nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: thank goodness Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Form of thank God without mentioning God: thus, a secular counterpart. 1. Expression of relief or gratitude.
Word: rurality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rural Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English rurality From rural + -ity. 1. The state of being rural. Labels: uncountable Example: Although the house is lonely it is on the electric tram route. You know the sort of market garden rurality that about a dozen miles out of London offers—alternate bricks and cabbages. 2. A rural characteristic. Labels: countable
Word: galleta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From United States Spanish galleta, guieta, of unknown origin. 1. Any of various grasses of the genus Hilaria (curly mesquite), of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Word: in so many words Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Verbatim; using exactly the given words. Example: In so many words, he asked me to give him the answers to the test. Example: He said he liked you. At least, not in so many words, but that was the idea.
Word: morbidezza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian morbidezza. Pronunciation: /ˌmɔː(ɹ)bɪˈdɛtsə/ 1. Softness, smoothness; also in a negative sense, weakness, effeminacy. Labels: uncountable Example: Yea, when we forge its image in hir excellencie, we deck it with epithets of sickish and dolorous qualities: languor, effeminacy, weaknesse, fainting and Morbidezza, a great testimony of their consanguinity and consubstantiality. 2. A naturalistic delicacy in flesh tones. Labels: uncountable
Word: jaspis Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of jasper. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Example: These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]
Word: differently able Part of Speech: adj 1. Disabled or handicapped. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: Illogical pedestrian crossings, inaccessible pavements and inconvenient public transport make it rather hostile for its differently abled citizens. Example: "We are Not Disabled; We are Differently-Abled"
Word: nogoodnik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of Russian негодник (negodnik, “worthless person, reprobate, ne'er-do-well”) By surface analysis, no good + -nik. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈɡʊdnɪk/, /noʊˈɡʊdnɪk/ 1. A ne'er-do-well; a person who is no good. Labels: US, derogatory, slang Example: Then at the last minute Harris was brought aboard as Dr. Zachary Smith, initially an authentic, lip-curling nogoodnik who, it was presently discovered, could be better used for laughs played off Mumy and a sober-sided robot (“You bubbleheaded booby,” sneers Harris. “That does not compute,” returns the robot dryly). Example: Lorne's role was that of Gary, the nogoodnik father.
Word: nogoodniks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nogoodnik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testiculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English testicle Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English testiculate From testicle + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Resembling a testicle. 2. Testicular.
Word: abdabs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly imitative of the spluttering speech of one who is extremely nervous or anxious. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.dæbz/ 1. Extreme nervousness or anxiety; terror; heebie-jeebies. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: disabused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disabuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zis Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /zɪs/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of this. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: zis Part of Speech: det Pronunciation: /zɪs/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of this. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: zis Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /zɪs/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of this. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: thermopile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English pile English thermopile From thermo- + pile. 1. An electronic device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. Usually constructed using a series-combination of thermocouples
Word: thermopiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thermopile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stupendousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stupendous 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 stupendousness From stupendous + -ness. 1. The state, condition, or quality of being stupendous. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The stupendousness of the parade was a source of civic pride.
Word: heat engines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heat engine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feedwater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feed + water. 1. Water added to a boiler to replace that lost during operation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obeisant Part of Speech: adj 1. Courteously deferential and respectful.
Word: ob-gyn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of OB-GYN. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: obscurantist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obscurant Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English obscurantist From obscurant + -ist. 1. A practitioner of obscurantism; an obscurant. Example: Aeschylus is not of design an obscurantist, but […] he distorts or omits facts. Example: The ego thinks that his local time and space is all there is to reality, and that the busy affairs of state and trade are more important than a lot of obscurantist hocus-pocus.
Word: obscurantist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English obscurant Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English obscurantist From obscurant + -ist. 1. Of or relating to obscurantism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: obsessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From obsession + -al. 1. Marked by obsession
Word: obsessive-compulsive Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks. Example: Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.
Word: obsolesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin obsolescere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”), from obs- + olesco (“to grow”). Compare adolescent. Pronunciation: /ɒbsəˈlɛs/, /ɑbsəˈlɛs/ 1. To become obsolete.
Word: dairy farming Part of Speech: noun 1. A class of animal husbandry enterprise producing dairy products. Labels: uncountable Example: Between 1940 and 1975, North Pomfret’s residents witnessed significant changes within the neighborhood. The first was the end of dairy farming as a way of life. The war years proved encouraging to North Pomfret farmers, with additional demand and higher prices for their milk. With war’s end, farmers found it possible to mechanize and expand their herds to produce more milk. Prices for milk stagnated, however, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s dairymen found that they had to expand their operations continually in order to make even more milk for less money. The final straw for North Pomfret’s farmers was the imposition of bulk-tank requirements and additional barn renovations in order to keep operating. These proved prohibitively costly and led to the last of the dairymen quitting farming.
Word: trundles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trundle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trundles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trundle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trundling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trundle Middle English -ynge English -ing English trundling From trundle + -ing. 1. gerund of trundle: the motion of something that trundles. Labels: form-of, gerund Example: [T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.
Word: trundling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English trundle Middle English -ynge English -ing English trundling From trundle + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of trundle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trundled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trundle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: covenanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From covenant + -er. 1. One who makes a covenant.
Word: triller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trill + -er. 1. A small passerine bird of the genus Lalage belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, so called because of the loud trilling calls of the male birds. 2. One who or that which trills. 3. A musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes. Example: When the left hand is the triller, it might seem more difficult to stabilize with the right, which is mostly off the flute.
Word: domainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From domain + -er. 1. An individual or company that engages in the buying, selling, marketing, monetization and publishing of Internet domain names.
Word: nobilissimus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōbilissimus, superlative of nōbilis (“noble”). 1. A senior title of nobility conferred on members of the Roman and Byzantine imperial families. Example: Changing my manner somewhat, I began with gentle censure of the Nobilissimus.
Word: herpetological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English herpetology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English herpetological From herpetology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
Word: unleaf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English leaf English unleaf From un- + leaf. 1. Alternative form of unleave. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glabrous skin Part of Speech: noun 1. Skin normally devoid of hair. Labels: uncountable
Word: unleave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English leave English unleave From un- + leave. 1. To remove the leaves from. Labels: transitive 2. To lose leaves. Labels: intransitive
Word: waterleaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + leaf. 1. Any plant of the genus Hydrophyllum. 2. Any plant of Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family. 3. A tropical plant (Talinum fruticosum), the leaves of which are eaten as a vegetable. Example: ‘I like how the onions and waterleaf are slightly raw. They spice the egusi nicely, very nicely.’ 4. A leaf-shaped decoration used on the capitals of columns in late 12th-century Romanesque architecture 5. An absorbent unsized paper, somewhat like blotter paper.
Word: hardcover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hard + cover. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə/, /ˈhɑɹdˌkʌvɚ/, /ˈhɐːdˌkɐvə/ 1. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.
Word: hardcover Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + cover. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːdˌkʌvə/, /ˈhɑɹdˌkʌvɚ/, /ˈhɐːdˌkɐvə/ 1. Having a rigid binding. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hardcovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardcover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vastus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vastus (“vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous”). Doublet of vast. Pronunciation: /ˈvæs.təs/ 1. One of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.
Word: take a leaf out of someone's book Part of Speech: verb 1. To adopt an idea or practice of another person. Labels: idiomatic Example: Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.
Word: pull up stumps Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire pulling up the stumps. 1. To cease doing something, at least for the day. Labels: figuratively
Word: pull up stumps Part of Speech: verb Etymology: To cut off one's roots; or to pull up your house, (figurative) stumps & all. 1. To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place. Labels: US, figuratively
Word: obstructionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English obstruction Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English obstructionism From obstruction + -ism. Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən.ɪz(.ə)m/ 1. A deliberate policy of obstructing something, especially a political process or body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The most promising mode of attack for the right may be state-led obstructionism.
Word: causes of action Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cause of action Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obviation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obviacioun, from Medieval Latin obviātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌɒbviˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of obviating; deterrence or prevention. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: open-air Part of Speech: adj 1. Located or taking place outdoors. Labels: not-comparable Example: All along the way we enjoyed very favourable opportunities for open-air preaching, and for disposing of large quantities of Christian books and tracts. Example: Wearing his best suit and sunglasses, the sultan of Slowjamastan officially declared independence from the United States of America at 12:26 p.m. on December 1, 2021 as he broadcast the secession live from his open-air government “office” in Dublândia, the capital of the Republic of Slowjamastan.
Word: open-and-shut Part of Speech: adj 1. Simple and obvious; easily decided. Labels: informal
Word: open-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alert and vigilant. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Amazonomachy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of Amazonomachia, after -machy (suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘battle, fight’). Amazonomachia is either borrowed from French Amazonomachie or German Amazonomachie, or is a direct learned borrowing from their etymon Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Amazonomăkhĭ́ā), from Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “mythical female warrior from the Black Sea region”) (for further etymology see that entry) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle, combat”) (either ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to fight”) or Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /ˌæməzəˈnɒməki/, /ˌæməzəˈnɑməki/, /ˌæməˌzɑ-/ 1. Synonym of Amazonomachia (“a battle with Amazons (“mythical female warriors thought to inhabit the Black Sea region”); also (art), an artistic representation of such a scene”). Example: The usual themes are mythological, and of these certain ones enjoyed especial popularity. A few great mythical contests, viz., that of the Gods against the Giants, those of the Greeks against Centaurs, against Amazons, and against Trojans, supply subject matter to an impressively large number of decorative Greek sculptures. Of these themes the centauromachies and amazonomachies were the most often repeated. Example: Several substantial fragments of a sarcophagus decorated with an Amazonomachy are in the possession of the Fogg Museum of Harvard University. […] The composition of the scene on the front is in three parts, the usual division of groups on sarcophagi with Amazonomachies.
Word: Amazons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Amazon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Amazons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Amazon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -machy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Representing Ancient Greek -μαχία (-makhía), from μάχη (mákhē, “battle, fight; dispute”). Pronunciation: /məki/ 1. Forming nouns with the sense of ‘battle, fight’. Labels: morpheme
Word: enfleurage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French enfleurage. Pronunciation: /ˌɑ̃.fluˈɹɑʒ/ 1. The process of extracting fragrance (essential oils) from flowers by using unscented wax or fat, then extracting with alcohol. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents. Example: ‘Thereʼs a man in Somerset who claims heʼs invented a method of enfleurage that requires no alcohol.’
Word: patti Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional residential subdivision or unit found in settlements of Punjab.
Word: hain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge. The noun is from Middle English heyn. 1. To hedge or fence in; enclose; protect by hedging. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive 2. To save; spare; refrain from using or spending. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive 3. To be thrifty; be economical. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
Word: hain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier hayne, from Middle English *haynen, *heynen, from Old Norse hegna (“to protect; defend”), from Proto-Germanic *haginjaną (“to hedge”), equivalent to hedge + -en. Cognate with Icelandic hegna (“to fence; confine; punish”), Swedish hägna (“to fence off; enclose; protect”), Danish hegne (“to enclose; fence in”). Related to hedge. The noun is from Middle English heyn. 1. An enclosure; a park Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, obsolete
Word: teet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of teat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teet Part of Speech: adj 1. Fast, swift, nimble.
Word: outcaste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out- + caste, modelled after outcast. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/, /ˈaʊtkæst/ 1. An outcast from the caste system. Example: […] the essay interprets the oral traditions of the outcaste Bhuinyas who have traditionally worked as the kamias or dependent labourers of maliks or upper-caste landlords in the southern part of Bihar in eastern India. […] But the kamias' ties with the maliks predated the designation of the relationship as bondage in the nineteenth century. 2. In caste-based societies, such as Indian or medieval Japan, an individual or group of people who do not belong to any officially recognized caste.
Word: outcaste Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out- + caste, modelled after outcast. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/, /ˈaʊtkæst/ 1. To expel from a caste. Labels: transitive
Word: katua Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of katwa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haggardly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From haggard (noun) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡə(ɹ)dli/ 1. Synonym of haggard. Example: [T]he higheſt flying Hawke, pꝛooueth often haggardly, and the beſt condicions ly not alwayes vnder bꝛaue apparel: […] Example: [H]e is low of Stature, his Hair almoſt white, roving Eyes, high Eagle nos’d, ſhort Neck, ſhrub ſhoulder’d, haggardly, froward, and unſociable in his Diſcourſes.
Word: haggardly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From haggard (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhæɡə(ɹ)dli/ 1. In a haggard manner. Example: How Haggardly ſo e're ſhe looks at home.
Word: halfheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English halfhearted Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English halfheartedly From halfhearted + -ly. 1. With little enthusiasm or interest. Example: Near-synonyms: unenthusiastically, lukewarmly Example: This appeal seemed to produce some effect, for two of the fellows began to look here and there among the lumber, but half-heartedly, I thought, and with half an eye to their own danger all the time, while the rest stood irresolute on the road.
Word: haplessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hapless Middle English -ly English -ly English haplessly From hapless + -ly. 1. In a hapless manner. Example: The only real knock against “Mortshall” is that “Rick and Morty get sick of each other and split up for a while” feels kind of old hat at this point—the comic premise of the show requires their relationship to be toxic (because a lot of the humor comes from seeing Rick be a shit and seeing Morty try haplessly to deal with Rick being a shit), and they can only try and sell the illusion that anything is going to change so many times before it starts to get stale.
Word: hardheadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hardheaded Middle English -ly English -ly English hardheadedly From hardheaded + -ly. 1. In a hardheaded manner.
Word: hardheartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hardhearted Middle English -ly English -ly English hardheartedly From hardhearted + -ly. 1. In a hardhearted manner.
Word: onomasticons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικόν (onomastikón), neuter form of ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós, “belonging to names”). More information: see there. 1. plural of onomasticon Labels: form-of, plural Example: We consulted several onomasticons.
Word: harmfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English harmful Middle English -ly English -ly English harmfully From harmful + -ly. 1. In a harmful manner. Example: the examinations of the blood seemed to show that this was due to the arsenic operating harmfully on the white corpuscles. Example: But I am asking us to examine a comedic device that not only degrades women but also reinforces the absolutely incorrect and harmfully transmisogynistic idea that trans women are really just "men in dresses."
Word: harmlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English harmless Middle English -ly English -ly English harmlessly From harmless + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːmləsli/, /ˈhɑɹmləsli/ 1. In a harmless manner. Example: This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.
Word: harmonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English harmonic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English harmonically From harmonic + -ally. 1. In a harmonic manner.
Word: hatefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hatfully, equivalent to hateful + -ly. 1. In a hateful manner. Example: And they shall deale with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leaue thee naked and bare, and the nakednesse of thy whoredomes shall bee discouered, both thy lewdnesse and thy whoredomes.
Word: hauntingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hauntingli, hawntyngly, equivalent to haunting + -ly. 1. In a haunting manner.
Word: hazardously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hazardous Middle English -ly English -ly English hazardously From hazardous + -ly. 1. In a hazardous manner. Example: [T]he early Middle English of The Owl and the Nightingale more recognizable but hazardously obscure without a glossary.
Word: hazily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hazy Middle English -ly English -ly English hazily From hazy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzɪli/ 1. In a hazy manner; unclearly, foggily. Example: Policies and statements may refer to Scots as a minority language on occasion, but far more frequently it is framed as a hazily defined cultural asset or creative resource.
Word: headily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heady Middle English -ly English -ly English headily From heady + -ly. 1. In a heady manner.
Word: healthfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English helthfully, equivalent to healthful + -ly. 1. In a healthful manner. Example: Some have argued that low-income households cannot afford to eat healthfully due to the high cost of these foods. Income is one component of the cost equation. We find that low-income households spend less on fruits and vegetables, […]
Word: heartlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heartless Middle English -ly English -ly English heartlessly From heartless + -ly. 1. In a heartless manner. Example: It is the habit of heartlessly pecking at these that shows a soul that is blasé. Of late, for example, it has been a fashion with a small minority of British writers to assert their culture by a very supercilious demeanour towards an idea which ought, beyond all others, to be sacred in this island—the idea of Liberty. Example: As you recover from Junkspace, Junkspace recovers from you: between 2 and 5 a.m., yet another population, this one heartlessly casual and appreciably darker, is mopping, hoovering, sweeping, toweling, resupplying.
Word: heartrendingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heartrending Middle English -ly English -ly English heartrendingly From heartrending + -ly. 1. In a heartrending manner.
Word: heatedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heated Middle English -ly English -ly English heatedly From heated + -ly. 1. In a heated manner. Example: Pungent sweat and heatedly trodden grass, fumes of tea and porter, thrum of hooves from the paddock, the strikings-up and dyings-down of the band all fused into an extreme for Antonia, whose own senses, boastful, stood up to it.
Word: heavy-handedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heavy-handed Middle English -ly English -ly English heavy-handedly From heavy-handed + -ly. 1. In a heavy-handed manner.
Word: hectically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hectic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hectically From hectic + -ally. 1. In a hectic manner.
Word: heedfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heedful Middle English -ly English -ly English heedfully From heedful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːdfəli/ 1. In a heedful manner. Example: they did, as long as they were possessed with that care, heedefully abstaine from all venerian acts, and touching of women.
Word: heedlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heedless Middle English -ly English -ly English heedlessly From heedless + -ly. 1. In a heedless manner: with unawareness; without noticing; carelessly, inattentively.
Word: heinously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heinous Middle English -ly English -ly English heinously From heinous + -ly. 1. In a heinous manner. Example: At length the ministering mutual friend obtained the consent of the Angersteins that Duval should offer, in person, the best and sincerest proofs of his self-abhorrence, of his repentance, and of his unspeakable admiration of the character and conduct of her whom he had so heinously distressed, and unmanlily assailed.
Word: hellishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hellish Middle English -ly English -ly English hellishly From hellish + -ly. 1. In a hellish manner. Example: I expect you to feel pretty sick, but if you imagine that this means nothing to me either, you are hellishly mistaken.
Word: hesitatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hesitating Middle English -ly English -ly English hesitatingly From hesitating + -ly. 1. In a hesitating manner. Example: “’E’s awful bad, sir," said the voice, hesitatingly. Example: As he passed the drawing-room door he heard Ethel say hesitatingly: "I - I heard you singing from the verandah."
Word: heterogeneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English heterogeneous Middle English -ly English -ly English heterogeneously From heterogeneous + -ly. 1. In a heterogeneous manner.
Word: hideously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hidously; equivalent to hideous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪd.i.əs.li/ 1. In a hideous manner. 2. To an extreme degree. Example: Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention. Example: Pack a larger-than-normal hypochondria kit that includes sunscreen, plastic bandages and allergy pills. Such things are hard to find or hideously expensive.
Word: highhandedly Part of Speech: adv 1. In a high-handed manner.
Word: high-mindedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English high-minded Middle English -ly English -ly English high-mindedly From high-minded + -ly. 1. In a high-minded manner.
Word: hilariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hilarious Middle English -ly English -ly English hilariously From hilarious + -ly. 1. In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly. Example: a hilariously funny joke 2. With great hilarity or mirth. Example: They laughed hilariously at the comedy film.
Word: histrionically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English histrionic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English histrionically From histrionic + -ally. 1. In a histrionic manner. Example: Mother shouted the last question with her hands thrust histrionically aloft.
Word: hoggishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hoggish Middle English -ly English -ly English hoggishly From hoggish + -ly. 1. In a hoggish manner. Example: And there was Talbot's great diseased appetite to corroborate a belief that expatriate educationists ate hoggishly.
Word: holistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English holistic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English holistically From holistic + -ally. 1. In a holistic manner. Example: She spoke in a consultant's sound byte fashion, which translates text into your head holistically, calmly, slowly, and full of quotations.
Word: hollowly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hollow Middle English -ly English -ly English hollowly From hollow + -ly. 1. in a hollow manner
Word: homogeneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English homogeneous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English homogeneously From homogeneous + -ly. 1. In a homogeneous manner.
Word: honorarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English honorary Middle English -ly English -ly English honorarily From honorary + -ly. 1. In an honorary manner.
Word: horrendously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English horrendous Middle English -ly English -ly English horrendously From horrendous + -ly. Pronunciation: /həˈɹɛndəsli/ 1. In a horrendous manner. Example: The car handled horrendously when I took it for a test drive. Example: Mean-times, spelling and pronunciation are horrendously uncircumvoluted and the English vocabulary simply oozes with unloquaciousness. Irregardless of whether I say “wreck a nice beach” or “recognize speech,” you know what I mean, unless I say it too fast.
Word: horridly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin horridusbor. English horrid Middle English -ly English -ly English horridly From horrid + -ly. 1. In a horrid manner. Example: [W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules? Example: The Black Dwarfs wear black jackets and caps, are not handsome like the others, but on the contrary are horridly ugly, with weeping eyes, like blacksmiths and colliers.
Word: horrifically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English horrific Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English horrifically From horrific + -ally. 1. In a horrific manner. Example: What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?
Word: hospitably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hospitable Middle English -ly English -ly English hospitably From hospitable + -ly. 1. in a hospitable manner. Example: No other pedestrian was in sight; the door stood hospitably open and Mr Slater walked in. Example: Harrison was pretty well ginned-up when his guests arrived and he had proffered drinks freely and hospitably ever since.
Word: hostilely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hostile Middle English -ly English -ly English hostilely From hostile + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑ.staɪl.li/, /ˈhɑs.təl.li/, /ˈhɑs.tə.li/ 1. In a hostile manner. Example: "But why," demanded the other lady hostilely, "why should the man want her here?" Example: He watched as she paced to the other side of the counter, visibly blanching at the sight of hen and rooster salt and pepper shakers, hostilely eyeing the toaster’s knitted pink cozy, recoiling from a strange little ball made entirely of rubber bands.
Word: hotheadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hotheaded Middle English -ly English -ly English hotheadedly From hotheaded + -ly. 1. In a hotheaded manner.
Word: humanly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From human (adjective) + -ly (adverbial suffix). Piecewise doublet of humanely (in Middle English as humanly, when human and humane had not yet become different words). Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːmənli/ 1. In a human manner. Example: Lastly, by all means keep the body warm, and remember that the more careful you are of yourself, even at the risk of being thought "old wifish," you will, humanly speaking, be enabled to enjoy the sport to a greater age than you might otherwise do.
Word: humanly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From human (noun) + -ly (adjectival suffix). Used once in Middle English, as humaynly, modelled on Middle Dutch and meaning “characteristic of human nature”. Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːmənli/ 1. Of or pertaining to humans; human. Labels: nonstandard, possibly Example: Certainly its movements do not appear to be regulated by any of those laws by which it has been generally supposed that the humanly bodies are governed—but like all new impossible and unaccountable things, we suppose it will be very soon be explained upon very plain natural principles. Example: But it was with radiant humanly smiles, in unison with joy bells, that their sister Muriel received them.
Word: humidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid Middle English -ly English -ly English humidly From humid + -ly. 1. In a humid manner.
Word: humiliatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English humiliating Middle English -ly English -ly English humiliatingly From humiliating + -ly. 1. In a humiliating manner.
Word: hungrily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English hungryly, equivalent to hungry + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/, /ˈhʌŋɡɹəli/ 1. In a hungry way or manner; with hunger. Example: For at the last shall the thunder, fleeing to escape from the doom of the gods, roar horribly among the Worlds; and Time, the hound of the gods, shall bay hungrily at his masters because he is lean with age. Example: Nungi was too hungrily cross to be respectful.
Word: hurtfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English hurtful Middle English -ly English -ly English hurtfully From hurtful + -ly. 1. In a hurtful manner.
Word: huskily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English husky Middle English -ly English -ly English huskily From husky + -ly. 1. In a husky manner. Example: "Veronica!" he quavered huskily.
Word: kalan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian кала́н (kalán). 1. The sea otter. Labels: archaic
Word: aloin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aloe Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English aloin From aloe + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈæloʊ.ɪn/ 1. A glycoside derivative of anthracene, found in aloe, that is used as a laxative. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ill-bred Part of Speech: adj 1. ill-mannered and unrefined because of a lack of upbringing or education Example: It is, therefore, quite believable that many of these secret agents were as blunderful and tactless as any ill-bred son of the soil could be... 2. of bad breed Example: On the night in question, the whole house was awakened by a dreadful cats'-concert. Two or three of the gang of ill-bred, shabby cats that ran wild over the brick roofs of our town were sitting on the general's terrace screaming at the top of their repulsive voices.
Word: tein Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtiːɪn/, /ˈteɪ.ɪn/ 1. Alternative form of tiyn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: refusenik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From refuse + -nik (suffix denoting a nickname for a person who endorses, exemplifies, or is associated with something, often a particular ideology or preference), a calque of Russian отка́зник (otkáznik), from отка́з (otkáz, “denial, refusal, rejection, repudiation”) + -ник (-nik, suffix forming masculine nouns, usually denoting adherents, etc.). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfjuːznɪk/, /ɹəˈfjuznɪk/, /ɹi-/ 1. One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to immigrate to Israel). Labels: historical, slang Example: The refuseniki say they don’t want to change anything in the U.S.S.R., only leave it. Example: In 1974, a handful of brave Soviet Jews haunted foreign embassies in Moscow hoping for exit visas. Refuseniks, they were called; the Brezhnev Government wouldn't let them out. 2. A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination. Labels: broadly, informal Example: Near-synonyms: recusant, decliner, dissenter, objector, protester, defier, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, renegade Example: Hope in liberation can imbue the singular transgressive body-performativity as well as the performative uses of fallibilist pragmatic presuppositions of human communication action. This risky hope—it is another name for the coalitions and the communities among refuseniki—appears under the figures of a radically existential and multicultural democracy.
Word: go to the toilet Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a toilet. Labels: euphemistic Example: Voiceover: You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a baby. You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet. You wouldn't go to the toilet in his helmet and then send it to the policeman's grieving widow and then steal it again. Downloading films is stealing. If you do it you WILL face the consequences. Roy: Man, these anti-piracy ads are getting really mean.
Word: amender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English amend 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 amender From amend + -er. 1. One who amends.
Word: bitume Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French bitume. Doublet of bitumen. Pronunciation: /bɪˈtjuːm/, /bɪˈtuːm/ 1. bitumen Labels: obsolete, poetic, uncountable Example: Make thee an arke of timber planke: cabinets ſhalt thou make in the arke, and ſhalt pitch it within, and without with bitume.
Word: up and leave Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave abruptly.
Word: in hospital Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a hospital as a patient. Labels: UK
Word: in the hospital Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Admitted as a patient in a hospital. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic
Word: harakat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic حَرَكَات (ḥarakāt), plural of حَرَكَة (ḥaraka) 1. Diacritics marking short vowels in Arabic script. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: panin Part of Speech: noun 1. A hominid of the genus Pan. Example: Against the backdrop of these global and local climatic changes, the LCA of African apes and humans split into a gorilline clade and Pan-Homo clade, and the latter split again into panin and hominin clades.
Word: annat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of annate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kantoi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kantoi. Pronunciation: /ˈkan̪.t̪oi̯/ 1. caught in the act, busted Labels: Malaysia, colloquial Example: The man was kantoi stealing goods at 7-Eleven last night.
Word: moviehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of movie + house. 1. A cinema or movie theater. Labels: US
Word: pinecone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pine + cone. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪnˌkoʊn/ 1. A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree. 2. The seed-bearing structure of any conifer, such as fir, spruce, cedar, etc. Labels: broadly
Word: pinecone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pine + cone. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪnˌkoʊn/ 1. To become bloated in a way that causes the fish's scales to flare out and resemble a pinecone.
Word: Kalevala Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Kalevala. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑleɪˌvɑlə/, /ˌkɑleɪˈvɑlə/ 1. The Finnish national epic. 2. The mythical location where the heroes of Kalevala live. 3. An urban-type settlement, the administrative capital of the Kalevalsky District, Republic of Karelia, in northwestern Russia; also historically known as Uhtua.
Word: shoutings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shouting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wave vector Part of Speech: noun 1. A vector whose direction is that of the direction of propagation of a wave, and whose magnitude is inversely proportional to its wavelength
Word: judgements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of judgement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wavenumber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + number. 1. A measure of the number of waves in unit distance; inversely proportional to its wavelength.
Word: himation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἱμάτιον (himátion), diminutive of ἷμα (hîma), a variant form of εἷμα (heîma, “garment”). 1. A rectangular cloak of linen or wool, worn in Ancient Greece, usually over a chiton. Labels: historical Example: On the back the dress was pulled toward the right side so as to cover it completely up to the right shoulder, or, at least, to the armpit, in which latter case the right shoulder remained uncovered. Finally, the himation was again thrown over the left shoulder, so that the ends fell over the back. Example: She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.
Word: molars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of molar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mummers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mummer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mummers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mummer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peplos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos). 1. An Ancient Greek garment, worn by women, formed of a tubular piece of cloth, which is folded back upon itself halfway down, until the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Labels: historical Example: An obvious question arises: what on earth can Herakles do with a peplos? Throughout Greek tradition, the peplos ("piece of cloth, veil, dress") is a woman's garment, and sometimes a barbarian's garment—no contradiction, as far as a Greek is concerned. Example: The garments (peploi) that serve the Trojan women as a pretext to laying hands on their victims are also the means of concealing the daggers that will kill […]
Word: Nineveh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Niniuea (under influence from Biblical Hebrew נִינְוֵה (nīnəwē)), from Latin Nīnevē, from Ancient Greek Νινευή (Nineuḗ), ultimately from Akkadian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 𒀏 (/⁠Ninua⁠/) or Old Babylonian 𒌷𒉌𒉡𒀀 (/⁠Ninuwā⁠/) of uncertain origin, but is clearly a variation of 𒀏 (/⁠ninâ⁠/, “fish”). The cuneiform seems to denote "House of Fish", although whether this referred to literal fish, an aspect of Ishtar, a separate Hurrian goddess, or something else entirely is unclear. The traditional folk etymology in classical antiquity derived it from an eponymous founder Ninus (Greek: Νίνος (Nínos)). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪnɪvə/, /ˈnɪnəvə/ 1. The capital of ancient Assyria, now Mosul, Iraq. Labels: historical 2. A governorate in Northern Iraq.
Word: nicknamed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a nickname.
Word: nicknamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nickname Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lagoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lagoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ledgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ledger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lecturers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lecturer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lentils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lentil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magnifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unfading Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + fading. 1. Not fading; not losing its color or intensity, or being forgotten. Labels: not-comparable
Word: oppressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English oppressive Middle English -ly English -ly English oppressively From oppressive + -ly. 1. In an oppressive manner.
Word: saidan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 祭(さい)壇(だん) (saidan). 1. A Japanese Buddhist altar. Example: Conducted in a specially designated ceremonial room, containing a Saidan, or altar, preparations for the ceremony begin with the placing of the likenesses of the Japanese gods upon the top tier, the most honorable place.
Word: kaidan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 怪談. 1. A traditional Japanese ghost story or horror story.