nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: play fight Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage in such a contest. Example: Near-synonyms: roughhouse, horseplay
Word: pillow fight Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪləʊ ˌfaɪt/, /ˈpɪloʊ ˌfaɪt/ 1. A play fight that involves hitting others with pillows.
Word: pillow fight Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɪləʊ ˌfaɪt/, /ˈpɪloʊ ˌfaɪt/ 1. To participate in a pillow fight. Labels: intransitive
Word: BU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Baylor University. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Boston University. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Bournemouth University. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BU Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of broken up: referring to the scrapping of a decommissioned ship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of brilliant uncirculated. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: ten pound tourist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ten + pound (“unit of currency”) + tourist. An allusion to the immigrant′s contribution (in sterling) paid for passage to Australia under an assisted immigration scheme, the remainder being paid by the Australian government. The scheme operated from 1946 to 1982; in 1973 the immigrant contribution was increased to £75. The term tourist refers to the obligation (only) for participants to remain in Australia for two years; some elected to return after this time. 1. An assisted immigrant to Australia from Britain, from the decades following World War II. Labels: Australia, UK Example: In 1971 my own (Anglo-Celtic) parents traveled from the “Mother country” (the United Kingdom) as assisted immigrants, among the last of the “ten-pound tourists.” My brother and I traveled free (see Appleyard et al. 1988). Example: Billy′s parents were ‘ten pound tourists’, arriving in Australia in 1962.
Word: bloody hell Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc. Labels: Commonwealth, informal, rare, regional Example: Bloody hell! My team lost again! Example: Bloody hell! Where did you come from, scaring me like that!
Word: bloody hell Part of Speech: adv 1. Placed after an interrogative term to add emphasis. Labels: Commonwealth, informal, not-comparable, rare, regional Example: What the bloody hell are you doing here?
Word: amain Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- (prefix with the sense ‘at; in; on; with’, used to show a state, condition, or manner) + main (“force, power, strength”). Main is derived from Middle English mayn (“strength”), from Old English mæġen (“strength”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power, strength”), *maginaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”). Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪn/ 1. With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently. Labels: archaic, literary Example: And in beholding how he [the cyclops Polyphemus] fed and belked vp againe His bloody vittels at his mouth, and vttred out amayne The clottred gobbets mixt with wyne, I [Odysseus] thus ſurmyſde: like lot Hangs ouer my head now, and I muſt alſo go to pot. Example: So likewiſe turnde the Prince vpon the Knight, And layd at him amaine with all his will and might. 2. At full speed; also, in great haste. Labels: archaic Example: At length the Danes beeing aſſayled on eche ſide, both a front before, and on their backes behinde, oppreſſed as it were wyth multitude, they threwe downe theyr weapons and fled amain. Example: [T]he Queene o'th Skie [i.e., Juno], Whoſe watry Arch, and meſſenger, am I. Bids thee leaue theſe, & with her ſoueraigne grace, Here on this graſſe-plot, in this very place To come, and ſport: here [i.e., her] Peacocks flye amaine: Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertaine. 3. Out of control. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: The waggonway lay near the Windmill Hills and went down the north side of the hills to the Rivir Tine, and at the Coal steath [= staithe] Mathew Gray lived. I was about hauf way down the bank when thur was two Waggons Coming after me Amain [= broken loose and running away]. 4. Exceedingly; overmuch. Labels: obsolete Example: Riches are mine, Fortune is in my hand; They whom I favour thrive in wealth amain, While Virtue, Valour, Wiſdom ſit in want. Example: The herd approach'd; each guest, with busy brain, Arriving at the portal, gaz'd amain, And enter'd marveling: […]
Word: amain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish amainar (“to reef a sail (take in part of a sail to adapt its size to the force of the wind); to abate, die down, subside; to ease off, let up; of a person: to calm down, control one’s anger”); further etymology uncertain, probably from a regional Italian (Naples) word (compare Italian ammainare (“to lower or reef (a flag, sail, etc.)”)), from Vulgar Latin *invagīnare (“to sheathe (a sword); to put away, stow”), from Latin in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + vāgīna (“scabbard, sheath; covering, holder; vagina”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂ǵ- (“to cover; sheath”)); this would make it a doublet of invaginate. Pronunciation: /əˈmeɪn/ 1. To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail). Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To decrease or reduce (something). Labels: figuratively, obsolete, transitive 3. To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: esophagogastroduodenoscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From esophago- + gastro- + duodenoscopy. Pronunciation: /ɪˌsɑ.fə.ɡoʊˌɡæ.stɹoʊˌdu.oʊ.dəˈnɑ.skə.pi/ 1. A medical procedure in which a endoscope is inserted through the mouth to visually examine the esophagus, stomach, and the duodenum, typically used to diagnose or sometimes treat conditions affecting the upper gastrointestinal tract. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: take the fall Part of Speech: verb 1. To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight. Labels: especially, idiomatic, informal 2. To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: It was good of him to take the fall for you like that, I just wonder if he will come out of this one unscathed. Example: You can take the president at his word after last week's sacking of MMS director Liz Birnbaum, the first in the government to take the fall for the BP oil spill disaster
Word: sprit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sprete, from Old English sprēot (“pole, pike, spear”), from Proto-Germanic *spreut, related to Proto-West Germanic *sprutō (“shoot, sprout”). Cognate with West Frisian spriet (“sprit, spoke”), Dutch spriet (“a sprit, blade, spar, shoot, sprig”), Middle High German spriez (“sprout, twig”). Pronunciation: /spɹɪt/ 1. A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats. Example: ... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. 2. A shoot; a sprout. Example: the Maltſter will ſtir his Barley Couches till the Sprit begins to fork , five or ſix times a day or more ; it being always his Care to keep them from drying too much on the outſides
Word: sprit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of spurt, spirt (“to sprout, burst”). Pronunciation: /spɹɪt/ 1. To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt. 2. To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
Word: nimbostratus Part of Speech: noun 1. A mid-level cloud, generally formless and dark grey in color, associated with precipitation. Abbreviated Ns.
Word: staddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stathel, from Old English staþol (“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”), from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (“position, standing”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, *sth₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Middle Low German stadel (“barn”), German Stadel (“barn”), Old Danish stedel (“ground, croft”), Icelandic stöðull (“position”). More at stand. Pronunciation: /ˈstædəl/ 1. A prop or support; a staff, crutch. Labels: archaic 2. The lower part or supporting frame of a stack, a stack-stand. 3. Any supporting framework or base. 4. A small tree; sapling. 5. One of the separate plots into which a cock of hay is shaken out for the purpose of drying.
Word: staddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stathel, from Old English staþol (“foundation, base, support, position, site, estate”), from Proto-Germanic *staþulaz (“position, standing”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, *sth₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Middle Low German stadel (“barn”), German Stadel (“barn”), Old Danish stedel (“ground, croft”), Icelandic stöðull (“position”). More at stand. Pronunciation: /ˈstædəl/ 1. To form staddles of hay. 2. To mark a sapling to be spared during a selective cutting of trees.
Word: pillaring Part of Speech: noun 1. The rapid rising of smoke clouds due to heat generated by burning munitions or existing convection currents. Labels: uncountable
Word: pillaring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pillar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: food fight Part of Speech: noun 1. A typically spontaneous and disorderly outbreak in which food is thrown for amusement, especially across a cafeteria room, as a form of chaotic collective behavior. Example: I got spaghetti sauce all over me during a food fight at lunch today. Example: “This is going to schism Maga terribly online,” Kirk said. “You're going to see—I don't want to say a Maga civil war, but it's going to be a Maga online food fight that is going to be very hard to navigate.”
Word: suasion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English suasion, from Latin suāsiō (“counselling, advice, persuasion”). Pronunciation: /ˈsweɪʒən/ 1. The act of urging or influencing; persuasion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The high intricate ways of the Keep had a strange power of suasion, an ability to carry conviction. Example: James Cable, the author of Gunboat Diplomacy (Chatto & Windus, 1971), has created an excellent case study of naval presence and suasion during the era of appeasement.
Word: soz Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Rhotacism of sorry; sorry + -z. Documented since at least 1987. Compare appaz (“apparently”), tomoz (“tomorrow”). Pronunciation: /sɒz/ 1. Synonym of sorry. Labels: Internet, UK, slang Example: I'd like to apologise, unreservedly, to pigs everywhere, but especially those on my farm […] So Hermes pig collars all round to my herd and soz soz soz. Example: I'm soz about what happened.
Word: stoom Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of stum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: behemothic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English behemoth Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English behemothic From behemoth + -ic. 1. colossal, of enormous size and power. Example: Oozing and surging up out of that yawning trap-door in the Cyclopean crypt I had glimpsed such an unbelievable behemothic monstrosity that I could not doubt the power of its original to kill with its mere sight.
Word: paradigms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paradigm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dressy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dress Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English dressy From dress + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛsi/ 1. Elegant, smart, or stylish. 2. Fond of dressing up; keen on fashion. Example: We have mentioned that he exhibited a certain partiality for rings, jewellery, and fine raiment of all sorts; and it must be owned that Mr. Pen, during his time at the university, was rather a dressy man, and loved to array himself in splendour.
Word: conventional mortgage loan Part of Speech: noun 1. A fixed- or adjustable-rate, fully amortized loan secured by a mortgage or deed of trust that is not insured or guaranteed by an agency of the federal government (such as FHA or VA). (Source: Office of Thrift Supervision https://web.archive.org/web/20060618191009/http://www.ots.treas.gov/glossary/gloss-c.html) Labels: US
Word: medulla oblongata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin medulla (“inner part, marrow, pith”) and New Latin oblongata (“elongated, oblong”). Pronunciation: /məˈdʌlə ˌɒblɒŋˈɡɑːtə/, /məˈdulə ˌɑblɑŋˈɡɑtə/ 1. The lower portion of the brainstem.
Word: Cubs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of "Cub Scouts" or "Chicago Cubs". 1. Cub Scouts 2. The team The Chicago Cubs.
Word: Cubs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of "Cub Scouts" or "Chicago Cubs". 1. members of the Cub Scouts; plural of Cub
Word: bottom burp Part of Speech: noun 1. A fart. Labels: childish Example: I would be awoken, not with a gentle kiss from mother, not with the melodic birdsong drifting in from an English country garden, but with a loud bottom burp blasted right into my eardrum at point-blank range...
Word: Keane Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably borrowed from Irish Ó Catháin (“descendant of Cathán”). Pronunciation: /kiːn/ 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: nutbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nut + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌtˌbæɡ/ 1. An odd, eccentric or insane person. Labels: informal 2. The scrotum. Labels: slang, vulgar 3. A bag filled with nuts, especially one that is hung outdoors to act as a bird feeder.
Word: common sense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Middle French sens commun and its source, Latin sēnsus commūnis, itself a calque of Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis). 1. Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made. Labels: uncountable Example: To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy, to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot, bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it, whatever it is, and despise affectation. Example: While there are not yet studies to prove it, common sense tells us that a stressed and sick animal is not an ideal candidate to eventually make a healthy meal. 2. One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted. Labels: uncountable Example: This common ſenſe is the Iudge or Moderator of the reſt, by whom we diſcerne all differences of obiects; for by mine eye I doe not knowe that I ſee, or by mine eare that I heare, but by my common ſenſe, […]
Word: Robbi Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.
Word: ViVa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation of Viaduct Valley 1. a region of Manhattanville, Harlem, New York City
Word: MacGyver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the eponymous character in the television program MacGyver, a secret agent with an uncanny ability to construct weapons from seemingly useless bits of junk. Pronunciation: /məˈɡaɪvə/, /məˈɡaɪvɚ/, /mɪk-/ 1. Someone capable of improvising an ingenious solution from everyday objects or unsuitable resources.
Word: MacGyver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the name of the eponymous character in the television program MacGyver, a secret agent with an uncanny ability to construct weapons from seemingly useless bits of junk. Pronunciation: /məˈɡaɪvə/, /məˈɡaɪvɚ/, /mɪk-/ 1. To assemble or repair something by ingenious improvisation, using everyday items that would not usually be used for the purpose. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Our car broke down and we didn't have any tools but Jim MacGyvered it with some toenail clippers and we were able to limp to the service station. Example: It is why some of the American troops experimented with commercial drones that they could weaponize by fixing with explosives, to see how to counter such tactics, much as Russian troops have had to learn how to defend against Ukraine’s use of store-bought drones that have been MacGyvered with explosives.
Word: Gordian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Gordius + -an or Gordium + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Gordium (now Yassihüyük in Turkey), capital of Phrygia. 2. Of or pertaining to Gordius, king of Phrygia 3. Of the Gordian knot. 4. Twisted; convoluted; tied as a knot. Example: […] cloſe the Serpent ſly, Inſinuating, wove with Gordian twine His braided train, […] Example: […] he found a palpitating snake, / Bright, and cirque-couchant in a dusky brake. / She was a gordian shape of dazzling hue, / Vermilion-spotted, golden, green, and blue; […]
Word: Gordian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Gordius + -an or Gordium + -an. 1. Gordianus, name of three Roman emperors.
Word: Gordium Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Gordium, from Ancient Greek Γόρδιον (Górdion). 1. An ancient city in Phrygia, modern day Turkey.
Word: Mandate of Heaven Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 天命 (tiānmìng). 1. The philosophical construct that is the basis of the authority of the Son of Heaven.
Word: Mandate of Heaven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Literary Chinese 天命 (tiānmìng). 1. Any such mandate or blessing. 2. The Chinese philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule. Good rulers would be allowed to rule with the Mandate of Heaven, and despotic, unjust rulers would have the Mandate revoked by disasters or revolution. 3. The preeminence of an incumbent or institution other than that of the rulers of China. Labels: figuratively, humorous, often
Word: furrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman, from Old French forreor, from fourrer (“to line or trim with fur”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʌɹi.ə/, /ˈfʊɹi.ə/, /ˈfʌɾe.əɾ/, /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/, [ˈfɝˑiɚ] 1. A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in pelts or in clothing made of fur. Example: The furrier went on to say that he had a real beaute of a Canadian three-quarter squirrel just in.
Word: furrier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forreour, from Old French forrier, forrour, feureur. See foray. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌɹi.ə/, /ˈfʊɹi.ə/, /ˈfʌɾe.əɾ/, /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/, [ˈfɝˑiɚ] 1. A person who secures accommodation for an army. Labels: UK, historical Example: The Furriers sent before, to divide the Quarters.
Word: furrier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːɹi.ə/, /ˈfeːɹi.ə/, /ˈfɛːɹi.ə/, /ˈfʌɾe.əɾ/, /ˈfɜɹiəɹ/ 1. comparative form of furry: more furry Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: Dead Sea apple Part of Speech: noun 1. A fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ash when plucked. Example: The man who makes himself a slave to gold is a miserable wretch indeed, winning for his prize the "Dead Sea apple" - golden without, but ashes within.
Word: deindustrialisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + industrialisation or deindustrialise + -ation. 1. Alternative spelling of deindustrialization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: "This area has been badly affected by deindustrialisation and really needs long-term, high-quality employment."
Word: deindustrialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + industrialization or deindustrialize + -ation. 1. A decrease in industrial activity or capacity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The U.K. is now an object lesson for other countries dealing with a dark triad of deindustrialization, degrowth, and denigration of foreigners.
Word: exchanging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exchange Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adjacently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Middle English -ly English -ly English adjacently From adjacent + -ly. 1. In such a way as to be adjacent. Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjacently.
Word: adjectivally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English adjectival Middle English -ly English -ly English adjectivally From adjectival + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌæd͡ʒɛkˈtaɪvəli/ 1. As, or in the manner of, an adjective. Example: In that sense, the word acts adjectivally, whereas in most cases it acts adverbially. Example: ...it was observed that overt definite pronouns may also function adjectivally in various languages...
Word: adjudge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ajugen, adjugen, from Old French ajugier, from Latin adiudicare. Doublet of adjudicate. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ 1. To declare to be. 2. To deem or determine to be. Example: City felt they were victims of an injustice after 16 minutes when Silva's free-kick floated straight in, but French official Stephane Lannoy adjudged that Joleon Lescott had fouled keeper Jorg Butt. 3. To award judicially; to assign. Example: 19th c., James Russell Lowell, The Heritage What doth the poor man's son inherit? Wishes o'erjoyed with humble things, A rank adjudged by toil-won merit, Content that from employment springs Example: […] who are to stand as his accusers before the high court of the Areopagus, inaugurated by the daughter of Zeus, the goddess of wisdom, to adjudge his unhappy case. 4. To sentence; to condemn. Example: on failure of payment of the fines adjudged against them […] for which he shall be so adjudged to imprisonment Example: no man ought to be adjudged to death, but by the Laws established in this your Realm
Word: wantaway Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of want-away. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wantaway Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of want-away. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: strang Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of strong. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal
Word: strang Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of string Labels: colloquial, form-of, past
Word: cabbages Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈkabɪd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈkɛbəd͡ʒəz/ 1. plural of cabbage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cabbages Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈkabɪd͡ʒɪz/, /ˈkɛbəd͡ʒəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cabbage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: WAGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WAG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ranting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rant + -ing. Labels: no-gloss
Word: ranting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rant + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of rant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ranting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rant + -ing. 1. A long, angry, and impassioned speech. Labels: countable 2. The act or process of delivering a rant. Labels: uncountable
Word: WAG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”), mid-2000s. Pronunciation: /wæɡ/ 1. A wife or girlfriend of a sports star or other celebrity, originally and especially of an association football player. Labels: Ireland, informal Example: The World Cup WAGs are a good example of this. The younger girls, nicknamed the ‘hen-night crowd’ and led by Colleen McLoughlin, dance on tables and drink until the early hours while No. 1 WAG Victoria Beckham remains aloof, dining sedately with Ashley Cole’s fiancee, Cheryl Tweedy. Example: In Wimbledon, the tennis WAGs and - just as excitingly - HABs (Husbands and Boyfriends) have been appearing courtside, enthusiastically cheering on their beloved other halves with a degree of style.
Word: WAG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronyms. Pronunciation: /wæɡ/ 1. Acronym of wild-ass guess; a rough estimate. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, informal, slang Example: Near-synonyms: SWAG, wild guess, uneducated guess, stab in the dark, shot in the dark; see also Thesaurus:supposition 2. Acronym of women's artistic gymnastics. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: sucan Part of Speech: noun 1. A Welsh food, a kind of thin flummery. Labels: uncountable
Word: sugan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish súgán (“rope”), from Proto-Celtic *souggo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati). Doublet of soogan. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuː.ɡɔːn/ 1. A wooden chair with a seat made from woven straw or twine stretched over the frame. Labels: Ireland 2. Alternative form of soogan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: BCOF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Commonwealth Occupation Force, a force which occupied Japan 1946-1952. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: delope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French déloper (“throw away”). 1. To fire a gun into the air in order to end a duel. Labels: Ireland, UK, obsolete Example: The old man raised his arm as though it had been palsied, and fired, of course without effect. The other principal immediately deloped, much to the satisfaction of my friend and all present. Example: Scuddy said simply, “You deloped, Lord Harry. I was very proud of you.” “Deloped? Come, Scuddy, one delopes with a pistol. Our duel was with foils.”
Word: demythologization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English mythologization English demythologization From de- + mythologization. 1. The removal of mythological elements from something, especially from religious writing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something from which such elements have been removed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sand flea Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea. 2. A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans; a chigoe (family: Tungidae, order: Siphonaptera).
Word: shinty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown 1. A game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland. Labels: uncountable Example: Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent. Example: To the city's large population of Highlanders, it was a portal to home, a place where you could speak Gaelic and sing it, buy tickets to the Glasgow Skye Association's annual dance, squabble about shinty arrange a lift to Ullapool, read the classifieds in the West Highland Free Press. 2. The stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick. Labels: countable
Word: lie doggo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lie + doggo, referring to the tendency of dogs to lie quietly and sleep lightly. Doggo is probably from dog + -o (colloquializing suffix). Pronunciation: /laɪ ˈdɒɡəʊ/, /laɪ ˈdɔɡoʊ/, /-ˈdɑ-/ 1. To lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection; also (by extension), to stay hidden by being discreet and not drawing attention; to keep a low profile, to lie low. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I used to send out spies, and act on their information. As soon as a man came in and told me of a gang in hiding, I'd take thirty men with some grub, and go out and look for them, while the other subaltern lay doggo in camp. Example: Do you think he's done something that we don't know about, and is lying doggo on account of the police?
Word: chaebol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 재벌(財閥) (Jaebeol). Doublet of zaibatsu. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪbʌl/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪbɒl/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪbəl/, /ˈt͡ʃeɪbɑl/ 1. A large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate.
Word: VDX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of virtual document exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sweard Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of sword. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dead rubber Part of Speech: noun 1. In a series of sporting fixtures, a match of which the result is irrelevant, the winner of the series, or the outcome of the league, having already been determined by earlier results. Example: It also means Tuchel can use qualifiers that are now effectively dead rubbers against Serbia at Wembley and away to Albania to continuing shaping his squad in readiness for the World Cup.
Word: areo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄρης (Árēs, “Mars”). 1. Relating to Mars. Labels: morpheme
Word: denationalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English nationalisation English denationalisation From de- + nationalisation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of denationalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: Moctezuma Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (“he who frowns like a lord”), from mo- (reflexive prefix) + tēuc- (“lord”) + -zōma (“to frown in anger”). 1. Aztec emperor from 1440 to 1469. 2. Aztec emperor from 1502 to 1520, during which time the Spanish conquest of Mexico began. Example: Moteçuma therefore, having notice of this Captaines victories, that he advanced for his conquest, that hee was confederate and ioyned with them of Tlascalla, his capitall enemies, ... Example: Departing from Cholula they came to Mexico, the King whereof Montenchuma sent the Peers and Nobles of this Realm with innumerable presents to meet them, who all the way testified by several sports and solemnities, the joy which they had for their arrivall; When they approached neer the wal of the City, the Kings Brother came forth with many Noble men to meet him, who brought many gifts of Gold and Silver, to present them with.
Word: areocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From areo- + -centric. 1. Having the planet Mars at the center. Example: an areocentric coordinate system Example: an areocentric orbit
Word: denidation Part of Speech: noun 1. The breakup and expulsion of the endometrium during menstruation. Labels: uncountable Example: Finally, he [Aveling] believes that menstruation is probably determined by the act of “denidation,” as he calls it, because it is from the denided surface that the menstrual flow comes.
Word: endometrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- (“inner”) + Late Latin metrium (“womb”), from Ancient Greek μήτριον (mḗtrion, “of a mother”). Compare μήτρᾱ (mḗtrā, “womb”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəˈmiːtɹi.əm/ 1. The mucous membrane that lines the uterus in mammals and in which fertilized eggs are implanted.
Word: barbarisation Part of Speech: noun 1. An act which causes people to revert to a state which is primitive and uncivilized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dermatome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From derma- + -tome (“instrument for cutting”). 1. An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting 2. An area of skin which is innervated by afferent nerve fibers coming to a single posterior spinal root. 3. The dorsal part of an embryonic somite contributing in part to skin development.
Word: dermatoplastic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɝmætəˈplæstɪk/ 1. Of or relating to dermoplasty Labels: not-comparable
Word: dermoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dermo- + -plasty. 1. The use of skin grafts in plastic surgery.
Word: desaturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Late Latin saturatiobor. English saturation English desaturation From de- + saturation. Pronunciation: /diːˌsætʃəˈɹeɪʃən/, /diːˌsætjəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other atoms to form a double bond Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a decrease in the level of oxygen saturation in a patient's haemoglobin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: diagenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) English dia- English genetic English diagenetic From dia- + genetic. 1. of, or relating to diagenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: diakinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) English dia- English kinetic English diakinetic From dia- + kinetic. 1. of, relating to, or produced by diakinesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: diathetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to diathesis + -tic Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.ə.θə.tɪk/ 1. of, relating to, or as a result of diathesis
Word: diathesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin diathesis, from Ancient Greek διάθεσις (diáthesis, “state, condition”), from διατίθημι (diatíthēmi, “to arrange”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈaθəsɪs/, /daɪˈæθəsɪs/ 1. A hereditary or constitutional predisposition to a disease or other disorder. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Medical materialism seems indeed a good appellation for the too simple-minded system of thought which we are considering. […] All such mental over-tensions, it says, are, when you come to the bottom of the matter, mere affairs of diathesis (auto-intoxications most probably), due to the perverted action of various glands which physiology will yet discover. Example: There are, however, distinct differences between diatheses and idiosyncrasies; diatheses definitely tend to the development of disease, for example the scrofulous diathesis of our forebears favours the onset of tuberculosis; idiosyncrasies are abnormal reactions but do not necessarily dispose to disease. 2. Voice (active or passive). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fango Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fango (“mud”). Pronunciation: /ˈfæŋɡəʊ̯/, /ˈfæŋɡɵ̞ʊ̯/, /ˈfæŋɡoʊ̯/, /ˈfæŋɡɔʊ̯/, /ˈfeɪ̯ŋɡoʊ̯/ 1. Mud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism. Labels: uncountable
Word: SDR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of special drawing right. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of single data rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of system of distinct representatives. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of software defined radio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of standard dynamic range. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, retronym, uncountable 6. Initialism of surveillance detection route. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of socially desirable responding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of standard dynamic range Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Strategic Defence Review, a review of the United Kingdom's defence policy. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The SDR made clear that long-term success depends on reconnecting society with the Armed Forces and the purpose of Defence, supported by a national conversation.
Word: SDR Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Sara Delano Roosevelt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncommon Example: One Sunday evening, after a long and discordant weekend, SDR wrote to “Dearest Franklin and dearest Eleanor” about her views regarding “noblesse oblige” and “honneur oblige.”
Word: Semite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sem, Shem + -ite, from Late Latin Sēm, from Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from Biblical Hebrew שם (šēm). Compare German Semit, New Latin Sēmīta, French sémite. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.maɪt/, /ˈsɛm.aɪt/, /ˈsɪm.aɪt/ 1. A member of a modern people that speak a Semitic language. 2. A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia and East Africa such as the Akkadians, Assyrians, Arameans, Phoenicians, Canaanites, Hebrews, Arabs, or Aksumites. 3. A descendant of any of these peoples. 4. A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Shem. 5. A Jew. Labels: derogatory, sometimes
Word: projet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. See project (noun). 1. A proposed plan; a draft or project. Labels: archaic
Word: rues Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹuːz/ 1. plural of rue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rues Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dipterocarp 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- English ptero- English -carp English dipterocarp From di- + ptero- + -carp. 1. any member of the family Dipterocarpaceae of tropical rainforest trees having two-winged fruits
Word: noms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of nom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noms Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nom (nominate) Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: noms Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nom (eat with noisy enjoyment) Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: noms Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic 1. Food, especially tasty food. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: Forget overpriced noms Example: She's quite the foodie herself, frequently posting some tasty looking noms to her Instagram, as well as some adorable family photos.
Word: Dionysiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Dionȳsiacus, from Ancient Greek Διονυσιακός (Dionusiakós), from Δῐόνῡσος (Dĭónūsos, “Dionysus”) + -ακός (-akós). Pronunciation: /daɪəˈnɪziæk/, /daɪəˈniːziæk/, /diːə-/ 1. Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: dionysiac, dionysian; Bacchic; Bacchanalian
Word: Damon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δάμων (Dámōn), a name famous for the story of Damon and Pythias; derivative of δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame, subdue”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪmən/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek. 2. A male given name from Albanian. 3. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic. Example: During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.
Word: dionysiac Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /daɪəˈnɪziæk/ 1. wild and ecstatic
Word: disafforestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post-classical Latin disafforestātiō (13th cent.), from the participial stem of Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, disafforest + -ation. 1. The change in the legal status of an area from forest to that of normal land, entailing the loss of forest laws. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Disafforestation and enclosure could thus be regarded as a national duty, a kindness in disguise to the idle poor, as well as of more immediate benefit to the rich encloser. 2. Deforestation. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: disclamatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈklæmətɹi/ 1. being in the nature of a disclamation
Word: disclamation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪskləˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The act of disclaiming or something disclaimed. 2. A renunciation.
Word: disgenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of dysgenic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dysgenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dys- + -genic, produced from New Latin dys- from Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) and γένος (génos, “offspring”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈd͡ʒɛn.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to, or causing degeneration or deterioration in offspring. Example: The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead. 2. Of or relating to dysgenics.
Word: imputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English impute Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English imputable From impute + -able. 1. That may be imputed Example: No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led. 2. Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.
Word: imputability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impute Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English imputability From impute + -ability. 1. The character of being imputable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imputably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English imputable Middle English -ly English -ly English imputably From imputable + -ly. 1. In an imputable manner; by imputation.
Word: imputableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English imputable 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 imputableness From imputable + -ness. 1. The quality of being imputable; imputability. Labels: uncountable
Word: zam Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /zæm/ 1. Shortened form of kazaam. Example: Then suddenly — Zam! Zowie! Smash! The Post sends back an article which I was positive it would buy, and which, in fact, it had ordered. One manuscript after another is flung back into my face […] Example: You never know when some enemy of the Free World might worm his or her way into your confidence and then — ZAM! Wipe you out.
Word: zam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exam. Pronunciation: /zæm/ 1. An examination (formal test). Labels: slang Example: 2023, Lynne Hackles, Gail Lockwood and her Imaginary Agony Aunt Zams. Of course. 'How come? You don't go to college.'
Word: zam Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /zæm/ 1. Alternative form of zamn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: journeyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of journey Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: teld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English teld, tield, telte, from Old English teld (“tent, pavilion, tabernacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą (“tent”), from Proto-Indo-European *delt- (“board”). Cognate with Middle Dutch telde, telt (“tent”), German Zelt (“tent”), Swedish tält (“tent”), Icelandic tjald (“tent”). Doublet of tilt and geteld. 1. A tent. Labels: obsolete
Word: teld Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English telden (“to set up a tent”), from teld (“tent”). See above. 1. To lodge in a tent. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: teld Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tell Labels: West-Country, Yorkshire, form-of, participle, past Example: I teld you what happened.
Word: impurely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impure Middle English -ly English -ly English impurely From impure + -ly. 1. In an impure manner.
Word: impureness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impure 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 impureness From impure + -ness. 1. The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Labels: uncountable
Word: impuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impure Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English impuration From impure + -ation. 1. The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: impulsiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impulsive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 impulsiveness From impulsive + -ness. 1. The quality of being impulsive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: impulsor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin impellō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin impulsorbor. English impulsor Borrowed from Latin impulsor. 1. One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator. Example: Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.
Word: impulsively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impulsive Middle English -ly English -ly English impulsively From impulsive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpʌlsɪvli/, /ɪmˈpɐlsɪvli/ 1. In an impulsive manner; with force; by impulse. Example: "Of course, this wasn't part of some master plan. I impulsively used my vast power to do something nice without thinking it through. And then something I didn't expect happened. Even though I should have expected it."
Word: impulsion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English impulsioun, from Old French impulsion, from Latin impulsio, impulsionem. 1. The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wrought like a fiend, for I expected every moment to be swamped; and since I found I could not push the coracle directly off, I now shoved straight astern. At length I was clear of my dangerous neighbour, and just as I gave the last impulsion, my hands came across a light cord that was trailing overboard across the stern bulwarks. 2. Influence acting unexpectedly or temporarily on the mind; sudden motive or influence; impulse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Farther, Chrisostome upon this place saith, that Paule when he thus writeth, doth in no wise denie the nature of the flesh, but exalteth it to a more higher dignitie, namelie, that it should rather obaie the impulsion of the spirite, than lust. Example: Once they sit to talk, the Pilgrims lose the impulsion that has brought them so far, their confidence in their own crude strength.
Word: inaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French inaction. Morphologically in- + action. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈækʃən/ 1. Lack of action or activity or labor Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hmm, yes, 'negotiations' is an interesting choice of words given that ministers have steadfastly refused to meet the unions for the past year; a clear case of industrial inaction.