nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: one-horse town Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term “one-horse” originated as an agricultural phrase, meaning to be drawn or worked by a single horse. This led to the use of this phrase in a metaphorical sense as something that is small or insignificant. Charles Dickens explained in his publication All the Year Round (1871): ‘One horse’ is an agricultural phrase, applied to anything small or insignificant, or to any inconsiderable or contemptible person: as a ‘one-horse town,’ a ‘one-horse bank,’ a ‘one-horse hotel,’ a ‘one-horse lawyer’, etc. 1. A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and offering very few or no attractions. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town. Example: The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount – the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears.
Word: toonie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of two + loonie. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːni/ 1. A Canadian two-dollar coin. Labels: Canada, informal
Word: superflu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English flu English superflu From super- + flu. 1. Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the wake of the superflus and cataclysmic events, male writers tend to jump to that unholy trinity of rape, murder and cannibalism.
Word: in cold blood Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From a specialized meaning of cold, referring to lack of empathy. 1. In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought. Labels: idiomatic Example: It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood. Example: Police have arrested a suspect in the murder-robbery of a gold shop in Lop Buri two weeks ago, in which a young child and two adults were killed in cold blood.
Word: reputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English repute Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reputable From repute + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/, /ˈɹɛpjətəbəl/ 1. Having a good reputation; honourable. Example: She was a reputable businesswoman.
Word: stiffie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stiffy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vinyasa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit विन्यास (vinyāsa, “disposition (of limbs)”). Pronunciation: /vɪnˈjɑːsə/ 1. The transition between poses executed in succession, often timed with regular breathing. 2. A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing. Example: The occasional vinyasa class had made her more attentive to her bones. She let them give.
Word: sortie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *upó The noun is borrowed from French sortie (“act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”), the feminine past participle of sortir (“to exit, go out”), from Old French sortir, from Latin sortīrī, the present active infinitive of sortior (“to cast or draw lots; to choose, select; to distribute, divide; to obtain, receive; to share”), from sors (“something used to determine chances, a lot; casting or drawing of lots; decision by lot; a share”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; a thread”)), possibly influenced by surrēctus (“arisen, having been caused to arise; gotten up, having been gotten up”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“to arise, get up, rise”), from subrigō (“to lift up; to straighten”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, guide, steer; to govern, rule; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːti/, /ˈsɔɹti/, [-ɾi] 1. To carry out a sortie; to sally. Labels: intransitive Example: Five Italian warships identified as two cruisers and three destroyers, sortied down the Albanian coast during the morning of 4 March and commenced shelling the coastal road near Himara and Port Palermo, under cover of a strong fighter escort of G.50bis and CR 42s from the 24º Gruppo CT.
Word: stinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈstɪŋ.ɚ/ 1. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. 2. Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack. Example: The thing stopped then and looked at me a moment as much as to say: "Why this thing has a stinger! I must be careful." And then it reached out its long neck and opened its mighty jaws and grabbed for me; but I wasn't there. 3. Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically. 4. A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe. 5. A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces. 6. A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness. 7. A station identifier on television or radio played between shows. 8. A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits. 9. A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade. Labels: slang 10. A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect. Example: The most commonly used tool in the horror score kit is the “sting” — a quick and loud jolt of sound that coincides with a frightening image or the attack of a killer or creature. “Stingers are a form of music that are unique to movies,” Young adds. “There’s no other venue of musicmaking that has a window of opportunity for writing these little splats of instrumental sound that exist for the sole purpose of getting the little girls in the audience to jump out of their seats. In two or three seconds, you have to do enough so that it isn’t melodrama, that it does the job and also it’s your signature.” 11. A final note played at the end of a military march. Labels: slang 12. An extension cord. Labels: slang 13. A stinging nettle. Labels: West-Country, slang 14. Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish. 15. An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison. Labels: slang
Word: gallivant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/, /ˌɡæl.əˈvænt/ 1. To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. Labels: intransitive Example: Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant – to gallivant all day long. Example: Rather than sit and gawk at my nonadoring mother and sister, I gallivanted outdoors until it was time to hit the sack. 2. To flirt, to romance. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: 'That you never go gallivanting with Chloe again. You both "don't mean anything", but suppose you did happen to get the girl discharged with a very dubious character? Should you see any alternative to behaving either as a fool or a knave to put it right?'
Word: high-strung Part of Speech: adj 1. Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: But it exasperated the higher strung nature of Colonel Feraud Example: "Why, you're shakin' all over!" "I suppose I wouldn't be a medium if I wasn't high strung."
Word: let alone Part of Speech: conj 1. Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone. Labels: idiomatic Example: He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight. Example: My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […]. 2. Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first. Labels: idiomatic, rare Example: At the end of another ten years, let alone sixty, we are likely to see a very different pattern in the realm of British passenger locomotive power.
Word: let alone Part of Speech: verb 1. To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering. Labels: transitive Example: I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep. 2. To rely on (a person) to do something. Labels: colloquial, dated, transitive Example: Oh! let him alone for that. He's the boy that can get out of a scrape. Example: "It's not easy gettin' as good," rejoined the old woman, "an' you ought to be very glad to win him, if you can." "Let me alone for that," said Sally.
Word: take a dim view of Part of Speech: verb 1. To dislike; to regard with skepticism, disbelief, disfavor, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: Philip takes a dim view of people calling him "Flip". Example: The creepy man was only using the same vehicle for catching rats that he did for frying burgers! Zoe was no expert, but was pretty sure the government’s Food Standard Agency would take a very dim view of this.
Word: insomniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From insomnia + -ac. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒm.ni.æk/ 1. One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.
Word: insomniac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From insomnia + -ac. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒm.ni.æk/ 1. Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: BART Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɑɹt/, /bɑːt/ 1. Acronym of Bay Area Rapid Transit. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: I walk down to the BART station and catch the train back to the city and it’s night by the time it rises up from the tunnels under Oakland. Example: “Oakland Airport Connector service is running limited service due to a power outage. Shuttles will depart every 18 minutes,” BART said in a 2:38 p.m. PST update.
Word: BART Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɑɹt/, /bɑːt/ 1. To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.
Word: pur Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”). Labels: alt-of, dated Example: The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
Word: pur Part of Speech: verb 1. Dated form of purr. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood. Example: It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
Word: sida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Sida. 1. any of the flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family
Word: caped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cape + -ed. Piecewise doublet of capped, chaped, and coped. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪpt/ 1. Wearing a cape or capes. Labels: not-comparable Example: One of Batman’s aliases is "the Caped Crusader". 2. Wearing a cape of a specified kind. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Hella looked about delightedly at all of it, the cafés, the self-contained people, the violent snarl of the traffic, the blue-caped traffic policeman and his white, gleaming club. 3. cancelled Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: cazique Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cacique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wayzgoose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Disputed; see discussion at Wikipedia. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪz.ɡuːs/ 1. a holiday or party for the benefit of printers, traditionally held in August
Word: bresaola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bresaola, from French braiser (“to braise”). Pronunciation: /bɹɛˈsəʊlə/, /bɹɪˈzəʊlə/, /bɹɛˈsoʊlə/, /bɹɪˈzoʊlə/ 1. Air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour. Labels: uncountable Example: In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.
Word: tumble dry Part of Speech: verb 1. To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: hand wash only; tumble dry low 2. To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder.
Word: decriminalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + criminalization or decriminalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.) Labels: uncountable Example: the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics Example: Some opponents also said federal decriminalization would contribute to more death and injury from impaired drivers using marijuana. 2. The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc). Labels: uncountable Example: Most sex work feminists support either the legalization or the decriminalization of sex workers.
Word: decriminalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English criminalisation English decriminalisation From de- + criminalisation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard, uncountable Example: In February, Gaughan and a delegation of other government and health officials from the ACT travelled to Vancouver, San Francisco and Portland to see how decriminalisation worked in these jurisdictions.
Word: Stinger Part of Speech: noun 1. The FIM-92 portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.
Word: normalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From normal + -ization or normalize + -ation. Pronunciation: [ˌnɔː.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩], [ˈnɔː.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌnɔɹ.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌnɔɹ.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌnoː.məˌlɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃn̩] 1. Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the writings of Banfield, Wilson, and the New Progressives, the present-oriented, the wicked and the disorderly are portrayed as being abnormal―as being in need of normalization, control, and supervision. This makes it a lot easier for the rest of us […] to accept the aggressive policing and harsh punishment of the disorderly others. 2. Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: atomization 4. Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Following the line pursued in recent months by President Mubarak, Mr. Ali said he was confident the peace treaty between the two former foes would presist^([sic]) and "create a good atmosphere for normalizations of relations in the coming months and years." Example: On my first trip to China after normalization, I saw firsthand the possibility of leveraging Deng Xiaoping’s very real fear of the Soviets to gain specific intelligence aid from the People’s Republic of China. 5. Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Normalized production. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Sharing or enforcement of standard policies. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: normalization Part of Speech: name Etymology: From normal + -ization or normalize + -ation. Pronunciation: [ˌnɔː.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩], [ˈnɔː.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌnɔɹ.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌnɔɹ.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌnoː.məˌlɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃn̩] 1. Peace efforts and treaties between the Arab League and Israel. See Arab–Israeli normalization.
Word: first normal form Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which repeating groups and attributes have been eliminated by putting each into a separate table connected by a primary-key/foreign-key relationship. Labels: uncountable Example: Abbreviation: 1NF
Word: second normal form Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which it is in first normal form and every non-key attribute is dependent upon the entire primary key.
Word: third normal form Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in second normal form and all non-key attributes are mutually independent (no transient dependencies.)
Word: Boyce-Codd normal form Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed in 1974 by Raymond F. Boyce and Edgar F. Codd. 1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys. Labels: uncountable
Word: grating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From grat(e) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/, [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. Harsh and unpleasant. Example: grating vocals 2. Annoying; tending to annoy.
Word: grating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grat(e) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/, [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. 2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire. 3. The loose material that comes from something being grated. Example: Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk. 4. An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction. 5. The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats. Labels: in-plural 6. The sound made by something that grates against something else. Example: If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of.
Word: grating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From grat(e) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/, [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of grate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fourth normal form Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in Boyce-Codd normal form and all multi-valued dependencies are functional dependencies.
Word: fifth normal form Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys. Labels: uncountable
Word: relational database Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the use of relation to denote a set of ordered tuples, i.e. a table in the context of a relational database. 1. A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.
Word: LEO Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of law enforcement officer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: I got the impression he’d been in the military somewhere in his past. But then at least a third of all LEOs were estimated to be veterans. 2. Acronym of low Earth orbit. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: LEO Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Lyons Electronic Office, an early British computer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: hierarchical database Part of Speech: noun 1. A database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.
Word: mathematically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English mathematical Middle English -ly English -ly English mathematically From mathematical + -ly. 1. According to or using mathematics. Example: It is mathematically impossible to divide by zero. Example: It was a figure quite out of key with that lonely landscape, for it wore a panama hat and a neat dark suit, cut to the order of present day dandyism, which required coats to be tight-waisted up to the armpits and trousers belted in that they might bulge out into extra wide mathematically squared bags.
Word: millennia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millennium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: millennia Part of Speech: noun 1. a single period of 1000 years, a millennium Labels: nonstandard Example: Could its existence mean the ancient Greeks knew the Earth moved round the Sun more than a millennia before Copernicus brought it to the world in the sixteenth century? Example: In ancient Egypt, at the turn of the first millennia, animal mummies were produced in vast numbers as offerings to the pantheon of gods.
Word: megabucks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bucks English megabucks From mega- + bucks. 1. Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency). Labels: informal Example: He is making megabucks with his business venture. Example: Years later I went to see The Wall; it was a great show with megabucks spent on the production, but it didn't have that basic essence, there was a lack of theatre. 2. plural of megabuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + -genic. 1. Originating in, or caused by, the nervous system Labels: not-comparable
Word: neurogenic shock Part of Speech: noun 1. Shock caused by extreme excitability of the parasympathetic nervous system. This hyperexcitability is caused by severe pain and results in an extreme slowing of heartbeat and pulse, leading to a dangerous drop in blood pressure and hence shock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seat belt Part of Speech: noun 1. A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects. Example: "Wearing a seat belt for drivers and front seat occupants reduces the risk of death by 45 to 50%. Just think about that for a moment. A 50% more chance of staying alive. Who wouldn't go for that?"
Word: filo pastry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phyllo pastry. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: apple strudel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of German Apfelstrudel, equivalent to apple + strudel. 1. An Austrian pastry of apples, sugar, raisins, spice, etc in thin strudel dough or filo pastry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On each plate lay a slice of apple strudel so small one could not be sure it was there.
Word: punster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pun Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English punster From pun + -ster. 1. A person who makes puns. Example: Waglings and punsters — a vile race, / Who grin and jeer in any case!
Word: punsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pʌnz/ 1. plural of pun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pʌnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pun Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: TOE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of theory of everything. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of table of organization and equipment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of terms of employment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of transoesophageal echocardiogram. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: unemployment insurance Part of Speech: noun 1. Insurance providing income protection for able-bodied workers during periods of involuntary unemployment. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: XSLT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Gnosticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) English Gnostic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Gnosticism From Gnostic + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/, /ˈnɑstəsɪzəm/ 1. A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another contemporary scholar of Gnosticism, C. G. Jung, has taken this notion of the twin ray and applied it to his own model of the contrasexual nature of the self.
Word: epistolary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1627, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪst(ə)ˌl(ə)ɹi/, /ɛ-/, /ə-/, /ɛpɪˈstɒləɹi/, /ɪˈpɪstəˌlɛɹi/ 1. Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters. 2. Carried on by written correspondence. Example: an epistolary relationship 3. In the manner of written correspondence. Example: epistolary style Example: an epistolary novel
Word: epistolary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1627, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪst(ə)ˌl(ə)ɹi/, /ɛ-/, /ə-/, /ɛpɪˈstɒləɹi/, /ɪˈpɪstəˌlɛɹi/ 1. A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
Word: goggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒɡəl/, /ˈɡɑɡəl/ 1. To stare (at something) with wide eyes. Example: [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut. [...] She left me fogged and groping for the inner meaning, and I could see from Aunt Dahlia's goggling eyes that the basic idea hadn't got across with her either. [...] I didn't want to be hampered by an audience. When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than having the front seats filled up with goggling spectators. Example: the rational pleas of astronomer Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and grad student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) for the public to trust science and understand the seriousness of the coming disaster will sound uncomfortably familiar to anyone who has goggled in disbelief at COVID and/or vaccine denialism. 2. To roll the eyes. Example: Inflam’d all over with Disgrace, / To be seen by her in such a Place; / Which made him hang his Head, and scoul, / And wink, and goggle like an Owl
Word: goggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒɡəl/, /ˈɡɑɡəl/ 1. A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye. Example: Come and have a goggle at Fauzia’s new car! 2. A pair of protective eyeglasses. Labels: in-plural
Word: hung over Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hungover. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hung over Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hang over Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hope chest Part of Speech: noun 1. A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future married life.
Word: bidon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bidon (“can, canister, tin”), from Middle French bidon (“small sealed portable container made of metal or wood”), from Old Norse *biða (“container, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *bidōn, *bidjan (“tub, vat; vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“barrel; bucket; pot”), from *bʰeydʰ- (“to bind; to weave”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːdɒn/, /-dɒ̃/, /ˈbidɑn/ 1. A bottle or flask for holding a beverage such as water or wine; (specifically, sports) a water bottle which can be squeezed to squirt the beverage out of the nozzle, especially (cycling) one designed for mounting on a bicycle. Example: I was awakened by a noise of eating. My protectors, knife in hand, were consuming their meat and bread, occasionally tilting their bidons on high and absorbing the thin streams which spurted therefrom. […] The older [man] appeared pleased with my appetite; his face softened still more, as he remarked: "Bread without wine doesn't taste good," and proffered his bidon. I drank as much as I dared, and thanked him: "Ça va mieux." Example: […] Bram De Groot, a domestique with the Dutch Rabobank team, drops out the back, one arm in the air. The team car responds instantly, swinging out of the line of support vehicles behind the peloton and racing, klaxon sounding, up to De Groot. The window opens and a hand emerges with a bidon (plastic drinks bottle). De Groot places it in his back pocket and the hand emerges with another. This one goes down the back of his shirt, and it is joined by five more. Then off he sprints to deliver them to thirsty team-mates. De Groot is one of the domestiques and this is their lot. They continually drop off, collecting bidons and sprinting back into the peloton with grotesquely bulging shirts. 2. A container for holding a liquid. Labels: archaic Example: ["]Take a draught of my burgundy; bright as rubies. I never sell bad wines;—not I!—I know better than to drink them myself." He started and rose; and before he took the bidon [footnote †: “Little wooden drinking-cup.”], bowed to her, raising his cap with a grave courteous obeisance; a bow that had used to be noted in throne-rooms for its perfection of grace. Example: He took the bowl [containing red wine with bread broken in it] from her hands, and emptying a little of it into the wooden bidon that hung to her belt, kept that for himself, and stretching his arm across the straw, gave the bowl to Zackrist, who had watched it with the longing ravenous eyes of a starving wolf, and seized it with rabid avidity. 3. A container for holding a liquid. Labels: archaic Example: I saw that she had picked up an empty oil bidon that had been lying in the corner. I had bought it weeks before, for an oil lamp I had before I sold my things. […] They always make you pay a deposit on the bidon, and you get it back when the bidon is returned. But I'd forgotten all about it. […] She grabbed the bidon and went clattering down the stairs like a herd of elephants, and in three minutes she was back with two pounds of bread under one arm and a half-litre bottle of wine under the other.
Word: longhorn beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.
Word: NIMS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of National Incident Management System. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: bearhug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bear hug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bearhug Part of Speech: verb 1. To embrace in a bear hug. Labels: transitive Example: All around the Giants are signs and symbols of change and progression, from the once-isolated head coach, who was spotted Sunday night triumphantly bearhugging a player, to the acutely boyish quarterback, who stepped to the podium wearing the flattering look of whiskered grunge.
Word: Ahmedabad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani اَحْمَد آباد (aḥmad ābād) / अहमदाबाद (ahmadābād). Named after the ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate, Ahmad Shah I (reigned 1411 - 1442). By surface analysis, Ahmed + -abad. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːmɛdəbɑːd/, /ɑːˈmɛdəbɑːd/, /əhˈmədɑːbɑːd/ 1. The largest city in Gujarat, India. 2. A district of Gujarat, India.
Word: derby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Epsom Derby horse race, named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. Ultimately from Derby. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑː.bi/, /ˈdäː.bi/, /ˈdɝ.bi/ 1. Any of several annual horse races. 2. Any organized race. Labels: broadly Example: a donkey derby 3. A bowler hat. Labels: US Example: He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes. 4. A sports match between rival teams. 5. A local derby. Example: Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next. Example: The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions.
Word: consolidated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having undergone consolidation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Including financial data of the parent and all subsidiary companies. Labels: not-comparable
Word: consolidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of consolidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Rumplestiltskin Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Rumpelstiltskin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wheedled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wheedle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: red fox Part of Speech: noun 1. A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox. Labels: countable 2. Certain varieties of species of the plant genus Celosia, such as of Celosia argentea. Labels: capitalized, uncountable, usually Example: The other All-America winners were the Peter Pan Orange zinnia, Red Fox celosia, Magic Charms dianthus, and Diablo cosmos Example: Celosia Red Fox won for its breeder—T. Sakata, C>P>O> Box 11, Yokohama, Japan—a Bronze Medal
Word: horserace Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horse race. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cycadean Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to the cycad. 2. Belonging to the same taxonomic order as the cycad.
Word: Derby Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Derby, from Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːbi/ 1. A city and unitary authority in Derbyshire, East Midlands, England; formerly the county town (OS grid ref SK3536). 2. A suburb of Barnstaple, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633). 3. A small town in Tasmania, Australia. 4. A town in Kimberley, Western Australia. 5. A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia. 6. A locality in Langley district municipality, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. 7. A parish and community therein, in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 8. A small town in North West province, South Africa. 9. Various places in the United States: 10. Various places in the United States: 11. Various places in the United States: 12. Various places in the United States: 13. Various places in the United States: 14. Various places in the United States: 15. Various places in the United States: 16. Various places in the United States: 17. Various places in the United States: 18. Various places in the United States: 19. Various places in the United States:
Word: Derby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Derby, from Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːbi/ 1. A type of cheese made in Derby, England. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bowler hat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production. 1. A hard round black felt hat with a narrow brim, formerly worn by men. Example: It takes a special arrogance to snort at an oral report on the origins (and proper tipping) of the bowler hat, but there’s Nathanial, giggling his way through the presentation before offering up his report on the more rarefied 14th-century Norwegian derby.
Word: bowler hat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production. 1. Synonym of bowler hat out (“eject someone from an organization”).
Word: local derby Part of Speech: noun 1. A sports match between local rival teams. Example: Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).
Word: demolition derby Part of Speech: noun 1. A motorsport event in which drivers compete by intentionally ramming their vehicles into each other in an enclosed arena. Labels: US
Word: roller derby Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport based on teams of rollerskaters who race round a track, jamming and blocking each other. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: screenname Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + name. 1. a string of characters used to identify a user of a bulletin board, e-mail etc; a pseudonym used for online communication. Labels: Internet Example: 2020, Lee Williams, "Inside the Incelosphere: Tracing the Origins and Navigating the Contradictions", thesis submitted to the University of Regina, pages 93-94: Women “absolutely love playing the victim” a man using the screenname michael2222 vehemently claims, asserting that women have taken a men’s issue, Incel, and made it about themselves (through the creation of femcels) because “they feel the need to be victimized by absolutely everything” (November 12, 2019).
Word: camera flash Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that produces a short flash of light to help illuminate a scene, mostly for night-time or indoors photography, to make the picture brighter.
Word: artiste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars 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 -ista Late Latin artistader. French artistebor. English artiste Borrowed from French artiste. Doublet of artist. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈtiːst/ 1. A public performer, especially of song or dance. 2. Any person with artistic skill, such as a hairdresser or a cook.
Word: brochette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brochette, diminutive of broche (“spit”). Pronunciation: /bɹəʊˈʃɛt/ 1. A small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables are roasted or broiled. 2. Food cooked on such a device.
Word: photoautotrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English photoautotroph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English photoautotrophic From photoautotroph + -ic. 1. Relating to a photoautotroph or to photoautotrophism Labels: not-comparable
Word: Chardonnay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chardonnay, believed to be named after the village of Chardonnay in the Mâconnais region of France, where Pouilly-Fuissé is currently produced; it is possible that the variety was first bred there Pronunciation: /ˌʃɑː(ɹ)dəˈneɪ/ 1. A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine. Labels: countable 2. A variety of wine made from this grape. Labels: uncountable
Word: embarcation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of embarkation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: […]the army completing its embarcation upon the subsequent day
Word: fertilisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French; equivalent to fertilise + -ation. 1. Alternative spelling of fertilization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: grandeur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæn.djʊə/, /ˈɡɹæn.djɜː/, /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒə(ː)/, /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɔː/, /ˈɡɹan.d͡ʒɜː/ 1. The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown —— Example: So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds. 2. Nobility (state of being noble). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness. Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: Hiroshima Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima). Pronunciation: /hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/, /hɪ(ə)ɹəˈʃiːmə/, /hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/, /hɪɹoʊˈʃiːmə/ 1. A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan. 2. The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945. Example: A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. Example: This slab is where the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago were put together. It’s the assembly point for the dawning of the atomic age. 3. The 1945 atomic bombing of the city. Example: VINCENT: Tens of thousands killed before sundown; nobody's killed people that fast since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Word: Hiroshima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima). Pronunciation: /hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/, /hɪ(ə)ɹəˈʃiːmə/, /hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/, /hɪɹoʊˈʃiːmə/ 1. A catastrophe. Labels: figuratively Example: Stuxnet is the Hiroshima of cyber-war.
Word: maître d'hôtel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French maître d'hôtel. 1. Synonym of maître d' (“headwaiter”). Example: After the first course, the maître d'hôtel came in, holding a silver dish, on which were two fish, which I did not recognise. Example: She had previously appointed a maître d’hôtel and a number of domestics.
Word: naïveté Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French naïveté. See also nativity. Pronunciation: /nɑˌiːvˈteɪ/, /nɑˌiːvəˈteɪ/ 1. Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “You see, I do not know how to pick out any particular part of the diary.” Even while he was speaking an idea dawned upon him, and he said with unconscious simplicity, in a different voice, and with the naïveté of a child: “That’s quite true, upon my honour. Honest Indian!” Example: Maybe Mr. “Buckley” should know to be more skeptical about what’s dished out to him by popular culture. But apart from that, it’s hard to see how it’s his fault. He simply accepted what the most widely available and accessible sources of information claimed was true. For his naïveté, he was systematically misled and bamboozled.
Word: photoautotroph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- (from the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”)) + autotroph, from auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)). 1. an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy
Word: grille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French grille. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪl/ 1. Alternative form of grill (only in the senses of "grating over opening", "grating on the front of a vehicle", and "window divider") Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Word: nudiustertian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nū̆diū̆stertiānus (“taking place the day before yesterday”), from nudius tertius. Coined by Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652) in The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America (1647). Pronunciation: /n(j)ʊdi.əsˈtɜʃɪən/, /nudiəsˈtɜɹʃən/ 1. Of or relating to the day before yesterday; very recent. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: [W]hen I heare a nugiperous Gentledame inquire vvhat dreſſe the Queen is in this vveek: vvhat the nudiuſtertian faſhion of the Court; I meane the very nevveſt: vvith egge to be in it in all haſte, vvhat ever it be; I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, the product of a quarter of a cypher, the epitome of nothing, fitter to be kickt, if ſhee vvere of a kickable ſubſtance, than either honoured or humoured. Example: One of the best Chocolate gateau^([sic – meaning gateaux]) I have ever had! And I just had it nudiustertian afternoon.
Word: parti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French parti. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːti/, /pɑɹˈtiː/ 1. The basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design. 2. Someone (especially a man) who is considered to be a good choice for marriage, because of wealth, status etc. Labels: dated Example: ...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:— "Bring any one you deem a desirable parti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——" "Yes! I see, that they must be really crême a la crême.... Example: We met some time ago a man that would just do for you, if you were not already engaged to Jonathan. He is an excellent parti, being handsome, well off, and of good birth.