nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: introject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from introjection. Pronunciation: /ɪntɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. To unconsciously incorporate into one's psyche. Example: Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of something divine in general); […]; sometimes the general differentiation of subject and object to pregivenness of the co- or 'fellow-man', to whom an environmental element—as, for instance, 'this tree' — is supposed to be introjected, followed by subsequent introjection by the observer to himself (Avenarius); sometimes one's own body to a merely associative coordination of the self-perception of the own self and organ sensations with the own body as perceived from outside.
Word: introject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from introjection. Pronunciation: /ɪntɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. An element of another person that is unconsciously incorporated into one's psyche. Example: When introjects are weak (or even absent), an anaclitic personality configuration results, characterized by dependency, insecurity, and feelings of helplessness and emptiness. Example: Repetitious comments are other examples of introjects that we take on as if they were truths. These include: You're lazy; you're selfish; you'll never amount to anything; […]
Word: introjected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of introject Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Invisible Pink Unicorn Part of Speech: name 1. A unicorn goddess who is simultaneously invisible and pink, used in arguments against faith in an unprovable deity. Labels: Internet, humorous Example: If you feel it is the duty of others to refute the claim, and not of yourself to support it, then how about refuting the existence of invisible pink unicorns? Example: Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.
Word: tercet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)sɪt/ 1. a three-line stanza in a poem
Word: mod man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for modification man. 1. A person who experiments with and modifies the internals of machinery, electronics, or software that has been mass-produced; a creative mechanic or technician. Labels: slang Example: I'm a huge mod man here from McMaster University and looking for other mods in the Toronto area Example: Dr Dirt is indeed Eric Gorr long time porter and engine mod man. He has made some of the top pro riders in the sport their engines
Word: mod man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for modern man. 1. A man who is modern in style. Labels: informal Example: It may well be that the mod preoccupation with style and the emergence of the unisex look and the ‘effeminate’ mod man, gave girls a more legitimate place in the subculture than had previously been the case. Example: 1997 September, “ezmarelda” from worldnet.att.net, “Re: Learning to See”, alt.dreams.castaneda, Usenet ezmarelda: do u have a cracker jack degree in psychology from pete ross U? are ua [you a] mod man? Emilio: No degrees or pedigree.... I live in a modern world but seek another mode.
Word: feebates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feebate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Flying Spaghetti Monster Part of Speech: name 1. A deity consisting of spaghetti and meatballs, the creator of the universe according to the religion of Pastafarianism. Labels: humorous Example: I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Example: Is the super-intelligent, super-popular god known as the Flying Spaghetti Monster any match for the prophets of intelligent design?
Word: feebate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fee + rebate. 1. A tax or user charge imposed by government that charges users of socially undesirable items and applies the money to payments for users of socially desirable items.
Word: propria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proprium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From qualify. 1. Clipping of qualifying. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable, usually
Word: quali Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From qualify. 1. Clipping of qualifier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: introjection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intro-, by analogy with projection and interjection. 1. The process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of something divine in general); […]; sometimes the general differentiation of subject and object to pregivenness of the co- or 'fellow-man', to whom an environmental element—as, for instance, 'this tree' — is supposed to be introjected, followed by subsequent introjection by the observer to himself (Avenarius); sometimes one's own body to a merely associative coordination of the self-perception of the own self and organ sensations with the own body as perceived from outside.
Word: vers de societe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French vers de société. 1. A type of light poetry suited to the amusement of polite upper-class society.
Word: villanelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French villanelle, from Italian villanella, from villano (“peasant”), from Latin vīllānus (“farmhand”), from vīlla (“estate”). The origin references the pastoral themes originally associated with this form. Pronunciation: /vɪləˈnɛl/ 1. A type of poem, consisting of five tercets and one quatrain, with only two rhymes. Example: By definition the villanelle is restrictive, because it demands nineteen lines on two rhymes in six stanzas, the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the concluding quatrain. Example: But “Some Rules” is a villanelle, and it mostly follows the rules of the genre, an old French form that has found favor among modern English-language poets. (See Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,” another advice-giving villanelle.)
Word: Garden of Eden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen). 1. In the Book of Genesis of the Bible and Surat Sad of the Qur'an, a garden at the source of the Gihon, Pishon, Tigris, and Euphrates rivers, where Adam and Eve first lived after being created. Example: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Example: Latter-day Saints know, through modern revelation, that the Garden of Eden was on the North American continent and that Adam and Eve began their conquest of the earth in the upper part of what is now the state of Missouri.
Word: Garden of Eden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן (gan ʿḗḏen). 1. An idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia. Labels: figuratively 2. A state or condition of unsullied innocence. Labels: figuratively 3. A pattern that can only exist as an initial state and is not attainable from any other state. Example: In this paper the author presents some properties regarding the existence or non-existence of gardens of Eden for the cellular automata. Example: I have gotten interested in Garden-of-Eden configurations in Life. All that I have been able to uncover thus far is that there are 2 know configurations:
Word: Russian roulette Part of Speech: name Etymology: From roulette, a game of chance involving a revolving wheel. The first description is apparently in "The Fatalist," an 1840 short story by Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov. 1. A deadly game in which a person loads a single bullet in the cylinder of a revolver, spins the cylinder so that the bullet's location is unknown, points the muzzle at his/her head, and pulls the trigger. In its most lethal form, played by multiple participants each of whom takes a turn until the weapon discharges. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable 2. Any activity, especially a needless one, that carries a high risk of death or disaster. Labels: figuratively, uncountable
Word: Russianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Russian Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English Russianness From Russian + -ness. 1. The quality or characteristic of being Russian. Labels: uncountable Example: What could represent ‘Russianness’ or ‘Germanness’ inside a work written in English?
Word: tube feeding syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A potentially fatal condition caused by a feeding regimen given through a tube that provides too little water and too much protein in the diet. Labels: uncountable
Word: belt loop Part of Speech: noun 1. A highway that loops around the perimeter of a major city. Labels: US 2. One of the loops of fabric ringing the waist of a pair of pants, used to hold the belt in place. 3. The D-shaped frame of a belt buckle.
Word: fo shizzle my nizzle Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From fo shizzle + my + nizzle, rhyming variation of nigga, with the rhyming particle -izzle. Pronunciation: /foʊ ˈʃɪzl̩ ma(ɪ)ˈnɪzl̩/ 1. A more emphatic and familiar form of fo shizzle; “For sure, my friend”, used to stress the following sentence. Labels: slang
Word: Kintyre Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Cinn Tìre (literally “headland”). 1. A peninsula in the south-west of Argyll and Bute council area, western Scotland. 2. An unincorporated community in Emmons County, North Dakota, United States. Original name: Campbell. 3. A neighbourhood of Saint Andrew parish, Jamaica.
Word: Umeå Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Swedish Umeå from úm’ (sound made by the river) + Swedish å (“river”). Pronunciation: /ˈuːməɔː/, /ˈuːmeɪoʊ/ 1. A city on the east coast of northern Sweden.
Word: pastourelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pastourelle. 1. A type of poetry concerning the romance of a shepherdess.
Word: LU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of London Underground. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Liberty Union Party. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of La Union. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of livestock unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LU Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for lower-upper. 1. A matrix decomposition which writes a matrix as the product of a lower and upper triangular matrix, used in numerical analysis to solve systems of linear equations or find the inverse of a matrix.
Word: triolet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French tri- French -ole Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -et French trioletbor. English triolet Borrowed from French triolet. Pronunciation: /ˈtriːə(ʊ)lɛt/, /ˈtrʌɪəlɛt/ 1. An eight-line poem whose rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB and whose lines are in iambic tetrameter. Example: The triolet, like the sestina and several other forms of French-derived poetry, is a form of rhyming poetry that has lines that repeat.
Word: monodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monodic From monody + -ic. Pronunciation: /məˈnɒdɪk/, /ˌmɒˈ-/, /məˈnɑdɪk/ 1. pertaining to monody
Word: monodical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English monodical From monody + -ical. 1. pertaining to monody
Word: phone tag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: phone + tag (children's game) 1. A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: "What frequently results is a game of phone tag. One party tries to reach another, is unable to, and leaves voice-mail indicating an interest in finding a time to meet. The other party returns the call, more often than not fails to reach the original caller, and leaves voice-mail in response." Example: "Avoid phone tag, which results when two parties go back and forth trying to reach each other by phone."
Word: monodist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English monody Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English monodist From monody + -ist. 1. The writer of a monody.
Word: threnodial Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining or similar to a threnody. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Perhaps I ought not to use the word 'trifle' in connection with a composition of a threnodial and dirge-like character," he continued deprecatingly.
Word: threnodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English threnody Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English threnodic From threnody + -ic. 1. Pertaining or similar to a threnody. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is a definite poetic impulse here, too: possibly threnodic in character (the work is dedicated to the memory of her mother), but certainly with some elements of darkness and poignancy underlying it.
Word: threnodist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English threnody Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English threnodist From threnody + -ist. 1. A person who writes or says a threnody. Labels: rare
Word: virelay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. Alternative spelling of virelai. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Now making layes of loue and louers paine, Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine [...]. Example: Methinks my life is a twice-written scroll Scrawled over on some boyish holiday With idle songs for pipe and virelay, Which do but mar the secret of the whole.
Word: Lü Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Word: Lü Part of Speech: name 1. A Tai-Kadai language spoken in Yunnan province of China, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
Word: Lü Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 呂 /吕 (Lǚ). 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: Haparanda Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden, on the border with Finland.
Word: visual poem Part of Speech: noun 1. A poem written in such a way that the lines form a pattern, usually related to the subject-matter of the poem.
Word: matrix decomposition Part of Speech: noun 1. A process by which a matrix (a rectangular table of numbers or abstract quantities that can be added and multiplied) is broken down into simpler numerical building blocks. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chebs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: altar poem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: altar + poem 1. a visual poem in the shape of an altar or a cross
Word: carmen figuratum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin carmen figuratum. 1. A visual poem in the shape of an object.
Word: figure poem Part of Speech: noun 1. A visual poem in the shape of an object.
Word: shape poem Part of Speech: noun 1. A poem written in such a way that the lines form a pattern, usually related to the subject-matter of the poem.
Word: autocomplete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automaticclip. English auto- English complete English autocomplete From auto- + complete. 1. To complete automatically.
Word: autocomplete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automaticclip. English auto- English complete English autocomplete From auto- + complete. 1. A software feature that predicts the rest of a word a user is typing. Labels: uncountable Example: Tools like spellcheck, autocomplete, and speech-to-text impose someone's ideas of the rules of English automatically—invisible authorities that we can defy but not avoid.
Word: emails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of email Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emails Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of email Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cordovans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cordovan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overdressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English dressed English overdressed From over- + dressed. 1. Wearing too many clothes for the weather or the occasion. Example: Almost all babies get heat rash during hot weather. However, heat rash can occur even in cold weather if your child is overdressed either during the daytime or the nighttime. 2. Wearing clothes too formal or too elaborate for the occasion. Example: Not, a thousand times not, that she should be overdressed. An overdressed Angel is a contradiction in terms. We associate not angelic attributes with the gorgeous attire and plenipotent jewellery of a Houndsditch Hebrewess. Just as the man who is got up in the loudest of loud costumes, and hangs out as a sort of Christmas tree, with incongruous braveries and charms and nicknacks pendent all over, we are apt to deem not a gentleman, but a gent. Example: "I was worried you might think I am overdressed," Sheinna replied in a small voice.
Word: overdressed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English dress English overdress English -ed English overdressed From overdress + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of overdress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tourney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei (“tournament”), from tornoier (“to joust, tilt”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɝni/, /ˈtʊɚni/, /ˈtʊə(ɹ)ni/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)ni/ 1. A tournament. Example: By a knight of ghostes & shadowes, I sumon’d am to Tourney. ten leagues beyond the wide worlds end Example: And let the recreant traitors seek My tourney court.
Word: tourney Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei (“tournament”), from tornoier (“to joust, tilt”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɝni/, /ˈtʊɚni/, /ˈtʊə(ɹ)ni/, /ˈtɔː(ɹ)ni/ 1. To take part in a tournament. Labels: archaic Example: Here indeed, perhaps, by rule of antagonisms, may be the place to mention that, after King Richard’s return, there was a liberty of tourneying given to the fighting men of England […]
Word: enduement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endue Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enduement From endue + -ment. 1. Enduing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A thing endued. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soixante-neuf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soixante-neuf. 1. Sixty-nine (a sex position). Labels: uncountable Example: When he wanted to bury his face in my crotch, or do soixante-neuf, I laughed. He was offended.
Word: soixante-neuf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soixante-neuf. 1. To sixty-nine (a sex position). Labels: intransitive, rare, slang, transitive
Word: scurried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scurry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: click beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.
Word: ipsissimosity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ipsissimosität, coined in 1886 by Friedrich Nietzsche from the Latin ipsissima (“very own”). 1. Self-referentiality. Labels: uncountable Example: who has not been sick to death of everything subjective and its accursed ipsissimosity!
Word: Arunim Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अरुणिमन् (aruṇiman, “redness, red color”), referring to the reddish glow of the sun, which could be easily seen on the early morning sky. 1. A male given name from Hindi used in India.
Word: epikeia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia, “reasonableness”). 1. The principle in ethics that a law can be broken to achieve a greater good. Labels: uncountable
Word: MSTID Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Multiple Spanning Tree IDentifier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: polar cone Part of Speech: noun 1. Relative to a set S in Rⁿ, the set of points y such that the inner product of x and y is not positive for any point x in S. Example: Since a is in S and b is in Sᵒ — the polar cone of S — we know that aᵀ b ≤ 0.
Word: polyphon Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden-cased music box of a kind typically manufactured in Germany.
Word: breezier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of breezy: more breezy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: breeziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of breezy: most breezy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: noontime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noon + time, perhaps an innovation of earlier English noontide (“noontime”), from Middle English noon tijd, from Old English nōntīd (“noontime”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English merian, merion (“noontime”) from Old French meriiene, merīane (“noontime”). 1. Noon. 2. Approximately noon. Example: the noontime hours 3. The time at which something peaks in some way (e.g., in vitality, in influence, in reknown) (by analogy with the waxing of the sun each day). Labels: figuratively Example: We should so organize our rank and mobilize our forces that our influence may not be dissipated before the advancing hosts of quackery and ignorance. This we can do effectively if only the wise and successful ones among our leaders can be induced to forgo the dolce far niente of the noontime of their lives.
Word: hazier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of hazy: more hazy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: haziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hazy: most hazy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: icier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of icy: more icy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: iciest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of icy: most icy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: noisier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of noisy: more noisy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: noisiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of noisy: most noisy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: luckiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of lucky: most lucky Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: luckier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of lucky: more lucky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: boiled eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boiled egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kotlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin costabor. Old French coste Middle French coste Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Middle French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette Middle French -elette Middle French costelette French côtelettebor. Polish kotletbor. English kotlet Borrowed from Polish kotlet, borrowed from French côtelette, from Middle French costelette (“little rib”), from coste + -elette. Doublet of cutlet, kotleta, and partly katsu. 1. A type of Polish meat patty.
Word: kotlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Persian کتلت (kotlet), borrowed from French côtelette. Doublet of cutlet, kotleta, and partly katsu. 1. A type of Persian meat patty.
Word: kofta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian کوفْتَه (kōfta, “ground meat”), from کوفْتَن (kōftan, “to grind, break, beat”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒftə/, /ˈkɑːftə/, /ˈkɔːftə/ 1. Any of various spicy meatball or meatloaf dishes of the Middle East, Caucasus, South Asia, and the Balkans.
Word: kran Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of qiran. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lost sheep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the parable of the Lost Sheep. 1. A disadvantaged or marginalized person who can be "brought back into the fold" with a little effort.
Word: pole building Part of Speech: noun 1. A building constructed around a frame of timbers. Labels: US 2. A similar building in which metal poles are used instead of timbers. Labels: US
Word: deflator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deflate + -or. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfleɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. That which deflates. Example: The balloons will have to have an altitude deflator. When a balloon reaches a certain predetermined altitude, the deflator will begin to let out the helium gas to the point of restricting the ultimate ascension of the balloon. 2. A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
Word: hooky-playing Part of Speech: adj 1. That plays hooky. Labels: not-comparable
Word: salt-and-pepper Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a color pattern resembling many small speckles of black and white. Example: salt-and-pepper hair Example: fabric with a salt-and-pepper pattern
Word: tattersall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an English place name. 1. A fabric pattern containing squares of dark lines on a light background. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tattersall Part of Speech: name Etymology: Habitational surname from Tattershall, in Lincolnshire, named from the Old English personal name Tathere + healh (“corner, nook”). 1. A surname from Old English.
Word: Tattersalls Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of a famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races. 1. A rendezvous at most British racecourses, provided by a company of auctioneers Labels: UK Example: […] the professional betting-man, who has no other occupation, and never misses a race-meeting, or a Tattersall's […] Example: Tattersalls, adjacent to the County Stand, has no seating but stepped terracing and a large tarmac area down to the rails.
Word: knackery Part of Speech: adj 1. Something to do with knackers. Example: The house was very knackery looking. 2. Scummy (behaviour). Example: The young boys were behaving very knackery in the park.
Word: knackery Part of Speech: noun 1. The workplace of a knacker; a knacker's yard.
Word: nonperformance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + performance. 1. A failure to perform a task, especially a task that one was legally bound to do. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: double-talk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of double talk. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: revving up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rev up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rev up Part of Speech: verb 1. To increase the speed of an engine, especially that of a stationary motor car. Labels: idiomatic Example: The huge Rolls-Royce engine revved up. Then the back wheels spun furiously, and clouds of smoke filled the air. 2. To make (someone or something) more active; to energize. Labels: broadly, slang, transitive Example: Blast out of the gate on Monday by listening to up-tempo music before your workout. Israeli scientists say this can raise your heart rate, rev you up for an intense exercise session, and temporarily boost muscle power by 10 percent. 3. To become more active. Labels: broadly, intransitive, slang Example: I didn't much want to leave again, but, though I'm not sure I exactly understand why, I just knew I had to rev up again to play this thing out.
Word: low key Part of Speech: noun 1. A restrained or subdued situation. 2. A dark area of a photograph with little contrast.
Word: low key Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of low-key. Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal Example: “When I started sleeping on the floor, I thought, ‘Whatever, it’s a mattress, I’ll be fine, I did it when I was a teen,’ but eventually, it actually became a real problem that was low key fucking my life,” Smith told me. Example: In terms of the overall story of the finale, it’s smart how much emphasis the episode puts on the juice in the portal gun, as that’s going to be a major factor in “Rickmurai Jack;” the portal gun is low key the most important invention in Rick’s arsenal, and the episode does a good job of underlining that without belaboring the point.
Word: year-to-year Part of Speech: adj 1. Being compared with those of a previous year; interannual.
Word: disintermediation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English intermediate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English intermediation English disintermediation From dis- + intermediation. 1. The removal of funds from a financial institution such as a bank for direct purchase of financial instruments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Any disintermediation crisis, such as has occurred three times since 1966, causes mortgage money to dry up and slow down new housing construction which the country desperately needs. 2. The removal of an intermediary from a commercial transaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The news industry is undergoing a massive disintermediation due to the ubiquitous low-cost communication made possible by the internet. Example: New-media thinkers, with their appetite for disintermediation and creative destruction, implicitly endorse and advance this transformation.
Word: disintermediate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from disintermediation. 1. To carry out disintermediation, to remove another from intermediation. Labels: ambitransitive Example: High-profile ventures like Amazon.com, Dell, and E*Trade helped to hype the Internet as the means to disintermediate, or cut out the middlemen. The theory was that these indirect channels weren't necessary anymore. Example: The rise of the Internet has allowed individuals in the dating market to disintermediate their friends, i.e. to meet romantic partners without the personal intermediation of their friends and family.
Word: reviewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From review + -er. 1. A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic. Example: AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s. [...] Such a disappointing work is embarrassing to the reviewer and unworthy of the great House of Cassell. 2. A person who reviews songs, movies, games, or other forms of artistic works. 3. An inspector. Example: The cost of initial site evaluation visits will vary with the cost of travel from the USDA reviewer's duty station to the applicant's place of business. 4. Any comprehensive study material used to review for an examination; study guide. Labels: Philippines
Word: electorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elector Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English electorship From elector + -ship. 1. The position or term of an elector. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ross Part of Speech: noun 1. The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees. Labels: US, dialectal, uncountable
Word: ross Part of Speech: verb 1. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface. Labels: US, dialectal, transitive Example: to ross bark
Word: ross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Welsh rhos. 1. A swamp. Labels: Wales
Word: Electorship Part of Speech: noun 1. The position or rule of an Elector. 2. The realm of an Elector.
Word: acromegalia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin acromegalia, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “tip, extremity”) and μέγας (mégas, “large”). 1. Alternative form of acromegaly. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: acromegalies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acromegaly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acromegalic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acromegal(y) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acromegalic From acromegal(y) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌækɹoʊmɪˈɡælɪk/, /ˌakɹə(ʊ)mɪˈɡalɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly. Example: At that moment a match flared on the far side of the room and illuminated the ruddy acromegalic features of Smirke […]
Word: acromegalic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acromegal(y) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English acromegalic From acromegal(y) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌækɹoʊmɪˈɡælɪk/, /ˌakɹə(ʊ)mɪˈɡalɪk/ 1. A person affected by acromegaly.
Word: Marie's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pierre Marie who described the diseases below. 1. The disease acromegaly. Labels: uncountable 2. The disease hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy. Labels: uncountable
Word: acromegalics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acromegalic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bambini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bambino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vortice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from vortices. Pronunciation: /ˈvɔː.tɪ.siː/, /ˈvɔː.tɪs/, /ˈvɔɹ.tɪ.si/, /ˈvɔɹ.tɪs/ 1. Alternative form of vortex. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: epazote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl. Pronunciation: /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/ 1. A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
Word: neurolysin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English lysin English neurolysin From neuro- + lysin. 1. A neurotoxin.
Word: neurolysins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurolysin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rhonda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Modern coinage explained as Welsh rhon (“pike, lance”) + da (“good”) Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑndə/, /ˈɹɒndə/ 1. A female given name from Welsh. Example: Well, Rhonda, you caught my eye / And I can give you lots of reasons why / You gotta help me, Rhonda
Word: Robyn Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Robin. 2. A male given name.
Word: synapsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of synapse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: synapsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of synapse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: neurosurgical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical English neurosurgical From neuro- + surgical. 1. Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sympathectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sympathectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurosurgeries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurosurgery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batrachotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + toxin. 1. An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs. Labels: uncountable 2. Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds. Labels: countable
Word: Shelby Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval name, of obscure origin, yet likely an alteration of Middle English Selby, Salibi (“dweller of the willow place”), from salwe (“willow, sallow”) + -by (“settlement, farm”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛlbi/ 1. A surname from Old English. 2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Example: As they walked, Shelby reached down and gently took Alan's hand to hold. They warmly exchanged a smile with each other just before Shelby looked down and Alan blushed. Whenever she was with Alan he made her feel like an innocent girl again. 3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: memorial park Part of Speech: noun 1. A cemetery. Labels: US
Word: Cheri Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of Sherry or coined from French chéri, chérie (“darling”), not used as a given name in France. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈɹiː/ 1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
Word: batrachotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batrachotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: studiolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian studiolo. 1. A study (room).
Word: dominos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of domino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dominos Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dominoes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: His solicitude for Sir Horace, his brother-in-law, was extreme, and he passed hours in the sick youth’s chamber, playing at cribbage, or dominos, or indulging the young baronet’s remarkable turn for cutting out trees, animals, or birds with tiny scissors on delicate paper.
Word: Tonya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Phonetic rendering of Russian То́ня (Tónja), an informal pet form of Антони́на (Antonína, “Antonina”). 1. A diminutive of the female given names Antonina or Antonia, from Russian
Word: Antonia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Antonia. The feminine equivalent of Anthony. Pronunciation: /ænˈtəʊni.ə/, /ænˈtəʊnjə/ 1. A female given name from Spanish. Example: Mom, I ask, will you call me Ant. "Oh, Antonia," my mother sighs. Her face looks pained. She is quiet for a few moments and then she says, "Antonia is such a lovely name. When I named you, you were the sweetest, most perfect little baby. - - - "
Word: dianetics Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dianetics. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: Tracy Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪsi/ 1. A surname from Old French. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 19th century and later usage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "What's the first name?" […] "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!" "Good God!" said Archie. "It couldn't really be that, could it?" Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest. "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker." Example: Tracy Kidder's specialty is putting ordinary people's lives and projects under a microscope and finding drama where few others would think to look. He established himself with [The Soul of a New Machine] (1981), a book detailing the human interactions behind the rush to create a new computer. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with." Example: Her name was Theresa (often Tracy) Oldenburg and she had eyes only for another young man, Richard Puls. 4. A village in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Tracy man is recovering from severe wounds after being gored by a bull. 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 number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Traci Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Tracy.
Word: Pacer Part of Speech: noun 1. A British lightweight railbus diesel multiple unit of class 140, 141, 142, 143 or 144.
Word: Pacers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pacer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trouping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of troupe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: concurrency Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəŋˈkʌɹənsi/ 1. The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. A stretch of road that is shared between two or more numbered or named routes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Labonte Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Labonté. From French la bonté, meaning "kindness, benevolence". 1. A surname from French.
Word: lustration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lustratiobor. English lustration Borrowed from Latin lustratio. Pronunciation: /lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/ 1. A rite of purification, especially washing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It will be remembered, that this beautiful Island was sacred to the ancient Greeks, from having been the birth-place of Apollo and Diana. None were born or died there—the mothers and the dying were carried to the neighbouring islet of Rhane. Solemn expeditions, with much priestly pomp, were frequently made from Athens to enforce this ordinance, particularly to propitiate the Gods in time of public calamity. Our era refers to the celebrated lustration, at the time of the Peloponnesian war, during the plague of Athens. 2. The restoration of credibility to a government by the purging of perpetrators of crimes committed under an earlier regime. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: corvee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French corvée, from Late Latin conrogāta, derived from Latin conrogāre (“call together by entreaty”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːveɪ/, /kɔːɹˈveɪ/ 1. Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Invisible Pink Unicorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Invisible Pink Unicorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: support groups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of support group Labels: form-of, plural
Word: corporate censorship Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of corporate influence to limit freedom of expression, achieved through refusal to sell a product, or refusal to advertise or allow airtime. Labels: uncountable
Word: bijou problemette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: bijou (“small, little”) + problem + -ette 1. A little fault or problem. Labels: UK, humorous, informal Example: A bijou problemette then arose. The conference finished too late for me to catch the northbound Eurostar Connection Waterloo-Edinburgh train. Example: There is also the "bijou problemette" (as my old chemistry teacher would say) that members of this consortium can't legitimately enter the quiz, since they wrote some of the questions.
Word: dive in Part of Speech: verb 1. To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Don't just get a toe wet; dive in and create your first entry. Example: The new project at work is so exciting - I want to dive right in.
Word: unchallenging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + challenging. 1. Not challenging; easy to do.
Word: romantic friendship Part of Speech: noun 1. An intensely emotional love relationship between two people, in which sexuality is unimportant and typically absent, but there is greater physical affection or emotional communication than is typical for friendship. Labels: countable, uncountable