nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hunkey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hunky (“Hungarian or other Eastern European”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reporter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔː.tə/, /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/, [ɹɪˈpoɹ.ɾɚ], /ɹɪˈpo(ː).ɹtɚ/, /ɹɪˈpoə.tə/ 1. Someone or something that reports. Example: The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer. 2. A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television. 3. A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings. 4. A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction. 5. A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.
Word: resentment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From resent + -ment, after Middle French and French ressentiment (in Old French as recentement), from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Compare Italian risentimento, Portuguese ressentimento, and Spanish resentimiento. Doublet of resentiment and ressentiment, the former attested slightly earlier. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt/ 1. Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour, was sharpened into particular resentment, by his having slighted one of her daughters. Example: Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have been reaching their destinations two or three hours late. 2. The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger. Example: In my mind it is a ſign of a great deal of natural Integrity and inbred Nobleneſs of ſpirit, that maugre [in spite of] the heavineſs of his Complexion that thus ſtrongly bears him dovvn from apprehending ſo concerning Metaphyſicall Truths, yet he retains ſo vivid reſentments of the more sſolid Morality. 3. Satisfaction; gratitude. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton […] have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.
Word: hunky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hunky From hunk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋ.ki/, /ˈhɐŋ.ki/, /ˈhʊŋ.ki/ 1. Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty. Labels: informal 2. Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky. 3. All right; in good condition. Labels: US, slang 4. even; square; on equal footing with. Labels: US, slang Example: […] he dropped like a brick into the firing line and began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him.
Word: hunky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the older *hunk, probably alteration of Hungarian + -ie/-y. Compare bohunk and honky / honkey. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋ.ki/, /ˈhɐŋ.ki/, /ˈhʊŋ.ki/ 1. A Hungarian or other eastern European, e.g. a Romanian or a Slav. (Sometimes applied (like honky) to any white person.) Labels: US, ethnic, slang, slur, uncommon Example: "All hunkies and wops, and no wonder there was seven hundred and fifty of them." Example: He made hunkies and cut ice-cream sandwiches.
Word: barry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French barré (“striped, barred”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.ɹi/, /ˈbɑɹ.i/ 1. A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.
Word: barry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French barré (“striped, barred”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.ɹi/, /ˈbɑɹ.i/ 1. Traversed (transversely) by bars. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a dyed material: having bars or bands of color. Example: […] many examples of the degree of coverage of barry nylon with various ranges of dyes are listed […]
Word: cross-examine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + examine. 1. To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given. Labels: transitive 2. To question a trial witness who has already been questioned by the other side. Labels: intransitive
Word: winding cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. A burial shroud.
Word: winding sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A burial shroud. 2. A collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death. Labels: historical Example: He resorted to his pint of wine for consolation, drank it all in a few minutes, and fell asleep on his arms, with his hair straggling over the table, and a long winding-sheet in the candle dripping down upon him.
Word: fancy man Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”). Labels: UK, dated, slang 2. A man who is fancied: a sweetheart. Labels: dated Example: Alexis was never my fancy-man. Example: DS Gavin Troy: Why was that? DCI Tom Barnaby: He says he has no idea. Troy: Bollocks. I bet he found out he was Kitty's fancyman. 3. A man who fancies something: a fan. Labels: obsolete 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, man.
Word: sulky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See sulk. The vehicle is so called as it obliges the rider to be alone, as though sulking. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlki/ 1. silent and withdrawn after being upset Labels: derogatory, often Example: the sulky child Example: 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I’m older than you, and must know better.” And this Alice would not allow, without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.
Word: sulky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See sulk. The vehicle is so called as it obliges the rider to be alone, as though sulking. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌlki/ 1. A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing. 2. Any carriage seating only the driver.
Word: monitory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin monitorius. 1. Giving admonition and warning. Example: Some Lightnings are monitory, some are menacing
Word: monitory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin monitorius. 1. A written letter giving admonition.
Word: lemon balm Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial herb, of species Melissa officinalis, of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: refusal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English refusell; equivalent to refuse + -al. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/ 1. The act of refusing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your refusal to carry out your duties resulted in your sacking. 2. Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: schnozzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930. 1. The human nose, especially one that is large. Labels: slang Example: Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante. Example: I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.
Word: catharpin Part of Speech: noun 1. A short rope, or iron cramp, used to stop the shrouds interfering with the yards.
Word: door-to-door Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɔː(ɹ)təˈdɔː(ɹ)/ 1. Going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something. Labels: not-comparable 2. Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house. Labels: not-comparable Example: They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door.
Word: Wallyworld Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Wally World. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: news channel Part of Speech: noun 1. A television channel dedicated to news, often operating continuously. 2. A newsfeed. Labels: Internet Example: The phrase [Web syndication] often refers to web news feeds (news channels) that provide an up-to-date summary of recently added contents and the latest changes of web sites.
Word: XTC Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of ecstasy (“the drug”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable
Word: HSN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hereditary sensory neuropathy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: HSN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Home Shopping Network (“an American television channel”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: where's the beef Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From a catchphrase in a 1980s television commercial for the fast food chain Wendy's. 1. Where is the content? So what? Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: McDonald's Part of Speech: name Etymology: From McDonald (surname) + -'s, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald. Pronunciation: /məkˈdɒnəldz/, /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/ 1. A widespread chain of fast food restaurants. Example: This is evidence of the bank's confidence in a community organization for which it has now financed three ventures (CPI and two McDonald's). Example: Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.
Word: McDonald's Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From McDonald (surname) + -'s, after the two brothers who founded the company, Richard and Maurice McDonald. Pronunciation: /məkˈdɒnəldz/, /mɪkˈdɑnəldz/ 1. Food from a McDonald's restaurant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I stopped to pick up some McDonald's and traveled up the road a little before pulling over. Example: “Darling,” Janelle is standing on the outskirts of the group, listening with amusement, “just because a man has filet mignon at home, doesn't mean he doesn't fancy a McDonald's every now and then.”
Word: East Coast Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the eastern seaboard of the United States. Labels: not-comparable Example: Well, East Coast girls are hip / I really dig those styles they wear 2. Of or relating to Atlantic Canada. Labels: not-comparable
Word: East Coast Part of Speech: name 1. The eastern seaboard of the United States. Example: Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.
Word: West Coast Part of Speech: name 1. A region along the Pacific Ocean in the contiguous United States. 2. A region along the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia, Canada. Labels: Canada, uncommon 3. A region on the western side of the South Island of New Zealand. 4. A region and local government area (West Coast Council) in Tasmania, Australia. 5. A locality in Circular Head council area, Kentish council area, Waratah-Wynyard council area and the West Coast council area, western Tasmania, Australia, part of the West Coast region.
Word: retro Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ/, /ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ/, /ˈɹet.ɹəʉ/, /ˈɹet.ɹɐʉ/, /reʈˈroː/ 1. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were. Example: Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises. 2. Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
Word: retro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ/, /ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ/, /ˈɹet.ɹəʉ/, /ˈɹet.ɹɐʉ/, /reʈˈroː/ 1. Past fashions or trends. Labels: uncountable 2. Abbreviation of retrorocket. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 3. Abbreviation of retrospective. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Example: Richard Leacock's 1981 film portrait, Louise Brooks, was shown during a retro of Ms. Brooks's films at the Walker Art Center. 4. A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tony the Tiger Part of Speech: name 1. A tiger cartoon character used by Kellogg Company to promote its Frosted Flakes (Frosties) cereal. Example: "That so, Tony the Tiger? Then how come you're here." "Your wife sent me to ask what you wanted for breakfast, […]. Example: "Very funny", said Don, "He's harmless, he's our - what, mascot." Like Tony the Tiger. Smoke rock—it's grrrreat!"
Word: Lucky Charms Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trademark, launched in the 1960s, from lucky charm. 1. A breakfast cereal containing a combination of wheat-based pieces and marshmallows in various shapes. Example: He holds a bowl of Lucky Charms in his left hand and extends his right. "I don't usually eat these. Nita was having some." "I do," Louisa says. Example: I'd eat two bowls of Lucky Charms and the next thing you know, I'd be sticking the spoon down my throat.
Word: Wheaties Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive plural from wheat + -ie + -s; also evocative of wheaty, connoting little wheaty things. 1. A manufactured breakfast cereal made of a wheat and bran mixture baked into flakes. Example: Sometimes when I'm feeling my Wheaties, I want to be the one to go out and experiment, and I expect the drummer to help me by keeping it down. Example: Drugs were my Wheaties. My breakfast of champions. They made me feel fortified.
Word: jeet Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A compressed pronunciation of the words did you (d'ya) eat. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒit/, /d͡ʒiʔ/ 1. Did you eat? Labels: US, slang Example: Jeetchet? Example: "Jeet yet?" he asks. He asks it every time they're together, though usually not this early.
Word: jeet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A clipping of pajeet (“a derogatory and offensive slur for Indian people”), the second part of which is derived from Hindi जीत (jīt, “a victory, a win”). Etymology 2 sense 2 likely stems from the fact that Indian posters were perceived as promoting low circulation cryptocurrencies towards the members of 4chan's /biz/ board and immediately selling their stakes as soon as their price experienced a downturn. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒit/, /d͡ʒiʔ/ 1. A person of South Asian (especially Indian) ancestry. Labels: Internet, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: So unless Asian chicks secretly date jeets somewhere no one ever fucking notices them, it just ain't happening. Always white dudes or other asian dudes. Example: Every job opening has 100s of jeets flooding applications so good luck getting your resume looked at. The tech industry(and especially tech depts in non-tech companies) is mutilating itself to reduce costs, and not even by that much because they could accomplish more with less people if they just hired westerners instead of jeets. The era of easy job hunting is tech is over. 2. An investor who is extremely risk-averse and will sell off their holdings at the slightest hint of a downturn. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: This project has the potential to fly. The whitepaper and team sold me. This is not a project for the jeets though. Jeets will need to find a low mc launch to through there .2 bean at Example: thats ok, your wife will cheer me up in the back of my porsche truck, which dumb jeets like yourself paid for by shorting and swing trading in the negative
Word: secret admirer Part of Speech: noun 1. One who admires another romantically but purposely remains anonymous to the extent that the subject of the admiration is unaware of the admirer's identity. Example: I received a Valentine's card from my secret admirer.
Word: anticarcinogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + carcinogenic. 1. tending to inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of carcinoma.
Word: anticarcinogenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + carcinogenic. 1. Alternative form of anticarcinogen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: free rein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free (adjective) + rein. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹiː ˈɹeɪn/, /ˌfɹi ˈɹeɪn/ 1. A rein of a horse held loosely so that the animal can move more freely; also, the free condition that this gives to a horse. Example: I needed no whip, or spur, for I was as eager as my rider: he saw it, and giving me a free rein, and leaning a little forward, we dashed after them. Example: [I]n the rise during the leap, just previous to the spring, no efforts whatever must be made by the rider to support the horse, or to lift him, but instead, she should simply hold the reins so lightly that his mouth can just be felt, which is called "giving a free rein." 2. The absence of constraints; freedom to act, decide, or speak. Labels: figuratively Example: to give [a] free rein to Example: [H]e vvas pleas'd to lend / Free reines to mirth, and to ſuſpend thoſe cares / That claime ſuch intereſt in th' Imperiall brovv.
Word: differential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin differentiālislbor. English differential Learned borrowing from Latin differentiālis. By surface analysis, different + -ial. Pronunciation: [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ] 1. Of or pertaining to a difference. Example: differential characteristics Example: I saved disk space by taking differential backups, which only stored the data that had changed. 2. Dependent on, or making a difference; distinctive. 3. Having differences in speed or direction of motion. 4. Of or pertaining to differentiation or the differential calculus.
Word: differential Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin differentiālislbor. English differential Learned borrowing from Latin differentiālis. By surface analysis, different + -ial. Pronunciation: [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ] 1. The differential gear in an automobile, etc. 2. A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things. 3. One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other. 4. A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all. 5. A quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable, now only used as a heuristic aid except in nonstandard analysis but considered rigorous until the 20th century; a fluxion in Newtonian calculus, now usually written in Leibniz's notation as operatorname d!x. 6. A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f. Example: If f(x)#61;x², the differential of f is the function #92;operatorname#123;d#125;#92;#33;f(x,#92;Deltax)#61;f'(x)#92;Deltax#61;2x#92;Deltax. 7. A function giving the change in the linear approximation of f at a point x over a small interval Δx or operatorname d!x, the function being called the differential of f and denoted operatorname d!f(x,Δx), operatorname d!f(x), or simply operatorname d!f. 8. The Jacobian matrix of a function of several variables. 9. The pushforward or total derivative of ϕ: a linear map from the tangent space at a point x in ϕ's domain to the tangent space at ϕ(x) which is, in a technical sense, the best linear approximation of ϕ at x; denoted operatorname d!ϕₓ. 10. Any of several generalizations of the concept(s) above: e.g. the Kähler differential in the setting of schemes, the quadratic differential in the theory of Riemann surfaces, etc.
Word: scramjet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for supersonic combustion ramjet. 1. A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds, in which combustion of the fuel and air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds. 2. An aircraft that uses such an engine.
Word: gnar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Old English gnyrran. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)/ 1. To snarl or growl.
Word: gnar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of gnarly. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)/ 1. Gnarly. Labels: slang
Word: gnar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of gnarly. Pronunciation: /nɑː(ɹ)/ 1. Snow or an ocean wave. Labels: slang Example: You wanted to surf instead, to be like those locals who lived simply, had enough money for rent, food, and board wax; who waited tables at night and woke up to shred the gnar.
Word: à la mode Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of a la mode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: to thine own self be true Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From a monologue delivered by the character Polonius in Act I Scene III of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. 1. Be yourself; be true to yourself; do not engage in self-deception. Example: This aboue all, to thy owne ſelfe be true, And it muſt follow as the night the day, Thou canſt not then be falſe to any one, […] Example: "To thine own self be true," I saw, was what produced vitality, confidence, and genuine expression in one's interpersonal relations.
Word: funambulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English funambul(ist) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English funambulate From funambul(ist) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /fjʊˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/, /fjuˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/, /fjuˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/, /fjəˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/ 1. To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk. Labels: intransitive
Word: funambulation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of walking on ropes; tightrope walking Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: negotious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin negotiosus. See also negotiate and -ious. 1. Engaged in much business; busy. Labels: obsolete Example: But if the Prince have no ayme at augmentation by new acquests and stands not so much in feare of externall enemies, as of friends at home, he then ought to let the people enjoy a negotious ease, of buildings, and playes, and such like things. Example: My ever most honourable good Lord, " When I first importuned your most excellent Lordship, it was in a most negotious juncture of time, your Honour jast ready to enter into your coach ; yet this hindred not, but your goodness was pleased to go up straitway, and write a letter to the Lord Bishop. 2. Requiring meticulous attention to detail. Labels: obsolete Example: Thus would they have ruffled & rashed in their relatives, Searching night and day manipulus curatorum, With the exornatory of Curates and many inventives, As Dormi recuré and Gesta Romanorum, With the annal usage of Ceremones parati, And the negotious search of Sermones discipuli, And many mo than these besides their decrees, With constitutions and decretals, with suche suttle lyes. Example: Both which conditions being removed, let them not looke for any combersome, negotious and carefull matter at my hands (for I have denounced open warre unto all manner of carke and care) I am commodiously easie and ready in times of any bodies necessitie. 3. Allowing for or capable of negotiation. Example: The reason why all Japanese tenancy measures were frustrated in the past was that the price of land was left negotious between landlord and tenant, and that when the former was willing to sell land the transaction was on his own terms only. Example: We would also urge clarification from the Legislature as to the extent that the Winton Act establishes a negotious process, specifically that it does not require binding bilateral, time-certain contracts from the school board as evidence of good faith in the meeting and conferring process.
Word: negotiatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin negōtiātrīx. By surface analysis, negotiate + -trix. 1. A female negotiator. Labels: obsolete
Word: guerrilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈɹɪlə/, /ɡəˈɹijə/, /ˌɡeɪˈɹijə/ 1. A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids. Example: The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough. Example: From the start of its operations in Colombia, the company was on guard against the decadeslong civil strife in the country between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitary groups, witnesses have testified. 2. A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war. Labels: archaic 3. A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques. 4. A maker of guerrilla television.
Word: guerrilla Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish guerrilla, diminutive of guerra (“war”), coined during the Peninsular War. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈɹɪlə/, /ɡəˈɹijə/, /ˌɡeɪˈɹijə/ 1. Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators. Example: Wherever Nicholson was most wanted, there he was sure to be found. What his life was at this time may be seen from a letter he wrote to his mother: 'I am leading a very guerrilla sort of life with seven hundred horse and foot raised among the people of the country. The chieftain who is in rebellion has eight regular regiments and sixteen guns, so that I am unable to meet them openly in the field.' Example: On the other hand, after the fall of Feng Ling Tu, the operations of Central Shansi, and Suiyuan, troops were more guerrilla than orthodox in nature. 2. Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing. Example: We took a very guerrilla approach to marketing Goin' Hollywood, in keeping with the irreverent tone of the game. Example: "Mozilla's marketing has been very guerrilla. You're not seeing it spend millions of dollars on TV. Instead, it's a powerful ground swell. 3. Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something. Example: guerrilla marketing Example: guerrilla tourism
Word: guerilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French guérilla and German Guerilla. 1. Obsolete spelling of guerrilla, now a misspelling. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Not a cessation of poaching, but a succession of village guerillas;—an internecive war between the gamekeepers and marauders of game;—the whole country flung into brawls and convulsions, for the unjust and exorbitant pleasures of country gentlemen.
Word: indefinitely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English indefinite Middle English -ly English -ly English indefinitely From indefinite + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪtli/ 1. In a manner that is not definite. Labels: not-comparable Example: an indefinitely determined fossil 2. For a long time, with no defined end. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was a dark, horsehairy place with a sort of abandon-hope atmosphere that seemed suitable for people that had no money, and who were going indefinitely into pawn. Example: For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front. 3. Forever. Labels: not-comparable
Word: TANSTAAFL Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Acronym, originating in the early 20th century, and popularized by Robert Heinlein's novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. 1. Acronym of there ain't no such thing as a free lunch: something advertised as being "free" will invariably have hidden costs. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: "Gospodin," he said presently, "you used an odd word earlier--odd to me, I mean..." "Oh, 'tanstaafl.' Means 'There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.' And isn't," I added, pointing to a FREE LUNCH sign across room, "or these drinks would cost half as much. Was reminding her that anything free costs twice as much in long run or turns out worthless." Example: 'Tanstaafl. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. We both know that I was brought here for a reason. If we could get down to business.'
Word: CERN Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the French acronym. 1. European Council for Nuclear Research
Word: eloquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/ 1. Fluently persuasive and articulate. Example: an eloquent writer Example: He certainly waxed eloquent on his article. 2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech. Example: an eloquent article 3. Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability. Example: Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered untreatable in the past.
Word: kalua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kālua. 1. A traditional Hawaiian cooking method, using an underground oven called an imu. Labels: uncountable
Word: kalua Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian kālua. 1. Cooked using the kalua method. Labels: not-comparable Example: kalua pig; kalua turkey
Word: allophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone English allophone From allo- (“different”) + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈaləˌfəʊn/, /ˈæləˌfoʊn/, /ˈæləˌfəʉn/ 1. Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme. Example: In some languages, [ʋ] is an allophone of /v/. Example: In the former the bilabial phone forms an allophone of the phoneme /v/ in word-final position after /a/ and an allophone of the phoneme /u/ when it is preceded by an obstruent and followed by /a/; […] 2. A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority. 3. A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority. Labels: Canada Example: However, “the languages used by STM staff during customer interactions are French and English,” the transit authority said. “Indeed, during phone calls or emails, STM employees speak English with anglophone or allophone customers who do not speak French.”
Word: allophone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone English allophone From allo- (“different”) + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈaləˌfəʊn/, /ˈæləˌfoʊn/, /ˈæləˌfəʉn/ 1. Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada. Labels: Canada Example: In every case the allophone population is vastly larger than the proportion of francophones, which ranges from 4.2 percent […] from other parts of Canada more than international immigration from abroad: despite a growing allophone presence, […] Example: As immigration increases from different parts of the world, the linguistic makeup of Canada changes. In 2006, the allophone population—individuals whose mother tongue is neither English nor French—totalled 6.3 million, […] 2. That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.
Word: imu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian imu. Doublet of umu. 1. A traditional Hawaiian underground oven, consisting mainly of a hole in the ground.
Word: enthrone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + throne; compare earlier enthronize, inthronize. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈθɹəʊn/ 1. To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation or other ceremonies of investiture. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: coronate, crown Example: ceremonially enthrone 2. To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organization. Labels: figuratively, transitive 3. To exalt, to praise. Labels: transitive Example: The novel seemed to enthrone love as the highest virtue.
Word: UC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of University of California A university system in California Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin). Example: With the changes to federal and state public health guidance and the end of the federal Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023, UC is moving to a systemwide COVID-19 vaccination opt-out program for UC students and employees. 2. Initialism of University of Cincinnati. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of University of the Cordilleras. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of University of Cebu. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of University of Canberra. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Urban Council (a now abolished level of local government in Hong Kong) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of United Conservatives. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Universal Credit Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ulcerative colitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of upper caste. Labels: Hinduism, India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of United Conservative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of ultra capacity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: fey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English feye (“fated to die”), from Old English fǣġe (“doomed to die, timid”), from Proto-West Germanic *faigī, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz (“cowardly, wicked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“ill-meaning, bad”). Akin to Old Saxon fēgi, whence Dutch veeg (“doomed, near death”), Old High German feigi (“appointed for death, ungodly”) whence German feige (“cowardly”), Old Norse feigr (“doomed”) whence the Icelandic feigur (“doomed to die”), Old English fāh (“outlawed, hostile”). More at foe. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death. Labels: archaic, dialectal, poetic Example: Surely the Gods have made him fey, having ordained his destruction and our humbling before these Demons. Example: Then Fëanor laughed as one fey, and he cried: “None and none! What I have left behind I count now no loss; needless baggage on the road it has proved. Let those that cursed my name, curse me still, and whine their way back to the cages of the Valar! Let the ships burn!” 2. Dying; dead. Labels: obsolete 3. Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience. Labels: Ireland, Scotland 4. Overrefined, affected. Example: His interlocutor was whimsical if not downright fey. He pushed his spectacles to the top of his nose. He shoved them into his greying locks like an effeminate racing driver. He gave Pym sherry and put a hand on his backside in order to propel him to a long window that gave on to a row of council houses. Example: Hoffman does not rely on his talent to carry him through a role. He spent five and a half months transmuting himself into Capote. … He lost 40 pounds and practiced the inscrutable voice and fey mannerisms for an hour or two every day. 5. Strange or otherworldly. Example: Gratefully she crooned with them, so inimitably that old Christine Inglis, on her way to early Mass, vowed the girl was fey. Example: Local opinion held Mr. Underwood to be an intense, profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his best to live down. 6. Spellbound.
Word: fey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fee (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. Magical or fairylike.
Word: fey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fee (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. A fairy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Fairy folk collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fey Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. To cleanse. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive Example: to fey a drain or ditch
Word: retro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- See retro. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹəʊ-/, /ˈɹɛtɹoʊ-/ 1. Back or backward. Labels: morpheme 2. Behind. Labels: morpheme 3. In the opposite direction. Labels: morpheme 4. Pertaining to an earlier time. Labels: morpheme Example: retroactive 5. Old-fashioned or old school. Labels: informal, morpheme
Word: retroactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1610. From French rétroactif, equivalent to retro- + active. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛt.ɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/, /ˌɹɛ.tɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/ 1. Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions Labels: not-comparable Example: Rather, he hoped there was some legal trickeration he could deploy to get a retroactive water right filed and end-run the opposition. Example: Can such a child be ennobled by the passage of time, his struggles granted retroactive gravitas and his childish confusions rearticulated with adult clarity?
Word: ex post facto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ex (“from”) + post (“after”) + factō, ablative of factum (“deed”). In Latin, ex takes the ablative case, while post takes the accusative case. (See Wikipedia for a discussion of the grammatical form and usage of this phrase.) 1. Retroactive. Labels: not-comparable Example: One of them added that it was hard lines that there wasn’t any gentleman “such-like as yourself, squire,” to show some sort of appreciation of their efforts in a liquid form; […] The opportunities of acquiring an abnormal thirst had been here limited; a noble use of them had, however, been made, and again I was compelled to deal with the result in an ex post facto manner. 2. Retroactive. Labels: not-comparable Example: Coupled with the Constitution's proscription of ex post facto laws is a similar prohibition against bills of attainder. Example: That the tax would take effect after some of the payments were made also raises issues. Says former Attorney General Richard Thornburg, also in an e-mail: "Such legislation could well run afoul of constitutional restrictions on bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, laws impairing the obligations of contract, unauthorized takings of property and the like."
Word: ex post facto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin ex (“from”) + post (“after”) + factō, ablative of factum (“deed”). In Latin, ex takes the ablative case, while post takes the accusative case. (See Wikipedia for a discussion of the grammatical form and usage of this phrase.) 1. By retroactive application of a law formulated or enacted after the deed in question. Labels: not-comparable Example: What he did was not a crime when he did it, but he was convicted ex post facto.
Word: factum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin factum. See fact. 1. Somebody's own act and deed. Example: Fraud in the factum 2. Somebody's own act and deed. 3. Somebody's own act and deed. 4. Somebody's own act and deed. Labels: Canada Example: But according to a factum filed by Crown prosecutors, Shaikh's status was "confidential informer," therefore RCMP did not direct him about what to do at the camp. 5. A product (result of multiplying two numbers). Labels: obsolete
Word: retrospective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From retrospect + -ive. From Latin retrōspectus, perfect passive participle of retrōspiciō (“to look back at”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/, [ˌɹɛt͡ʃ.ə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv], /ˌɹɛt.ɹəˈspɛk.tɪv/, [ˌɹɛt͡ʃ.əˈspɛk.tɪv], /ˌɹɛt.ɹoʊˈspɛk.tɪv/ 1. Of, relating to, or contemplating the past. Example: While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee. Example: Following a retrospective review of patient records, the parents of eligible patients were contacted by telephone to provide information about the study. 2. Looking backwards. 3. Affecting or influencing past things; retroactive.
Word: retrospective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retrospect + -ive. From Latin retrōspectus, perfect passive participle of retrōspiciō (“to look back at”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛt.ɹə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv/, [ˌɹɛt͡ʃ.ə(ʊ)ˈspɛk.tɪv], /ˌɹɛt.ɹəˈspɛk.tɪv/, [ˌɹɛt͡ʃ.əˈspɛk.tɪv], /ˌɹɛt.ɹoʊˈspɛk.tɪv/ 1. An exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.
Word: retrofit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from retro- (prefix meaning ‘back; backward’) + fit (“to equip, supply”). The noun, which is first attested later than the verb, is either derived: * from the verb (see above); or * from retro- + fit (“act of fitting; conformity of elements one to another”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛtɹəʊˈfɪt/, /ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌfɪt/, /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈfɪt/, /ˈɹɛtɹoʊˌfɪt/ 1. To supply (a device, structure, etc.) with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; to modernize. Labels: transitive Example: Trams dating from 2012 have been retro-fitted with lithium batteries, with the conversions starting in 2018. Example: The project involves retrofitting Google’s Pixel smartphones to certain subway cars to collect sounds and other data and feed it into Google’s Cloud. […] When asked why the devices were retrofitted on older models instead of newer ones, Sarno said the MTA typically uses older car models when making modifications in case there are any unwanted effects. 2. To add or substitute (new components or parts) that were not previously available for or installed in a device, structure, etc. Labels: transitive 3. Synonym of backport (“to retroactively supply a fix or feature to a previous version of a software product at the same time or after supplying it to the current version.”). Labels: transitive Example: The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release. 4. To give new characteristics or make alterations (to someone or something) to suit them to changed circumstances. Labels: figuratively, transitive 5. To supply a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed. Labels: intransitive
Word: retrofit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from retro- (prefix meaning ‘back; backward’) + fit (“to equip, supply”). The noun, which is first attested later than the verb, is either derived: * from the verb (see above); or * from retro- + fit (“act of fitting; conformity of elements one to another”). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛtɹəʊˈfɪt/, /ˈɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˌfɪt/, /ˌɹɛtɹoʊˈfɪt/, /ˈɹɛtɹoʊˌfɪt/ 1. An act of supplying a device, structure, etc., with new components or parts that were not previously available or installed; a retrofitting. 2. A change made to a device, structure, etc., by introducing components or parts that were not previously available or installed.
Word: retrogress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin retrōgressus, perfect active participle of retrōgradior (“retrograde”). 1. To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress. Labels: intransitive 2. To go backwards; to retreat. Labels: intransitive 3. To return to bad behaviour; to relapse. Labels: intransitive
Word: retrogress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin retrōgressus, perfect active participle of retrōgradior (“retrograde”). 1. A retrogression.
Word: retrorocket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English rocket English retrorocket From retro- + rocket. 1. A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft, designed to slow or reverse its motion.
Word: differential gear Part of Speech: noun 1. An arrangement of bevel gears permitting the rotation of two shafts at two different speeds whilst supplying the same torque; used on the drive axles or between the driven wheels of automobiles to aid cornering.
Word: mallemaroking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Generally considered to derive from Dutch, although a specific etymon is unclear. Century and some other old dictionaries derive it from a confusion of two similar Dutch words, namely *mallemerok (“foolish woman”) (from malle (“foolish”) + *marok, from French marotte (“jester's sceptre”)) and *mallemok (“sailor of a whaling vessel”), but the first of those words is not attested, and the second is not attested with the claimed meaning (but see mollymawk). Compare mallemolen. Pronunciation: /ˌmæləməˈɹoʊkɪŋ/ 1. The act of carousing on icebound Greenland whaling ships. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: "Just because I had one gin before and a couple of glasses of claret during you thought I'd been mallemaroking." Example: […] they were willing to endure so much physical hardship out of loyalty to Emperor Franz Joseph. Indeed, such is their sense of duty that they even indulge in some muted mallemaroking to celebrate the Emperor's birthday.