nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: doos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans doos, from Dutch doos. Doublet of dose. Pronunciation: /ˈduːs/, [ˈdʊu̯s] 1. vagina Labels: South-Africa, vulgar 2. stupid person Labels: South-Africa, vulgar Example: Julius is, to use a South African term, a doos.
Word: beest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist. 1. second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive Example: Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo. Example: If thou, to be so seene, beest loath, / By Sunne, or Moone, thou darknest both […].
Word: beest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See beestings. 1. beestings, colostrum
Word: goud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old French gaide, French guède, from Old High German; or compare French gaude. See also woad. 1. woad Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: goud Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gourde (“Haitian currency”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dirtiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of dirty: most dirty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: dirtiest Part of Speech: verb 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of dirty Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: boos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /buːz/ 1. plural of boo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boos Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /buːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of boo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: droog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian друг (drug, “friend”), in which sense it is used in the invented slang Nadsat in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962). Pronunciation: /druːɡ/ 1. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.
Word: donker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From donkey route + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒŋ.kə(ɹ)/ 1. A people smuggler. Labels: India, slang
Word: emaciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmeɪ̯.siˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/, /əˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/ 1. To make extremely thin or wasted. Labels: transitive 2. To become extremely thin or wasted. Labels: intransitive
Word: emaciate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmeɪ̯.siˌeɪ̯t/, /ɪˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/, /əˈmæɪ̯.ʃiːˌæɪ̯t/ 1. Emaciated.
Word: jong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tibetan རྫོང (rdzong, “fortress, castle; province, district”). Pronunciation: /dʒɒŋ/, /dʒɔŋ/, /dʒɑŋ/ 1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress. Example: The rock on which the jong stands must at one time have been lapped by the waters of the lake, but at the present time the Yam-dok tso has retreated so far, that a quashy stretch of vivid green quagmire spreads between the road and the shore. Example: When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.
Word: jong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans jong (“male servant; boy”), from Dutch jongen (“young”). Pronunciation: /jɒŋ/ 1. A friendly term of address, especially for a young man. Labels: South-Africa, slang Example: I take out my pocket knife and start to smooth it. What do you want with that stick says Jan. Nothing. Well throw it away. No jong I am going to keep it.
Word: jong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See djong. Pronunciation: /dʒɒŋ/ 1. Alternative form of djong (“type of sailing ship”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: druk Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɹʌk/ 1. A kind of spherical Czech glass bead used in crafting. Labels: attributive Example: They come in such varied styles and colors, you can fashion anything, from beaded eggs tightly cocooned in strands of glittering rocailles to snowflakes that artfully blend tiny tri-cut beads with bugle beads and druks.
Word: kans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: markt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mark Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: confab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of confabulation, from Middle English confabulacion (“conversation”), from Latin confābulātiōnem, from cōnfābulārī + -tiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); see further at etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfæb/, /kənˈfæb/, /kɑn-/, /kɔnˈfæb/ 1. Clipping of confabulation (“a casual chat or talk”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Example: But, Sir, as I am in haſte, we had better refer the Diſpute at preſent—any other Time I am at your Service for a Confab of a few Hours—I ſhall run thro' my Buſineſs with as brief Prolixity as poſſible— [...] Example: [January 4, 1810.] [...] At six to la Baronne Knebel, chez lui Princess Caroline. Tea and cheerful confab.
Word: confab Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of confabulate, from Latin cōnfābulārī + English -ate (suffix forming verbs with the sense of acting in the specified manner). Cōnfābulārī is the present active infinitive of cōnfābulor (“to converse; to discuss”), from con- (prefix indicating a bringing together) + fābulor (“to chat, converse, talk; to make up a story”) (from fābula (“discourse, narrative; fable, story”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”)) + for (“to say, speak, talk”)). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnfæb/, /kənˈfæb/, /kɑn-/, /kɔnˈfæb/ 1. Clipping of confabulate (“to speak casually with somebody; to chat”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, intransitive Example: [T]o mak conquests o' bits o' lasses, ye would hae been sitting in your forlorn chair, confabbing wi' Jock, about whether by rope, or gun, was the easiest way o' deeing. Example: He had actually argued and "confabbed" with a strange jeweller, and he had asked him questions about his wife; his delicate little Hélène!
Word: exemption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French exemption, from Latin exemptiō, from eximō, equivalent to exempt + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɛm(p).ʃən/ 1. An act of exempting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being exempt; immunity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year. […] Lots of people who are in compliance with the new rules – either because they already work or meet exemption criteria – could lose their assistance because of red tape, said Dottie Rosenbaum, the center’s director of federal SNAP policy. 3. A deduction from the normal amount of taxes. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Freedom from a defect or weakness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: noot Part of Speech: pron 1. nothing Labels: Geordie
Word: agenbite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle English ayenbite, reflecting Old English agēn (“again, eft, back”). Pronunciation: /əˈɡɛnbʌɪt/ 1. Remorse, ayenbite. Labels: uncountable Example: Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience. Example: A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.'
Word: epidural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- English dura English -al English dural English epidural From epi- + dural. Pronunciation: /ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/, /ɛp.ɪˈdjɔː.ɹəl/, /ɛp.əˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/ 1. Situated on or outside the dura mater. Labels: relational 2. Of or pertaining to the space immediately outside the dura mater. Labels: relational Example: Epidural anesthesia is commonly used for pain relief during childbirth.
Word: epidural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- English dura English -al English dural English epidural From epi- + dural. Pronunciation: /ɛp.ɪˈdjʊə.ɹəl/, /ɛp.ɪˈdjɔː.ɹəl/, /ɛp.əˈd(j)ʊɹ.əl/ 1. An injection of anaesthetic into the epidural space of the spine, especially associated with pain relief during childbirth. Example: For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. Until the baby went back to back and they very nicely pointed out that the epidural doesn’t deal with that pain. Example: During my third birth, the epidural provided a welcome numbing sensation on one side of my abdomen, but I still had sharp, intense pain on the other. […] I’ve talked to dozens of mom friends over the years. Most say their epidural was like a magic wand that eliminated their pain in minutes. Some recalled napping or watching a movie through most of labor.
Word: grens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gren Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sengle, from Old French sengle, cengle (Modern French sangle), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum (“girdle”), from cingere (“to gird”). Doublet of cinch. Compare also Middle English kyngle, kyngll (“girdle, brooch”) from Old Norse kinga (“brooch”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋɡəl/ 1. A kind of belt or other girdle. Example: A triangle of arcs, her slip, flag red, and her friend with a swimmer’s back and saucery hollows in his solidly boxed buttocks was cupped into a gauze pouch and cingle.
Word: gif Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF. Labels: alt-of Example: Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player, also responded to the NHK post with a popular gif of “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey expressing bewilderment.
Word: gif Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF. Labels: alt-of
Word: comitatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin comitatus, from comes (“companion”). Doublet of county, from Anglo-Norman/Old French. Pronunciation: /kɒmɪˈteɪtəs/ 1. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader. Labels: historical 2. A county, shire. Labels: historical
Word: controle Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of control Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: annulment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈnʌl.mənt/ 1. An act or instance of annulling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: marriage annulment Example: grant an annulment 2. The state of having been annulled. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Total destruction. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: comminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Latin comminat-, past participle stem of comminari, from com- + minari (“threaten”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɪneɪt/ 1. To denounce or curse. Labels: transitive 2. To threaten, especially with divine punishment
Word: contumely Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French contumelie, from Latin contumēlia (“insult”), perhaps from com- + tumeō (“swell”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnt͡ʃuːməli/, /ˈkɒntjuːməli/, /kɒnˈt͡ʃuːməli/, /kɒnˈtjuːməli/ 1. Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time, / The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely, [...] Example: Think of the insults, wrongs, and contumelies, / Ye bear from your proud lords—that your hard toil / Manures their fertile fields—you plow the earth, / You sow the corn, you reap the ripen'd harvest,— / They riot on the produce!— [...]
Word: contuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound or beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtuz/, /kənˈtjuːz/ 1. To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise. Labels: transitive Example: How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained? Example: His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.
Word: economically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor. Latin oeconomia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin oeconomicusder. Old French iconomikeder. Middle English iconomiquebor. Middle English economike, iconomique English economic English -al English economical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English economically From economical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kli/, /ˌɛk.əˈnɒm.ɪ.kli/, /ˌɛk.əˈnɑ.mɪ.kli/, /ˌi.kəˈnɑ.mɪ.kli/, /ˌek.əˈnɔm.ɪ.kli/ 1. In an economical manner; not wastefully; not extravagantly. 2. From the perspective of economics or an economy. Example: Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea. Example: More than 40% of Dominicans are economically vulnerable and are at risk of falling into poverty due to climate-related impacts and economic crises, according to the World Bank. 3. According to divine economy.
Word: autobiographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From autobiography + -ical or auto- + biographical. Pronunciation: /ˌɑtoʊˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfəkəl/, /ˌɔː.təˌbaɪ.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk.əl/ 1. Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject. Example: The 2006 graphic novel, an autobiographical work about Bechdel coming to terms with her homosexuality as her funeral-director father remains closeted, was selected as a summer reading book for the Duke Class of 2019.
Word: loquaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English loquacious Middle English -ly English -ly English loquaciously From loquacious + -ly. 1. In a loquacious manner.
Word: economical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Ancient Greek οἰκονόμος (oikonómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía)bor. Latin oeconomia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin oeconomicusder. Old French iconomikeder. Middle English iconomiquebor. Middle English economike, iconomique English economic English -al English economical From economic + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌɛk.əˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/, /ˌɛk.əˈnɑ.mɪ.kəl/, /ˌi.kəˈnɑ.mɪ.kəl/, /ˌek.əˈnɔm.ɪ.kəl/ 1. Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty. Example: He was an economical person by nature. 2. Saving money or resources. Example: The new, eco-friendly bicycle was an economical purchase. Example: Regular freight trains between Abergavenny and Merthyr were withdrawn on November 24, 1954, because it was found both practicable and more economical to send this traffic by less severely-graded routes. 3. Relating to economy in any other sense. Labels: dated Example: In economical science, value and the power of producing value are taken into consideration. Example: By Use, then, in the sense given it by the Say-Hermann school, we have to think of an objective useful element which proceeds from goods, and acquires independent economical existence as well as independent economical value. 4. Having a low economy rate.
Word: costive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French costivé, past participle of costiver (“to constipate”), ultimately from Latin cōnstīpātus (“constipated”). Doublet of constipate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒstɪv/, /ˈkɑstɪv/ 1. Constipated. Example: When I was mortall, this my costiue corps / Did lap vp Figs and Raisons in the Strand, / Where sitting I espi'd a louely Dame, / Whose maister wrought with Lingell and with All, / And vnder ground he vampied many a boote. Example: Is it fit——goodnatured man! thou should’st sit up, with the wound upon thy groin, whole nights baking thy blood with hectic watchings?——Alas! ’twill exasperate thy symptoms,—check thy perspirations—evaporate thy spirits—waste thy animal strength, dry up thy radical moisture, bring thee into a costive habit of body,——impair thy health,——and hasten all the infirmities of thy old age.—O my uncle! my uncle Toby. 2. Miserly, parsimonious. Labels: informal Example: Well, the shoemaker and his wife, Louise, may have been poor, needy, indigent, destitute, impecunious and impoverished — at least before the elves came along — but they had never been parsimonious, costive, miserly, penny-pinching or stinting. They were far from being avaricious, rapacious, mean or greedy. The shoemaker was uxorious about his wife, Louise, but he had never been usurious, even when he had money to lend […] Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:costive.
Word: crinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin crinis (“hair”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌɪnəl/ 1. Pertaining to the hair. Labels: not-comparable Example: Their hair belonged to some middle crinal zone between aseptic nord and latitudinarian jetwalled lousehouse.
Word: cromlech Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *krumbos Proto-Brythonic *krum Middle Welsh crwm Welsh crom Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥keh₂der. Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā Proto-Brythonic *llex Middle Welsh llech Welsh llech Welsh cromlechbor. English cromlech Borrowed from Welsh cromlech, from crom (the feminine singular form of crwm (“bent, bowed, curved”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *krumbos (“bent, crooked”) and Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”); further etymology uncertain) + llech (“flagstone, slab of stone”) (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā (“(flat) stone”) and Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”)). Sense 1 (“stone circle”) is from Breton cromlec'h, krommlec'h probably from Welsh cromlech: see above. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒmlɛk/, /-lək/, /-ləx/, /-lɛx/, /ˈkɹɑmˌlɛk/ 1. Synonym of stone circle (“a prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle”), especially one located in Brittany, France. 2. synonym of altar tomb or dolmen (“a prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a (somewhat) flat capstone lying horizontally on two or more upright stones”), especially one located in Wales, but also in England (chiefly Cornwall and Devon) or Ireland. Labels: UK, Wales Example: The korreds are supposed to live in the cromlechs, of which they are believed to have been the builders. They dance around them at night, and betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels. Example: The scenes depicted on the emunctory field, showing our ancient duns and raths and cromlechs and grianauns and seats of learning and maledictive stones, are as wonderfully beautiful and the pigments as delicate as when the Sligo illuminators gave free rein to their artistic fantasy long long ago in the time of the Barmecides.
Word: authorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English authorize 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 authorization From authorize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːθəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌoːθəɹɑjˈzɛjʃən/, /ˌɔθəɹəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɑθəɹəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌoːθəɹɑeˈzæɪʃən/ 1. An act of authorizing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable Example: Our proposal thus envisages a new procedure for the authorization of experimental program Example: His authorization of decapitation targeting is incompatible with his theory of limited war 2. The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable Example: I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see. 3. A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable Example: Can I see your authorization? 4. Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.
Word: crupper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌpə/, /ˈkɹʌpɚ/, /ˈkɹʊpɚ/, /ˈkɹʊpə/ 1. A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. Example: Our knight did bear no less a pack / Of his own buttocks on his back: / Which now had almost got the upper- / Hand of his head, for want of crupper. Example: he eſpied a mule's crupper, which hung to the ceiling of the room; this he took down, and tendering it to Don Quixote, went on, ſaying... 2. The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse. 3. A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
Word: crupper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌpə/, /ˈkɹʌpɚ/, /ˈkɹʊpɚ/, /ˈkɹʊpə/ 1. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon. Example: to crupper a horse
Word: crural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin crūrālis, from crūs (“leg”) (stem: crūr-). By surface analysis, crur- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʊəɹəl/ 1. Pertaining to the leg. Labels: not-comparable 2. Leg-like in shape or constitution. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cucurbitaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cucurbita (“gourd”), + -aceous. Pronunciation: /kjuːkɜːbɪˈteɪʃəs/ 1. Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc. Example: On he goes, gabbing, gabbing, recipes for preparing beets in a hundred tasty ways, or such cucurbitaceous improbabilities as Ernest Pudding’s Gourd Surprise
Word: smaak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Afrikaans Pronunciation: /smɑːk/ 1. To like; to be attracted to. Labels: South-Africa, slang, transitive Example: He said the best thing that ever happened to him there was one time when he managed to fuck a chick he smaaked through the bars one night. Example: 'I thought he was quite good-looking for a Tottie,' Carol said. 'I smaaked that scar - like a pirate.'
Word: gravitational propulsion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any supposed method of propulsion that warps space or spacetime or interacts in some way with warped space or spacetime. Labels: uncountable
Word: cullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of collet. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlɪt/ 1. Scrap glass which is melted down for reuse. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brawny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English brawny; equivalent to brawn + -y. Pronunciation: /bɹɔːni/, /bɹɔni/, /bɹɑni/ 1. Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong. Example: Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves. Example: As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down 2. Calloused; hardened.
Word: culverin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English culveryne, from Old French coulevrine, from couleuvre (“snake”) (or from Latin colubrīnus), ultimately from Latin colubra, coluber (“snake”). Doublet of colubrine. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlvəɹɪn/ 1. Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery. Labels: historical 2. Any of a range of early gunpowder-fired guns of various sizes, from firearm to artillery. Labels: historical Example: Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie. Example: This had been discharged from a culverin on the opposite side of the valley.
Word: brawniness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English brawny 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 brawniness From brawny + -ness. 1. The state of being brawny or having brawn. Labels: uncountable
Word: tellen Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of tellin. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: tellen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlən/ 1. plural simple present of tell Labels: dialectal, form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: They tellen me as them furrin 'tatoes bin kill-dried afore they comen 'ere, so they bin no good fur settin'. Example: A dog, when it's had th' tin kettle unteed fro its tail, an' yo' geen it a feed of wut-cake an' milk, an' yo' tellen it to lie deawn upo' th' hearthstone, an' if it's a mind to stop wheere it is it may.
Word: curule Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin curūlis (“of or pertaining to a chariot; curule chair”), from currus (“chariot”), from currō (“run”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjʊəɹuːl/ 1. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome. Example: Followed by his foolish followers Titus Vinius, who had served him in Spain, Cornelius Laco, an arrogant idiot, and the freedman Icelus Marcianus, who was after Laco’s post, he made for the curule chair.
Word: maken Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English maken, equivalent to make + -en. 1. plural simple present of make Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: And emõges his familiares theſe wordes folowyng were muche in his mouthe: The damyſelles of Perſia maken ſore yies. Example: To whom no ſhare in armes and cheualree, / They doe impart, ne maken memoree[…]
Word: brawner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brawn (“boar”) + -er. 1. A boar killed for the table. Example: [A]nd it is now the universal opinion among all enlightened men, that the misery of the brawner would be very little diminished, if he could be made sensible that he was to be eaten up only by persons of the first fashion.
Word: blazen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blaze + -en. 1. To set ablaze Labels: transitive Example: An active rival, who let no opportunity escape to enhance his own interest to the detriment of ours, was unsparing in his efforts to blazen his own glories, and prevent the Eastern world from discovering anything valuable beyond the Mississippi river. 2. To be ablaze Labels: intransitive Example: We were on the left center, Mosleys battery on our left, brave men melting before the blazening cannon and chargeing^([sic]) Infantry one volley after another and dead men were in piles.
Word: calloused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English callous Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English calloused From callous + -ed. 1. Alternative form of callused. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was inconceivable, it astounded him, that this slender, beautiful girl of scarcely twenty should have anything, even a bitter enmity, in common with this crime-calloused man of fifty Example: Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power.
Word: koken Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 後見(こうけん) (kōken, “a staff in noh and kabuki”). 1. A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors Example: McAllister uses the Japanese device of the koken for changing scenes, distributing props, and creating furniture.
Word: phosphide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus English phospho- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English phosphide From phospho- + -ide. 1. Any binary compound of phosphorus, especially one in oxidation state −3. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined. Example: These two metals were then melted in magnesia crucibles and cooled slowly, in order to find how much phosphide would separate during solidification.
Word: by-product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English by- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English by-product From by- + product. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.pɹɒ.dʌkt/ 1. Something made incidentally during the production of something else. Example: It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized as a valuable source of phosphorus for growing crops, and is now in constant demand for application to the soil as a fertilizer. 2. A consequence, especially a side effect. Example: The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent. Example: One of the most obvious results of the B.R. Modernisation Plan has been the increasing use of diesel and electric traction; a less obvious by-product is the increase in track damage possible with the new forms of traction.
Word: citizenship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From citizen + -ship. Displaced native Old English burgrǣden, equivalent to borough + -red. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/ 1. The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Katz himself is one of them. Originally an American citizen, the entrepreneur acquired citizenships in Israel and Canada where he lived for long periods. Later, he obtained a St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship through a real estate investment. Example: Both sides cited the case of United States vs. Wong Kim Ark from 1898, which defines elements of citizenship for immigrants.
Word: goed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of go Labels: childish, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past Example: With regular letters that said R-P-B-D-B, what does that spell, daddy? (Um, Rpbdb) No, that spells “rabbit.” And she goed inside my airplane that I buyed from the store.
Word: antimonide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English antimony Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English antimonide From antimony + -ide. 1. Any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements. Example: Colani (1907b) prepared uranium arsenide and antimonide by methods similar to the one he used for the preparation of phosphide.
Word: citizeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English citizen Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English citizeness From citizen + -ess. 1. A female citizen.
Word: citizenhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English citizen Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English citizenhood From citizen + -hood. 1. The state of being a citizen; citizenship Labels: uncountable 2. The group of all citizens. Labels: uncountable
Word: citizenish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English citizen Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English citizenish From citizen + -ish. 1. Of the nature of citizens.
Word: boord Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of board. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] and then let there be a hot Boord, or a logget of Wood, laid (as hot as may be suffered) to the soles of his feet when he goeth to bed, to provoke him to sweat if he can, […]
Word: informant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inform Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English informant From inform + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔːmənt/, /ɪnˈfɔɹmənt/ 1. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer. Example: One of her chief informants is Alicent’s handmaiden Talya (Alexis Rabin), whose inside info runs so deep that she’s the first to catch wind of Viserys’ death. 2. A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information. Labels: proscribed Example: The only material the linguist has to begin with are the informant's grammatical utterances in the target language pronounced arbitrarily in a natural or assigned communicative situation or stimulated artificially by the investigator. Example: The informant learns his language by formal training and, more importantly, by constant exposure to its use. He cannot repeat to the linguist what he has never seen or heard.
Word: citizenly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English citizen Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English citizenly From citizen + -ly. 1. Pertaining to citizens.
Word: citizenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English citizen Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English citizenly From citizen + -ly. 1. In the manner of a citizen. 2. In regards to citizens.
Word: citizenry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From citizen + -ry. Displaced native Old English burgwaru. 1. The group of all citizens; citizens taken collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's one of the main selling points of the prison business: that they keep the sexually non-conformist or "deviant" out of sight of the respectable citizenry, especially to "protect" the children.
Word: corn dog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cornbread + hotdog. 1. A hot dog coated in cornbread batter and deep-fried in hot oil.
Word: up to eleven Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: PIE word *h₁óynos The term refers to a scene in the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (1984), in which the character Nigel Tufnel, the lead guitarist of the band Spinal Tap, shows the director of the documentary Marty DiBergi a guitar amplifier with setting knobs that go from zero to eleven, rather than the standard zero to ten. Pronunciation: /ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/, /-əˈlɛvən/ 1. Up to or beyond the maximum possible threshold; to an extremely high or strong degree. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, informal Example: She and River looked at me hard; but I lowered my eyes and leaned forward, with the nonchalance turned up to eleven, extinguished my cigarette, made eye-contact and nodded curtly. Example: But if we try to fly, especially carrying Zealand, we're going to be puking our guts out by the time we get all the way up there. Flying is like motion sickness turned up to eleven, […]
Word: up to eleven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₁óynos The term refers to a scene in the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (1984), in which the character Nigel Tufnel, the lead guitarist of the band Spinal Tap, shows the director of the documentary Marty DiBergi a guitar amplifier with setting knobs that go from zero to eleven, rather than the standard zero to ten. Pronunciation: /ˌʌp tə ɪˈlɛvən/, /-əˈlɛvən/ 1. To increase (something) to an extremely high or strong degree; to make (something) go over the top. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: woodlouse spider Part of Speech: noun 1. a European spider, Dysdera crocata, introduced to the United States, that feeds mainly on woodlice; it has a painful, but not normally dangerous, bite 2. any of various other spiders of the family Dysderidae.
Word: plafond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French plat French fond French plafondbor. English plafond Borrowed from French plafond (“ceiling”). Pronunciation: /pləˈfɒn(d)/ 1. A ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated. 2. A painting or decoration on a ceiling. 3. The tibial plafond.
Word: poort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans poort (“gate”). 1. A mountain pass. Labels: South-Africa
Word: disorganized Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ 1. Lacking order or organization; confused; chaotic. Example: If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force? 2. Lacking skills for organizing one's affairs. Example: He is quite disorganized and has difficulty planning his day or remembering when his homework is due. 3. In a state of disruption of orderly psychological functioning; engaging in behavior that is chaotic, self-contradictory, or out of keeping with reality; (of a mental illness) poorly controlled and leading to a disorganized state.
Word: disorganized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔːɡənaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disorganize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: verf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of vertex figure. 1. vertex figure Example: The regular polyhedra include the five Platonic solids and the four Kepler-Poinsot solids. Their faces are all regular and congruent as well as their vertices and edges. Their verfs are regular also.
Word: disorganised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔː.ɡən.aɪzd/ 1. Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
Word: disorganised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɔː.ɡən.aɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disorganise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impartiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French impartialité. By surface analysis, impartial + -ity = im- + partial + -ity. 1. The quality of being impartial; fairness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian дээл (deel)/ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel). 1. A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash. Example: As I stood just below that statue, close to seven hundred Mongolians organized themselves for a picture. Most were dressed in traditional formal wear--beautifully colored deal.
Word: lay a finger on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fynger on (hem) to leyn (“touch (someone) with hostile intent”). 1. To merely touch. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: If you lay a finger on my little brother, I'll have your guts for garters. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, a, finger, on: to finger
Word: dubbel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch dubbel (“double”). Doublet of double. 1. A kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist monasteries. Example: Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centered personality and a copper or caramel color.
Word: four eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of four-eyes. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bespectacled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From be- + spectacle + -ed. Pronunciation: /bɪˈspɛktəkəld/ 1. Wearing spectacles (glasses). Example: The Commissioner, ascetic-looking, an Oxford graduate, narrow-shouldered and elderly, tired-eyed and bespectacled like the scholar he was, like the scientist he was, shrugged his shoulders. Example: Solanka was uninterested in this bow-tied, bespectacled, markedly un-Jedi-knight-like young man, and as a former science-fiction buff despised the lowbrow space opera of the Star Wars cycle.
Word: impartialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impartial 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 impartialist From impartial + -ist. 1. A proponent of impartialism.
Word: impartially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English impartial Middle English -ly English -ly English impartially From impartial + -ly. 1. In an impartial manner; fairly. Example: […] to the inspection of many Orientalists among your readers, very well qualified to decide impartially on the comparative merits of my scheme, at least in its application to the two indispensable languages for British India: namely, the Hindoostanee and Persian tongue. Example: Inasmuch as our correspondent has such a poor opinion of the capacity of men to write understandingly and impartially upon feminine topics, we say to her and everybody else, "The lists are open, ladies—hissez alia!" We will be but as the heralds at the tourney, to sound the trumpets and preserve order.
Word: tt Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of teetotal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: dwelling-place Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where one dwells.
Word: dwelling place Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dwelling-place. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: well-thewed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wel-thewed, wel thewed, equivalent to well + thewed. 1. Good in manner, habit, form, or construction; well-mannered; well-done. 2. Having an attractive physical appearance or strong muscles. Example: Olaf was early a well-thewed man, goodly to look at, of middle height, and wise and deft of speech he was at an early age.
Word: impoverish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/ 1. To make poor. Labels: transitive 2. To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. Labels: transitive Example: That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil. Example: To many of us, organized religion is obnoxious. Yet if we throw out the sense of peace, order and joy that flows from religious ritual, we impoverish ourselves. 3. To become poor. Labels: intransitive
Word: impoverishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment. 1. The action of impoverishing someone. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The state of being impoverished. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: impoverisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impoverish + -er. 1. Someone who impoverishes.