nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cumin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”). Possibly related to caraway. Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːmɪn/, /ˈkʌmɪn/, /ˈkumɪn/, /ˈkjumɪn/, /ˈkʊmɪn/ 1. The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India. 2. Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.
Word: fennel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio and finook. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛnəl/ 1. A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fenugreek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Latin foenum Latin graecus Latin foenum-graecum Old French fenigrecbor. Middle English fenygreke English fenugreek Inherited from Middle English fenygreke, borrowed from Old French fenigrec, from Latin foenum-graecum (literally “Greek hay”), from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecus (“Greek”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk/, /ˈfɛnjəˌɡɹiːk/ 1. Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fenugreek plant was introduced to Central Europe by Benedictine monks, and it is promoted in the 9th century by Charlemagne. It was grown extensively in the imperial gardens of Charlemagne (Popova, 2017). 2. The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Fenugreek’s nutritional and tonic properties have also been tapped since ancient times. […] Fenugreek-based preparations stimulate the appetite and promote weight gain in people with anemia, anorexia, tuberculosis or asthenia.
Word: galangal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English galyngale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼 /高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑 /姜 (jiāng, “ginger”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlæŋɡəl/ 1. Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book. Example: Another time, she dined in Hampstead, where she was fed a version of stargazy pie with a whole squid where the eel should have been. It was flavoured, for the full medieval effect, with galangal, which her hostess described as “kind of like frankincense”.
Word: liquorice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From licorice by association with liquor. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/ 1. UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa standard spelling of licorice. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: liquorice allsorts Part of Speech: noun 1. A confection made of liquorice, coconut and aniseed. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: licorice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lycorys, from Old French licoresse, from Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza): γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) (English glucose, English rhizome). Doublet of glycyrrhiza. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/, /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪs/ 1. A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota. Labels: countable, usually 2. A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A black color, named after the licorice. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 4. A flavoring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A supposed aphrodisiac made in the past from dried roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra and Glycyrrhiza echinata. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: firmware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From firm + -ware, coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software. 1. A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware. Labels: uncountable 2. Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications. Labels: uncountable
Word: ultrametamorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + metamorphic. 1. Of or relating to ultrametamorphosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: escapee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From escape + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˌɛsˌkeɪˈpi/, /əˈskeɪˌpi/ 1. Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment. 2. Someone who has escaped. 3. A plant that has escaped from cultivation.
Word: conserve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/ 1. Wilderness where human development is prohibited. 2. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit. Example: I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. 3. A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. Labels: obsolete 4. A conservatory. Labels: obsolete Example: water[…]alwayes placed in the Conserve
Word: conserve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜː(ɹ)v/ 1. To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative. Labels: transitive Example: to conserve fruits with sugar Example: the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor 2. To protect an environment, heritage, etc. Labels: transitive Example: Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing. 3. To remain unchanged during a process Labels: intransitive
Word: antepenultimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate English antepenultimate From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”). Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət/, /ˌæntɪpənˈʌltɪmət/, /ˌæntəpənˈʌltəmət/ 1. Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. Labels: not-comparable Example: This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one. Example: […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
Word: antepenultimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate English antepenultimate From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”). Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət/, /ˌæntɪpənˈʌltɪmət/, /ˌæntəpənˈʌltəmət/ 1. The second before the last in a series; the item preceding the penultimate and ultimate. 2. The syllable that comes two before the last in a word. Example: The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.
Word: simple machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that only requires the application of a single force to work. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.
Word: kinetic energy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɪˈnɛtɪk ˈɛnɚd͡ʒi/, [kʰɪˈnɛɾɪk̥ ˈɛnɚd͡ʒi] 1. The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These units are the electrogyros, which work first as motors, taking electrical energy from a three-phase supply, and converting it into kinetic energy, which is stored in the flywheels. Example: As on Nos. 20001-3, the motor and generator armature shafts of the new locomotive each carry a heavy flywheel to provide kinetic energy and help maintain the speed of the motor-generator set during interruptions of supply, as at breaks in the continuity of the conductor rail. 2. Energetic fast-paced activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reeves' action moves and his sincerity, even when Wick is at his most stern, perfectly capture the blend of emotion and kinetic energy that define the films.
Word: personality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity. Pronunciation: /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/, /-i/, /ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæ.lə.ti/, /-lɪ-/, /ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæl.ti/ 1. Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The president has a unique personality. Example: Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. 2. Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The best contestant shows most personality. Example: But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality. 3. Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His writing has a lot of personality. Example: This functional concrete building lacks personality. 4. An assumed role or manner of behavior. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality. 5. A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Johnny Carson was a respected television personality. 6. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: indulgence in personalities Example: Sharp personalities were exchanged. 7. That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast. Labels: Internet, countable, euphemistic, humorous Example: Whoa mama! That gal's got a fine... er, "personality". Example: Damn the girl on the right has a huge personality
Word: sequitur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“to follow”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/, /ˈsɛ.kwə.tʊɹ/ 1. A logical conclusion or consequence of facts. Example: He is accordingly in haste to show that it was not kept on shore; for, if so, ‘some trace would be found on shore of the murderers’. I presume you smile at the sequitur.
Word: dreck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”). Pronunciation: /dɹɛk/ 1. Trash; rubbish; useless or worthless stuff. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Unfortunately, the conversation soon turned into a late-night freshman-year dorm-room debate, as he stumbled into a controversy of his own making by using Holocaust deniers and their appalling falsehoods as an example of how much dreck should be allowed on the platform.
Word: facial hair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From facial + hair. First use appears c. 1830, in the Morning Herald. 1. Hair on, or from, the face of a human, such as the eyebrows, beard or moustache. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Shaving gear? The man had a beard—or he had one the last time Marianne had seen him. And yet there were flecks of shaving foam and facial hair in the sink. Example: Her dark, arched eyebrows and soft facial hair complement the membranous leaves behind her. 2. Hair on, or from, the face of an animal. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A single hair on, or from, the face. Labels: countable, rare, usually Example: Wielding a cotton bud like a miniature police truncheon, she pointed to one small black hair I’d never noticed sprouting from my chin. It looked, in the magnified looking glass, like a sequoia tree. / ‘Where the hell did that come from?’ / ‘It’s normal as we age that . . .’ / ‘Would you stop with all this ageing crap, already. I have one facial hair. It’s not as though I’m about to start baying at the moon . . .’ Example: This was the only foreign hair, a facial hair, recovered from the victim’s body, and, at that stage of the investigation, the hair evidence seemed pretty meager. Nevertheless, the facial hair would ultimately take a central role in the investigation and the fact that the victim’s pubic hairs were cut would greatly assist with subsequent comparisons. […] The detectives now had the last person seen with the victim at the party, a facial hair, a palm print that could not be eliminated, and something to look for, the shoes that left the footwear impressions on the kitchen floor. […] Although an association was never made between that one facial hair from the bathrobe and known hair from the defendant, it took its place as a linchpin in the solution of the case.
Word: remittance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English remit Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English remittance From remit + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɪtəns/ 1. The act of sending money to someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: remittance advice 2. Money which is sent to someone, typically to someone in another country. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Money sent by a foreign worker back to their home country. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It had been built on remittances, Lamin told me, sent back by a local young man who had been doing well, driving a cab in Amsterdam, until his luck changed and the money abruptly stopped. Example: While the average cost of sending money to sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in the world, the cost of digital remittances to the region is less than the global average. If more Africans sent money home via digital services rather than cash, average remittance fees should fall, but receiving money online requires the internet, which is used in sub-Saharan Africa by only 37% of people, according to the World Bank.
Word: recipient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”). Pronunciation: /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/, /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/ 1. One who receives. Example: the recipient of money or goods Example: My e-mail never reached the intended recipient. 2. A person receiving donor organs or tissues. 3. The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Word: recipient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”). Pronunciation: /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/, /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/ 1. receiving Labels: not-comparable
Word: wazzup Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of wassup. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paprika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash. Pronunciation: /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɪkə/ 1. Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking). Labels: uncountable Example: As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac. Example: California is taking the lead, producing a paprika that is more standardized and more uniformly available than the European growers offer. 2. A variety of the spice. Labels: countable Example: Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika. 3. A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice. Labels: countable, rare Example: strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn 4. A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paprika Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash. Pronunciation: /pəˈpɹiːkə/, /pæpˈɹiːkə/, /ˈpæpɹɪkə/ 1. Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
Word: tamarind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”). Pronunciation: /ˈtæməɹɪnd/ 1. A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Currently, the Palestinian territories are being featured, and the menu boasts treats like maftoul (a garlicky chicken and couscous dish) and tamar Hindi (chilled tamarind juice with rose water). Example: He began to crack tamarinds, pulling out the pod flesh, adding sugar and black pepper from his palms. 3. Other similar species: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Other similar species: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Other similar species: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A dark brown color, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Worcestershire sauce Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊstəʃə ˈsɔːs/, /ˈwɵstəʃə ˈsoːs/, /ˈwʉstəɾʃəɾ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɚ ˈsɔs/, /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɔs/ 1. An English condiment made with vinegar, onions, garlic, etc.; a thin, piquant sauce used as a table sauce, to flavour casseroles etc. and as an ingredient in Bloody Marys. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: salvia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Salvia, in turn from Latin salvia (“sage”). Doublet of sage. Pronunciation: /ˈsælvɪə/, /ˈsælviə/ 1. A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches. 2. A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bearing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/, /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of bear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bearing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/, /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ 1. That bears (some specified thing). Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: a gift-bearing visitor 2. Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load. Labels: not-comparable Example: That's a bearing wall.
Word: bearing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bering, beringe, berynge, equivalent to bear + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/, /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/ 1. A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction. Example: The smaller 1/4" shank version features a bearing at the top edge to limit depth of cut, making it especially useful for curved glue joints. 2. The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction. Example: This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and bearings in the several voyages, together with the minute descriptions of the management of the ship in storms, in the style of sailors; likewise the account of longitudes and latitudes; [...] 3. One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively. Labels: especially, in-plural Example: Do we go left here or straight on? Hold on, let me just get my bearings. Example: I started a new job last week, and I still haven't quite found my bearings. 4. Relevance; a relationship or connection. Example: That has no bearing on this issue. Example: But of this frame, the bearings and the ties, / The strong connections, nice dependencies. 5. One's posture, demeanor, or manner. Example: She walks with a confident, self-assured bearing. Example: I know him by his bearing. 6. That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports. Example: A lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall. 7. The portion of a support on which anything rests. 8. The unsupported span. Labels: proscribed Example: The beam has twenty feet of bearing between its supports. 9. Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms. Example: Holonyms: shield, escutcheon Example: […]when the French seized Malta they were by no means so delicate. They effaced armorial bearings with their usual hot-headed eagerness; and a few years after they had torn down the coats of arms of the gentry, the heroes of Malta and Egypt were busy devising heraldry for themselves, and were wild to be barons and counts of the empire.
Word: keening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin. 1. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge. Example: When Leo is happy, he bursts out in riffs of scat singing, making up little melodies as he goes. When he’s basically content but feeling restless, he makes a sound like tikka, tikka, tikka. If he’s more anxious than that, he makes a sound like Jimmy Durante: “Atch-cha-cha!” A sudden burst of happiness can inspire Leo to whirl his arms around and gallop in circles shouting, “Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!” When he’s tired, he makes a soft keening noise. And when Leo is hungry, he just sobs his heart out.
Word: keening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin. 1. Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Keening. I remember keening that seemed to go on all through the night: shrill, sharp, shiny, needles of sound piercing cleanly and deeply to let the anguish in, not out. 2. An unpleasant wailing sound. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: keening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin. 1. present participle and gerund of keen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Llangollen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh Llangollen. Pronunciation: [ɬaŋˈɡɔɬɛn] 1. A small town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2141).
Word: eisteddfod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh eisteddfod (“session”), from eistedd (“to sit”) + bod (“to be”), literally “being sitting”. Pronunciation: /aɪˈstɛðvɒd/, /eɪˈstɛðvɒd/, /əˈstedfəd/ 1. Any of several annual festivals in which Welsh poets, dancers, and musicians compete for recognition. 2. (more generally) An annual performing arts competition, typically for youth. Labels: Australia
Word: pluperfect tense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”). 1. Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
Word: dado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian dado, first attested in 1664. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪdəʊ/, /ˈdeɪdoʊ/ 1. The section of a pedestal above the base. 2. The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion. Example: Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all. Example: Hangings of tapestry were behind the high seats, worked with flowers, snake’s-head, snapdragon, dragon-mouth, and their kind; and on the dado below the windows were sculptures of birds and beasts and creeping things. 3. A rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain. Example: Next, cut stopped dadoes in the shelf and the underside of the top for the vertical dividers.
Word: dado Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian dado, first attested in 1664. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪdəʊ/, /ˈdeɪdoʊ/ 1. To furnish with a dado. Labels: transitive 2. To cut a dado. Labels: transitive
Word: dado rail Part of Speech: noun 1. A horizontal moulding fixed to an interior wall about 4-5 feet above the floor.
Word: pluperfect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”). Pronunciation: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/, /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/ 1. More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal. 2. Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect. 3. Being or relating to a certain type of graph that complies with a theorem ("pluperfect graph theorem") discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970, satisfying even more constraints than a perfect graph. 4. Synonym of multiperfect. 5. Used as an intensifier in various interjections. Labels: informal Example: What in the pluperfect hell is going on here?! Example: The drought has raised pluperfect heck with fishing more ways than one.
Word: pluperfect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”). Pronunciation: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/, /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/ 1. The pluperfect tense, the past perfect. 2. A verb in this tense.
Word: danza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish danza. Doublet of dance. 1. A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing. Labels: uncountable Example: Sunday at 2 p.m., a performance of classical Puerto Rican danza music by the Association for Puerto Rican Culture, featuring the pianist Alberto Bird and the singer Thelma Ithier-Sterling.
Word: preantepenultimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate English antepenultimate English preantepenultimate From pre- (prefix meaning ‘physically in front of, before’) + antepenultimate (“(adjective) two before the last in a series; (noun) the second before the last in a series; (phonetics) syllable that comes two before the last in a word”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/, /ˌpɹiˌæn(t)ipəˈnʌltɪmət/, /-(t)ə-/ 1. Synonym of preantepenult (“the last syllable but three of a word or other utterance; the fourth-to-last syllable”). Labels: obsolete, rare Example: [I]f one vvas to ſay σῶματος, this vvould be all one as σόὸματος, and as if an Acute vvas placed on the Pre-antepenultimate, vvhich is never tolerated. Example: Accent the Preantepenultimate. Näamathite, Jezrëelite, Bethlehemite, Ephräimite, (Canäanite generally pronounced in three syllables, as if written Can-an-ite.)
Word: preantepenultimate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate English antepenultimate English preantepenultimate From pre- (prefix meaning ‘physically in front of, before’) + antepenultimate (“(adjective) two before the last in a series; (noun) the second before the last in a series; (phonetics) syllable that comes two before the last in a word”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/, /ˌpɹiˌæn(t)ipəˈnʌltɪmət/, /-(t)ə-/ 1. Three before the end; fourth to last. Labels: not-comparable Example: Words of this termination [-ites] have the accent of the words from which they are formed, which sometimes occasions the accent to be placed even on the preantepenultimate syllable, as Gileadites from Gilead, and so of others. Example: With reference to the theoretical first or preantepenultimate milk-molar, rarely developed in either fossil or recent species, there is one very interesting specimen in the British Museum.
Word: at first Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initially; at the start; originally. Labels: idiomatic Example: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Example: The work was hard at first, but soon I got used to it.
Word: bloody mary Part of Speech: noun 1. A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings, such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consommé or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.
Word: vindictive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”) + -ive. Contrast Latin vindicātīvus. Pronunciation: /vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/ 1. Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful. Example: Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening. Example: The vindictive mockery in her voice made his brain quiver. 2. Punitive. Labels: obsolete
Word: drek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dreck. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: voodoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Fon voduder. Haitian Creole Vodouder. Louisiana Creole voudoubor. English voodoo From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ. Pronunciation: /ˈvuːduː/, /ˈvudu/, /ˈvʉdʉ/ 1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Years later, she had found out about the Voodoo drink - a concoction of rum, gunpowder, grave-dirt and human blood. She almost retched as the taste came back to her mouth. Example: You cannot understand Haitian Vodou as it is practised today without first knowing something about the culture from which it sprang, and the ways history has shaped religion, and vice versa. 2. The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo. 4. One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: So a reporter of the Boston Herald (U.S.) has 'interviewed' a few local Voodoos. He has seen a dance round a boiling pot, seen some tomfoolery with spiders, and heard a lot of superstitious stories.
Word: voodoo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Fon voduder. Haitian Creole Vodouder. Louisiana Creole voudoubor. English voodoo From Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole Vodou, from a West African language, such as Ewe vódũ (“deity, idol”), Fon vòdún (“fetish”) or the Kwa languages vodũ. Pronunciation: /ˈvuːduː/, /ˈvudu/, /ˈvʉdʉ/ 1. To bewitch someone or something using voodoo Example: He claimed his neighbor had voodooed him.
Word: innings Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the old verb inn (“to house corn”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/ 1. One side's (from when the first player begins to bat, until the last player is out) or individual player's turn to bat or the runs scored during those durations. 2. A comparable period of play in croquet or roque. 3. The time during which any party is in possession of power, or enjoying good luck, etc.; a turn of any kind. Labels: UK 4. A person's lifespan. Labels: UK, euphemistic Example: Forty-odd. That's a better innings than Mozart's thirty-five. Only a moderate knock perhaps in an era brimming with space age technology, and transplants, and artificial hips etcet, but still higher than Mozart's. Example: My mother-in-law died at 89 years of age, while sad and as you might expect, we used the phrase “she had a good innings”.
Word: innings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.ɪŋz/ 1. plural of inning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fielder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), from Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832. 1. A dog trained in pursuit of game in the field. 2. A defensive player in the field. 3. A fieldworker. Labels: obsolete
Word: fielder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English field Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fielder From field (verb) + -er. 1. Agent noun of field: one who fields anything. Labels: agent, form-of Example: And today, with our bewilderingly various profusion of gurus and therapists: never before have we had so many self-proffering fielders of the question. Although we are adept at asking questions, we are not always so good at hearing answers. 2. A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring. Example: His best fielder took the big wicket of the opponent team.
Word: vertigo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin -īgō Latin vertīgōbor. English vertigo Borrowed from Latin vertīgō. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːtɪɡəʊ/, /ˈvɝtɪɡoʊ/ 1. A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A disordered or imbalanced state of mind or things analogous to physical vertigo; mental giddiness or dizziness. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of whirling round and round; rapid rotation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A snail of the genus Vertigo. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vacuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vacuus (“empty, vacant”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈvækju.əs/ 1. Empty; void; lacking meaningful content. Example: vacuous expression Example: vacuous remark 2. Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant.
Word: compassion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion. By surface analysis, com- + passion. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ 1. Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions, and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations. Example: Other people's problems, they overwhelm my mind / They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time 2. Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: Similarly to the practice of loving kindness, meditation on compassion towards our own experience builds the foundation for expansion of the circle of compassion towards others. Example: True leadership lies in compassion, not in coercion.
Word: compassion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English compassioun, compassion, from Old French compassion, from Ecclesiastical Latin compassio (“sympathy”), from Latin compati, past participle compassus (“to suffer together with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion. By surface analysis, com- + passion. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ 1. To pity. Labels: obsolete Example: O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him? Example: Both wanted in early life the one thing essential to every individual, of whatever nature or degree of intellect, a kind, compassioning adviser; - a true friend;[…].
Word: galleon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French galion or Spanish galeón. Originally an augmentative form of a Romance language cognate of galley, the word spread around the Mediterranean from the 12th century, taking on different meanings depending on place and time. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæ.li.ən/, /ˈɡæl.jən/ 1. A large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks. Example: The next day he returned to camp with the balance of his ingots, and when they were stored on board the cruiser Captain Dufranne said he felt like the commander of an old-time Spanish galleon returning from the treasure cities of the Aztecs. “I don’t know what minute my crew will cut my throat, and take over the ship,” he added.
Word: square rigged Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of square-rigged. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: vagrant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English vagraunt (“person without proper employment; person without a fixed abode, tramp, vagabond”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman vagarant, wakerant, waucrant (“vagrant”) [and other forms] and Old French walcrant, waucrant (“roaming, wandering”) [and other forms], perhaps influenced by Latin vagārī, the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, stroll about; to roam, rove, wander”). Old French walcrant is the present participle of vagrer, wacrer, walcrer (“to wander, wander about as a vagabond”) [and other forms], from Frankish *walkrōn (“to wander about”), the frequentative form of *walkōn (“to walk; to wander; to stomp, trample; to full (make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing)”), from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about, wallow; to full”), *walkaną (“to turn, wind; to toss; to roll, roll about; to wend; to walk; to wander; to trample; to full”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg-, *walk-, *welgʰ-, *welk-, *wolg- (“to turn, twist; to move”), ultimately from *welH- (“to turn; to wind”). The English word is cognate with Latin valgus (“bandy-legged, bow-legged”), Middle Dutch walken (“to knead; to full”), Old English wealcan (“to roll”), ġewealcan (“to go; to walk about”), Old High German walchan, walkan (“to move up and down; to press together; to full; to walk; to wander”), Old Norse valka (“to wander”). See further at walk. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡɹənt/ 1. A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer. Labels: dated 2. A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. Labels: specifically Example: Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighbourhood begging for food. Example: If it appear to the Juſtice by the confeſſion of the Vagrant, or by the Oath of one Witneſs, that he had no lawful Settlement ſince his Birth, and that he hath committed Acts of Vagrancy, or hath been a common Beggar, or Vagrant, for two Years laſt paſt, [...] then inſtead of puniſhing him, the Juſtice, or Juſtices, may bind him Apprentice for ſeven Years to the Perſon who apprehends him, or to any other Perſon who will receive him, and employ him in Great Britain, or in any of his Majeſty's Plantations. 3. Any of species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butteflies of the family Nymphalidae. 4. An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range. Labels: especially
Word: vagrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English vagraunt, vagaraunt (“having no proper employment; having a tendency to go astray or wander; wayward”), from Anglo-Norman vagarant, wakerant, waucrant (“vagrant”) and Old French walcrant, waucrant (“roaming, wandering”); see further at etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡɹənt/ 1. Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation. Example: a vagrant beggar Example: [A]ll and every idle, looſe and diſſolute perſon and perſons, which from and after the firſt day of July, One thouſand ſix hundred fifty ſeven, ſhall be found and taken within the Commonwealth of England, vagrant and wandring from his or their uſual place of living or abode, and ſhall not have ſuch good and ſufficient cauſe or buſineſs for ſuch his or their travelling or wandring, [...] ſhall be proceeded againſt and puniſhed as Rogues, Vagabonds and Sturdy Beggers within the ſaid Statute, [...] 2. Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering. 3. Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled. Labels: figuratively Example: Let Prudence yet obſtruct thy venturous way; / And take good heed, what men will think and ſay: / That beauteous Emma vagrant courſes took; / Her father's houſe and civil life forſook; / That, full of youthful blood, and fond of man; / She to the wood-land with an exile ran. Example: While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love.
Word: reopen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-Germanic *upanaz Proto-West Germanic *opan Old English open Middle English open English open English reopen From re- + open. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈəʊpən/ 1. To open (something) again. Labels: transitive Example: 1920, Breckinridge Long, US Ambassador to Italy, a speech titled America's Accomplishments From the moment of the declaration by Germany, she would reopen her inhuman warfare by the indiscriminate use of submarines. Example: The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy. 2. To open again. Labels: intransitive Example: The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve Banks to issue additional currency on good assets and thus the banks which reopen will be able to meet every legitimate call. Example: Yet city officials said unburned sections of the upscale Westfield Galleria at Roseville could reopen within weeks, in time for the holiday shopping season.
Word: clopen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English closed Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *upp Proto-Germanic *upanaz Proto-West Germanic *opan Old English open Middle English open English open blend English clopen Blend of closed + open. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ̯.pən/, /ˈkloʊ̯.pən/, /ˈklɐʉ̯.pən/, /ˈkləʉ̯.pən/, /ˈklo.pən/ 1. Both open and closed. Labels: not-comparable Example: A subset of a metric space is clopen iff it is both closed and open. A metric space is called zero-dimensional iff there is a base for the open sets consisting of clopen sets. Example: FACT 1. Disjoint closed subsets of #92;mathbb#123;N#125;#92;mathbb#123;N#125; may be separated by disjoint clopen sets.