nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: huzzah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly to the cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s. Pronunciation: /həˈzɑː/ 1. A cheer often associated with sailors, shouted by a group in praise of a thing or event. Example: The night that she was awakened by the loud huzzah of the Watchman on her palace roof, she thrilled with the hope that her vengeance awaited only the arrival of the propitious hour.
Word: huzzah Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly to the cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s. Pronunciation: /həˈzɑː/ 1. To cheer (someone or something) with a huzzah sound. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Towns have been taken, and battles have been won; the mob has huzza'd round bonefires, the Stentor of the chappel has ſtrained his throat in the gallery, and the Stentor of S——m has deafned his audience from the pulpit. Example: In the course of his table-talk, during the French war, the ex-chancellor once remarked that, though the Prussian people huzza'd and beclapped their great Frederick when alive, […]
Word: dissenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dissent 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 dissenter From dissent + -er. 1. Someone who dissents (disagrees), especially from an established church. Example: As my study proceeded, I began to see that an investigation of organizational morality should also explore managerial dissenters, so-called whistleblowers, many of whom take stands against their organizations on grounds that they define as moral.
Word: sumpit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay sumpit (“blowpipe”). 1. The poison dart used in the sumpitan, or Malay blowpipe. 2. The blowpipe itself.
Word: pedicel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin pedīcellus, diminutive of pedīculus (“foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf”), diminutive of pēs (“foot”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛd.ɪs.əl/, /ˈpɛd.əˌsɛl/ 1. A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster. Example: Water flux through the pedicel could also be involved in tomato fruit CC.^([cuticle cracking]) 2. A stalk of a fungus fruiting body. 3. A stalk-shaped body part; an anatomical part that resembles a stem or stalk. 4. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. 5. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. Example: Spiders have the body clearly divided into two pieces which are joined by a narrow stalk, the pedicel. 6. A narrow stalk-like body part connecting specific segments in certain insects and some other arthropods. 7. The segment of an antler that attaches to the head of a cervid. Example: Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both antlers and 4 does and 1 doe fawn with incipient antler pedicels like those on male fawns.
Word: detractor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English detractor, dectractour, from Anglo-Norman detractour, from Old French detractor. 1. A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause. Example: Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.
Word: Spanglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Spanish + English. 1. A language blend of English and Spanish spoken by both Latinas, Latinos, and Anglo-Americans. Example: The Nobel laureate Octavio Paz is said to have had it that Spanglish is “neither good, nor bad, but abominable.” Example: “It’s a lot of trying to understand how other languages work,” Rosalía, 33, said in an interview, conducted in English with a sprinkling of Spanglish, on Popcast, The New York Times’s music show. 2. The mixing of Spanish and English together in a sentence. Example: His Spanglish was quite embarrassing when he said he was “embarazado”, as that means “pregnant”, not “embarrassed”.
Word: A.D. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of AD; initialism of anno Domini. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In China, surviving single pagodas at the Fo-kung Temple, Ying Hsien, Shansi, and at the P'u-shou Temple in Hopei, both dating from the eleventh century A.D., no doubt indicate persistence of this earliest plan under the architecturally conservative Liao (p. 709) long after it had disappeared in more metropolitan areas. Example: Their greatest discovery came on an expedition in 1937 when they dated and meticulously catalogued Foguang Si, or the Temple of Buddha’s Light, in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. The breathtaking wooden temple was built in 857 A.D., making it the oldest building known in China at the time. (It is now the fourth-oldest known).
Word: creme Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of crème. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: creme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crème. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: creme Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of crème. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antitussive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + tussive. 1. A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing. Example: Coordinate term: protussive
Word: antitussive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + tussive. 1. Having cough suppressant abilities. Example: Coordinate term: protussive
Word: Sinti Part of Speech: name Etymology: In Sinti usage, the ethnonym is traditionally understood as deriving from Sindh, a region in northwestern South Asia (now Pakistan), functioning as a toponymic self-designation. 1. The Sinti people, an ethnic group originating from Sindh in northwestern India (now Pakistan) who migrated to Europe in the medieval period. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: The place of origin of the Sinti (singular: Sinto) is clearly spelled out in their ethnonym: they come from the Sindh, an area in the North-West of India (now Pakistan). Therefore the ethnonym 'Sinto' is also a toponym. Example: The Sinti first appeared in Switzerland in 1411... the Sinti said that they were pilgrims and they intended to return to the land of Sindh.
Word: Sinti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In Sinti usage, the ethnonym is traditionally understood as deriving from Sindh, a region in northwestern South Asia (now Pakistan), functioning as a toponymic self-designation. 1. plural of Sinto Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of Sinta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sacagawea dollar Part of Speech: noun 1. A US dollar coin featuring a portrait of Sacagawea.
Word: blasphemy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blasfemie, from Old French blasfemie, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”). Displaced native Old English tāl. Pronunciation: /ˈblæs.fə.mi/ 1. An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad was a form of blasphemy. Example: Had God cancelled His everlasting Covenant with Israel? The mere thought was blasphemy! But what did God's silence and the present dark cloud mean? 2. An act of irreverence towards anything considered inviolable; the act of disregarding a convention. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Some historical information is given on the Panormo family of guitar makers and a whole chapter is called, "Maccaferri's 'Monstrosity'," the name given Julian's Maccaferri guitar due to the blasphemy of its having more than six strings, […] Example: The market has responded well to this type of packaging [wine in cardboard containers], even if some consider it near blasphemy, and it has had a role in bringing wine to the younger generation and to social classes intimidated by the high price of many bottled products.
Word: Kris Kringle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed in a modified form from Pennsylvania German Christ-kinkle, from German Christkindl (“(dialectal diminutive) Christ Child”), Christkind (“Christ Child”), from Christ (“Christ”) + Kindl (dialectal diminutive), Kind (“child”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪs ˈkɹɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. Synonym of Christkind (“a personification of the baby Jesus who, in German-speaking parts of Europe, takes the place of Santa Claus in bringing gifts to people at Christmastime”). Labels: US Example: The Dutch of New Netherlands called the good giver of gifts, Kriss Kringle, the Christ Child, and the name came into our family vocabulary through our Dutch ancestor, Great-grandfather Wible. Example: The Germans brought to the county not only their skills but customs that we still see followed throughout the area. Some of these were the celebrating of Bels Nichol or Kris Kringel on the eve of St. Nicholas' feast in December; [...] 2. Synonym of Santa Claus. Labels: US Example: Now is not "Kriss Kingle" a nice, fat, good-humored looking man. See how eagerly those little boys embrace him, hoping that he will give them some nice little present or other. Mr. "Kriss Kingle" loves good little boys and girls, and if they behave and mind what their parents tell them, they may rest assured that he will pay them a visit, and leave them something nice, as a reward for their good behaviour. Example: The practice of hanging up stockings in the chimney corner for Kriss Kringle to fill with toys, pretty books, bon-bons, &c., for good children, is being superseded by that of placing a Christmas Tree on the table to await the annual visit of the worthy Santa Klaus.
Word: Kris Kringle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed in a modified form from Pennsylvania German Christ-kinkle, from German Christkindl (“(dialectal diminutive) Christ Child”), Christkind (“Christ Child”), from Christ (“Christ”) + Kindl (dialectal diminutive), Kind (“child”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɹɪs ˈkɹɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. Synonym of secret Santa (“a Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person; a person who anonymously gives a present to another in such a gift exchange”). Labels: US Example: [A] time is usually set aside for the Kris Kringles to be performed, such as by the end of the week or the month, or by Christmas or Easter. [...] Kris Kringles are kind deeds or little gifts or surprises done for the person whose name was drawn without that person knowing the source of the Kris Kringle. Example: A Filipino woman looks forward as others raise their gifts during an attempt to break a Guinness world record for the biggest, simultaneous exchange of gifts, or kris kringle, in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 18, 2011. 2. A gift given in a Kris Kringle or secret Santa gift exchange. Labels: US Example: If you're working on a budget, finding a thoughtful Kris Kringle can bring on a headache … or two. Example: This news, delivered just after my colleagues had exchanged Kris Kringle and departed for the Christmas break was as unexpected and disorienting as the mid-December rain [in Australia].
Word: Saint Nicholas Part of Speech: name 1. A 4th-century Greek bishop from Myra, Anatolia, patron saint of children, mariners and the unwed among others, functioning in multiple countries as a gift-giving figure around his feast day of December 6. 2. Santa Claus; a figure derived from traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas who is said to bring Christmas presents to children on Christmas Day. Example: No more passion play / On St. Nicholas avenue / I believe in St. Nicholas / It's a different type of Santa Claus
Word: Saint Nick Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive of Saint Nicholas. 1. Saint Nicholas; Santa Claus. Labels: informal
Word: Father Christmas Part of Speech: name 1. A mythical figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time. Example: The old men who had moustaches came with their breath frozen on them, and looked like so many old Father Christmasses: although all seemed poor and were indifferently clad, they almost all looked in good health and spirits. Example: Again Donna Maria’s anger was interrupted by the rising of the curtain; or, rather, diverted from Carlo’s décadent æsthetics to the extreme badness of the mise en scène, to rows of Father Christmasses and ladies in grey waterproofs, who bellowed and gesticulated as unhappy shades at the gates of hell, and the chains of thick thighed and tight waisted furies who capered about in the rose-coloured Bengal light.
Word: Gibraltar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Gibraltar, from Arabic جَبَل طَارِق (jabal ṭāriq, “Mount Tariq”), named after Tariq ibn Ziyad, who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, starting in 711. Replaced earlier Latin Mons Calpe (“Mount Calpe”) for the land, and Columnae Herculis, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειαι στῆλαι (Hērákleiai stêlai, “Pillars of Hercules”), for the strait. The barangay in Baguio, Philippines is named by a German national "Jonathan Speth" after the Rock of Gibraltar in Europe. He lived and died in the barangay. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɔːltə(ɹ)/, /d͡ʒɪˈbɹɒltə(ɹ)/ 1. A peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia. Example: Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar. […] The Spaniards offered Gibraltar fully devolved status, like the Basques and Catalans, respecting language, culture and a degree of fiscal autonomy. 2. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar. 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A place in England: 6. A place in England: 7. A place in the United States: 8. A place in the United States: 9. A place in the United States: 10. A place in the United States: 11. A place in the United States: 12. A rural community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 13. A town in Zulia State, Venezuela. 14. A barangay of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
Word: Gibraltar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: "Gibraltar" is the name of a line of tumblers made by glassware company Libbey. The drink was named in 2005, by Steve Ford at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco, after the glass in which its version was served. 1. ; (originally) A cortado served in a small glass; (by extension) any cortado Labels: Canada, US Example: Two Gibraltars (decaf) at Kafka Example: At a recent meeting at Mint Plaza’s Blue Bottle Coffee, Maggiotto ordered a Gibraltar, a small, milky espresso drink.
Word: Iberia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Iberia, from Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría), after Ἴβηρος (Íbēros, “the river Ebro”). See Iberia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pronunciation: /aɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə/, /aɪˈbɪə̯ɹ.i.ə/, /aɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/ 1. A peninsula and region of Europe south of the Pyrenees, consisting of Andorra, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar. Example: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands. 2. A city and town in Missouri. 3. A census-designated place in Ohio.
Word: Iberia Part of Speech: name Etymology: [Alt: Iberia] From Ancient Greek Ἰβηρία (Ibēría). Possibly from the same source as Old Armenian Վիրք (Virkʻ). Pronunciation: /aɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə/, /aɪˈbɪə̯ɹ.i.ə/, /aɪˈbɪɹ.i.ə/ 1. An antique and Byzantine name for the geographic region and ancient Georgian kingdom of Kartli in Eastern Europe, located east of Colchis, corresponding roughly to the eastern parts of present-day Georgia. Labels: historical
Word: Pyrenees Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Pireneies, partly from Middle French Pyrenees and partly from Latin Pȳrēnaeī (montēs) (literally “Pyrenean (mountains)”), plural of Pȳrēnaeus (“Pyrenean”), from Ancient Greek Πυρηναῖος (Purēnaîos), from Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē, “Pyrene”, literally “fruit-stone”) + -αῖος (-aîos). According to mythology, Pyrene was a daughter of King Bebryx who was loved or violated by Heracles; after fleeing into the wilderness and dying, she was buried by him, and the Pyrenees were said to be named after her. Pronunciation: /ˌpɪɹəˈniːz/, /ˈpɪɹəˌniz/ 1. The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A wine-producing region and local government area (Shire of Pyrenees) in Victoria, Australia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Lesbonian Part of Speech: name 1. A native of Lesbos. Labels: obsolete
Word: Lesbonian Part of Speech: adj 1. of or pertaining to Lesbos Labels: obsolete
Word: Lesvonian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛsˈvəʊ.ni.ən/, /lɛsˈvoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. a native of Lesbos
Word: Lesvonian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɛsˈvəʊ.ni.ən/, /lɛsˈvoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. pertaining to Lesbos
Word: Engrish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the mispronunciation of the word English common to Japanese speakers, who have difficulty distinguishing "L" and "R" sounds. The Japanese transliteration of the word "English", イングリッシュ (Ingurisshu) is often used for teaching purposes. In that word, /ɾ/ (romanised as "r") is pronounced instead of the English /l/. 1. Ungrammatical, unorthographical or nonsensical English of the kind found in East Asia, notably in Japan. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: 'Why you not teach Engrish more? I must aspeak^([sic]) Engrish.' The Chelsea's resident mad painter was angry at the way Jeremy had been ignoring him.
Word: dildo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unclear; possibly an alteration of English diddle. Compare the use as an expressive nonsense syllable in often sexual songs and the spelling dil doul, found in e.g. The Maids Complaint for want of a Dil Doul, a song in the library of Samuel Pepys. Unlikely to be related to Italian diletto (“delight”) or Latin dīlātō (“to open up, spread”), often cited etymologies. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪldəʊ/, /ˈdɪldoʊ/ 1. A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity. Example: Anything's a dildo if you're brave enough. 2. A device used for sexual penetration or another sexual activity. Example: Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; / That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust. / Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, / Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. / My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: / A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde; / That bendeth not, nor fouldeth anie deale, / But stands as stiff as he were made of steele; / And playes at peacock twixt my leggs right blythe, / And doeth my tickling swage with manie a sighe. / For, by saint Runnion! he'le refresh me well; / And neuer make my tender bellie swell. Example: "There, as my lord, with achromatic glass, / "O'erlooks St. James's Park, and on the grass, / "Beneath his mansion's half-closed window spies / "Two crouching urchins' gross obscenities, / "He turns his eager gaze, adjusts the screw, / "And brings their unwashed nudities in view. / "That spot, concealed by two o'er hanging hills, / "Foul sweat and fœtid excrement distils, / "Yet frowsy, there the pipe-clayed soldier sports, / "And bishops hold episcopalian courts. / "'Tis there the Bath empiric's finger guides, / "The oiled bougie ; and as the dildo slides / "Besmeared, to meet last night's descending meal, / "Oft makes the strictures he pretends to heal. 3. Any device or implement. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: Call ghost hunters? Those fuckers will show up with gas powered dildos and burn the woods down. 4. An idiot; a bore. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: I take back cars from dildos who don't pay their bills. Cool huh? Example: ‘Thompson?’ Heydon-Bayley had shrieked. ‘But he’s a complete dildo, surely?’ / ‘I like him,’ said Adrian, ‘he’s unusual.’ / ‘Graceless, you mean. Wooden.’ 5. A columnar cactus of the West Indies (Pilosocereus royenii). Example: The commonest and most conspicuous of the cacti is the "dildoe" (Cereus Swartzii), a columnar form growing to as much as 20 feet in height, a plant the gross physiology of which is probably very similar to that of the sahuaro (Camegiea gigantea).
Word: dildo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unclear; possibly an alteration of English diddle. Compare the use as an expressive nonsense syllable in often sexual songs and the spelling dil doul, found in e.g. The Maids Complaint for want of a Dil Doul, a song in the library of Samuel Pepys. Unlikely to be related to Italian diletto (“delight”) or Latin dīlātō (“to open up, spread”), often cited etymologies. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪldəʊ/, /ˈdɪldoʊ/ 1. To penetrate with a dildo or with another object as if it were a dildo. Labels: transitive Example: And Venus (one that so much known is) Is Dildo’d by Cauda Draconis. Example: A muscular female prison guard was dildoing a petite brunette with a night stick.
Word: dildo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Related to other nonsense syllables like dido and diddle(-diddle), which similarly developed sexual senses. Found since at least the 1500s, often in contexts where allusion is being made to the sexual sense (above). Possibly influenced by Middle English dildoun (“darling, pet”), early modern English dildin (“sweetheart”); compare Old Norse dilla (“to lull”), dillindo (“lullaby”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɪldəʊ/, /ˈdɪldoʊ/ 1. A burden: a phrase or theme that recurs at the end of a verse of a folk song. Labels: obsolete Example: He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes;[…] with such delicate burthens of dildos and fadings, Example: Will you buy a fine dog, with a hole in his head? With a dildo, dildo, dildo; […]
Word: anhypostasis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ænˌhaɪ.pəˈsteɪ.sɪs/ 1. Alternative form of anhypostasia. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The doctrine of the person of Christ is argued with greatest fullness, and he [John of Damascus] evinces no little ingenuity and dialectic skill in treating of the personal unity in Christ's twofold nature (which he conceived as enhypostasis, not anhypostasis, of the human nature in the Logos), […] Example: [I]t was in view of a weakening emphasis on Jesus' individuality, on his particular humanity, in part stimulated by the fights against Arianism and Adoptionism, that the notion of Christ's impersonal humanity took hold. Two theological words were used to try to overcome the problem: anhypostasis, which refers to the divinity of Jesus' person, and enhypostasis, which insists that, nevertheless, Jesus was truly a human being. The anhypostasis was meant to protect the view that if the Word had not become flesh, Jesus would not have existed. The person of Jesus, in other words, lay in the Logos.
Word: anthropomorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the mid-1700s. From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) and μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -morphism. Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪzəm/ 1. The ascribing of human characteristics and behaviors to entities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Literature is full of examples of anthropomorphism, especially in children’s stories, from The Wind in the Willows to Watership Down. Example: Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism. Earlier this year, the company released an 84-page document titled Claude’s “constitution,” Claude being the name of the large language model that is the company’s flagship product. 2. The ascribing of human characteristics to divine nonhuman entities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Only an over-idealized Hellenism may properly be acutely sensitive to the anthropomorphism of gods, when, in speech and action, they display their human qualities.
Word: dateline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From date + line. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/ 1. A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters. Example: Other bits of furniture include the dateline, which says where a journalist is reporting from – historically with the date of dispatch, eg “Buenos Aires, 1 March.”
Word: dateline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From date + line. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/ 1. To attach a dateline to a particular document. Example: He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."
Word: dateline Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of deadline. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: gallant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala (“good, well”), a variant form of *wela, from Proto-Germanic *wela (whence well), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English gāl (“wanton; wicked; bad”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡælənt/ 1. Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women. Example: That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Example: It is plain that the great majority of school children must be regarded, from the physical standpoint, as decidedly gallant little persons, who have wrestled through their infancy and have managed to come out of tribulations that have killed a large proportion of all the children of their birth-years. 2. Honorable. Example: Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard. 3. Grand, noble. 4. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. Labels: obsolete Example: This town is built in a very gallant place. Example: our royal, good and gallant ship
Word: gallant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 17th-century borrowing from French galant. See above. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlænt/, /ˈɡælənt/, /ɡəˈlɑnt/ 1. Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous. Example: I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me. But this good old Mr. Woodhouse, I wish you had heard his gallant speeches to me at dinner. Oh! I assure you I began to think my caro sposo would be absolutely jealous.
Word: gallant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th-century borrowing from French galant. See above. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlænt/, /ˈɡælənt/, /ɡəˈlɑnt/ 1. A fashionable young man who is polite and attentive to women. Labels: dated Example: PROSPERO: […] this gallant which thou see'st / Was in the wrack; and but he's something stain'd / with grief,—that beauty's canker,—thou mightst call him / A goodly person […] 2. One who woos, a lover, a suitor, a seducer. Example: […] they were discovered in a very improper manner by the husband of the gypsy, who, from jealousy it seems, had kept a watchful eye over his wife, and had dogged her to the place, where he found her in the arms of her gallant. Example: The ignominy of that whisper'd tale / About a midnight gallant, seen to climb / A window to her chamber neighbour'd near, / I will from her turn off, and put the load / On the right shoulders; on that wretch's head, […] 3. A topgallant.
Word: gallant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 17th-century borrowing from French galant. See above. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlænt/, /ˈɡælənt/, /ɡəˈlɑnt/ 1. To attend or wait on (a lady). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to gallant ladies to the play Example: During this period, we were the lions of the neighbourhood; and, no doubt, strangers from the distant villages were taken to see the "Karhowrees" (white men), in the same way that countrymen, in a city, are gallanted to the Zoological Gardens. 2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to gallant a fan 3. To conduct, escort, convey. Labels: transitive Example: ... and the canoes of Vivenza, locking their yard-arms into those of the vanquished, very courteously gallanted them into their coral harbors. 4. To behave in a gallant fashion; to act the gallant. Example: How different is the young, fun-loving, comical, quizzing, gallanting Captain Arthur Wellesley, when residing in his shooting lodge between Summerhill and Dangan, from the stern, cautious, careworn Fabius of the Peninsular war[.]
Word: fraud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔːd/, [ˈfɹʷɔːd], /ˈfɹoːd/, [ˈfɹʷoːd], /ˈfɹɔd/ 1. The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When success a lover's toil attends, / Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends. Example: But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. 3. The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A person who performs any such trick. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A trap or snare. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: to draw the proud King Ahab into fraud
Word: fraud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fraude (recorded since 1345), from Old French fraude, a borrowing from Latin fraus (“deceit, injury, offence”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɔːd/, [ˈfɹʷɔːd], /ˈfɹoːd/, [ˈfɹʷoːd], /ˈfɹɔd/ 1. To defraud. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: gink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek. Pronunciation: /ɡɪŋk/ 1. A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man; a goof. Example: You know, I've always thought that the best man in the world is hardly good enough for any woman. But when it comes to the best girl in all the universe caring for an ordinary gink like me, well, you'll have to let me get used to it. Example: […]so if any of you ginks are me frien's yeh better keep outen here so's yeh won't get hurted[…]
Word: ABTA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Brain Tumor Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Association of British Travel Agents. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GNVQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of General National Vocational Qualification. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JANET Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Joint Academic Network. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: MGM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a US movie studio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. The station code for the Metheringham railway station in England.
Word: MGM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of maternal grandmother. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of male genital mutilation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: They brandished statistics of deaths from adult circumcision each year. They called it MGM, an acronym quickly acquiring the notoriety of FGM. 3. Initialism of multigenerational mixed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NEC Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of not elsewhere classified, used in classification codes such as Standard Industrial Classification, International Standard Classification of Occupations, DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5, ICD-9, and ICD-10. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NEC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of National Exhibition Centre, the largest exhibition space in the United Kingdom. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Executive Committee, a leadership body of a political party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: the NEC of the UK Labour Party 3. Abbreviation of Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (renamed to NEC in 1983.) Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, historical, initialism 4. Initialism of National Electrical Code. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Northeast Corridor. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NEC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of near-Earth comet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of net explosive content. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of null energy condition Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: OHMS Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of On Her Majesty's/His Majesty's Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RSA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Society of Arts. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Republic of South Africa. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (“an encryption algorithm”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RSA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Responsible Service of Alcohol (a qualification and permit for bar staff). Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) is more than just a training course. It is a complete system which includes training, testing, reporting and operational policy and procedures support. Example: 2007, Transitions Abroad, Volume 30, Issues 4-6, page 65, Note that it may be necessary to acquire a certificate, for example the RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol) and/ or RCG (Responsible Conduct of Gambling) before being eligible for employment on licensed premises. 2. Initialism of runway safety area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of recreational sea angler. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of road safety authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of repetitive strain injury. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of relative strength index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The heavy selling of ABCB shares appears to be in the process of exhausting itself, as indicated by its RSI reading of 25.66. 3. Initialism of rapid sequence induction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of recursive self-improvement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: at the end of the day Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In summary; ultimately. Labels: idiomatic Example: Christ’s flock is but a little flock, comparatively conſidered, Luke xii. 32. &c. They are but little in reſpect of their numbers. Indeed abſtractly conſidered, at the end of the day, they will make an “innumerable company, which no man can number;” but, viewed in compariſon of the wicked, they are but few:[…] Example: Arms control was always something between a sham and a sideshow. . . . [A]t the end of the day, a democratic Russia integrated into the West becomes no more a nuclear threat to us than Britain or France.
Word: RSPB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The RSPB says this could leave other areas such as wildlife conservation, air quality and water pollution forced to manage cuts of up to 80% over the two parliaments.
Word: RSPCA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: instinct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin īnstīnctus, past participle of īnstinguō (“to incite, to instigate”), from in (“in, on”) + stinguō (“to prick”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/ 1. A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many animals fear fire by instinct. Example: By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust / Ensuing dangers. 2. An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct Example: Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.
Word: instinct Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īnstīnctus, past participle of īnstinguō (“to incite, to instigate”), from in (“in, on”) + stinguō (“to prick”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/ 1. Imbued, charged (with something). Labels: archaic Example: The chariot of paternal deity […] / Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed / By four cherubic shapes. Example: a noble performance, instinct with sound principle
Word: cognisance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cognizance. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.
Word: wang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/, /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈwɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Alternative spelling of whang. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/, /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈwɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To batter; to clobber; to conk. Labels: transitive 2. To throw hard. Labels: transitive Example: Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas. Example: He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.
Word: wang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang, a dialectal form of thong (“strip of leather”). Compare wong. Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/, /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈwɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Penis. Labels: colloquial Example: Montana was naked, and so was Billy, of course. He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who’ll get one.
Word: flatmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat English -mate English flatmate From flat + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈflætmeɪt/ 1. A person with whom one shares a flat. Example: Yet when both Regine and her flatmate are at home they tend to spend their time in their rooms, although Regine (and probably the flatmate too) tends to spend more time in the communal areas of the flat when the other is not at home. Example: “So, it would probably [be] best if we could find another flatmate and go for a flat of five, and if old Chip does pull out, at least we can then drop down to a flat of four. What do you reckon?” 2. A person with whom one shares any rental dwelling, not necessarily a flat. Labels: Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Example: It had been weeks since all the flatmates had sat down together for a meal. Communication was breaking down. Written notes had begun to appear all over the house; please don′t touch this food, I bought it especially for Hermione[…]. Example: One night, one of the flatmates (the one who owned the house) was ranting and raving all night about her girlfriend.
Word: enthuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested from 1827. Back-formation from enthusiasm, from Ancient Greek ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”) Pronunciation: /ɛnˈθjuːz/, /ɪnˈθjuːz/, /ɛnˈθuz/, /ɪnˈθuz/, /ɛnˈθɪu̯z/ 1. To show enthusiasm. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: a splendid performance, and I was enthusing over it Example: “And, Fay, you never feel confined to Swannekke Island, at all?” “Swannekke? It’s paradise!” enthuses the publicist. “Buenas Yerbas only an hour away, L.A. down the coast, my family up in San Francisco, it’s ideal. Subsidized stores and utilities, free clinic, clean air, zero crime, sea views. [...]” 2. To cause (someone) to feel enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic. Labels: humorous, proscribed, sometimes Example: The novelty of the film enthused the audience. Example: One of the museum's greatest strengths is its focus on educating and enthusing children from an early age, and it's something that Mullins is especially proud of.
Word: coterie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kutąder. Old English cotbor. Medieval Latin coteriabor. French coteriebor. English coterie Borrowed from French coterie. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊtəɹi/, /ˈkoʊtəɹi/, /ˌkoʊtəˈɹi/, [ˈkoʊɾəɹi], [ˌkoʊɾəˈɹi] 1. A circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose. Example: The new junior employee joined our merry after-hours coterie. Example: A tightly knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company. 2. A communal burrow of prairie dogs. Example: The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field. Example: The population of each coterie constantly changes over a period of a few months or years, by death, birth, and emigration. But the coterie boundary remains about the same, being learned by each prairie dog born into it.
Word: deshopper Part of Speech: noun 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 shopper English deshopper From de- + shopper. 1. A person who practises deshopping. Labels: UK Example: The deshopper is “stealing beauty” and robbing the product of some of its undetectable essence, without losing the quality of newness which is required for the product to remain returnable. Example: They are the deshoppers - a scam that has cost stores £63million this year.
Word: deshopping Part of Speech: noun 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 shopping English deshopping From de- + shopping. 1. The practice of buying an item, using it once and then returning it to the place it was bought for a refund, having had the intention of doing so when buying the item. Labels: uncountable
Word: nascent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.sənt/, /ˈnæs.ənt/, /ˈnæɪ.sənt/ 1. Emerging; just coming into existence. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the firſt, the Pope was but Antichriſt naſcent ; In the ſecond, Antichriſt creſcent ; In the third, Antichriſt regnant ; but in this fourth, he is made Lord of the Catholike faith, and Antichriſt triumphant[…] Example: The point of this chapter’s unflattering précis of nascent American medicine is not to castigate it for its primitivism, but to put blacks’ historical aversion to medical care into context, for most antebellum blacks were subjected to southern medicine. 2. Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept. Labels: not-comparable Example: For, as we have ſhewn, the original Uſe of it was to ſupport naſcent Hero-Worſhip. 3. Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are no reasons for supposing that any of the residual atmospheric oxygen is immediately combined with fixed or nascent hydrogen, or hydrocarbonate, in the venous blood at 98°, by slow combustion, and consequently none for supposing that water is immediately formed in respiration. 4. Naissant. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] charges of blazonry, bends sinister and bends dexter, lions couchant, lions nascent, and[…] Example: Marks of the makers : the initials of the maker and the arms of the town : a lion nascent with three flames. 5. Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Fluxions are very nearly as the Augments of the Fluents, generated in equal, but infinitely ſmall parts of Time ; and to ſpeak exactly, are in the Prime Ratio of the naſcent Augments : but they may be expounded by any Lines that are proportional to ’em.
Word: adolescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785. Pronunciation: /ˌæd.əˈlɛs.ənt/, /əˈɖoː.le.senʈ/ 1. Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult. Example: Schools, unless discipline were doubly strong, / Detain their adolescent charge too long. Example: Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.
Word: adolescent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested ?1440, from Middle English adolescent, from Middle French adolescent or directly from Latin adolescentem, accusative form of adolescens, present participle of adolēscere (“to become adult, grow up”), from ad- (“to”) + alēscere (“to grow or become nourished”). The adjective first appeared in 1785. Pronunciation: /ˌæd.əˈlɛs.ənt/, /əˈɖoː.le.senʈ/ 1. A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult. Example: It may be wartime, but Miss Adolescent wants her fun! Example: Besides, there are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years; and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and they literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.