nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: speculator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin speculātor (“spy, explorer, investigator”), from speculor (“to watch, to observe”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“to watch, to observe”), q.v. In some senses, an agent noun formed within English from speculate. Doublet of spectator. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə/ 1. One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator. Example: a bold and paradoxical speculator 2. One who forms theories; a theorist. Example: […] in things of Fact, the People are as much to be believed, as the most subtle Philosophers and Speculators, since here sense is the Judge. Example: For, in the earlier part of the seventeenth century, a speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by its nature mortal, and does, in the great majority of cases, actually die with the body, would have been burned alive in Smithfield. 3. One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns. Example: He had inherited his not inconsiderable fortune from an American cousin, who had in his time been a successful speculator—a speculator not exactly in crops, which are notoriously kittle-cattle, but in official crop reports. Example: But it would be very unjust to think of all the Railway Members as speculators and simply out to feather their own nests, not that it is fair to think of George Hudson in this light alone. 4. Synonym of field goal.
Word: dolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dolus (“deceit, trickery”); akin to Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “bait, ruse”). Compare dolose, dolosity. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊləs/, /ˈdoʊləs/ 1. Evil intent: malice or fraud. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Every actual delict presupposes a dolus or culpa, with the concomitant consciousness and prepense
Word: ante meridiem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin ante merīdiem, from Latin ante (“before”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”). 1. Before noon, in the morning. Labels: not-comparable Example: And 'tis earnestly recommended to the Synod to continue their Kindness to Mr Leask, according as his Circumstances do require, May 12. Sess. 6. ante meridiem.
Word: QWAN Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the work of Christopher Alexander. 1. Acronym of quality without a name, referring to a more metaphysical attribute that expresses elegancy of code. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: midday Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English midday, from Old English middæġ (“midday, noon”), equivalent to mid- + day. Cognate with Scots midday (“midday”), West Frisian middei (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Dutch middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), German Mittag (“noon, midday, late morning, early afternoon”), Danish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Norwegian Bokmål middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”), Swedish middag (“midday, noon, afternoon”). Pronunciation: /mɪdˈdeɪ/, /ˈmɪd.deɪ/ 1. Noon; twelve o'clock during the day. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One indicates the time as one hour after twelve midday or midnight. Example: The list of potential victories you could achieve with your reset is long, and it includes a fafillion wins that have nothing to do with the scale: Fewer blemishes. Thicker hair. Less join pain. Reduced cravings. No midday energy slump.
Word: flask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flask, flaske (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) and Medieval Latin flascō (“bottle”); from Frankish *flaskā; both from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”), or from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of fiasco, flacon, and flagon. Related to Dutch fles; also German Low German Flaske, Fless, German Flasche, Danish flaske; also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský, Albanian flashkët. The sense “laboratory glassware” is from Italian fiasco, and the sense “container for holding a casting mold” is from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above. Pronunciation: /ˈflɑːsk/, /flask/, /ˈflæsk/ 1. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc. 2. A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask. 3. Laboratory glassware used to hold larger volumes than test tubes, normally having a narrow mouth of a standard size which widens to a flat or spherical base. 4. A container for holding a casting mold, especially for sand casting molds. 5. A bed in a gun carriage. 6. A nuclear flask, a large, secure lead-lined container for the transport of nuclear material. Example: Over the years, the railway has been the safest way to move hazardous chemicals, radioactive waste, fuel for Royal Navy nuclear submarines and imported fuel for reprocessing, as well as flasks containing fuel rods to and from British power stations. 7. A small bottle of liquor. Labels: Newfoundland
Word: flask Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English flask, flaske (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce, flaxe (“bottle, flask”) and Medieval Latin flascō (“bottle”); from Frankish *flaskā; both from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“braid-covered bottle, wicker-enclosed jug”), from Proto-Indo-European *ploḱ-skō (“flat”), or from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of fiasco, flacon, and flagon. Related to Dutch fles; also German Low German Flaske, Fless, German Flasche, Danish flaske; also Lithuanian plókščias, Czech ploský, Albanian flashkët. The sense “laboratory glassware” is from Italian fiasco, and the sense “container for holding a casting mold” is from Middle French flasque (“powder flask”), itself from Old Spanish flasco, frasco, both from Late Latin above. Pronunciation: /ˈflɑːsk/, /flask/, /ˈflæsk/ 1. To invest a denture in a flask so as to produce a sectional mold.
Word: fower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fowere, foware, fowar; equivalent to fow + -er. 1. One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete
Word: fower Part of Speech: num Etymology: From Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.ə/, /ˈfɑʊ.(w)ɐ/, /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/ 1. four Labels: Geordie
Word: fower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.ə/, /ˈfɑʊ.(w)ɐ/, /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/ 1. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Labels: uncountable
Word: plunder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen, from a noun originally meaning "household goods, bedding, clothing," of obscure ultimate origin. This is first attested in medieval records, and according to Gijsseling, is therefore attested too late to be considered a substrate word. Due to the lack of obvious cognates in other languages from which it would have been loaned, it could have developed as some slang word in Lower Saxony/the Low Countries. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”). The Philippine definition originates with the Anti-Plunder Act, an act of Congress enacted in 1991. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌndə/, /ˈplʌndɚ/, /ˈplɜn-/ 1. To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack. Labels: transitive Example: The mercenaries plundered the small town. Example: The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar. 2. To take (goods) by pillage. Labels: transitive Example: The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found. 3. To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid. Labels: intransitive Example: “Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around. 4. To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully. Labels: transitive Example: The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste. 5. To take unexpectedly. Labels: transitive Example: The Serb teed up Steve Davis, who crossed low for Graziano Pellè to plunder his fifth league goal of the campaign.
Word: plunder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1632 during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War. Borrowed from German plündern (“to loot”), from Middle High German, from Middle Low German plunderen, from a noun originally meaning "household goods, bedding, clothing," of obscure ultimate origin. This is first attested in medieval records, and according to Gijsseling, is therefore attested too late to be considered a substrate word. Due to the lack of obvious cognates in other languages from which it would have been loaned, it could have developed as some slang word in Lower Saxony/the Low Countries. Cognate with Dutch plunderen, West Frisian plonderje, Saterland Frisian plunnerje. Probably denominal from a word for “household goods, clothes, bedding”; compare Middle Dutch plunder, German Plunder (“stuff”), Dutch and West Frisian plunje (“clothes”). The Philippine definition originates with the Anti-Plunder Act, an act of Congress enacted in 1991. Pronunciation: /ˈplʌndə/, /ˈplʌndɚ/, /ˈplɜn-/ 1. An instance of plundering. Labels: uncountable 2. The loot attained by plundering. Labels: uncountable Example: The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it. 3. Baggage; luggage. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable Example: […] till a long-legged boy brought him out of his revery, by an offer to carry his “plunder,” in whatsoever direction he might desire to direct his steps. 4. The crime of amassing ill-gotten wealth by public officials through a combination or series of overt criminal acts. Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: great-grandparent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From great- + grandparent. 1. A parent of a grandparent; a grandparent of a parent.
Word: atopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English atopy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English atopic From atopy + -ic. Pronunciation: /eɪˈtɒpɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or suffering from atopy.
Word: humdrum Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Sound-symbolic, possible reduplication of hum, 1550s. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmdɹʌm/ 1. Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring. Example: In the valley there would have been feasting and celebration, and then dancing at the wedding, and afterwards the turmoil of a brief romance turning to humdrum married life, the cares of her house, the cares of children, anxiety, fret, illness, trouble, the day-by-day routine of growing old. Example: He suggested cusk, because he knew they would have it. She had never heard of cusk. “Doesn't it sound exotic!” she said. “Exotic indeed!” he laughed, and almost told her what a humdrum fish it really was, but stopped himself.
Word: humdrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sound-symbolic, possible reduplication of hum, 1550s. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌmdɹʌm/ 1. The quality of lacking variety or excitement. Labels: uncountable Example: I think it helped distract us from the dry, humdrum, and heat of the here and now. 2. A stupid fellow. Labels: countable, dated Example: So, after settling it that Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were complete country humdrums, the daughters hoydens, the sons awkward half-dandies, and the company altogether any thing but agreeable, she came to a conclusion she had done fifty times before, that the country was not like London.
Word: ravine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine). Pronunciation: /ɹəˈviːn/, /ɹəˈvin/ 1. A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water. Example: Sometimes the earth stretched up towards them with peaks of mountains, sometimes it fell away in steep ravines, blue rivers sang to them as they passed above them, or very faintly came the song of breezes in lone orchards, and far away the sea sang mighty dirges of old forsaken isles. Example: He fell into a reverie, a most dangerous state of mind for a chauffeur, since a fall into reverie on the part of a driver may mean a fall into a ravine on the part of the machine.
Word: ravine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See ravin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/, /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ 1. Alternative spelling of ravin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: And sure since we were borne, / Ruine of one ravine, was there none gretter: […] Example: [H]e [Odo of Bayeux] had […] by rauine and extortion, raked together greate maſſes of Golde and treaſure, whiche he cauſed to be grounde into fine pouder, and (filling therewith dyuers pottes and crockes) had ſounk them in the Bottomes of Riuers, intending therwithall to haue purchaſed the Papacie of Rome: […]
Word: ravine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See ravin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/, /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ 1. Obsolete spelling of ravin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] I am the cauſe / His death vvas ſo effected: Better 'tvvere / I met the rauine Lyon vvhen he roar'd / VVith ſharpe conſtraint of hunger: better 'tvvere, / That all the miſeries vvhich nature ovves / VVere mine at once.
Word: ravine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See ravin. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæv(ɪ)n/, /ˈɹæv(ə)n/ 1. Alternative spelling of ravin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic Example: As God was able to ſaue the bodies of his ſeruantes, that they were not hurt in the fire, as he was able to keepe Ionas ſafe, in the whales bellie: ſo can he preſerue our bodies in the earth. Yea, much better, becauſe the fire naturally conſumeth, and the fiſhes bellie deſtroieth thoſe things which they rauine: but the earth naturally preſerueth that which is earthie. Example: [I]t is his [Satan's] Maſtery to ſpread an unſeen venome in the Bovvels, thence to diffuſe its ſelf through't, mix vvith the vital ſpirit, and convert that kindly heat vvhich ſhould animate, into thoſe vvild irregular flames vvhich ravine and conſume.
Word: redux Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin redux (“that returns”), from redūcō (“to bring back”). The word may have re-entered popular usage in the United States with the publication of the novel Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike, although it had previously been used in medicine, literary titles, and product names. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdʌks/, /ɹiˈdʌks/ 1. Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited. Labels: attributive, not-comparable, postpositional Example: After an unusually cold August, September felt like summer redux as a heatwave sent temperatures soaring. Example: 10. It's Microsoft Redux All Over Again. Maybe the fat lady hasn't crooned the final note, but the petite lady who carried the most weight, US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, wrote the denouement to the Microsoft antitrust fiasco.
Word: redux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin redux (“that returns”), from redūcō (“to bring back”). The word may have re-entered popular usage in the United States with the publication of the novel Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike, although it had previously been used in medicine, literary titles, and product names. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdʌks/, /ɹiˈdʌks/ 1. A theme or topic that is redone, restored, brought back, or revisited. Example: With the exception of the leader's boppish title tune, the album is filled with anarchistic jazz reduxes of Nichols, Ellington, Kurt Weill, and Cole Porter. Example: The band chased the video up with an acoustic redux of the track, as well as performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Macy’s annual Fourth Of July Spectacular in New York.
Word: aftermost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old English æftemest. 1. Nearest the stern of a vessel. Labels: not-comparable Example: All the after-most part of the ship, is called the sterne (by a generall appellation) but most exactly considered, only the very outwardmost part abaft is the sterne; Example: My station during the engagement was on the middle-deck, where I was quartered with another boy, to bring powder to the aftermost gun; 2. Most recent. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1653, Peter English, The Survey of Policy, Leith, Section 1, Subsection 1, p. 99, In this sense Aristotle’s words hold good, if he refer the former part of the fourth species to the after-most times and ultimat center of Heroicisme, and the latter part to the prior, though not to the first times thereof. Example: Now whiles I was taken up with these anxious thoughts, a messenger […] came to me from the Lord Denny […], my after-most Honourable Patron, entreating me from his Lordship to speak with him.
Word: aftermost Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Old English æftemest. 1. At the very back. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And he put the handmaids and their children, first: and Leah and her children, after; and Rachel and Ioseph, aftermost.
Word: anachoretic Part of Speech: adj 1. Living in isolation. Example: Both the anachoretic and the missionary spirit were strong in the family of Penda; the former chiefly among the women, the latter among the men of the house: nearly all his children and grandchildren died in the odour of sanctity. Example: No longer purely anachoretic or solitary, it begins, like the insect on the flower, to simulate the colour of that new social life from which it draws its own. 2. Pertaining to anachoresis. Example: If a combination of micro-organisms is injected simultaneously, only one of the bacteria may be demonstrated in the anachoretic abscess. Example: Anachoresis, or anachoretic pulpitis, is, therefore, a pulpitis of systemic origin.
Word: flashcrowd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flash + crowd. 1. The large number of people brought by the sudden increase in popularity of an Internet site or resource due to an event or link from another site. Example: We now focus on the system's reaction to the sudden popularity of a single (new) file. This phenomenon is also called the flashcrowd effect.
Word: flash crowd Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of flashcrowd. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As mentioned in the Introduction, it is crucial to enhance content delivery during flash crowd events. 2. A large audience for a sporting event that is unexpected because of large numbers of game-day ticket sales rather than advance tickets. Example: Sure, you'll get trapped once in a while with a flash crowd. Like the first time Satchel Paige pitched in Cleveland. We thought we'd get 55,000, and we ended up with 78,000. Example: It was almost like a flash crowd at a sporting event. In all, we had more than 90 attendees, plus 32 instructors from around the country. 3. A crowd that forms suddenly. Example: The mall riot was the first successful riot in twenty years. “The police can get to a riot before it's a riot,” said McCord. “We call them flash crowds, and we watch for them.” Example: From now on at the first word the police get of a flash crowd, of a mall riot—type crowd, the emergency switches are thrown at headquarters and they close down the displacement booths in the vicinity. 4. Alternative form of flash mob. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Later flash crowds involved getting dozens of people to perch on a stone ledge in Central Park all making bird noises, a “Zombie walk” in San Francisco, and a silent dance party at London's Victoria Station. Example: A new type is the flash crowd (or flash mob). Flash crowds might gather, for example, to engage in a pillow fight. 5. The fashionable public. Labels: obsolete Example: To see the Hurst with tents encamp'd on, Look around Lawrence's at Hampton, Join the flash crowd (the horse being led Into the yard, and clean'd and fed); Talk to Dav. Hudson and Cy. Davis. Example: It was a low-grade, flash crowd with barrels of money and all as crooked as a switch-back railway, men and women both, so that one fine night when a second-story worker handed me a proposition for opening the back door I said, "All right, ...
Word: make head or tail of Part of Speech: verb 1. To understand even minimally. Labels: idiomatic Example: See if you can make head or tail of the last section in this chapter. I'm baffled. Example: 'I cannot make head or tail of it,' confessed Miss Barrowford, as the senseful fingers crossed and recrossed the scrawl, now following a vague spidery line, now drawn where no visible mark appeared to lead. 'Is there any meaning, do you think?' 2. To determine to be good or bad.
Word: attestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French attestation, from Latin attestātiō; by surface analysis, attest + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæt.ɛˈsteɪ.ʃən/ 1. A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A confirmation or authentication. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business records of an enterprise, public agency, or other organization. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A historical dictionary cannot do this though it cannot also neglect this aspect because the attestation of a rare meaning is bound to be very limited. Example: The eastern-most attestation of Sl skola in the meaning of synagogue appears to be in Smolensk Russian.
Word: salience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin saliēns, salientis (whence -ence), from saliō. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.li.əns/, [ˈseɪ̯.li.əns], /ˈsæɪ.li.əns/, [ˈsæɪ̯.li.əns] 1. The condition of being salient. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A highlight; perceptual prominence, or likelihood of being noticed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Relative importance based on context. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bulletproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bullet English proof English -proof English bulletproof From bullet + -proof. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuːf/, /ˈbɵlɪtpɹʉwf/, /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/, /ˈbʊlɪtpɹʉːf/, /ˈbʉlɪtpɾʉf/ 1. Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun. Example: bulletproof window Example: bulletproof vest 2. Reliable, infallible, sturdy or error-tolerant. Labels: figuratively Example: bulletproof hosting Example: The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material.
Word: bulletproof Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English bullet English proof English -proof English bulletproof From bullet + -proof. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuːf/, /ˈbɵlɪtpɹʉwf/, /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/, /ˈbʊlɪtpɹʉːf/, /ˈbʉlɪtpɾʉf/ 1. To make proof against bullets. Labels: transitive 2. To make resistant to failure. Labels: informal, transitive Example: We have to bulletproof this program before we let the users at it; check every input, catch every possible flaw... it must not fail in use.
Word: bulletproof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bullet English proof English -proof English bulletproof From bullet + -proof. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuːf/, /ˈbɵlɪtpɹʉwf/, /ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/, /ˈbʊlɪtpɹʉːf/, /ˈbʉlɪtpɾʉf/ 1. A liquor store Labels: slang Example: I converted it to a mini-bar and then I went to every single bulletproof in my neighborhood and ordered a ridiculous amount.
Word: curmudgeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Numerous folk etymologies exist for this word. An alternative spelling attested in 1600 is cornmudgin, in Holland's translation of Livy, rendering Latin frūmentārius (“corn-merchant”). This has been suggested as the original form of the word, but OED notes that curmudgeon is attested some years before this, concluding that cornmudgin was merely a nonce-word by Holland. The word is attested from the late 1500s in the forms curmudgeon and curmudgen, and during the 17th century in numerous spelling variants, including cormogeon, cormogion, cormoggian, cormudgeon, curmudgion, curmuggion, curmudgin, curr-mudgin, curre-megient. Pronunciation: /kɜːˈmʌdʒ.ən/, /kɚˈmʌd͡ʒ.ən/ 1. An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man. Example: Near-synonyms: crank, grump; grumpy pants (often childish), sourpuss, grouch Example: There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak. 2. A miser. Labels: archaic
Word: edgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From edge + -y. Compare German eckig (“angular, edgy”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒi/, /ˈed͡ʒi/ 1. Nervous, apprehensive. 2. Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge. 3. On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué. Labels: figuratively Example: “A few college kids make edgy jokes in a group chat and conservatives are tripping over themselves to denounce and disavow and call for firings and resignations,” Matt Walsh, a right-wing commentator, posted on X. 4. Irritable. Labels: dated Example: an edgy temper 5. Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. Example: A sculptor's ideas must, I should guess, be somewhat rigid and inflexible, like the materials in which he works. Besides, Nollekens's style was comparatively hard and edgy. 6. Sharp; having prominent edges. Example: Shasta tried to get out of the way and to make Bree go back. But […] a woman with a very edgy basket in her hands, who was just behind Shasta, pushed the basket hard against his shoulders, and said, "Now then! Who are you shoving!" 7. Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass. Labels: slang Example: My bicep, my poor little cluster of nearly muscle is being pressed into a funsize turkey nugget and I’m starting to perhaps regret my outing with this bunch of Brentford fans who have that slightly edgier reputation. Example: His cool, somewhat edgy look is directed back at the photographer, as if she was too close, perhaps had seen too much. 8. Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others. Labels: Internet Example: These trolls think they’re being satirical and brave because they’re putting these dangerous, edgy so-called jokes on there, but in reality it’s cowardly. It’s the antithesis of bravery because they rarely identify themselves or give away personal information. That’s not courage. Example: A large portion of the Internet audience enjoys edgy content and the behavior of the more extreme users; it wants to see the bad with the good, so it becomes harder to get rid of the ugly. But to attract more mainstream audiences and bring in the big-budget advertisers, you must hide or remove the ugly.
Word: womanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman 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 womanize From woman + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊmənaɪz/ 1. To flirt with or seduce, or attempt to seduce, women, especially lecherously. Labels: intransitive 2. To turn into a woman; to feminize. Labels: figuratively, transitive, usually Example: [T]his effeminate loue of a wõman, doth ſo womanize a man, that (if hee yeeld to it) it will not onely make him an Amazon; but a launder, a diſtaff-ſpinner; or what ſo euer other vile occupation their idle heads can imagin and their weake hands performe. Example: Another bolt passed between Iucharba's legs, nearly womanizing him with its blast of heat. "EEEeeeYOW!" he howled.
Word: Hokkien Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒkiɛn/, /ˈhok.kjɛn/, /ˈhɑkiˌɛn/, /ˈhoʊkiˌɛn/ 1. A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc. Example: Almost 90 percent of Taiwan's 6 million occupants at the end of World War II spoke Hokkien. Example: Because Hokkien is the most widely spoken local language (after Mandarin) in both Taiwan and Kinmen, this national language policy – when implemented in Kinmen – resulted in a different perceived language policy. 2. A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc. Labels: Taiwan 3. A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language. 4. Alternative form of Fujian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: Hokkien Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒkiɛn/, /ˈhok.kjɛn/, /ˈhɑkiˌɛn/, /ˈhoʊkiˌɛn/ 1. Of or relating to the Fujianese people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: calamity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”). Pronunciation: /kəˈlæmɪti/ 1. An event resulting in great loss. Example: Romeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie. Example: Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and from all that yet lingered with her of her childhood. 2. The distress that results from some disaster. Example: They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.
Word: fool's paradise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foles paradise, folis paradyce, first recorded in the Paston Letters (1462). 1. A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope. Labels: idiomatic Example: Now, afore God, I am so vexed, that every part about me quivers. Scurvy knave! Pray you, sir, a word: and as I told you, my young lady bade me inquire you out; what she bade me say, I will keep to myself: but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say: for the gentlewoman is young; and, therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing. Example: The Devon School record books contained a mistake, a lie, and nobody knew it but Finny and me. A. Hopkins Parker was living in a fool's paradise, wherever he was. His defeated name remained in bronze on the school record plaque, while Finny deliberately evaded an athletic honor.
Word: actuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin āctuārius (“copyist, account-keeper”), from āctus (“public business”); see actuarius. Pronunciation: /ˈæktʃuˌɛɹi/, /ˈæktjʊəɹi/, /ˈæktʃʊəɹi/, /ˈæktʃəɹi/ 1. Registrar, clerk. Labels: dated 2. A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.
Word: shul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school, synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). Doublet of schola and school. Pronunciation: /ʃʊl/, /ʃuːl/ 1. An Ashkenazi synagogue. Labels: Judaism Example: That Asher's mind would have also been on Elohim, at this moment receiving prayers in Asher's shul, goes without saying. Example: Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.
Word: Eber Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿéver). 1. the son of Salah and the father of Joktan and Peleg. 2. Surname and given name
Word: quiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of whiff. Pronunciation: /kwɪf/, [kʰw̥ɪf] 1. A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke. Labels: British, dialectal
Word: quiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /kwɪf/, [kʰw̥ɪf] 1. A trick or ploy; a stratagem. Labels: regional, slang Example: It was young Mr. Abbott worked that quiff on you, sir.
Word: quiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif. Pronunciation: /kwɪf/, [kʰw̥ɪf] 1. A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. Labels: UK Example: His woolly brown hair shaped into a drooping quiff, he's been sitting poolside all morning, snatching sucks on cigarettes before the waiters can tell him no, and thinking about reworking some incidental music for the band's gig tomorrow. Example: A bottle of Rio and some chicken and chips / In my fuck-me-up pumps and my Winehouse quiff
Word: quiff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps a variant of coif. Pronunciation: /kwɪf/, [kʰw̥ɪf] 1. To arrange (the hair) in such a manner. Labels: UK
Word: quiff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably variant of coif (“vulva”). Pronunciation: /kwɪf/, [kʰw̥ɪf] 1. A young girl, especially as promiscuous; a prostitute. Labels: slang Example: How would I get an African toothache when the closest I been to a quiff in over a month is sitting next to one? 2. The vulva or vagina. Labels: slang Example: As for whores—they are sometimes daughters of fine homes peddling their quim and quiff for a thumbnail of cocaine or a tot of rot-gut whiskey. Example: Jane was drying herself in the bedroom, holding the bath towel behind her shoulders, her small breasts and childlike nipples flushed from the power jet, her quiff a barely visible thread.
Word: forelock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *forelock, *forelok, from Old English forelocc, equivalent to fore- + lock. 1. The part of a person's hairstyle which covers the forehead. Example: His fair large front and eye sublime declared / Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks / Round from his parted forelock manly hung / Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad: Example: 1734, The Koran: Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed, translated by George Sale, Sura 96, Congealed Blood, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/7440/pg7440-images.html Doth he not know that GOD seeth? / Assuredly. Verily, if he forbear not, we will drag him by the forelock, / the lying, sinful forelock. / And let him call his council to assistance: / we also will call the infernal guards to cast him into hell. 2. The part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead. Example: […] the gates themselves slowly parted, there appeared a large horse's head, with a plaited forelock under a decorated yoke, and slowly there rolled into the road a small cart, like those driven by horse-dealers, and higglers. Example: Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts; but in the end he could not think of anything to say.
Word: forelock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock. 1. A wedge pushed through a hole at the end of a bolt to hold it in place.
Word: forelock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forelok, equivalent to fore- + lock. 1. To fix in place with a forelock (wedge) Example: At one extremity each pair was firmly connected by a short, massive, iron link, of about two feet in length; and, at its opposite end, a large eye-bolt was driven into each stick, where it was securely forelocked.
Word: Scillonian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪˈləʊniən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the Isles of Scilly, a Scilly Islander.
Word: Scillonian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /sɪˈləʊniən/ 1. Of or relating to the Isles of Scilly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Isles of Scilly Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Cornish Syllan, from British Latin (Insulae) Sillinae, Silina, Siluruni, found in Ancient Greek as Σίλυρες (Sílures), Σύρινες (Súrines), of uncertain origin, but suggested by some to be from solis insulae (“isles of the sun”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪlz əv ˈsɪli/ 1. An archipelago off the coast of Cornwall, in southwestern England.
Word: expunge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin expungerelbor. English expunge Learned borrowing from Latin expungere. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/, /ɛkˈspʌnd͡ʒ/ 1. To erase or strike out. Labels: transitive Example: The gentleman from Texas [Mr. CRAIN] asks unanimous consent to expunge from the RECORD and from the Journal the motion to excuse the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. ALLEN] […] 2. To eliminate completely; to annihilate. Labels: transitive 3. To delete permanently (e-mail etc.) that was previously marked for deletion but still stored. Labels: transitive
Word: gynaecology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gynaeco- + -logy. 1. Alternative spelling of gynecology. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: requiescat in pace Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin requiēscat in pāce. 1. May he/she rest in peace.
Word: requiescant in pace Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin requiēscant in pāce. 1. May they rest in peace.
Word: RIP Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of rest in peace. Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)aɪ ˈpiː/, /ɹɪp/ 1. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: RIP, Pope Francis. Example: But Sandor shoves his knife through his brother’s head, and when that doesn’t stop him, he sacrifices himself to kill his sibling, knocking them from the tower and plunging into the blazing fire below. R.I.P., Sandor Clegane and your malevolent brother. 2. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace). Labels: broadly, informal, ironic, often Example: RIP Vine. Only real ones remember. Example: A couple of locally owned restaurants I enjoyed in my town didn't survive covid. RIP the one Indian food place within 100 miles. 3. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace). Labels: excessive, humorous, ironic, often, slang Example: That jumpscare is so loud! RIP headphone users. Example: RIP your DMs. 4. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace). Labels: broadly, slang Example: I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP. Example: Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip 5. Initialism of rest in piss. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism 6. Initialism of rest in power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, rare
Word: RIP Part of Speech: name 1. Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks.
Word: RIP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally coined in Selker et al. (1987) as an acronym for rearrangement induced premeiotically, which was later renamed repeat-induced point mutation in Cambareri et al. (1989). Pronunciation: /ɹɪp/ 1. Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated. Labels: uncountable Example: The RIP process can be extremely efficient. A linked duplication of 6 kb of Neurospora DNA, whose elements were separated by 7.5 kb of bacterial and unique Neurospora sequences, never survived a cross unrearranged. Example: Thus, the RIP process results in point mutations, consistent with the results from the heteroduplex analyses. On the basis of this information, we suggest changing the name of the phenomenon from "rearrangement induced premeiotically" to "repeat-induced point mutation."
Word: RIP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of reduction in pay. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: […] recommended as punishment a 55-day RIP (reduction in pay) but was overruled by higher authorities […] Example: He admitted to his indiscretion and accepted a five-day RIP (reduction in pay). What the hell is going on? I wondered. We let a captain with possible O.C. connections off the hook, but we bust a patrolman for having a drink!
Word: RIP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ribosome-inactivating protein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: double U Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of double-u. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. something in the shape of two U's (not of a W) Example: In training a tree in the double U […] only the two topmost buds are allowed to grow on the trunk and two arms.
Word: archimandrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French archimandrite, from Latin archimandrīta, from late Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “highest”) + μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosure, cloister, monastery”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of”). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːkɪˈmændɹaɪt/ 1. The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church. Example: My predecessors generally preferred to live and work in the monastery proper, but I like the solitude of the caves. I have been an archimandrite, here at Pskov, since 1915 and a humble monk for twenty years before that. 2. An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest. Labels: rare
Word: peafowl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pea (“peacock”) + fowl. Compare Icelandic páfugl (“peafowl”), Swedish påfågel (“peafowl”), Danish påfugl (“peafowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːˌfaʊl/ 1. A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
Word: peahen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pehenne, equivalent to pea (“peafowl”) + hen. Compare Icelandic páhæna (“peahen”). See also peacock, peafowl, peachick, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.hɛn/ 1. A female peafowl. Example: It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong.
Word: hightail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.teɪl/ 1. To move at full speed, especially in retreat. Labels: Canada, US, informal, transitive, usually Example: He hightailed it toward town. Example: I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
Word: physicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From physics + -ist. Coined by the English polymath William Whewell (1794–1866) in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1840): see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ 1. A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level. Example: Thus we may say, that while the Naturalist employs principally the ideas of resemblance and life, the Physicist proceeds upon the ideas of force, matter, and the properties of matter. Example: Physicists find themselves called in to deal with such varied problems as the reduction of noise in diesel railcars, investigation of the Hertzian stresses set up by wheel-rail contact and improvement of the insulation of fish and banana vans. 2. A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles (opposed to vitalist). Labels: archaic
Word: noumenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek νοούμενον (nooúmenon, “thing that is known”), passive present participle of νοέω (noéō, “I know”). Pronunciation: /ˈnuːmənɒn/, /ˈnaʊmənɒn/, /ˈnumənɑn/ 1. A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable. Example: The final result of Kant's philosophy, expressed in the concisest terms, was the proposition, so humiliating to human cognition, but, at the same time, so fertile in consequences, that we can know only phenomena, or the outward appearances of things, but not the noumenon, or the thing in itself. Example: We have no specific concept of the noumenon, but think of it merely as whatever the object may be apart from the manner in which our knowledge exhibits it.
Word: lading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdɪŋ/ 1. The action of loading. Labels: countable 2. Shipment, cargo, freight. Labels: uncountable Example: the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…] Example: The B-end of car DJJX 30478 […] was relatively intact but was surrounded by scrap steel lading from the car, which had been released to the track surface […] The bathtub gondola car structural features produced a car that could carry more lading and provided a relatively obstruction-free car interior which, when combined with the rotary dump feature, permitted the free-flow of granular lading and rapid evacuation of the load with little or no residue left in the car. 3. Burden. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Nor could I weary, heart or limb, ⁠When mighty Love would cleave in twain ⁠The lading of a single pain, And part it, giving half to him.
Word: lading Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present