nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: W Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviations of various words beginning with W. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/, /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, /ˈdʌbəlju/ 1. Excellent, top-notch (abbreviation of winner). (Compare noun etymology 2, noun sense 4 and etymology 2, noun sense 5.) Labels: slang Example: You, sir, are a W man. Example: You got her number? W rizz!
Word: W Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviations of various words beginning with W. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌb(əl)juː/, /ˈdʌbə(l)ju/, /ˈdʌbəlju/ 1. George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009). Labels: US, informal
Word: Wade Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English wæd (“a ford”). Pronunciation: /weɪd/ 1. A topographic surname from Old English. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: In due time, Charles' son was born and, because it was fashionable to name boys after their fathers' commanding officers, he was called Wade Hampton Hamilton. 3. A system of romanization for the Chinese language based on 19th-century Pekingese pronunciation, worked out by Thomas Wade. 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:
Word: Wagon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived either as a synonym of Wain, i.e. Charles' Wain, or directly from the wagonlike shape of the constellation. Compare also the synonym Northern Waggoner. See wagon and wain. 1. A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
Word: Wal Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name. 2. A male given name. 3. A male given name.
Word: Walachia Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Wallachia: 2. Alternative form of Wallachia:
Word: Walachian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Wallachian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Walachian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Wallachian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wale Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Walker Part of Speech: name 1. A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But Walker said going forward he’s not opposed to forcing Democrats to take the heat if there is a standoff over the same issues in February, but said his party needs to do a better job laying the groundwork. Example: Walker – a Republican frontrunner in the race for Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s seat who has racked up high-profile endorsements from both former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – released a statement to the AJC on his college trajectory. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 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 placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Walker Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Hookey Walker. 1. Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: “Do you know the Poulterer’s, in the next street but one, at the corner?” Scrooge inquired. “I should hope I did,” replied the lad. “An intelligent boy!” said Scrooge. “A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they’ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there?—Not the little prize Turkey: the big one?” […] “Go and buy it.” “Walk-er!” exclaimed the boy. “No, no,” said Scrooge, “I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell ’em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with the man, and I’ll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I’ll give you half-a-crown!”
Word: Walker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Walk(ing Liberty) 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 Walker From Walk(ing Liberty) + -er. 1. A Walking Liberty half dollar. Example: I snagged this 1943 Walker on eBay the other day, and pulled it out of my mailbox today. It's in an ANACS holder, graded MS64. The auction photo was such that I could see what appeared to be something on the coin, but couldn't tell if it was a scratch, a cracked die, or what.
Word: Walkman Part of Speech: name Etymology: A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists. 1. A Sony portable personal compact cassette player product line. Example: He places the Walkman in the case alongside a Panasonic wallet-size cordless portable finding Easa-phone (he used to own the NEC 9000 Porta portable) and pulls out today’s newspaper. 2. A Sony brand for personal portable audio media players. Example: Outside the toilets school parties from France and Germany stood in stiff groups photographing themselves. They talked loudly without removing their Walkmans. Their headsets sizzled and tished. 3. A street urchin. Labels: derogatory
Word: Walkman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A trademark; from walk + man, coined in reference to an earlier product, Pressman, a portable tape recorder for journalists. 1. Alternative letter-case form of walkman. Labels: alt-of Example: But it took a decade to make any impression on the mainstream – people stuck with cassettes for recording, and Walkmen and Discmen for portability – and almost as soon as it did, it was killed by the MP3 player.
Word: Wall Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of various origins, principally from Old English wælisc etc. ("non-Germanic speaker, stranger") from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner, stranger”), the source of numerous other surnames such as Walsh and Wales and from Middle English wall, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, rampart”), from Proto-Germanic *wallaz or *wallą (“wall, rampart”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Also from transcribed foreign surnames such as German Wahl and Swedish Wahlberg. 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Wall taught karate at a local nursing home. 2. A place in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A place in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A place in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new yearbooks at Wall Township High School in Wall, New Jersey – with the original, unaltered photos – will be available for students to pick up in about two weeks, Cheryl Dyer, the superintendent of Wall Township schools, said in a letter to students and parents. 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Wall Part of Speech: name Etymology: See wall. 1. The Berlin Wall. Labels: slang 2. The Trump Wall. Labels: slang 3. The Great Wall of China. Labels: slang
Word: Wall Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Mandarin 壁宿 (Bìxiù). 1. A Chinese constellation located near Pegasus and Andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
Word: Wand Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * A nickname for a shy or short-sighted person, from Old English wand (“mole”). * Borrowed from German Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a weaver or cloth cutter, from Middle High German gewant (“cloth, garment”) (representing modern Gewand (“garment”)). * Borrowed from Dutch Wand, a metonymic occupational surname for a glove maker, from Middle Dutch want (“glove”). 1. A surname.
Word: Wanderer Part of Speech: noun 1. someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
Word: Wang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above. Pronunciation: /wæŋ/, /wɔŋ/ 1. A surname from Chinese. 2. A surname from Korean [in turn from Chinese].
Word: Wang Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a Danish surname, from Vang. As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”). As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)). As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang. Pronunciation: /wæŋ/, /wɔŋ/ 1. A surname from Danish, variant of Vang.
Word: Wang Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng). Pronunciation: /wæŋ/, /wɔŋ/ 1. A Meitei surname from Manipuri, variant of Wangjam, Wangkheimayum, Wangkheimayum, or Wangmayum.
Word: Ward Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun ward and related cognates such as warden, guard etc. * As an Irish surname, reduced from McWard, from mac an bard (“son of the poet”). * As a Jewish surname, adapted from Warshawski, named after Warsaw. Comparable to Warszawski. * As a French surname, Americanized from Guerin. Pronunciation: /wɔːd/, /wɔɹd/ 1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman. Labels: countable 2. An English male given name. Labels: countable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, 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 placename Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Ward Part of Speech: name Etymology: A shortened form. Pronunciation: /wɔːd/, /wɔɹd/ 1. Clipping of Edward (a corruption of the name Edward). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of Howard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: Ware Part of Speech: name 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 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: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 10. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Warren Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w]. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒɹən/, /ˈwɔɹən/ 1. * see: The Warren.
Word: Wat Part of Speech: name 1. A medieval English given name, short for Walter or from the Anglo-Saxon name Watt.
Word: watercolor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English color English watercolor From water + color. 1. Alternative spelling of watercolour. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: “Champion Victory Wreath No. III,” a watercolor by Richard Yarde in which he applies his inventiveness to the prizefighter Jack Johnson. Example: Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…]
Word: watercolor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English color English watercolor From water + color. 1. Alternative spelling of watercolour. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Watt Part of Speech: name 1. Watt, a king of Sussex. 2. An Anglo-Saxon given name. 3. A diminutive of the male given name Walter, of medieval usage, variant of Wat. 4. An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic. 5. A ghost town in California, United States.
Word: Way Part of Speech: name Etymology: From specific instances of way. In Christian contexts, a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) used with that meaning in the Acts of the Apostles (for example, Acts 9:2). In Chinese contexts, a semantic loan from Chinese 道 (Dào). 1. Christianity. Example: But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 2. Synonym of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way in which to live one's life. Labels: Chinese 3. Clipping of South Downs Way. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: We're walking along the Way now.
Word: Way Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. 3. A hamlet in Minster parish, Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3265).
Word: Weald Part of Speech: name Etymology: From weald. Pronunciation: /wiːld/ 1. The physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. Labels: UK 2. A hamlet in Bampton parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3002). 3. Former name of Sevenoaks Weald, a village in Kent, England; possibly still used as a synonym.
Word: Wear Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably identical with British Latin Vedra, itself of Celtic origin. Pronunciation: /wɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A river in the counties of County Durham and Tyne and Wear, north east England. The cities of Durham and Sunderland are situated upon its grand banks. Example: The train then proceeded along the wagonway in the direction of the Wear.[…] The ladies remained at the house, while the men walked to the staith on the Wear, and were shown the process of unloading the wagons into the keels by means of the coal-drop.
Word: Web Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ellipsis of World Wide Web. Pronunciation: /wɛb/ 1. The World Wide Web. Example: Some of that content is now only available on the Web. Example: Web page
Word: Weber Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Weber. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbər/, /ˈwiːbər/, /ˈweɪbər/ 1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] from Weber (“weaver”). Example: Ironically, the German university became more bourgeois just when contemporaries like Weber began to criticize the "social aristocratic tendency of our time" among the cultivated and when student subculture in the duelling corporations was becoming more neofeudal! Example: Armed with shovels, gloves and headlamps, the team followed their map to the dig site. The vibe was “very piratey,” Dr. Weber said. Dr. Telewski set to digging a neat, squared-off hole. 2. A locale in the United States. 3. A locale in the United States. 4. A locale in the United States. 5. A river in Utah, United States; running 201 km from the Uinta Mountains into the Great Salt Lake; named for fur trader and explorer John Henry Weber. 6. A hamlet in Tararua district, Manawatū-Whanganui region, North Island, New Zealand; named for surveyor Charles H. Weber.
Word: Wed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Wed.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wellington boot Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a pair of Wellington boots. Labels: rare, singular
Word: Wen Part of Speech: name 1. A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation. Example: To find out more, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen, a mother of two young kids, is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at the George Washington University.
Word: Wend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Wende, from Proto-Germanic *Winidaz, the same source as Old English Winedas (“Slavs”). 1. A member of a Slavic people from the borders of Germany and Poland; a Sorb; a Kashub. 2. A Slavic person living anywhere in the vicinity of German-speaking areas.
Word: West Part of Speech: name Etymology: * In most senses and as an English surname, by proprialization from west. * As a Finnish surname, Americanized from Vesterinen. Pronunciation: /wɛst/ 1. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The relationship between China and the West has worsened since U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this month against Beijing's wishes. 2. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: When I came to Washington forty-seven years ago, the predominant issue was ensuring that the United States would step up to the communist threat, both abroad and at home. The ultimate satisfaction is to have lived long enough to see the West defeat communism and begin a new, equally arduous, equally noble campaign to ensure the victory of freedom, both abroad and at home. 3. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West. 4. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I shall constantly reckon among the Saints those whom the Eastern Church, whether with or without the consent of the West, so accounts. 6. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. One of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the west or on the left of a diagram. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A person (as a bridge player) occupying this position during a specified activity. Labels: countable 12. A surname from Middle English for a newcomer from the west, or someone who lived to the west of a village. Labels: countable Example: Kanye West took to social media to speak about mental health after a fan claimed that the rapper was “off his meds”.
Word: Western Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwɛs.tən/, /ˈwɛs.təɹn/ 1. Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof). Example: As Western culture became increasingly mechanized in the 1600s, the female earth and virgin earth spirit were subdued by the machine. Example: He would be as happy with her as he would be with Jennie—almost—and he would have the satisfaction of knowing that this Western social and financial world held no more significant figure than himself. 2. Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof). Labels: historical 3. Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof). Example: He was not the first Northeastern banker to be surprised by what he saw when he stepped off the train into this Western city. 4. Of, situated in, or related to the West (in any sense thereof). Labels: South-Korea
Word: Western Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɛs.tən/, /ˈwɛs.təɹn/ 1. An inhabitant of a western region or country. Labels: dated Example: If, again, after studying the life and words of Christ, and comparing them with the Christianity which they see practised in the West, or in the Westerns who reside among them, they are not drawn to Western Christianity […] 2. A certain genre of fiction (in literature, film, or gaming) dealing with the American Old West; a work in this genre. Example: If I'm going to watch a Western, it needs to be a good one. I had my fill of the bad ones long ago.
Word: Western Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɛs.tən/, /ˈwɛs.təɹn/ 1. A surname. 2. A village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. 3. A town in Oneida County, New York, United States.
Word: Westie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From west + -ie. 1. A West Highland White Terrier. Labels: informal Example: Pet owners often trim their Westies with clippers and scissors to save expense. Example: A Westie fancier, Colonel Edward Malcolm, is said to have had a reddish-colored dog who was shot by hunters who mistook the dog for a fox. 2. An inhabitant of the western suburbs of a city or town, stereotyped as of working class status and poor. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang Example: Take, for example, Sydney′s Westies, the inhabitants of the city′s much-maligned western suburbs. Example: Being called a ‘Westie’ was (and is) regarded as an insult, although some Westies have now begun to proudly embrace the rich cultural identity the label also signifies. 3. An inhabitant of the western suburbs of a city or town, stereotyped as of working class status and poor. Labels: New-Zealand, derogatory, slang Example: For Aucklanders who know what it means, this person is a Westie. — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.sysadmin.recovery/msg/66ad493f6f24113d Example: At least Bobs claims he's a Westie and he hasn't moved there as a social reject. — http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.sport.rugby.union/msg/9ad2d5146251ef6a 4. A member of a criminal gang based in Hell's Kitchen on the west side of Manhattan. Labels: US Example: Another killing was sparked when Tommy Hess, the bartender at Club 596, on Tenth Avenue, slapped the girl friend of a young Westie.[…]Hess went on a list of some 60 homicides police say were committed by the Westies. Example: The Intrepid skim allegedly went from the union to a West Side gang of Irish toughs known as the Westies. (In an unrelated incident, several Westies are currently on trial for kidnapping, loan-sharking, extortion and murder.[…]) 5. A member of the Royal Westminster Regiment. Labels: Canada, slang
Word: Westie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From West + -ie. 1. An intense fan of the Christian singer Matthew West. Labels: slang Example: The Westies in the crowd went wild when Matthew took the stage and sang "Happy".
Word: what's more Part of Speech: adv 1. Contraction of what is more. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: Whetstone Part of Speech: name Etymology: The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛtstəʊn/ 1. A suburb and ward in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693). 2. A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5597). 3. A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. 5. A surname. 6. A synthetic benchmark for evaluating the power and performance of a computer, primarily based on floating-point arithmetic. Example: Developed in the early 1970s by Harold Curnow and Brian Wichmann, Whetstones was originally released in Algol and Fortran versions but was later translated into several other languages. Example: Whetstone reflects mostly numerical computing, using a substantial amount of floating-point arithmetic.
Word: Whetstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛtstəʊn/ 1. A single instruction of the Whetstone benchmark, often expressed as a value per second. Example: The Prodigy 4 does 500,000 Whetstones.
Word: Whig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Whiggamore, possibly from Scots whiggamore (“horse driver”), from whig (“to drive”) + mare. Pronunciation: /ʍɪɡ/, /wɪɡ/ 1. A member of an 18th- and 19th-century political party in Britain that was opposed to the Tories, and eventually became the Liberal Party. Labels: UK, historical Example: One was a piece, Two Cheers for the Whig Interpretation of History, by William Cronon, president of the American Historical Association. 2. A member (especially a politician) of the former Liberal Party or its successor, the Liberal Democrats. Labels: UK, rare 3. An advocate of war against, or independence from, Britain during the American Revolution. Labels: US, historical 4. A member of a 19th-century US political party opposed to the Democratic Party. Labels: US, historical
Word: Whit Part of Speech: noun 1. Whitsunday. Example: Holonyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit (season) 2. The season of Whitsuntide. Example: Meronyms: Pentecost, Whitsun, Whit (day)
Word: Whit Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening of the surname of Dick Whittington, London mayor who funded the rebuilding of the prison. 1. Newgate Prison in London, England (particularly as it was in the 15- and 1600s). Labels: archaic, historical Example: A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong […] He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles. He ended up in the Whit, o’ course." Example: One of the strong drinks brewed in the Whit, a place as noted for the variety of its potions as the irony of its expressions, was called 'South Sea'. The gin brewed in Newgate was […]
Word: White Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from Middle English White, as a nickname for someone with white hair or pale complexion; in some cases from a personal name of the same meaning. See the modern adjective white. * Also as an English surname, from Old English *wiht (“bend”), found only in placenames, a derivative of the verb wican (“to yield, bend”); compare Wight. * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, used as a translation of several Gaelic names containing the element bán and geal, including Mac Giolla bháin (McElwain, Kilbane), Ó Gealagáin (Galligan), Bán (Bane), and Ó Banáin (Bannon). * Also as a Scottish and Irish surname, an Anglicization of Irish de Faoite, itself from Anglo-Norman le White, le Whyte, from the same source as the English surname. 1. A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When Dana White barreled up to the microphone, at Donald Trump’s request, to say his piece on election night, it represented confirmation of the UFC CEO’s status as one of the key members of the president-elect’s inner circle. 2. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: White Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Capitalized due to this racial sense's connotation of (current or historical) European origin, so as to follow the capitalization rules for nationalities and ethne, known in former centuries as “races” (e.g., “the Chinese race”, “the English race”), and also, perhaps, as a way to explicitly distinguish it from the color sense, which is never capitalized outside proper nouns. 1. Alternative letter-case form of white (“of or relating to white complexion or Europeans”). Labels: Canada, UK, US, alt-of, not-comparable, sometimes Example: Unfortunately, many White people have been raised to believe that their race is intrinsically more prejudice than others.
Word: White Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Capitalized due to this racial sense's connotation of (current or historical) European origin, so as to follow the capitalization rules for nationalities and ethne, known in former centuries as “races” (e.g., “the Chinese race”, “the English race”), and also, perhaps, as a way to explicitly distinguish it from the color sense, which is never capitalized outside proper nouns. 1. Alternative letter-case form of white (“European”). Labels: alt-of Example: The Whites on the mission were a special kind of white person, special in the way that my grandmother had explained to me, for they were holy. Example: To add insult to injury, not only do Whites shame each other but every other race joins in because they are also educated to believe Whites have somehow screwed them over and are still screwing them over. 2. An anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces. Labels: historical 3. The player moving the white pieces. Example: The eight files (from left to right for White and from right to left for Black) are indicated by the small letters, a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h, respectively.
Word: Wicca Part of Speech: name Etymology: A twentieth-century borrowing of Old English wiċċa (“male witch”) (from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“sorcerer”)) with a spelling pronunciation. The modern use of the term was introduced first as Wica, mentioned briefly in the tenth chapter of Gerald Gardner's book Witchcraft Today (1954), as a collective noun ("the Wica"), allegedly used as a self-designation by practitioners of witchcraft. The spelling Wicca, again as a collective noun, was introduced and popularized by Gerald Gardner's later book, The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkə/, [ˈwɪkə] 1. A neopagan religion that was first popularized by books written in 1949, 1954, and 1959 by the Englishman Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of a horned male god and a moon goddess, the observance of eight Sabbats, and the performance of various rituals.
Word: Wiccan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Wicca + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the neo-pagan religion of Wicca. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pentacle is sometimes worn as a Wiccan symbol. Example: The way Green practices witchcraft defies stereotypes of broomstick-wielding, cauldron-toting, pointy-hatted witches. He doesn’t belong to a coven. He’s not Wiccan or pagan, religions that are rooted in witchcraft. He has a few cats, though they’re better suited for snuggling than serving as helpful familiars.
Word: Wiccan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wicca + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkən/ 1. A follower of Wicca.
Word: Wiener Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: Wikipedians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wikipedian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wild Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.
Word: Wilde Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪld/, [ˈwaɪə̯ɫd] 1. A surname from Middle English. 2. A surname from Middle English. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: A dread sunny day / So I meet you at the cemetry [sic] gates / Keats and Yeats on your side / While Wilde is on mine
Word: Wile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English wile, an occupational surname for a trapper or a nickname for a wily person. 1. A surname transferred from the nickname. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare
Word: Will Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard. Pronunciation: /wɪl/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard, from the Germanic languages; also used as a formal given name. Example: Make but my name thy loue, and loue that ſtill, / And then thou loueſt me for my name is Will. Example: One of his neighbours opposite, a nice old guy with a stoop and a horrible little Yorkshire terrier, called him Bill - always had done and presumably always would, right up till the day he died. It actually irritated Will, who was not, he felt, by any stretch of the imagination, a Bill. Bill wouldn't smoke spliffs and listen to Nirvana. So why had he allowed this misapprehension to continue? Why hadn't he just said, four years ago, "Actually my name is Will"? 2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
Word: Will Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of William or, less often, other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard. Pronunciation: /wɪl/ 1. A weak-side linebacker. Example: Will linebacker drops to turn-in, QB dropping dumps the ball off to HB. Example: Our Will linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender. Will covers the back side hook zone on the weak side.
Word: Willie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Will Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English Willie From Will + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪli/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name William. Example: Well agreed, Willie; then sit thee down, swain; Such a song never heardest thou but Colin sing. Example: Not one of his old friends but had been taken to task, in Willie's familiar note of boyish plaintiveness: "Why don't you call me by my own name? I never did like 'Willie' - 'William' isn't so bad. But the other sounds like pinafores and bed sheets." 2. A diminutive of the female given name Wilhelmina or a feminine diminutive of William, often in the form Willie Mae. Example: Most of the names sounded white. There was Willie Mae Jones, Leroy Washington, Roosevelt Tucker, Bessie Lou Bean, and a few other black names. But the list looked awfully pale.
Word: Willow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From willow. 1. A female given name from English of modern usage. Example: Before he died her father had run a nursery just outside the town. He loved trees so much he'd even named his two daughters and one son after them: Willow, Ashley and Oak. 2. A census-designated place in Alaska. 3. A town in Oklahoma. 4. A town in Wisconsin.
Word: Willy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Will Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Willy From Will + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪli/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name William
Word: Wind Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from wind (both senses). This surname also appears in Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and German with the same senses, such as Wint. Compare De Wind. * Also as a German surname, variant of Wendt. 1. A surname
Word: Windisch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Windisch. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Winker Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Winker. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Winter Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from the Germanic languages. Labels: countable 2. A unisex given name. Labels: countable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The personification of winter, wintertime. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Winter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of winter. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: Wisdom Part of Speech: name 1. The Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
Word: Wo Part of Speech: prefix 1. the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, the Richard van der Riet Woolley expansion Labels: morpheme
Word: Wobbly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ 1. A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union. Example: The gray man didn’t think I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get the low-down on me, and to not let himself be pumped about radical affairs while he was doing it. Example: I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies.
Word: Wolf Part of Speech: name Etymology: From wolf. 1. The constellation Lupus.
Word: Wolf Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English and German short forms of given names containing the Germanic element "wolf". 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 2. A male given name.
Word: Wonder Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Wonders of the World.
Word: Wonderbra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A proprietary name, from wonder + bra. 1. A type of padded, underwired bra designed to enhance the wearer's cleavage. Example: The time has come, writes Germaine Greer, to burn our Wonderbras and slip into something more comfortable.
Word: Wood Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wʊd/ 1. An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname originating as an occupation for a woodsman. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A place in the United Kingdom: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A place in the United Kingdom: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Woods Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wʊdz/ 1. A topographic surname from Middle English, variant of Wood. Possibly patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A number of places: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Woods Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wʊdz/ 1. plural of Wood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Woody Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Woodrow + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdi/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Woodrow. Example: Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever.
Word: Wool Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /wʊl/ 1. A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY8486).
Word: Woomera Part of Speech: name Etymology: From woomera, borrowed from Dharug wumara. 1. An area of South Australia used in Australia's rocket launch program. 2. A town in South Australia, Australia located on the Nullarbor Plain about 150 miles north of Adelaide.
Word: Worms Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Worms, from Old High German Wormazia, Warmazia, etc., from Latin Vormatia, from a Gaulish name attested in Latin as Borbetomagus and Bormitomagus with influence from Latin -ātus (adjective-forming suffix) and -ia (toponym-forming suffix), of uncertain origin but usually conjectured to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”). Has no relation to worm. Pronunciation: /vɔːmz/, /vɔɹmz/ 1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Example: Diet of Worms... Edict of Worms...
Word: Worship Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of address of a mayor and other dignitaries Labels: UK 2. A form of address of a mayor. Labels: Canada, archaic
Word: Worship Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Wright Part of Speech: name Etymology: English and Scottish occupational surname, from the archaic noun wright (“builder, maker”). Found as the second element of compounds such as Wainwright, Cartwright, etc. Pronunciation: /ɹaɪt/ 1. A British surname originating as an occupation from a maker of machinery; found in many combinations such as Cartwright. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In addition to the report, which the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency are using as evidence to weaken pollution rules, the administration has removed all congressionally mandated climate assessments from federal websites. Energy Sec. Chris Wright said the administration is changing those previously published assessments before they put them back on the web, CNN reported. 2. An American surname from French; also a confused anglicization of the French le droit. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A former municipality, now part of Gracefield, Quebec, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. Places in the Philippines, named after Luke Edward Wright: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Wunderkind Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of wunderkind. Labels: alt-of
Word: Xantippe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zænˈtɪpi/ 1. Alternative spelling of Xanthippe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: RICHARD HOOKER, that rare and admirable Theologiſt, [...] married a clowniſh ſilly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe, [...] Example: [page 235] He was prudent and induſtrious, and ſo good a Huſbandman, that he might have led a very eaſy and comfortable Life, had not an errant Vixen of a Wife ſoured his domeſtic Quiet. [...] [page 236] By this Xantippe (ſo was the Wife of Socrates called, ſaid Partridge) By this Xantippe he had two Sons, of which I was the younger.
Word: Xerox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark; see xerox for more. 1. Alternative letter-case form of xerox. Labels: alt-of
Word: Xerox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Genericized trademark; see xerox for more. 1. Alternative letter-case form of xerox. Labels: alt-of
Word: Xi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西 (xī). Pronunciation: /ʃiː/, /t͡ʃiː/, /ʒiː/ 1. A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl. Example: The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east. Example: My slow boat to China began and ended last spring in Hong Kong. For the first leg of the journey, I headed northwest into China on the Xi River, leaving Tai Kok Tsui Pierat dawn for the 10-hour Hovercraft ride from Hong Kong to Wuzhou.
Word: Xi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 習／习 (Xí). Pronunciation: /ʃiː/, /t͡ʃiː/, /ʒiː/ 1. A surname from Chinese 2. A surname from Chinese Example: Vice President Xi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States. Example: Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, where Xi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage.
Word: Xi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隰 (Xī). Pronunciation: /ʃiː/, /t͡ʃiː/, /ʒiː/ 1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China. Example: Daning County is located in the south of Luliang Mountain and west of Linfen City in Shanxi Province. Pu County and Xi County are to the east of Daning County,[...] Example: The 203rd Brigade was blocked by the Red 25th Army, a battalion was wiped out in Xi County, and the battalion commander and more than 200 soldiers were captured.
Word: Xi Part of Speech: noun 1. Capital Greek letter Ξ (X) 2. Capital Greek letter Ξ (X) Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. Alternative form of xi/Ξ, ellipsis of xi baryon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Xiphias Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Dorado (“constellation of the southern sky”).
Word: Y Part of Speech: character Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wye and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, uppercase 2. Used for the Greek letter Υ (Y, “upsilon”). Labels: letter, uppercase
Word: Y Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y. 2. A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation. 3. A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.
Word: Y Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of yes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Y Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of year (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Y Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. Clipping of YMCA or YWCA. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: He had sat next to Cindy returning from the Y and smelled the chlorine on her. A sodden Band-Aid had clung by a few lingering bits of stickum to her knee.
Word: Y Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings. Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: Of course, the audience up here at the Bronx “Y” will probably be a little parochial, but if I make good in the lecture, I might one day end up speaking down at the Lex. Ave. “Y” where great thinkers like Norman Mailer and Seymour Krim are always airing their views. Example: When a 50ish woman at my Y learned that I was about to turn 80, she exclaimed, “80 is the new 60, and you set a great example for the rest of us!”
Word: Y Part of Speech: name Etymology: See IJ. Pronunciation: /waɪ/ 1. Obsolete form of IJ: a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Amsterdam, Hol. fortif. on the gulf Y and the Amstel river, 27,000 ho. in the town, nearly as many in the suburbs; 210,000 inh. 1000 rp. 50,000 lm. 6000 sailors; well built, many canals, ground very damp and marshy, very clean streets, […]