nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. Compare schism. Displaced native Old English swelh and Old English elh. Pronunciation: /ˈkæzəm/, /t͡ʃæzəm/ 1. A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss. Example: But always and ever there is a yawning chasm below[.] 2. A large difference of opinion. Labels: broadly Example: Chelsea may not have regarded themselves as title rivals to City over the whole season but this was a harrowing illustration of the current chasm between the two sides and made for disturbing viewing for the Italian.
Word: sufficiently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sufficient 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 sufficiently From sufficient + -ly. Pronunciation: /səˈfɪʃəntli/ 1. In a sufficient manner; enough. Example: Once we had eaten and drunk sufficiently, we went to bed. Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. 2. To a sufficient extent. Example: We wanted to build a tepee, but we couldn't find sufficiently long sticks. Example: There are those who value a seat sufficiently highly that they prefer to make their daily journeys by the Western Region Vine Street line.
Word: sociolinguistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- English linguistic English sociolinguistic From socio- + linguistic. Pronunciation: /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/, /ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/ 1. Pertaining to sociolinguistics. Labels: not-comparable Example: At an individual level then, sociolinguistic theory would predict that in Scotland, as elsewhere, individual speakers who have the skills may switch and shift between one variety and another in a predictable way.
Word: compatible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/, [km̩ˈpæt.ə.bl̩] 1. Capable of working together without conflict. Example: This printer isn't compatible with my computer. 2. Able to get along well. Example: My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert. 3. Consistent; congruous. Example: His actions were compatible with his sermons. Example: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
Word: compatible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English compatible, fron Anglo-Norman compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/, [km̩ˈpæt.ə.bl̩] 1. Something that is compatible with something else. Example: a computer company that sells IBM compatibles
Word: not out Part of Speech: adj 1. Not dismissed and having not retired. Labels: not-comparable Example: Abhishek had only made one score over 15 in this tournament but flogged the ball to all parts. Samson was again supreme, backing up his 97 not out against West Indies and 89 against England with another innings that mixed flair with a classical technique. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, out. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leg bye Part of Speech: noun 1. A run scored by a batting side arising from the ball striking any part of the batsman's body (other than the hand) without touching the bat.
Word: ner Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener. Pronunciation: /nɜː/ 1. An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant. Labels: childish, slang Example: You're wrong, so ner! Example: I don't care what you think, so ner!
Word: sociolinguistics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua 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 linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English linguistics English sociolinguistics From socio- + linguistics. Pronunciation: /ˌsoʊsi.oʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, /ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, /ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ 1. The study of social and cultural effects on language and vice-versa. Labels: uncountable Example: This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
Word: synchronize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Ancient Greek συγ- (sug-) Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos) Ancient Greek σῠ́γχρονος (sŭ́nkhronos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō)der. English synchronize From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪːz/, /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪz/ 1. To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive Example: The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. 2. To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive 3. To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Example: We synchronized our watches and agreed to meet at four o'clock precisely. 4. To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive 5. To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive Example: Gay men often have interests and concerns that don't synchronize with the issues considered top priorities by lesbians. 6. To coordinate or combine. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
Word: deviate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin dēviātus, perfect passive participle of dēviō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French dévier. Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.vi.eɪt/, /ˈdi.vi.eɪt/, /ˈdiː.vi.æɪt/, [ˈdɪi.vi.æɪt] 1. To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. Labels: intransitive Example: These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no symptoms of approaching the suburbs of a large city. Example: Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, / May boldly deviate from the common track. 2. To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm. 3. To cause to diverge. Labels: transitive
Word: deviate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.vi.ət/, /ˈdi.vi.ət/, [ˈdɪi.vi.ət] 1. A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert. Example: […] Walton has suggested that it is desirable "to name the phenomena signs of deviation, and call their possessors deviates or a deviate as the case may be […] Example: Under these conditions the person who appears as a deviate is a deviate only because we have chosen, somewhat arbitrarily, to call him a member of the court […] 2. A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value. Example: It will be noted that for a deviate x = 1.5, the ordinate z will have the value .130 […] Example: This difference is called a deviate. When a deviate is divided by its SD a, it is called a relative deviate or a standard deviate.
Word: deviate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin dēviātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.vi.ət/, /ˈdi.vi.ət/, [ˈdɪi.vi.ət] 1. deviant Example: It's somewhat in vogue to give special attention and consideration to the alternative lifestyle, which five years ago we would have called the deviate lifestyle.
Word: salamander Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English salamandre, from Anglo-Norman salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra), of uncertain origin (per Beekes, likely Pre-Greek); possibly of Iranian origin, see Persian سمندر (samandar) for more information. Pronunciation: /ˈsæləˌmændə/, /ˈsæləˌmɑːndə/, /ˈsæləˌmændɚ/ 1. To use a salamander (cooking utensil) in a cooking process. Labels: transitive Example: When cold, sprinkle the custard thickly with sugar and salamander it. Example: Overfired grills, or salamanders, can, in addition, be used for making toast and salamandering. They have the heat source above the food […]. This may comprise sets of burners firing below refractory or metal frets, or surface combustion plaques.
Word: philatelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English philately Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English philatelic From philately + -ic. Pronunciation: /fɪləˈtɛlɪk/ 1. Of or relating to philately or of interest to philatelists. Example: Jane was a member of the Philatelic Society.
Word: Knossos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós); perhaps from pre-Greek. Pronunciation: /ˈ(k)nɔs.əs/ 1. An ancient city and archaeological site in the island of Crete, in modern Greece.
Word: cosmocrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cosmo- (“world, universe”) + -crat (“ruler”), originally (in the plural) seemingly in reference to demonic powers in Ephesians 6:12; later used as a variant of cosmocrator, translating Ancient Greek κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokrátōr) in various ancient texts. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒzməkɹat/ 1. One who rules the world. 2. an epithet for God or Satan. Labels: capitalized, sometimes 3. A prosperous globalist.
Word: toothache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English toth-ake, from Old English tōþeċe (“toothache”). By surface analysis, tooth + ache. Pronunciation: /ˈtuθˌeɪk/ 1. A pain or ache in a tooth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I often have toothache.
Word: slava Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From South Slavic slava / слава (slava), literally "fame, glory". The word is also used in some Slavic languages to wish blessings to another person. Pronunciation: /ˈslɑːvə/ 1. The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the Serbs, but also by some Macedonians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Gorani. Example: 1942: I was also enchanted at the opportunity of seeing a Slava (the word means ‘Holy’), which is the distinctive social custom of the Serbs. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 753)
Word: Köln Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Köln. Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and colony. 1. Synonym of Cologne, the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany. Labels: rare Example: Class A., for instance, comprised the English spies. They were to go to Köln.
Word: fundus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn From Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of fond and fund. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌn.dəs/ 1. The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially: 2. The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially: 3. The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially: 4. The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially:
Word: unwrought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unwrought, unwroght, unwrouȝt, equivalent to un- + wrought. Doublet of unworked. 1. In the native state, before being worked on; especially used of bars of bullion and other metal
Word: unwrought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unwrought, unwroght, unwrouȝt, equivalent to un- + wrought. Doublet of unworked. 1. simple past and past participle of unwork Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: […]Do not say ‘I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’ — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love so wrought, May be unwrought so.[…]
Word: burn the midnight oil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally referring to the act of burning lamp oil in oil lamps for light at night. The collocation midnight oil in its literal sense is attested from mid 17th c. 1. To work studiously, especially late into the night. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: pull an all-nighter Example: He was burning the midnight oil to finish his paper.
Word: catch-as-catch-can Part of Speech: adj 1. Only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself; intermittent. Labels: idiomatic Example: My efforts lately have been catch-as-catch-can, not carefully planned. Example: My wife did indeed provide the more dependable contributions to our income while mine came catch-as-catch-can. 2. Relating to catch wrestling, a folk style of wrestling with minimal restrictions. Example: In Lancashire and the north of Ireland, the catch-hold or catch-as-catch-can system still finds favour.
Word: catch-as-catch-can Part of Speech: adv 1. Ad hoc; in any way possible.
Word: attendant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndənt/ 1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something. Example: Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you. 2. A servant or valet. 3. A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place. Labels: archaic Example: The most remarkable of all the attendants of the exhibition at the grove near Rockville, was the grace and loveliness of the young beauties, who, mingling with the crowd of farmers, were all intent and gazing upon the stock and other agricultural products, unconscious that they were themselves ‘the observed of all observers;’ […] Example: In early life our subject was an attendant of Public School No. 17 in Brooklyn, and after fitting himself for business he engaged in various occupations in New York city up to the year 1889, at which time he removed to the town of Hempstead, and during the succeeding six years followed fanning as an occupation. 4. That which accompanies or follows. 5. One who owes a duty or service to another.
Word: attendant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndənt/ 1. Going with; associated; concomitant. Example: They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges. Example: The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion. 2. Depending on, or owing duty or service to. Example: the widow attendant to the heir Example: The tenant in dower[…]shall be attendant unto them by the rate and portion of the rent.
Word: predator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/, /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/ 1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food. Example: Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards. Example: So if you're the only thing worth eating in the middle of the ocean, the predator that grabs you will probably have gotten there by a Levy walk. 2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain. 3. A sexual predator.
Word: engagor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From engage + -or. 1. Alternative form of engager. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: educate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō. Pronunciation: /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/, /ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet/ 1. To instruct or train. Labels: transitive Example: Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.
Word: educate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten), borrowed from Latin ēducātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. 1. educated Labels: obsolete
Word: beds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɛdz/ 1. plural of bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɛdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: catch as catch can Part of Speech: verb 1. To use any available means or methods. Labels: idiomatic, imperative, no-past, participle, past Example: Which being done, the Women run in the dark to catch as catch can; and whatever Lot they light on,[…]
Word: burlywood Part of Speech: noun 1. A brown sandy colour, of RGB hexadecimal value #DEB887. Labels: uncountable
Word: burlywood Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a brown sandy colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: burnt umber Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep brown colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: burnt umber Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a deep brown colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: burnt sienna Part of Speech: noun 1. dark reddish brown colour, like that of roasted sienna. Example: We drink the last of the spring water in our canteens and, still thirsty, look to the river, that sombre flow the color of burnt sienna, raw umber, muy colorado, too thin to plow–as the Mormons say–and too thick to drink.
Word: burnt sienna Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a dark reddish brown colour, like that of roasted sienna. Labels: not-comparable
Word: butterscotch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butter + scotch, with the second element deriving (not from scotch whiskey or Scotland, but) from Middle English scocchen (“to score, nick, cut”), in reference to how the candy is boiled and hardened and then usually scored to make breaking it apart easier. The word is usually said to have originally been a trademark of Parkinson's, who is claimed to have invented it. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtɚˌskɑt͡ʃ/, /ˈbʌtəˌskɒtʃ/ 1. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: butterscotch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From butter + scotch, with the second element deriving (not from scotch whiskey or Scotland, but) from Middle English scocchen (“to score, nick, cut”), in reference to how the candy is boiled and hardened and then usually scored to make breaking it apart easier. The word is usually said to have originally been a trademark of Parkinson's, who is claimed to have invented it. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtɚˌskɑt͡ʃ/, /ˈbʌtəˌskɒtʃ/ 1. Of a light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the flavour of butterscotch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cadet blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A blue colour, tinted with grey. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cadet blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a blue colour, tinted with grey. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cambridge blue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to the colour of a body of water: Cambridge has a famous boating club, and at one time used light blue as a school colour. "The greening of Cambridge blue is often attributed to Alf Twinn, university boatman between 1934 and 1984, who, either because he wanted to distinguish the rowing colours from the rugby union team's, or because his eyesight was deteriorating, began adding subtle amounts of yellow to the blue paint used for oar blades." 1. A light, bright blue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are both trailing and compact border edging varieties, in a range of colors. The border-edging compact types include 'Cambridge Blue' (pale blue), 'Crystal Palace' (dark blue) and 'Mrs. Clibran' (brilliant blue). 2. A medium spring green colour used by sports teams from the University of Cambridge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Cambridge blue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Perhaps related to the colour of a body of water: Cambridge has a famous boating club, and at one time used light blue as a school colour. "The greening of Cambridge blue is often attributed to Alf Twinn, university boatman between 1934 and 1984, who, either because he wanted to distinguish the rowing colours from the rugby union team's, or because his eyesight was deteriorating, began adding subtle amounts of yellow to the blue paint used for oar blades." 1. Of a light bright blue color. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dormer window Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dormer-window. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Many of the houses have neat little dormer windows and tall stone chimneys, and Corfe's older buildings include the fine old manor house.
Word: carroty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From carrot + -y. 1. Resembling carrots in colour, taste, shape, etc. Example: The pupil, thus affectionately invoked, at length came stumbling into the room; a queer, shambling, ill-made urchin, who, by his stunted growth, seemed about twelve or thirteen years years^([sic]) old, though he was probably, in reality, a year or two older, with a carroty pate in huge disorder, a freckled sun-burnt visage, with a snub nose, a long chin, and two peery grey eyes, […] Example: "All the north is seething," said Gerard. "We must contrive to agitate the metropolis," said Maclast, a shrewd carroty-haired paper-stainer. 2. Containing carrots; made of carrots. Example: My soup has the positive constitutive property of being carroty, of having carrots in it; of carrotiness; it has the negative constitutive property of lacking meat, of meatlessness.
Word: hind leg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪnd.lɛɡ/ 1. Either of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animal. Example: Coordinate term: foreleg Example: “Can you hop on your hind legs?” asked the furry rabbit. That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen Rabbit had no hind legs at all! The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn’t notice.
Word: cinereous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin cinereus, from cinis, cineris (“ashes”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈnɪəɹi.əs/ 1. Of an ash-gray colour. Example: With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line Example: Coluber cinereus, the cinereous viper; a native cf South America and India; of a cinereous grey colour; the abdomen white, angulated ; the scales of the tail ferruginous at the edges. 2. Like ashes. 3. Containing ashes. Example: We likewise see by the valuable Work of Andrew Burdon, professor of the Royal French Academy of Painting, that the Antients occasionally used the Amphora form in other parts of the world as both cinereous and lachrymal urns; […]
Word: cinnabar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/, /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A bright red colour tinted with orange. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings. Labels: countable Example: There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies. 4. Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cinnabar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the mid-15th century. From Middle English cynabare, from Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari), of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑɹ/, /ˈsɪn.əˌbɑː(ɹ)/ 1. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.
Word: citrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English citrine, partly from Middle French citrine and partly from Latin citrīnus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹin/, /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtɹain/, /ˈsɪtɹiːn/ 1. A goldish-yellow colour, like that of a lemon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] Golden or reddish-yellow […] (a. 1398) *Trev. Barth. 59b/a: ʒelouʒ colour [of urine] […] tokeneþ febleness of hete […] dorrey & citrine & liʒt red tokeneþ mene. Example: […] the urine becometh citrine, or of a deep yellowe color […] 2. A brownish-yellow quartz. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: citrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English citrine, partly from Middle French citrine and partly from Latin citrīnus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹin/, /ˈsɪtɹən/, /ˈsɪtɹain/, /ˈsɪtɹiːn/ 1. Of a goldish-yellow colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: The coin […] bore what I at first thought was a woman's face—a woman crowned, neither young nor old, but silent and perfect in the citrine metal.
Word: clair de lune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French clair de lune (“moonlight”). 1. A pale bluish-gray colour.
Word: clair de lune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French clair de lune (“moonlight”). 1. Of a pale bluish-gray colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cosmologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cosmology 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 cosmologist From cosmology + -ist. 1. A person who studies cosmology.
Word: foreleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + leg. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔrˌlɛɡ/ 1. Either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal such as a horse, or towards the front of a many-legged animal such as most insects, or of a piece of furniture, etc. Example: I once saw two males fighting together; each had a fore-leg laid across the neck of the other, and the rostrum bent quite in an attitude of defiance, and looking most ridiculous. Example: For example, the foreleg of the mole is admirably suited for digging underground. A similar modification is found in an entirely different group of the animal kingdom, namely, in the mole cricket[…] In both of these cases the adaptation is the more obvious, because, while the leg of the mole is formed on the same general plan as that of other vertebrates, and the leg of the mole cricket has the same fundamental structure as that of other insects, yet in both cases the details of structure and the general proportions have been so altered, that the leg is fitted for entirely different purposes from that to which the legs of other vertebrates and of other insects are put.
Word: cosmology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /kɑzˈmɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: cosmogony Example: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year. 2. A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: cosmogony 3. A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: cosmogony Example: Near-synonyms: cosmovision, worldview
Word: gamete Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmiːt/ 1. A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
Word: chromoblastomycosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue Labels: uncountable
Word: astromathematics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- English mathematics English astromathematics From astro- + mathematics. 1. The branches of mathematics used in the study of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. Labels: uncountable
Word: fait Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of fate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling 2. Only used in fait accompli.
Word: cool gray Part of Speech: noun 1. A light gray colour.
Word: cool gray Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a light gray colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pitcairnese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Pitcairn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Pitcairnese From Pitcairn + -ese. 1. Of or relating to the Pitcairn Islands. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Pitcairnese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Pitcairn Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Pitcairnese From Pitcairn + -ese. 1. A creole spoken in the Pitcairn Islands, formed from an eighteenth-century dialect of English and the Tahitian language.
Word: Pitcairn Islands Part of Speech: name 1. A small archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Pacific Ocean.
Word: daemonic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of demonic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: dæmonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dæmon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dæmonic From dæmon + -ic. 1. Archaic spelling of demonic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cornsilk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn (“maize”) + silk. 1. A very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk. 2. Alternative form of corn silk (the thready fibres of stigmata of corn (maize)) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cornsilk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corn (“maize”) + silk. 1. Of a very light yellow colour, like that of corn silk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: puits Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of puit. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:puits.
Word: puits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of puit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cupreous Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cupreus, from cuprum (“copper”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpɹi.əs/ 1. A reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper. Labels: uncountable
Word: cupreous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cupreus, from cuprum (“copper”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːpɹi.əs/ 1. Of or of the nature of copper. 2. Containing copper. 3. Of a reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.
Word: e-rights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-right Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pitkern Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Pitcairnese, a creole spoken in the Pitcairn Islands.
Word: Akan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈækæn/, /əˈkɑːn/ 1. A people who inhabit Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Akan Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈækæn/, /əˈkɑːn/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Akan people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Akan language and other related languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Akan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈækæn/, /əˈkɑːn/ 1. The Niger-Congo language spoken by the Akan people. 2. A group of languages spoken in Ghana. 3. A volcano in Hokkaido, Japan.
Word: tabontabon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cebuano tabontabon. 1. A fruit, Atuna racemosa, used to make kinilaw.
Word: essayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English essay Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English essayer From essay + -er. 1. One who performs an essay; an experimenter. Labels: obsolete
Word: viceregal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vice- + regal. Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈɹiːɡəl/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, a viceroy or viceroyalty. Labels: not-comparable Example: This engine was used for hauling Viceregal trains, and was painted royal blue. 2. Of, or pertaining to, a viceregent or viceregency. Labels: not-comparable
Word: viceregal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vice- + regal. Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈɹiːɡəl/ 1. a viceroy Labels: gender-neutral Example: Most viceregals choose themes to promote during their mandate, such as David Johnston's pursuit of innovation and education, Clarkson's focus on arts, culture and diversity, and Michaëlle Jean's work on youth, the environment and violence against women, particularly Indigenous women. 2. a viceroy or vicereine Labels: plural-normally Example: March is a month of farewells for the Governor of Victoria and his wife (Earl and Countess of Stradbroke). who are leaving early in April for England, via America.
Word: out of touch Part of Speech: adj 1. No longer maintaining contact or communications. Labels: idiomatic Example: I had been out of touch with my old friend for a long time when she called. Example: I don't feel a single thing / Have the pills done too much / Haven't caught up with my friends in weeks / And now we're outta touch 2. Disconnected or insulated from the everyday experiences and concerns of ordinary people. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: out of the loop; out of one's mind Example: The billionaire, who was once a man of the people, grew increasingly out of touch. 3. Old-fashioned, no longer aware of popular culture. Labels: idiomatic 4. No longer conversant with crucial basics such as facts, reality, the real world, and sanity; not aware or realistic. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonym: out of one's mind Example: Did his answer strike you as out of touch with reality?
Word: conversant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French conversant, present participle of converser. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːsənt/, /kənˈvɝsənt/, /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sænt/, /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sənt/ 1. Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction. Example: VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs? 2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed. Example: She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics. Example: We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant. 3. Concerned; occupied. Labels: archaic Example: If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself. Example: Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat.
Word: conversant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French conversant, present participle of converser. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːsənt/, /kənˈvɝsənt/, /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sænt/, /ˈkɒnvə(ɹ)sənt/ 1. One who converses with another.
Word: holiday home Part of Speech: noun 1. A second home used for holidays. Example: Located on the northbound platform, the detached, timber-clad waiting room (a period Furness Railway structure) has been adapted into a pet-friendly, self-catering, two-bedroom holiday home complete with sun lounge and garden for those sunny Cumbrian days.
Word: viceregent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin viceder. English vice- English regent English viceregent From vice- + regent. Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈɹiːd͡ʒənt/ 1. the official administrative deputy of a regent; vicegerent
Word: nail biter Part of Speech: noun 1. One who habitually bites or chews their fingernails. Example: But Victor did not reveal any behavior disorder, did not pick his nose, did not suck his thumb, was not even a nail biter. 2. A situation which causes anxiety, suspense, nervousness or discomfort. Labels: figuratively Example: It was a real nail biter waiting for the test results. Example: And in a shockingly misogynistic ad, Republicans placed an image of O’Connor in a huddle of three supposedly nightmarish mascots of liberalism, all women: Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton. O’Connor absorbed all of this and still turned the race into a nail-biter.
Word: chews Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːz/, /t͡ʃɪʊ̯z/ 1. plural of chew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chews Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːz/, /t͡ʃɪʊ̯z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fingernails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fingernail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪtɚ/, /ˈbaɪtə/ 1. Agent noun of bite: someone or something who bites or tends to bite. Labels: agent, form-of Example: Not all dogs are biters. Example: Careful—She's a biter! 2. A fish that tends to take bait. Example: She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not. 3. A person who takes up an offer or request. Labels: figuratively Example: I put up some fliers for the org but didn't get any biters 4. A stone that barely touches the outside of the house. 5. One who copies someone else's work, style or techniques, especially in hip-hop. Labels: slang 6. A cheat or fraudster. Labels: obsolete 7. A zombie.
Word: biter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English biter From bit + -er. 1. Something (a data unit, machine etc.) with a width of a specified amount of bits. Labels: in-compounds Example: The first microprocessor was a 4-bit device called the 4004. Today you can buy 1-bit machines, 4-biters, 8-biters, 12-biters and 16-biters. Which one should you buy, and why? Example: Didn't know it was an 8-biter first, cool. The ST Star Raiders is pretty cool - my fav one yet & worth any $5.
Word: viceregency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vice- + regency. Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈɹiːd͡ʒən(t)si/ 1. the office or position of a viceregent 2. the area ruled by a viceregent
Word: cantilever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested. Pronunciation: /ˈkantɪliːvə/, /ˈkæntɪˌlivɚ/, [ˈkɛəntɪˌlivɚ] 1. A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony. Example: cantilever arch cantilever arm cantilever armchair cantilever beam cantilever bracket cantilever brake cantilever bridge cantilever crane cantilever fin cantilever frame cantilever girder cantilever landing gear cantilever moment cantilever monoplane cantilever mounting cantilever roof cantilever roof bar cantilever sheet-piles cantilever single-strut landing gear cantilever span cantilever spring cantilever timbering cantilever tower crane cantilever truss cantilever-type drilling mast cantilever wall cantilever wing Example: Eventually Sir John Fowler's and Sir Benjamin Baker's continuous steel girder bridge on the cantilever principle was adopted. 2. A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony. Example: cantilever circuit Example: Magnetic resonance force microscopy employs an ultrasmall cantilever arm as a platform for specimens that are then moved in and out of proximity to a tiny magnet. 3. A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.
Word: cantilever Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested. Pronunciation: /ˈkantɪliːvə/, /ˈkæntɪˌlivɚ/, [ˈkɛəntɪˌlivɚ] 1. To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever. Example: Just above, the museums top floor seems to shift slightly, its corners cantilevering over the edge of the story below as if it is sliding off the top of the building.
Word: lachrymation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Medieval Latin form lachryma. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ion. 1. Alternative form of lacrimation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: lachrymator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lachrymate + -or. 1. Any substance that causes tears, such as tear gas.
Word: stabile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by German-French artist Jean Arp in 1932 from Latin stabilis (“firmly fixed or established”) to describe the stationary works of Alexander Calder as opposed to his better known mobiles. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.baɪl/, /ˈsteɪˌbil/ 1. abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.
Word: starship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From star + ship. Pronunciation: /stɑɹʃɪp/ 1. A type of spacecraft capable of traveling to the solar systems of other stars.
Word: round tuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A play on words, re-interpreting the idiom “when I get around to it” as “when I get a round tuit”. Pronunciation: /ɹaʊnd ˈtuːɪt/, /ɹaʊnd ˈtuɪt/, /-ət/ 1. A circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it". Labels: UK, US, humorous Example: Hawkins-Corlew ’round tuit [repeated caption on a circle] […] How many things have you missed, cause you never got round tuit? Well … we’re getting round tuit now. A sale on EVERYTHING that bears the CHEVY name, that we have in stock … Example: Almost everyone seems to be collecting something or other these days, and I am collecting round tuits. As of now I have a metal round tuit, a sticker round tuit and three round tuits clipped from publications – one being this column in The Republic, so perhaps that one really doesn't count. […] Who needs a round tuit? – why, just about everyone. How many times have you and I told ourselves or someone else that we would follow through on something just as soon as we got a round tuit. Now there was one for everyone – so no more excuses.
Word: Cookie Monster Part of Speech: name 1. A blue creature from the children's television show Sesame Street who is intensely fond of cookies. Example: In the first four years I worked at QVC I was a cookie monster and ate myself up twenty-two pounds — that's a lot of chocolate chips. Example: The cookie monster program would lock up your terminal and endlessly prompt you to "Give me a cookie (or "I WANT A COOKIE" or some variation), and no matter what you typed, it would always insist it wanted a cookie.
Word: bhikkhu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪkuː/ 1. A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha.
Word: ballyhoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening of the Irish village Ballyhooly, known for its rowdiness. Pronunciation: /bæliˈhuː/ 1. Sensational or clamorous advertising or publicity. Labels: informal 2. Noisy shouting or uproar. Labels: informal Example: Talk, it's only talk / Babble, burble, banter / Bicker, bicker, bicker / Brouhaha, balderdash, ballyhoo / It's only talk / Back talk