nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tap up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a specific approach to a person considered to be suitable for a professional position. Labels: UK, transitive Example: In earlier years, the intelligence services would often recruit agents by tapping them up. 2. To make an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer. Labels: UK, transitive
Word: tanked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋkt/, /ˈteɪŋkt/, /ˈtɛ̃ŋkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of tank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tanked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋkt/, /ˈteɪŋkt/, /ˈtɛ̃ŋkt/ 1. Drunk. Labels: slang Example: And at a bar in Dolores I met a lady, a very tanked lady, who introduced herself as Miss E. X. Love. How delicious the lies we told! Example: […] and mingled some and then he started buying shots. We did a lot or at least I did. We got into a serious conversation about my troubles. I told him the whole story. After getting very tanked I realized the place had become empty.
Word: taillight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + light. 1. One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night. Example: All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"
Word: thematically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English thematic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English thematically From thematic + -ally. 1. In a thematic manner. 2. In terms of a theme.
Word: therein lies the rub Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A misquotation or paraphrasing from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "ay, there's the rub". 1. That is where the problem is found or located. Labels: idiomatic Example: I tried to back up my database to a USB flash drive, but it isn't big enough. Therein lies the rub.
Word: thorny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thorny, þorny, þorni, from Old English þorniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *þornag. By surface analysis, thorn + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːni/, /ˈθɔɹni/ 1. Having thorns or spines. Labels: literally Example: Tara flour is one of two products made from the seed pods of a thorny shrub native to Peru. One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods. 2. Troublesome or vexatious. Labels: figuratively Example: thorny issues Example: the steep and thorny way to heaven 3. Aloof and irritable. Labels: figuratively Example: Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.
Word: threadlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English thread Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English threadlike From thread + -like. 1. Having the form of a thread. 2. Resembling a thread in length or thinness.
Word: spatchcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is probably derived from one of the following: * A variant of spitchcock (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). from Middle English spiche-coke, The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: ** From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (something) to cook; to cook”). ** From spik (“animal fat, especially lard”), spik, spike (“large nail; pointed stud”), or spit, spite (“rod for cooking meat, spit; pointed object”); + cok (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”). * From Irish spot (“spot”) or spochta (the past participle of spoch (“to cut, clip”)) + coc (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”). A derivation from (di)spatch (“to dispose of speedily; to make a speedy end of”) + cock is now thought to be unlikely. In a few texts from the 1400s–1700s the form smatchcock is found, possibly an error or an alteration under the influence of smatch (“a taste, a flavor”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒk/, /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑk/ 1. Poultry which has been cut along the spine and spread out for more even cooking. Labels: also, attributive Example: Spatch cock, abbreviation of a diſpatch cock, an Iriſh diſh upon any ſudden occaſion. It is a hen juſt killed from the rooſt, or yard, and immediately ſkinned, ſplit, and broiled. Example: He then slew it [a chicken], dipped the corpse in boiling water to loosen the feathers, which he stripped off in masses, cut through its breast longitudinally, and with the aid of an iron plate, placed over a charcoal fire, proceeded to make a spatchcock, or as it is more popularly termed, a "sudden death."
Word: spatchcock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is probably derived from one of the following: * A variant of spitchcock (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). from Middle English spiche-coke, The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: ** From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (something) to cook; to cook”). ** From spik (“animal fat, especially lard”), spik, spike (“large nail; pointed stud”), or spit, spite (“rod for cooking meat, spit; pointed object”); + cok (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”). * From Irish spot (“spot”) or spochta (the past participle of spoch (“to cut, clip”)) + coc (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”). A derivation from (di)spatch (“to dispose of speedily; to make a speedy end of”) + cock is now thought to be unlikely. In a few texts from the 1400s–1700s the form smatchcock is found, possibly an error or an alteration under the influence of smatch (“a taste, a flavor”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈspæt͡ʃkɒk/, /ˈspæt͡ʃˌkɑk/ 1. To cut (poultry) along the spine and spread the halves apart for more even cooking. Labels: transitive Example: For the party, he spatchcocked and grilled some chickens. Example: Katniss [Everdeen] emerges alone, smeared in blood and muck and gnawing on the charred remains of a spatchcocked squirrel. 2. Often followed by in or into: to interpolate or insert (something into another thing) awkwardly; to sandwich (something within another thing). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I, therefore, spatchcocked into the middle of that telegram a sentence in which I suggested it would be necessary to surrender the garrison, what he should do when he surrendered, and how he should do it. Example: Why is the underplot of King Lear in which Edmund figures lifted out of [Philip] Sidney's Arcadia and spatchcocked on to a Celtic legend older than history?
Word: timeframe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of time frame. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time-frame Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of time frame. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time frame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + frame. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmˌfɹeɪm/, /ˈtɑemˌfɹeɪm/, /ˈtɜːmˌfɹeɪm/ 1. The period of time during which something is expected to occur, or does occur.
Word: tinder-box Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tinderbox. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The rain had washed away all possibility of distinguishing foot-marks, but a close investigation of the spot had disclosed, in the direction opposite to the village, a tinder-box, with a flint and steel, half sunk in the mud.
Word: tinderbox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tinder + box, first use appears c. 1530, in the writings of John Palsgrave. 1. A small container containing flint, steel, and tinder (dry, finely-divided fibrous matter), once used to help kindle a fire. Labels: historical Example: Haines helped himself and snapped the case to. He put it back in his sidepocket and took from his waistcoatpocket a nickel tinderbox, sprang it open too, and, having lit his cigarette, held the flaming spunk towards Stephen in the shell of his hands. Example: Just bring me the old tinderbox that my grandmother forgot the last time she went down there. 2. A place that is so dry and hot that there is danger of fire. Labels: broadly Example: And then came the night that made America famous / Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke? / In the tinderbox trap that we hippies lived in, someone struck a spark Example: Think of your blank journal as a tinderbox, a box for holding combustible materials, ready to catch fire when you sit down to work. 3. A potentially dangerous situation. Labels: figuratively Example: This act was the "match that ignited the great tinderbox of fuel" that had been building for years between many of the countries in Europe.
Word: titch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, or influenced by, a word from Old English ticcen (“young goat”). Pronunciation: /tɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A very small person; a small child. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: I ain't afraid of a titch like you. Example: We called him Titch because he was a tiny little man, and he had a mop of black hair. 2. A small amount. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: Is there any milk left? Just a titch.
Word: titch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English techen, tüchen, variant or dialectal forms of Middle English touchen (“to touch”). Pronunciation: /tɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A small amount of something. Labels: colloquial Example: I'll have just a titch more cake. Example: “...and just a titch of my special pepper sauce over these turnip greens, everybody loves turnip greens.”
Word: titch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English techen, tüchen, variant or dialectal forms of Middle English touchen (“to touch”). Pronunciation: /tɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of touch. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Vur Bob eszul wis awful titch'd An went jist like a hoss a witch'd. Example: There was some sort of affray between you and Flood. The constables separated you. What led to this? […] I titched Noah and Noah titched me and my hat falled off.
Word: titch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant or colloquial pronunciation of teach. Pronunciation: /tɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of teach. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “yass, dass all right: but how we know you titch English? Nobody can’t tell you titchin’ him right or no.”
Word: toilsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toil + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈtɔɪlsəm/ 1. Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious. Example: ‘And you, Sir knight,’ / (Said she) ‘that taken have this toylesome paine / For wretched woman […]!’ Example: The whole of the interior of South Africa is, of course, one vast plateau at a considerable elevation, and all the main lines coming up from the coast have some toilsome climbing.
Word: toneme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tone + -eme. Pronunciation: /ˈtəʊniːm/ 1. A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.
Word: shedload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shed + load; possibly a minced form of shitload, given the sound similarity (front vowel, consonance, metre). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛd.ləʊd/, /ˈʃɛd.loʊd/ 1. A shitload; a large amount. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, slang Example: Shedloads of flights from Amsterdam in the air at this time of day, ditto Charles de Gaulle, Heathrow, Berlin, Gdansk, Tenerife, Sofia.
Word: tonemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tone English -eme English toneme Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English tonemic From toneme + -ic. Pronunciation: /təʊˈnɛmɪk/ 1. of, or relating to tonemes or a language that uses tonemes
Word: top-down Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a hierarchical system that progresses from a single, large basic unit to multiple, smaller subunits. Labels: not-comparable 2. Produced, controlled, or directed by those at the top of the hierarchy (the upper echelons). Labels: not-comparable Example: Overall the signage at NIE has the appearance being a top-down artefact driven by institutional policy with English set as the default language. 3. Presenting the player with an aerial view. Labels: not-comparable Example: a top-down shooter 4. Of a drop top, with the convertible top down. Labels: not-comparable Example: a top-down ride
Word: bottom-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a hierarchical system that progresses from multiple small subunits to a single, large basic unit. Labels: not-comparable Example: The software is checked very carefully in a bottom-up fashion. First, each new line of code is checked, then sections of code or modules with special functions are verified. 2. Of or relating to a hierarchical system in which lower levels influence higher levels. Labels: not-comparable Example: bottom-up management Example: The papacy has for centuries brought with it a place on the world stage. Francis, who from the off gave the impression of being a man in a hurry, was determined to use that platform to push a bottom-up agenda for the world.
Word: trousseau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French trousseau, diminutive of trousse (“bundle”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹuːsəʊ/, /ˈtɹuˌsoʊ/ 1. The clothes and linen, etc., that a bride collects or that is given to her for her wedding and married life, especially a traditional or formal set of these. Example: Trousseaus of German Heiresses.—Despatches from Berlin told recently of the visit to that city of a wealthy German mother and her two daughters. for the purpose of buying trousseaus for the girls who are said to be perhaps the richest heiresses of the world. […] Frau Krupp, widow of the great gunmaker of Essen [Friedrich Alfred Krupp], and her daughters, Bertha and Barbara, have just been here, the object of their visit being to buy the wedding-trousseaus for her daughters. Example: Consequently, having decided to divide her daughter's trousseau into two parts, a lesser and a larger, the Princess eventually consented to have the wedding before Advent. 2. A bundle. Labels: obsolete
Word: topicalise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of topicalize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: topicalised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of topicalized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: topicalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From topical + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of topicalization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quantum chromodynamics Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantum field theory in particle physics which describes the strong interaction of quarks and gluons employing the concept of color charge. Labels: uncountable
Word: QCD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Quasi Circular Depression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: QCD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Quality, Cost, Delivery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of quantum chromodynamics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: topicalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English topic English -al English topical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English topicalize From topical + -ize. 1. To place the topic of a sentence at the beginning. 2. To treat (a subject) as a topic. Example: […] during the whole media debate the alternative point of view and the perspective and rights of the minority groups themselves were hardly, if at all, topicalized.
Word: topicalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of topicalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: topicalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the topic at the beginning.
Word: topicalization Part of Speech: noun 1. The placing of the topic of a sentence at the beginning.
Word: apple of Sodom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: apple + of + Sodom; compare the common assumption that the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden was an apple. Possibly also imitative of Hebrew תַּפּוּחַ (tapuah, “apple”) + סְדוֹם (Sdom, “Sodom”). Pronunciation: /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈsɒdəm/, /ˈæp(ə)l əv ˈsɑdəm/ 1. A gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah (see Genesis 18–19 in the Bible), the apples of which would turn to ash and smoke once picked. Example: We searched for the famous apple of Sodom, and found two kinds of fruit, either of which, with the help of a little poetic imagination, might pass for the fruit in question. […] The other fruit, which we observed, and which seems to me more like the apple in question, grows around Jericho. It looks very inviting, but its taste is extremely bitter and disagreeable. One of the Arabs told me it was poisonous. [François-René de] Chateaubriand, who thought this the apple of Sodom, says, "When dried it yields a blackish seed, which may be compared to ashes, and which in taste resembles bitter pepper." Whether either of these is the apple of Sodom, or whether there is any such apple, even after all that Josephus and Tacitus and others have said about it, I will not attempt to decide. Example: The late adventurous traveller, M. [Ulrich Jasper] Seetzen, who went round the Red Sea, notices the famous apple of Sodom; of which report stated that it had all the appearance of the most inviting apple; but was filled with nauseous and bitter dust only. 2. The fruit of the mythical tree. Example: Men have tasted of the apples of Sodom, and they have found bitter ashes under an inviting and luscious surface. Example: Then in rapid succession there came into my mind memories of: the apple that William Tell is said to have shot off the head of his son; "apples of gold in pitchers of silver" mentioned in the Bible; the "apple of Sodom," the fruit of the osher tree, which is beautiful externally but filled with a kind of ashes—therefore often used as a symbol of disappointment; […] 3. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. Example: A particularly dangerous plant, and one that may cause confusion, is the apple of Sodom, a low, prickly bush with a tomatolike fruit that is highly poisonous. 4. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. 5. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. 6. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. 7. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. 8. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. 9. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit. 10. Any of various plants, often bearing bitter or poisonous fruit.
Word: isonomia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰσονομία (isonomía). By surface analysis, iso- + -nomia. 1. Equality before the law; possession of equal rights; equal distribution of rights and privileges. Labels: uncountable
Word: assignment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement. By surface analysis, assign + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ 1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee. 2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers. 3. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An assigned task. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging. 5. A position to which one is assigned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion. 6. A task given to students, such as homework or coursework. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday. 7. A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet. 8. A document that effects this transfer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible. 9. An operation that assigns a value to a variable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: running joke Part of Speech: noun 1. An ongoing joke, one that is regularly repeated or continued. Example: “I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship. Example: These deadpan repeated phrases that cannot quite decide whether they are part of a running joke or a half-abandoned philosophical dictum produce, as Michael Wood has argued, a comedy of the intellect that becomes a comedy of ignorance: […]
Word: nyem Part of Speech: noun 1. name Labels: Geordie
Word: bearded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪədɪd/, /ˈbɪədəd/, /ˈbɪɹdəd/, /ˈbiɚdəd/ 1. Having a beard; involving a beard. Example: (botany) Example: (zoology) 2. Having a fringe or appendage resembling a beard in some way (often followed by with). Example: bearded mussel Example: This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, / Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, / Stand like Druids of eld [...] 3. Of an axe: having the lower portion of the axehead extending the cutting edge significantly below the width of the butt, thus providing a wide cutting surface while keeping overall weight low. 4. Having a beard (or similar appendage) of a specified type. Labels: in-compounds Example: [...] who knows / If the scarce-bearded Caesar have not sent / His powerful mandate to you, ‘Do this, or this; Take in that kingdom, and enfranchise that; / Perform 't, or else we damn thee.’ Example: … for with his hammer Thor / Smote 'mid the rocks the lichen-bearded pines / And burst their roots … 5. Having barbs of a certain color.
Word: bearded Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English berded, either from Old English ġebearded or formed anew in Middle English; by surface analysis, beard + -ed. Compare Dutch bebaarde (“bearded”), Middle Low German bārt (“bearded”), archaic German gebartet (“bearded”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪədɪd/, /ˈbɪədəd/, /ˈbɪɹdəd/, /ˈbiɚdəd/ 1. Ellipsis of bearded iris. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: The herbaceous perennial irises benefit from at least one feeding a year in early spring as growth begins. Siberian and Japanese irises appreciate a second feeding just as the flowers fade. Beardeds do best with a second feeding in late summer.
Word: bearded Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪədɪd/, /ˈbɪədəd/, /ˈbɪɹdəd/, /ˈbiɚdəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of beard Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Dionysius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Dionysius, from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios). Pronunciation: /daɪəˈnɪzɪəs/, /daɪəˈnɪsɪəs/ 1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διονύσιος (Dionúsios). Example: Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Word: Dionysos Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Dionysus. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The rival festivals of Dionysos were in mid-winter. Example: In an ancient scholarly compendium of writings on Dionysos, Diodorus Siculus wrote: “He seems to be dual in form because there are two Dionysoi: the bearded Dionysos of the old times, since the ancients wore beards, and the younger, beautiful and exuberant Dionysos, a youth.”
Word: feel the heat Part of Speech: verb 1. To encounter an uncomfortable situation.
Word: home slice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of homeboy or homie + slice. 1. A fellow, particularly a male acquaintance, from one's home town. Example: Corey F: Chill, Steve-o. I’m just lookin’ after my home slice here. Example: Rod was my home slice. He and I rolled up scumbags together for two years in SWAT. I loved that guy.
Word: unf Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. 1. Inarticulate grunt of desire issued upon sighting someone sexually attractive, or made in response to a spasm of pleasure during sexual intercourse. Labels: Internet
Word: gourd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit. Pronunciation: /ɡʊəd/, /ɡɔːd/, /ɡʊɚd/, /ɡɔɹd/ 1. Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae). 2. A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita. 3. The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration. 4. Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers. Labels: obsolete 5. Loaded dice. Labels: informal 6. A person's head. Labels: slang Example: I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.
Word: dissatisfaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English satisfaction English dissatisfaction From dis- + satisfaction. Pronunciation: /dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/, [dɪsˌsæɾɪsˈfækʃən] 1. Unhappiness or discontent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Job dissatisfaction results in high turnover. Example: The coup was well-planned. Fuel was artificially held back so as to create shortages and dissatisfaction with Brotherhood rule. The old state-controlled unions mounted public sector strikes that further sabotaged the economy and annoyed people. Police-controlled thugs who had been used against the Tahrir Square demonstrations in 2011 came back into action. 2. The cause of such feelings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quantified Part of Speech: adj 1. Measured. Labels: not-comparable Example: We live in a quantified world and in many ways our lives are better as a result, whether the metrics have been used to create more effective medicines or more efficient delivery vans. 2. Used as a quantifier. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quantified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quantify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soon-to-weds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soon-to-wed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sangria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sangría, from sangre (“blood”) + -ía. Pronunciation: /sæŋˈɡɹiːə/ 1. A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Just a perfect day / Drink sangria in the park Example: Sipping a sangria with a girl named Julia / Hot Jamaican sand beneath our feet 2. A deep red color. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: sangria:
Word: quadrilingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English quadrilingual From quadri- + lingual. 1. Involving four languages. Labels: not-comparable Example: Part of the rationale for this quadrilingual language policy is the desire to preserve ‘Asian values’, viewed as inherent in Asian languages, in the face of ‘Western values’ associated with globalisation and the use of English. 2. Of a text, written in four languages. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a person, able to speak four languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadrilingual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English quadrilingual From quadri- + lingual. 1. A person who understands four languages. 2. An inscription that includes the same text in four languages.
Word: lecturn Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of lectern. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: fake the funk Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform below one's capacities. Labels: informal 2. To promise more than one can deliver. Labels: informal
Word: photoshop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark of Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used graphics editor. This may in turn have been derived from its usage to refer to the camera room in the offset lithography process, where laid up pages could be extensively retouched before being transferred to the printing plates. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/, /ˈfoʊ.toʊ.ʃɑp/ 1. To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph). Labels: transitive, usually Example: She charged that the prosecutor had photoshopped the image to incriminate her. Example: Photographs can be manipulated, too; while a "Photoshopped" image may look beautiful, it might not give a correct impression of a place (this is a whole other column).
Word: photoshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark of Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used graphics editor. This may in turn have been derived from its usage to refer to the camera room in the offset lithography process, where laid up pages could be extensively retouched before being transferred to the printing plates. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/, /ˈfoʊ.toʊ.ʃɑp/ 1. A digitally altered image. Example: I reckon the image is a photoshop.
Word: fallibilism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fallible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English fallibilism From fallible + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈfælɪbɪlɪzəm/ 1. The doctrine that knowledge is never certain, but always hypothetical and susceptible to correction. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fallibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fallible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fallibility From fallible + -ity. Pronunciation: /fæləˈbɪləti/ 1. The state of being prone to error. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...they had a damnably suggestive power which was intensified by the fact of their being genuine photographs—actual optical links with what they portrayed, and the product of an impersonal transmitting process without prejudice, fallibility, or mendacity. 2. An error-generating characteristic. Labels: countable Example: Dr. Anne Armstrong-Coben has provided a spot-on description of the fallibilities of the electronic medical record from the standpoint of the doctor-patient encounter.
Word: fallibilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fallible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English fallibilist From fallible + -ist. 1. An advocate or supporter of fallibilism.
Word: side-effect Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of side effect. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids. […] The new generation of lifters are disparaged as “SARM goblins” for their embrace of the new generation of IPEDs called Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators, which supposedly provide most of the benefits of steroids and fewer of the side-effects, and can be bought online on sites like eBay and Depop. Example: A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies.
Word: side-effect Part of Speech: verb 1. To alter as a side effect. Labels: transitive Example: Furthermore, we are on the look-out for pre-conditions for good therapy - so as to prevent the unintended bad therapy: but our efforts are duly side-effected by lack of control over such preconditions. Example: Local objects can further be distinguished by whether or not they are escaping from the execution of m, and non-local objects can be further distinguished by whether or not they are side-effected by a visible side-effect during the execution of m:
Word: wants Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɑnts/, /wɔnts/, /wʌnts/, /wɒnts/ 1. plural of want Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wants Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /wɑnts/, /wɔnts/, /wʌnts/, /wɒnts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of want Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: side effect Part of Speech: noun 1. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action. Example: The processing of certain raw materials - pulp and paper, oil, and alumina, for example - can have substantial environmental side effects. Example: A side effect of this architecture (which was designed only for efficient fabrication) is that it also performs automated repair. 2. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action. Example: “While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.” 3. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action. Example: The Eiffel programming language is somewhat purist in insisting that functions have no side effects.
Word: empiricist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English empiric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English empiricist From empiric + -ist. 1. an advocate or supporter of empiricism Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:empiricist.
Word: empiric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/, /ɪmˈpɪɹɪk/ 1. Empirical.
Word: empiric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/, /ɪmˈpɪɹɪk/ 1. A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience. Labels: historical 2. Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist. 3. Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack. Example: An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician. Example: […] Paracelsus and some few other sooty Empiricks, rather then (as they are fain to call themselves) Philosophers, having their eyes darken'd, and their Brains troubl'd with the smoke of their own Furnaces, began to rail at the Peripatetick Doctrine, which they were too illiterate to understand […]
Word: pinpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + point. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnpɔɪnt/ 1. The point of a pin. 2. Something infinitesimal; a tiny point. Example: What was once an astonishing, one-off discovery in 2005 may prove to be just a pinpoint in a global distribution of animals of which we previously knew nothing.
Word: pinpoint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pin + point. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnpɔɪnt/ 1. Extremely precise or specific, especially regarding location. Example: The machine assembles parts at high speed and with pinpoint accuracy. Example: The 28-year-old not only hassled the visitors' midfield but also delivered pinpoint balls with alarming accuracy as far as the east Londoners were concerned.
Word: pinpoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pin + point. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnpɔɪnt/ 1. To identify or locate (someone or something) precisely or with great accuracy. Labels: transitive Example: The investigators tried to pinpoint the source of the flames. Example: It would defeat the purpose of secret surveillance if individuals were able to pinpoint exactly when the police were likely to be listening in on their conversations and adapt their behaviour accordingly, and the [European] Court [of Human Rights] has not interpreted Article 8 to require that this information should be provided to individuals, either before, during, or after they have been the subject of surveillance measures.
Word: preoccupied Part of Speech: adj 1. Prepossessed; biased. Labels: obsolete 2. Already occupied. Labels: archaic Example: Terrified at this uproar, which disconcerted the magician himself, she ran for shelter into the place which was preoccupied by the other lady […]. Example: Scythrop, retiring to his tower, found his study preoccupied. 3. Describing a taxonomic name not available for use because it is already used for another. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1924 J. D. Tothill revised the nearctic species in the genus Fabriciella, a name proposed by Bezzi in 1906 to replace Fabricia Rob. D. which is preoccupied. 4. Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. Example: I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday.
Word: preoccupied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preoccupy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coats Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəʊts/, /koʊts/ 1. plural of coat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coats Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəʊts/, /koʊts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: urns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hogs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hog Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: SR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Slovak Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Seaman Recruit, formerly Seaman Third Class, is the lowest rank in the U.S. Navy Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Southern Railway. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Saudi riyal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Abbreviation of West Sulawesi: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: SR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of scoping review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of semen retention. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of special relativity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of speculative realism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of speculative realist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 6. Initialism of speech recognition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of state road. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 8. Initialism of state route. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 9. Initialism of state resolution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of senate resolution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of systematic review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 12. Initialism of Socialist Revolutionary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: preoccupy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pre- + occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo, praeoccupare. Doublet of preoccupate, now obsolete. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈɒkjupaɪ/, /pɹiˈɑkjupaɪ/ 1. To distract; to draw attention elsewhere. Labels: transitive Example: The father tried to preoccupy the child with his keys. Example: Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them. 2. To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them. Labels: transitive Example: It always preoccupies me when he acts like this. 3. To occupy or take possession of beforehand. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Terrified at this uproar, […] she ran for shelter into the place which was pre-occupied by the other lady […].
Word: catenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin catēnātus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ən.eɪt/, /kæt.ə.neɪt/ 1. To connect things together, especially to form a chain.
Word: digression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”). Pronunciation: /dʌɪˈɡɹɛʃən/, /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/, /daɪˈɡɹɛʃən/ 1. An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life. Example: History tells us stodgy, cautious stuff, cardigan-football is the way to go here. The 1966 World Cup kicked off with 0-0 draw against Uruguay so tedious the Guardian match report contains a whimsical digression on the writer’s urge to drift off to sleep in the second half. 2. The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: make digression... by way of digression... 3. A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Nature... More stronger hadde her operacyon Than she hath nowe in her dygressyon. 4. A deviation, an act of straying from a path. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: By this little digression into Gascony, the Duke had an opportunity... to re-inforce himself with some particular Servants of his. 5. An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This digression [of the Sun] is not equall, but neare the Æquinoxiall intersections, it is right and greater, near the Solstices, more oblique and lesser.
Word: digressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of digression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: digressed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of digress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chalybeate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chalybeate From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪbi.ət/ 1. Containing dissolved salts of iron. Example: "Situated on the River Cherwell", Banbury also benefits from "sulphurated water" and close by "a spring of chalybeate water". 2. Tasting of iron. Example: chalybeate mineral water
Word: chalybeate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of chalybeate water. Equivalent to Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups) + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪbi.ət/ 1. A mineral water containing iron, a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.
Word: distraught Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English distraught, blend of distract (“distracted”) and straught (“stretched, distraught”), past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”). Compare also bestraught, extraught, forstraught, etc. More at distract, stretch. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɹɔːt/ 1. Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress. Example: His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone. Example: […]Karius was a danger to his own team, responsible for Madrid’s two other goals and last seen wandering aimlessly around the pitch – alone, distraught and clearly traumatised – to ask forgiveness, hands clasped, from the thousands of Liverpool supporters. 2. Mad; insane.
Word: weeps Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weep Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gaon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Gaon. Labels: alt-of
Word: gaon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गांव (gāmv). 1. A village. Labels: India
Word: sadden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈsædən/ 1. To make sad or unhappy. Labels: transitive Example: It saddens me to think that I might have hurt someone. 2. To become sad or unhappy. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: He saddens, all the magic light ⁠Dies off at once from bower and hall, ⁠And all the place is dark, and all The chambers emptied of delight: […] Example: Hyacinth perfume tickled her senses, making her feel giddy, but she saddened when she saw how uncared for the garden was. 3. To darken a color during dyeing. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Curve (E) is seen at a glance to represent green saddened down to its fifth shade, and reduced with white to its fourth tint. 4. To render heavy, hard, or cohesive; to compress or thicken. Labels: transitive Example: Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands. Example: ... the soil below will, instead of being brought up, be trampled and saddened.
Word: saddened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sadden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soon-to-wed Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or couple due to be married in the near future.
Word: soon-to-wed Part of Speech: adj 1. Due to be married in the near future. Labels: not-comparable