nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Wendy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Popularized by the character in J. M. Barrie's play, Peter Pan (1904), though occasionally found earlier; the author explained that he got it from Fwendy-Wendy ("friend"), a nickname given to him by a child. Alternatively, from a diminutive of the Welsh Gwendolen; or from Wendelin, a diminutive of Wendel; therefore a doublet of Gwen. A habitational forename meaning, "island at the river bend", from Old English wende (“watercourse with a bend”) + ēġ (“island”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛn.di/, /ˈwɪndi/ 1. A female given name. Example: "What's your name?" he asked. "Wendy Moira Angela Darling," she replied with some satisfaction. "What is your name?" "Peter Pan."
Word: floccillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From *floccillus, diminutive of floccus (“flock”) and the suffix -ation. 1. Picking at the bedclothes, usually seen in delirious, feverish or dying people. Labels: rare, uncountable, usually
Word: natto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 納豆 (nattō). 1. A traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans. Labels: uncountable
Word: nattō Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of natto. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Let’s take a look at the history of nattō, which those scholars consider the masterpiece of fermented Japanese foods, to determine when and how it was first produced and how it came to be mass produced the way it is today. Example: Moments later Akiko was in the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and pulling out a carton of nattō. “Mmm, this will be good,” she murmured as she eagerly dug her chopsticks into the sticky, slippery beans.
Word: Tōkyō Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Tokyo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While this appears to be the case with many modern dialect systems, there is considerable debate as to whether the Kyōto-Ōsaka system, which makes more distinctions, is older or newer than the Tōkyō system. Example: Tōkyō commands a prominent position in the Kantō region on the southern cost of Honshū, Japan's largest island.
Word: condemning Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of condemnatory. Example: Of course, the mites of sympathy, of friendly feelings towards Denmark which are mingled with your condemning judgments, are withheld by the German papers; but, seriously speaking, I cannot see that they do anything but render your concluding sentences the more condemning. Example: Ah, my Brethren, that is a very condemning thing, to sin against a tender conscience.
Word: condemning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of condemn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: condemning Part of Speech: noun 1. condemnation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thy Servant knew that she was beloved of thee, and that she lay in thy bosome from a child, and there she might have lived without the condemnings or reproaches of men, or of this Generation […]
Word: fuku Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 服 (fuku, “clothes”). 1. A Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I think that since the Sailor Senshi of the Sol System have Sailor fuku similar to school uniforms, then the Sailor Starlight's fuku are similar to their planet's school uniforms.^_^ Example: Mankichi attends a middle school in a small village, which has gakuran for guys and fukus for girls. - https://official-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/Sailor_Fuku 2. A costume, as of an anime character. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The moisture wicking is excellent, which is great for wearing fuku to hot Texas summer cons. - https://thegeekyseamstress.com/2019/06/14/costume-notes-sailor-pluto-3-0/ Example: Oh the joys of wearing fuku in public. - https://cosplay.com/index.php/s/3n65bmjw9
Word: terza rima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian terza rima (literally “third rhyme”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛːtsə ˈɹiːmə/, /ˌtɝtsə ˈɹimə/ 1. An arrangement of triplets, generally in iambic pentameter in English, with rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In attempting to make the ‘Divina Commedia’ better known to English readers, it might have been held only a fitting mark of deference to my original to reproduce it, if practicable, in the metre of the poet's own choice. But on the appearance of my ‘Inferno,’ its Terza Rima was denounced as the one ‘deleterious ingredient’ which corrupted the version throughout, […]
Word: telestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek τελεστικός (telestikós), from τέλος (télos, “mystery religion”). Pronunciation: /tɛˈlɛstɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to religious mysteries. Example: Orithya was the daughter of Erectheus, and the prieſteſs of Boreas; for each of the winds has a preſiding deity, which the teleſtic art, or the art pertaining to ſacred myſteries, religiouſly cultivates. Example: He paused, and took a drink. ‘Do you remember last fall, in Julian’s class, when we studied what Plato calls telestic madness? Bakcheia? Dionysiac frenzy?’ 2. Of or pertaining to a hierophant. 3. Mystical.
Word: telestic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τελεστικός (telestikós), from τέλος (télos, “mystery religion”). Pronunciation: /tɛˈlɛstɪk/ 1. Alternative form of telestich. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nihon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 日本 (Nihon). Doublet of Nippon and Japan. 1. Japan. Labels: rare
Word: reigns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. plural of reign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reigns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reign Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. plural of rain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rains Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. A rainy season; monsoon Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The rains came early this year. Example: The soil spawned humanity, as it bred frogs in the Rains, and the gap of the sickness of one season was filled to overflowing by the fecundity of the next.
Word: rains Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹeɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: caiman lizard Part of Speech: noun 1. Any semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America
Word: uwatedashinage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 上手出し投げ, literally "pulling overarm throw". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent forward and down.
Word: uwatehineri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 上手捻り, literally "twisting overarm throw". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker twists his opponent in the direction of his outside arm.
Word: uwatenage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 上手投げ (“overarm throw”). 1. a kimarite in which the attacker heaves his opponent down as he turns away
Word: waridashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 割り出し, literally "upper-arm force out". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's arm at the biceps and pushes him back and out.
Word: watashikomi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 渡し込み (watashikomi, “thigh-grabbing push down”). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker, while driving his opponent forward, grabs his leg and pulls it, forcing him over. Example: Akinoshima chases "Yankee Doodle Dandy" around the dohyo, until he finally wins by watashikomi (thigh grabbing push down). Example: Kyokushuzan deployed several rare techniques such as watashi-komi, which he used in September of 1996.
Word: yaguranage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 櫓投げ, meaning inner thigh throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, places his knee against his opponent's inner thigh and drives the leg upwards while forcing him over.
Word: yobimodoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 呼び戻し, literally pulling body slam. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker first pulls his opponent forward, then suddenly releases his grip and pushes him back and down.
Word: yorikiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 寄り切り (yorikiri, “frontal force out”). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out backwards while maintaining a constant grip on his mawashi.
Word: yoritaoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 寄り倒し, literally "frontal crush out". 1. A kimarite in which, during a yorikiri attack, the opponent collapses to the floor.
Word: zubuneri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ずぶねり, meaning "head pivot throw". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker buries his head in the opponent's chest, locks his arm, and spins him down using the head as fulcrum.
Word: -agog Part of Speech: suffix 1. Alternative form of -agogue. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: -agogue Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”), from ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”). 1. Something that leads to something else, as: Labels: morpheme 2. Something that leads to something else, as: Labels: morpheme
Word: -amine Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English -amine From amine. 1. An amine. Labels: morpheme
Word: -ance Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -aunce, -ance, from Anglo-Norman -aunce and continental Old French -ance, from Latin -ant-, -ent- + -ia, from stem of Latin -āns, -ēns. Pronunciation: /-əns/ 1. Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun indicating a state or condition, such as result or capacity, associated with the verb. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: ally + -ance → alliance Example: perform + -ance → performance 2. Added to a verb to form a noun indicating a process or action. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: appear + -ance → appearance Example: resist + -ance → resistance
Word: -ancy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -antia, -entia, with influence from French -ance, French -ancie, Spanish -ancia, etc. Pronunciation: /ənsi/ 1. Added to verbs and adjectives to form nouns conveying a condition or quality associated with the verb. Labels: morpheme Example: account + -ancy → accountancy Example: ascend + -ancy → ascendancy
Word: -androus Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From -andry + -ous. 1. having a specified number of stamens Labels: morpheme 2. having the specified number of husbands Labels: morpheme
Word: -andry Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From three inextricable sources: * the Ancient Greek -ανδρία (-andría), forming abstract nouns of quality or condition from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”, “husband”); * Ancient Greek ἀνδρ- (andr-) (andr-: the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr)) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns of quality or condition); and, * the -andry element of polyandry. First attested in 1680. Pronunciation: /-ˈandɹi/ 1. male mate(s), husband(s) Labels: morpheme Example: mono- + -andry → monandry [1855] Example: polygyny + -andry → polygynandry [1962] 2. man, men; male(s) Labels: morpheme Example: pseudo- + -andry → pseudandry [1868] Example: mis- + -andry → misandry [1898] 3. male reproductive organ(s); (especially in botany): stamen(s) Labels: morpheme Example: proto- + -andry → protandry [1870] Example: syn- + -andry → synandry [1900]
Word: -ant Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant From Middle English -ant, -aunt, partly from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing Middle English -ant, a variant of -and, -end, from Old English -ende (present participle ending), see -and. False cognate of Malay and Indonesian -an (and so all its Austronesian cognates), and Arabic ان (“adjective forming suffix”). Pronunciation: /ənt/, /enʈ/, [ë̞ɳʈ] 1. The agent noun derived from verb. Labels: morpheme Example: serve → servant 2. An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)". Labels: morpheme 3. An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)". Labels: morpheme Example: ascend → ascendant Example: err → errant. 4. Alternative form of -and. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant
Word: reinstate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English instate English reinstate From re- + instate. Pronunciation: /ɹiː.ɪnˈsteɪt/ 1. To restore to a former position or rank. Labels: transitive Example: Of these nine days, six will be needed for jacking. The remainder of the time will be given over to removing and then reinstating track and overhead line, power and signalling equipment from a 200-metre stretch of the ECML above. Example: “If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.” 2. To bring back into use or existence; resurrect. Labels: transitive Example: The ancient taboo, which Plato wishes to reinstate, is an important element. Example: My trip along the rest of the line is delightful. It's yet another route that has recovered from previous rationalisation by having tracks and platforms reinstated in recent years.
Word: ragtime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely from ragged + time, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation, or from rag, an American dialectal term for a dance ball. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/ 1. A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment. Labels: uncountable 2. A piece of music in this style. Labels: countable
Word: ragtime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely from ragged + time, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation, or from rag, an American dialectal term for a dance ball. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/ 1. To perform this style of music. Labels: ambitransitive, uncommon
Word: bat for the other team Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cricket or baseball, in print c. 1990. 1. To be homosexual. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic
Word: group marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of polygynous, polyandrous marriage in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit.
Word: ensue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French ensu-, stem of some conjugated forms of ensuivre (“follow close upon, come afterward”) (French ensuivre), from Latin īnsequere, from īnsequi (“to pursue, follow, follow after; come next”), from in- (“upon”) (see in-) + sequi (“follow”) (see sequel). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsjuː/, /ɪnˈʃuː/, /ɛnˈsjuː/, /ɛnˈʃuː/, /ɪnˈsuː/ 1. To follow (a leader, inclination etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew, / Seeking aduentures [...]. Example: To ensue his example in doynge the like mischiefe. 2. To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation! 3. To occur afterwards, as a result or effect. Labels: intransitive Example: Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue. Example: After ſo bad a beginning, whats like to inſue?
Word: coveted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of covet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coveted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvɪtɪd/ 1. Highly sought-after.
Word: contraption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a Western US English dialectal word of unknown origin. First attested in the early 19th century. Perhaps from contrive + trap + -tion, while also possibly approximating construction. Chambers suggests contrivance + adaption. Neither Chambers nor Concise Oxford suggests a US origin. Compare cantrip, cantrap (Scots dialect), a wilful piece of trickery. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹæp.ʃən/ 1. A machine that is complicated and precarious. 2. Any object. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, ironic Example: “Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened more crows than any other lid in Worcestershire.
Word: classmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From class + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈklɑːs.meɪt/, /ˈklæs.meɪt/, [ˈklæsmeɪt], [ˈklasmeːt], [ˈklasmɛjt] 1. A student who is in the same class at school. Example: Danny and I have been classmates for five years, but I've never spoken to him outside of lessons. Example: She was your classmate at the village school from first grade. 2. A member of a different sort of class, such as locomotives etc. Labels: broadly Example: The Class 87 is the only main line-certified member of the fleet left in the UK, although there are 21 classmates in use overseas [...]
Word: carpool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From car + pool. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːpuːl/ 1. An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc. Example: The neighbors decided on a carpool to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day. 2. The group of people who participate in such a pool.
Word: carpool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From car + pool. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːpuːl/ 1. To travel together in such a pool.
Word: burly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *būrlīċ (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower + -ly; or from Old English *byrlīċ (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burlīh, purlīh (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”), English burgeon. However, Irish burla (“bundle, pack; burly person”) points to a different origin. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːli/, /bɝli/, /bʌrle/, /bʌrlɪ/, /bøːli/ 1. Large, well-built, and muscular. Labels: usually Example: He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener. Example: With no great disparity between them in point of years, they were, in every other respect, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in manner, stern, and, in his present mood, forbidding both in look and speech. 2. Great, amazing, unbelievable. Labels: UK, slang Example: That goal was burly. Example: Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver. 3. Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both. Labels: US, slang Example: That wave was burly! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride) Example: This hike is going to be burly, but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach.
Word: burly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English burl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English burly From burl + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːli/, /bɝli/, /bʌrle/, /bʌrlɪ/, /bøːli/ 1. Full of burls or knots; knotty.
Word: take to the streets Part of Speech: verb 1. To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition. Labels: intransitive Example: But for the first time, the lese-majesty law was discussed substantially […] It follows an unprecedented youth movement that took to the streets in 2020 to challenge that law and to call for the royal budget to be reduced and its political influence curbed. 2. To rampage or riot. Labels: intransitive
Word: whooping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of whoop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whooping Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whupping. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dreamboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dream + boat, probably suggesting a person “carrying” or embodying the dreams of another; the term appeared in some 1930s and 1940s love songs, referring to a metaphorical boat carrying a lover’s dreams, such as “When My Dream Boat Comes Home” (1936) written by the Canadian-American bandleader Guy Lombardo (1902–1977) and “Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat” (1941) by the American songwriters Otis (1898–1970) and Leon René (1902–1982), and Emerson Scott. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹiːmbəʊt/, /ˈdɹimˌboʊt/ 1. An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man. Labels: dated, humorous, informal Example: My new fella is such a dreamboat. He can dance, can sing, and is the captain of the school hockey team. 2. Anything considered highly desirable for its kind, especially a car. Labels: archaic, slang Example: My new car is a dreamboat.
Word: slush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences. Pronunciation: /slʌʃ/ 1. Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As the skiing season drew to an end, there was nothing but slush left on the piste. 2. Liquid mud or mire. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Flavored shaved ice served as a drink (a slushie). Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. A mixture of white lead and lime, used as a paint to prevent oxidation. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. Unsolicited manuscripts, as in slush pile. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: slush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: May be a variant of sludge or imitative like slosh. Perhaps a confluence of both influences. Pronunciation: /slʌʃ/ 1. To smear with slushy liquid or grease. Example: The ungrateful “they” are Brooklynites who’ve come to see Harding-Mamary creations as a chain, where you can get it venti in a ramekin with crème fraîche or slushed with guava and salt on the rim. 2. To slosh or splash; to move as, or through, a slushy or liquid substance. Example: The water was soon slushing merrily over the deck, while the smoke pouring from the cabin stove carried a promise of good things to come. Example: Sitting inside the Starbucks on Broadway near Roscoe, two art students had tired of sketching people slushing through the two-day-old snow. 3. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Word: showbiz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of show business, or compound of show + biz. As the show biz, from late 19th century. As a single word, from 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊˌbɪz/ 1. Clipping of showbusiness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Word: rsvp Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɑː(ɹ)ɛs viː ˈpiː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of RSVP. Labels: alt-of, informal Example: Will you rsvp for the party? Example: When did you rsvp to the wedding invitation?
Word: santalic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to sandalwood
Word: santalic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a red, crystalline dye, of uncertain composition, obtained from sandalwood Labels: uncountable
Word: santalin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From santalic + -in. 1. The red dye, otherwise known as santalic acid, derived from the plant Pterocarpus santalinus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: probate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbət/ 1. The legal process of verifying the legality of a will. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The probate file reveals that Stephen Tetuan, attorney for the estate and author of McBride's will, wrote to Lemieux on Auust 29, 1984, encouraging him "to serve as trustee and to retain local counsel to represent your interests as trustee." 2. A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Clipping of probate court. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 4. Proof. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Macrobius that did trete Of Scipions dreme what was the treu probate
Word: probate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbət/ 1. To establish the legality of (a will). Labels: transitive
Word: santer Part of Speech: verb 1. to saunter Labels: dated
Word: philharmonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French philharmonique; from Italian filarmonico. By surface analysis, phil- + harmonic. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪlhɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlhə(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlə(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlərˈmɑnɪk/, /fɪlˌ(h)ɑrˈmɑnɪk/ 1. Appreciative of music, but especially to its performance; devoted to music. Labels: not-comparable
Word: philharmonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French philharmonique; from Italian filarmonico. By surface analysis, phil- + harmonic. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪlhɑː(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlhə(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlə(ɹ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌfɪlərˈmɑnɪk/, /fɪlˌ(h)ɑrˈmɑnɪk/ 1. A full-size symphony orchestra.
Word: perfecto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish perfecto (“perfect”), from Latin perfectus. Doublet of parfait, perfect, and perfectus. Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/ 1. Perfect, excellent, brilliant. Labels: humorous, informal
Word: perfecto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish perfecto (“perfect”), from Latin perfectus. Doublet of parfait, perfect, and perfectus. Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktəʊ/ 1. A large, tapered cigar. Example: 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 99. 'Well the only thing I can advise,' I said, 'is that you cultivate him assiduously. Waylay him and give him cigars... Tell him it's a fine day. He has a dog named Edward. Seek Edward out and pat him. Many a young man has won over the father of the girl he loves by such tactics, so why not you?' He agreed to do so, and in the days which followed Poskitt could not show his face in the clubhouse without having Wilmot spring out at him with perfectos. 2. In baseball or bowling, a perfect game.
Word: negligee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of négligée. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: she never got over the fright of finding a rattler coiled in her bedroom closet, on her washing, when she went to hang up her negligee.
Word: jumpsuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jump + suit, referring to parachute jumps. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌmpˌsut/ 1. A one-piece item of clothing originally used by parachutists. Example: Hey baby, baby, baby he's a-lookin' so cute / Sneak around-round-round in a blue jumpsuit 2. A similar item of clothing used for outdoor sports such as skiing. 3. A similar item of clothing used as a prison uniform.
Word: homie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earliest known reference is in the tune The House of Blue Lights (1946) by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.mi/, /ˈhoʊ.mi/ 1. Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. 2. A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang. Example: Hey there, Francis, my homie! 3. An inner-city youth.
Word: homie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊ.mi/, /ˈhoʊ.mi/ 1. Alternative spelling of omi (“man”). Labels: Polari, alt-of, alternative Example: As feely homies, when we launched ourselves onto the gay scene, polari was all the rage. We would zhoosh our riahs, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar.
Word: sapid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sep- Proto-Italic *sapjō Latin sapiō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin sapidusder. English sapid From Latin sapidus, from sapiō (“to taste”). Doublet of savoury. 1. tasty, flavoursome
Word: saponin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sapon- + -in. Pronunciation: /ˈsæpənɪn/ 1. Any of various steroid glycosides found in plant tissues that dissolve in water to give a soapy froth. Example: “Saponins aren't absorbed by the intestines. You've got to get the stuff into the blood.” Example: Soapnuts are the dried fruit of a tree called Sapindus mukorossi (Chinese Soapberry) and contain saponin, a natural surfactant that foams just like soap.
Word: saucepan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sauce + pan. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔsˌpæn/, /ˈsɔːs.pən/, /ˈsoːs.pən/, /ˈsoːsˌpɛn/, /ˈsoːs.pɘn/ 1. A deep cooking vessel with a long protruding handle and sometimes a lid; used for boiling, stewing and making sauces. Labels: countable
Word: saucepan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sauce + pan. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔsˌpæn/, /ˈsɔːs.pən/, /ˈsoːs.pən/, /ˈsoːsˌpɛn/, /ˈsoːs.pɘn/ 1. To cook in a saucepan 2. To hit with a saucepan
Word: savings bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.
Word: scampi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”). Pronunciation: /ˈskæm.pi/ 1. A Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any member of a similar species of genus Nephrops or similar prawns. Labels: Australia, countable, especially, uncountable
Word: scampi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian scampi, plural of scampo (“prawn”). Pronunciation: /ˈskæm.pi/ 1. plural of scampo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bassist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base ▲ Italian bassoinflu. English bass Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English bassist From bass + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/ 1. A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar. Example: And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered. Example: The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.Credit...
Word: IP tracker Part of Speech: noun 1. Software that converts an IP address into a hostname and provides location and other information.
Word: scandalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin scandalizō, from Ancient Greek σκανδαλίζω (skandalízō). By surface analysis, scandal + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈskændəlaɪz/ 1. To cause great offense to (someone); to shock with something scandalous. Labels: transitive Example: Overhearing the lewd joke, the dowager gave a scandalized gasp. Example: Woe to thee who art often wandering abroad, and spendest thy time unprofitably, and scandalizest others. 2. To reproach. Labels: archaic, transitive 3. To disgrace. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To libel; to create scandal about (someone or something). Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: scandalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scantle. Pronunciation: /ˈskændəlaɪz/ 1. To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed. Example: The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]
Word: terminally ill Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an incurable condition that will lead to death. Labels: not-comparable Example: In January snows, No. 349 rolls the 'Patriot' through Groton, Connecticut, with quite a lengthy consist - showing at least some signs of increased patronage for the, once almost terminally ill, passenger train.
Word: uncurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English uncurable; equivalent to un- + curable. 1. incurable Labels: archaic
Word: scaremonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scare + monger. 1. Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people. Example: I have refrained from giving actual names and dates, for obvious reasons, and have therefore been compelled, even at the risk of being again denounced as a scaremonger, to present the facts in the form of fiction—fiction which, I trust, will point its own patriotic moral.
Word: scaremonger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From scare + monger. 1. To spread worrying rumours. Example: We're not scaremongering / This is really happening, happening Example: If no new cases come from the Buff Club exposure site, it will be hard to believe politicians scaremongering that the delta variant is so infectious that all you have to do is walk past an infected person to get it.
Word: scarlatina Part of Speech: noun 1. scarlet fever Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: scattering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskætəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of scatter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scattering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskætəɹɪŋ/ 1. A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points). Example: There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places. Example: Only a light scattering of flaws sticks out. 2. The total number of votes awarded to nonmajor or unlisted candidates. 3. The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
Word: scavenge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from scavenger. Compare messenger and passenger. Pronunciation: /ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/ 1. To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material. Labels: transitive Example: We scavenged a couple of old beer cans for our art project. Example: They had to scavenge the forest for firewood. 2. To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities. Labels: transitive 3. To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle. Labels: transitive 4. To feed on carrion or refuse. Labels: intransitive
Word: jump on the bandwagon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: US 1899. A bandwagon carried the musicians at the head of a parade or at a political rally, beckoning others to follow. When used to refer to politics, jumping on the bandwagon suggests following the crowd for the excitement of the event rather than any firm conviction in its direction or truthfulness. The phrase is first attested in a letter by Theodore Roosevelt in 1899: : When I once became sure of one majority they rumbled over each other to get aboard the band wagon. 1. To profit from a craze; to join a trend. Labels: idiomatic Example: After the incredible success of Wonka's latest low-fat chocolate bar, Fickelgruber has jumped on the bandwagon, and released a low-fat version.
Word: scrape through Part of Speech: verb 1. To marginally manage to progress. Labels: idiomatic Example: The pass mark for the exam was 40%, and I scraped through with 43%.
Word: bite one's tongue Part of Speech: verb 1. To resist the urge to speak out, especially in order to avoid saying something inappropriate or likely to cause a dispute. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: She wanted to go see a movie called Gigi, which I was not too thrilled about. But being a gentleman, I bit my tongue and said, “Okay.” Example: I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath / Scared to rock the boat and make a mess.
Word: bandwagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From band + wagon. Pronunciation: /ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən/, [ˈbeə̯ndˌwæɡ.ən], [ˈbɛə̯ndˌwæɡ.ən], /ˈbeə̯ndˌweɪ̯ɡ.ən/, /ˈbɛndˌwɛɡ.ən/ 1. A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade. 2. A current movement that attracts wide support. Labels: figuratively Example: Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.
Word: bandwagon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From band + wagon. Pronunciation: /ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən/, [ˈbeə̯ndˌwæɡ.ən], [ˈbɛə̯ndˌwæɡ.ən], /ˈbeə̯ndˌweɪ̯ɡ.ən/, /ˈbɛndˌwɛɡ.ən/ 1. To join a bandwagon (a current movement that attracts wide support). Labels: figuratively Example: Again, only three years ago, he opposed every measure advocated by Woodrow Wilson—did all he could to prevent his nomination—and bandwagoned when the nomination could no longer be prevented. Example: “Weeping Walter” is a notorious example of the theory that “trimming” pays in politix. He has blown with every wind; he has bandwagoned with every passing movement from the Ku Klux Klan to the Townsend plan; […]
Word: nightlifer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nightlife + -er. 1. A person who engages in social activities at night.
Word: twinkle toes Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone with extraordinary footwork Labels: slang Example: Twinkle toes over there is the best dancer here.
Word: assets Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der. Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assets From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɛts/ 1. plural of asset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assets Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der. Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assets From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɛts/ 1. Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: His assets are much greater than his liabilities. 2. The left side of a balance sheet. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet. 3. Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it. Labels: plural, plural-normally 4. Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts. Labels: plural, plural-normally 5. Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia. Labels: plural, plural-normally, slang, vulgar
Word: breastplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brestplate, equivalent to breast + plate. Displaced Old English brēostbeorg. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛstˌpleɪt/ 1. A piece of armor that covers the chest. 2. A piece of armor that covers the torso; a cuirass, the breast- (front) and back-plate, taken together as a unit. Example: He wears a Thracian-style helmet that protects most of his head and face, and a breastplate or "cuirass" covering his back and chest, both made of bronze. Example: A massive hand grabbed the back of his breastplate and pulled him back. 3. A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards. 4. A piece of silicone in the shape of women's breasts worn by drag queens and other female impersonators to simulate a female body shape. 5. An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel. Labels: Judaism
Word: boyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English boyish From boy + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪ.ɪʃ/, /ˈbojɪʃ/ 1. Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor. Example: People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour. Example: Her boyish figure belied her femininity. 2. Relating to a boy, or occurring in boyhood. Example: For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.
Word: belied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of belie Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: combative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English combat Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English combative From combat + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/, /kɒmˈbæ.tɪv/, /kəmˈbæ.tɪv/, /ˈkɑm.bə.tɪv/ 1. Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. Example: Their combative conduct leads to many problems. Example: He finds, not “demigods” but “a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
Word: anteater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + eater, from their typical diet. Pronunciation: /ˈæntˌiːtə/, /ˈæntˌitɚ/ 1. Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater). 2. Any of some other not closely related species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark (African anteater) and numbat (banded anteater). 3. An uncircumcised penis. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang
Word: ascension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”). Displaced native Old English upfæreld. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛnʃən/ 1. The act of ascending; an ascent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view. 2. A transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness, elaborating by saying that anything that passed into it was torn asunder, subjected to a set of principles and order that grinds things down to nothing, in a process of which entropy is just one part. 3. That which rises, as from distillation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: vaporous ascensions from the stomach 4. The act or process of ceasing to be an incel, generally by losing one's virginity/having sex, or entering a romantic relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In contrast to red pilled ascension thinking, our sample on r/IncelExit urged users to exit inceldom by engaging those strategies for the sake of personal wellbeing and new social capital. Example: “When I see how popular white guys are, I almost start to believe ascension is possible. But then I remember all of my other defects. Like the fact that I'm middle-aged”.
Word: assortment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English assort Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English assortment From assort + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈsɔːtmənt/ 1. A collection of varying but related items. Example: This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which. Example: The tool and die department stocks various hardware assortments, such as cap screws in most thread sizes and assorted lengths.
Word: girl-boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A girlish boy.
Word: disinfectant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disinfect + -ant, borrowed from French désinfectant. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪnˈfɛktənt/ 1. Serving to kill germs or viruses. Labels: not-comparable Example: I washed repeatedly with a disinfectant soap but I still caught the flu.
Word: disinfectant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disinfect + -ant, borrowed from French désinfectant. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪnˈfɛktənt/ 1. A substance that kills germs or viruses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The scalpels were soaked in disinfectant before the operation so disease wouldn't be spread. Example: "Using the correct disinfectant is an important part of preventing and reducing the spread of illnesses along with other critical aspects such as hand washing," EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement.
Word: compatriot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/, /kəmˈpætɹi.ət/ 1. Somebody from one's own country. Example: And this, perhaps, might have been anticipated; for, as varieties, in order to become in any degree permanent, necessarily have to struggle with the other inhabitants of the country, the species which are already dominant will be the most likely to yield offspring which, though in some slight degree modified, will still inherit those advantages that enabled their parents to become dominant over their compatriots. Example: the distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America
Word: compatriot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French compatriote, itself borrowed from Latin compatriota. By surface analysis, com- + patriot. Displaced native Old English ġelanda. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpeɪtɹi.ət/, /kəmˈpætɹi.ət/ 1. Of the same country; especially, being countrymen and having a common sentiment of patriotism. Example: She [Britain] rears to Freedom an undaunted Race: / Compatriot zealous, hoſpitable, kind, […]