nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: incorporeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal. Pronunciation: /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/, /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/ 1. Having no material form or physical substance. Example: Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms / Reduced their shapes immense. Example: Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us. 2. Relating to an asset that does not have a material form; such as a patent.
Word: incorporeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal. Pronunciation: /ɪnkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/, /ɪŋkɔː(ɹ)ˈpɔːɹiəl/ 1. Something that is incorporeal. Example: The World is all viciſsitude and converſion. Nor is it onely true in Materials and Substances; but even in Spirits, in Incorporeals; […] Example: The divine nature of the celeſtial bodies cannot be ſeen through the teleſcope, and incorporeals are not to be viewed with a microſcopic eye: […]
Word: Magyar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/ 1. The Uralic language of the Hungarians.
Word: Magyar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/ 1. A surname from Hungarian.
Word: Magyar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/ 1. A Hungarian individual, especially in the sense of an ethnic Hungarian.
Word: Magyar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡjɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæd͡ʒɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈmæɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑɡjɑɹ/, /ˈmɑd͡ʒɑɹ/ 1. Hungarian
Word: corps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French corps d'armée (literally “army body”), from Latin corpus (“body”). Doublet of corpse and corpus. See also English riff. 1. A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions. 2. An organized group of people united by a common purpose. Example: diplomatic corps Example: White House press corps
Word: corps Part of Speech: noun 1. A corps de ballet. Example: The performers were all creditable dancers as well as comedians […] even the largest of them cavorted about en pointe with wonderful ease, and the corps work was extremely precise in its inaccuracies.
Word: corps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. 1. plural of corp Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corps Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of corpse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: How to keep the corps ſeven dayes from corruption by anointing and waſhing, without exenteration, were an hazardable peece of art, in our choiſeſt practiſe. Example: To mee, who with eternal Famin pine, / Alike is Hell, or Paradiſe, or Heaven, / There beſt, where moſt with ravin I may meet; / Which here, though plenteous, all too little ſeems / To ſtuff this Maw, this vaſt unhide-bound Corps.
Word: idiot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot. Pronunciation: /ˈɪdiət/, /ˈɪd͡ʒət/ 1. A person of low general intelligence. Labels: derogatory Example: Only an idiot would fail this exam. Example: After failing a hat-trick of exams, the teacher called him an idiot. 2. A person who makes stupid decisions; a fool. Labels: derogatory Example: He thought people who don't like cricket are idiots. He later got into fights with people who like football. Example: We think that people who cycle without a helmet are idiots. 3. A person of the lowest intellectual standing, a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old; a person with an IQ below 30. Labels: obsolete Example: Idiots were thought to be peculiarly under the care of the Deity, and it was believed that those who treated them kindly would be blessed. Example: It is an offence for a man to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a woman whom he knows to be an idiot or imbecile.
Word: idiot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English idiote, ydiote, from Old French idiote (later idiot), from Latin idiota, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “a private citizen, one who has no professional knowledge, layman”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one's own, pertaining to oneself, private”). Doublet of idiota. By surface analysis, idi- + -ot. Pronunciation: /ˈɪdiət/, /ˈɪd͡ʒət/ 1. Idiotic, stupid. Labels: uncommon
Word: ja Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans ja (“yes”), from Dutch ja (“yes”). More at yea. 1. Yes. Labels: South-Africa, informal, not-comparable Example: Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.
Word: ja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Revised Romanization of Korean 자 (ja). 1. Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
Word: aglet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aglet, aglett, agglot, from Old French aguillete. Doublet of aiglet and aiguillette. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.ɡlət/ 1. Alternative spelling of aiglet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Thy garters fringed with the golde, And siluer aglets hanging by, Which made thee blithe for to beholde, And yet thou wouldst not loue me. 2. The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying. Example: The aglet of the shoelace passes through each grommet. 3. A catkin.
Word: inevitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/, [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.tə.bɫ̩], [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩], /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/, [ɪˈnev.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩] 1. Impossible to avoid or prevent. Example: We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable. Example: It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…] 2. Predictable or always happening. Example: My outburst met with the inevitable punishment. Example: This horse and rider, with their free, rhythmical gallop, were the only moving things to be seen on the face of the flat country. They seemed, in the last sad light of evening, not to be there accidentally, but as an inevitable detail of the landscape.
Word: inevitable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French inevitable, from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in- + ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/, [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.tə.bɫ̩], [ɪˈnɛv.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩], /ɪˈnevɪtəbəl/, [ɪˈnev.ɪ.ɾə.bɫ̩] 1. Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided. Example: I pass also the jealousies, the quarrels, the disgusts, that make the catholic questions and corn-bills of married life—and only dwell on one particular: some irresistible hat, some adorable cap, some exquisite robe, has rather elongated your milliner's list of inevitables... Example: In the migratory patterns of the city's art scenes, there are two inevitables: First, that neighbourhoods where art makes its home become instantly more attractive; and second, because of it, art won't be at home for long.
Word: OProv Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Old Provençal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: OIr Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Old Irish. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Old Iranian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: assertoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of German assertorisch (“assertory”) (itself a calque of Latin assertōrius using using Latin assert- (supine stem of asserō) + -orisch (“-ory”), popularized by Immanuel Kant). By surface analysis, assertor + -ic. See German -orisch. Pronunciation: /ˌæsɚˈtɔɹɪk/ 1. Stating that which is actual, usually in contrast with modal sentences.
Word: Novial Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Novial Nov International Auxiliari Lingue (“New International Auxiliary Language”). 1. An international auxiliary language, or interlanguage, published by the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen in 1928.
Word: interlanguage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + language. In the language acquisition sense introduced by Larry Selinker in 1972. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜɹˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A language generated by a student of a foreign language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language. Example: Trasyanka and Surzhyk are interlanguages: a Belarusian–Russian and a Ukrainian–Russian mixed language. Example: The learner's selection from his/her store of interlanguage rules is not haphazard but systematic and predictable, based as it is on his/her existing rule system in much the same way as the native speaker bases his/her speech on the internalized knowledge of the L1 system. 2. A lingua franca, a common language used by speakers of different languages Example: Latin used to be the European interlanguage. Currently English widely serves this purpose. Example: As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage. 3. A pidgin or creole
Word: jy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the letter i (of which j was originally a variant) by affixing the /d͡ʒ/ sound to it. Compare French ji, and the similar derivation of Italian vu. Generally changed to jay by association with kay. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒaɪ/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter J/j. Labels: Scotland, archaic, dialectal
Word: ky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kye: plural of cow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kye (“cocoa”). Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable Example: I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.
Word: ky Part of Speech: symbol 1. Symbol for kiloyear, an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years. Labels: alt-of, symbol
Word: ny Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of nigh. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: py Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pack-year. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: py Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pinyin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: py Part of Speech: prep 1. Pronunciation spelling of by. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: ty Part of Speech: intj 1. Initialism of thank you. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: vy Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of vie. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original.
Word: similar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/, /ˈsɪm.ə.lə/, /ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/, /ˈsɪm.lɚ/, /ˈsəm.ə.lə/ 1. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, allied, comparable. Example: My new car is quite similar to my old one, except it has a bit more space in the back. Example: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. 2. Having the same shape, in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional. 3. Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
Word: similar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French similaire, from Medieval Latin similaris, extended from Latin similis (“like”); akin to simul (“together”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.ɪ.lə/, /ˈsɪm.ə.lə/, /ˈsɪm.ə.lɚ/, /ˈsɪm.lɚ/, /ˈsəm.ə.lə/ 1. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc. 2. A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
Word: exactitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French exactitude, from exact, from Latin exactus, perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due" or "measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzæktɪt(j)uːd/ 1. Attention to small details; accuracy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [W]hen making a passage from one feeding-ground to another, the sperm whales, guided by some infallible instinct—say, rather, secret intelligence from the Deity—mostly swim in veins, as they are called; continuing their way along a given ocean-line with such undeviating exactitude, that no ship ever sailed her course, by any chart, with one tithe of such marvellous precision. Example: He paced stiffly, looking with extreme exactitude at Lingard's face; looking neither to the right nor to the left but at the face only, as if there was nothing in the world but those features familiar and dreaded; […]
Word: same Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unlikely to be related to Malay and Indonesian sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”) and other similar words in Austronesian languages, based on cognates found in Oceanic languages such as Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”); and Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”), which rarely to never had any direct contact with Indo-European speakers in precolonialism (except Malay and most regional languages of Indonesia, e.g. Javanese and Sundanese). All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *sama (“both, each, everyone, fellow, together, corresponding part; exactly like, in pairs, in line; same”). Pronunciation: /seɪm/, /seːm/, [seːm], [sɛːm] 1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical. Labels: not-comparable Example: I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force. Example: Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens. 2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable. Labels: not-comparable 3. Similar, alike. Labels: not-comparable Example: You have the same hair I do! Example: They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. 4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities. Labels: not-comparable Example: Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day. Example: We were all going in the same direction. 5. A reply of confirmation of identity. Labels: not-comparable Example: King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent? Kent: The same. Example: Dante: Whose house was it? Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's. Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster? Blue-Collar Man: The same. http://www.whysanity.net/monos/clerks5.html
Word: same Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unlikely to be related to Malay and Indonesian sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”) and other similar words in Austronesian languages, based on cognates found in Oceanic languages such as Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”); and Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”), which rarely to never had any direct contact with Indo-European speakers in precolonialism (except Malay and most regional languages of Indonesia, e.g. Javanese and Sundanese). All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *sama (“both, each, everyone, fellow, together, corresponding part; exactly like, in pairs, in line; same”). Pronunciation: /seɪm/, /seːm/, [seːm], [sɛːm] 1. The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged; equally. Labels: not-comparable Example: A mother loves all her children the same. Example: My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
Word: same Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unlikely to be related to Malay and Indonesian sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”) and other similar words in Austronesian languages, based on cognates found in Oceanic languages such as Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”); and Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”), which rarely to never had any direct contact with Indo-European speakers in precolonialism (except Malay and most regional languages of Indonesia, e.g. Javanese and Sundanese). All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *sama (“both, each, everyone, fellow, together, corresponding part; exactly like, in pairs, in line; same”). Pronunciation: /seɪm/, /seːm/, [seːm], [sɛːm] 1. The identical thing, ditto. Example: The same can be said of him. Example: It's the same everywhere. 2. Something similar, something of the identical type. Example: She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same. Example: When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. 3. It or them, without a connotation of similarity. Labels: formal, often Example: The question is his credibility or lack of same. Example: Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same 4. It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same. Labels: India, common Example: My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
Word: same Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of some and -some. Cognates Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”). Unlikely to be related to Malay and Indonesian sama (“same, equal, together, exactly like”) and other similar words in Austronesian languages, based on cognates found in Oceanic languages such as Lauan dama (“mate, fellow, corresponding part; exactly like, the same”), 'Are'are tama (“in line, in pairs”); and Malagasy samy (“both, each, everyone; same”), which rarely to never had any direct contact with Indo-European speakers in precolonialism (except Malay and most regional languages of Indonesia, e.g. Javanese and Sundanese). All of which originated from Proto-Austronesian *sama (“both, each, everyone, fellow, together, corresponding part; exactly like, in pairs, in line; same”). Pronunciation: /seɪm/, /seːm/, [seːm], [sɛːm] 1. Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint. Labels: Internet
Word: same Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English same, samme, samen, (also ysame, isame), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Dutch samen (“together”), German zusammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”), Icelandic saman (“together”). Pronunciation: /seɪm/, /seːm/, [seːm], [sɛːm] 1. Together. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: distinctive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (to push apart, to divide; see distinct) + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ 1. Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing. Example: a product in distinctive packaging Example: Our Apparell was giuen vs as a signe distinctiue to discern betwixt sex and sex. 2. Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things. Labels: rare Example: […]more judicious and distinctive heads... 3. Characteristic, typical. Example: his distinctive bass voice Example: Wordsworth's distinctive work was a war with pomp and pretence, and a display of the majesty of simple feelings and humble hearts. 4. Distinguished, being distinct in character or position. Labels: rare Example: The refugees... at length ceased to exist as a distinctive body among the people. 5. Used to separate clauses in place of stops. Labels: Hebrew Example: These are the main distinctive accents, and by stopping at them... the reader will do justice to the sense. 6. Distinguishing a particular sense of word. Example: Normally we symbolize only phonemes (distinctive features) so far as we can determine them.
Word: distinctive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (to push apart, to divide; see distinct) + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ 1. A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic. Example: ...the red umbrella, the distinctive of royalty here... 2. A distinctive accent. Labels: Hebrew Example: A distinctive of less power than Zakeph is Ṭiphḥâ. 3. A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect. Example: Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.
Word: entity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumbf. Latin ēns Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin entitāsbor. English entity From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.tɪ.ti/ 1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form. Example: The organisational and administrative tasks involved in welding the railways into a single entity have also received much publicity. Example: It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities. 2. The existence of something considered apart from its properties. 3. Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type. 4. The state or quality of being or existence. Example: The group successfully maintains its tribal entity. 5. A spirit, ghost, or the like. Example: [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities. 6. An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
Word: in flagrante delicto Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlīctum (“crime, misdeed”). Pronunciation: /ɪn fləˌɡɹæn.teɪ dɪˈlɪk.təʊ/ 1. In the act of committing a misdeed. Labels: not-comparable Example: He would be caught in flagrante delicto, and, with a heavy sentence hovering over him, he would probably be induced to name his accomplice. 2. While performing sexual activity. Labels: not-comparable Example: We've already established that you were one of Miss Scarlet's clients. That's why you were so desperate to get your hands on those negatives. Photographs of you and Yvette in flagrante delicto, remember? Example: I would add to that the fact that, if we are happy to be caught in flagrante delicto in a picturesque setting, there would be something almost humiliating about being caught somewhere as ugly as that.
Word: red-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From red + handed, likening to a murderer with their hands red with the victim's blood. The phrase to be taken with red hand originally meant "to be caught in the act". The use of red hand in this sense dates back to at least the 15th century in medieval Scotland and Scots law. Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1819) contains the first recorded use of taken red-handed for someone apprehended in the act of committing a crime. The expression subsequently became more common as caught red-handed. 1. Showing clear evidence of guilt; in the act of wrongdoing. Labels: idiomatic Example: to catch red-handed Example: Caught, red-handed, on the spot, in the very act of aiding and abetting the traitors against the Republic of France, the Englishman could claim no protection from his own country. 2. Deadly, bloody. Example: The demon of fire followed close upon the heels of the unseen fiend of the earth's hidden caverns, and ran red-handed through the metropolis of the West, kindling a thousand unhurt buildings, while the horror-stricken people stood aghast in terror, as helpless to combat this new enemy as they were to check the ravages of the earthquake itself. Example: I grew to manhood listening to Greeks and Persians plotting various plots in my master's house, and one night all the plots burst forth into ugly blossoms and bore the fruit of red-handed war, and the Greek cities of Ionia revolted against the Persian overlords. 3. With hands that are red from blood. Labels: informal Example: The blisters had wept blood for a while, leaving him literally red-handed for the rest of the night. Example: A red-handed cleaning lady slopped a wet, ragged mop.
Word: auto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of automatic. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəʊ/, [ˈɔː.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈɔ.toʊ̯/, [ˈɔ.tʰoʊ̯], /ˈɑ.toʊ̯/ 1. Clipping of automatic (of a gearbox/transmission). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable Example: It's an auto sedan which we picked up from a wholesaler locally. Example: For the first eight years of the Tetris Championship Series, the eventual victor used a technique known as delayed auto shift, or "DAS."
Word: auto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of automatic. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəʊ/, [ˈɔː.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈɔ.toʊ̯/, [ˈɔ.tʰoʊ̯], /ˈɑ.toʊ̯/ 1. A setting for automatic operation. Labels: uncountable Example: Put it on auto. 2. An automatic gearbox/transmission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes. 3. A car with an automatic gearbox/transmission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand).
Word: auto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of automobile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəʊ/, [ˈɔː.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈɔ.toʊ̯/, [ˈɔ.tʰoʊ̯], /ˈɑ.toʊ̯/ 1. Clipping of automobile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: My brother is an auto mechanic. He can get me a discount on auto parts. Example: In 1909, his grandfather was the first farmer in the county to buy an auto.
Word: auto Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of automobile. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəʊ/, [ˈɔː.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈɔ.toʊ̯/, [ˈɔ.tʰoʊ̯], /ˈɑ.toʊ̯/ 1. To travel by automobile. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: The food was excellent and well served, and it recalled the Norman cities he had autoed to. Example: Christmas Day we decided to spend in snow, in order to feel more at home, and so we autoed up 5000 ft. to Peira Cava and reveled in the winter sports, autoing back to the roses and “summer time” at nightfall.
Word: auto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of autorickshaw. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəʊ/, [ˈɔː.tʰəʊ̯], /ˈɔ.toʊ̯/, [ˈɔ.tʰoʊ̯], /ˈɑ.toʊ̯/ 1. An autorickshaw. Labels: India Example: Users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past.
Word: turmeric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly corrupted from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “Curcuma”) or from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”), potentially as a folk etymology of the Arabic. Pronunciation: /ˈtɝ.mɚ.ɪk/, [ˈtʰɝ.mɚ.ɪk], /ˈtuː.mə.ɹɪk/, [ˈtʰu.mɚ.ɪk], /ˈtɜː.m(ə).ɹɪk/ 1. An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bobby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒbi/, /ˈbɑbi/ 1. A police officer. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, slang Example: If I am wrong, and if Lessingham’s wrong, how do you explain his extraordinary insistence on taking it inside the cab with him, which the bobby describes? Example: "We are looking at being able to fly [drones] tens of miles from base, which is going to make a huge difference. It is the equivalent of having bobbies on the beat." 2. A railway signaller. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK, slang
Word: bobby Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɒbi/, /ˈbɑbi/ 1. A penis. Labels: Scotland, slang 2. Cocaine. Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby Example: Bad one wanna give man toppy She wanna suck off, follow my crew! On the backroad serving molly, she been battling bad for the bobby Saying she is sick: It's not a flu 3. A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective. Example: The already low proportion of Friesian and Hereford Friesian cross calves sold as bobbies declined to almost insignificant proportions and there was a very steep drop in the proportion of bobby calves in the other breeds Example: The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves. 4. A banana that is extra small in size. Example: My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.
Word: Cherokee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Most likely from the Cherokee autonym ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi). Derivation from a Choctaw exonym meaning "those who live in caves" (compare chiluk (“cave”)) has also been suggested — the Iroquois term for the Cherokee was Oyata'ge'ronon (“inhabitants of the cave country”) — as has derivation from a Creek term for "person(s) who speak(s) a non-Creek language" (see celokketv (“to speak a non-creek language”)). Regardless of its origin, the ethnonym entered European languages at an early date, perhaps as early as the 1670s; in Spanish, the people are called the Tchalaquei as early as 1755. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/ 1. A member of an indigenous North American people.
Word: Cherokee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Most likely from the Cherokee autonym ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi). Derivation from a Choctaw exonym meaning "those who live in caves" (compare chiluk (“cave”)) has also been suggested — the Iroquois term for the Cherokee was Oyata'ge'ronon (“inhabitants of the cave country”) — as has derivation from a Creek term for "person(s) who speak(s) a non-Creek language" (see celokketv (“to speak a non-creek language”)). Regardless of its origin, the ethnonym entered European languages at an early date, perhaps as early as the 1670s; in Spanish, the people are called the Tchalaquei as early as 1755. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹəˈkiː/ 1. An indigenous North American people. 2. Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina. Example: You don’t have to be a member of a tribe to help protect native languages. In Oklahoma, public students can choose to take Indigenous language courses like Bodéwadmimwen, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Comanche and others for school credit — an empowering step toward recognition and respect. Many tribal nations, including CPN, also offer free resources such as language apps, workshops and virtual lessons open to learners of all backgrounds and abilities. 3. A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah. 4. A town in Colbert County, Alabama. 5. Cherokee Village, Arkansas. 6. A census-designated place in Butte County, California. 7. A former gold mining settlement in Nevada County, California. 8. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Iowa. 9. A city in Crawford County, Kansas. 10. A census-designated place in Swain County and Jackson County, North Carolina, capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 11. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio. 12. A city, the county seat of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. 13. An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee. 14. An unincorporated community in San Saba County, Texas. 15. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia. 16. An unincorporated community in Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin. 17. A locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, central Victoria, Australia. 18. Ellipsis of Cherokee County. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Sequoyah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Cherokee ᏎᏉᏯ (sequoya), earlier ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (ssiquoya); usually held to derive from ᏏᏆ ᎠᏯᎠ (siqua ayaa, literally “a beast (is) inside”). Pronunciation: /səˈkwɔɪə/, /səˈkɔɪə/, /sɪ-/ 1. Inventor of the syllabary for writing the Cherokee language, also known as George Guess.
Word: independent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French indépendant, equivalent to in- + dependent. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/ 1. Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free. Example: Niinisto pointed out that he had already told Putin at their first meeting in 2012 that “each independent nation would maximize its own security.” “That is still the case. By joining NATO, Finland will strengthen its own security and assume its responsibilities. It is not something away from anybody,” Niinisto said. 2. Not affiliated with any political party. Example: the independent candidate Example: At one point in the debate, the moderator asked a tough question that had the candidates stumped. Moderator: "This question is for both of the candidates. Those ever-important independent voters who haven’t decided who to vote for would like to know what the real differences between you two are." Gore: "I think the real difference between Governor Bush and I is that he is in fact a Republican, and I am currently a Democrat." Moderator: "That doesn’t really answer the question, I am talking about issues." Bush: "No, he is right. I am a Republican, and he is a Democrat." 3. Providing a comfortable livelihood. Example: an independent property 4. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing. Example: a man of an independent mind 5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. Example: That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.
Word: independent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French indépendant, equivalent to in- + dependent. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/ 1. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform. Example: “Independents opposed the bill by around a 3-to-1 margin … The KFF and Fox News polls – the ones with the fewest undecideds – showed 7 in 10 independents opposed it,” Blake wrote. 2. A neutral or uncommitted person. 3. A small, privately owned business. Example: It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques. 4. A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
Word: alternative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin alternus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin alternō Latin alternātus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin alternātīvusder. Middle French alternatifbor. English alternative From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). By surface analysis, alternate + -ive. Compare alternate. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/, /ɔːlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/, /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/, /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/, /ɔlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/ 1. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. Labels: not-comparable Example: an alternative proposition Example: There are two alternative theories as to why this phenomenon occurs. 2. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities. Labels: not-comparable Example: alternative conjunctions like or 3. Other; different from something else. Labels: not-comparable Example: Exploring alternative realities isn't just a game for boys. In 1666, Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle, published a utopian fantasy of compelling strangeness. 4. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground. Labels: not-comparable Example: alternative medicine; alternative lifestyle; alternative rock 5. Alternate, reciprocal. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: He [the Sun] it is that giveth light to all things, and riddeth them from darkneſſe : hee hideth the other ſtarres, and ſheweth them againe : he ordereth the ſeaſons in their alternative courſe : he tempereth the yeere, ariſing ever freſh and new againe, for the benefite and good of the world.
Word: alternative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *aliteros Latin alter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin alternus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin alternō Latin alternātus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin alternātīvusder. Middle French alternatifbor. English alternative From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). By surface analysis, alternate + -ive. Compare alternate. Pronunciation: /ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/, /ɔːlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/, /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/, /ɑlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/, /ɔlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/ 1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. Example: I gave you the alternative; you decided to stay. Example: “The cloister or a betrothed husband?” I echoed—“Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?” 2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. Example: Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. 3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. 4. alternative rock Labels: uncountable 5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism. Example: Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.
Word: traveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English travel 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 traveler From travel + -er. 1. US standard spelling of traveller. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: The traveler on this road stands a fair chance of missing his connecting links in the great railway chain which interthreads the continent east and west […] Example: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
Word: exotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/, /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/, [ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk], /ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/ 1. Foreign, especially in an exciting way. Example: an exotic appearance Example: Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. 2. Foreign, especially in an exciting way. 3. Foreign, especially in an exciting way. Example: exotic materials 4. Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options. 5. Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races. 6. Denoting or relating to any animal that is not a cat or dog, requiring specialised healthcare 7. Unusual to keep or undomesticated.
Word: exotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɒtɪk/, /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/, [ɪɡˈzɑɾɪk], /ɪɡˈzɔtɪk/ 1. An organism that is exotic to an environment; an introduced species. 2. A person not native to a particular area; a foreigner. Example: There were a few exotics among them — some South American boys, sons of Argentine beef barons, one or two Russians, and even a Siamese prince, or someone who was described as a prince. 3. An exotic dancer; a stripteaser. 4. Any exotic particle. Example: Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics.
Word: Third World Part of Speech: name 1. Those countries not aligned with the west or the east during the Cold War. Labels: historical 2. Developing countries, especially those of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: Our district has many immigrants from Third World countries Example: How about — take a deep breath — eliminating the subsidies to American farmers that keep Third World farmers from being able to make a living selling their products? 3. Any developing country, or a country lacking the perceived internationally respected ideal standards of a society (e.g. sufficient rule of law and internationally respected level of prosperity). Labels: attributive, derogatory, informal Example: In some instances, the U.S.’s performance is downright abysmal, far below foreign countries that are snidely looked-down-upon as “third world.” Example: […] "IT IS LIKEWISE A CONTINUING ATTACK ON OUR ONCE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. THE USA IS NOW A THIRD WORLD NATION, A NATION IN SERIOUS DECLINE. SO SAD!"[…]"The ruling party is trying to jail the opposition leader like a third world dictatorship! It's happening before your very eyes," Trump Jr. said in a tweet.[…]Meanwhile, Eric Trump condemned the indictment as "third world prosecutorial misconduct […] 4. People of marginalized or exploited races, collectively. Example: Although it has been publicized that 1/3 of the musicians are women of color. these women were chosen without consulting the Third World Women's community.
Word: ironic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós). Compare Middle French, ironique, equivalent to irony + -ic. Pronunciation: /aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/, /aɪˈɹɑ.nɪk/, /ɑeˈɹɔn.ɪk/, /aɪˈɹɒn.ək/, [ɑe̯ˈɹɔ̟n.ək] 1. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. Example: It's somewhat ironic to have a wave of smog right on Earth Day. Example: It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory. 2. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. Labels: proscribed Example: It's ironic that we are eating a sandwich in Sandwich, Massachusetts. 3. Acting in an unserious and teasing manner. Example: Don't take it personally. We're just being ironic. 4. Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical. Labels: usually Example: You should assume that everything this guy posts is ironic. Example: Here’s a tip: If a group of people start using something as ironic hate speech, it will eventually be used for unironic hate speech. Don’t act surprised.