nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: R&R Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of rock and roll. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, uncountable 2. Initialism of rest and recuperation/recreation/relaxation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: In other news, Taylor [Swift] and Travis Kelce are currently getting in some R&R during the [Kansas City] Chiefs' "Bye Week," which happens to coincide with Taylor's break from the Eras Tour.
Word: R&R Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of revise and resubmit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of read and review: used to request that people read a work (generally fan fiction) and give feedback. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: That was my story so far. I really need a better title so please R&R! Example: What would happen if our favorite potions teacher accidently^([sic]) became a famous muggle movie star? Please R&R.
Word: R'n'R Part of Speech: noun 1. rock and roll Labels: slang, uncountable 2. rest and recuperation (or recreation) Labels: uncountable
Word: inconsistencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inconsistency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breviloquence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin breviloquentia. Pronunciation: /brɪˈvɪl.ə.kwəns/ 1. A pertinent and terse style of speech; a style of speech exhibiting brevity. Labels: uncountable
Word: breviloquent Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting breviloquence; concise.
Word: Sand Dancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone from South Shields. Labels: Geordie
Word: South Shields Part of Speech: name Etymology: Related to shiel (“hut or cottage”). Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊθ ˈʃiːldz/ 1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, in the Northeast of England (OS grid ref NZ3667).
Word: Sandancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Sand Dancer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sand-Dancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Sand Dancer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: debeak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English beak English debeak From de- + beak. Pronunciation: /diːˈbiːk/ 1. To remove part of the beak of a chicken or other bird to prevent pecking in chicken farms. Labels: transitive Example: ‘Why not let them out to roam and scratch and peck at insects and worms and see if they come home in the evening and peck each other? Why debeak hens for something you are doing wrong?’
Word: rhinestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/ 1. An artificial diamond, strass. Example: Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.
Word: rhinestone Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/ 1. Made of or encrusted with rhinestones. Labels: not-comparable Example: Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs. Example: I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower / That you made with plastic power / Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away
Word: rhinestone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪnˌstoʊn/ 1. To decorate with rhinestones. Labels: transitive
Word: rhinestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhinestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhinestones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rhinestone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: encrusted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of encrust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: encrusted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an incrustation. Example: Here the appearance at the head of the train of a grime-encrusted Eastern Region "K3" 2-6-0, No. 61967, did nothing to raise the spirits of the recorder; [...].
Word: oppugned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of oppugn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oppugn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French oppugner Latin oppugno (“fight against, to attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege, war with”). Pronunciation: /əˈpjuːn/ 1. To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement. Labels: rare, transitive Example: If nothing can oppugne love, And virtue invious ways can prove, What may not he confide to do That brings both love and virtue too? Example: It is for the same reason, that is, because 'tis all comprehended in Slawkenbergius, that I say nothing likewise of Scroderus (Andrea) who all the world knows, set himself to oppugn Prignitz with great violence, ---- proving it in his own way, first logically, and then by a series of stubborn facts
Word: loosestrife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek λυσιμάχειον (lusimákheion), as if from λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle, strife”). 1. Any of certain flowering plants of the genera Lythrum and Lysimachia, which are in different taxonomic families. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 91, He had a suit of summer mufti, and a broad-brimmed blue beaver hat looped with leaves broken from the hedgerows in the lanes, and a Leander scarf tucked full of flowers: loosestrife, meadowrue, orchis, ragged-robin. Example: Most loosestrifes thrive in the northern part of the United States and Canada but only a few make good garden plants for the South.
Word: loperamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English (ch)lo(ro)- Indo-Aryanbor. Ancient Greek πέπερῐ (péperĭ)bor. Latin piper English -idine English (pi)per(idine) English -amide English loperamide From (ch)lo(ro)- + (pi)per(idine) + -amide. Pronunciation: /ləʊˈpɛ.ɹə.mʌɪd/, /loʊˈpɛɹ.əˌmaɪd/ 1. A synthetic antidiarrheal agent of the opiate class (trademark Imodium) that slows intestinal peristalsis and is taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₂₉H₃₃ClN₂O₂·HCl to control acute nonspecific diarrhea or chronic diarrhea associated with inflammatory bowel disease or to reduce fecal volume discharged from ileostomies. Labels: uncountable
Word: what with Part of Speech: prep 1. Owing to; because of; as a result of (used typically to introduce several causes of something) Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: She was sleeping very badly these days, what with the new baby and all the activity surrounding him. Example: What with it being too late and raining, we decided to stay home.
Word: lose count Part of Speech: verb 1. To forget the number of times that something has happened; to lose the tally. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I have lost count of the number of girls I have kissed.
Word: Luhyia Part of Speech: noun 1. A people (or "tribal nation") of western Kenya. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Luhyia Part of Speech: name 1. The language of this people.
Word: Lumasaaba Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language spoken in eastern Uganda. Example: ‘Add to that, I am Ganda: don’t even speak Lumasaaba.’
Word: casters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lungwa Part of Speech: name 1. a language spoken in parts of Tanzania
Word: metalhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal English -head English metalhead From metal + -head. 1. Someone who listens to or is a fan of heavy metal music. Labels: informal
Word: Lusoga Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language spoken in the Busoga region of Uganda.
Word: metalheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metalhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Busoga Part of Speech: name 1. One of the five traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
Word: Munukutuba Part of Speech: name 1. One of the official languages of the Republic of the Congo.
Word: exultant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin exsultāns, present participle of exsultō (“rejoice; boast”). See also exult. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzʌl.tənt/ 1. Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.
Word: Machame Part of Speech: name 1. a Bantu language spoken in parts of Tanzania
Word: vampires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vampire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vampires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vampire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: magnetoencephalography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magneto- + encephalo- + -graphy; compare magnetencephalography. 1. A noninvasive neuroimaging technique that records the tiny magnetic fields produced by electrical activity in the brain, allowing precise mapping of brain function in real time.
Word: make away with Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From make away + with. 1. To steal; to escape with ill-gotten gains. Example: Thieves made away with £50,000 of jewellery in last night's heist. 2. To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate. 3. To do away with; to destroy. Labels: obsolete Example: We talked of a man’s drowning himself.―Johnson. “I should never think it time to make away with myself.” 4. To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense). 5. To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense). College applicants can make away with a few office referrals and maybe a detention, but students who have been suspended or expelled may not be accepted.
Word: make merry Part of Speech: verb 1. To enjoy oneself in a jolly and festive manner. Labels: intransitive
Word: vampyre Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic and pseudo-archaic form of vampire. Example: The Servians paint crosses with tar on the doors of houses and barns to keep out vampyres. Example: Although "gothic," "dark fetish," "faerie," "Wiccan" and "Celtic" are all acceptable garb, patrons (most of whom are in their 20's and 30's) usually opt for "vampyre" or simply all black. […] (Vampyres like to spell their name with the "y" to distinguish themselves from literary or Hollywood vamps.)
Word: symbiote Part of Speech: noun 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 σῠμ- (sŭm-) English sym- English -biote English symbiote From sym- + -biote. 1. Synonym of symbiont.
Word: spear gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + gun. 1. A form of mechanical gun that fires a spear as a projectile; generally used under water when spearfishing.
Word: spear guns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spear gun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tactual Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to the sense of touch. Example: […] how doth Psyche heare or see That hath nor eyes nor eares? She sees more clear Then we that see but secundarily. We see at distance by a circular Diffusion of that spright of this great sphere Of th’Universe: Her sight is tactuall. The sunne and all the starres that do appear She feels them in herself […] Example: […] the later sovereigns of England have not been tactual healers, and the disease once honored with the name “king’s evil” now bears the humbler one of “scrofula” […]
Word: spearfishing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear + fishing. 1. A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun. Labels: uncountable Example: Today, Riffe International makes all of its spearfishing equipment a few miles down the road in San Clemente.
Word: Nephilim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל (“nafíl, fallen one”). 1. plural of Naphil Labels: form-of, plural Example: The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. Example: We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.
Word: Nephilim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל (“nafíl, fallen one”). 1. Synonym of Naphil (“a member of the race of Nephilim”). Labels: nonstandard
Word: weirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safari park Part of Speech: noun 1. A commercial tourist attraction, similar to a zoo, in which visitors drive through animal enclosures.
Word: recessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English recession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English recessional From recession + -al. 1. Of or relating to recession or withdrawal, particularly at the end of a religious service or wedding. Labels: not-comparable Example: A recessional hymn is sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.
Word: recessional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English recession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English recessional From recession + -al. 1. Music played during a church recession.
Word: orchestrator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orchestrate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English orchestrator From orchestrate + -or. 1. One who orchestrates. Labels: figuratively Example: Apart from acting, Wongkrachang was also an active participant in Thailand's politics, known for his pro-royalist sentiments. Many netizens pointed out that he was allegedly one of the chief orchestrators of the 2014 coup, which removed the Thai democratic government and put the nation under military dictatorship. Example: He was, however, the orchestrator of this England performance as he showed maturity and an impressive range of passing to set off a succession of attacks, especially in the first 45 minutes. 2. A system that performs orchestration (automated configuration, deployment, etc.). Example: The dynamic nature of orchestrators, such as Red Hat's OpenShift or DockerSwarm, means that their configuration is inherently complex, and they can be difficult to secure correctly. The most popular container orchestrator, Kubernetes, is what this book focuses on and for good reason due to its provenance.
Word: reform school Part of Speech: noun 1. A penal institution for juveniles, especially males. Labels: dated Example: And through this one small error of judgment, Elwood’s life is changed when he is sent to a reform school called Nickel.
Word: reformatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/, /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/, /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative. Example: Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.
Word: reformatory Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/, /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/, /ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətɹi/ 1. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school. Example: It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.
Word: iatric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰατρικός (iatrikós, “medical”). 1. Of or pertaining to a physician or physicians.
Word: ice bucket Part of Speech: noun 1. An often insulated container for holding ice cubes. 2. A pod or similar device containing a person in cryosleep. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: ice bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ice + bag. The second sense is possibly a calque of a Philippine language. 1. A waterproof bag with a wide-mouthed stopper designed to hold ice, for service as an ice pack. 2. A thin plastic bag, of varying sizes, used primarily for freezing water to be sold as ice. Labels: Philippines
Word: nasciturus rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Roman law (Digest 1.5.7): "nasciturus pro iam nato habetur quotiens de commodo eius agitur". 1. The rule stating that an unborn child, if subsequently born alive, is considered as already in existence whenever it is to its own advantage. Example: The right of a child to sue for prenatal injuries is recognised in law, but the more difficult question is whether such an action should be allowed by using the nasciturus rule or by using the ordinary principles of the law of delict. The contention that the recognition of an action for prenatal injuries is logically impossible without the conferment of legal rights, and hence legal personality, upon the unborn child, as achieved by the nasciturus rule, is to be rejected.
Word: monitorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monitor Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English monitorial From monitor + -ial. 1. Of or relating to monitors. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a system of education in which advanced pupils teach the pupils below them. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to an admonition; monitory. Labels: not-comparable 4. Not secret and therefore printed in the Monitor. Labels: not-comparable
Word: iceberg lettuce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently originally a trade name. 1. A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wonder how many of the readers of AMERICAN GARDENING have tried the Iceberg lettuce.
Word: red tide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + tide. 1. An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures. 2. An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.
Word: red tides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red tide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: iconographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iconography + -er. 1. One who creates (religious) icons
Word: iconographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From icono- + -graphic or iconography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to iconography. 2. Of or pertaining to a secular person or topic that has attained cult status.
Word: dormition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dormition, from Latin dormītiōnem. Pronunciation: /dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/, /dɔɹˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The process of falling asleep. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of death or the actual death itself. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable 3. The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.
Word: double eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin. Labels: US 2. Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole. 3. A representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the heraldic arms of Russia and Austria and in iconography from Antiquity onward (especially in the Roman Empire). Example: When a legion pitched its camp, the eagle was placed in its centre; and if it happened that two legions encamped together, they erected upon the limits of the two camps a double eagle, with heads and wings opposed. Example: The black imperial double eagle is better known and still features on the Albanian national flag.
Word: double feature Part of Speech: noun 1. Two feature-length motion pictures being shown back-to-back in a movie theatre, available to view for the price of a single ticket.
Word: inhuman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inhumayne, from Middle French inhumain and its etymon Latin inhūmānus. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhjuːmən/ 1. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings. Example: It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers. 2. Transcending or different than what is human. Example: When he was out among men, seeking his own ends, and “making good! his colliery workings, he had an almost uncanny shrewdness, hardness, and a straight sharp punch. It was as if his very passivity and prostitution to the Magna Mater gave him insight into material business affairs, and lent him a certain remarkable inhuman force. Example: The organism that embraces this theme in its devious ramifications is the great business house of Dombey and Son, symptom and epitome of selfish money power and warping tyranny. And the special symbol that spells wreckage, devastation, and the unleashed violence of the inhuman force that thus came to possess mankind is that new monster of the mid-nineteenth-century world, heartless embodiment of mechanized energy, the railroad —the same railroad so often pictured in the Punch of those days or in the maledictions of Ruskin as a glaring, headlit engine of destruction, gouging open the green English landscape or the outposts of London, riding down the lives of men, and bringing the smoke and soot of industrialism in its wake: the dragon of a world grown heartless and of a future that promised to become more heartless still.
Word: puffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From puff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌfi/ 1. Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like. 2. Coming or exhaling in puffs. Example: puffy breath Example: A puffy fat man in a tracksuit came jogging around the corner. 3. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner. Example: There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time. 4. Having inflated cheeks.
Word: gorra Part of Speech: contraction 1. Got a. Labels: contraction, informal Example: You've gorra flippin' nerve showing your face round here.
Word: no duh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: US from 1962. Pronunciation: /nəʊ ˈdəː/, /noʊ ˈdə/ 1. An expression or exclamation that something is exceedingly obvious or apparent, or that one would have to be extremely foolish not to realize something immediately. Labels: US, colloquial, sarcastic Example: It says here not to drive with the sun shade covering the windshield of your car. No duh! Example: A long pause was followed by Hannah saying, “Well, no duh!” “What?” “That sign. Did you read that sign?” “No, what did it say?” “It said ‘State Prison Next Exit: Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers.’ That′s why I said, no duh! Like they have to tell people not to pick up hitchhikers.” “That was a strange sign,” I agreed.
Word: make over Part of Speech: verb 1. To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them. Labels: idiomatic Example: We're going to make over the garage into a guest suite. Example: Our made-over meat recipes call for the leanest cuts of beef, lamb, and pork […] 2. (of a person, particularly a woman) To give a new physical look to, especially with a new hairstyle, cosmetics, or clothes. Labels: idiomatic Example: Cindy is going to make over Karen tomorrow. 3. (of a career, public image, etc.) To improve upon or take in a new direction. Labels: idiomatic Example: The senator needs to make over his image. 4. To transfer ownership (or care) of, especially by means of a legal document. Labels: idiomatic Example: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could. Example: Limestone from the quarries at Warcop and Merrygill to Tees-side is now worked on to the former Midland Railway at Appleby and down the Eden Valley to Carlisle, where it is made over to the N.E.R. 5. To praise (someone) excessively. Labels: dated, slang
Word: Makonde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chimakonde or Makonde, the Makonde name of the language. Pronunciation: /məˈkɒndeɪ/ 1. A people of southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Makonde Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Chimakonde or Makonde, the Makonde name of the language. Pronunciation: /məˈkɒndeɪ/ 1. The Bantu language spoken by the Makonde.
Word: malarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From malaria + -al. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛəɹi.əl/, /məˈlɛɹi.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or infected by malaria. Labels: not-comparable Example: His whole constitution was that of an emaciated, suffering man, malarial and gaunt.
Word: malarial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malaria + -al. Pronunciation: /məˈlɛəɹi.əl/, /məˈlɛɹi.əl/ 1. A person who has malaria.
Word: maliciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly. 1. In a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons. Example: "Theer, govison, (blockhead) tak that," and Jack flings maliciously at him the wisp of rushes wherewith he has rubbed down his own bemudded person. Example: All of these base qualities combined compose a maliciously beautyless whole not to be found in other countries, and prove conclusively the brutal power of great sums of money for the enforcement of vulgarity[…]
Word: counsels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counsel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counsels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counsel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: straggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæɡl̩/ 1. To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind. Labels: intransitive Example: He straggled away from the crowd and went off on his own. Example: What, feareful coward, ſtragling from the camp, When Kings themſelues are preſent in the field? 2. To act in a disorderly and irregular way. Labels: intransitive 3. Grow or hang messily. Example: The roses had been allowed to straggle across the path. Example: A few gray wisps straggled from underneath his cap. 4. To move along slowly so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front. Example: In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.
Word: straggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæɡl̩/ 1. An irregular, spread-out group. Example: Twenty-five hundred hands snapped at a slant to the hats. The admiral strolled onto the field, smoking, followed by a straggle of officers, walking carelessly to symbolize the privileges of rank, but straggling at distances from the admiral strictly regulated by the number of sleeve stripes on each stragger. Example: At Milton the road is blocked by yet another Anzac parade, a straggle of people raw-faced in the cold. 2. An outlier; something that has strayed beyond the normal limits. Example: Nevertheless there is a straggle of pungent sense in it, — like the outskirts of lightning, seen in that dismally wet weather, which the Royal Party had.
Word: organized crime Part of Speech: noun 1. A large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services. Labels: uncountable Example: Organized crime is largely responsible for the nation’s illicit drug trafficking. Example: The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics. 2. The crimes perpetrated by those organizations. Labels: uncountable Example: Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.
Word: golden girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The senior citizen sense was inspired by a TV show in the 1980s, The Golden Girls, about a group of friends. The show's title was inspired by the traditional senses of the term but seems also to have been a play on golden years and silver-haired. 1. A girl or young woman who has become unusually successful at an early age. 2. A favored girl, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes. 3. A young woman who is beautiful in a wholesome and healthy way. Example: In her day, Betty Grable was the golden girl of America. 4. An older woman, a female senior citizen. Labels: informal Example: Ha ha, we were teasing our mom that she's a golden girl now.
Word: Marmelade Part of Speech: name 1. A commune in northern Haiti.
Word: redness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reednes, rednesse, from Old English rēadnes (“redness”), equivalent to red + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being red. Labels: uncountable Example: Nancy Reagan is famous for the redness of her wardrobe. 2. A red discoloration, especially of skin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Redness and swelling are associated with certain superficial infections.
Word: Gemeinschaft Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gemeinschaft. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: councillor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of counsellor, by assimilation with council. By surface analysis, council + -or. 1. A member of a council. 2. In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor. Example: The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes. Example: And it had been a close-run thing for many of the nearest - perhaps too close. Councillor Renee Spector, a senior member of Birmingham City Council planning committee, told the local press that the accident might force "a rethink" about the way it considered future applications. "There is a case for a buffer zone, but the problem is that land is at such a premium it is difficult to insist on a large distance between houses and railway lines," she said.
Word: stifled Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been interrupted, suppressed etc Example: The stifled attempt at reform led to further resentment.
Word: stifled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stifle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Korean Wave Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”), from Korean + wave. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹi.ən ˈweɪv/, /kəˈɹiːən ˈweɪv/ 1. The rise in popularity of South Korean popular culture in other countries since the 1990s. Example: The spread of South Korean (hereafter Korean/Korea) popular culture across borders, that is, the Korean Wave or hallyu, whose origin dates back to the late 1990s, is no longer a new phenomenon to media users and scholars of media, communications, cultural, and narrative studies alike. Example: By the time almost all restrictions on Japanese culture were lifted in January 2004, the Korean Wave—a term coined in China—had washed across Asia.
Word: ailurophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ailuro- (“cat”) + -phile (“lover”), from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”) + φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”). Pronunciation: /aɪˈljʊəɹəˌfaɪl/, /aɪˈlʊɹəˌfaɪl/, /eɪˈlʊɹəˌfaɪl/ 1. A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover. Example: He played the piano well, was an enthusiastic ailurophile, and persistently played solitaire while talking and writing. Example: When the archbishop would send Philip on an assignment, he would leave the cat in the care of the archbishop, who apparently was not an ailurophile.
Word: pre-production Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production English pre-production From pre- + production. 1. The process of preparing the elements involved in a motion picture, theatrical play, or other performance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: film projector Part of Speech: noun 1. An opto-mechanical device for displaying motion pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Movie projector for projection of moving images from film). 2. An opto-mechanical device for displaying still pictures by projecting them on a projection screen (Slide projector for projection of still images from film).
Word: allocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French allocacion, from Medieval Latin allocātiō. By surface analysis, allocate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæl.əˈkæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɛl.əˈkæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The allocation of new permits is on a first-come, first-served basis. Example: Following allocation to Toton on January 1 1996, it stayed there until transferral to Crewe in November 2000, before being stored at Eastleigh on December 17 the same year. 2. That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The farmer received his full allocation of water from the government. 3. Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendants to a particular cell type or body region. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lignum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lignum (“wood”). 1. Dead wood, typically in the context of a substrate for lichens. Labels: uncountable
Word: lignum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of polygonum (“plant of the family Polygonaceae”). 1. A perennial shrub, Duma florulenta, native to semiarid areas of inland Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Land covered by lignum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They assembled in the lignum / Where the Boss said pigs were thick.
Word: neorealist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real 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 realist English neorealist From neo- + realist. 1. Of or pertaining to the post World War II international relations movement of neorealism. 2. Of or pertaining to the post-World War II Italian movement of neorealism, which focused on realistic portrayals of daily life. Example: If by “neorealism” you mean the opposite of manufactured effects, of the laws of dramaturgy, spectacle, and even of cinematography, then Rossellini has made the only neorealist films. 3. Of or pertaining to the neorealism movement in art, which emerged in Britain around 1914.
Word: neorealist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real 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 realist English neorealist From neo- + realist. 1. An adherent of neorealism. Example: DeSanctis wasn't a neorealist; he was a follower of D'Annunzio, who took calendar-art shots of the sea. Example: Rossellini was one of a diverse group of filmmakers, including Luchino Visconti and Vittorio De Sica, who became known as neorealists for their determination to get out of the studio and rediscover a sense of gritty, working-class authenticity.
Word: apologies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/, /əˈpɑləd͡ʒiːz/ 1. plural of apology Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of apologie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apologies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/, /əˈpɑləd͡ʒiːz/ 1. A list of people unable to attend a meeting, typically presented as the first item on the agenda. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: apologies Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /əˈpɒləd͡ʒiːz/, /əˈpɑləd͡ʒiːz/ 1. Ellipsis of my apologies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: tfb Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of too fucking bad. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: social studies Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social-science subjects, especially in primary and secondary school. Labels: uncountable
Word: off-off-Broadway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + off-Broadway. 1. A New York City area off-Broadway-style show, but not operating under the aegis of the theatrical unions. Labels: capitalized, often
Word: off-off-Broadway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + off-Broadway. 1. Of or pertaining to an off-off-Broadway production. Labels: not-comparable
Word: off-off-off-Broadway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + off-off-Broadway. 1. A theatrical production performed in spaces remote from Manhattan, but nonetheless in the greater New York City area, and which otherwise fits the description of an off-off-Broadway show. Labels: humorous, sometimes
Word: off-off-off-Broadway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + off-off-Broadway. 1. Of or pertaining to an off-off-off-Broadway production, or to the space in which they are performed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nagykanizsa Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Hungary.
Word: capretto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian capretto. 1. meat from a kid, or young goat Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shits-and-giggles Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shits and giggles. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only, vulgar
Word: kicks-and-giggles Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kicks and giggles Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: malt liquor Part of Speech: noun 1. beer, especially that having a higher than normal alcohol content. Labels: US, uncountable, usually 2. Any beverage brewed from malt, including ale, beer and porter, typically having lower alcohol content than modern brews. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: dappa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dapper. 1. A term used to insult those who are smartly dressed Labels: Geordie, derogatory Example: "Hoo man ye dappa!" 2. Dapper, smart. Labels: Geordie
Word: smartly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English smertly; equivalent to smart + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɑː(ɹ)tli/ 1. With a fine or fashionable appearance. Example: smartly dressed 2. Quickly. Example: She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky. Example: He set smartly off towards the shops […] 3. Intelligently.
Word: gunya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gunyah. Labels: Australia, alt-of, alternative
Word: ralphie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ralph Gardeners High School in North Shields, which had a past reputation as a bad school, + -ie. Pronunciation: /ɹɑːɹˈfi/ 1. A scruffy school child. Labels: Geordie, derogatory
Word: startup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from start up. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/, [ˈstɑɹɾˌʌp] 1. The act or process of starting a process or machine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 3. A folder (especially in Windows), containing shortcuts of applications or programs that start up automatically after a user signs in. Labels: capitalized, countable, often, uncountable Example: Add an app to run automatically at startup in Windows 10, Microsoft Support 3. With the file location open, press the Windows logo key + R, type shell:startup, then select OK. This opens the Startup folder. / 4. Copy and paste the shortcut to the app from the file location to the Startup folder.
Word: startup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From start + up, describing a boot that starts up (reaches up) to the middle of the leg. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑːtəp/, /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/, [ˈstɑɹɾˌʌp] 1. A kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people. Labels: dialectal, in-plural, obsolete Example: 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, London: Hugh Singleton, “Februarie,” Glosse, Galage) a startuppe or clownish shoe. Example: But Hob and Iohn of the countrey they stept in churlishly, in their high startvps […] 2. A kind of gaiter or legging. Labels: dialectal, in-plural, obsolete 3. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. Labels: obsolete Example: That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow: if I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way.
Word: sweet cheeks Part of Speech: noun 1. A term of address implying the person addressed has attractive buttocks. Labels: informal, offensive, often Example: “Hey, sweet-cheeks! Can you take my order real quick?” “Hi. Sure thing.” “Sorry--” “What can I get you?” “Uh, mixed green salad, and we'll do the garlic zoodles.” “Zoodles. Good choice.” “Thank you.” “(inhales deeply) "Good choice."” (indistinct chatter) “Zoodles are zucchini noodles.” “"Sweet cheeks"? Seriously, dude?” “She had cherubic cheeks. It's a compliment.” “"Sweet cheeks" is your butt.” “No, it's not.” “It is. It's like calling somebody, I don't know, "sugar tits."” “That's totally inappropriate.”
Word: Zimba Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in the Congo 2. A town in southern Zambia.
Word: cold chisel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it was used for cutting cold metal, as distinguished from a blacksmith's chisel for cutting hot iron. 1. A narrow chisel, made of hardened, tempered steel, used for cutting stone etc. Example: Meanwhile, Macpherson stood just outside the door, holding a cold chisel which he had taken from a dungaree pocket […] and there Mr. Willison found him.
Word: sporting house Part of Speech: noun 1. A brothel. Labels: obsolete
Word: instill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin stīlla Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin stīllō Latin instillōbor. English instill Borrowed from Latin instillō. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɪl/ 1. To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature. Labels: transitive Example: It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age. 2. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop. Labels: transitive
Word: cribbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crib Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cribbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪbɪŋ/ 1. The members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location, Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse. Example: US Army Corps of Engineers site If the structure is to be raised in place without relocation, once it is raised to the desired elevation the jacks are replaced with timber cribbing. 3. The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A self-injurious tendency of certain horses to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure; cribbing and windsucking are regarded as equine forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An act of plagiarism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] cribbings from Leonardo's notebooks […]
Word: catherinette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Catherinette. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And then again, on 25 November, Saint Catherine's Day (Saint Catherine is of course the patron saint of unmarried women), the done thing was to get hold of a catherinette, an unmarried girl of twenty-five or over, to drag her of to the rue de Cléry, to borrow a stepladder from the bistro opposite the statuse of Saint Catherine (they were quite used to lending it!), and get the girl to climb up and offer the statue a bunch of flowers you'd thoughtfully bought beforehand, giggling the while. Example: If no marriage had been concluded by the age of twenty-five, the young woman became a "catherinette" and soon a spinster.
Word: clems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clems Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clem Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, *clammen, from Old English clemman, clæmman (“to press, surround”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”). Pronunciation: /klɛm/ 1. To be hungry; starve. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive Example: "[…] Here he's back home again, and without work, and without a penny, and thou knows t' little one and I were pretty well clemmed to death when thou got us a bit o' bread and meat last night. We were that!" Example: Who are half clemmed from year’s end to year’s end, and see no close to it, no hope, no finish but the pauper’s deals!