nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: relinquish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *linékʷti Proto-Italic *linkʷō Latin linquō Latin relinquō Old French relenquir Middle French relinquirbor. Middle English relinquisshen English relinquish From Middle English relinquisshen, from the inflected stem relinquiss- of Middle French relinquir, from Latin relinquere, itself from re- + linquere (“to leave”). Compare also Sanskrit रिणक्ति (riṇakti, “to leave”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ 1. To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away. Labels: transitive Example: to relinquish a title Example: to relinquish property 2. To let go (free, away), physically release. Labels: transitive 3. To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession. Labels: transitive Example: But it was the most fleeting of false dawns. Dmitri Yachvilli slotted a penalty from distance after Flood failed to release his man on the deck, and France took a grip they would never relinquish. 4. To accept to give up, withdraw etc. Labels: transitive Example: The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.
Word: ketchup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, but probably ultimately from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”) via Malay kecap ~ kicap “any dark clear sauce from soy, fish etc”, though the precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese languages. Various other theories exist – see Ketchup: Etymology for extended discussion. First appeared in English in the late 17th century in reference to a Southeast Asian sauce encountered by British traders and sailors. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that it was commonly used in the 18th century to refer to a variety of similar sauces with varying ingredients—"anchovies, mushrooms, walnuts, and oysters being particularly popular"—but by the late 19th century the current tomato ketchup became the most popular form. Catsup (earlier catchup) is an alternative Anglicization, still in use in the U.S., though it is now somewhat rare. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʌp/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʊp/ 1. Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”). Labels: Canada, UK, US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: tomato ketchup Example: This diner serves ketchup in red bottles, and mustard in yellow ones. 2. Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning. Labels: archaic, countable Example: The bottles, however, were port bottles, but contained mushroom ketchup; […] Example: To accompany meat, we prepare fruit ketchups and rhubarb chutney.
Word: ketchup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, but probably ultimately from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”) via Malay kecap ~ kicap “any dark clear sauce from soy, fish etc”, though the precise path is unclear – there are related words in various Chinese languages. Various other theories exist – see Ketchup: Etymology for extended discussion. First appeared in English in the late 17th century in reference to a Southeast Asian sauce encountered by British traders and sailors. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that it was commonly used in the 18th century to refer to a variety of similar sauces with varying ingredients—"anchovies, mushrooms, walnuts, and oysters being particularly popular"—but by the late 19th century the current tomato ketchup became the most popular form. Catsup (earlier catchup) is an alternative Anglicization, still in use in the U.S., though it is now somewhat rare. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʌp/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʊp/ 1. To cover with ketchup. Labels: transitive Example: It strikes me she's "ketchupped" the lot! I won't touch a morsel! Example: "Well," said Chuck, ketchupping his hamburger, "I'd rather do without King Lear than put up with the human agony it sprang out of. I'd rather not have the Eroica than have the big bloody conqueror it tries to immortalize."
Word: uncouth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English uncouth, from Old English uncūþ (“unknown; unfamiliar; strange”), from Proto-West Germanic *unkunþ, from Proto-Germanic *unkunþaz (“unknown”), equivalent to un- + couth. The modern pronunciation does not show /aʊ/, the usual development of the Middle English vowel from the Great Vowel Shift. It is usually explained as a pronunciation taken from Northern English dialects, which did not undergo the diphthongization of the vowel. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkuːθ/ 1. Unfamiliar, strange, foreign. Labels: archaic Example: If this uncouth forest yield anything savage, I will either be food for it or bring it for food to thee. Example: The trouble of thy thoughts this night in sleep Affects me equally; nor can I like This uncouth' dream, of evil sprung I fear […] 2. Clumsy, awkward. 3. Unrefined, crude. Example: I don't want to associate with uncouth people. Example: Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: / None please the fancy, who offend the ear.
Word: fudgepacker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fudge packer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sangfroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sang-froid, from sang (“blood”) + froid (“cold”). Pronunciation: /sɑŋˈfɹɑ/ 1. Composure, self-possession or imperturbability especially when in a dangerous situation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He handled the stressful situation with great sangfroid. Example: The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun’s perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: “She is a smart woman."
Word: onomatophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὀνόμᾰτος (onómătos)der. English onomato- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English onomatophobia From onomato- + -phobia. 1. The fear of hearing particular names or words. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The focal point of onomatophobia is auditory cues or linguistic elements – which can trigger an overwhelming fear response.
Word: poed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of p.o.'ed. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He was poed by her indifference.
Word: render Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛn.də/, /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/ 1. To cause to become. Labels: ditransitive Example: The shot rendered her immobile. Example: […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 2. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of. Labels: transitive Example: The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully. Example: we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus 3. To translate into another language. Labels: transitive Example: to render Latin into English 4. To pass down. Labels: transitive Example: render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment) 5. To make over as a return. Labels: transitive Example: They had to render the estate. 6. To give; to give back; to deliver. Labels: transitive Example: render aid; render money Example: to render an account of what really happened 7. To give up; to yield; to surrender. Labels: dated, transitive Example: I'll make her render up her page to me. 8. To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media. Labels: transitive Example: rendering images Example: They will feature full-motion-video backgrounds that will behave as if rendered in 3-D—the Rabbids will duck behind and jump over real objects as if they were designed into the stage. 9. To apply realistic coloring and shading. Labels: broadly, transitive 10. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially. Labels: transitive 11. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct. Labels: transitive Example: rendering of fat into soap 12. To have fat melt off meat from cooking. Labels: intransitive Example: Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking. 13. To cover a wall with a layer of plaster. Example: to render with stucco 14. To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc. Example: A rope renders well, that is, passes freely. 15. To yield or give way. Example: The rope of a laniard or tackle is said to render when, by pulling upon one part, each other part takes its share of the strain. 16. To return; to pay back; to restore. Labels: obsolete Example: whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may 17. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. Labels: obsolete Example: I will render vengeance to mine enemies.
Word: render Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛn.də/, /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/ 1. Stucco or plaster applied to exterior walls. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Stucco or plaster applied to interior walls. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A digital image produced by rendering a model. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A low-resolution render might look blocky. 4. A surrender. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A return; a payment of rent. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes. 6. An account given; a statement. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And send forth us , to make their sorrow'd render, Together with a recompense more fruitful Than their offence can weigh down by the dram
Word: render Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rend + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛn.də/, /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/ 1. One who rends. Example: Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]
Word: has-been Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhæz.biːn/, /ˈhæz.bɪn/, /-bɛn/ 1. A person, especially one who was formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: When the aforesaid alderman or another wishes to express mild contemptuosity for his fellows and himself in future I would suggest “old fossils” or “old has beens,” or “old fogies,” then the Sir Galahads that are always riding—or driving—about in this progressive dorp will not have any cause to complain. Example: I think Apple Computer is a has-been.
Word: has-been Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhæz.biːn/, /ˈhæz.bɪn/, /-bɛn/ 1. Of or pertaining to someone or something that was once popular, successful or important but is no longer considered so. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: antagonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnízomai), from ἀντι- (anti-) + ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai). By surface analysis, ant- + agon + -ize. Pronunciation: /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz/, [ɛənˈtæɡ.ɪ.naɪz], /ænˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz/, [ɛənˈtæɡ.ə.naɪz], /ænˈtæɡ.ɪ.nɑez/ 1. To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction). Labels: transitive Example: The other children constantly antagonized Joe to the point of tears.
Word: sequester Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/, /səˈkwɛs.tə/, /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/, /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/ 1. To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw. Example: The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order. Example: when men most sequester themselves from action 2. To separate in order to store. Example: The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions. Example: There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined. 3. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things. Example: I had wholly sequestered my thoughts from civil affairs. 4. To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound. 5. To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims. 6. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. Example: c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him. 7. To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget. Labels: US, transitive Example: The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013. 8. To seize and hold enemy property. 9. To withdraw; to retire. Labels: intransitive Example: to sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics 10. To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. Labels: dated
Word: sequester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/, /səˈkwɛs.tə/, /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/, /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/ 1. sequestration; separation Example: A sequester from liberty , fasting , and prayer 2. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee 3. A sequestrum.
Word: jury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“to swear or take an oath”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/, /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/ 1. A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law. Example: And so the jury and he approached, as if this were a time of peace instead of one of the greatest world disturbances ever known in history, the question whether the prosecution had proved to the jury’s satisfaction that George Joseph Smith was guilty of murder. The jury were the shield which stood between him and death, unless, to the jury’s satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty. Yet while they were the shield of the man accused, they were also the Sword of the State; and if the man were proved guilty, they were the servants of the State to punish him. Their respective functions were these: he the judge, had to settle the law, and the jury must take the law from him. The jury were judges of fact. 2. A group of judges in a competition. 3. The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails. Labels: slang Example: The jury which decides on the first night usually seals the fate of the season. Example: The widespread idea that before a first-night the audience, dressed to the nose, dines en masse at the Colony and proceeds elegantly to the scene in Hispanos is as fabulous as that which imagines it assembles at Lindy's delicatessen in yesterday's shirt and moves on to the theatre in garbage wagons. And no less spurious is the theory that, in either case or in both together, the jury is possessed of a remarkably rich acumen in the matter of theatrical values.
Word: jury Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“to swear or take an oath”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/, /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/ 1. To judge by means of a jury.
Word: jury Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Early 1600s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie, from Latin adiūtō. Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Frankish *garu (“ready, prepared”), related to Middle English yore, ȝare, from Old English ġeoro, ġearu (“ready, prompt, prepared, quick”), related to gear. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/, /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/ 1. For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: jury mast Example: jury rudder
Word: weak nuclear Part of Speech: adj 1. describing the weak nuclear force Labels: not-comparable
Word: strong nuclear Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing the strong nuclear force. Labels: not-comparable
Word: jurisprudence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin iūrisprūdēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin iūrisprūdentiabor. English jurisprudence Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“expertise in the law”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns/, /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈpɹuːdəns/ 1. The theoretical study of law. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Case law, or the body of case law regarding a certain subject. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is considerable jurisprudence to the effect that only the evidence that was before the initial decision-maker should be considered by the Court on judicial review. Example: The concept of consent can be complicated, so much so that it is the subject of considerable jurisprudence and a formal definition in the Criminal Code.
Word: prodigious Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵyéti Proto-Italic *agjō Proto-Italic *ajjō Latin aiō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin prōdigium Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin prōdigiōsusbor. Middle English prodigious English prodigious The adjective is derived from Late Middle English prodigious (“warning of disaster, portentous”), from Latin prōdigiōsus (“strange, unnatural; marvellous, wonderful, prodigious”), from prōdigium (“prophetic sign, omen, portent; prodigy, wonder”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Prōdigium is derived from prō- (prefix denoting a forward direction, something before or prior, or prominence) + aiō (“to say, speak”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as prodigy + -ous. The adverb is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Catalan prodigiós * Middle French prodigieux (“portentous”) (modern French prodigieux) * Italian prodigioso * Portuguese prodigioso * Spanish prodigioso Pronunciation: /pɹəˈdɪd͡ʒəs/, /pɹoʊ-/ 1. Synonym of prodigiously (“in a prodigious manner”). Labels: archaic Example: I have fewer books than leisure to read them, and I have a prodigious big appetite.
Word: colossal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós)bor. Latin colossusslbor. French colosse Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French colossalder. English colossal From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒsəl/, /kəˈlɑsəl/, /kəˈlɔsəl/ 1. Extremely large or on a great scale. Example: A single puppy can make a colossal mess. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 2. Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic. Example: "It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world."
Word: illusionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English illusion 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 illusionist From illusion + -ist. 1. One who works with illusion or sleight of hand. 2. One who deceives by magical or mystical means.
Word: aesthetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis-dʰh₁ Proto-Hellenic *awistʰomai Ancient Greek αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek αἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)bor. Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. ▲ New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English aesthetics From aesthetic + -ics. Pronunciation: /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/, /ˌæsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /əsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /ɪsˈθɛt.ɪks/ 1. The study or philosophy of beauty. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: At a glance, Thor Steinar resembles waspy American pseudo-collegiate brands like Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister, and Aeropostale, while displaying a distinctly Nordic aesthetics. 2. An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: aesthetics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /ɛsˈtɛt.ɪks/, /ˌæsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /əsˈθɛt.ɪks/, /ɪsˈθɛt.ɪks/ 1. plural of aesthetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: esthetics Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of aesthetics. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: comeliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English comely Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English comeliness From comely + -ness (“the quality of being”). 1. Quality of being comely; beauty, attractiveness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Hereat Alaeddin arose and took horse, his Mamelukes riding a-van and a-rear of him, and they were such that all must cry, "Laud to the Lord who created them and clothed them with such beauty and loveliness." And they scattered gold amongst the crowd in front of their master who surpassed them all in comeliness and seemlihead[…]
Word: marital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French marital, and its source, Latin marītālis, from marītus (“husband”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɹɪtəl/ 1. Pertaining to marriage. Labels: not-comparable Example: marital affairs Example: marital bliss 2. Pertaining to a husband. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: monogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French monogamie, from Late Latin monogamia, from Ancient Greek μονογαμία (monogamía). By surface analysis, mono- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /məˈnɒɡəmi/, /məˈnɑɡəmi/ 1. A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: lifelong monogamy Example: practice monogamy 2. The practice of being married to one person as opposed to multiple. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: termite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/ 1. A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. Example: Linnæus describes this insect under the Latin name of Termes; and citizen Cuvier speaks of it under that of Termites. The vulgar call it by that of white ant, or fourmi vaguevague. The termites divide themselves into societies: each society builds itself a next, and each nest belongs to an innumerable quantity of these insects, who acknowledge for their chiefs a king and a queen. 2. A contemptible person. Example: This two faced termite has the nerve to talk.
Word: termite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/ 1. Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. Labels: intransitive
Word: identical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From identic + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/, /aɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/ 1. Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable. Labels: not-comparable Example: My car is identical with the one my mom has just bought. Example: By this means as many absolutely identical plates can be produced as may be required, and being hardened they will yield a very large number of prints without any appreciable deterioration. 2. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical. Labels: not-comparable Example: The best of the joke, too, is, that the very coal-merchant who is loudest in his complaints against the person who defrauded him, is the identical man who sat in the centre of the very front row of the pit last night and laughed the most boisterously at this very same thing,--and not so well done either. Example: These men were grandsons of a certain Guntram, who, according to some authorities, is identical with a Count Guntram who flourished during the reign of the emperor Otto the Great, and whose ancestry can be traced back to the time of the Merovingian kings. 3. Of twins, sharing the same genetic code. Labels: not-comparable 4. Exactly equivalent. Labels: not-comparable 5. Approximating or approaching exact equivalence. Labels: comparable, rare Example: The terms of Article 8th are still more identical.
Word: identical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From identic + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/, /aɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/ 1. Something which has exactly the same properties as something else. 2. An identical twin. Example: Fraternal twins are boy-girl pairs as often as of the same sex, while identicals are necessarily of the same sex, […] 3. A rhyme on the same syllable, such as "leave" and "believe". Example: The strictest construction of the rule requires complete and unvarying repetition of end-words, but some license is granted in the use of identicals.
Word: equivalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent. Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete). Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ 1. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal. Example: To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers. Example: For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. 2. Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence. Example: All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set. Example: Equivalent sets should, by rights, have the same "number" of elements. For this reason we sometimes say that equivalent sets have the same cardinality. 3. Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation. 4. Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor. 5. Having the equal ability to combine. 6. Of a map, equal-area. 7. Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes. Example: A square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Word: equivalent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent. Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete). Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ 1. Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc. Example: He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to an equivalent, and went so far as to suggest several equivalents. Example: Our decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the ability of the President and the Congress to govern. This difficult effort will be the "moral equivalent of war" — except that we will be uniting our efforts to build and not destroy. 2. An equivalent weight.
Word: equivalent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent. Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete). Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ 1. To make equivalent to; to equal. Labels: transitive
Word: extent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.) Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɛnt/ 1. A range of values or locations. 2. The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends. Example: I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word. Example: The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words. 3. A contiguous area of storage in a file system. Example: Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file system describes each extent with two numbers: the number of the first cluster in the extent, and the number of clusters in the extent. 4. The valuation of property. 5. A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown. Example: Well, push him out of doors; And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands. Do this expediently, and turn him going.
Word: extent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.) Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɛnt/ 1. Extended. Labels: obsolete Example: But both his Hands, most filthy feculent, Above the Water were on high extent,
Word: monotonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monotone Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English monotonous From monotone + -ous. Pronunciation: /məˈnɒtənəs/, /məˈnɑtənəs/ 1. Having an unvarying pitch or tone. Example: "But my daughter—but the Lady Eveline"—said the Fleming, with some slight change in his monotonous voice, which seemed to express doubt and perplexity—"You are cruel conquerors, and—" 2. Tedious, repetitious, or lacking in variety. Example: [L]istening for a moment, she heard the monotonous and heavy tread of the soldier echoing through the passage.
Word: variation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin variātiō, from vary + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/, /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, /ˌvæɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. 2. A related but distinct thing. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: When the process didn't work, we tried a variation. Example: All of his soups are variations on a single recipe. 3. The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A line of play that differs from the original. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. The modification of a hereditary trait. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body. Labels: uncountable, usually 8. The situation where two or more linguistic forms appear in the same environment without a change in meaning, the choice of form being determined by factors of dialect, sociolect, register or simply the speaker's preference. Labels: uncountable, usually 9. An infinitesimal perturbation applied to a function, typically denoted δf, used to probe how a functional changes. Labels: uncountable, usually 10. The corresponding first-order change in a functional induced by such a perturbation, typically denoted δJ[f] and called the first variation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ruler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reuler; equivalent to rule + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːlə/, /ˈɹuː.lə/, [ɹʉwlə], /ˈɹuːl.ə/, [ɹʊwlə] 1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings. Example: Take this ruler. […] I want you to measure the glass of the lamp. 2. A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others. Example: The carcharhinids are unquestionably the rulers of the seas, because of their abundance, their strength and speed, and their unchallenged position as the number one predators in the marine ecosystem. Example: LIKE THE MANDARINS of old, the rulers of China live behind high walls. When they emerge, which they rarely do, they travel in cars with rear windows curtained like sedan chairs. They live in the Chung Nan Hai, a walled park adjacent to the Forbidden City from where ancient dynasties ruled the Celestial Empire.
Word: ruler Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reuler; equivalent to rule + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːlə/, /ˈɹuː.lə/, [ɹʉwlə], /ˈɹuːl.ə/, [ɹʊwlə] 1. To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment). Labels: transitive
Word: regulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin regulatus, perfect passive participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.leɪt/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.leɪt/ 1. To dictate policy. 2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law. Example: the laws which regulate the succession of the seasons Example: The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police. 3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning. Example: to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time Example: to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. 4. To put or maintain in order. Example: to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances Example: to regulate one's eating habits
Word: dictate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin dictātum (“a thing said, something dictated”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of diktat. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ 1. An order or command. Example: I must obey the dictates of my conscience.
Word: dictate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1577; borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“to pronounce or declare repeatedly; to dictate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Pronunciation: /(ˌ)dɪkˈteɪt/, /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ 1. To order, command, control. Example: Etiquette dictates that wedding invitations should be acknowledged in writing. Example: Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure. 2. To speak in order for someone to write down the words. Example: She is dictating a letter to a stenographer. Example: The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo. 3. To determine or decisively affect. Example: He had offered, and been refused! There was that in her own nature, which sympathised with the pride, for such she held to be the motive, dictating the refusal. Example: Geology dictates the approximate location of the tunnel.
Word: proclaim Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, prōclāmāre, from prō- (“forth”) + clāmō (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈkleɪm/, /pɹoʊˈkleɪm/, /pɹəʉˈklæɪm/ 1. To announce or declare. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. Example: You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever. 2. To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers. Labels: dated, historical Example: Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed. Example: … the Magistrates present, naturally excited by the occurrence, applied to Government to proclaim the baronies in which the outrage had occurred …
Word: candid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der. Proto-Italic *kandēō Latin candeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin candidusbor. English candid Borrowed from Latin candidus (“white”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.dɪd/, [ˈkʰæn.dɪd], /ˈkeə̯n.dɪd/, [ˈkeə̯n.dɪd], /ˈkɛə̯n.dɪd/ 1. Impartial and free from prejudice. Example: He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement. Example: Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.» 2. Straightforward, open and sincere, whether people find either refreshing or distasteful. Example: a surprisingly candid admission of guilt Example: “I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough;—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.[…]” 3. Unposed or rehearsed. Example: Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood? 4. Bright; white. Labels: obsolete Example: The Box receives all Black, but, pour'd from thence, / The Stones came candid forth; the Hue of Innocence.
Word: candid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der. Proto-Italic *kandēō Latin candeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin candidusbor. English candid Borrowed from Latin candidus (“white”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.dɪd/, [ˈkʰæn.dɪd], /ˈkeə̯n.dɪd/, [ˈkeə̯n.dɪd], /ˈkɛə̯n.dɪd/ 1. A spontaneous or unposed photograph. Example: His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived. Example: When he held the Guild Chair, the office walls were not, as they are now, festooned with orchestrated candids of Chancre and municipal burghers, Chancre herding his porcine family in their Sunday best.
Word: failure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.ljə/, /ˈfeɪ.ljəɹ/, /ˈfeː.l(ɪ.)jə(r)/, /ˈfej.l(ɪ.)jə(r)/ 1. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places. Example: Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum. 2. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: heart failure Example: congestive heart failure 3. Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. Example: But as with individual train failures you have to tackle every one as it arises and assume it will happen again, which it will, if you don't do something about it. 6. Bankruptcy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commercial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/, /kəˈmɝ.ʃəl/, /kəˈmøː.ʃəl/ 1. An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television. Example: She was in a commercial for breakfast cereal. 2. A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator. 3. A commercial traveller. Labels: obsolete Example: I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot. Example: Five persons went to the house after the milkman was gone, and that there Arab party was safe inside, — three of them was commercials, that I know, because afterwards they came to me. 4. A male prostitute. Labels: slang Example: Tom said that homosexuals hate “commercials,” male prostitutes, and if the homosexual was drunk and angry, he might have committed murder. Example: With the commercials there is no intensity of feeling and no later animosity; there is emotional and sexual fakery, but no prolonged post-sexual bargaining. […] Paradoxically these boys dissociate themselves from the commercials, yet engage in prostitution only when they require the money.
Word: commercial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium. By surface analysis, commerce + -ial. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/, /kəˈmɝ.ʃəl/, /kəˈmøː.ʃəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to commerce. Example: A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view. 2. Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights. 3. Designating such an airplane flight.
Word: infomercial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of information + commercial. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/, /ˈɪnfəˌmɝʃəl/ 1. A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it. Example: Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials. Example: Known for wearing her signature headdress and speaking in a thick Caribbean accent, Miss Cleo was the queen of psychic infomercials.