nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Pronunciation: /leɪd/ 1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). Example: Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line, Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: Lading their ſhippe with golde and precious ſtones: And made their ſpoiles from all our prouinces. Example: And they laded their asses with the corn. 2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden. 3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). Example: to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern Example: And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. 4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass. 5. To admit water by leakage.
Word: lade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Pronunciation: /leɪd/ 1. A load. Labels: Scotland
Word: lade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”). Pronunciation: /leɪd/ 1. The mouth of a river. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story. 2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete 3. (mill lade) A mill race. Labels: Scotland Example: It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers. 4. Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills. Labels: Scotland
Word: huzza Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of huzzah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: huzza Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of huzzah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: huzza Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of huzzah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Towns have been taken, and battles have been won; the mob has huzza'd round bonefires, the Stentor of the chappel has ſtrained his throat in the gallery, and the Stentor of S——m has deafned his audience from the pulpit.
Word: enfeeble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enfeblen, from Old French enfeblir. Constructed like en- + feeble. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfiːbəl/ 1. To make feeble. Labels: transitive Example: 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets, J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130, "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature." Example: In the face of enfeebled, self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
Word: make head nor tail of Part of Speech: verb 1. To fail to make head or tail of; not to understand at all.
Word: bring about Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause to take place. Labels: transitive Example: The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era. Example: The catalyst was the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act in 1974. While it applied to all workplaces, it gradually brought about a sea change in the attitude towards death and injury. Accidents were no longer accepted as 'inevitable'. 2. To accomplish, to achieve. Labels: transitive Example: I hope to bring about a successful conclusion.
Word: come about Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist. Labels: intransitive Example: We have to ask, how did this come about? Example: In a review of operating experience with the Southern Region diesel-electric multiple-units on the Hastings line, read to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in October, Mr. W. J. A. Sykes, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer of the S.R., revealed how the somehat unprepossessing appearance of these train sets came about. 2. To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to. Labels: intransitive 3. To change; to come round. Labels: intransitive Example: The wind is come about. Example: On better thoughts, and my urg'd reasons, / They are come about, and won to the true side.
Word: ruble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ). Doublet of rubel and rubl. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbəl/ 1. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)). Example: While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […] Example: Last year, the Bank of Russia stopped minting kopeks. Only coins worth one, two, five and ten rubles were released. […] The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting kopeks completely and now mints only ruble coins.
Word: rouble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French rouble. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːbəl/ 1. Alternative spelling of ruble. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The amount of work required to earn 26 roubles 40 kopeyki was one and a half times more than the physical possibilities of a healthy workman would allow in one day. Example: With Capital requirements increasing, the number of Commercial Banks is rapidly decreasing. The manta (AZM) of 100 gyapiks replaced the rouble in January, 1994.
Word: kopeck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kopek. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "They do not exceed it? Fie! Why, you are robbing your children of their last kopeck—you, their guardian!"
Word: kopek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kapeyka and kopiyka. 1. A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. Example: The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting kopeks completely and now mints only ruble coins. 2. A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. 3. A kapeyka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).
Word: copeck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kopek. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The coinage of Russia is decimal; thus—100 copecks make 1 ruble. […] The only silver money in circulation are pieces of 20, 15, 10, and 5 copecks.
Word: hauteur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French haut French -eur French hauteurbor. English hauteur Borrowed from French hauteur. Pronunciation: /oʊˈtɝ/, /ɔːˈtɜː/, /əʊˈtɜː/ 1. Haughtiness or arrogance; loftiness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Who ever went into a public office, and was treated, as he is very apt to be, with the most offensive hauteur by some saucy, well-paid official, without feeling the desire to kick him rising strong within him? Example: “What's happened, young Herring?” I think for a moment he was about to draw himself up with hauteur and say he would prefer, if we didn't mind, not to discuss his private affairs, but when he was half-way up he caught Aunt Dahlia's eye and returned to position one.
Word: horizontal dancing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhɒ.ɹɪˈzɒn.təl ˈdɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˌhɒ.ɹɪˈzɒn.təl ˈdæn.sɪŋ/, /ˌhɔː.ɹəˈzɑːn.təl ˈdɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˌhɔː.ɹəˈzɑːn.təl ˈdæn.sɪŋ/ 1. Sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: penury Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English penuri, penurie (“destitution, need, poverty; dearth, lack, scarcity”), borrowed from Latin pēnūria (“need, scarcity, want”) + Middle English -i, -ie (suffix forming abstract and collective nouns); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to paene (“almost, nearly; barely, hardly, scarcely”, adverb), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnjʊɹi/, /ˈpɛnjəɹi/ 1. Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As he [Jesus] behelde⸝ he ſawe the ryche men⸝ howe they caſt in their offeringꝭ [offeringis] into the treſury. He ſawe alſo a certayne povre widdowe⸝ which caſt ĩ [in] thydre two mytes. And he ſaid: of a trueth I ſaye vnto you⸝ this povre widdowe hath putt in moare thẽ [then, i.e., than] they all. For they all have of their ſuperfluyte added vnto the offeringe off God: But ſhe⸝ of her penury⸝ hath caſt in all the ſubſtaunce that ſhe hadde. Example: [W]hat prodigall portion haue I ſpent, that I ſhould come to ſuch penury? 2. Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity. Labels: countable, poetic, usually Example: VVith theſe and many others as conſiderable, vvhich partly vvillingly, and partly in the penury of Books, forgettingly I paſſe, […] Example: In early youth I laboured under a peculiar embarrassment and penury of words, which I sought to convey my thoughts adequately upon interesting subjects: […] 3. The quality of being miserly; miserliness, parsimoniousness, stinginess. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: God ſometimes puniſhes one ſinne vvith another; pride vvith adultery, drunkenneſſe vvith murder, careleſeneſſe vvith irreligion, idleneſſe vvith vanity, penury vvith oppreſſion, irreligion vvith blaſphemy, and that vvith Atheiſme, and therefore it is no vvonder if he puniſhes a ſinner by a ſinner. Example: Let them not ſtill be obſtinately blind, / Still to divert the Good thou haſt deſign'd, / Or vvith Malignant penury, / To ſterve the Royal Vertues of his Mind.
Word: Francia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Francia. Doublet of France. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ə/, /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ə/, /ˈfɹæn.si.ə/ 1. A former kingdom inhabited by the Franks, in Western Europe, spreading over modern-day France (except Brittany and Corsica), the Low Countries, large parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Northern Italy. Labels: historical
Word: Francia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ə/, /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ə/, /ˈfɹæn.si.ə/ 1. A female given name.
Word: Bri Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɹiː/, /bɹaɪ/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Brianna, or Bridget, or Britney, or, rarely, Britannia or Sabrina. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Brian. Example: Bri, listen… we're practically living together, so if you only like boys I wouldn't dream of pestering you.
Word: dai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दाई (dāī), from Sanskrit. 1. A wet nurse; a midwife. Labels: Bangladesh, India, North, Pakistan Example: Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.
Word: Tyrone Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”). Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹoʊn/, /tɪˈɹoʊn/, /taɪˈɹəʊn/, /tɪˈɹəʊn/ 1. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled. 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A male given name transferred from the place name. Labels: US, countable
Word: Tyrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”). Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹoʊn/, /tɪˈɹoʊn/, /taɪˈɹəʊn/, /tɪˈɹəʊn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of tyrone. Labels: alt-of
Word: cyclist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cycle + -ist, 1882. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.klɪst/, /ˈsaɪ.kəlɪst/ 1. A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling. Example: A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. He was flying like a racer. 2. A motorcyclist. Labels: dated Example: Most of the cyclists were members of the Pagans' Motorcycle Club of Washington.
Word: celeb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of celebrity. Pronunciation: /səˈlɛb/ 1. A celebrity; a famous person, a one who is celebrated. Labels: informal Example: Just in case you thought celebs stay famous on their own, think again. There's a whole pack of people who help a star each day
Word: cheerio Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From cheer and/or cheery + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʊ/, /ˈtʃɪːɹɪjəw/, /ˈt͡ʃɪɹi.oʊ/, /ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʉ/, /ˈtʃiəɹi.ɐʉ/ 1. Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: "In that case," said Archie, relieved, "cheerio, good luck, pip-pip, toodle-oo, and good-bye-ee! I'll be shifting!" Example: But we all knew it wasn't the final end of the HST. This wasn't "goodbye", more like a "cheerio, see you someplace soon". 2. Hello; a greeting. Labels: rare Example: Cheerio, everybody! What a delightful gathering of charming femininity!
Word: cheerio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheer and/or cheery + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʊ/, /ˈtʃɪːɹɪjəw/, /ˈt͡ʃɪɹi.oʊ/, /ˈtʃɪəɹi.əʉ/, /ˈtʃiəɹi.ɐʉ/ 1. A small saveloy often consumed with tomato sauce at parties. Labels: New-Zealand Example: The man who has gone around the cocktail circuit pounding cheerios to the end of time did not come in here and open his mouth once on the Bill.
Word: attributively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English attributive Middle English -ly English -ly English attributively From attributive + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv.li/ 1. In an attributive manner.
Word: cheeseburger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰsder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Hamburgerder. English hamburger English cheeseburger Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːzˌbɜː.ɡə/, /ˈtʃizˌbɝ.ɡɚ/ 1. A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese). Example: Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER. Example: Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak. 2. The BLU-82 bomb. Labels: slang
Word: processed cheese Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several types of natural cheese that are pasteurized to lengthen storage life and combined with emulsifiers to aid smoothness. In some cases, processed cheeses contain added colorings and preservatives. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chinaman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From china (“porcelain”) + -man. 1. A dealer in porcelain (china). Labels: obsolete
Word: chinaman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”). Named in reference to Ellis Achong, a West Indian player of Chinese descent. 1. A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin). Labels: dated Example: Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling. 2. A spin bowler who uses such an action. 3. A ball delivered with such an action.
Word: seraglio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (“palace”). Compare serai, serail. Pronunciation: /səˈɹæljoʊ/, /səˈɹæɡliːoʊ/ 1. A palace of a sultan. 2. A palace of a sultan. Example: At these words he started up, and beheld—not his Sophia—no, nor a Circassian maid richly and elegantly attired for the grand Signior's seraglio. 3. A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person. Example: In 1936 [Charles] Schwab's agents approached the La Guardia administration in New York, hoping to interest the city in buying his mansion for the official residence of the mayor. […] But Fiorello La Guardia took great pride in the fact that he lived in a modest walkup in Lower New York. He ridiculed the idea of moving into the robber baron's seraglio, telling newsmen that the city much preferred having the tax revenue from the mansion. 4. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household. 5. A brothel or place of debauchery. 6. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.
Word: BISDN Part of Speech: noun 1. Broadband Integrated Service Digital Network
Word: distortion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin distortio, distortionis, from distortus. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɔːʃən/ 1. An act of distorting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A result of distorting. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A misrepresentation of the truth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The story he told was a bit of a distortion. Example: The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things. 4. Noise or other artifacts caused in the electronic reproduction of sound or music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This recording sounds awful due to the distortion. 5. An effect used in music, most commonly on guitars in rock or metal. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An aberration that causes magnification to change over the field of view. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: skeptical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin scepticus + -al; attested earlier than skeptic. By surface analysis, skeptic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈskɛptɪkəl/ 1. Having, or expressing doubt; questioning. Labels: US Example: My teacher was skeptical when I told her my dog ate my homework. Example: Tom was skeptical when Paul told him that he saw Bigfoot. 2. Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics. Labels: US
Word: skepticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin scepticismus; equivalent to skeptic + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/ 1. The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 2. A studied attitude of questioning and doubt. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary. 3. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: dusk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Pronunciation: /dʌsk/, /dʊsk/ 1. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky. Example: A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades.
Word: dusk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dosk, dusk(e) (“dusky”, adj.), from Old English dox (“dark, swarthy”), from Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, related to *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist, haze”). Cognate to Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”), Old Irish donn (“dark”). Related to dye, dust and dun (see these for more). Pronunciation: /dʌsk/, /dʊsk/ 1. The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Witnessing the dusk gives a feeling of solace. Example: We caught a beautiful view of the dusk. 2. A darkish colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whose dusk set off the whiteness of the skin. 3. The condition of being dusky; duskiness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dusk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dusken, from Old English doxian. Pronunciation: /dʌsk/, /dʊsk/ 1. To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk. Labels: intransitive Example: I see the air benighted And all the dusking dales, And lamps in England lighted, 2. To make dusk. Labels: transitive Example: After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the Moone must needs be under the earth.
Word: arctic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Arctic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: arctic Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Arctic. Labels: alt-of
Word: morotrophium Part of Speech: noun 1. An asylum or hospital for the mentally ill. Labels: no-plural, obsolete
Word: Cecil Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Caecilius, a Roman family name derived from caecus (“blind”). The surname has absorbed the Old Welsh Seisyllt, from Latin Sextilius, from Sextus. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːsəl/, /ˈsɛsəl/, /ˈsisəɫ/ 1. A unisex given name from Latin. Example: John Sumner always called him "Sissy" but other kids called him Cecil or See-sal or Weasil. He didn't mind anything except "Sissy". Every time he heard it he saw red. Example: Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif. 2. A unisex given name from Latin. 3. A surname from Welsh. 4. A locality in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States:
Word: beware Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bewar, be war, be ware, forms of Middle English ben ware (“to be on one's guard, be vigilant”, literally “be ware”), equivalent to be + ware or be + aware. Compare Old English bewarian. Pronunciation: /biˈwɛɚ/, /bɪˈwɛɚ/, /bəˈwɛɚ/ 1. To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of). Labels: ambitransitive, defective Example: Behold, I send an Angel before thee[…]. Beware of him, and obey his voice. Example: Beware the Ides of March.
Word: xenotransplantation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English transplantation English xenotransplantation From xeno- + transplantation. 1. The transplantation of biological or organic matter from a given species into a different one, especially when this matter has been altered (such as by genetic engineering) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: manuscript Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic origin, equivalent to Latin manū (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + Latin scrīptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)). Not found in Classical Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/ 1. Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manuscript Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin manūscrīptum (“writing by hand”), a calque of Germanic origin: compare Middle Low German hantschrift (“manuscript, document”), Middle Dutch hantscrift (“manuscript”) (c. 1451), Old High German hantgiskrīb (“handwriting, document, manuscript”), Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (“manuscript”) (c. 1450), Old English handġewrit (“what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”) (before 1150), Old Norse handrit (“manuscript”) (before 1300). Not found in Classical Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/ 1. A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced. Example: In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read. 2. A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
Word: harpoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon. Pronunciation: /hɑːɹˈpuːn/, /hɑːˈpuːn/ 1. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish. 2. A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper. 3. A harmonica. Labels: slang Example: I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana.
Word: harpoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon. Pronunciation: /hɑːɹˈpuːn/, /hɑːˈpuːn/ 1. To shoot something with a harpoon. Labels: transitive Example: Pilot whales, also known as blackfish, were fairly plentiful, and Mundus would harpoon one or two, haul them out onto the beach, and butcher them.
Word: oomph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ʊmf/, /umf/ 1. Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job. Example: "Yes, well they're finding it difficult, sir. They are afflicted with a certain lassitude. They're just finding it hard to get behind the job. They lack oomph." 2. Sex appeal. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: 'Come to think of it, the girl looked a bit like Ann,' Jerry reflected. 'Foxy, know what I mean? Garbo eyes, lots of oomph.' 3. A bassy grunting or thudding sound. Labels: countable
Word: oomph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ʊmf/, /umf/ 1. To produce a bassy grunting or thudding sound. Labels: intransitive
Word: pito Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of beer made from fermented millet or sorghum in parts of West Africa. Labels: uncountable
Word: pito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish pito (“penis”). 1. penis. Labels: slang Example: A coward with no pito.
Word: civil servant Part of Speech: noun 1. A person employed in the civil service; a government employee. Example: Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector. Example: Civil servants in the MoT gave a fresh note of caution to the Minister concerning BR's estimates, because those for electrification from Euston had gone from a budgeted £75m to an actual £160m.
Word: appliance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since the 1560s. From the English apply + -ance. Pronunciation: /əˈplaɪ.əns/ 1. An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Example: “[…] Oh, the pipe! won’t you have it lit again, father?” said Eppie, lifting that medicinal appliance from the ground. 2. An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers. Example: I know I'm artificial But don't put the blame on me I was reared with appliances In a consumer society 3. An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of applying. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1658, Elias Ashmole, The Way to Bliss, London: Nath. Brook, Book 2, Chapter 2 “Of Health,” p. 75, […] there be three things, and every one full of under-branches belonging to this Art and way of Healing: The first is knowledge of the Diseases: the second is the Remedies against them: and the third of the appliance of Remedies; All which should be traversed in this Discourse. Example: [T]he attention to fashion, the tasteful appliance of ornament in each portion of her dress, were quite in place with her: […] 5. A means of eliminating or counteracting something undesirable, especially an illness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are reliev’d, Or not at all. Example: Physician. Now I haue found you out, you are in loue. Jane. I thinke I am, what your appliance now? Can all your Paracelsian mixtures cure it, ’T must be a Surgeon of the Ciuill Law, I feare that must cure me. 6. Willing service, willingness to act as someone wishes. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: And hearing your high majesty is touch’d With that malignant cause wherein the honour Of my dear father’s gift stands chief in power, I come to tender it and my appliance With all bound humbleness.
Word: casus Part of Speech: noun 1. A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning. Labels: obsolete
Word: Aberdeen Part of Speech: name Etymology: The first is from Pictish *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (aber, “confluence”). The second element comes from the river Don (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214. The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Pronunciation: /abəɹˈdin/, /æbəˈdiːn/, /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/, /ˈæb.ɚˌdin/ 1. A port city in Aberdeen council area, Scotland, on the North Sea. 2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996. 3. A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A community in Nova Scotia. 22. A community in Ontario. 23. A town in Saskatchewan. 24. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica. 25. A neighbourhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone. 26. A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. 27. A town in the Muswellbrook council area and the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. 28. A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia. 29. An area and town in Southern district, Hong Kong. Example: In Aberdeen, a fishing village of 12,000 fishermen who live on more than 3,000 sampans, we were transported on a rickety sampan through the mazelike sea community; on these modest wooden boats, large families, dogs, the day's catch of drying fish and television antennas all co-exist. Example: Police Launch No. 32 sliced through the murky gray-green waters of Aberdeen, navigating the narrow path between fishing junks, sampan taxis and the gaudy Jumbo floating seafood restaurant.
Word: Aberdeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The first is from Pictish *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (aber, “confluence”). The second element comes from the river Don (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214. The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. Pronunciation: /abəɹˈdin/, /æbəˈdiːn/, /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/, /ˈæb.ɚˌdin/ 1. A wide evenly curved fishhook. Labels: capitalized, usually 2. Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier. Labels: alt-of, alternative, capitalized, usually
Word: Inverness Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.vəɹˌnɛs/, /ˈɪn.vəˌnɛs/, /ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/ 1. A city, the administrative centre of Highland council area, Scotland. 2. A rural locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia. 3. A rural community of Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 4. A municipality in Centre-du-Québec region, Quebec, Canada. 5. A community in the suburb of Stocksund near Stockholm, Sweden. 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Inverness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Inver- + Ness, from the River Ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.vəɹˌnɛs/, /ˈɪn.vəˌnɛs/, /ˈɪn.vɚˌnɛs/ 1. A type of overcoat constructed without sleeves and having a shoulder cape extending to the wrists. The best examples are quite heavy, made from Harris tweed; often associated with Sherlock Holmes. 2. A variation of this coat, the "coachman's cape": the shoulder cape does not extend around the back but is made of two segments, the length of each being sewn into the seam of the coat on either side.
Word: Dee Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /diː/ 1. A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen. 2. A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool. Example: And following Dee, which Britons long ygone / Did call divine, that doth by Chester tend; […] 3. A river in Cumbria, England, which flows through Dentdale, and joins the River Rawthey near Sedbergh. 4. A river in County Cavan and County Louth, Ireland. 5. A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia. 6. A unisex given name, short for names beginning with D. Example: His daughter was called Deirdre, a good Irish name, but now she signed herself Dee, and her man friend was called Fox. 7. A surname of multiple origins.
Word: Dee Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diː/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of dee. Labels: alt-of
Word: fi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiː/, /faɪ/ 1. The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the fourth note of a major scale.
Word: fi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation Pronunciation: /fiː/, /faɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of fidelity (e.g. in hi-fi, lo-fi, or wi-fi). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, in-compounds, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of fiction (e.g. in sci-fi). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: fi Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /fiː/, /faɪ/ 1. Alternative form of to. Labels: Jamaica, alt-of, alternative Example: We shoulda try fi produce more and market the things we have better so we can buy the things we need fi buy Example: I got the right temperature fi shelter you from the storm
Word: Fiona Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish fionn (“fair, white”). In use before 1713. Popularized by James Macpherson (see 1765 quotation), and perhaps by the 19th-century Scottish writer William Sharp, who chose “Fiona Macleod” as his pen name. * (Sara Duterte): After the fictional character Princess Fiona from the Shrek series, who transforms from princess to ogre. Pronunciation: /fiˈoʊnə/, /fiːˈəʊnə/ 1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, in regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England. Example: Let the sighs of Fiona rise on the dark heaths of her lovely Ardan. 2. Sara Duterte, 15ᵗʰ vice president of the Philippines. Labels: Philippine, Philippines, derogatory, slang
Word: hang out Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/ 1. To spend time with somebody; to regularly meet with somebody. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, often, slang Example: After the film, do you want to go hang out? Example: He hung out with his friends all day yesterday. 2. To lodge or reside; to exist. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: Mr Bob Sawyer... inquired: I say, old boy, where do you hang out? Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture. 3. To be unyielding; to hold out. Labels: dated, informal Example: The juryman hangs out against an agreement. 4. To crave or desperately want (something). Labels: informal 5. To endure or delay. Labels: informal 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, out. Example: When a dog pants, its tongue often hangs out of its mouth.
Word: Ethan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew אֵיתָן (ʾêṯān, literally “firmness, strong, or long-lived”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːθən/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s. Example: For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. Example: There have been Ethan Allen mills, Ethan Allen stock companies, Ethan Allen fire companies and Ethan Allen streets. The name of the daring partisan leader has been used in Vermont much as that of Washington throughout the Union. 2. A town in South Dakota, United States.
Word: payee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + -ee. 1. one to whom money is paid.
Word: Steven Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Stevene, Steven, from Anglo-Norman Estievne, Estievene, from Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”). Pronunciation: /ˈstiːvən/ 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stephen. Example: His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael. Example: That's why the people of this world believe in... Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!
Word: Stephen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Stephanus, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos), from στέφανος (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”), from στέφω (stéphō, “to put round, to surround”). From *stegʷʰ- (“to enlace”) + -νος (-nos, suffix forming an adjective or noun) from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (suffix forming a verbal adjective from a verb stem). Pronunciation: /ˈstiːvən/, /ˈstɛfən/ 1. The first Christian martyr. Example: And Steuen full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Example: I, for my part, ask any candid reader if it was not bad enough to be called Broadfoot, without having it aggravated into Stephen Broadfoot? I feel confident I will here get a tear of sympathy from all unhappy Andrews and Peters, and Aarons and Samuels, with a smile of disdainful compassion from thrice-happy Franks and Charleys and Bills. Example: It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country. 3. A female given name. Example: Even in her fourteenth year Miss Stephen Norman gave promise of striking beauty; beauty of a rarely composite character. 4. A surname originating as a patronymic. 5. A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States, named after George Stephen.
Word: paper clip Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, folded, wire or plastic device used to hold sheets of paper together. 2. Listed after an amount of money to emphasize a lack of resources. Labels: US, humorous Example: The rules of the game are to tap this fund only when you are down to ten cents and a paper clip.
Word: lightbulb Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of light bulb. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A young orangutan in the San Diego Zoo became famous for unbolting the screening of his crib, removing the wires, and moving through the zoo nursery, unscrewing lightbulbs.
Word: lightbulb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Cantonese 電燈泡／电灯泡 (din6 dang1 paau1), as though the third person is a light bulb in the background. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/ 1. An uninvited third person joining a couple's date who prevents or hinders romantic interactions. Labels: Singapore, colloquial Example: You two go ahead lah, I don't want to be lightbulb. Example: When she finally came out her friend joined us. Damn lightbulb leh!
Word: constable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/, /ˈkɒn.stə.bəl/, /ˈkɑn.stə.bəl/, /ˈkan.stə.bəl/ 1. One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.) Example: As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once. 2. A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers. Labels: UK 3. An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal). Labels: historical 4. The warden of a castle. 5. An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders. Labels: US 6. An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable) 7. A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
Word: constable Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English constable, cunstable, constabil, connestable, cunestable, from Old French conestable, from Latin comes stabulī (“officer of the stables”). For the sense-development; compare marshal. Doublet of connétable. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌn.stə.bəl/, /ˈkɒn.stə.bəl/, /ˈkɑn.stə.bəl/, /ˈkan.stə.bəl/ 1. To act as a constable or policeman. Labels: dated, intransitive
Word: estuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛstjʊəɹi/, /ˈɛst͡ʃʊəɹi/, /ˈɛst͡ʃəɹi/, /ˈɛst͡ʃuˌɛɹi/ 1. A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone. Example: The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud. Example: There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train. 2. An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.
Word: self-fulfilling prophecy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton. 1. A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true. Example: Whether or not we believe in astrology is irrelevant; the question is, did the Magdalenians? If so, then in a self-fulfilling prophecy they may have been organizing their lives according to a religious belief system, and not simply an economic or ecological one. Example: Operator Abellio ScotRail doubled the Mon-Sat service from one train in each direction to two from May 2019 - it being something of a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you lay on trains, people might use them.
Word: nontrinitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + trinitarian. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒn.tɹɪnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌnɑn.tɹɪnɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. One who rejects or does not subscribe to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Such a person may be Christian or non-Christian; most Christian denominations are trinitarian.
Word: nontrinitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + trinitarian. Pronunciation: /ˌnɒn.tɹɪnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌnɑn.tɹɪnɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Rejecting or not ascribing to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.