nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: caiman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish caimán or Portuguese caimão, from Kari'na acayouman. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪ.mən/ 1. Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae. Example: Caimans are reptiles that are closely related to their Central and South American neighbors, the alligators. Adult caimans are usually four to six feet (1.8 m) in length. Example: 2002, International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Brown bear - Cheetah, 3rd Edition, page 358, The caimans are found in South America, mainly in the Amazon basin, with one species extending into the southern part of Mexico and another reaching northern parts of Argentina. 2. A crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae, which includes the very large black caiman. Labels: broadly 3. A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from crocodilian caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.
Word: dragon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Displaced Old English wyrm, whence modern worm. Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragoon. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡən/, [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡən] ~ [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡn̩], [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡn̩], /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡən/, [ˈdɹ̝eɪ̯ɡən] ~ [ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡn̩] 1. A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. Example: Medea for the loue of Iaſon, taught him how to tame the fire breathing braſſ feeted Bulls, and kill the mighty dragon that kept the golden fleece[.] Example: But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from. 2. A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature. Example: These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another. 3. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: Labels: obsolete 4. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: 5. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: 6. An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance: 7. The constellation Draco. Labels: capitalized, often, with-definite-article Example: My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior. 8. A fierce and unpleasant woman. Labels: derogatory Example: She’s a bit of a dragon. 9. An unattractive woman. Labels: UK, derogatory, rare, slang 10. The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China. Labels: capitalized, often, with-definite-article Example: Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon. 11. Something very formidable or dangerous. Labels: figuratively 12. A class of playing tiles consisting of three types: white dragons, green dragons, and red dragons. 13. A luminous exhalation from marshy ground, seeming to move through the air like a winged serpent. 14. A type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel with a flared muzzle, often hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt. Labels: historical Example: our dragoons were so denominated because they were armed with dragons, that is, with short muskets, which spouted fire like dragons, and had the head of a dragon wrought upon their muzzle 15. A background process similar to a daemon. Labels: rare Example: Daemons and Dragons. The print spooler is an example of a DAEMON, a program that executes in the background and provides a service […] Strictly speaking, a dragon is a daemon that is not invoked explicitly but is always there, waiting in the background […] Example: Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such as dragons and mailer daemons. 16. A variety of carrier pigeon.
Word: dragon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration from drag queen. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹæɡən/, [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡən] ~ [ˈdɹ̝ʷæɡn̩], [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡən] ~ [d̠ɹ̠˔ʷæɡn̩], /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡən/, [ˈdɹ̝eɪ̯ɡən] ~ [ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡn̩] 1. Synonym of drag queen. Labels: slang Example: May 2017 Michael Connelly shares excerpt from The Late Show Ballard felt her phone vibrate in her hand and turned away from the nurse. She saw a return text from Mendez. She read his answer out loud to Jenkins. “‘Ramona Ramone, dragon. Real name Ramón Gutierrez. Had him in here a couple weeks back. Priors longer than his pre-op dick.’ Nice way of putting it.” “Considering his own dimensions,” Jenkins said. Drag queens, cross-dressers, and transgenders were all generally referred to as dragons in vice. No distinctions were made. It wasn’t nice but it was accepted. Example: October 2017 Drag Star VIZIN is back with new single Blasting News My favorite part was probably the ‘de-dragging.’ Taking the Dragon off (that’s what I call her) is always my favorite. In all honesty, the entire experience was amazing and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Being felt up by Michael Silas wasn’t bad either...
Word: skid lid Part of Speech: noun 1. motorcycle helmet Labels: UK, slang
Word: gar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of garfish, from Middle English gare + fish. Pronunciation: /ɡɑː/, /ɡɑɹ/ 1. Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws. Labels: Canada, US, especially Example: Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies. 2. A garfish, Belone belone. Labels: Ireland, UK, especially
Word: gar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”). Pronunciation: /ɡɑː/, /ɡɑɹ/ 1. To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). Labels: UK, dialectal Example: I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...]. Example: Farewell to pleasant Dilston Hall, / My father's ancient seat, / A stranger now must call thee his, / Which gars my heart to greet. [...].
Word: skid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪd/, [ˈskɪd] 1. An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle. Example: Near-synonyms: wheelslide, sideslip Example: Just before hitting the guardrail the driver regained control and pulled out of the skid. 2. A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill. 3. A hook attached to a chain, used for the same purpose. Labels: broadly 4. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure. Example: In the hours before daylight he sharpened the skids and tightened the lashings to prepare for the long dogsled journey. 5. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure. Example: Due to frequent arctic travel, the plane was equipped with long skids for snow and ice landings. 6. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure. Example: He unloaded six skids of boxes from the truck. 7. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure. 8. A piece of timber or other material used as a support, or to receive pressure. Example: His head was away up in the shadows of lifeboats that stood on skids above the deck. Example: If the boat had been further out, we could not get to work at the wheel without beaching her further up; or either dry docking her or putting her on skids. 9. A banked sideslip where the aircraft's nose is yawed towards the low wing, often due to excessive rudder input. 10. A losing streak. Example: The team snapped a 3-game skid with a win over their biggest rival.
Word: skid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪd/, [ˈskɪd] 1. (of a wheel, sled runner, or vehicle tracks) To slide along the ground, without the rotary motion that wheels or tracks would normally have. Labels: intransitive 2. To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning. Labels: intransitive Example: They skidded around the corner and accelerated up the street. 3. To operate an aircraft in a banked sideslip with the nose yawed towards the low wing. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Don't use excessive rudder when turning, especially at low airspeed, as this causes your plane to skid through the turn, which can cause you to very rapidly enter a spin if the inner wing stalls. Example: Because of the jammed ailerons, the pilot had to use careful rudder inputs to skid his plane in order to turn it so he could get lined up with the runway. 4. To protect or support with a skid or skids. Labels: transitive 5. To cause to move on skids. Labels: transitive 6. To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid. Labels: transitive Example: The horses stopped to breathe again, and the guard got down to skid the wheel for the descent, and open the coach-door to let the passengers in
Word: skid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of stepkid. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪd/, [ˈskɪd] 1. A stepchild. Labels: Internet
Word: skid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪd/, [ˈskɪd] 1. A script kiddie. Labels: Internet Example: […] it is something that differentiates an elite hacker from skids (script kiddies).
Word: skid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie. Pronunciation: /ˈskɪd/, [ˈskɪd] 1. To steal or copy, especially computer code. Labels: Internet
Word: skid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɪd/, [ˈskɪd] 1. A sovereign (old coin). Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: centaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros), from Κένταυρος (Kéntauros, “a member of a savage race from Thessaly”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.tɔː/, /ˈsɛn.tɔɹ/, /ˈsɛn.tɑɹ/ 1. A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse. Labels: Greek 2. One of a number of icy planetoids that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune. Labels: also, capitalized 3. A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together. Example: This was not Kasparov's approach. Instead of rejecting the machines, he returned the year after his defeat to Deep Blue with a different kind of chess, which he called ‘Advanced Chess’. Other names for Advanced Chess include ‘cyborg’ and ‘centaur’ chess. 4. A human and an AI who work together. Labels: broadly Example: The first—termed “cyborgs” by the authors—intertwined with the AI, moulding, checking and refining its responses, while the second—“centaurs”—divided labour, handing off more AI-suited subtasks while focussing on their own areas of expertise. Example: Programming has not yet gone the way of chess. But the centaurs have arrived. GPT-4 on its own is, for the moment, a worse programmer than I am. Ben is much worse. But Ben plus GPT-4 is a dangerous thing.
Word: mensch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old High German mennisko (“man, human being”), from Proto-Germanic *manniskaz (“human”). The spelling mensch was influenced by German Mensch; compare the alternative spellings. Doublet of mennish; compare also mense. For the semantics, compare Latin humanē (“kindly, courteously”), English humane. Pronunciation: /mɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. A person of strength, integrity, and honor or compassion; a gentleman. Example: […]Scott Nearing was a grand old man a real mensch[…] Example: Doctor Dreyfuss [to C. C. Baxter]: Be a mensch!
Word: polaris Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of polari Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Angkor Wat Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Khmer អង្គរវត្ត (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət, “City of Temples”), from អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “royal city”) + វត្ត (vŏət, “temple”), from Sanskrit नगर + वाट (nagara + vāṭa, “city + enclosure”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑŋ.kɔɹ ˈwɑt/ 1. A complex of temples in Cambodia.
Word: wafer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ̯fəː/, [ˈweɪ̯fəː], /wæɪ̯fəː/, [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fəː] ~ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fɐ̝ː], /ˈweɪ̯fɚ/ 1. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie. Example: I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it. 2. A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion. 3. A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc. Example: The house supplied him with a wafer for his present purpose, with which, having sealed his letter, he returned hastily towards the brook side, in order to search for the things which he had there lost. 4. A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Word: wafer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪ̯fəː/, [ˈweɪ̯fəː], /wæɪ̯fəː/, [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fəː] ~ [ˈwæ̝ɪ̯fɐ̝ː], /ˈweɪ̯fɚ/ 1. To seal or fasten with a wafer. Labels: transitive Example: [M]y Father, who knew he was well, wafered the paragraph upon a sheet of paper, and sent to his Lodgings. Example: [T]he beginning of de Barral's end became manifest to the public in the shape of a half-sheet of note-paper wafered by the four corners on the closed door […].
Word: Khmer Rouge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Khmer rouge (“red Khmer”), from Khmer (“Khmer”) + rouge (“red”). Pronunciation: /ˈkmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/, /kəˈmɛəɹ ˈɹuːʒ/ 1. A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the leadership of Pol Pot. Labels: historical
Word: basilisk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, literally “minor king or chieftain”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”), possibly based on descriptions or rare encounters with different types of cobra which have crown-like patterns on their head; the 'deadly gaze' may have been from the spitting cobra's ability to spit venom into the eyes of predators or prey from a distance. The infohazard sense is a figurative reference to the deadly gaze of the mythical creature. Displaced native Old English fāgwyrm. Pronunciation: /ˈbæzɪlɪsk/, /ˈbæsɪlɪsk/ 1. A mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze is deadly. Example: the deadly look of the basilisk Example: The queſtion is in vvhat part of this Serpent the poyſon doth lye; Some ſay in the head alone, and that therefore the Bazeliske is deafe, bycauſe the Ayre vvhich ſerueth the Organe of hearing, is reſolued by the intenſiue calidity: but this ſeemeth not to bee true, […] 2. A type of dragon used in heraldry. 3. Any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus: the basilisk lizard. Example: As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards. 4. A type of large brass cannon. Example: Awake ye men of Memphis, heare the clange / Of Scythian trumpets, heare the Baſiliſkes, / That roaring, ſhake Damaſcus turrets downe, […] 5. An infohazard or cognitohazard, especially a Langford's basilisk. Example: A basilisk, in this context, is information that can hurt you simply because you are aware of it.
Word: basilisk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, literally “minor king or chieftain”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”), possibly based on descriptions or rare encounters with different types of cobra which have crown-like patterns on their head; the 'deadly gaze' may have been from the spitting cobra's ability to spit venom into the eyes of predators or prey from a distance. The infohazard sense is a figurative reference to the deadly gaze of the mythical creature. Displaced native Old English fāgwyrm. Pronunciation: /ˈbæzɪlɪsk/, /ˈbæsɪlɪsk/ 1. Suggesting a basilisk (snake-like dragon): baleful, spellbinding. Labels: not-comparable Example: Well, She is so basilisk; there's no death in her eyes […] Example: her gaze became more basilisk in its expression, and her countenance bore some similitude to that of a handsome fiend
Word: cannon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na) (for more, see cane). Doublet of canyon. This spelling was not fixed until about 1800. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.ən/ 1. To bombard with cannons. 2. To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball. Example: The white cannoned off the red onto the pink. 3. To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly. Example: Montenegro had hardly threatened in the second period but served notice they were still potent as Nikola Vukcevic took a smart pass from Jovetic and cannoned a shot off Hennessey's shins. 4. To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound. Example: […] he heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it—crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. Example: She ran down the stairs which she had come up so nervously that morning and cannoned into Edmund at the bottom.
Word: cannon Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of canon. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, slang
Word: cannon Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of canon. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, slang
Word: muzzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌzəl/ 1. The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws. Example: The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, / The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes, […] 2. A person's mouth. Labels: broadly, derogatory, slang 3. A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout. 4. The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from. 5. A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached. Labels: Scotland 6. An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: muzzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌzəl/ 1. To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting. Labels: transitive Example: Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 2. To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Those who want to muzzle everyone else are likely nothing less than pseudovirtuous. Example: Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state. 3. To veil, mask, muffle. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Venus her self would sit Muzzling and Gazing them in the Eyes Example: And now, while they are climbing the pole in another part of the field, and muzzling in a flour-tub in another, the old farmer […] announces to all whom it may concern that a half-sovereign in money will be forthcoming to the old gamester who breaks most heads; […] 5. To bring the muzzle or mouth near. Labels: intransitive Example: The Bear comes directly up to him, Muzzles and Smells to him.
Word: speaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spekere, speker English speaker From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”). Pronunciation: /ˈspikɚ/, /ˈspiːkə/ 1. One who speaks. Example: There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents. Example: This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ... 2. Loudspeaker. Example: She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival. 3. Speakerphone. Example: you're on speaker Example: I'm gonna put you on speaker now 4. The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives. 5. One who makes a speech to an audience. Example: Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer Example: hired speaker; motivational speaker 6. A book containing passages of text for use in speeches. Labels: US 7. The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text. Labels: especially Example: The speaker spelled out the words to be communicated, letter by letter, while the reader's hand read the speaker's message. In its original form the hand alphabet assumed that both speaker and reader could already speak and spell the words ... 8. The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text. Labels: especially Example: Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken". 9. A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow. 10. A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect. Labels: archaic Example: With a speäker, or stake, he tossed the outlying scraps of fuel on the into the conflagration.
Word: beet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin. Pronunciation: /biːt/ 1. Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The beet is a hardy species. 2. A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Example: In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary. Example: In the past several years, Moonbelly and Faria, two bakeries whose flaky croissants and elegant loaves rival those at Du Pain et des Idées in Paris, have opened, with rotating offerings of buckwheat coffee cake, roasted bok choy-milk bread buns and focaccia sandwiches stuffed with beet and feta sold under the moniker “girl dinner.”
Word: beet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beten, from Old English bētan. Pronunciation: /biːt/ 1. To improve; to mend. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive 2. To kindle a fire. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive 3. To rouse. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, transitive
Word: canon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon and Old English canon, both from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) and Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane, cannon, canyon, canal. Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.ən/ 1. A generally accepted principle; a rule. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The trial must proceed according to the canons of law. Example: Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. 2. A generally accepted principle; a rule. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Canon of Polykleitos Example: Despite the many advances made by modern scholars towards a clearer comprehension of the theoretical basis of the Canon of Polykleitos, the results of these studies show an absence of any general agreement upon the practical application of that canon in works of art. 3. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Russo had been working as a salesman, selling Great Books of the Western World, hawking the canon to the rubes. Example: the durable canon of American short fiction 4. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the entire Shakespearean canon 5. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We must proceed according to canon law. 7. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular. 10. A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius Labels: Roman, countable, uncountable Example: The lessees of public lands had to pay a perpetual rent or "canon" at some periodical time. 11. The officially recognized continuity, events, characters, relationships, etc. of a work of fiction. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon. Example: Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax. 12. Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: a canon of beef or lamb 13. A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point. Labels: dated, uncountable 14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: canon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Old Northern French canoine). 1. A type of clergymember serving a cathedral or collegiate church. Example: The records show that in the early 960s the cathedral at Winchester was administered by a group of canons, every one of whom was married. 2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
Word: canon Part of Speech: adj 1. Clipping of canonical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: The franchise's book spinoff is usually not considered canon.
Word: canon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of qanun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: canon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete 2. Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: canon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cañón, spelling it without the diacritics. 1. Obsolete spelling of canyon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [page 247:] the most wonderful depressions, gorges, canons, or valleys ever discovered. [page 249:] Some two miles on we come to where the three canons begin. [page 329:] the Canons of the Colorado River. This gave Moran his subject for a second painting, which he called the "Grand Chasm of the Colorado" [...] Example: Clarks Canon, […] very sandy, hilly, deep canons (or ravines), river valleys, and no trees or brush […]
Word: scilicet Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scīlicet. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt/ 1. Namely, to wit, as follows. Labels: not-comparable Example: As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January ejected him, here the scilicet may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before. 2. Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act. Labels: not-comparable 3. Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents. Labels: not-comparable
Word: macadamization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macadamize + -ation. Pronunciation: /məˌkædəmɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The process of paving roads with macadam. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: formica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Formica. Pronunciation: /fɔɹˈmaɪkə/ 1. A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vaporware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vapor Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English vaporware From vapor + -ware. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪ.pə.wɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈveɪpɚwɛɹ/ 1. An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen. Labels: uncountable Example: Our hard-and-fast rule was that if we couldn't see it, it still resided in that special zone called "Vaporware." Example: Vaporware appeals widely to industrial and consumer buyers.
Word: Londinium Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin Londinium. Doublet of London. Pronunciation: /lʌnˈdɪn.ɪ.əm/, /lʌnˈdɪn.i.əm/ 1. A city in Britannia, Roman Empire: An ancient settlement in the area of modern London. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of modern London: A city in England, United Kingdom. Labels: poetic
Word: Tarentum Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto. 1. Former name of Taranto: a city in Italy. Labels: historical
Word: sabre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.bə/, /ˈseɪ.bɚ/ 1. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point. Labels: Canada, UK Example: Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead. 2. A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre. Labels: Canada, UK Example: The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.
Word: sabre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.bə/, /ˈseɪ.bɚ/ 1. To strike or kill with a sabre. Labels: Canada, UK, transitive Example: There lie poor sallow workworn weavers, and complain no more now; women themselves are slashed and sabred, howling terror fills the air; […] 2. To open (a bottle) via sabrage. Labels: Canada, UK, transitive
Word: morna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese morna. Pronunciation: /məʊˈɹnɑ/ 1. A genre of Cape Verdean music and dance. Labels: uncountable Example: She [Cesária Évora] is most famous for singing morna, which roughly translates to “songs of mourning.” As with many other kinds of folk music, morna songs are handed down from generation to generation, tracing dominant themes in a people's history. 2. A piece of music in this style. Labels: countable
Word: conversation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione. Morphologically converse + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩/, [ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɑɱ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌkɔn.vəˈsæɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid. Example: You need to improve conversation in foreign languages. 2. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. Labels: uncountable 3. The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Yt chaunſed thatt a whole yere they had their converſacion with the congregacion there / and taught moche people in ſomoche thatt the diſciples off Antioche wer the fyrſt that wer called Chriſten. 6. Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Example: There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation, and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest. 7. Sexual intercourse. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: criminal conversation Example: Ariadne[…]quitted her Lover Theseus, for the tumultuous Conversation of Bacchus. 8. Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: So grosse is our conuersation, and dull is our apprehension: while mortall Sense, in vs, ruleth the common wealth of our litle world. 9. A kind of confectionery lozenge bearing a message on its surface. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: conversation Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione. Morphologically converse + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩/, [ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, [ˌkʰɑɱ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃn̩], /ˌkɔn.vəˈsæɪ.ʃn̩/ 1. To engage in conversation (with). Labels: ambitransitive, nonstandard Example: Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values... Example: ...he has breakfasted me, dined me, conversationed me, absolutely caressed me. He has been really most kind and paternal...
Word: culture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, to grow, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/, [ˈkʰʌlt͡ʃə], /ˈkʊlt͡ʃə/, [ˈkʰʊlt͡ʃə], /ˈkəlt͡ʃə/ 1. to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate) Labels: transitive 2. to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate) Labels: transitive
Word: yogh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ȝogh, of unknown origin. Several etymologies have been advanced, such as derivation from Middle English yok (“yoke”) or Old English ēoh (“rune ᛇ”), but all pose serious phonological problems. Pronunciation: /jɒɡ/, /jɒx/, /jəʊɡ/, /jəʊx/, /jɔɡ/ 1. A letter of the Middle English alphabet (capital Ȝ, small ȝ), in form derived from the Old English shape of the letter g, and used to represent various palatal and velar sounds.
Word: viper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪpɚ/ 1. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae. 2. Any venomous snake. Labels: informal 3. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. Labels: figuratively Example: And aggravate my folly who committed / To ſuch a viper his moſt ſacred truſt / Of ſecreſie, my ſafety, and my life. Example: Consider, for the love of Heaven, to what you run madly: will you take this viper into your bed? 4. A person who smokes marijuana. Labels: slang Example: Dreamed about a reefer five feet long / Mighty Mezz, but not too strong / You'll be high but not for long / If you're a viper
Word: wasp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ Proto-Germanic *wapsō Proto-West Germanic *wapsu Old English wæps Middle English wasp English wasp Inherited from Middle English wappes, waps, wasp, waspe, from Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”), referring to the insect's woven nests. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wesp (“wasp”), Saterland Frisian Häspe (“wasp”), West Frisian waps (“wasp”), Alemannic German Wespi (“wasp”), Bavarian Weps, Wepsn (“wasp”), Cimbrian bèspa (“wasp”), Dutch and Vilamovian wesp (“wasp”), German Wespe (“wasp”), Low German Weps, Wepse (“wasp”), Yiddish וועספּ (vesp), וועספּע (vespe, “wasp”), Danish hveps (“wasp”), Norwegian Bokmål veps (“wasp”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvefs (“wasp”); also Cornish goghi (“wasp”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovene, and Slovak osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬡𐬲𐬀𐬐𐬀 (vaβžaka, “scorpion”), Central Kurdish مۆز (moz, “gadfly, horsefly”), Mazanderani ماز (mâz, “fly”), Northern Kurdish moz (“wasp; gadfly, horsefly; bee; bumblebee”), Persian بوز (bavz / bowz, “wasp”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover”). Metathesis of /s/ and /p/ was both a process of some generality within English (compare grasp from Middle English grapsen, and—affecting other plosives—ascian ~ acsian (“to ask”)) and common in the reflexes of *wóps-eh₂ (“wasp”) in particular, as the aforementioned Germanic cognates (and non-Germanic cognates like Latin vespa) evince. Pronunciation: /wɒsp/, /wɑsp/, /waps/, /wæsp/ 1. Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet. 2. Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila). 3. Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila). 4. A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.
Word: wasp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ Proto-Germanic *wapsō Proto-West Germanic *wapsu Old English wæps Middle English wasp English wasp Inherited from Middle English wappes, waps, wasp, waspe, from Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”), referring to the insect's woven nests. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wesp (“wasp”), Saterland Frisian Häspe (“wasp”), West Frisian waps (“wasp”), Alemannic German Wespi (“wasp”), Bavarian Weps, Wepsn (“wasp”), Cimbrian bèspa (“wasp”), Dutch and Vilamovian wesp (“wasp”), German Wespe (“wasp”), Low German Weps, Wepse (“wasp”), Yiddish וועספּ (vesp), וועספּע (vespe, “wasp”), Danish hveps (“wasp”), Norwegian Bokmål veps (“wasp”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvefs (“wasp”); also Cornish goghi (“wasp”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovene, and Slovak osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬡𐬲𐬀𐬐𐬀 (vaβžaka, “scorpion”), Central Kurdish مۆز (moz, “gadfly, horsefly”), Mazanderani ماز (mâz, “fly”), Northern Kurdish moz (“wasp; gadfly, horsefly; bee; bumblebee”), Persian بوز (bavz / bowz, “wasp”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover”). Metathesis of /s/ and /p/ was both a process of some generality within English (compare grasp from Middle English grapsen, and—affecting other plosives—ascian ~ acsian (“to ask”)) and common in the reflexes of *wóps-eh₂ (“wasp”) in particular, as the aforementioned Germanic cognates (and non-Germanic cognates like Latin vespa) evince. Pronunciation: /wɒsp/, /wɑsp/, /waps/, /wæsp/ 1. To move like a wasp; to buzz. Labels: transitive
Word: wasp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɒsp/, /wɑsp/, /waps/, /wæsp/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“white Anglo-Saxon Protestant”). Labels: alt-of Example: The show went through clothes to suit the lifestyle of a wealthy wasp, an American archetype that is now synonymous with the brand.
Word: fenestra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Etruscan *𐌚𐌍𐌄𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌀 (*fnestra)bor.? Latin fenestraubor. English fenestra Unadapted borrowing from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (“window”). 1. An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane. Example: The platinum shaft connecting the ribbon to the piston base is a rounded wire and can be easily angulated after placement of the prosthesis for optimal incus to fenestra reach.
Word: topo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of topographic map. 1. A topographic map. 2. A map or sketch of a climbing route or area.
Word: topo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of topographic; compare bathy. 1. Topographic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ratto Part of Speech: noun 1. An affectionate term for a pet rat. Labels: slang
Word: hippogriff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French hippogriffe, from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”, English hippo-) + γρύψ (grúps, “griffin”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpəɡɹɪf/ 1. a mythical beast, half griffin and half horse, supposedly the offspring of a griffin and a filly. Example: To talk of being able to ride with stirrups, is trifling: get on Pegasus, bestride the hippogryph, or mount the white nag in the Revelation. Example: Je crains done qu'il faudra que nous nous contentions de quelque moyen plus simple et plus facile, comme d'un enchanteur à gages, un hippogriffe, ou au moins de quelque génie bienfaisant, … So I doubt we must be content with some more simple and easy method, such as a magician in our pay, a hippogryph, or at least some kind genius, …