nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: greatly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English gretly, gretely, gretliche, greteliche, equivalent to great + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtli/ 1. To a great extent or degree. Example: Expenses greatly exceeded revenues this year, much to nobody's surprise. Example: He was more greatly beloved than anyone in living memory. 2. Nobly; magnanimously. Labels: archaic Example: His Suff’rings ſhine, and ſpread a Glory round him; Greatly unfortunate, he fights the Cauſe Of Honour, Virtue, Liberty, and Rome. Example: But all this our fisher, who was neither a poet, nor a dependent, did not know, so he concluded, that all who were truly great, were truly greatly minded, and noble in soul, as they were exalted by birth, and rich in splendour.
Word: constructed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹʌktəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of construct Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: constructed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹʌktəd/ 1. Artificial; man-made. Labels: not-comparable Example: Durham County uses both approaches, preserving rural open space as well as cleaning parking lot runoff. Constructed wetlands that include trees can serve many purposes: purify drinking water by filtering stormwater, cool the city,[…]
Word: constructs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of construct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: constructs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of construct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: schlump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe). Pronunciation: /ʃlʌmp/ 1. Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking. Labels: slang Example: Leave the schlumps behind. You can't hope to find Mr. Right but continue to see Mr. Not-on-Your-Life.
Word: schlump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe). Pronunciation: /ʃlʌmp/ 1. To move in a heavy, lazy or slovenly way. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: After years of wearing her hair in braids and schlumping down Seventh Avenue all covered up in padded coats, sweaters, and undies, Wally reinvented herself as a hot tamale with a mane of wild ringlets and a Coca-Cola—shaped bod. Example: Al then schlumped upstage to the piano to talk with a man who could do anything asked of him. (Theater accompanists are an amazing lot. They can play anything you request in any tempo and in every key.)
Word: missing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of miss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: missing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ 1. Not able to be located; gone, misplaced. Labels: not-comparable Example: my missing socks Example: Forty three killed and 80 wounded in action with the Implacable. 180 killed and miſſing in action with the Centaur. 2. Not present when it (they) should be. Labels: not-comparable Example: missing data point Example: Joe went missing last year. He had all teeth missing when he was finally found. 3. Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault. Labels: not-comparable
Word: missing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ 1. A value that is missing. Example: The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software. Example: Patterns of missings across the whole data set are readily visible, but also patterns which only apply to small subgroups of cases.
Word: criticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English critic 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 criticism From critic + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪtɪsɪzm̩/ 1. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed. Labels: uncountable Example: The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue. Example: Criticism has been leveled at a number of prominent figures. 2. A critical observation or detailed examination and review. Labels: countable Example: The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue. Example: I was stung by her harsh criticisms.
Word: popularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From popular + -ity, from Latin popularitas (“an effort to please the people”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɒp.jəˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/, /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, [ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi], /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/, [ˌpɑ.pjəˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi] 1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: This destination has increased in popularity after great reviews in the guide books. Example: Politicians are rarely known for their popularity. 2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: So this Gallant, labouring to avoid Popularity, falls into a habit of Affectation, Ten thousand times hatefuller than the former. 3. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people Labels: archaic, broadly, uncountable, usually 4. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: Popularities, and circumstances which […] sway the ordinary judgment. 5. The act of courting the favour of the people. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Cato (the younger) charged Muraena, and indicted him in open court for popularity and ambition. 6. Public sentiment; general passion. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease.
Word: virtual reality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French réalité virtuelle. virtual + reality Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)tʃuəl ɹiːˈælɪti/ 1. A computer technology that simulates a real or imagined environment so that the user can interact with it as if physically present. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A text adventure or multi-user dungeon. Labels: broadly, countable, dated, uncountable Example: When a player like Shotton's interviewee controls a persona in a MUA and becomes absorbed to such an extent that he is oblivious to the real world, concentrating only on the virtual reality, then the player and his persona fuse; he 'becomes' his persona in that MUA. As far as the player is concerned, things are happening not to the persona but to he himself. He can do things that are impossible in the real world, and be whoever he wants to be. That's the attraction. Example: In the virtual reality, text is all there is. If you see `Blackbriar chuckles.' then that is the closest you're going to get to a real chuckle in this environment. 3. Something conjectured which is effectively coming into existence. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bridezilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bride + -zilla. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹaɪdˈzɪlə/ 1. An unpleasant, difficult, overdemanding bride-to-be, stressed over the planning of her wedding. Labels: humorous, usually
Word: whimsical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English whimsy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English whimsical From whimsy + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmzɪkəl/ 1. Given to whimsy. Example: "But perhaps he may be a little whimsical in his civilities," replied her uncle. "Your great men often are; and therefore I shall not take him at his word, as he might change his mind another day, and warn me off his grounds." Example: Mr. Sherlock Holmes was leaning back in his chair after his whimsical protest, and was unfolding his morning paper in a leisurely fashion, […].
Word: playful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪfl̩/ 1. Enjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the manner of a child or young pet (viz. puppy or kitten). Example: Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life. 2. Funny; humorous; jesty; frolicsome; frisky. Example: John is a playful fellow. Example: A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties. 3. Fun; recreational; unserious. Example: A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence. 4. Experimental. Example: He was a rather playful artist.
Word: methinks Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From Middle English me thinketh from Old English mē þynceþ (from þyncan (“to seem”)); equivalent to me (indirect object pronoun, as in “show me it”) + think (“to seem”). Compare synonymous Flemish me dunkt, German mir/mich dünkt, Old Norse mér þykkir (Icelandic mér þykir). Compare meseems. Pronunciation: /mɪˈθɪŋks/, /miˈθɪŋks/ 1. It seems to me. Labels: archaic, contraction, humorous Example: methinks the truth should live from age to age, Example: The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Word: olden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English olden, probably originally an inflected plural form of old (compare Old English ealdum, dative plural of eald (“old”)), but later reanalysed as equivalent to old + -en (“made of”). Otherwise derived from Old Norse aldinn (“ancient, old”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊl.dn̩/, /ˈəʊl.dən/, /ˈoʊldn̩/, /ˈoʊldən/ 1. From or relating to a previous era. Labels: not-comparable Example: olden days, olden times Example: "You are right to some extent in what you say. In the olden days people had a stronger belief in all kinds of witchery; now they pretend not to believe in it, that they may be looked upon as sensible and educated people, as you say." 2. Old; ancient. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: We […] told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion. Example: Beowulf, behind his shield, thrust forth only his right arm. In it he had picked up the sword of Ing, well known in olden lore.
Word: olden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From old + -en (“to make (adjective)”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊl.dn̩/, /ˈəʊl.dən/, /ˈoʊldn̩/, /ˈoʊldən/ 1. To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age. Labels: dated, intransitive, rare Example: Of all Sedley's opponents in his debates with his creditors which now ensued, and harassed the feelings of the humiliated old gentleman so severely, that in six weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years before—the most determined and obstinate seemed to be John Osborne, his old friend and neighbour […] Example: They were not worldly days; and so, as we olden with our passage through the world, they stay young, and we love them as pure youthful things are loved.
Word: newfangled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From new + fangled, from obsolete fangle (“to fashion”). Pronunciation: /ˌnjuːˈfæŋ.ɡəɫd/, /ˌnuˈfæŋ.ɡəld/ 1. New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement. Labels: derogatory, disapproving, humorous, not-comparable, usually Example: newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little Example: We notice by our exchanges that great efforts are being made throughout the western States especially, to palm off upon the farming public various kinds of patent churns, or to induce many mechanics to give large sums for the Right to manufacture the same—while in a majority of cases, we believe, the articles are absolutely worthless, or inferior to older kinds that might be procured for less money. We have repeatedly cautioned our readers against purchasing these new fangled churns until after they have been more fully tested; and we are happy to know that our remarks have saved not a few of our friends from imposition. To set this matter in a clearer light before our readers, we will glance at a few of the different churns, now most prominently before the public—some valuable, some useless. 2. Fond of novelty. Labels: not-comparable
Word: smarmy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smarm + -y. Apparently coined by "B.R.L., of Brighton" with sense "saying treacly things which do not sound genuine" in a competition for neologisms in The Academy (London) published on 14 January 1899. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɑː.mi/, /ˈsmɑɹ.mi/ 1. Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious. Example: a smarmy salesman with a big smile Example: “Hey, slow down, nature boy.” “Y'know, screw you, Jen. I'm sick of your smarmy comments. I may not be the toughest guy out there, or the smartest, but at least I can admit it. All you ever do is complain and tear down your friends and pick on people and--” “But I'm just kidding!” “Yeah, you're always kidding.” “Hey, Alex, you know you get the most abuse because you're my best friend. Sorry about that.” “You're apologizing?” “Yeah.” “Okay. Anyway, let's find some help.” “You really think I'm smarmy?” “Yeah.” “I always thought of myself as more of the snide type.” 2. Unctuous, greasy, as hair from pomade. Labels: dated, rare Example: He looked faintly loutish, with smarmy hair and a hint of a moustache. Example: I pulled on my smarmy t-shirt and my ragged jeans and dragged myself to report to my supervisor.
Word: surgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgien et al.), from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgeon. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/, /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/ 1. One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. Example: The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son. 2. A surgeonfish.
Word: ornate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of orné. Pronunciation: /ɔɹˈneɪt/ 1. Elaborately ornamented, often to excess. Example: The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ;[…]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.” 2. Flashy, flowery or showy. 3. Finely finished, as a style of composition. Example: a graceful and ornate rhetoric
Word: ornate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ōrnātus, perfect passive participle of ōrnō (“to equip, adorn”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orner. 1. To adorn or honour (someone or something). Labels: obsolete Example: And truely thoſe that lyue in the feare of god, (conſydering that they ſerue not only their carnal maiſters, but God hymſelfe,) they be in a good caſe: but they may not bee eye ſeruauntes. […] Saincte Paule woulde haue them to lyue ſo, that they maye ornate and ſanctifye the name of God.
Word: ornithologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ornithology 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 ornithologist From ornithology + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒləd͡ʒɪst/, /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑləd͡ʒɪst/ 1. A person who studies or practices ornithology. Example: Mr. Worple in his spare time was what is known as an ornithologist. He had written a book called American Birds, and was writing another, to be called More American Birds. Example: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
Word: ya Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of jij (“you”). Pronunciation: /jə/ 1. Nonstandard spelling of you. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: But you don't really care for music, do ya? Example: Lola got a shocked look on her face then said, “Ya need to stop actin' jealous if ya aint, and ya can't control what I do. Ya aint my daddy and ya aint my man. I'll see ya tomorrah after work if ya want. Just give me a call, ya have my number”.
Word: ya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Apparently from German ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah. Pronunciation: /jɑː/ 1. Yeah; yes. Labels: informal
Word: ya Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ya, from Old English ġēa, iā (“yea, yes”). More at yea. Pronunciation: /ˈjɑː/, /ˈjɐ/ 1. yea; yes Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, West-Country, dialectal, not-comparable Example: 'Ya, wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, […]' Example: Ya, auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.
Word: ya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Variation of hyah. 1. Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.) Labels: informal
Word: ya Part of Speech: det 1. Nonstandard spelling of your. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: ya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian я (ja). 1. A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.
Word: ya Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes. Pronunciation: /jɑ/, [jɑː˨˦] 1. Yes, yeah (used to express affirmation) Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, informal
Word: ya Part of Speech: particle Etymology: From Malay ya, from Dutch ja (and ultimately Proto-Germanic *ja). Reinforced by informal variants of yes in English (e.g., yeah). Doublet of yes. Pronunciation: /jɑ/, [jɑː˨˦] 1. Used to form a confirmation-seeking tag question, expecting an affirmative response. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: What about yourself Mr Chee, never look a day older, you'll see the rest of us six feet under… Really you look very well. I heard you went for new treatment in Switzerland ya?…
Word: ornithology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos), from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/, /ˌɔɹnɪˈθɑlədʒi/ 1. The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gesner says in his Ornithology, that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great, who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens. Example: Jerome A. Jackson, an ivory bill specialist at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, has now increased the intensity of the discussion in a 15-page article in the current issue of The Auk, a quarterly ornithology journal published by the American Ornithologists' Union.
Word: orphanage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 1570s; orphan + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ)fənɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: children's home (not always different) 2. Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: orthodoxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) + δόξα (dóxa, “way, opinion”). By surface analysis, orthodox + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːθədɒksi/, /ˈɔɹθədɑksi/, /ˈɔːɹθədɑːksi/ 1. Correctness of doctrine and belief in regard to any doctrinal (i.e. philosophical or theological) system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] these tributes studiously ignore another aspect of his life: how, throughout his later career, Mr. Rustin repeatedly challenged progressive orthodoxies. 2. Conformity to established and accepted beliefs (usually of religions). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Orthodoxy of any kind, any pretense that a system of ideas is final and must be unquestioningly accepted as a whole, is the one view which of necessity antagonizes all intellectuals, whatever their views on particular issues. Example: The Satan of the mystery plays was a Trickster, but a dignified one. Performances were sanctioned only for religious festival occasions, and both Church and town authorities saw to it that the guildsmen did not stray far from orthodoxy in their dramatic enthusiasm. This need to adhere to scriptural and traditional accounts of Satan constrained dramatic innovation in his long-established character.
Word: oscillate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1726; borrowed from Latin ōscillātus, perfect passive participle of Latin ōscillō (“to swing”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōscillum (“a swing”), usually identified with ōscillum (“a little face or mask hung on a tree that sways with the wind”), diminutive of ōs (“mouth, face”). See also osculate. Pronunciation: /ˈɑsɪleɪt/ 1. To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm. Labels: intransitive Example: A pendulum oscillates slower as it gets longer. Example: By placing the 0.02μF capacitor on top of the whistle chip, the circuit oscillates at a lower frequency. 2. To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: The mood for change oscillated from day to day. 3. To vary above and below a mean value. Labels: intransitive
Word: Queen's Counsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: queen's + counsel 1. An honorific status officially conferred on senior or meritorious barristers (and occasionally other kinds of lawyer) during the reign of a queen. Labels: Canada, New-Zealand, UK Example: Archibald was one of two Queen’s Counsels on Tortola, a distinguished title that permitted attorneys to be seated at the lead defense table when arguing a case before the court. Example: Barr’s three Queen’s Counsel absorbed Kawashima as they pored over reports from both sides. 2. A barrister or advocate appointed by the Crown during the reign of a queen. Labels: UK, historical
Word: oscillator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oscillate + -or. 1. A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform. 2. An instrument for measuring rigidity by the torsional oscillations of a weighted wire. 3. A pattern that returns to its original state, in the same orientation and position, after a finite number of generations. Example: He has turned up a number of new oscillators of periods 2,3,4,5,6, & 8. Example: Two track segments, each of which realizes the same transformation in a different number of generations are particularly useful for obtaining oscillator periods.
Word: astonishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English astonish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English astonishment From astonish + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈstɒnɪʃmənt/, /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/ 1. The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The class looked on in astonishment as their teacher proceeded to tear the pages out of the textbook. Example: 1630, John Milton, “On Shakespear” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, London: Ruth Raworth, 1645 p. 27, Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thy self a live-long Monument. 2. Something very surprising. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: (colloquial) Example: To find Ned Silverton among the habitual frequenters of Mrs. Hatch’s drawing-room was one of Lily’s first astonishments; 3. Loss of physical sensation; inability to move a part of the body. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] there followeth astonishment of the leg that is neere, that it can neither be stretched out right, nor he cannot go on his feet. Example: […] whosoever maketh water in the same place where a dog hath newly pissed, so as both vrines be mingled together, shall immediatly find a coldnesse and astonishment in his loines, 4. Loss of mental faculties, inability to think or use one's senses. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. Example: Upon the Stage he so charmed the people into astonishment with his babble, that he made them buy off amain his Drugs; 5. Loss of composure or presence of mind. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] where of his cruell rage Nigh dead with feare, and faint astonishment, Shee found them both in darkesome corner pent; Example: […] as when a man ignorant of the Ceremonies of Court, comming into the presence of a greater Person than he is used to speak to, and stumbling at his entrance, to save himselfe from falling, lets slip his Cloake; to recover his Cloake, lets fall his Hat; and with one disorder after another, discovers his astonishment and rusticity.
Word: ostentatious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated 1590; from Latin ostentātus + -ious. Pronunciation: /ˌɒs.tɛnˈteɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɒs.tənˈteɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Of ostentation. 2. Intended to attract notice. Example: Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers. 3. Of tawdry display; kitsch.
Word: hagbut Part of Speech: noun 1. An arquebus, a firearm with a long barrel. Labels: obsolete Example: A few culverins and hagbuts were the unwieldy fire-arms, then borne by the ſoldiers. Example: […]Wilkine Johnnstoun of Aschescheillis, William Douglas of Reidhous, Robert Dynwiddie in Kirkmichaell, and Johnne Robsoun there, almost continually since April 1610 have worn hagbuts and pistolets and used them for their revenge on persons against whom they have quarrel.
Word: ought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t. Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”). Pronunciation: /ɔːt/, /oːt/, /ʊt/, /ɔt/, /ɑt/ 1. simple past of owe Labels: form-of, obsolete, past Example: There was a certayne lender / which had two detters / the one ought five hondred pence / and the other fifty. Example: […]witneſſe Ariſtippus, who being vrged with the affection he ought his children, as proceeding from his loynes, began to ſpeake and ſpit[…].
Word: ought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t. Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”). Pronunciation: /ɔːt/, /oːt/, /ʊt/, /ɔt/, /ɑt/ 1. Indicating duty or obligation. Labels: auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: I ought to vote in the coming election. 2. Indicating advisability or prudence. Labels: auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: You ought to always stand back from the edge of the platform. Example: Do you think we ought to leave now? 3. Indicating desirability. Labels: auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: He ought to read the book; it was very good. 4. Indicating likelihood or probability. Labels: auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we? Example: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
Word: ought Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t. Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”). Pronunciation: /ɔːt/, /oːt/, /ʊt/, /ɔt/, /ɑt/ 1. Alternative spelling of aught; anything Labels: alt-of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: Is it a small benefit, that I am placed there […] where I see no drunken comessations, no rebellious routs, no violent oppressions, no obscene rejoicings, nor ought else that might either vex or affright my soul?
Word: ought Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t. Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”). Pronunciation: /ɔːt/, /oːt/, /ʊt/, /ɔt/, /ɑt/ 1. Alternative spelling of aught; at all, to any degree. Labels: alt-of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal, not-comparable
Word: ought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oughte, aughte, aȝte, ahte, from Old English āhte, first and third person singular past tense of Old English āgan (“to own, possess”), equivalent to owe + -t. Cognate with Sanskrit ईश्वर (īśvará, “capable of, liable”). Pronunciation: /ɔːt/, /oːt/, /ʊt/, /ɔt/, /ɑt/ 1. A statement of what ought to be the case as contrasted with what is the case. Labels: auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: There are value judgments that are not reducible to observable matters of fact, and there are oughts that cannot be construed as hypothetical and, therefore, cannot be converted into statements of fact. Example: Is there a fallacy involved in deriving an ought from a set of exclusively factual or descriptive premises?
Word: ought Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aught; cipher, zero, nought. Labels: alt-of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal Example: I go back at eight o'clock to-morrow morning, and have got only three—three oughts an ought—three twos six—sixty pound.
Word: outboard Part of Speech: adj 1. Situated outside the hull of a vessel. Labels: not-comparable 2. Positioned away from the centre line of a ship or aircraft. Labels: not-comparable Example: The outboard bales in each tier should be placed on their edges so that their flats will be presented to the sweat battens. This precaution is necessary to lessen the damage in case of chafage. 3. Being or relating to an external effects unit such as compressor or equalizer. Labels: not-comparable
Word: outboard Part of Speech: noun 1. An outboard motor. Example: Coordinate term: inboard 2. A vessel fitted with an outboard motor. Example: Coordinate term: inboard 3. A studio having outboard gear (compressor, equalizer, etc.).
Word: outboard motor Part of Speech: noun 1. A detachable and pivotable propulsion unit fitted over the transom of a boat, comprising an engine that drives a propeller.
Word: outburst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”). By surface analysis, out- + burst. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊ̯tˌbɝst/, /ˈaʊ̯tˌbɜːst/ 1. A sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity. Example: The man greeted us with an outburst of invective. Example: an outburst of anger
Word: outburst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English outbersten, outbresten. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”). By surface analysis, out- + burst. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊ̯tˈbɝst/, /ˌaʊ̯tˈbɜːst/ 1. To burst out. Labels: intransitive
Word: outclass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English class English outclass From out- + class. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈklæs/, /aʊtˈklɑːs/ 1. to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class Labels: transitive Example: In the IQ test, he outclassed all the other applicants. Example: The 7th and 8th classes are identical with the Cape engines placed in service at the turn of the century, and are now outclassed for main line work but are used for shunting at the large depots and on one or two of the branch lines.
Word: outcry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry. The verb is from Middle English outcrien. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɹaɪ/ 1. A loud cry or uproar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His appearance was greeted with an outcry of jeering. 2. A strong protest. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The proposal was met with a public outcry. Example: The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve. 3. An auction. Labels: India, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: to send goods to an outcry
Word: outcry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outcry, outcri, outcrye, equivalent to out- + cry. The verb is from Middle English outcrien. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈkɹaɪ/ 1. To cry out. Labels: intransitive Example: I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed. 2. To cry louder than. Labels: transitive Example: […] outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle […] Example: The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.
Word: outfitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outfit + -er. 1. A person or shop that sells specialized clothes and equipment. Example: Before his first walking holiday, he went to a specialist outfitter to buy some boots. 2. A business that provides services for outdoor activities including accommodations.
Word: outing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey"). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɪŋ/ 1. A pleasure trip or excursion. Example: This was a fine day's outing for anybody who had been cooped up in the shops for a few months. 2. A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc. Example: The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise. Example: Other erstwhile stalwarts are also wavering. Southampton had two of the best full-backs in the league last season but Ryan Bertrand has been below par this season and Cédric Soares made an uncharacteristic lapse that led to Stoke’s winning goal in Southampton’s last outing. 3. The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent. Example: Advocates for gay and lesbian issues suggest the increase in discharges reflects the hostility of the military towards homosexual soldiers and a growing number of "forced outings" of gay and lesbian troops. 4. The act of revealing somebody as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
Word: outing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey"). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: outlast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English last English outlast From out- + last. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊtˈlɑːst/, /ˌaʊtˈlæst/ 1. To live, last or remain longer than. Labels: transitive Example: The tool outlasted its need. Example: Some think that classical music would outlast pop.
Word: outlay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English lay English outlay From out- + lay. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtleɪ/ 1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The spending of money, or an expenditure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car. Example: Regard must be had to the extent to which the original capital outlay has not been covered by the sum of the annual provisions for renewal, that is to say, in insurance terms, to the unexpired life of the original work, although this financial factor has to be modified in the light of the actual physical condition of the work to be replaced. 3. A remote haunt or habitation. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.
Word: outlay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English lay English outlay From out- + lay. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈleɪ/ 1. To lay or spread out; expose; display. Labels: transitive Example: Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl 2. To spend, or distribute money. Labels: transitive
Word: outlook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn Old English lōcian Middle English loken English look English outlook From out- + look. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌlʊk/ 1. A place from which something can be viewed. Example: Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook. Example: This fetched tears from the innocent eyes, those Caſements and out-looks of the tender heart of our Lord Jeſus, vvho beholding the City Jeruſalem vvept over it, […] 2. The view from such a place. Example: Fully air-conditioned and fluorescently lit, it is strikingly decorated and there is a magnificent outlook through the wide windows. 3. An attitude or point of view. Example: He has a positive outlook on life. 4. Expectation for the future. Example: The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.
Word: outlook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn Old English lōcian Middle English loken English look English outlook From out- + look. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtˌlʊk/, /ˌaʊtˈlʊk/ 1. To face or look in an outward direction. Labels: archaic, intransitive, literary Example: This old man with the ſythe, olde father Tyme they call, / And hir his daughter Trueth, which holdeth yonder Booke, / Whome he out of his rocke hath brought forth to vs all, / From whence this many yeares ſhe durſt not once out looke. Example: 1610, Gervase Markham, Markhams Maister-peece, or, What Doth a Horse-man Lack? London, Chapter 103 “Certaine speciall Notes to be obserued in buying of a horse,” pp. 204-205, … marke his colour and his shape, that is to say, a comely well proportioned head, with an outlooking eye, good well raised shoulders, and a thicke large breast … 2. To look at (someone) so long or intently that they look away; to win or prevail over (someone or something). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: [...] I drew this gallant head of war, And cull’d these fiery spirits from the world, To outlook conquest and to win renown Even in the jaws of danger and of death. Example: There made they stand; there euerie eye, fixt on each other, stroue Who should outlooke his mate amaz’d: 3. To be more attractive than (someone or something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1731, Mary Delany, letter dated 4 October, 1731, in George Paston (ed.), Mrs. Delany (Mary Granville): A Memoir, 1700-1788, London: Grant Richards, 1900, p. 64, Nobody’s equipage outlooked ours except my Lord Lieutenant’s, but in every respect I must say Mrs. Clayton outshines her neighbours … Example: 1793, Hester Piozzi, letter dated 22 May, 1793, in Oswald G. Knapp (ed.), The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, London: The Bodley Head, 1914, p. 89, … Sally quite outlooked her sister by the bye, and was very finely drest. 4. To inspect throughly; to select. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1689, Charles Cotton, “The Angler’s Ballad” in Poems on Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bassett et al., p. 76, Away to the Brook, All your Tackle out look, Here’s a day that is worth a year’s wishing; See that all things be right, For ’tis a very spight To want tools when a man goes a fishing. 5. To look beyond (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [...] to fit minds to so even a temper, that both should round the same circle, and never out-look the Horizon of their reciprocal Interest, is a work altogether impossible.
Word: outlook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From out + look. Perhaps influenced by Chinese 外表 (literally “outside + surface”) and English look (“appearance”). Same etymology as Cantonese outlook. 1. look; appearance Labels: Hong-Kong, colloquial, no-plural Example: How ignorant you are! Admiring the outlook of a same sex person has nothing to do with gay! Some of my male friends admire Andy Lau's and Leslie Cheung's looks quite a lot, but unfortunately, they are NOT gay, not BI, they are totally STRAIGHT! Example: Well, first impression strikes. The other half must be somewhat attractive on the outlook to capture you attention ...... how else would you noptice^([sic]) his/her existance?^([sic]) Agree?
Word: outlying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing. 1. Relatively remote from some central location. Example: The more outlying villages were never visited by their member of parliament. Example: During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on. 2. Located outside of some boundary or limit. Example: When the map was redrawn after the war, our cousin found herself living in outlying territory.
Word: outlying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outlie (Etymology 2) + -ing. 1. A region relatively remote from a central location. Example: The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.
Word: outmatch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English match English outmatch From out- + match. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊtˈmætʃ/, /ˌæɔtˈmætʃ/, /ˌaʊtˈmæt͡ʃ/ 1. To surpass or be better than something or someone else. Labels: transitive
Word: outmoded Part of Speech: adj 1. Unfashionable. Example: His pipe was as outmoded as his ideas. 2. Obsolete. Example: His outmoded word processor was a heap of junk. Example: His outmoded record player is now useless.
Word: outmoded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outmode Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outnumber Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Latin numerus Anglo-Norman noumbrebor. Middle English nombre English number English outnumber From out- + number. Pronunciation: /aʊtˈnʌmbə(ɹ)/ 1. To be more in number than somebody or something. Labels: stative, transitive Example: Women outnumbered men by two to one. Example: There are 105 D.B. Type "23" engines and they were intended to replace the famous Prussian "P8" class 4-6-0s (Type "38"), but dieselisation prevented further construction and they are greatly outnumbered by the thousand or so "P8s" which are still in service and which can be seen on a great variety of duties.
Word: out-of-bounds Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of out of bounds. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: out of breath Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /aʊ̯t əv bɹɛθ/, /aʊ̯t əv bɹeθ/, /-ˌʌv-/, /-ˌɒv-/, /-ˌɔv-/ 1. Breathing with difficulty, in particular due to physical activity. Example: We were all out of breath when we got to the summit. Example: Cam. [i.e., Canidus.] Our Fortune on the Sea is out of breath, And ſinkes moſt lamentably. Had our Generall Bin what he knew himſelfe, it had gone well: Oh his [i.e., he] ha's giuen example for our flight, Moſt groſſely by his owne. Eno[barbus]. I, are you thereabouts? Why then goodnight indeede.
Word: out of date Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Too old to be used; not current; invalid; having expired. Labels: idiomatic Example: My bus pass is out of date — I'll have to go buy a new one. Example: I can't eat this salad, it's out of date. 2. Not conforming to the current fashion or style; old-fashioned; outmoded. Labels: idiomatic Example: The dresses she wears are quite out of date.
Word: out-of-date Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of out of date. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Rabbit could not claim to be a model of anything, for he didn’t know that real rabbits existed; he thought they were all stuffed with sawdust like himself, and he understood that sawdust was quite out-of-date and should never be mentioned in modern circles. Example: This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year.
Word: out of fashion Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Unfashionable, not in fashion. Example: The old very high signals, for instance, affording a sky background at a considerable distance, and at times provided with co-acting arms lower down, are out of fashion now, although many still remain. Example: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
Word: out of it Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not participating in some trend or group. Labels: informal Example: When my old friends turned up, my wife felt quite out of it. Example: This duologue had, of course, left Wilbert Cream a bit out of it, just painted on the backdrop as you might say, and for some moments, knitting his brow, plucking at his moustache, shuffling the feet and allowing the limbs to twitch, he had been giving abundant evidence that in his opinion three was a crowd and that what the leafy glade needed to make it all that a leafy glade should be was a complete absence of Woosters [myself]. 2. Disoriented; not thinking clearly. Labels: informal Example: Having the flu all week left me pretty well out of it. 3. So intoxicated (from alcohol or drugs) that one is unaware of what is going on, stupefied. Labels: informal 4. Asleep or unconscious. Labels: informal