nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: reverence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/, /ˈɹɛv.ɹəns/ 1. To show or feel reverence to. Labels: transitive Example: I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word
Word: scrambled eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrambled egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relationship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English relation Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English relationship From relation + -ship. Displaced native Old English sibb. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/, /ɹəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/, /ɹəˈlæ̝ɪʃ(ə)nˌʃɪp/ 1. Connection or association; the condition of being related. Example: Near-synonym: alliance Example: But some discussion of the complex relationship between “allohistory” and sf is appropriate here, as the genres overlap in certain ways. Classical allohistory— such as Trevelyan's "What if Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo?" and Churchill's "If Lee had not won the Battle of Gettysburg" —is a rigorously consistent thought-experiment in historical causality. 2. The links between the x-values and y-values of ordered pairs of numbers especially coordinates. Example: Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector. 3. Kinship; being related by blood or marriage. 4. A romantic or sexual involvement. Example: They have been in a relationship for ten years, but have never married. Example: I'm not advocating sexual promiscuity but I think it's possible for a woman to have many kinds of sexual relationships with many men and that shouldn't affect the status of the marriage. 5. A way in which two or more people behave and are involved with each other. Example: Near-synonym: footing Example: I have a good working relationship with my boss. 6. The level or degree of affinity between keys, chords and tones.
Word: somersault Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut. Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/, /ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt/, /ˈsʊməˌsɒlt/, /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/, /ˈsʌmɚˌsɑlt/ 1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head. Example: Near-synonym: backflip
Word: somersault Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut. Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/, /ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt/, /ˈsʊməˌsɒlt/, /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/, /ˈsʌmɚˌsɑlt/ 1. To perform a somersault. Example: Near-synonym: backflip Example: The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.
Word: breastfeed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast English feed English breastfeed From breast + feed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/ 1. To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: This is a designated place for mothers to breastfeed their babies. Example: She stopped breastfeeding after a few months. 2. To nurse, to suck milk from a breast. Labels: intransitive Example: Avoid using a bottle until confident your baby is breastfeeding effectively.
Word: breastfeed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast English feed English breastfeed From breast + feed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛs(t)fiːd/ 1. An instance of feeding milk to a baby from the breasts; a breastfeeding.
Word: wipe out Part of Speech: verb 1. To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate. Labels: transitive Example: a tornado that nearly wiped out an entire town Example: Yasser Arafat (Katz): You do not go far enough General Amin. We must rip their entrails out and drag them from here to Damascus until they include us in the peace process. Muammar Gaddafi (LuJane): No! Nonsense! This solution is not bold enough for Libya. I say wipe out Washington and New York. 2. To physically erase (writing, computer data, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: nearly a year's worth of database records wiped out by disk failure coupled with lack of backups 3. To do away with; to cause to disappear. Labels: transitive Example: trying to wipe out hunger and alleviate despair Example: The leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who had dominated headlines in recent weeks with rousing open-air rallies against capitalism, took about 11% and failed in his ultimate aim of beating Le Pen and wiping out the extreme right. 4. To exhaust (someone); to tire (them) out. Labels: informal, transitive Example: An hour of snow shoveling kind of wiped me out more than I expected. Example: I tried to force myself to sound happy even though I was exhausted. Four solid days of finals and studying for them had wiped me out. 5. To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance). Labels: informal, transitive Example: They tried hard to hang on, but the Great Depression wiped them out. Example: Unexpected big-ticket expenses wiped out his bank balance. 6. To crash; to fall over or fall off (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.). Labels: intransitive Example: shot into the half-pipe but then wiped out Example: A massive wave caused him to wipe out. 7. To knock (a surfer) off their board. Labels: transitive Example: A massive wave wiped him out. Example: I'd like to show you what a wipeout looks like from the board. I'm pretty good at getting wiped out, so I'll be the stooge.
Word: wipe out Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard form of wipeout; nonstandard but widespread. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: pupil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːpəl/, /ˈpj̥uːpəɫ/ 1. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher. Example: The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt. Example: All of these different methods of teaching elementary reading were successful for some pupils, unsuccessful for others. 2. One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field. Example: Plato was Socrates' pupil, and in turn Aristotle was Plato's pupil. Example: I understand; it’s because I seem to you to be a worse pupil than the judges in court, because obviously you’ll demonstrate to them that the sorts of things your father did are unjust and hated by all the gods. 3. An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state. Labels: obsolete
Word: pupil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye. Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːpəl/, /ˈpj̥uːpəɫ/ 1. The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. Example: There are sharks with round pupils, sharks with slitlike pupils, and some with pupils that expand and contract with the amount of light available. As unimpressive as this might sound to people who are used to having their pupils dilate and contract regularly, realize that no bony fish has this modification of the eye. 2. The central dark part of an ocellated spot.
Word: retina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rethina, borrowing from Medieval Latin rētīna (“retina”, feminine noun), ellipsis of tunica rētīna (“net-like tunic”), used to describe the blood vessel system at the back of the eye. The phrase is attested in the 12th century in Guillelmus the abbot and Gerard of Cremona—the latter may have created this phrase as a translation for Arabic طَبَقَة شَبَكِيَّة (ṭabaqa šabakiyya) "net-like layer", which translates Ancient Greek ἀμφιβληστροειδής χῐτών (amphiblēstroeidḗs khĭtṓn, “retina”), which is attested in the ancient medical writer Galen. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɪ.nə/, /ˈɹɛt.ə.nə/, /ˈɹɛt.nə/ 1. The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.
Word: starjump Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of star jump. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Running in place has got to be one of the more pointless things you do. Betcha they could have gotten the same results by making you do 50 starjumps before firing though... Example: The leader calls out some number instructions for the rest of the class to follow (e.g. "Fatima says: do 5 starjumps … 3 kneebends, no headshakes …)
Word: locomotion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French locomotion, from Latin locō (literally “from a place”) (ablative of locus (“place”)) + mōtiōnem (“motion, a moving”) (nominative mōtio), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”). Pronunciation: /ləʊ.kəˈməʊ.ʃən/, /ˌloʊ.kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/, /ləʉ.kəˈməʉ.ʃən/ 1. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: So it is that one of the characteristics that the sperm whale shares with all cetaceans is that it swims by flexing its tail flukes dorso-ventrally, a less efficient way of swimming than that of its distant piscine ancestors, but a mode of locomotion that derives directly from the galloping of its more recent terrestrial ones. Example: The assessment also looks at reflexes, stationary (body control), locomotion (movement), grasping and visual-motor integration (eyes and hands coordinated). 3. A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive. Labels: countable, usually Example: Mr. Motian's own tunes, folk-simple locomotions of straight melody, fast or slow, with acres of room for interpretation, have accounted for some of the mistier sets.
Word: running Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, run + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌniŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ 1. present participle and gerund of run Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: running Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, run + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌniŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ 1. Moving or advancing at a run. Labels: not-comparable 2. Moving or advancing at a run. Labels: not-comparable 3. Present, current. Labels: not-comparable Example: running month 4. Flowing; easy; cursive. Labels: not-comparable Example: running handwriting 5. Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step. Labels: not-comparable Example: a running commentary, a running explanation, my running theory Example: Thus a constant running fire was kept up, and no interval allowed for the enemy to stand to their guns in safety […] 6. Having a continuous design or pattern. Labels: not-comparable Example: running bond; running ornament 7. Consecutive (much more commonly expressed by an adverb; see below). Labels: not-comparable Example: He won the title for three running years. 8. Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem. Labels: not-comparable Example: a running vine 9. Discharging pus. Labels: not-comparable Example: a running sore 10. Discharging snot or mucus. Labels: not-comparable Example: a running nose
Word: running Part of Speech: adv Etymology: By surface analysis, run + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌniŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ 1. Consecutively; in a row. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
Word: running Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, run + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌniŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ 1. The action of the verb to run. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His running of the business leaves something to be desired. Example: The train operating company owning group warned in early December that it was unable to publish its results for the year to July 3 2021, following an investigation into the running of Southeastern, which was stripped of its franchise in October [...]. 2. The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Running is good exercise. 3. That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the first running of a still 4. The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act of running errands. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: I'm gonna go out and do my running. 6. The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: running Part of Speech: prep Etymology: By surface analysis, run + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌniŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʊnɪŋɡ/ 1. Approaching; about; roughly. Labels: colloquial
Word: mmm Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: [m̩ː] 1. An emotional expression of satisfaction. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Mmm, this is a tasty pie! 2. An expression used to show thought, reflection, or confusion. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Mmm, I see what you mean. Example: In his final years he [John Ogdon] gave an interview to an American journalist who noticed that “his handshake is a boneless fadeaway. His response to a lengthy anecdote from a close friend is likely to range from a non-committal ‘Mmmmmmm’ to a rare ‘Very interesting’.” 3. Used to represent an utterance that is muffled or spoken with a full mouth (also spelled "mmph"). Labels: onomatopoeic 4. Yes. Labels: UK Example: Danny: Have you got any food? I: Mmm! As a matter of fact, got a saveloy.
Word: crawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crawlen, crewlen, creulen, crallen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (compare Danish kravle (“to crawl, creep”), Swedish kravla, kräla (“to creep, crawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *krablōną (compare Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German Low German krabbeln, German krabbeln), frequentative of *krabbōną (“to scratch, scrape”). Compare also Saterland Frisian krauelje (“to crawl, scuttle”), West Frisian kreauwelje (“to crawl”), Dutch krevelen, krieuwelen (“to crawl”), German Low German kribbeln, German kribbeln (“to creep, crawl, tingle”). See also crab, crabble. Pronunciation: /kɹɔːl/, /kɹoːl/, /kɹaːl/, /kɾɔl/, /kɾɔːl/ 1. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc. 2. The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl). 3. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. 4. A very slow pace. Labels: figuratively Example: My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package. 5. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image. Example: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.
Word: crawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare kraal. Pronunciation: /kɹɔːl/, /kɹoːl/, /kɹaːl/, /kɾɔl/, /kɾɔːl/ 1. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
Word: scrotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin scrōtālis. Equivalent to scrotum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹoʊtəl/, /ˈskɹəʊtəl/ 1. Of or relating to the scrotum. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a visible scrotum. Labels: not-comparable Example: Male maturity is evident from descent of the testes; adult males are scrotal year-round, whereas subadult males are partially or nonscrotal.
Word: scrotum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹəʊ.təm/, /ˈskɹoʊ.təm/ 1. The sac of skin and muscle that contains and protects the testicles in most placental mammals. Example: The female labia majora are homologous to the male scrotum. 2. The pouch or volva of certain fungi.
Word: scrota Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɹoʊ.tə/, /ˈskɹəʊ.tə/ 1. plural of scrotum (“sac of skin and muscle enclosing the male testicles in mammals”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anecdotal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anecdote + -al. Pronunciation: [ˌænɪkˈdəʊ̯tɫ̩], [ˌænɪkˈdoʊ̯tɫ̩], [ˌænɪkˈdoʊ̯ɾɫ̩], [ˌɛənɪkˈdoʊ̯tɫ̩], [ˌɛənɪkˈdoʊ̯ɾɫ̩] 1. Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote. Example: A central diagnostic and anecdotal feature of autism is difficulty with social communication. 2. Containing or abounding in anecdotes.
Word: mercy bucket Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the similarity of this (otherwise nonsensical) phrase to the French merci beaucoup. 1. Pronunciation spelling of merci beaucoup. Labels: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
Word: silver plate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: silver + plate 1. A thin layer of silver applied to the surface of an object made of another metal. Labels: uncountable
Word: silver plate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: silver + plate 1. Alternative spelling of silver-plate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: silver plate Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From "silver plate", from the similarity of this phrase to the French s'il vous plaît. 1. Pronunciation spelling of s'il vous plaît. Labels: alt-of, humorous, pronunciation-spelling
Word: koala bear Part of Speech: noun 1. A koala. Labels: colloquial
Word: align Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English alynen, alinen (“copulate”), from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from a- + lignier, from Latin lineare (“make straight or perpendicular”), from the noun linea (“line”), from līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”), likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *līnom (compare linen). Pronunciation: /əˈlaɪn/, /æˈlaɪn/ 1. To form a line; to fall into line. Labels: intransitive Example: The pedestrians aligned in such a way that from above they made a pyramidal pattern. 2. To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. Labels: transitive 3. To organize in a consistent, defined way, perhaps in an abstract sense. Labels: transitive 4. To identify (oneself) with, match, or support the behaviour, thoughts, etc. of another person, organization, or country. Labels: intransitive, reflexive 5. To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. Labels: transitive 6. To organize a linear arrangement of DNA, RNA, or protein sequences which have regions of similarity. Labels: transitive 7. To identify entities that refer to the same real-world object in different knowledge bases. Labels: transitive
Word: teabag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tea Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English teabag From tea + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː(ˌ)bæɡ/ 1. A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water. Example: He put a spoon and teabag on the saucer and placed it before Mr. McManus.
Word: teabag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English tea Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English teabag From tea + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː(ˌ)bæɡ/ 1. To lower one's scrotum into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar 2. To sit or crouch repeatedly on the head of another player's character after they are dead, which is a reference to the above sex act. Labels: vulgar Example: The good news is, you don't have to play 10,000 matches to learn to hold your own against those obnoxious, teabagging 9-year-olds anymore! 3. Of a kite, to have enough lift to repeatedly lift the kite-flyer slightly off the ground, then back down, then back up, etc., in the manner of dunking a teabag into water.
Word: demarche Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of démarche. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spatula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe. Pronunciation: /ˈspætjʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/ 1. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food. 2. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. Labels: Canada, US 3. A palette knife. Labels: dated 4. A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc. 5. A tongue depressor. Labels: UK 6. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino. Example: The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost! 7. A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges. Example: The third instars are similar to other members of the genus except for a three-pronged spatula (typically two-pronged) and five lateral papillae (typically four) and with a nonbristled first instar.
Word: spatula Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe. Pronunciation: /ˈspætjʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/, /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/ 1. To lift with or as if with a spatula. Labels: transitive Example: A book on Pastels referes [sic] to a rough Modeling paste to be spatulaed over cotton duck. Example: So if you get road-pizzaed, should you have to pay in order to get yourself spatulaed off of the street? 2. To strike with a spatula. Labels: transitive Example: Or if you're a Ranma Character. I mean, they've been kicked/punched/thrown/hammered/spatulaed into the stratosphere enough times, you gotta figure they've developed a prretty high threshold of pain/injury. Example: i.....am............dying.....................i'vebeen..............spatula'd........................to.........death...
Word: handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English handed Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 handedness From handed + -ness. 1. The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reverse racism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on the notion that racism is usually directed from the political majority to a political minority. 1. Racism against the racial majority (either a member or group of that majority or the majority in general). Labels: uncountable Example: The unassailable statements that Indians are as good as we are, and better in some respects, and that their tribal ways are an important American value, shade imperceptibly into reverse racism: Indians are better than we are, in all respects, and their tribal ways will save and redeem us. Example: By claiming that meritocratic judgments trump egalitarian efforts to produce tangible results, neoconservatives cast affirmative action policies as multiracial reverse racism and the major cause of racial divisiveness and low black self-esteem...
Word: sergeant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sergeant, sergeaunt, serjent, serjaunt, serjawnt, sergant, from Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Medieval Latin servientem, accusative of serviēns (“a servant, vassal, soldier, apparitor”), from Latin serviēns (“serving”), present participle of serviō (“serve, be a slave to”). Doublet of servant and servient. The shift from /vj/ > /dʒ/ was a regular development in Old French. Compare cavea > cage, salvia > sage. The fish is so called because of its stripes, supposed to resemble a sergeant's insignia of rank. The pronunciation with /ɑɹ/ is due to a widespread development of Middle English er + consonant (see barn, start etc.). In sergeant, the spelling was standardised in one way, the pronunciation in another (compare clerk, derby in Commonwealth English, further parson vs. person, and varsity vs. university). Pronunciation: /ˈsɑː.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈsɑɹ(ə)nt/ 1. A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks. 2. The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police. Example: “Yes, there are two distinct sets of footprints, both wearing rubber shoes—one I think ordinary plimsolls, the other goloshes,” replied the sergeant. 3. A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law. Labels: historical Example: All other sergeants and barristers indiscriminately (except in the Court of Common Pleas, where only sergeants are admitted) may take upon them the protection and defense of any suitors. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign. Labels: UK, historical Example: sergeant surgeon, i.e. a servant, or attendant, surgeon 5. A bailiff. 6. A servant in monastic offices. 7. A fish, the píntano (Abudefduf saxatilis), a species of damselfish. 8. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Athyma; distinct from the false sergeants.
Word: judgement Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/ 1. Alternative spelling of judgment. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: conflagrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin cōnflagrāns (oblique stem: cōnflagrant-), present active participle of cōnflagrō. Pronunciation: /kɒnˈfleɪɡɹənt/ 1. Brilliantly burning; of or resembling a conflagration; intensely blazing. Example: I would have cast me into molten glass To cool me, when I enter'd; so intense Rag'd the conflagrant mass. Example: Have you beheld the flashes from conflagrant dwellings, burnishing with angry beams the high vault of heaven? Ah! and did you descry the dear form of infant woe, and catch, with listening ear, the last bitter groan which escaped the angry billows of the ocean of flames?
Word: son of a bitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of an earlier phrase represented by Middle English biche-sone (“son of a bitch”, literally “bitch's son”), calqued from Old Norse bikkju-sonr (“son of a bitch”). 1. An objectionable, despicable person. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, offensive, slang, usually, vulgar Example: My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son of a bitch. Example: Those sons of bitches don’t stand a chance. 2. Any objectionable thing. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: "This son of a bitch won't move!" Marty exclaimed as he grappled with the supermarket cart. 3. An impressive, daring, or admirable man. Labels: endearing, humorous, slang, vulgar Example: I quickly checked around and I found Simon, he was hit but landed on a dead horse, the lucky son of a bitch could have been dead but the animal absorbed his fall and now he was on the ground trying to stay alive. 4. A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion. Example: That poor son of a bitch didn't even make it.
Word: son of a bitch Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of an earlier phrase represented by Middle English biche-sone (“son of a bitch”, literally “bitch's son”), calqued from Old Norse bikkju-sonr (“son of a bitch”). 1. Used to express anger, contempt, astonishment, disappointment, dismay, etc. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Argh! Son of a bitch! I had just cut my arm.
Word: cowardy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coward + -y. 1. Cowardly. Labels: UK
Word: Toyota Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky. Pronunciation: /tɔɪˈəʊtə/, /tɔɪˈoʊtə/, /taɪˈoʊtə/, [tɔɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾə], [taɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾə] 1. A surname from Japanese. Labels: countable 2. A city in Aichi, Japan. A city near Nagoya, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So vehicles, like some Toyota Corollas, have a 160-mph speedometer despite coming nowhere close to reaching such speeds. 4. A brand of car manufactured by Toyota. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers.
Word: Toyota Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky. Pronunciation: /tɔɪˈəʊtə/, /tɔɪˈoʊtə/, /taɪˈoʊtə/, [tɔɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾə], [taɪ̯ˈoʊ̯ɾə] 1. A car of the brand Toyota
Word: Mercedes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler. Pronunciation: /məˈseɪdiz/, /mɚˈseɪdiz/ 1. A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Mercy occasionally borrowed from Spanish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mercedes moved away from Jack and gripping Rosa's hand – her own nails were too short – she took a pinch and inhaled it. Rosa kissed Mercedes on the lips then took a further nailful and offered it to Jack who shook his head. 2. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A place name: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mercedes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Mercedes (Mary, Our Lady of Mercy). The car was named for Mercédès Jellinek, the daughter of Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek who ordered 36 cars from Gottlieb Daimler. Pronunciation: /məˈseɪdiz/, /mɚˈseɪdiz/ 1. Clipping of Mercedes-Benz (“a car manufactured by Mercedes-Benz”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: On a bridge that leads from Nile Street to the café in Tahrir Square where [Naguib] Mahfouz takes his morning coffee, there is often a beggar working his way among cars stuck in the city’s perpetual traffic jam. One of his legs is missing, and he hops up to the windows of the Mercedeses and Fiats on his remaining, bare foot. Example: Samuel T. blew off the line-up of sheep at the base of Easterly’s hill, shooting his Jag around the Mercedeses, Audis, Porsches, and limos, and waving at the parkers who tried to flag him down so he’d stop.
Word: Peugeot Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Peugeot. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːʒəʊ/, /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/ 1. A surname from French.
Word: Peugeot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Peugeot. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːʒəʊ/, /ˈpjuːʒoʊ/ 1. A car manufactured by the French automobile brand Peugeot. Example: Rowland drove, because he liked driving, and the car was new: a plum-coloured Peugeot, sleek and fast.
Word: rivulet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo (“trickle, little stream”), diminutive of rivo (“stream, brook, creek”), ultimately from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus. By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -ule + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪv.jʊ.lɪt/, /ˈɹɪv.jə.lət/ 1. A small stream; a streamlet; a gill. Example: A rivulet of tears ran down his face. Example: Yes Madam I think you will like them—when you shall see in a beautiful Quarto Page how a neat rivulet of Text shall meander thro' a meadow of margin—'fore Gad, they will be the most elegant Things of their kind— 2. Perizoma affinitatum, a geometrid moth.
Word: Goidelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Goidel Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Goidelic From Goidel + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk/ 1. Relating to the Gaels. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Goidelic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Goidel Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Goidelic From Goidel + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk/ 1. Division of the Celtic languages including Irish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic. Labels: uncountable
Word: Goidel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old Irish Goídel (“Gael”). Doublet of Gael. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔɪd(ə)l/ 1. A Gael; a member of the Goidelic division of Celtic languages as opposed to the Brythonic division.
Word: cyberpunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + -punk, coined by American writer and software developer Bruce Bethke as the title of a 1983 short story, and later popularized by Gardner Dozois. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.bə.pʌŋk/, /ˈsaɪ.bɚˌpʌŋk/ 1. A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Labels: uncountable Example: But by 1987, cyberpunk had become a cliche. Other writers had turned the form into formula: implant wetware (biological computer chips), government by multinational corporations, street-wise, leather-jacketed, amphetamine-loving protagonists and decayed orbital colonies. Example: Cyberpunk stories are set in a futuristic, dystopic environment—the opposite of utopian—in which computer technology plays an important role. […] The protagonists of cyberpunk stories are technologically proficient, lonely adventurers struggling with issues of identity and forced to use computer skills to fight menacing forces of domination. 2. A cyberpunk character, a hacker punk, a high-tech low life. Labels: countable Example: The film The Matrix redefined what a cyberpunk looked like. 3. A writer of cyberpunk fiction. Labels: countable Example: […] cyberpunks like William Gibson, Lucious Sheperd^([sic]), Bruce Sterling […] 4. A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers. Labels: uncountable Example: A more technologically elaborate current of microtonal music can be found at M.I.T and Berklee College of Music, where R. Boulanger works in exotic equal temperaments and non-octave scales (E₆₀ and the 13th root of 3, i.e. the Bohlen-Pierce scale) using the CSOUND acoustic compiler, the Mathews radio drum and various MIDI synthesizers; nearby, E. Mullen performs cyberpunk music in E₁₉ and the 13th root of 3. Example: At Meredith we stayed up all night listening to doof doof cyberpunk music and I saw you cry for the first time, at four in the morning bottle of ice tea and vodka in hand I saw your real face and something changed.
Word: artifact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin arte Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin factum Vulgar Latin *artefactum Italian artefattoder. English artifact Alteration of artefact, from Italian artefatto, from Latin arte (“by skill”) (ablative of ars (“art”)) + factum (“thing made”) (from facio (“to make, do”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtɪfækt/, /ˈɑɹtɪfækt/, [-ɾɪ-], [-ɾə-] 1. An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. Labels: US Example: Given increasing investment in an IT (information technology) artifact (i.e., online service website), it is becoming important to retain existing customers. 2. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin. Labels: US 3. Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element. Labels: US Example: The very act of looking at a naked model was an artifact of male supremacy. Example: Overall the signage at NIE has the appearance being a top-down artefact driven by institutional policy with English set as the default language. 4. A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error. Labels: US Example: The spot on his lung turned out to be an artifact of the X-ray process. 5. An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation. Labels: US Example: The dig produced many Roman artifacts. Example: Holy shit! It is fascinating when a country’s culture seeps even into their math lessons, although it’s not really surprising. As a British child, our math questions were “if Johnny has two artifacts and Dinesh has two artifacts, then how many artifacts is Johnny about to have?” The answer, of course, “all the artifacts, Dinesh’s family can come visit them in a British museum whenever they’re in town.” 6. An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life. Labels: US 7. A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or an image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm or of physical interference in an acquisition process. Labels: US Example: This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine. Example: The opacity in his chest radiograph turned out to be an artifact due to the film. 8. Ellipsis of build artifact. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 9. Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made. Labels: US
Word: apple juice Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.pəlˌd͡ʒuːs/ 1. The juice of apples. (This entry is a translation hub.) Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 2. Filtered and pasteurized juice of apples, as opposed to apple cider (which is unfiltered) and hard cider (which is fermented and alcoholic). Labels: US, countable, specifically, uncountable Example: Poland Spring’s latest marketing blitz comes after the veteran bottler realized that, while water tastes fine, apple juice definitely tastes better. Poland Spring hasn’t changed the recognizable design of its bottles or labels, but it has replaced the water inside with 100 percent lip-smacking apple juice, giving its customers a deliciously sweet flavor as opposed to the boring taste of water. While competitors like Evian and Dasani are still stuck in the past with regular water, Poland Spring seems to be showing everyone how it’s done.
Word: have kittens Part of Speech: verb 1. To become extremely upset. Labels: informal Example: Your mum will have kittens when she sees what you've done to your hair! Example: My teacher has kittens every time I get a question wrong. 2. To be in a state of frantic nervousness. Labels: informal Example: The guests are starting to arrive, but the hostess is having kittens because nothing is ready yet. Example: Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.” 3. Usually of a female cat, to give birth to kittens.
Word: c-decay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From c (“the symbol used in physics for the speed of light”) + decay. 1. The discredited theory that the speed of light has decreased over time, proposed by creationists in order to support the belief that the universe is a few thousand years old even though there are objects visible today that are billions of light years away (whereas a constant speed of light would indicate that the universe is billions of years old and so contradict this belief). Labels: uncountable
Word: fruit juice Part of Speech: noun 1. The juice of one or more fruits. (This entry is a translation hub.) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: artefact Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of artifact. Example: Palaeolithic implements have been recovered from 1953 in the Ordos and in Shansi. The most important site is Tingtsun in Hsiangfen county of the latter province. Here were found an abundant fossil fauna, three hominid teeth and over two thousand artefacts of a type more advanced than those of Pithecanthropus pekinensis.
Word: Mercedes-Benz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Mercedes-Benz. 1. An automotive brand or marque from Daimler-Benz.
Word: Mercedes-Benz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Mercedes-Benz. 1. A car of a particular brand manufactured by Daimler AG. Example: He drove his Mercedes-Benz on that very street. Example: Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz / My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends / Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends / So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
Word: son-of-a-bitch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of son of a bitch. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: sonofabitch Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of son of a bitch. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard Example: “You had screwn, huh? You didn’t get hurt too much, did you?” / “You make it sound like a traffic accident.” / “First time sonofabitch hurts like a bastard.” / “Yes.” / “Now you’re scared you’re gonna have a kid?” Example: The attacking arm held up the forearm of his starboard manipulator and waved it around in victory in front of the ceramic dome. In front of Chad. "I'm not done yet, you sonofabitch," Chad reached down, flipped two protective covers, and jettisoned both forward arms.
Word: sons of bitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of son of a bitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: farm the strike Part of Speech: verb 1. To deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.
Word: fast bowler Part of Speech: noun 1. A bowler who specialises in bowling the ball fast in cricket; as opposed to a spin bowler.
Word: Megan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Megan, cognate with English Margaret, ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡən/, /ˈmiːɡən/, /ˈmeɪɡən/, /ˈmiːɡɘn/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Margaret, from Welsh. Example: Was it true that twenty-six years had passed, or had he dreamed and awakened to find Megan waiting for him by the big apple tree? Example: It ended in the most excruciating way for Megan Rapinoe: a penalty kick skied over the crossbar, shock, disappointment, a rueful smile to herself. 2. A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: blotto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out. Pronunciation: /ˈblɒtəʊ/, /ˈblɑtoʊ/, /-ɾoʊ/ 1. (Very) drunk or intoxicated. Labels: informal Example: Dear old Squiffy was always rather a lad for the wassail-bowl. When I met him in Paris, I remember, he was quite tolerably blotto. Example: I drank a lot of wine – and afterwards, at Les Vikings, Akvavit – and was completely blotto (well, not completely, but enough to talk a lot and get the Hungarian talking and not be bored).
Word: blotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out. Pronunciation: /ˈblɒtəʊ/, /ˈblɑtoʊ/, /-ɾoʊ/ 1. A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated. Labels: informal Example: Remember, Blanche DuBois was a blotto and her trip to New Orleans didn't get her anywhere. Nuff said. Example: His [Joe Jonsson's] drawings and rollicking humor about burglars, cardsharps, turf punters, jockeys and "blottos" (drunks) were a continuation in theme of the work of the early Bulletin artists Alf Vincent and Ambrose Dyson. 2. An artwork created using blots of ink or paint. Example: The authors' most penetrating work seems to me, their contribution along the lines of the interview with the child, the use of sketches, blottoes, etc. "Draw a picture of this house. Who lives there? Show where the different members sleep" […] Example: The pictures on these cards which I am going to show you are such ink-blot pictures. They do not really represent anything. They are accidental blottos. All you have to do is to look at them one by one and tell me what they might be, what they could represent for you.