Sherlock Holmes would have sniffed when about to clap the darbies on the chap who had swiped the Maharajah's ruby. [...] “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened more crows than any other lid in Worcestershire. 3. Any person who has or is considered to have great powers of observation and deduction. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: And proof was soon evident that he needed to be a Sherlock Holmes. Example: What powers of deduction! . . . And what assurance! . . . A real Sherlock Holmes! I really didn’t think detectives like that existed, except in books!
Word: Marian Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana. 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: There's no more faith in thee than in a steward prune, nor no more truth in thee than in a drawn fox; and for womanhood, Maid Marian may be the deputy's wife of the ward to thee.
Word: Marian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm)bor. Aramaic מרים (maryam)bor. Ancient Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)bor. Latin Marīa Old French Mariebor. Middle English Marie English Mary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Marian From Mary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛəɹiən/, /ˈme(ə)ɹiən/, /ˈmɛɹiən/ 1. Of or relating to the Virgin Mary. Example: a Marian apparition Example: Marian devotions 2. Of or relating to Mary I of England. Example: I judge the meaning of it to be, that men who raigne like Lions, Kings and great ones who under the face of men carry the hearts of Tygers; and their Children who equall them in, and inherit their fathers crueltie; and their wives who ſurpaſſe them in Inſolence, and Marian perſecntions;^([sic]) muſt all receive ſuch puniſhments as their ſins deſerve, they end their lives tragically, […] Example: The Marian bishops had undoubtedly anticipated trouble when the daughter of Anne Boleyn ascended the throne. 3. Of or relating to Mary, Queen of Scots.
Word: Marian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm)bor. Aramaic מרים (maryam)bor. Ancient Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)bor. Latin Marīa Old French Mariebor. Middle English Marie English Mary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Marian From Mary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛəɹiən/, /ˈme(ə)ɹiən/, /ˈmɛɹiən/ 1. One of the Scots who remained loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the disputes following her deposition. Labels: historical
Word: Marian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Gaius Marius, Ancient Roman general and statesman. Example: Marian reform
Word: Marian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Western Mari мари (mari)bor. English Mari Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Marian From Mari + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːɹiən/ 1. Of or relating to the Mari people. Example: the famous Marian diviner, Asqudum
Word: Anne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ann, Ana, Anna, and Hannah. Compare John. Pronunciation: /æn/, [eən], /an/, /æːn/, /eːn/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne, /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne, Example: "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!" "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"
Word: Anne Part of Speech: name Etymology: A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn (eagle), such as Arnold. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, of mainly French and Frisian usage, see Anne Robert Jacques Turgot Labels: rare
Word: recognize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French reconoistre, from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere, first attested in the 16th century. Displaced native English acknow (“to recognize, perceive as”), compare German erkennen and Swedish erkänna. Latin had rare recognizare (“to try by jury”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/, /ˈɹɛk.ɪɡ.naɪz/, /ˈɹɛk.ən.aɪz/, /ˈɹekənɑɪz/, /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/ 1. To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: I recognized his face immediately, although his voice was different. Example: He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days, and he felt a genuine thrill of pleasure when he recognized the red bandana turban of old Aunt Lyddy, the ancient negro woman who had sold him gingerbread and fried fish, and told him weird tales of witchcraft and conjuration, in the old days when, as an idle boy, he had loafed about the market-house. 2. To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday. 3. To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property). Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: Slavery is widely recognized as immoral. Example: I recognize that my behaviour has been unacceptable. 4. To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. 5. To show formal appreciation of, as with an award, commendation etc. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: His services were recognized in a testimonial. Example: The soldier was recognized in dispatches. 6. To review; to examine again. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, obsolete Example: We do moste humbly submytte it [this treatise] to[…]your maiestie, to be recognised, ouersene, and corrected. 7. To reconnoiter. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, obsolete Example: before the siege was layd to the Towne, of minde to recognize, he fell unawares amongst an Ambushcade 8. To have the property to bind to specific antigens. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US
Word: recognize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English cognize English recognize From re- + cognize. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/, /ˈɹɛk.ɪɡ.naɪz/, /ˈɹɛk.ən.aɪz/, /ˈɹekənɑɪz/, /ˈɹekəɡnɑɪz/ 1. to cognize again Labels: British, English, North-American, Oxford, UK, US
Word: entirety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enterete, from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās, from integer (“complete, whole”). Doublet of integrity. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaɪ.əɹ(ə)ti/, /ɪnˈtaɪ.ɹə.ti/, /ɛn-/, /ɪnˈtaɪ.ə.ɹə.ti/, /ɪnˈtaɪ.ə.ti/ 1. The whole; the complete or amount. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Due to the early rainout, the game will be replayed in its entirety on Friday. Example: This was a superb win, albeit a somewhat controversial one, a great drive in a thrilling race, in which Leclerc had to sustain the most intense pressure from one Mercedes driver or another for the entirety of the race distance.
Word: wholeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to whole + -ness. 1. The quality of being whole. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The entirety, the whole thing as opposed to part. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It is not that the radical feminists are not interested in the workplace but that women from the left parties tackle the issue in a traditional way — like demanding equal payment for equal work. We thought that was absolutely insufficient. We focussed more on the wholeness of women's oppression and that if you don't first look at the role of women in the family, then you can't even understand, not to mention act upon, their underpayment at the workplace.
Word: dependence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dépendance. Morphologically depend + -ence. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛndəns/ 1. The state of being dependent, of relying upon another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had a deep dependence on her for guidance. 2. An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.
Word: zobo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tibetan མཛོ་ཕོ (mdzo pho, “male bull–yak hybrid”); see zebu for more. Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊ.boʊ/ 1. A kind of Asian cattle, supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and yak.
Word: zobo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊ.boʊ/ 1. A Nigerian drink made from hibiscus. Labels: uncountable
Word: Old Testament Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Olde Testament, calqued from Latin Vetus Testāmentum. Old refers to ancientness, not to obsolescence. Equivalent to a retronym, by comparison with the New Testament. 1. The first major part of the Christian Bible, covering events before the coming of Christ, corresponding roughly to the Jewish Tanakh. Usually subdivided into the categories of law, history, poetry (or wisdom books), and prophecy. Example: Holonym: Bible Example: The Old Testament says that eating shellfish is a sin.
Word: Old Testament Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Olde Testament, calqued from Latin Vetus Testāmentum. Old refers to ancientness, not to obsolescence. Equivalent to a retronym, by comparison with the New Testament. 1. Reminiscent of the content of the Old Testament, or of the behavior of God in it; especially dramatic, violent or vengeful. Labels: humorous, often Example: Given the Old Testament weather that defines the country, it's little wonder that religious faith became the cornerstone of the land and the people who stayed. I've seen hailstorms and tornadoes roll in over those fields with no more warning than God allowed Job Example: "Walter is a peaceful man, but I have a feeling that when it comes to you, he could get Old Testament."
Word: Hebrew Scriptures Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Hebrew Bible. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Synonym of Tanakh (תנ״ך). Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Synonym of Old Testament. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Hebrew-Aramaic Scriptures Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Hebrew Bible. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: theism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined, theo- + -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English. Pronunciation: /ˈθiː.ɪz.əm/ 1. Belief in the existence of at least one deity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.
Word: theism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː.ɪz.əm/ 1. A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea. Labels: uncountable Example: "Theism" belongs to that genus of disease in which morphinism, caffeinism, and vanillaism belong. Example: A single cup of tea may cause excitement and insomnia, while a stronger dose rarely fails to produce acute "theism," characterized by excitement, hyperaesthesia, palpitation, sweats, and frequent micturition; it may occasionally simulate delirium tremens, […]
Word: whores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of whore Labels: form-of, plural Example: From the window of my red-light-district apartment I could watch the whores strutting back and forth, trying to entice their johns.
Word: whores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: She's caught in a trap; she whores all night just to earn enough to spend the day getting stoned.
Word: whoremonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whore + monger. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːˌmʌŋ.ɡə/, /ˈhoɹˌmɑŋ.ɡɚ/, /ˈhoɹˌmʌŋ.ɡɚ/ 1. A frequent customer of whores. Labels: Ireland, UK, vulgar
Word: messianic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English Messiah English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English messianic From Messiah + -n- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛsaɪˈænɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a messiah or the Messiah. Labels: not-comparable Example: There’s been a change in President Donald Trump. He used to say he had accomplished more than any other President, a debatable claim. But now he’s using messianic language about himself. Example: Speaking this week, Pope Francis sent a thinly veiled warning about the dangers of “pied piper of Hamelin”-style populists and “messianic clowns”. “There is only one Messiah,” the pope said, without naming Milei. 2. Of, relating to, or resembling messianism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Xmas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Attested in this form since 1755, and preceded by earlier forms such as X'temmas (1551) and Old English Χp̃es mæssa (1100), from Cristes mæsse, with abbreviation of Cristes by the symbol X, orthographic borrowing from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, letter chi), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”). By surface analysis, X (“Christ”) + -mas (“holiday”). In popular use since late 19th century. See Wikipedia for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.məs/, /ˈɛks.məs/ 1. Abbreviation of Christmas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, uncountable Example: In ye Xmas and Whitsuntide Vacations, ye Scholars study at a rate of an hour and a Quarter each day & all yt go home have proportionable Tasks set them... Example: A thousand thanks, merry Xmasses & happy New Years to you for yʳ delightful letter: […]
Word: Xmas Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested in this form since 1755, and preceded by earlier forms such as X'temmas (1551) and Old English Χp̃es mæssa (1100), from Cristes mæsse, with abbreviation of Cristes by the symbol X, orthographic borrowing from Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, letter chi), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”). By surface analysis, X (“Christ”) + -mas (“holiday”). In popular use since late 19th century. See Wikipedia for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪs.məs/, /ˈɛks.məs/ 1. Abbreviation of Christmas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: N:Castle (Xmassing and wanted at play) Example: I wᵈ not have you think yᵗ we have no Xmassing here; we have had as large a round of dinners at Pau as we could have at Welsbourn (tho perhaps (to me) not quite so pleasant).