nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: acatalepsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + καταλαμβάνειν (katalambánein, “to seize”). Pronunciation: /eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/, /əˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/ 1. Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability. Labels: uncountable
Word: acataleptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos, “incomprehensible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “to seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). 1. Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
Word: acataleptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos, “incomprehensible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “to seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). 1. An adherent of acatalepsy
Word: acater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English achatour, from Old French acater (“purchase”). 1. A caterer. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: acates Part of Speech: noun 1. Cates: provisions; food. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: acaudate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English caudate English acaudate From a- (“without”) + caudate (“having a tail”). Pronunciation: /eɪˈkɔˌdeɪt/ 1. Tailless. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acaulescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English caulescent English acaulescent From a- + caulescent. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.ɔˈlɛs.ənt/, /ˌæk.ɔˈlɛs.nt/ 1. Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground. Labels: not-comparable
Word: acauline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English cauline English acauline From a- + cauline. 1. Having no stem or stalk, acaulescent.
Word: penultimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate From Latin paenultimus (“penultimate”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”). Equivalent to pene- + ultimate. Compare French pénultième. Pronunciation: /pɪˈnʌltɪmət/, /pəˈnəltəmət/, /pɪˈnʌltəmət/ 1. Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc. Labels: UK, literary, not-comparable Example: […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […] Example: But it should frequently happen that offspring should resemble its penultimate rather than its latest phase, and should thus be more like a grand-parent than a parent. 2. Of or pertaining to a penult. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form. Labels: not-comparable, rare 4. pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: This Book is the Proud Purple Penultimate!! Example: This treatment, where two therapists massage the body using warm oils infused with plant extracts, is truly the penultimate experience.
Word: penultimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin paenultimus + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /pɪˈnʌltɪmət/, /pəˈnəltəmət/, /pɪˈnʌltəmət/ 1. A penult, a next to last, particularly Labels: uncommon Example: Our Lutheran concern for the ultimates (the Gospel) has allowed us to neglect some of the penultimates (bodily healing), failing to stress the total implications of that ultimate Gospel. 2. A penult, a next to last Labels: obsolete, rare, uncommon Example: At Woodstock, the penultimate of August. 3. A penult, a next to last Labels: uncommon Example: Antepenultimate is that before the Penultimate, or the last but two. 4. A penult, a next to last Labels: obsolete, rare, uncommon 5. A penult, a next to last Labels: uncommon Example: Penultimate, the. — Beginning with the lowest card but one of the suit you lead originally, if it contains more than four cards.
Word: Hangeul Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hangul. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: il- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin il-, assimilated form of in- before l-. 1. not; a form of the prefix in-, used before l Labels: morpheme
Word: hun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of honey with pronunciation spelling. Pronunciation: /hʌn/ 1. Alternative spelling of hon (“affectionate abbreviation of honey”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal Example: So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? [title] 2. A woman perceived as basic, brash, working class and fond of alcohol. Labels: UK, slang Example: Answer: you are a hun – but a high-end hun, one who knows her wine, her music, her interiors and her labels, and whose reluctance to do Dry January, or go vegan makes her such great company, this month and every month. Example: It’s no wonder she’s become a central figure in “hun culture” – an online subculture that idolises a certain strata of famous working-class British women, while also taking the mick out of her leopard print kettle and weakness for a premixed gin-in-a-tin cocktail. 3. A woman involved in a multi-level marketing scheme, especially one who pushes it on social media. Labels: slang Example: This corporate love-bombing can serve a hun well, bagging them new downlines and potentially more money (MLMs are renowned for extremely low pay). Example: Instead of blaming MLM "huns," we should direct our anger at the companies that are knowingly putting so many people in debt and alienating them from their communities.
Word: hun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Hungarian partridge. Pronunciation: /hʌn/ 1. A grey partridge.
Word: hun Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hʌn/ 1. Alternative form of hoon (“Indian gold coin”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hunmin Jeongeum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 훈민정음(訓民正音) (Hunminjeong'eum), literally "correct sounds to educate the people". 1. The phonetic script in which Korean is written, now usually called hangul. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: This setting was the same in the Revised Nogeoldae, corrected during the King Seongjong (成宗), and was also the same in Translated Nogeoldae and Nogeoldae Eonhae, which Korean Hangeul (Hunmin Jeongeum) pronunciations and interpretations are added based on Revised Nogeoldae. Example: Hunmin-jeongeum (the original name for Hangul) kept coming to mind.
Word: Hunmin Jeongeum Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 훈민정음(訓民正音) (Hunminjeong'eum), literally "correct sounds to educate the people". 1. A book published in Korea in the 15th century, outlining the phonetic script in which Korean is now usually written.
Word: ile Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪl/ 1. Alternative form of ail (“awn”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ile Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪl/ 1. Obsolete form of aisle. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: A couple of arches , one above the other , rising from the columns , run along the rows ; and from the same basis springs an arch that forms the roof of each ile
Word: ile Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪl/ 1. Obsolete form of isle. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: or spread his aerie flight / Upborn with indefatigable wings / Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive / The happy Ile
Word: ileac Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the ileum. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the ilium. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: kidney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kideney, kydeney, alteration of earlier kidenere (“kidney”) after ey (“egg”), of obscure origin and formation. Probably a compound consisting of Middle English *kidde (“sack”) + Middle English nere (“kidney”). The first element would be from Old English *cydde (“sack, scrotum”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddijā (“sack”), as the terms for testicle and kidney were often interchangeable in Germanic (compare Old High German nioro (“kidney", also "testicle”), Old Swedish vig-niauri (“testicle”)); the second is from Old English *nēora or Middle Low German nêre (“kidney”), from Proto-West Germanic *neurō, from Proto-Germanic *neurô (“kidney”), from Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰr- (“kidney”). If so, then related to dialectal English near (“kidney”), Scots neir (“kidney”), Saterland Frisian Njuure (“kidney”), West Frisian nier (“kidney”), Dutch nier (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Danish nyre (“kidney”), Norwegian nyre (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”). An alternate etymology traces the first element to Old English cwiþ, cwiþa (“belly, womb, stomach”), though the loss of /w/ in a stressed syllable is difficult to explain. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪdni/, [ˈkɪdnɪi̯] 1. An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. Example: The liver and the kidneys of animals have long been gastronomically popular for their aphrodisiac properties. Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. 2. This organ (of an animal) cooked as food. 3. Constitution, temperament, nature, type, character, disposition. (usually used of people) Labels: dated, figuratively Example: […] think of that, – a man of my kidney, – think of that, […] Example: Millions in the World of this Man's Kidney 4. A waiter. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: I once more desire my readers to consider that as I cannot keep an ingenious man to go daily to Will's under twopence each day merely for his charges, to White's under sixpence, nor to the Grecian without allowing him some plain Spanish, to be as able as others at the learned table; and that a good observer cannot speak with even Kidney at St. James's without clean linen; […]
Word: Flanders Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *flaumdrą (“waterlogged land”), from *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders. Pronunciation: /ˈflɑːn.dəz/, /ˈflæn.dɚz/ 1. A cultural region in the north of Belgium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders. 2. A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal. 3. A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ellipsis of West Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium. Example: Ellipsis of East Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium. 6. Ellipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 7. Ellipsis of French Flanders: a region of France. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 8. Ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 9. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Brussels Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *brōk Old Dutch *bruoc Old Dutch *sali Dutch Brusselbor. English Brussels Borrowed from Dutch Brussel. The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters is based in Brussels. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌsəlz/, /ˈbɹʊsəlz/ 1. The capital city of Belgium. Official name: City of Brussels. 2. A region of Belgium. Official name: Brussels-Capital Region. Example: Buying bread from a man in Brussels / He was 6'4", and full of muscle 3. The administrative apparatus of the European Union. Labels: metonymically 4. A historical district of the German Reich. Official name: District of Brussels. 5. A historical republic of Western Europe; in full, Calvinist Republic of Brussels. 6. A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Brussels. 7. A community in Huron East municipality, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
Word: Brussels Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *brōk Old Dutch *bruoc Old Dutch *sali Dutch Brusselbor. English Brussels Borrowed from Dutch Brussel. The metonymic meaning of Brussels as the European Union stems from the fact that the EU headquarters is based in Brussels. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌsəlz/, /ˈbɹʊsəlz/ 1. A Brussels carpet. Example: If the same design be produced in a Brussels and in a Tapestry it will be found that the Brussels shows sharp, clean-cut outlines, where the Tapestry gives ragged, uneven effects, […] 2. A Brussels sprout. Example: We cooked a big Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, Brussels, and parsnips.
Word: Leuven Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Leuven. 1. The largest city and provincial capital of Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
Word: synthesizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English synthesize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English synthesizer From synthesize + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɪn.θəˌsaɪ.zɚ/ 1. An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard. 2. An electronic instrument consisting of a module, or a set of modules, that creates its sounds with electronics and does not have any keyboard. 3. An electronic circuit that generates an electronic signal oscillation with accurate timing from a reference oscillator. 4. An electronic device that generates electronic signal patterns to test an electronic circuit. 5. A software program that allows a computer to be used as a musical instrument – virtual instrument
Word: peen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”). Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
Word: peen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”). Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen. Labels: transitive
Word: peen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation. Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. Penis. Labels: slang Example: With all due respect (and that may be very little), the real truth is that being a dad is sometimes an imposition of pain far worse than any up-the-peen catheter could ever deliver. Example: Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)
Word: postulate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin poscō? Latin postulō Latin postulātusnom. Latin postulātumbor. English postulate Borrowed from Latin postulātum, a neuter nominalization of postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō, possibly from poscō. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Cognate with French postulat. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstjʊlət/, /ˈpɑst͡ʃələt/, /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/ 1. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption. 2. A fundamental element; a basic principle. 3. An axiom. 4. A requirement; a prerequisite.
Word: postulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“to request”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Cognate with French postuler. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/, /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/, /ˈpɔst͡ʃəlæɪt/, /ˈpɒst͡ʃəlæɪt/, [ˈpɔ̟st͡ʃəlæɪt] 1. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument. Example: 1883, Benedictus de Spinoza, translated by R. H. M. Elwes, Ethics, Part 3, Prop. XXII, But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause; […] Example: [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite τὸ ἀπειρον. 2. To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office. Labels: ambitransitive, historical Example: [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination […] was never completed. 3. To request, demand or claim for oneself. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: postulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin postulātus, perfect passive participle of postulō (“to request”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/, /ˈpɑst͡ʃəˌleɪt/, /ˈpɔst͡ʃəlæɪt/, /ˈpɒst͡ʃəlæɪt/, [ˈpɔ̟st͡ʃəlæɪt] 1. Alternative form of postulated, past participle of postulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: Quoth he, What Nature can afford, I shall produce upon my word ; And if she ever gave that boon To man, I'll prove that I have one ; I mean, by postulate Illation, When you shall offer just occasion ;[…]
Word: -ably Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able Middle English -ly English -ly English -ably From -able + -ly. Pronunciation: /əbli/ 1. Used to form adverbs corresponding to adjectives that end in -able. Labels: morpheme Example: suitably
Word: ifere Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of yfere Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: igasuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See igasurine, + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, or obtained from, nux vomica or Saint Ignatius's bean; as, igasuric acid Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: igasurine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay igasura (“the nux vomica”) + -ine. 1. An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: igloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo)bor. English igloo From Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu. Pronunciation: /ˈɪɡ.luː/ 1. A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow. 2. A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice. 3. A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons. Example: General James Walsh signalled Strategic Air Command that the B-47 tore apart the igloo and knocked about 3 mark sixes. 4. A kind of airfreight cargo container. Example: Since most major airlines have interline agreements, if your cargo is in an igloo or container, it can be moved as is […]
Word: St Ignatius' bean Part of Speech: noun 1. A seed of a tree of species Strychnos ignatii, with similar properties to nux vomica.
Word: lies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪz/ 1. plural of lie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /laɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lie Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lies Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /laɪz/ 1. Great, wonderful Example: That kebab was lies!
Word: panier Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pannier. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: wier Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of weir. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The wier of this fishery is very large, and consists of a dam, ten or twelve feet high […]
Word: alert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”). Pronunciation: /əˈlɜːt/, /əˈlɝt/ 1. Attentive; awake; on guard. 2. brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. Labels: obsolete Example: I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself
Word: alert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”). Pronunciation: /əˈlɜːt/, /əˈlɝt/ 1. An alarm. 2. A notification of higher importance than an advisory. 3. A state of readiness for potential combat. Example: an airborne alert; ground alert 4. Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
Word: alert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter. Pronunciation: /əˈlɜːt/, /əˈlɝt/ 1. To give warning to.
Word: polyglottous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See polyglot 1. Speaking many languages; polyglot. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The polyglottous tribes of America — Max Müller
Word: polygonaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Polygonaceae + -ous 1. Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the genus Polygonum are the type, and which includes also the docks of the genus Rumex, the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape of the genus Coccoloba, and several other genera.
Word: polygoneutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + Ancient Greek γονεύω (goneúō, “to produce offspring”) + -tic, from γονεύς (goneús, “parent”). 1. Having two or more broods in a season. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polygonometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English polygon Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English polygonometry From polygon + -metry. 1. The mensuration of polygons Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: polygonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English polygon Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English polygonous From polygon + -ous. 1. polygonal Labels: not-comparable
Word: polygonum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon, “knotweed”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), so called in allusion to the numerous joints, or neuter of πολύγονος (polúgonos, “prolific”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + γόνος (gónos, “offspring”). If the former of those two hypotheses is true, then the word would be related to polygon (from γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), a derivative of γόνυ (gónu)). 1. Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae, embracing a large number of species, including bistort, knotweed, smartweed, etc. Example: Near-synonym: polygony
Word: polygony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin polygonium, from Ancient Greek πολύγονον (polúgonon). More at polygonum. 1. Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass. Example: Near-synonym: polygonum Example: There, whether it diuine Tobacco were, / Or Panachæa, or Polygony, / She found, and brought it to her patient deare [...].
Word: aa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *kaha Proto-Polynesian *kakaha Hawaiian ʻaʻābor. English aa Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaʻā. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɑː/, [ˈɑː.ʔɑː], /ˈɑ.ɑ/, [ˈɑ.ʔɑ] 1. A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe. Labels: uncountable Example: We...saw ‘pahoihoi’ or solid lava forming, and also ‘aa’ or clinkers. Example: Cooling and solidification frequently takes a different course [...] in lava flows, producing the clinker-like ‘aa’ lava.
Word: aa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of acetic acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of acting age. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of alveolar-arterial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of aminoacetone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of amino acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of approximate absolute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of arachidonic acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of armature accelerator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of ascending aorta. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of atomic absorption. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of author's alteration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 12. Initialism of average audience. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: aa Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of arctic-alpine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of always afloat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: aa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare pp. 1. Abbreviation of adjectives. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, plural, plural-only 2. Abbreviation of arteries. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: aa Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Contraction. 1. Abbreviation of ana (“of each, equal parts”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: aa Part of Speech: pron 1. I. Labels: Northumbria, personal
Word: kuzu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu). Pronunciation: /ˈkuːzu/ 1. Alternative form of kudzu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pomme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pomme (“apple”), ultimately from Latin poma. Doublet of pome. Pronunciation: /pɑm/ 1. A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling or representing an apple.
Word: wee Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c). Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. Small, little. Labels: Ireland, New-Zealand, Northern-England, Scotland Example: You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire. Example: The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.
Word: wee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c). Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. A short time or short distance.
Word: wee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb. Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. Urine. Labels: colloquial, uncountable 2. An act of urination. Labels: colloquial, countable Example: I need to have a wee. Example: Um, by the way, make sure everyone knows if the papal envoy says "We desire to wash our hands", that means he wants to go and have a pee (laugh track)... Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).
Word: wee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb. Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. To urinate. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer! Example: When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.
Word: wee Part of Speech: pron Etymology: See we. Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. obsolete emphatic of we Labels: alt-of, emphatic, obsolete, personal, pronoun Example: Yet lest wee should be Capernaitans, as wee are told there that the flesh profiteth nothing, so wee are told heer, if we be not as deaf as adders, that this union of the flesh proceeds from the union of a fit help and solace.
Word: wee Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wiː/ 1. Alternative form of whee. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The squeal of a pig. Example: Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee! I can't find my way home!"
Word: handsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English handsell, hanselle, from Old English handselen and/or Old Norse handsal (literally “hand-gift”). Cognate with Scots hansel, Danish handsel. Pronunciation: /ˈhænd.səl/, /ˈhæn.səl/ 1. A lucky omen. Labels: obsolete 2. A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck. Example: their first good handsel of breath in this world Example: Our present tears here, not our present laughter, / Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. 3. Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series. Labels: archaic Example: That whoso hardy hand on her doth lay , It dearly shall abye and death for handsel pay Example: "I see the first handsel that God gives them on their voyage to the Land of Promise; thirst and bitterness." (From Contemplations, Book Five, Contemplation 1, The Waters of Marah (Found in volume 1 of The Works of Joseph Hall, edited by Peter Hall, published by Talboys, Oxford, 1837, page 88))
Word: handsel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English handsell, hanselle, from Old English handselen and/or Old Norse handsal (literally “hand-gift”). Cognate with Scots hansel, Danish handsel. Pronunciation: /ˈhænd.səl/, /ˈhæn.səl/ 1. To give a handsel to. Labels: transitive Example: She would leave a gold guinea to hansel the baby. 2. To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in. Labels: transitive Example: And it is better undecently to faile in hanseling the nuptiall bed, full of agitation and fits, by waiting for some or other fitter occasion, and more private opportunitie, lest sudden and alarmed, than to fall into a perpetuall miserie, by apprehending an astonishment and desperation of the first refusall. 3. To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally. Labels: transitive Example: Indeed there is no contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath hanselled it with prayer. Example: The lads, dressed like their papas, seemed uncomfortable in their new clothes (many that day handselled their first pair of boots), […].
Word: handspike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + spike. 1. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes. Example: I would not take a rood of land from Frederic to be appointed to a man-of-war to-morrow morning, for I looked on it as his (God grant it may be long ere he touch it!) ever since I was the height of a handspike. Example: “Man the capstan! Blood and thunder!—jump!”—was the next command, and the crew sprang for the handspikes.
Word: handspring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + spring. 1. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
Word: hand-tight Part of Speech: adj 1. As tight as can be made by the strength of one's hand wielding a standard tool: that is, without special equipment or leverage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: handwheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English handwheel From hand + wheel. 1. Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a set screw. Example: Front damper doors on each hopper and the back damper door of the centre hopper are opened and closed by screw gear worked from a handwheel on the fireman's side of the cab. Example: When the large handwheel seen in the illustration of a 68000 class cab is moved from "stop" to "run", the traction circuit contactors are closed and the locomotive moves off with the diesel engine running at idling speed.
Word: aggression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin aggressiōder. Middle French aggressionbor. English aggression From Middle French aggression, from Latin aggressio, from aggressus, past participle of aggredior (“to approach, address, attack”). By surface analysis, ag- + -gress + -ion. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹɛʃən/ 1. The act of initiating hostilities or invasion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression. 2. The practice or habit of launching attacks. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Hostile or destructive behavior or actions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The decision to impose a steel and aluminum tariff is an act of aggression which makes trade war between the two pillars of the West a grim possibility. 4. A desire for confrontation and often violence; an urge to physically harm something or someone. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The initiation or threat of conflict; coercion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: appassionato Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian appassionato. 1. (to be played) passionately Labels: not-comparable
Word: Ardhamagadhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्धमागधी (ardhamāgadhī). 1. Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
Word: asinine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin asinīnus (“of a donkey or ass”). Pronunciation: /ˈæs.ɪ.naɪn/, /ˈæs.ə.naɪn/ 1. Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality. Example: They danced on silently, softly. Their feet played tricks to the beat of the tireless measure, that exquisitely asinine blare which is England's punishment for having lost America. Example: “Look at this festive assembly. All of us, gathered here together, chuckling at jokes and silliness.” [laughter] “And jackanapery.” [rim shots] “I guess there's only one thing left to say. What is this shit?” [rim shot] [laughter] “[laughs] Very good.” “You call yourselves vampires? Bah. This entire evening has been nothing but a pageant of insipid nonsense.” “[laughing] Yes.” “Worshipping at the altar of your own mediocre frivolity. A jester's hollow dance. And who is laughing?” “Yeah! [whoops] [grunts]” “Vampires are supposed to have blood orgies and slaughter circles. Gah! You have all gone soft. You even invited humans to this asinine affair.” 2. Characteristic of an ass (an asshole): objectionably inconsiderate or jerky. Example: Philo Vance is an asinine jerk - a rude, Nietzschean snob who holds most of the people he meets and the things he sees in utter disdain. He's an insufferable smarty-pants, always convinced he's right and that everyone else is wrong. Of course, he is right, but that doesn't make him any less of a jerk. 3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys. Example: Don Quixote had put himself but a little way ayont the village of Don Diego, when he encountered two apparent priests, or students, and two husbandmen, who came mounted on four asinine beasts.
Word: astral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”). Pronunciation: /ˈæstɹəl/ 1. Relating to or resembling the stars; starry. Example: Some Aſtral forms I muſt invoke by prayer, / Fram'd of all pureſt Atoms of the Air; [...] Example: The first thing a visitor arriving by carriage from London would have noticed was that eighty-foot pole aimed at the sky, supported by huge struts near the base. Contrary to local rumors, it was not an instrument of divination but a towering mount for one of Cavendish’s telescopes. Upon renting the estate in 1785, he immediately sketched out a design for this impressive piece of equipment, a crucial adjunct to his plan to convert the upper floor of the house into an astral observatory, complete with a transit room for recording the positions of stars as they traversed the meridian. 2. Relating to an aster. Example: astral rays Example: astral sphere 3. Composed of ethereal material or non-physical (sometimes supersensible), and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body (as an astral body) to travel to other places or to other realms of existence (in or via the astral plane). Example: In the case of an inanimate body, […] when the physical object was broken the astral counterpart would also be divided; but it would not be possible to break an astral counterpart, and in that way to affect the physical object. In other words the act of fraction must begin on the physical plane. One could of course move a purely astral object by means of an astral hand if one wished, but not the astral counterpart of a physical object. In order to perform this latter feat it would be necessary to materialize a hand and move the physical object, when the astral counterpart would of course accompany it. Example: "[I could] see her astral form sitting on the edge of her bed. She was waiting for me."
Word: astral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin astrālis, from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”). Pronunciation: /ˈæstɹəl/ 1. A supernatural being from the astral plane. Example: Now both of you sit there and wait for any guides to come to you, any astrals or people from that life to make themselves known to you.
Word: Corsican Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Corsicabor. English Corsica Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Corsican From Corsica + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/, /ˈkɔɹsəkən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language. Example: The other man looked like a Corsican shopkeeper. He was short and very dark with a flat head covered with thickly greased hair.
Word: Corsican Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Corsicabor. English Corsica Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Corsican From Corsica + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/, /ˈkɔɹsəkən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.
Word: Corsican Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Corsicabor. English Corsica Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Corsican From Corsica + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sɪkən/, /ˈkɔɹsəkən/ 1. The language of the Corsican people.
Word: ballroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + room. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/, /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/ 1. A large room used for dancing and banquets. Example: The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained. 2. A type of elegant dance.
Word: ballroom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ball + room. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/, /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/ 1. To take part in ballroom dancing. Labels: intransitive
Word: brat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”), in which case it would be a doublet of brachet. Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat, though occasional earlier uses of the word with a "reclaimed" or ironic, positive connotation existed, including in LGBTQ slang for people of certain femme or feminine-leaning personalities. Pronunciation: /bɹæt/ 1. A human child. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: "So... you want to have kids someday?" "Uh... well, yes. I always figured I'd have a couple brats of my own someday..." "That's still doable, you know." "I know, but the process is a lot more complicated and less intimate, and --" 2. A human child. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: a spoiled brat Example: Get that little brat away from me! 3. A human child. Labels: neologism, slang, uncountable Example: Here are the people and the styles at the DNC that embodied the brat ethos. Example: Brat is being lazy until 10 P.M., at which point you construct a château using discarded scraps of pleather, finish it by morning, and immediately win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. 4. A human child. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: an army brat Example: Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, Commander of the Fourth Army, was an army “brat,” which means his father was an army officer. But he went into the army from Princeton, not from West Point. 5. A human child. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 6. A turbot or flatfish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the crabby awd dealers in ling, cod, and brats / And the vurgins that tempt us wi' nice maiden skyet... 7. A rough cloak or ragged garment. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The chief's daughter wears a brat and léine girdled with a criss. Example: The prevailing style of dress in the early medieval period comprised a léine (tunic) worn under a brat (cloak). 8. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. Labels: Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Example: [She] had still on the rough worsted apron of nappy homespun wool, called a "brat". 9. The young of an animal. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Their ſhoulders broad, for complet armour fit, Their lims more large and of a bigger ſize Than all the brats yſprong from Typhons loins: Example: They are your Will-Worship-men, your Prelates Brats: Take the whole Litter of’um, and you’ll finde never a barrel better Herring.
Word: brat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”), in which case it would be a doublet of brachet. Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat, though occasional earlier uses of the word with a "reclaimed" or ironic, positive connotation existed, including in LGBTQ slang for people of certain femme or feminine-leaning personalities. Pronunciation: /bɹæt/ 1. To act in a bratty manner as the submissive. Labels: intransitive Example: Ruthie was Ed's own submissive, a short, pretty, feisty ash-blonde New York City native who combined her submission to Ed with a good deal of mischievous bratting and a lot of sharp, intelligent conversation […] Example: Rather, Ana moves between playful bratting and a type of “conquer me” wantedness that good Dominants would respond to with increased control and correction.
Word: brat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”), in which case it would be a doublet of brachet. Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat, though occasional earlier uses of the word with a "reclaimed" or ironic, positive connotation existed, including in LGBTQ slang for people of certain femme or feminine-leaning personalities. Pronunciation: /bɹæt/ 1. Characteristic of a confident and assertive woman. Labels: neologism Example: kamala IS brat Example: Starmer's Tory predecessors Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were identified as brat by 15 percent each of those asked.
Word: brat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of bratwurst, from German Bratwurst. Pronunciation: /bɹɑt/ 1. Bratwurst. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: There are many people loitering, eating ice cream, talking, eating brats. Example: What’s the can’t-miss food? / Brat or sausage. […] — Tom G.
Word: brat Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Word: change of venue Part of Speech: noun 1. The relocation of a trial to a locale other than that in which the case was first brought before a court. Example: The defense moved for a change of venue, as the media coverage had made selecting an impartial jury from the small town impossible.
Word: beefcake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beef + cake. In sense 1, by analogy with cheesecake (“an image of a sexy young woman”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːfˌkeɪk/ 1. Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: No look at gay related calendars would be complete without at least a mention of those beefcake spreads. GCN only received one such calendar, the rather disappointing Men of Venice Beach. 2. Such a male, especially as seen as physically desirable. Labels: countable, informal Example: The audience goes bugshit. The security beefcakes separate them and the host gets between them, talking in a voice that is soothing on top, inciteful beneath. 3. A patty made of beef. Labels: countable, literally, uncountable Example: Beefcake with Burgundy Mushroom Cream