nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: inertness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inert Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inertness From inert + -ness. 1. Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: inaccurately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From inaccurate + -ly or in- + accurately. 1. In an inaccurate manner; incorrectly; inexactly. Example: In his opening pages he defines snark negatively — as a practice that certain famed comics are often charged with, but undeservedly and inaccurately because they actually trade in “irony” and also, one can’t help but gather from Denby’s remarks, because they’re politically virtuous in their japery, even when their words seem cruel and harsh.
Word: inexactly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inexact Middle English -ly English -ly English inexactly From inexact + -ly. 1. In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
Word: inaccessibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French inaccessibilité, from Latin inaccessibilitas. 1. The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness. Labels: uncountable 2. The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness. Labels: uncountable
Word: inaccessibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inaccessible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inaccessibleness From inaccessible + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being inaccessible or unreachable. Labels: uncountable
Word: unreachable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English reach 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 unreachable From un- + reach + -able. 1. Unable to be reached; impossible to attain. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] read-only attribute that lists the unreachable but uncollectable objects.
Word: unreachable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English reach 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 unreachable From un- + reach + -able. 1. A person or thing that cannot be reached. Example: “Brands want to be in front of this audience,” Ms. Bamford said. “Reaching these unreachables, these cord-cutters who don’t want to be fed an ad, is a huge concern.”
Word: impugner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impugn 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 impugner From impugn + -er. 1. One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
Word: impudently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impudent Middle English -ly English -ly English impudently From impudent + -ly. 1. In an impudent manner; with unblushing effrontery; insolently. Example: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […] Example: 'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.
Word: shamelessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English schameles English shameless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English shamelessly From shameless + -ly. 1. In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently. Example: Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch. Example: Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest.
Word: imprudently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English imprudent Middle English -ly English -ly English imprudently From imprudent + -ly. 1. Without prudence; in an imprudent manner. Example: He imprudently invested all his savings into a shady scheme and lost. Example: She spoke imprudently during the meeting, criticizing her boss without evidence.
Word: yellow press Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the comic feature "The Yellow Kid" in the Journal newspaper, first published in 1895. 1. Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism. Labels: collective, idiomatic, usually Example: Near-synonyms: tabloids, gutter press Example: The Olivette incident has often been cited as emblematic of the distortions published by Hearst and the rest of the yellow press during the Cuban revolution, but it seems to have been founded in an honest mistake.
Word: imprudence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + prudence. From Middle French imprudence, from Latin imprudentia. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːdn̩s/ 1. The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [Hamilton were to have said:] nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy. 2. An imprudent act. Labels: countable, usually Example: Ah: my dear—Madam there is the great mistake—'tis this very conscious Innocence that is of the greatest Prejudice to you—what is it makes you negligent of Forms and careless of the world's opinion—why the consciousness of your Innocence—what makes you thoughtless in your Conduct and apt to run into a thousand little imprudences— Example: At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences, he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby.
Word: heedlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English heedless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English heedlessness From heedless + -ness. 1. The state or character of being heedless Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: inattention Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French inattention. 1. Lack of attention, or failure to pay attention Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An act of neglect; failure of courtesy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rashness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rash Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English rashness From rash + -ness. 1. The quality of state of being rash; inconsiderate or presumptuous haste Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unwarranted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + warranted. 1. Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable. 2. Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved. Example: The attack was so unwarranted and delivered with such venom that his unpreparedness for it left him speechless. Example: The dictionaries themselves cover this additional lexis in what can best be described as a piecemeal fashion, with an obvious but unwarranted bias towards colonial era lexis.
Word: guaranty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantie (“protection, defense”), from Old French garantir, guarantir (“to warrant, vouch for something”), from Old French garant, guarant, warant (“a warrant; warranter, supporter, defender, protector”), from Frankish *warand, *warjand (“a warrant”), from Frankish *warjan (“to fend for, designate something as true, vouch for”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Middle Low German warent, warend (“a warrant”), German gewähren (“to grant”). More at warrant. Doublet of guarantee and warranty. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹənti/ 1. An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security. 2. Something serving as a security for such an undertaking. Example: No doubt the city of New York and the State of California contain capital enough for the completion of the entire road,--would subscribe to it, too, upon sufficient guaranties. 3. An assurance or guarantee. Example: ...He had contemplated the match as the fittest for the heir to England's throne, and one that offered the best guaranty for mutual happiness and a vigorous progeniture. Example: America has sent us guaranties She will demand that Maximilian Be held but as a prisoner of war.
Word: guaranty Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French guarantie, from Old French guarantie (“protection, defense”), from Old French garantir, guarantir (“to warrant, vouch for something”), from Old French garant, guarant, warant (“a warrant; warranter, supporter, defender, protector”), from Frankish *warand, *warjand (“a warrant”), from Frankish *warjan (“to fend for, designate something as true, vouch for”), from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Cognate with Middle Low German warent, warend (“a warrant”), German gewähren (“to grant”). More at warrant. Doublet of guarantee and warranty. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹənti/ 1. Alternative form of guarantee. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: His imperial majesty likewise guaranties to the king of Prussia the perpetual possession of upper Silesia; and the king guaranties to the emperour the perpetual possession of upper Austria, as soon as he shall have occupied it by conquest." Example: They are classified as “loans” because they involve traditional market-rate loans, but with one important additional feature: Their payments are guarantied by a financially powerful third party.
Word: unwarrantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English warrant 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 warrantable English unwarrantable From un- + warrantable. 1. Not warrantable; indefensible; not vindicable; not justifiable Example: [W]hen men doe not iſhue out of a danger by a doore of Gods opening unto them, but breake through the vvall, (as Jerome by perjury) by violent and unvvarrantable vvayes, their minds are daily haunted vvith ſcruples and perplexities, even ſometimes to dolefull diſtraction; beſides, ſuch eſcapes never grovv proſperous, rather eaſing than curing, and the comfort got by them unraueleth againe, as it hapned in Jerome of Prague. Example: Another thing, that engageth our affections to unwarrantable conclusions, and is therefore fatal to Science; is our doting on Antiquity, and the opinions of our Fathers.
Word: unwarrantedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unwarranted Middle English -ly English -ly English unwarrantedly From unwarranted + -ly. 1. In an unwarranted manner; without warrant; unjustifiably.
Word: unwarrantably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unwarrantable Middle English -ly English -ly English unwarrantably From unwarrantable + -ly. 1. In an unwarrantable manner; in a manner that cannot be justified. Example: 1662, Richard Baxter, A Saint or a Brute, London: Francis Tyton & Nevil Simmons, Chapter 4, p. , Holiness maketh men meek and patient, and teacheth subjects not to make too great a matter of any injury that is done them; nor to censure unwarrantably the actions of their superiours […] Example: Applied to any other creature than the Leviathan—to an ant or a flea—such portly terms might justly be deemed unwarrantably grandiloquent.
Word: unwarrantableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unwarrantable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unwarrantableness From unwarrantable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being unwarrantable. Labels: uncountable
Word: unwarrantability Part of Speech: noun 1. The character of being unwarrantable; unwarrantableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: indiscretion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French, from Late Latin indiscrētiō. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪsˈkɹɛʃən/ 1. The quality or state of being indiscreet; lack of discretion Labels: countable, uncountable Example: political indiscretion Example: minor indiscretion 2. An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: forgive an indiscretion 3. A brief sexual liaison. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circumspection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English circumspeccioun, from Middle French circonspection or its etymon Latin circumspectio. By surface analysis, circum- + Latin spect + -ion, "looking [all] around" (as compared with the opposite concept, embodied as tunnel vision or blinders). Pronunciation: /ˌsɜːkəmˈspɛkʃən/, /ˌsɚkəmˈspɛkʃən/ 1. Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; consideration of all that is pertinent. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Caution, watchfulness, or vigilance fueled by such awareness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As if this were not enough, CAW has failed to utilize even his limited sources with diligence and circumspection; to demonstrate this point, I will briefly note inadequacies in the data adduced by CAW.
Word: improviser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English improvise 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 improviser From improvise + -er. 1. One who improvises.
Word: improvidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English providence English improvidence From im- + providence. 1. The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
Word: improvidently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English improvident Middle English -ly English -ly English improvidently From improvident + -ly. 1. In an improvident manner.
Word: improvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English improve 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 improvable From improve + -able. 1. Capable of being improved. Example: Therefore, Humanitarians alone devote their present lives to create heavens within themselves and others, and a real paradise upon earth, because they do not waste their time with Pagan delusions, Sceptical doubts, and Atheistical selfishness, but live happily in the present by preparing for themselves and others happier future human lives upon our improveable globe. 2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.
Word: improvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English provable English improvable From im- + provable. 1. Impossible to prove. Labels: not-comparable
Word: improbably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English improbable Middle English -ly English -ly English improbably From improbable + -ly. 1. In an improbable manner; without probability. Example: […]and two enormous Scottish poems, the Buik of Alexander, which has been improbably ascribed to Barbour, and Sir Gilbert Hay's Buik of Alexander the Conquerour; one nearly complete Prose Life of Alexander and fragments of four others; a stanzaic translation of the Fuerres de Gadres which survives only in a fragment, the Romance of Cassamus, and three separate translations of the Secreta Secretorum.
Word: improbability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English probability English improbability From im- + probability. Pronunciation: /ɪmˌpɹɒb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ɪmˌpɹɑb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ɪmˌpɹɑb.əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi], /ɪmˌpɹɑb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, [ɪmˌpɹɑb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi] 1. The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is improbable; an improbable event or result. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "I really," returned the other with a sneer, "cannot agree about probabilities or improbabilities, but I know what the generality will think when they see a gentleman constantly with five very pretty girls, and I also know what they will say."
Word: unlikelihood Part of Speech: noun 1. Absence of likelihood; the state of being unlikely or improbable; improbability. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: impressiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English impressive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English impressiveness From impressive + -ness. 1. The quality of being impressive. Labels: uncountable
Word: impressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English impressive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English impressively From impressive + -ly. 1. In an impressive manner; forcibly. Example: The words written on the animal were next repeated impressively, and if the dog began to bark, it was a sign that the lover would gain his objective.
Word: impressionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression 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 -istabor. French -iste French impressionnistebor. English impressionist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic ▲ Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression ▲ Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist ▲ English -ic English -istic English impressionistic From impressionist + -ic, or from impression + -istic. 1. Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism. 2. Based on subjective reactions or feelings; not systematically researched or arrived at. Example: Also, it must be remembered that claims made by Kindersley and Goffin were impressionistic, as opposed to being based on modern linguistic data collection and analysis methods. 3. Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy. 4. Impressible.
Word: impressionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French impressionner Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -able Middle French -able French -able French impressionnable English impressionable From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible. 1. Being easily influenced (especially of young people). Example: I had never been an impressionable girl as far as men were concerned—I was not an impressionable woman. Example: "Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."
Word: impressionable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French impressionner Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -able Middle French -able French -able French impressionnable English impressionable From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible. 1. An impressionable person. Example: They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.
Word: impressionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression 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 -istabor. French -iste French impressionnistebor. English impressionist Borrowed from French impressionniste. 1. One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism. 2. A performer who does impressions; a mimic. Example: When impressionists (and especially lazy impressionists) delivered their comedic interpretation of [Bill] Clinton, the phrase they always used was “I feel your pain,” expressed with a sympathetic Southern drawl.
Word: impregnably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impregnable Middle English -ly English -ly English impregnably From impregnable + -ly. 1. In an impregnable manner; so as to defy attack.
Word: impregnability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being impregnable; invincibility. Labels: uncountable
Word: invincibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French invincibilité, from Latin invincibilitas. Pronunciation: /ɪnˌvɪn.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ɪnˌvɪn.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: invincibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English invincible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English invincibleness From invincible + -ness. 1. The quality of being invincible; unconquerableness; insuperableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: insuperableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English insuperable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English insuperableness From insuperable + -ness. 1. The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability. Labels: uncountable
Word: insuperability Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
Word: unconquerableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unconquerable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unconquerableness From unconquerable + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being unconquerable. Labels: uncountable Example: VVhen all the Perſians ſoothed the King in the vnconquerableneſſe of his forces, Artabanus told him, that he feared no enemies but the Sea and the Earth; the one yeelding no ſafe harbour for ſuch a Navie; the other not yeelding ſufficient ſuſtenance for ſo multitudinous an Armie.
Word: unconquerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conquer 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 conquerable English unconquerable From un- + conquerable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɒŋkəɹəbəl/ 1. Not conquerable; indomitable. Labels: not-comparable Example: Be careful when power comes to thee also, lest thou too shouldst smite in thine anger or thy jealousy, for unconquerable strength is a sore weapon in the hands of erring man. Example: In computing, the unconquerable trilemma is embodied in the well-known CAP theorem for distributed systems, also called Brewer’s CAP theorem. This states that any distributed database can only attain two of three guarantees: consistency, availability and partition tolerance.
Word: unconquerable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English conquer 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 conquerable English unconquerable From un- + conquerable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkɒŋkəɹəbəl/ 1. Someone or something that cannot be conquered.
Word: conquerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English conquer Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English conquerable From conquer + -able. 1. Capable of being conquered or subdued.
Word: imprecision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English precision English imprecision From im- + precision. Pronunciation: /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/, [ˌɪm.pɹɪˈsɪʒ.n̩] 1. A lack of precision or exactness; poor accuracy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The imprecision with which Classical authors grouped various peoples of North-Africa together under terms like Afri or Punici.
Word: impreciseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English imprecise Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English impreciseness From imprecise + -ness. 1. The quality of being imprecise, or lacking precision. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imprecisely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English imprecise Middle English -ly English -ly English imprecisely From imprecise + -ly. 1. In an imprecise manner.
Word: impotently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impotent Middle English -ly English -ly English impotently From impotent + -ly. 1. In an impotent manner. Example: Yet in every such instance—and there are scores of them—the Justices can do nothing but impotently point toward future action after Yessing or Noing past action by men in a position to act.
Word: impotency Part of Speech: noun 1. impotence Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. Example: Byron hasn't been the same since the impotency set in ten years ago, poor bludger.
Word: powerlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English powerless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English powerlessness From powerless + -ness. 1. The state or character of being powerless; absence or lack of power. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: helplessness Example: In July 1717, a commission established by Orléans to adjudicate the issue had emphatically denied the successoral claims of the two brothers, and the Regent declared himself in a state of ‘happy powerlessness to alienate the crown's domain’.
Word: imposture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒstjʊə(ɹ)/, /ɪmˈpɒst͡ʃə(ɹ)/ 1. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Among an unenlightened people every impoſture is likely to take place, for ignorance is the parent of credulity. Example: There is something very horrible in the laugh of a dying man: Hovering on the verge of both worlds, he seems to give the lie to both, and proclaim the enjoyments of one, and the hopes of another, alike an imposture.
Word: imposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio. Pronunciation: /ˌɪm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/, /ɪmˈpoː.zɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder. Example: He expunges his own anguish at his diagnosis with HIV and the impositions that have claimed his freedom. 3. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A trick or deception put or laid on others. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A task imposed on a student as punishment. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: supersolar Part of Speech: adj 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 solar English supersolar From super- + solar. 1. Having features greater than those of the sun. Example: The heat of a white dwarf is supersolar. 2. Above the sun. Example: The kingly bard / Must smite the chords rudely and hard, / As with hammer or with mace; / That they may render back / Artful thunder, which conveys / Secrets of the solar track, / Sparks of the supersolar blaze.
Word: exaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English exaccioun, exaccion, from Middle French exaction, from Old French, from Latin exāctiō. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzækʃən/ 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the exaction to tribute or of obedience 2. extortion. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enjoin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. Labels: literary, transitive Example: I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things: Example: to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […] 2. To prescribe under authority; to ordain. Labels: transitive Example: They [the Noahide laws] also enjoin the establishment of a just system of laws and courts. 3. To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. Labels: transitive Example: In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest). Example: the judicial power of the United States had no power to enjoin the executive branch of the government from the execution of a constitutional duty or of a constitutional law
Word: impossibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impossible Middle English -ly English -ly English impossibly From impossible + -ly. 1. Not possibly; in an impossible manner. 2. To the point of impossibility. Example: The topology problem was impossibly difficult. 3. Contrary to what had been thought possible. Example: Impossibly, after the water receded, the cat was found asleep on a chair jammed in a tree. Example: ANDRÉ SARAIVA, the slight 35-year-old graffitist and night-life entrepreneur, showed up at the Emmanuel Perrotin gallery in the Marais on a recent Saturday night in his trademark impossibly skinny jeans and a navy Thom Browne peacoat.
Word: imposingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English imposing Middle English -ly English -ly English imposingly From imposing + -ly. 1. In an imposing manner.
Word: imposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impose + -er. 1. One who imposes.
Word: importunately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English importunate Middle English -ly English -ly English importunately From importunate + -ly. 1. In an importunate manner; with persistent or urgent solicitation. Example: 'I suppose I must see who it is', she thought, and set her chair in motion. The chair, like the music, was worked by machinery and it rolled her to the other side of the room where the bell still rang importunately.
Word: importable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French importable. 1. Insupportable, unbearable. Labels: obsolete Example: So both attonce him charge on either side, / With hideous strokes, and importable powre […]
Word: importable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English import 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 importable From import + -able. 1. Capable of being imported.
Word: importable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English import 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 importable From import + -able. 1. Something that can be imported. Example: Then the nominal rates of assistance from these measures are calculated for 20 agricultural products, 14 of which are classified as exportables and 6 as importables.
Word: imponderable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English ponder 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 ponderable English imponderable From im- + ponderable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/, /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ 1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed. 2. Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.
Word: imponderable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English ponder 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 ponderable English imponderable From im- + ponderable. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/, /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ 1. A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism. 2. An imponderable question. 3. A factor that cannot be anticipated. Example: One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.
Word: SOV Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of subject–object–verb [word order]: Of a language, employing a system of syntax in which a typical sentence contains a subject, followed by the object, followed by the verb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of shot-on-video. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SOV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of single occupancy vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: impolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English politic English impolitic From im- + politic. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒ.lɪ.tɪk/ 1. Not in accordance with good policy. Example: On at least one such occasion, in L.N.E.R. days, I discovered later that what I had written was precisely what the authorities wanted to be said, though it would have been highly impolitic for my chief to have given me this information rather than the formal reproof that I received! Example: Even when it was impolitic to admire, let alone name, Evagrius, his descriptions of progress in the spiritual life could not be and were not ignored […].
Word: inexpedient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English expedient English inexpedient From in- + expedient. Pronunciation: /ɪnɪkˈspiːdi.ənt/ 1. Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place Example: But the reputation of the Order must not be permitted to be endangered, and a case might occur, in which it would be inexpedient to extend this courtesy, and where the lodge would feel compelled to proceed to the trial and punishment of the offender, without appealing to his lodge.
Word: impoliteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impolite Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English impoliteness From impolite + -ness. 1. The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An impolite remark or action. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: incivility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French incivilité, from Late Latin incivilitas (“incivility”), from Latin incivilis (“impolite, uncivil”), from in- (privative prefix) + civilis (“belonging to a citizen, civic, political, urbane, courteous, civil”) (from civis (“a citizen”)), equivalent to in- + civility. Pronunciation: /ɪnsɪˈvɪlɪti/ 1. The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner. Labels: uncountable Example: Courtezan. How say you now? is not your husband mad? / Adriana. His incivility confirms no less. Example: 1668, David Lloyd, Memoires of the Lives, Actions, Sufferings, and Deaths of those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages that suffered by Death, Sequestration, Decimation, and otherwise for the Protestant Religion, London: Samuel Speed, “The Life and Death of Robert Berkley,” p. 96, Beat on proud Billows, Boreas blow, Swell curled Waves, high as Jove’s roof, Your incivility doth show, That Innocence is tempest proof. 2. Any act of rudeness or ill-breeding. Labels: countable Example: Latona, in her flight from Juno, is churlishly intreated by the Lycian pesants, and denied the publique benefit of water: for which incivility these bawling Clownes are changed into croaking froggs, and confined unto that Lake for ever. Example: In truth, vve thought it (coming immediately from an infected place) an hazardous incivilitie, to put our ſelves upon them; for if any ſiniſter accident had fallen out about the ſame time (for Coincidents are not alvvaies Cauſes) vve ſhould have rued it for ever. 3. Lack of civilization; a state of rudeness or barbarism. Labels: uncountable Example: BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]
Word: uncivil Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + civil. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɪv.əl/ 1. Not civilized 2. Not civil; discourteous; impolite Example: uncivil behavior Example: But when he had urged his request four or five times, and we thought on what evil the country folk say that they have at times suffered from the Vettar, when they have chanced to swear at them, or with uncivil words bid them go to hell, I took the resolution to read some prayers over my wife, and to bless her, and bid her in God's name go with him.
Word: rimless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English rimless From rim + -less. 1. Lacking a rim. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) brimless, lipless, ledgeless Example: rimless glasses 2. Not touching the rim of the basket while passing through it. Labels: not-comparable Example: Took aim and scored, a sure, rimless basket.
Word: unpolished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English polished English unpolished From un- + polished. 1. Not polished; not brought to a polish. 2. Deprived of polish. 3. Not refined in manners or style Example: Vovchsafe to grace these rude vnpolish'd rymes, / Which long (dear friend) haue slept in sable night, / And, come abroad now in these glorious tymes, / Can hardly brook the purenes of the light.
Word: impolitely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impolite Middle English -ly English -ly English impolitely From impolite + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌɪmpəˈlaɪtli/ 1. In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely. Example: This fine officer touched his laced hat most courteously to our Captain, who, after returning the compliment, stared at him, rather impolitely, through his spy-glass. Example: Poor Crab! It was as if he had spoken to the wind. That scoundrel, Pinocchio, turned around and said most impolitely: “Oh, hush! ugly Crab. You would do better to eat some seaweed and cure that cold of yours. Go home to bed and take a good sweat.”
Word: uncivilly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English uncivil Middle English -ly English -ly English uncivilly From uncivil + -ly. 1. In an uncivil manner; discourteously; rudely.
Word: courteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -ly. 1. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely. Example: His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty Example: "Perhaps they eat too much." He said it with the air of one courteously offering a helpful suggestion.