nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: idolisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of idolization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: idolization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon)der. Latin īdōlumder. Old French idolebor. Middle English ydole English idol Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English idolize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English idolization From idolize + -ation. 1. The act of idolizing, adoring or worshiping, especially to excess. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: galvanometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian physicist Luigi Galvani + -o- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæl.vəˈnɒm.ɪt.ə/, /ˌɡæl.vəˈnɑm.ət.ɚ/ 1. A device used to indicate the presence and direction of a small electric current, especially used to detect a null or balanced condition in a bridge circuit.
Word: Gantt chart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Designed and named after American mechanical engineer and management consultant Henry Gantt in the 1910s. Pronunciation: /ˈɡænt ˌtʃɑː(ɹ)t/ 1. A graphical representation of the tasks and resources needed to complete a job or project; may show ranges of possible start and end dates and the relationships between tasks; used to pinpoint bottlenecks and assign priorities.
Word: gas constant Part of Speech: noun 1. a universal constant, R, that appears in the ideal gas law, PV=nRT, derived from two fundamental constants, the Boltzmann constant and Avogadro's number, R=N_Ak.
Word: genetic code Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of rules by which the sequence of bases in DNA are translated into the amino acid sequence of proteins.
Word: heaped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /hiːpt/ 1. In a heap. Labels: not-comparable Example: the heaped dishes waiting to be washed up 2. Containing a heap. Labels: not-comparable Example: a heaped teaspoon of sugar
Word: heaped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hiːpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of heap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hearthstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hearth + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/, /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/ 1. A flat stone used to form a hearth. Example: I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced […]. 2. The fireside, home life. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone, Example: The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land 3. A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc. Example: Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting
Word: hearthstone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hearth + stone. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/, /ˈhɑːθstəʊn/ 1. To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone. Labels: transitive Example: We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves.
Word: Hebbian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Hebb Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Hebbian From Hebb + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Canadian neuropsychologist Donald Hebb or his theories and techniques. Labels: not-comparable Example: I could follow the shape of the Hebbian Law: if two neurons fire together, their connection grows stronger and stimulation gets easier the next time out.
Word: Hebraizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Hebraize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hebraize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly from Ancient Greek Ἑβραΐζειν (Hebraḯzein) and probably partly from Hebra- + -ize. 1. To convert (something) into a Hebrew/Hebraic form. Labels: transitive 2. To use Hebrew/Hebraic idioms. Labels: intransitive
Word: Hebraic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Ebrayk, Hebrak, Hebrayke, from Late Latin hebraicus, from Byzantine Greek Ἑβραϊκός (Hebraïkós), from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos, “Hebrew”). Equivalent to Hebra- + -ic. Pronunciation: /hɪˈbɹeɪ.ɪk/, /hiːˈbɹeɪ.ɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to the Hebrew people, language or culture. Example: Note that in Hebraic legend and in occultism Asmodeus is the King of the Demons.
Word: heightened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪtənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of heighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heightened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪtənd/ 1. Increased in intensity or concentration; elevated. Example: Some dealers also took advantage of heightened demand for Harleys to charge more, a move that may have done long-lasting harm. “Dealers were charging more than the suggested manufacturer price and it made Harley look greedy and jeopardized our brand that we spent a long time building,” Mr. Ziemer said. Example: It may sound like science fiction, but heightened solar activity (known as space weather) can affect human technologies not just in space, but also in the air and on the ground.
Word: histogenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- English genetic English histogenetic From histo- + genetic. 1. of, or relating to histogenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: histogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From histo- + -genesis. 1. the formation and development of the tissues of an organism from embryonic cells Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: histrionics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From histrionic + -ics, see histrionic. Pronunciation: /hɪstɹiˈɒnɪks/, /hɪstɹiˈɑnɪks/ 1. Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Dexter's vocals are competent enough: his timbre is thin and eternally teenaged, but he can go apeshit on the hiccupy histrionics like no one's business.
Word: hog heaven Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of contented bliss. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: The boys were in hog heaven fishing with their dad.
Word: hogherd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hoggeherde; equivalent to hog + herd. 1. A person who looks after pigs; a swineherd.
Word: mas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mas, from Occitan mas, from Latin mānsum, from mānsus, perfect participle of maneō (“stay, remain, abide”). Doublet of manse. 1. A country cottage or farmstead in Occitan-speaking territories. Example: When she was pregnant with her second child they ran away to France and played at being artists in a secluded mas near Avignon – two months of bliss.
Word: mas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mas Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of traveling dramatic performance conducted as part of a parade celebrating Carnival, originating in Trinidad and Tobago and performed throughout the Caribbean. Labels: Caribbean Example: Ward, who was best known for his winning portrayal of George Bailey’s Cylindul the Sun God from the Golden City of Palengue, became a staple on the mas circuit up until the 1990s, lending his support to the likes of Peter Minshall and others. Example: Aming was a recipient of the Humming Bird Silver for his contribution to the vibrancy of T&T mas in 1996.
Word: chiasma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin chiasma, from Ancient Greek χῑ́ασμα (khī́asma), from χῑάζω (khīázō, “to mark with an X”). Pronunciation: /kaɪˈæzmə/ 1. A crossing of two nerves, ligaments etc. 2. The contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis. 3. An instance of chiasmus. Labels: uncommon
Word: nuthatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nutthache, notehache, nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hatch (akin to hack). Compare English nutcracker. Compare typologically Polish kowalik (akin to kować). Pronunciation: /ˈnʌtˌhæt͡ʃ/ 1. Any of various small passerine birds from the genus Sitta, found throughout the northern hemisphere and noted for their unusual proclivity for climbing down trees head first. Example: Nuthatches have rather a habit of entering houses through open windows, probably out of curiosity; and we owed to this habit a pet nuthatch, which became extremely tame, and used to take flies from our finger. Example: The bird was in very faded plumage with only a slight rusty wash to the underparts, and had I not heard the call, I might have mistaken it for a Pygmy Nuthatch.
Word: pipit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay pipit. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪpɪt/ 1. Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.
Word: brambling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bramline, equivalent to bramble + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæmb(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. A finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.
Word: brambling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæmb(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bramble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Knox Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”). Pronunciation: /nɑks/, /ˈnɒks/ 1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A male given name from the surname. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A local government area in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; in full, the City of Knox.
Word: Knox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cnoc (“round hill”). Pronunciation: /nɑks/, /ˈnɒks/ 1. Ellipsis of Knox Box. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: bustard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bustarde, from an Anglo-Norman blend of Old French bistarde and oustarde, both from Latin avis tarda (“slow bird”), which is a misnomer as bustards are fast runners. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs.təd/, /ˈbʌs.tɚd/ 1. Any of several large terrestrial birds of the family Otididae in the order Otidiformes that inhabit dry open country and steppes in the Old World. 2. bastard Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: That bustard tried to conquer the world!
Word: cinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪndəː/, [ˈsɪndəː], /ˈsɪndɚ/, [ˈsɪ̟ndɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ndɹ̩] 1. Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions. Example: Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions. 2. An ember. Example: If from adown the hopeful chops The fat upon the cinder drops, To stinking smoke it turns the flame, Poisoning the flesh from whence it came 3. Slag from a metal furnace. 4. Any strong stimulant added to tea, soda water, etc. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: Oh, horrid proposition! One would imagine, Tom, that you had been a coal-heaver. Had you said soda and cinder, I would have seconded the motion. Example: She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.
Word: cinder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cyndyr, syndir, synder, sinder, from Old English sinder (“cinder, dross, slag, scoria, dross of iron, impurity of metal”), from Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”). Cognate with Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), German Sinter (“dross of iron, scale”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сѧдра (sędra, “lime cinder, gypsum”). Spelling (c- for s-) influenced by unrelated French cendre (“ashes”). Doublet of sinter. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪndəː/, [ˈsɪndəː], /ˈsɪndɚ/, [ˈsɪ̟ndɚ] ~ [ˈsɪ̟ndɹ̩] 1. To reduce to cinders. Labels: transitive 2. To cover with cinders. Labels: transitive Example: We plan to cinder this path.
Word: coyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coyness From coy + -ness. Pronunciation: /kɔɪnɛs/, /kɔɪnəs/ 1. The property of being coy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Her coyneſs was conquered by aſſiduity, and at laſt ſhe conſented to reſign the treaſure of her charms to my paſſion. Example: Former Harvard professor and communist Noel Ignatiev, who co-founded the New Abolitionist Society and founded a journal called Race Traitor, named after a book he coauthored in the mid-1990s, famously advocated for the complete abolition of the white race […] Note a certain coyness about whether this destruction refers to only a white race category or to all white-skinned people.
Word: rumbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Arbitrary extension of rum; or perhaps compare rumbullion. 1. A type of punch made chiefly from rum; grog. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Your worship would have seen him before now; for, when he is well, he and my good master Hatchway come hither every evening, and drink a couple of canns of rumbo apiece […]. Example: Will you have a can of flip, or a jorum of hot rumbo?
Word: entender Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From en- + tender. Doublet of intenerate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/, /ɛnˈtɛndə(ɹ)/ 1. To make tender. Labels: obsolete Example: And fearing lest the torments he felt, might in some sort entender his wifes heart[…], he besought her to be pleased she might be caried into the next chamber, which was accordingly performed. Example: Entendered by distress, she easily yielded to the pensive manners of her companions and to the serene uniformity of a monastic life. 2. To treat with tenderness. Labels: transitive Example: th' entender'd heart
Word: by the book Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a manner which strictly adheres to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures. Labels: idiomatic Example: As far as he is concerned, he umpired by the book. 2. In a manner which appears too studied, ritualized, and therefore artificial. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Romeo: Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again. They kiss again. Juliet: You kiss by th' book.
Word: cinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinder Labels: form-of, plural 2. Fragments of lava; scoria. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: chomper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chomp + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɒmpə/, /ˈt͡ʃɑmpɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, chomps. Labels: rare Example: Hollier was a chomper, his jaws working up and down like pistons, and without seeming to be greedy he ate a great deal. Example: I am a chomper of teeth and a displayer of feelings. 2. A tooth. Labels: informal Example: I wanted an ancient shark tooth, a chomper that last saw use by a predator perhaps 25 million years ago.
Word: chompers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chomper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chivalric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chivalry Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chivalric From chivalry + -ic. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈvalrɪk/, /ˈʃɪvəlrɪk/, /ˈʃɪvl̩ɹɪk/, /ʃəˈvalɹɪk/ 1. of, or relating to chivalry Example: And yet, how much chivalric association has Shakespeare flung around their bloom! But for him, the wars of the "rival houses" would be but obscure chronicles of inglorious wars—fighting for fighting sake: no liberty to be defended or obtained, and no foreign enemy driven triumphantly from the frontier: but for him, "the aspiring blood of Lancaster" would long since have sunk in the ground. Example: Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen, Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. 2. gallant and respectful, especially to women Example: Some historical chivalric conventions remain relevant to this day, in certain circumstances. Historically, a gentleman would walk on the “outside” of the sidewalk, closest to the street, to shield his female companion from the splash of passing carriages. This is a subtle and harmless gesture of consideration that can still be practiced today.
Word: bi-annual Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of biannual. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: byway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bywey, equivalent to by- + way. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪweɪ/ 1. A road or track not following a main route; a secondary or minor road or path. Example: Near-synonyms: back road, back street, back lane Example: Although some of its individuality has been lost, this railway byway in North Essex still retains its charm, and is well worthy of exploration by railway enthusiasts. 2. A road that is not frequently travelled. 3. a little-known or arcane field of study or detail. Labels: broadly Example: Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...
Word: decolonisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English colonisation English decolonisation From de- + colonisation. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. Alternative spelling of decolonization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: decolonization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colonize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English colonization English decolonization From de- + colonization. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒl.ə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The reverse of colonization, i.e. granting back autonomy to a group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have abandoned the Danish names that once gave some of us a precarious toehold on their island's geography. Nuuk, for example, appeared on children's geography board games until recently as Godthab. Example: But what does decolonisation have to do with place names? Place names are the meeting points of history and geography that shape part of our identities. 3. The elimination of a colony of pathogens from the body of a patient, especially antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: decolorisation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /diːˌkʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. Alternative spelling of decolorization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: decolourisation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /diːˌkʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. Alternative spelling of decolorization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decolourization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + colour + -ization. Pronunciation: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. Alternative spelling of decolorization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: decolorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English colorization English decolorization From de- + colorization. Pronunciation: /diːˌkʌləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /diːˌkʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. the removal of color from something; bleaching Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vincular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vincul(um) + -ar. 1. connective. Labels: not-comparable Example: See Table 3.2 for a collection of enumerative results related to vincular 3-patterns, as well as for their connections to other combinatorial objects. 2. Relating to a vinculum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mendigo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mendigo. 1. A beggar. Example: Sitting complacently upon a broken, fallen column, we beheld an object that filled us with horror—an Indian mendigo, a representation in one, of the ancient Aztec, the pobre Mexicano, and the gentleman of the nineteenth century.
Word: comfortability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From comfort + -ability (suffix forming nouns from verbs, denoting an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified function or condition), or comfortable + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the property, quality, or state of conforming to [the meaning of the adjective]). Pronunciation: /ˌkʌmfətəˈbɪlɪti/, /ˌkʌmfɚtəˈbɪlɪti/, [ˌkəmfɚɾəˈbɪləɾi] 1. Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "I must introduce you," said Mr. Griffiths, when he called on me one morning, "to a countryman of mine, who now rivals Foneron in giving dinners; but whose luxurious extravagance bids fair soon to eclipse the unostentatious comfortability of Foneron's Friday parties." Example: When these elegancies and comfortabilities were suitably disposed—as, you may be sure, they were that very evening—the little reception-room was, so Mrs. Green declared, quite the 'genteelest' in Wickham. 2. Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [I was] smiling at the petulant activity of the tottering Cardinal de Heflin, the Bavarian minister, or the rough etourderie of the Wirtemberg envoy and the grave comfortability of the Dutch, when I heard suddenly announced, with a brilliant and numerous suite, the Austrian ambassador, the Count [Antal] Appony. Example: Oh! very well; but you take my advice, sir; don't you let her stop: if you do, you only study the comfortabilities of a man which has a soul as never can and never ought to be saved.
Word: rcpt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of receipt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hstead Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of homestead. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: homestead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/ 1. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. Example: A Yard she had with Pales enclos’d about, / Some high, some low, and a dry Ditch without. / Within this Homestead, liv’d without a Peer, / For crowing loud, the noble Chanticleer: Example: […] no sooner has a hen disburdened herself, than she rushes forth with a clamorous kind of joy, which the cock and the rest of his mistresses immediately adopt. The tumult is not confined to the family concerned, but catches from yard to yard, and spreads to every homestead within hearing, till at last the whole village is in an uproar. 2. A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. Labels: Canada, US Example: He owned exactly six hundred and forty acres of what stretched outside his door; his own original homestead and timber claim, making three hundred and twenty acres, and the half-section adjoining, the homestead of a younger brother who had given up the fight, gone back to Chicago to work in a fancy bakery […] 3. The place that is one's home. Example: Grief from yeer to yeer / Rents my poor Heart, and makes his Home-stead there: 4. A cluster of several houses occupied by an extended family. Labels: South-Africa 5. The home or seat of a family; place of origin. Labels: obsolete Example: Where then wast thou tempted, O Blessed Jesu? or whither wentest thou to meet with our great Adversary? I do not see thee led into the marketplace, or any other part of the City, or thy home-stead of Nazareth, but into the vast Wilderness, the habitation of beasts; Example: The PETSCHENEGRANS, as they are called in the russian and polish year-books, name themselves Kangar or Kangli, and were a powerful nomadic nation, which we can trace back to a homestead on the rivers Volga and Ural.
Word: homestead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead. Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmˌstɛd/ 1. To acquire or settle on land as a homestead. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: When Samuel and Liza came to the Salinas Valley all the level land was taken, the rich bottoms, the little fertile creases in the hills, the forests, but there was still marginal land to be homesteaded, and in the barren hills, to the east of what is now King City, Samuel Hamilton homesteaded. Example: He's an old man, Bandy...he homesteaded here. He lives with his grandson...he said he would like to talk to you. 2. To appropriate an unowned, scarce means, and thereby gain ownership of it. Labels: transitive
Word: curtilage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English courtelage, curtilage, curtylage (“vegetable garden; croft; gardening, farming”), from Anglo-Norman curtilage, from Old French cortillage, courtillage (modern French courtillage (obsolete); compare Medieval Latin cortilagium, curtilagium), from cortil, cortill (“small court, garth”) + -age (suffix denoting a relationship with a place). Cortil, cortill are derived from cort, curt (“court of a monarch”) + -il (suffix forming place names); and cort, curt from Latin cōrtem, the accusative singular form of cōrs, a variant of cohors (“court; enclosure; farmyard; etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”) + *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkɜɹtəlɪd͡ʒ/, [-ɾə-] 1. A small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded as part of its property; originally, such areas were enclosed by a fence or wall. Example: Coordinate term: messuage Example: [T]he King grants them, that they may buy houſes and curtelages in the Cities or Burroughs vvhere they reſide, ſo as they hold them in chief of the King; ſaving to the Lords the Services due and accuſtomed.
Word: bldgs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bldg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buildings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪldɪŋz/ 1. plural of building Labels: form-of, plural
Word: purebred Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pure + bred. 1. Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal. Example: Delaney lifted her head, glaring at her only purebred dog—a black Dachshund with bladder control issues—who was tugging at his festively decorated dungaree wraparound diaper, trying to yank it off.
Word: purebred Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pure + bred. 1. An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.
Word: dec Part of Speech: adj 1. declared
Word: dec Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of decrement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of declaration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of decoration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: dec Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of decrease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Rep neck dec EOR 4 times more, AND AT THE SAME TIME, rep armhole dec EOR 4 (4,5) times more
Word: DEC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of diethylcarbamazine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of diethyl carbonate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of desquamated epithelial cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of dominant energy condition Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: DEC Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dec (“December”). Labels: alt-of 2. Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company.
Word: lades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jut Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌt/, /d͡ʒʊt/ 1. To stick out. Labels: intransitive Example: the jutting part of a building Example: 1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem. 2. To butt. Labels: obsolete Example: 1772-1782, William Mason, The English Garden the jutting steer
Word: jut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌt/, /d͡ʒʊt/ 1. Something that sticks out. Example: 1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition). The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.
Word: juts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌts/, /d͡ʒʊts/ 1. plural of jut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: juts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒʌts/, /d͡ʒʊts/ 1. third-person singular of jut Labels: form-of, singular, third-person
Word: prays Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹeɪz/, /pɹɛjz/, /pɹæɪz/, /pɾez/, [pɾeːz] 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pray Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: obligato Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of obbligato. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: prima facie Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin prīmā (“first”) + faciē (“shape, figure”), literally “at the first appearance.” Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.mə ˈfeɪ.siː/, /ˈpɹaɪ-/, /-ʃiː/, /-ʃə/, /ˈpɹiː.mə ˈfæɪ.siː/ 1. At first sight; on the face of it. Example: […] the nicest young man that ever was, — daintily gloved, patently booted, oilily curled, snowily wristbanded, with a lovely cambric (prima facie) handkerchief bound about his hyacinthine locks and polished hat. Example: Prima facie this may not read like a true story.
Word: prima facie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prīmā (“first”) + faciē (“shape, figure”), literally “at the first appearance.” Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiː.mə ˈfeɪ.siː/, /ˈpɹaɪ-/, /-ʃiː/, /-ʃə/, /ˈpɹiː.mə ˈfæɪ.siː/ 1. Apparently correct; not needing proof unless evidence to the contrary is shown. Labels: not-comparable Example: We conclude that the single photon is somehow interacting with itself. And now we have prima facie evidence of the superposition of quantum particles, that they can exist in more than one place at the same time.
Word: craptacular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old Dutch krappender. Old French crappe Middle French crapebor. Middle English crappe English crap English -tacular English craptacular From crap + -tacular. 1. Spectacularly awful; so poor in quality as to become a spectacle. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: The movie was so craptacular that it generated legions of ironic fans who watched it over and over solely to mock it mercilessly. Example: The craptacular Cirrus Logic chipset is nailed to the PCB. Luckily, adding a soundcard resolves this issue.
Word: priesthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), equivalent to priest + -hood. Compare Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːstˌhʊd/ 1. The role or office of a priest. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Priests as a group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Holonym: clergy Example: Near-synonym: clergy 3. Authority to act in the name of God or the divine in general. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prioress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prieresse, priorasse, priores, prioresse, priorisse, priouresse, priures, priuresse, prowres, pryoras, pryorys, pryowresse, from Medieval Latin priōrissa and Old French prioresse, prieuresse; equivalent to prior + -ess. 1. A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.
Word: nods Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɒdz/, /nɑdz/ 1. plural of nod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nods Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /nɒdz/, /nɑdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nod Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: idioms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idiom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dalek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Terry Nation in 1963 for his script of The Mutants (later retitled "The Daleks"), the second serial of the first season of Doctor Who. Accounts of how he devised the word vary. Within the Doctor Who universe, the word is supposed to be related to the name of the people from whom the Daleks evolved, either the Kaleds (as according to later serial Genesis of the Daleks) or the Dals (as in The Daleks), or to derive from a word meaning "gods" in their (fictional) language, in which the sacred "Book of Predictions" is written. According to the I, Davros audio fiction the book reads "...and on that day, men will become as gods", with the last word pronounced "Dal-eks". Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːlɛk/ 1. A member of a species of extraterrestrial cyborg mutants who appear in the television programme Doctor Who and are known for travelling in metallic shells, having monotone, mechanically distorted voices, repeating a limited number of phrases, and their fanatical obsession with exterminating other, non-Dalek beings. Example: 'But Alydon,' I persisted, 'the Daleks aren't human beings. They're just evil, half creatures, half machines, determined to destroy you.' Example: […] what kind of courage it must have taken for Hawkins, an actor renowned for the quality of his voice, to go back onto the set to deliver lines in that oesophageal monotone, what he called his "Dalek voice". 2. One who is dogmatic, unfeeling and determined. Labels: figuratively Example: In an article in The Times Lord Chalfont said: "The programmed Daleks of the French military planners were evolving a plan which was really a carbon copy of the British plan." Example: And rightly so, if only out of respect for the numerous idiosyncrasies left out of any generalized model of behaviour and, if only out of sheer personal honesty in admitting that individuals are never like the streamlined daleks of psychometric regressions.
Word: steel pan orchestra Part of Speech: noun 1. A band made up of people who play the steel pan.
Word: legitimize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English legitimate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English legitimize From legitimate + -ize. Pronunciation: /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪmaɪz/, /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪˌmaɪz/, [ləˈd͡ʒɪɾɪˌmaɪz], /ləˈd͡ʒɪtəˌmaɪz/, [ləˈd͡ʒɪɾəˌmaɪz] 1. To make legitimate. Labels: transitive
Word: usus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ūsus (“use”), from Proto-Italic *oissos. 1. The use of something. Labels: uncountable 2. Widespread de facto usage, regardless of whether it conforms to a standard. Labels: uncountable
Word: passus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin passus, the active participle of pandere. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsəs/ 1. A section of a long narrative poem; a canto
Word: stunod Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Italian-American immigrant slang; dialectal and derived from Southern Italian languages. In standard Italian it would be Italian stonato (“out of tune”). However, in the first half of the 20th century, the largely Southern Italian emigrants to America did not speak the Florentine dialect that modern Standard Italian is based upon and instead used the Sicilian stunatu or the Neapolitan stunato. The Italian-American meaning is nearly identical to the meaning in Sicilian and Neapolitan, though in Sicilian and Neapolitan stunatu and stuntato can also simply mean “out of tune” as well. The word stoned (“exhilarated, intoxicated by substances”) is often theorized to be a phono-semantic matching from stunod. Pronunciation: /ˈstunɑd/ 1. Stupid or crazy; out of touch with reality. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: If I was acting particularly spacey, my mother would ask, “Are you stunod?” Example: “Do you understand me? Are you stunod?” my mother would say. Stunod. Someone who is out-of-it, spacey, not a practical person who knows that life is labor and that only the sturdy can get the job done.
Word: stunod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Italian-American immigrant slang; dialectal and derived from Southern Italian languages. In standard Italian it would be Italian stonato (“out of tune”). However, in the first half of the 20th century, the largely Southern Italian emigrants to America did not speak the Florentine dialect that modern Standard Italian is based upon and instead used the Sicilian stunatu or the Neapolitan stunato. The Italian-American meaning is nearly identical to the meaning in Sicilian and Neapolitan, though in Sicilian and Neapolitan stunatu and stuntato can also simply mean “out of tune” as well. The word stoned (“exhilarated, intoxicated by substances”) is often theorized to be a phono-semantic matching from stunod. Pronunciation: /ˈstunɑd/ 1. A stupid or crazy person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “Hey, stunod,” Gina interjected angrily. “Help the lady.” Example: “Fuck me,” Eddie growled, cursing himself for the stunod that he was.
Word: tints Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɪnts/ 1. plural of tint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tints Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɪnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: taciturnly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English taciturn Middle English -ly English -ly English taciturnly From taciturn + -ly. 1. quietly; not in a manner inclined to speaking.
Word: tachyonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tachyon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tachyonic From tachyon + -ic. 1. Of or relating to a tachyon or tachyons. 2. Moving or capable of moving faster than the speed of light.
Word: tinter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tint + -er. 1. One who tints. 2. A special slide used with a magic lantern to produce effects such as moonlight.
Word: stint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”). Pronunciation: /stɪnt/ 1. To stop (an action); cease, desist. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: We mon haue payne that neuer shall stynt Example: O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong / At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife […] 2. To stop speaking or talking (of a subject). Labels: intransitive, obsolete 3. To be sparing or mean. Labels: intransitive Example: The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer. 4. To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance. Labels: transitive Example: I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produćtion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants Example: She stints them in their meals. 5. To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent. 6. To impregnate successfully; to get with foal. Example: The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.
Word: stint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”). Pronunciation: /stɪnt/ 1. A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell. Example: He had a stint in jail. Example: Lilian Greenwood has ranked boosting diversity and inclusivity among her crowning achievements from her two-year stint chairing the House of Commons Transport Select Committee. 2. Limit; bound; restraint; extent. Example: God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power. 3. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted. Example: Jack bovv'd and vvas oblig'd—confeſs'd 'tvvas ſtrange / That ſo retir'd he ſhould not vviſh a change, / But knevv no medium betvveen guzzling beer, / And his old stint—three thouſand pounds a year. 4. A part of the race between two consecutive pit stops. Example: That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead. Alonso closed in throughout their third stints, getting the gap down to 4.2secs before Maldonado stopped for the final time on lap 41.
Word: stint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /stɪnt/ 1. Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
Word: stint Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stɪnt/ 1. Misspelling of stent (“medical device”). Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: deeps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deep Labels: form-of, plural Example: She braved the deeps of the seas.
Word: deeps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deeply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English deply, depely, from Old English dēoplīċe (“deeply”, adverb), from dēoplīc (“deep”), equivalent to deep + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdi(ː)pli/ 1. To a deep extent or degree; very greatly. Example: I am deeply concerned about this matter. Example: I deeply regret my behaviour. 2. So as to extend far down or far into something. Example: The surface of the planet was deeply cratered. 3. At depth. Example: In this part of the river salmon swim deeply. 4. In a profound, not superficial, manner. Example: I thought deeply about the problem. 5. In large volume. Example: breathe deeply, drink deeply 6. Soundly; so as to be hard to rouse. 7. Richly. Labels: usually Example: a deeply flavoured curry Example: Her deeply hennaed hair, almost black at the roots, straggled loosely down both sides of her long face.
Word: pleading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, plead + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːdɪŋ/ 1. The act of making a plea. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue. 2. A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pleading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, plead + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of plead Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pleading Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, plead + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpliːdɪŋ/ 1. That pleads. Example: Franchise, relaxed and soothed by the vagueness of a surrender set so far in the future, simply took hold of his two hands to make him behave himself and looked at him with her pretty pleading eyes — the eyes of a sensitive woman who didn't want to risk having a child by anyone but her husband. Example: With a pleading look, she raised her eyes to him.
Word: Seneca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Seneca. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪkə/ 1. A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Roman stoic philosopher, dramatist, and statesman.
Word: Seneca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch Sennecaas, from Algonquian (probably Mahican [Term?]). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪkə/ 1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans in western New York state.