nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: erode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French éroder, from Latin ērōdō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹəʊd/, /ɪˈɹoʊd/, /ɪˈɹəʉd/ 1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction. Example: The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves. 2. To destroy gradually by an ongoing process. Labels: figuratively Example: to erode a person’s trust Example: to erode society’s morals
Word: eros Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/, /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/, /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/ 1. A winged figure of a child representing love or its power. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Physical love; sexual desire. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He would introduce her to the wonders of eros; she would bloom under his expert tutelage. 3. a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. libido Labels: uncountable, usually 5. collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: escrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”). Doublet of scrow and shred and partially scroll. Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/, /ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/ 1. A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: GCN staffers wrote and called our landlords, complaining about the building's disrepair, for months before informing them, in September, 1985, that we would pay our rent into an escrow account until repairs were made. Example: The court will decide which party is the rightful owner of the items in escrow. 2. The money or assets so held. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: escrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”). Doublet of scrow and shred and partially scroll. Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/, /ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/ 1. To place in escrow. Example: The regulators suggest that in underwriting these loans, lenders be required to take into account the ability of the borrowers to make monthly payments at the higher rates and also property taxes and homeowners insurance, which are often not escrowed monthly in subprime loans.
Word: estop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English estoppen (“to prevent (conception)”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈstɒp/ 1. To impede or bar by estoppel. Example: […] we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up. Example: 2020: "Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated military assistance from Ukraine—has come out since the vote. Is anyone suggesting that the House managers be estopped from presenting this evidence? 2. To stop up; to plug.
Word: ethane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English ethane From eth- + -ane. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθeɪn/, /ˈiːθeɪn/ 1. An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals. Labels: countable, usually Example: chlorinated ethanes; halogenated ethanes Example: The dissociation constants for ethanes in which the two halves of the molecule are different are not always close to the mean of the dissociation constants of the corresponding symmetrical ethanes.
Word: ethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθaɪl/, /ˈɛθɪl/, /ˈiːθaɪl/, /ˈiːθɪl/, /ˈɛθəl/ 1. The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Word: evzone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Greek εύζωνος (évzonos), from Ancient Greek εὔζωνος (eúzōnos, “girt for battle”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvzəʊn/ 1. A member of the Greek presidential guard. 2. An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army. Example: The soldiers seen at various stations belong to the corps of the Greek army that proved itself most effective in the recent war, the Evzonoi. Example: The best-paid Greek soldiers are the Evzonoi, their pay amounting to 12 lepta a day extra (that is to say, to 27 lepta net).
Word: ewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium. Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.ə/, /ˈjʊə/, /ˈju.ɚ/ 1. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water.
Word: ewers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ewer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exhume Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”). Pronunciation: /ɛksˈ(h)juːm/, /ɪɡˈzjuːm/, /ɛkˈs(j)um/, /ɪɡˈz(j)um/ 1. To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Labels: transitive Example: The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel. Example: Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill. 2. To uncover; to bring to light. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists. Example: Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue.
Word: exude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzjuːd/, /ɪɡˈzud/, /ɪkˈsud/ 1. To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out. Labels: transitive Example: There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours 2. To flow out through the pores. Labels: intransitive Example: The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber. 3. To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly. Labels: transitive Example: Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.
Word: eyelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oylet, from Old French oillet, equivalent to Old French oil (“eye”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Spelling and pronunciation were later on influenced by eye (which is distantly related to oil via Proto-Indo-European) as though suffixed with -let (a double diminutive also from -et). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.lət/ 1. An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole. Example: Push the aglet of the shoelace through each of the eyelets, one at a time. 2. A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching a hole in the page, placing the smooth side of the eyelet on a table, positioning the paper over protruding edge and curling the edge down using a hammer and eyelet setter. 3. Cotton fabric with small holes. 4. The contact tip of the base of a light bulb. 5. A peephole. 6. A little eye.
Word: eyelet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oylet, from Old French oillet, equivalent to Old French oil (“eye”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Spelling and pronunciation were later on influenced by eye (which is distantly related to oil via Proto-Indo-European) as though suffixed with -let (a double diminutive also from -et). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.lət/ 1. To make eyelets in. Labels: transitive
Word: eyer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye 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 eyer From eye + -er. 1. One who eyes someone or something. Example: 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot, London, Notes vpon Book II. Chap. IV, p. 47, The Amoretto was wont to take his stand at one place about the pew, where sate his Mistresse, who was a very attentive hearer of the man above her, and the sutor was as diligent an eyer of her, for having a book, and black-lead pen alwaies in his hand, (as if he took notes of the sermon) at last he got her exact picture. Example: You knew less about sex than you knew about sleuthing, but you soon figured out what the goods were and got them. You were not so much a private eye as an eyer of privates.
Word: fabler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fable 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 fabler From fable + -er. 1. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Example: […] certain fine fablers and lowd lyers, such as were the Authors of King Arthure the great and such like, who tell many an vnlawfull leasing of the Ladyes of the Lake, that is, the Nymphes. Example: No wonder that the Mythology, and Arabian Nights, and Shakespeare, and Scott’s novels, entertain us,—we are poets and fablers and dramatists and novelists ourselves.
Word: facer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face 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 facer From face (noun) + -er (relational suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ̯.sə/, /ˈfeɪ̯.səɹ/, /ˈfæɪ̯.sə/, /ˈfe.səɾ/, /ˈfe.sʌɾ/ 1. A blow in the face, as in boxing. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one. 2. An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. Labels: broadly, slang Example: “You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer. Example: He [Joschka Fischer] was for Nato, looser visa rules and—quite the facer for his pacifist colleagues—the bombing of Serbia. 3. A serving of alcoholic drink; a dram. Labels: slang Example: Dory[…]poured a little whisky into a glass, and grew reminiscent. “I had a facer myself this morning before I came down,” he said.
Word: facer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face 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 facer From face (verb) + -er (agentive nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ̯.sə/, /ˈfeɪ̯.səɹ/, /ˈfæɪ̯.sə/, /ˈfe.səɾ/, /ˈfe.sʌɾ/ 1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: fakeer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fakir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”). The word is cognate with Icelandic farða, Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Old High German farwjan (“to colour”) (modern German Farbe (“colour”)), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”) (Low German Farwe (“colour”)), Welsh erch (“dark brown”). The noun derived is from French fard (“cosmetics, make-up”), from Old French fart (“cosmetics, make-up”) (masculine) (farde (feminine)); further etymology is uncertain, but a possible derivation is from Old High German gifarwit (“coloured, painted”), past participle of farwjan (“to colour”), from Proto-West Germanic *faru (related to the verb). Pronunciation: /fɑːd/, /fɑɹd/ 1. To paint, as the cheeks or face. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel […] Example: Some of the 177 affiliates to the Manhattan-based Rush Limbaugh program complained last Wednesday when the cantankerous national talk show host said he endorsed the efforts of a fellow talk host in Atlanta who called for an end to women "farding in their cars." Limbaugh, who is heard locally on WNTR-AM (1050), told listeners that "farding on the highway is very dangerous as well as offensive to others." Not until Thursday did Limbaugh provide listeners with the meaning of the word "fard," which is to paint with cosmetics. 2. To embellish or gloss over. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: For looke how far fellonie may glory in her fetters, so far may we in our funerals wherewith we but feard death. For as some Gentiles, where gold is vernaculous and plentifull, their catiues thogh therewith enchained, yet remaines catiues: so to vs, thogh our graue were of enamelled gold, yet it is but our graue, the monument of our common misery, that by diuine mercy onely may be remedied without farther meanes. Example: [I]t is but bare, simple, plain, honest, homely truth, without welt, without guard. It will abide none but native colours. It scorneth to woo favour with farding and licking and counterfeisance. It hates either bought or borrowed beauty; and therefore, like some native face among the painted, looks coarse and rusty.
Word: fard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”). The word is cognate with Icelandic farða, Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Old High German farwjan (“to colour”) (modern German Farbe (“colour”)), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”) (Low German Farwe (“colour”)), Welsh erch (“dark brown”). The noun derived is from French fard (“cosmetics, make-up”), from Old French fart (“cosmetics, make-up”) (masculine) (farde (feminine)); further etymology is uncertain, but a possible derivation is from Old High German gifarwit (“coloured, painted”), past participle of farwjan (“to colour”), from Proto-West Germanic *faru (related to the verb). Pronunciation: /fɑːd/, /fɑɹd/ 1. Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: And theſe [including Edward Gibbon] preſent us with the ſkeleton of hiſtory, not merely clothed with muſcles, animated with life, and bearing the bloom of health upon its cheek; but, inſtead of carrying a higher fluſh of health upon its cheek, and ſhewing a brighter beam of life in its eyes, rubbed with Spaniſh wool, painted with French fard, and exhibiting the fire of falſehood and wantonneſs in its eyes. Example: [Y]et, that your Majesty may not be abused, and that you may see that there is nothing but fard in that which may seem fairest of all their proceedings, I conceive myself obliged in duty and honour to undervalue all their malice, and truly to inform your Majesty in what you are, and may be, so much concerned. [Footnote 1: […] Fard here signifies the false daubing on a harlot's cheek.[…]]
Word: fard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”). Pronunciation: /fɑːd/, /fɑɹd/ 1. A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation. Example: It is suggested that the child pray only the fardrak'ats at this stage. He can keep adding the sunnah rak'ats from the time he has all the fards completed—that is, from his seventh birthday—so that by age ten he has the entire salat, fards and sunnahs, complete.
Word: fard Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”). Pronunciation: /fɑːd/, /fɑɹd/ 1. Required as a matter of religious duty or obligation. Labels: not-comparable Example: The second fundamental of Islam is "to perform the ritual prayer (namâz, salât) [five times a day in accordance with its conditions and fards] when the time for prayer comes." It is fard for every Muslim to perform salât five times every day after each time of salât starts and to know that he or she performs it in due time.
Word: fard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɑːd/, /fɑɹd/ 1. Alternative form of ferd (“force of movement; impetus, rush; hence, a violent onset”). Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: And ſone as he perſavys quhar that went / Forganyſt him, cumand throu greſy ſward, / Hys derreſt ſon Ene with hasty fard, / Baith his handys joyfull furthſtracht he than;[…]
Word: fard Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɑːd/, /fɑɹd/ 1. A document attesting to the owner of a property. Labels: Pakistan
Word: farina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”), from far (“kind of grain”). Pronunciation: /fəˈɹiːnə/, /fəˈɹaɪnə/ 1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A particular grade of wheat meal, commonly used as hot breakfast cereal in North America. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A powdery, pale yellow, crystalline secretion consisting of flavonoids in Primula and other species. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Hot breakfast cereal made from prepared farina in milk. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: faro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably an alteration of pharaoh, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/ 1. A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack. Labels: uncountable
Word: fawner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fawn + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːnə(ɹ)/ 1. One who fawns; a sycophant.
Word: fay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. To fit, to add. Labels: obsolete 2. To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak. Labels: transitive Example: I have a strip cutter and I can cut the exact widths I need to fit, they are easy to fay together and attach very firmly to the bulkheads. 3. Of pieces of timber: to lie close together. Labels: intransitive 4. To fadge. Labels: obsolete
Word: fay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. Fitted closely together. Example: Under the four outer corners of the horizontal frame platform 22 are four tubular leg sleeves 23 that are fay together one at each outer corner.
Word: fay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. A fairy. Example: that mighty Princesse did complaine / Of grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked Fay / Had wrought [...]. Example: A Nimph is marryed to a Fay, Great preparations for the Day, All Rites of Nuptials they recite you, To the Brydall and inuite you.
Word: fay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”), from Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. More at fairy. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. Fairy-like.
Word: fay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fei, from Old French fei Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. faith Labels: obsolete Example: Ah, sirrah, by my fay, it waxes late. I'll to my rest. Example: "Rash man," cried she, "how dost thou dare To come disturb my waters fair! "Thou shalt unto me plight thy fay, Or seven years thou shalt waste away, Or thou shalt die ere the third day." "To thee my faith plight will I ne'er, For I am married now a year."
Word: fay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. To cleanse; clean out. Labels: dialectal
Word: fay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of ofay. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. A white person. Labels: US, slang
Word: fay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of ofay. Pronunciation: /feɪ/ 1. White; white-skinned. Labels: US, slang Example: I really went for Ray's press roll on the drums; he was the first fay boy I ever heard who mastered this vital foundation of jazz music.
Word: fedora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a 19th-century play by Victorien Sardou titled Fédora. The heroine, Fédora Romazov, wore a center-creased, soft brimmed hat. The name comes from the Russian Федо́ра (Fedóra), feminine form of Фёдор (Fjódor), from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”), derived from θεός (theós, “god”) and δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). Pronunciation: /fɪˈdɔːɹə/, /fəˈdɔɹə/ 1. A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down. Example: Another friend was present while I was there, veteran criminal defense attorney William J. Brennan, jealously guarding an SUV full of memorabilia he’d purchased, including a Rizzo fedora and walking stick, the former of which he told me he hoped Rizzo was wearing during the famous “crumb bum” exchange with television reporter Stan Bohrman.
Word: fermi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mi/, /ˈfɛə(ɹ)mi/ 1. An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).
Word: ferric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ferricus, from ferrum (“iron”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. 2. Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +3.
Word: fescue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛskjuː/ 1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. Labels: countable Example: to come under the fescue of an imprimatur Example: ‘Now then,’ Mason rapping upon the Table’s Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly 2. A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates, of the genus Festuca. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. Labels: countable Example: with thy golden fescue play'dst upon Thy hollow harp 4. The style of a sundial. Labels: countable
Word: fescue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛskjuː/ 1. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Example: A minister that cannot be trusted to pray in his own words without being chewed to, and fescued to a formal injunction of his rote lesson, should as little be trusted to preach, besides the vain babble of praying over the same things immediately again ; for there is a large difference in the repetition of some pathetical ejaculation raised out of the sudden earnestness and vigour of the inflamed soul, (such as was that of Christ in the garden,) from the continual rehearsal of our daily orisons;
Word: fetal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fetus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfitl̩/ 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus. Labels: not-comparable Example: fetal circulation Example: fetal membranes 2. In the fetal position. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I was fetal on my left side, unable to move. My legs fell off my queen-sized bed and were propped up by a rocking chair. Example: By 12:00 when Keith arrived home with Connor, I was fetal on the couch and praying for a quick death.
Word: fete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest. * The verb derives from French fêter. Pronunciation: /feɪt/, /fɛt/ 1. A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. Example: The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds. Example: She was joined at the New York City fete by fellow Trump throne-sniffer Lee Zeldin, the Long Island congressman who, like Boebert and Staten Island Representative Nicole Malliotakis, were among the cohort of coup supporters who did not vote to certify the 2020 election results—and are now fundraising off a presumptive “Trump’s Majority” in advance of next year’s midterms. 2. A feast, celebration or carnival.
Word: fete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest. * The verb derives from French fêter. Pronunciation: /feɪt/, /fɛt/ 1. To celebrate (a person). Labels: passive, transitive, usually Example: Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953. Example: Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.
Word: fib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”). Pronunciation: /fɪb/ 1. A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential. Labels: informal Example: Aſk me no queſtions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Example: Wouldn’t that serve as an excuse, in Boston? I am told they are very sincere; they don't tell fibs. 2. A liar. Labels: informal, rare Example: "Oh! you dreadful fib," said Flora.
Word: fib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”). Pronunciation: /fɪb/ 1. To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: fib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of fibula. Pronunciation: /fɪb/ 1. The fibula. Labels: informal
Word: fib Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪb/ 1. To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike. Labels: archaic Example: Fib the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse. Example: The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.
Word: fib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for Fibonacci. Pronunciation: /fɪb/ 1. A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number. Labels: neologism
Word: fibrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fibre Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English fibrin From fibre + -in (used to form chemical names of proteins, etc). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪbɹɪn/ 1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An elastic, insoluble, whitish protein produced by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen and forming an interlacing fibrous network in the coagulation of blood. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fibrin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fibre Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English fibrin From fibre + -in (used to form chemical names of proteins, etc). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪbɹɪn/ 1. To apply fibrin sealant to a surgical site to either stop bleeding or for surgical flap closure.
Word: fief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French fief, from Old French fief, from Medieval Latin fevum, a variant of feudum (whence also Old French fieu, fied), from Old Frankish *fehu (“cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle, sheep”), from Proto-Indo-European *peku-, *peḱu- (“sheep”). Doublet of fee, feud, and feoff. Pronunciation: /fiːf/ 1. Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Fief: m[asculine] A Fief. A (Knights) fee, a Mannor, or inheritance held by homage, and fealty; and given at the firſt, in truſt, and upon promiſe of aſſiſtance, or ſervice in the wars: […] Alſo, a Tenure, or Eſtate in fief, or in fee. This word was firſt heard of, after the conqueſt of Gallia by the Francs (or ancient French-men) when their Soveraign Princes, reſerving ſome land for their own Domains, diſtributed the reſt (by whole Countreys, or large territories) among their Captains, and principal followers, on condition, that they ſhould hold of them, and aid them in their wars […] Example: And be it further ordained and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Right and Title of the said Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice of Montreal, in and to all and singular the said Fiefs and Seigniories of the Island of Montreal, of the Lake of the Two Mountains, and of Saint Sulpice, and their several Dependencies, and in and to all Seigniorial and Feudal Rights, Privileges, Dues, and Duties arising out of and from the same, and in and to all and every the Domains, Lands, Reservations, Buildings, Messuages, Tenements, and Hereditaments within the said several Fiefs and Seigniories now held and possessed by them as Proprietors thereof, […] shall be and they are hereby confirmed and declared good, valid, and effectual in the Law; […] 2. Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Through the years of my childhood my maternal grandmother remained the one unforgettable presence, the strong country woman ruling over her farm like a medieval lord. On her fief I first opened my eyes to poetry and to the land. […] There was something of the ancient matriarch in her, who had given her life to the ground, who felt that on her fief in southern Luxembourg she stood in the right place. 3. A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: fife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Pfeife (“whistle, smoking pipe”). Doublet of pipe. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪf/ 1. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
Word: fife Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German Pfeife (“whistle, smoking pipe”). Doublet of pipe. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪf/ 1. To play this instrument.
Word: fife Part of Speech: num Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪf/ 1. Used instead of five in radio communications, especially NATO and ICAO, to avoid confusion with fire or nine. Example: “Change course to two fife zero and reduce height to fifteen hundred feet.” That “fife,” thought Alan, sounded very affected; but it had a good survival value in a noisy background.
Word: fifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fife + -er. Piecewise doublet of piper. 1. One who plays on a fife.
Word: filet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪleɪ/, /fɪˈleɪ/, /ˈfɪlɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of fillet. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: filet Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪleɪ/, /fɪˈleɪ/, /ˈfɪlɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of fillet. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: finial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English finial (“(adjective) final; (noun) ornament at the upper extremity of a pinnacle, spire, etc.”) [and other forms], a variant of final (“pertaining to the close or end of something, last, final”), from Old French final (“last, final; definitive”) (modern French final), from Latin fīnālis (“of or pertaining to the end of something, final; of or pertaining to boundaries”), from fīnis (“a border; an end”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”) or *dʰeygʷ- (“to set up; to stick”)) + -ālis (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪn.i.əl/, /ˈfaɪ-/ 1. Especially in Gothic architecture: an ornament, often in the form of a bunch or knot of foliage, on the peak of the gable of a roof, a pediment, a pinnacle, etc. Example: His [Butades'] invention it vvas to ſet up Gargils or Antiques at the top of a Gavill end, as a finiall to the creſt tiles, vvhich in the beginning he called Protypa. Example: From this fair Palace then he takes his Front, / From that his Finials; […] / And ſo, ſelecting euery vvhere the beſt, / Doth thirty Models in one Houſe digeſt. 2. Any decorative fitting on the corner, end, or top of an object such as a canopy, a fencepost, a flagpole, a curtain rod, or the newel post of a staircase. Labels: broadly Example: The finial is also of timber (probably oak) and is of the rather elaborate type, originally favoured by the London & South Western Railway for its timber masts. Example: It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils. 3. The completion or end of something. Labels: also, attributive, figuratively Example: But, as the Phœnix on my Front doth gliſter, / Thou ſhalt the Finials of my Frame illuſtre. Example: [T]hey have invented idols, a manifest advance toward that polytheism and pantheism which lead through a triad and duad of deities to monotheism, the finial of the spiritual edifice.
Word: fjord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of firth, ford, port, and fjard. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːɔːd/, /fiˈɔːd/, /fjɔːd/, /fiˈɔɹd/, /fjɔɹd/ 1. A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs. Example: About 20 English miles beyond this river, which is the largest in Norway, the road crosses the fjord which forms the boundary of the two kingdoms [Norway and Sweden]; and whose waters but too often in former days were dyed with the life-blood of many a bold mountaineer who crossed the "border stream" never to return. Example: At last one gave a deep groan, and another declared that the spirits of the fiord were against them, and there was no doubt that their boat was now lying twenty fathoms deep, at the bottom of the creek; drawn down by the strong hand of an angry water-spirit. [...] Another said he would not go till he had looked abroad over the fiord, for some chance of seeing the boat.
Word: flam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”). Pronunciation: /flæm/ 1. A freak or whim; an idle fancy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: all Pretences, or Pleas of Conscience, to the contrary, are nothing but Cant and Cheat, Flam and Delusion. Example: a perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity
Word: flam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”). Pronunciation: /flæm/ 1. To deceive with a falsehood. Labels: obsolete Example: God is not to be flammed off with Lyes.
Word: flam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /flæm/ 1. Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
Word: flam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /flæm/ 1. To play (notes as) a flam. Labels: ambitransitive Example: We will commence to flam the notes now, as most of them are flammed when you play a March. Example: Drums ruffled and flammed.
Word: flange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News. Pronunciation: /ˈflænd͡ʒ/, /ˈfleə̯nd͡ʒ/, /ˈflɛə̯nd͡ʒ/ 1. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. 2. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component. 3. An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees. Example: [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players] can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just flange it back to the original plot line. Example: 2007, "balor", Changing the metaphysics on Rule 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20071014193135/http://forums.rule7.co.uk/Topic28357-44-2.aspx 'Oh look, the amulet of flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.' 4. The vulva. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange. Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her. Example: 'God, she's got a tight flange!' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring. 5. A group of baboons. Labels: collective, humorous, rare Example: it's a flange of baboons Example: I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house. 6. The electronic sound distortion produced by a flanger.
Word: flange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dialectal English flange (“to project”), flanch (“a projection”), from Middle French flanche, from Old French flanche (“flank, side”), from Frankish *hlanku (“bend, curve; side, flank”). See flank. As a term for a group of baboons, it was popularized in the comedy TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News. Pronunciation: /ˈflænd͡ʒ/, /ˈfleə̯nd͡ʒ/, /ˈflɛə̯nd͡ʒ/ 1. To be bent into a flange. Labels: intransitive 2. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange; to bend (esp. sheet metal) in the form of a flange. Labels: transitive 3. To mix two copies of together, one delayed by a very short, slowly varying time. Labels: transitive
Word: flatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin flātus (“blowing, wind, fart”). First attested in the 1660s–1670s. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪtəs/, /ˈflætəs/ 1. Gas generated in the digestive tract. Labels: uncountable Example: This expression is utterly devoid of meaning, a mere flatus vocis. 2. Expulsion of such gas through the anus. Labels: countable Example: The point of quoque with illos is that those flatus, which have the right to be called winds, are also subject to laws like the winds themselves. Example: A long summary of the work quickly appeared in the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions, which began with the theory Ten Rhijne’s had adapted from his Japanese colleagues: “This Author treating of the Gout, … asserts Flatus or Wind included between the Periosteum and the bone to be the genuine producer of those intolerable Pains … and that all the method of cure ought to tend toward the dispelling those Flatus”.¹⁵⁶ 3. Morbid inflation or swelling. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1730 April, Jonathan Swift, "A Vindication of the Lord Carteret", in Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols (Eds.), The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin, Volume IX, J. Johnson &c. (1801), page 226, […] an incensed political surgeon, who is not in much renown for his mercy, upon great provocations: who, without waiting for his death, will flay and dissect him alive; and to the view of mankind lay open all the disordered cells of his brain, the venom of his tongue, the corruption of his heart, and spots and flatuses of his spleen: and all this for threepence.
Word: flax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flax, from Old English fleax, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait”). Cognate with Old Frisian flax, Dutch vlas, Old High German flahs (German Flachs); the Northern Germanic (and most likely the Gothic too) stem is different. Pronunciation: /flaks/, /flæks/, /flɛks/ 1. A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A flax bush, a plant of the genus Phormium, native to New Zealand, with strap-like leaves up to 3 metres long that grow in clumps. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fledge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”) Pronunciation: /flɛd͡ʒ/ 1. To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight. Labels: transitive 2. To grow, cover or be covered with feathers. Labels: intransitive 3. To decorate with feathers. Labels: transitive 4. To complete the last moult and become a winged adult insect. Labels: intransitive
Word: fledge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English flegge, fligge, flygge, from Old English *flyċġe (“able to fly, fledged”) (attested in *unflyċġe, unfligge (“unfledged”)), from Proto-West Germanic *flugi, from Proto-Germanic *flugjaz (“able to fly, fledged”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to run, flow, be swift, flee, fly”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Dutch vlug (“fledged, able to fly, nimble, swift”), Low German flügg (“fledged”), German flügge, German flücke (“fledged”), Icelandic fleygur (“able to fly, fledged”) Pronunciation: /flɛd͡ʒ/ 1. Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: his shoulders, fledge with wings
Word: fleer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål flire (“to giggle”), Jutish Danish flire. Pronunciation: /flɪə/, /flɪɚ/, /fliɹ/, /fliə/, /flɛː/ 1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn Labels: archaic Example: LEONATO. Tush, tush, man! never fleer and jest at me: I speak not like a dotard nor a fool, As, under privilege of age, to brag What I have done being young, or what would do, Were I not old. Example: […] he that writes a Play exposes himself without any Advantage to a parcel of fleering Criticks, who wonder at any Man for attempting so difficult a Business, and are only disappointed when he succeeds in’t. 2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. Labels: archaic Example: In the time of popery, before the gospel came amongst us, we went to burials with weeping and wailing, as though there were no God: but since the gospel came unto us, I have heard say, that in some places they go with the corses grinning and flearing, as though they went to a bear-baiting;[…]
Word: fleer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from a Scandinavian source, compare Norwegian bokmål flire (“to giggle”), Jutish Danish flire. Pronunciation: /flɪə/, /flɪɚ/, /fliɹ/, /fliə/, /flɛː/ 1. Mockery; derision. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: […] And flattery tipt with nauseous fleer, And guilty shame, and servile fear, Envy, and cruelty, and pride, Will in your tainted heart preside.
Word: fleer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flee 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 fleer From flee + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfliːə(ɹ)/ 1. One who flees. Example: Which fear of the fleers away was no less ignominious, then if[…]they had turned their backs to the enemie.