nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: consilium abeundi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnsilium abeundī (literally “advice to leave”). 1. A traditional form of expulsion from an organization or school. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable Example: There is no Room to doubt, but the Court of France will have the Complaisance for that of Great Britain, to give the Consilium abeundi (or Warning to depart) to the Duke of Wharton, who continues upon the Coast of Normandy, meditating the Subversion of the present Government, agreeable to the Dictates of his turbulent Spirit, for which he was noted among us many Years ago, when a Student in the University of Leyden. Example: Whereas this evil Counsellor knew that C. Z. had a Consilium abeundi, 20th March 1736, and therefore cound not possibly be present at a Place 18th May 1736, from which he had Consilium abeundi two Months before; […]
Word: match drill Part of Speech: verb 1. To drill a hole through multiple assembled parts at once, so as to ensure that the parts align properly in the final assembly.
Word: convener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English convene Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English convener From convene + -er. 1. One who convenes or calls a meeting
Word: copper captain Part of Speech: noun 1. A person falsely giving themselves the title of captain. Example: Michael Perez, the copper captain Example: To this copper captain therefore, was confided the command of the troops.
Word: cosmic joker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A term attributed to author Charles Fort. The exact term does not appear in Fort's writings, but related terms and concepts certainly do, such that later writers acknowledge and attribute Fort for the phrase. 1. A higher power who is responsible for various anomalous phenomena on Earth, and whose manifestations are of a perverse and black-humored nature.
Word: county family Part of Speech: noun 1. In Britain and Ireland, a family of the landed gentry. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Walford's County Families (title)
Word: crash pad Part of Speech: noun 1. Any place used for temporary lodging, especially without payment or permission. 2. Any place used for temporary lodging, especially without payment or permission. Example: The first officer did not have a crash pad in the EWR area. A captain who had flown with the first officer when she was based at ORF stated that she planned to stay overnight at hotels once she began commuting from SEA to EWR. According to a cargo air carrier captain who met the first officer in December 2008 while they were jumpseat passengers, the first officer stated that she did not need a crash pad at EWR because she could stay in the crew lounge. 3. A protective foam pad placed on the ground, used as protection in case of falling from the wall. 4. A room where one can recover after a bad trip. Labels: slang Example: They may then go to a hippie clinic crash pad to be "talked down." Example: Ideally, he could be referred to a nearby "crash pad" where a peer "guide" that he should have taken with him on his trip to begin with could bring him back to sanity in a safe, but nonmedical environment.
Word: craythur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of creature. 1. Whiskey. Labels: uncountable Example: Now Tim had a sort o' the tipplin' way With a love of the liquor poor Tim was born And to help him on with his work each day 2. Alternative form of creature. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: [...] why, at home, if a craythur hasn't a hat to pull, he'll pull the hair off his head, sooner than not make a bow. Shut ye'r mouth, do, and go on, ye little ill-reared winkle; [...] Example: Then he answered thickly, "Och, sure, and it's far enough from well it is, yer honour, and it's far enough from well yer honour would be if he'd seen the soights that Pathrick Moriarty, as harmless a craythur as ever was born, has seen thi noight."
Word: crossed fingers Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of fingers crossed (“hopefully, wishfully”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: crossed fingers Part of Speech: noun 1. A superstitious hand gesture of good luck. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: culturgen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by Charles Lumsden and Edward O. Wilson in their book Genes, Mind, and Culture: The Coevolutionary Process (1981); from culture + -gen. 1. One of the propagating mutating cultural units that form the subject of memetics.
Word: curry favor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally from a French poem Roman de Fauvel, written in the early 1300s; Fauvel was a conniving stallion, and the play was a satire on the corruption of social life. The name Fauvel points to the French fauve (“chestnut, reddish-yellow, or fawn”), another sense of fauve meaning the class of wild animals whose coats are at least partly brown, and the medieval belief that a fallow horse was a symbol of deceit and dishonesty. The phrase curry Fauvel, then, referred to currying (“combing”) the horse, and was altered (as folk etymology) by later speakers to curry favor. 1. To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention. Labels: idiomatic Example: […]always promising to pay, promising to pay, tomorrow, and dying today, insolvent; seeking to curry favor, to get custom, by how many modes, only not state-prison offences;[…] Example: Other people would say so, and would allege that he was currying favor with Bulstrode for the sake of making himself important and getting on in the world.
Word: dang it Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: [ˈdɛŋ.ɪʔ] 1. An expression used to show displeasure. A less emphatic, less profane version of dammit. Labels: US, informal Example: Dang it! I forgot to wash the car.
Word: dative of purpose Part of Speech: noun 1. The dative case in its use to indicate purpose. Labels: Classical Example: The dative of purpose is rare in this type of writing. 2. A specific use of the dative case in this way. Labels: Classical, countable, uncommon Example: This poem is filled with datives of purpose.
Word: de die in diem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dē diē in diem. Pronunciation: /deɪˌdiːeɪjɪnˈdiːɛm/ 1. From day to day. Labels: not-comparable Example: The workers are paid de die in diem. Example: She received her salary de die in diem.
Word: dittography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek διττός (dittós, “double”) + -graphy. Not related to English ditto. Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɑɡɹəfi/, /dɪˈtɒɡɹəfi/ 1. The accidental error of repeating a word, phrase or combination of letters by a scribe or copyist. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An error produced thereby. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Dyuti Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], meaning halo, radiance and brightness. 1. A female given name from India.
Word: graven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”). 1. past participle of grave Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
Word: graven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”). 1. carved, engraved Labels: not-comparable Example: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
Word: graven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From graven (adjective) above. 1. To make graven or engraved Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I saw I was not only gravened upon the palms of his hands, or set as a seal upon his arm, but I was pourtrayed upon his heart.
Word: graven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From grave (adjective) + -en. 1. To make or become grave (serious or sombre) Labels: ambitransitive Example: Whatever it was that had cast a dark shadow and gravened the faces of those normally ebullient people was much too complicated for me to understand.
Word: catalogue raisonné Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French catalogue raisonné. 1. A complete index, usually with descriptions and reproductions, of a body of work, such as all the creations of a single artist. Example: Listing in a catalogue raisonné is essential, because auction houses and dealers rely on the entry to support the authenticity of any work they sell. Example: There is no public list, or catalogue raisonné, of Hirst’s sculptural works, so galleries, auctioneers and museums rely on Science for details.
Word: greige goods Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From greige (“of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed”) + goods. Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪʒ ˈɡʊdz/, /ɡɹɛʒ-/, /ɡɹeɪ-/ 1. Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: hands down Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The origin of this colloquialism seems to have its roots in mid-19th century horseracing. When a horse jockey is nearing the finish line far ahead of the competition, "with victory certain", he could drop his hands, relaxing his hold on the reins, and "still win the race". By the late 19th century the phrase was being used in non-racing contexts to mean 'with no trouble at all.' 1. without much effort; easily Labels: idiomatic 2. by a large margin (in a game or contest) Labels: idiomatic 3. without question; undoubtedly Labels: idiomatic Example: That is a rather difficult task, hands down. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hands, down.
Word: hands down Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See hand down. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hand down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: -ic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -ik, from Old French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos, *-ḱos, formed with the i-stem suffix *-i- and the adjectival suffix *-kos, *-ḱos. Compare Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós), Sanskrit -इक (-ika) and Old Church Slavonic -ъкъ (-ŭkŭ). Doublet of -y; compare also -ac. Proto-Indo-European *-kos on noun stems carried the meaning 'characteristic of, like, typical, pertaining to', and on adjectival stems it acted emphatically. Pronunciation: /ɪk/, /ək/ 1. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”. Labels: morpheme Example: Cyril + -ic → Cyrillic Example: acid + -ic → acidic 2. Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃). Labels: morpheme
Word: ke-mo sah-bee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kemosabe Labels: alt-of, alternative, no-plural
Word: Kevyn Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Irish, of rare usage, variant of Kevin.
Word: locknote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Humorously from keynote and lock, as though the key in keynote were the kind that opens a door. 1. The last presentation in an academic or business conference with a broad thematic overview. Typically, the best-known speakers or scholars at a conference give keynote and locknote addresses. Example: 1985. EDN,Electric Engineering, Rogers Pub. Co., 1985, page 211http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=5O4EAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22locknote%22+speaker&q=%22locknote%22+&pgis=1#search_anchor ...the Software Summit, the Resellers Roundtable, and the "locknote" (wrap-up)... Example: 2007. The Alternative Sustainable Renewable Energy Summit 2007, April 23 & 24, 2007, Croke Park Convention Centre, Dublin http://193.178.1.196/News_Events/Events/Brochure_Alt_Energy.pdf 4:15 Locknote Address Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Plans.
Word: lustrious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lustre + -ious, modelled after illustrious. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/, /ˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/, /ˈləs-/ 1. Dazzling, sparkling; beautiful. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: (The teeming lady comes, / The lustrious orb, Venus contralto, the blooming mother. / Sister of loftiest gods, Alboni's self I hear.)
Word: Existenz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Existenz. Doublet of existence. 1. Existence; state of existing.
Word: mouseprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouse + print. 1. The fine print found within ads for products telling consumers the details, usually positioned as a few small lines at the bottom of the ad. Labels: uncountable
Word: opination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English opine 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 opination From opine + -ation. 1. The state or process of opining. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Because of this lack of detail in the Constitution, the role of the Supreme Court had been open to opination.
Word: pat slide Part of Speech: noun 1. A special sheet of plastic used to transfer patients in hospital from beds to trolleys and vice versa.
Word: access control list Part of Speech: noun 1. A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated ACL. Example: The hackers broke through the B security model, so no more role-level security: all critical data must use access control lists from now on.
Word: plushophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plush Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English plushophilia From plush + -o- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌplʌ.ʃəˈfɪ.li.ə/, /-ˈfiː.li.ə/ 1. The paraphilia for plushies, typically stuffed toy animals. Labels: uncountable Example: Plushophilia began for him when he was around seven years old, even though he didn't own any stuffed animals Example: Plushophilia is a modern concept and describes an obsession with stuffed animal toys. For some people, plushophilia also extends to a fascination with large, furry animal suits.
Word: Rambabu Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name originated from southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, meaning son of lord Ram. From Ram (god) + babu (son). 1. A male given name from India, a common Hindu male name in India.
Word: ranchette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ranch + -ette. 1. A small ranch or large home lot, often on the outskirts of a major metropolitan area and just past the planned neighborhoods, consisting of 40 acres and a house and possibly a barn or other outbuildings. Example: There are trace elements of ranchettes all the way to St. Cloud, the Stearns County seat.
Word: waist chain Part of Speech: noun 1. An ornamental chain worn around the waist; seen by some as a symbol of slavery. 2. A physical restraint worn by prisoners, consisting of a chain around the waist, to which the prisoner's hands may be chained or cuffed.
Word: sidewalk superintendent Part of Speech: noun 1. A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point. Labels: Canada, US Example: Even the most occasional sidewalk superintendent knows that in the construction of a tall building the first floor is put in before the second, the second before the third, and so on.
Word: snow shower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + shower. 1. A short duration of moderate snowfall. Some accumulation is possible.
Word: Talibanesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Taliban French -esquebor. English -esque English Talibanesque From Taliban + -esque. 1. Reminiscent of the Taliban. Labels: not-comparable Example: Talibanesque militancy
Word: to a T Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The origins of this phrase are uncertain, but it has been observed in print since at least 1693, and likely was around well before that. The possibly related phrase to a tittle is found in a 1607 play, The Woman Hater by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ("I'll quote him to a tittle"). The T in the phrase to a T is likely the first letter of a word, with tittle being the most likely source. * Other theories with little evidence point to golf tees, for their small size; this may have at least influenced the alternative form to a tee. Some speculate a relationship with T-square, a measuring device introduced around the turn of the century. Others claim the expression refers to the correct completion of the letter t by crossing it. *In print from "Two Years Before the Mast" published in 1840, and, even then, using quotes, refers to the practice of squaring up a yardarm with a mast on a sailing ship such that it made a perpendicular T. 1. Precisely; exactly; perfectly; with great attention to detail. Labels: idiomatic Example: The announcement of the political endorsement was timed to a T. Example: I hope your Honour will be soon well enough to get down to your country-seat, where,—as your Honour takes so much pleasure in fortification, we could manage this matter to a T.
Word: toilette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French toilette; more at toilet. Pronunciation: /twɑˈlɛt/ 1. Archaic spelling of toilet, in all senses related to dressing and personal grooming, but not a water closet. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: No such very great degree of genius can be displayed in the rest of the toilette. The dress has been chosen—it fits you à ravir—it has simply to be put on with mathematical accuracy: but the bonnet is the triumph of taste,—you must exert your intellect,—your destiny is in your own hands. Example: He was elaborately attired. He would ogle the ladies who came to lionise the university, and passed before him on the arms of happy gownsmen, and give his opinion upon their personal charms, or their toilettes, with the gravity of a critic whose experience entitled him to speak with authority.
Word: urostyle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -style. 1. A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians.
Word: valley of death Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely derived from the Old Testament, Psalm 23: valley of the shadow of death. 1. Death, or a place or period where death is impending. Labels: figuratively Example: Into the valley of Death / Rode the six hundred. 2. A place of great danger. Labels: idiomatic 3. The phase of a startup business beginning with the entrepreneur's fulltime commitment to it and ending when the business has achieved sustainable cash flow. Labels: idiomatic
Word: WENAO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Western Europe, North America, Oceania. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: snecking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sneck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Christianese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Christian Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Christianese From Christian + -ese. 1. The terms, catchphrases and theological jargon used by some Christians, commonly from Christian theology and influenced by popular translations of the Bible. Labels: informal, slang Example: Anthony answered, 'Talking Christianese is being the Church. Don't you think Church matters?' Fred said, 'Not when you define the Church as a group having Christian experiences. You need someone to tell you what Christianity is before you can define a group's experiences as Christian.' Example: I often ran them off with my self-righteous attitude or scared them away with Christianese language […]
Word: snecked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sneck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dirty money Part of Speech: noun 1. Money that is illegally gained, illegally transferred or illegally utilized, especially money gained through forgery, bribery, prostitution, money laundering, or theft. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Corruption is a force multiplier for the West's enemies, and yet the West continues to accept dirty money into its economies by the billion. Example: Taken together, the articles exposed a dark truth: “Dirty money” — terrorist financing, drug cartel funds, fortunes embezzled from developing nations, the profits from organized crime — flows so freely through the world’s most powerful financial institutions that it has become inextricable from the so-called legitimate economy. 2. Extra money paid to workers as compensation for dirty or dangerous work. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The days should be long gone when workers are paid dirty money to do a risky job […] Example: […] much of the set was smeared with oil and grease. This did, however, lead to a very unpleasant working environment. 'Everyone working on the film was paid “dirty” money,' recalls Maurice. 'I got seven and six a week “dirty money”, which was wonderful for a fifteen-year-old.'
Word: doughface Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dough + face. 1. A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. Labels: derogatory 2. A person, especially a politician, who is perceived to be pliable or moldable. Labels: derogatory 3. A face that resembles dough in its appearance or color; a face that is bloated, pale or plump. Labels: dated, derogatory, obsolete
Word: Duluth pack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Duluth pack is a brand name of the Duluth Tent and Awning Co. They were designed in the early 1880s, but the term is commonly used to refer to any packs of the same style. 1. A traditional piece of luggage used in canoe travel, particularly in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota and Ontario. A specialized type of backpack, made of either heavy canvas or nylon, that are approximately square in order to fit easily in the bottom of a canoe. Labels: Canada, US
Word: cathodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cathode + -ic. Coined by William Whewell in 1837 in a letter to Michael Faraday. 1. Proceeding from a nerve centre; efferent. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at a cathode. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dunkirk spirit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase came into use following the evacuation of allied troops across the English Channel by flotillas of pleasure boats, working barges and other civilian craft at the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940. 1. The spirit of the British public pulling together to overcome times of adversity. Labels: UK, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: catholicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English catholic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English catholicity From catholic + -ity. 1. The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This attitude of openness to truth, which is at the same time both one and diverse, profoundly expresses the catholicity of the Church, for she embraces the entire human family yet is also immersed in the concrete situations of peoples and cultures.
Word: cattail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cattal, cattyle (also as cattestail), equivalent to cat + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.teɪl/ 1. Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places. Labels: US, historical 2. A cat-o'-nine-tails.
Word: East Overshoe Part of Speech: name 1. Often used to refer to a place moderately far away. It generally is used in place of a city or town name when that name is unknown or cannot be recalled. Labels: US, slang Example: I don't get to see Jim much since he moved. Now he lives somewhere out in East Overshoe. 2. A placeholder for a fictitious municipality in sample documents or hypothetical situations. (This usage is similar to the way John Doe is sometimes used as a placeholder for the name of a person.)
Word: cattiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English catty 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 cattiness From catty + -ness. 1. The quality of being catty; cattishness Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 2004 Ward Hunt et.al. - James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers Who had been tapped for the new society, and why, had become a topic of local gossip, conjecture, and even cattiness.
Word: catty-cornered Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From catty-corner + -ed. 1. Alternative form of catty-corner: cater-corner. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: catty-cornered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From catty-corner + -ed. 1. Alternative form of catty-corner: catercorner. Labels: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: caulker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English caulk Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English caulker From caulk + -er. 1. A person who caulks various structures (as ships) and certain types of piping. Example: He was one of the best caulkers around. 2. A tool used for caulking ships; a caulking iron. 3. An alcoholic drink; a dram. Labels: archaic, slang Example: “Will you taste, messmate?” he asked; and when I had refused: “Well, I’ll take a dram myself, Jim,” said he. “I need a caulker, for there’s trouble on hand. And talking o’ trouble, why did that doctor give me the chart, Jim?” 4. Archaic form of corker (“something large or remarkable, a whopper”). Labels: alt-of, archaic, informal
Word: caulker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin calcāria (lime kiln). 1. A lime kiln.
Word: causeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English causelees, causeles; equivalent to cause + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːzləs/ 1. Having no obvious cause; fortuitous or inexplicable. 2. Groundless or unreasonable. Example: [H]e […] by his overcarefulneſſe and cauſeleſſe ſuſpicion, deprived himſelf of this benefit, and implunged himſelf in much juſt hatred for his unjuſt dealing and treachery. Example: Alas my fears are cauſless, and ungrounded, / Fantaſtick dreams, and melancholick fumes / Of crazy ſtomacks, and diſtempered brains: / Has this convinc'd you?
Word: causticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English caustic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English causticity From caustic + -ity. Pronunciation: /kɔːˈstɪsɪti/ 1. The quality of being physically caustic; burning, corrosive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Causticity is that sharp and corroding quality, which many substances possess, such as the mineral acids, especially when concentrated, alkalies fixed and volatile, quicklime, arsenic, corrosive sublimate, lunar crystals, butter of antimony, and even most other salts with metallic bases. Example: Some years ago, we read in a U.S. trade paper a method for determining causticity of bottle-washing solution when foil labels are contained on the bottles undergoing cleansing treatment. 2. Being caustic in speech, humour etc. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: […] one in whom a discreet causticity went along with a manner less genial than polite […] Example: He had not, he remarked with crushing causticity to one of his ministers, liberated France ‘to worry about the macaroni ration’.
Word: encomium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin encōmium (“praise, eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion, “laudatory ode, praise”), from ἐγκώμιος (enkṓmios, “of or pertaining to the victor”), from κῶμος (kômos, “festival, revel, ode”). Pronunciation: /ɛŋˈkəʊ.mɪ.əm/, /ɛnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/, /ɪnˈkoʊ.mɪ.əm/ 1. Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute. Example: I rejoined our people, and expected a reprimand for having forced the enemy without orders; though I had my excuse ready. But here I was mistaken; for I met with nothing but encomiums. Example: ...and where he never failed to lavish on me every gift his fortune could supply, delight me by the encomiums he bestowed on my music and needlework (always an object of importance in a nunnery), and prove, by his admiring looks and his tender tones, how entirely he loved me. 2. A general category of oratory. Labels: rhetoric 3. A method within rhetorical pedagogy. Labels: rhetoric 4. The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series. 5. A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.
Word: cautionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin cautiōnārius. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːʃənəɹi/, /ˈkɔːʃənɹi/, /ˈkɔʃəˌnɛɹi/, /ˈkɑ.ʃəˌnɛɹ.i/, /ˈkoː.ʃə.nə.ɹi/ 1. Serving to caution or warn; admonitory Example: Most parents were optimistic, but others sounded a cautionary note. 2. Serving to ward off; preventive 3. Held as security or hostage Labels: obsolete
Word: ensifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnsifer (“sword-bearing”). 1. A member of the genus Ensifer, of the bacteria family Rhizobiaceae. Labels: uncountable
Word: cautiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cautious 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 cautiousness From cautious + -ness. 1. The state of being cautious; wariness Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This extreme cautiousness, which was, indeed, the most remarkable feature in his character, still made itself prominent after his elevation.
Word: caviare Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caviar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: But of that evening she had remembered a little pot of caviare: It had cost seven and sixpence. He could not get over it.
Word: conjectural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conjecture + -al. 1. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture. Example: In conjectural statements, the French often use the Future or the Conditional, instead of the Perfect or the Pluperfect used in English. Example: Medicine, however, has been, and still continues to be, an art so conjectural and uncertain, that our astonishment at the anxiety with which empirics have been sought after and followed is much diminished.
Word: conjectural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conjecture + -al. 1. Something that is conjectural; a conjecture. Example: Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.
Word: erasable programmable logic device Part of Speech: noun 1. An integrated circuit that is composed of an array of programmable logic devices that do not come pre-connected; the connections are programmed electrically by the user.
Word: caviler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cavil + -er. 1. A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker Example: 1817 John Nicholas - Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century a man who comments on the Bible affords all the opportunity a caviler could wish for.
Word: et uxor Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin et (and) and uxor (his wife). 1. "And the wife" or "and his wife"; often used in the context of a legal document to include a man's wife in whichever obligation, ownership, etc. the document indicates. Example: I confirmed at Whitegate church about 300 persons, and returned to Vale Royal, where dined with me Sir Thomas Grosvenor et uxor, and Mrs. Rigby, Sir Philip Egerton, uxor et filius, Mr. Leftwich Oldfeild, Mr. Dean, Mr. Woods, vicar of Over, Mr. Marbury, rector of Davenham, Mr. Hanmore, Mr. Oakes, curate of Astbury, Mr. Oakes, Mr. Colley; and at supper Captain Birch and Captain Mainwaring more. Example: … Keyes plaintant, Hill et uxor, defendants. Anno 22 Eliz.
Word: exception that proves the rule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the medieval Latin legal principle "exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis" ("the exception tests the rule in the cases not excepted"). 1. The rare occurrence of a counterexample to a rule, used to demonstrate that the rule exists. Example: A bishop ... is not bound to obey any Mandate but the King's; which Exception proves the Rule, and that he is inexcusably oblig'd to obey the King's Example: Some statutes give justices of the peace a power of proceeding on default, but the exception proves the rule in the thing not excepted; it seems therefore that the defendant should have been apprehended by a warrant
Word: macrocephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -cephaly. 1. A condition in which the head is abnormally large. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment of other areas. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Already Mexico City is a warning to other developing countries where centralized government, a high birth rate, neglect of agriculture and the rush to industrialize have combined to encourage migration to the cities. Twenty percent of the country's population lives here, and the term urban macrocephaly has been coined to describe the phenomenon. Example: Another physical impact of urbanization in Asia has been the intensification of the primacy of capital cities. Most countries in the region—except China, Vietnam, and India—are well known for suffering from “macrocephaly disease.” Capital cities such as Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Jakarta, Manila, and Bangkok have a population that is more than double that of the next largest metropolitan area.
Word: extranoematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English noematic English extranoematic From extra- + noematic. 1. Occurring outside of the confines of human thought. Labels: rare
Word: macroclimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English climate English macroclimate From macro- + climate. 1. The climate of a relatively large geographic area. Example: 1993 Silviculture: From the Cradle of Forestry to Ecosystem Management: Proceedings Within climatic regions, physiography or landforms modify macroclimate and affect the movement of organisms, . . .
Word: faciendum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin faciendum, from facere (“to do”). 1. Something that must be done.
Word: macrocode Part of Speech: noun 1. Code written using macros. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any relatively high-level coding system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In contrast, authors of junk fiction draw their contents from a repertoire of codified commonplaces that are catachresized in a macrocode of the reader's imagination. The result may seem like fantasy literature, but instead offers just trite factuality […]
Word: macrocode Part of Speech: verb 1. To encode using a relatively high-level coding system. Labels: transitive
Word: macrocytosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English cytosis English macrocytosis From macro- + cytosis. 1. The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
Word: macrofossil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English fossil English macrofossil From macro- + fossil. 1. Any fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope. Example: The only other identifiable plant macrofossil present was a nutlet of club-rush that was morphologically most similar to grey club-rush (Schoenoplectus cf tabernaemontani). This form of club-rush is most often found near the sea, although it also grows in marshes and dune-slacks.
Word: steads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steads Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stead Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: macrogamete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English gamete English macrogamete From macro- + gamete. 1. The larger of a pair of anisogamous, conjugating gametes; the female ovule in plants or ovum for animals.
Word: sneck-bends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneck-bend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantods Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The first known record of the word is from 1839, in the book Adventures of Harry Franco by Charles Biggs. Pronunciation: /ˈfæntɒdz/ 1. plural of fantod Labels: dated, form-of, plural Example: to have/give the fantods Example: You have got strong symptoms of the fantods; your skin is so tight you can’t shut your eyes without opening your mouth.”
Word: macroglobulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin globuluslbor. French globulebor. English globule Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English globulin English macroglobulin From macro- + globulin. 1. A plasma globulin of high molecular weight
Word: steading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English steding (“place, farm”), from Middle English stede (“estate, property, holdings”), from Old English stede (“locality, place, site, position, station”). 1. A farmhouse and outer buildings such as barns, stables, cattle-sheds, etc.; a farmstead; a homestead, an onstead, an estate. Example: She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields. Example: They said nothing further, but tramped on in the growing darkness, past farm steadings, into the little village, through the silent churchyard where generations of the Pallisers lay, and up the beech avenue that led to Northrop Hall.
Word: steading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English steding (“place, farm”), from Middle English stede (“estate, property, holdings”), from Old English stede (“locality, place, site, position, station”). 1. present participle and gerund of stead Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: macroglobulinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin globuluslbor. French globulebor. English globule Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English globulin English macroglobulin Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă)der. New Latinder. English -emia English macroglobulinemia From macroglobulin + -emia. 1. The presence of high levels of macroglobulins in the blood Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macrograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -graph. 1. An image of an object as seen by the naked eye, without magnification. Example: a macrograph of a metallic fracture 2. An image of an object that is at least as large as the object.
Word: sneck lifters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneck lifter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feel the burn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The phrase was popularized by actress Jane Fonda in her highly successful 1980s aerobic exercise videotapes. 1. To feel the burning sensation arising in a muscle being intensely exercised; often used as an exhortation to extend oneself in physical exercise. Example: “Feel the burn!” Norm says, as Peoria lies over on a reverse lateral pulley system, ass up high, knees jerking back with the weight of fifty-five pounds. 2. To feel the vaginal or anal pleasure or burn felt during sexual intercourse.
Word: steaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: macrography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -graphy. 1. The examination of an object with the naked eye Labels: uncountable 2. The macroscopic appearance of an object Labels: uncountable 3. Abnormally large handwriting Labels: uncountable Example: Examination of his handwriting shows an alternation of macrography with micrography, and to this much importance is attributed, not only because this state is often present in epileptics, but because it is associated with impulse and with double personality. Example: Thus, according to various functional and organic abnormalities that can be installed, the writing disorders can be classified into the following categoriesⁱ: writing rhythm (increased rhythm or graphorrhea, vs. low rate); graphic morphology disorders (micrography, macrography, seismic handwriting), impaired semantic graphical forms (Schizophrenia handwriting, hermetic writing, doodles).
Word: felix culpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fēlīx culpa (“blessed fault”), via Roman Catholic theology, first used in Latin in the 4th century CE. 1. A series of miserable events that will eventually lead to a happier outcome. Labels: literary Example: What happens, though, if you, the filmmaker, can't get the malevolence to work? That's where Jaws had its happy misfortune, its felix culpa. When the mechanical sharks failed to work[…][Steven] Spielberg and his cast had nothing to do but hole up evening after evening in a Martha's Vineyard house and spitball about the script, story and characters. 2. The Biblical story of the fall of Adam and Eve, the original sin, seen as fortunate (fēlīx), because it led to Christian redemption and the eventual hope of Heaven. Example: I have shown that among older writers the fall of Adam was termed felix culpa, a fortunate sin, because it had been expiated with immense benefit by the incarnation of the Son of God: for he gave to the universe something more noble than anything there would otherwise have been amongst created beings.
Word: macroinstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English instruction English macroinstruction From macro- + instruction, due to their being often quite long. 1. A macro.
Word: macromere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + -mere. 1. A large blastomere.
Word: blastomere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English blasto- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)der. English -mere English blastomere From blasto- + -mere. 1. Any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg.
Word: fête champêtre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French fête champêtre 1. A garden party (pastoral festival) that was a popular form of entertainment in the 18th century, particularly popular at the French court, at Versailles. In theory it is a simple pastoral festival but in practice it was often contrived and elaborate with orchestras and fancy dress.
Word: fizgig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gig (“a frivolous woman”); the first element of the word may be from fise (“an instance of flatulence”), from fist (“an act of breaking wind”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. A flirtatious, coquettish girl, inclined to gad or gallivant about; a gig, a giglot, a jillflirt. Labels: archaic Example: You thinke (perhaps) to win great fame / by uncouth sutes and fashions wilde: / All such as know you thinke the same, / but in ech kind you are beguilde; / For when you looke for praises sound; / Then are you for light fisgiggs crownde. Example: I don't see why Gertrude is not young enough and strong enough to take care of her child herself, without having a fine madman of a nurse to help her. If she cannot it is time she is learned;—anyway, I will keep no such fizgigs about here. 2. Something frivolous or trivial; a gewgaw, a trinket. Labels: archaic Example: "[…] Lillie did the best she could, poor girl! but I could see all the time she was worrying about her new fizgigs and folderols in the house.[…]" / "[…] Young mistresses, you see, have nerves all over their house at first. They tremble at every dent in their furniture, and wink when you come near it, as if you were going to hit it a blow; but that wears off in time, and they learn to take it easy." Example: Mr. Leslie Stephen's style is exactly the opposite to Canon [Charles] Kingsley's. We have no fizgigs of fine writing for fine writing's sake, or for the sake of anything else. God is not adjured nor complimented in every other page. Christianity and muscles find their proper places. It is a perfect relief after the flabby, effeminate rhetoric with which we are now deluged, to read Mr. Leslie Stephen's terse and masculine style.
Word: fizgig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gig (“a frivolous woman”); the first element of the word may be from fise (“an instance of flatulence”), from fist (“an act of breaking wind”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. To roam around in a frivolous manner; to gad about, to gallivant. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Why should I go gadding and fizgigging after firking flantado amphibologies? Example: […] I likes you because yo're none of the fiz-gigging misses, with their roles and pomatums, and tippets, and trumpery; you're a sober minded young woman, one belike as wull keep close house, and mind business: […]
Word: fizgig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fizz + gig (“a whirling thing”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. A small squib-like firework that explodes with a fizzing or hissing noise. Labels: archaic Example: What the Chevalier [Mortram] is about to do no one is supposed to know but himself. In the impenetrable breast of the artist lies the determination […] whether a Devil-among-the-Tailors shall end his freaks with a grand explosion of flower-pots and fizzgigs; […] or a fiery dragon to dart and wriggle and spit fire over the heads of the spectators. Example: Very different were our fizgigs at Brambles'. Neither powder nor pepper (you know) was adulterated in those days, and if you made a fizgig, why it blossomed and starred like a golden thistle, flashed into a myriad sparklets like a tiny fountain for Queen Mab and her troupe to dance around.