nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: antistatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English antistatic From anti- + static. 1. An agent or substance that prevents the buildup of static electricity.
Word: agonistical Part of Speech: adj 1. agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks). Labels: archaic Example: Three words there are here together, [translated as] to follow after, to attain, to be foremost, which are all Agonistical, referring to the customes of the Graecian exercises in their Olympian, Nemaean, Isthmian, Pythian games, which are often alluded to in these Epistles.
Word: Sapphist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sappho 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 Sapphist From Sappho + -ist. 1. An admirer or student of Sappho or her poetry.
Word: Airbus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Trade name, from air + bus. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.bʌs/, /ˈɛː.bʌs/, /ˈɛəɹ.bʌs/, /ˈɛɹ.bʌs/ 1. A European multinational commercial aircraft manufacturer.
Word: Airbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Trade name, from air + bus. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.bʌs/, /ˈɛː.bʌs/, /ˈɛəɹ.bʌs/, /ˈɛɹ.bʌs/ 1. An aircraft produced by the Airbus consortium. Example: The new plane was the first Airbus in the airline's fleet.
Word: snakes and ladders Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it. Labels: uncountable 2. Any situation in which people or events go forward and backward, seemingly at random. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: Teachers, senior teachers, and principal teachers would have built-in status and the scales would offer well-defined career prospects instead of the ambiguous and often misleading snakes-and-ladders situation which at present exists. Example: His Mireille has had a snakes-and-ladders career, starting up, going down, then finally rising once more.
Word: poes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans poes (“vagina”), from Dutch poes (“cat, female cat, vagina”). Doublet of puss. Pronunciation: /pus/ 1. The female genitalia. Labels: South-Africa, slang, vulgar 2. A disliked person. Labels: South-Africa, derogatory, slang, vulgar
Word: fallo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish fallardeverb. Spanish fallobor. English fallo Borrowed from Spanish fallo. 1. The dispositive portion of a court's ruling, coming at the end of the ruling. Labels: Philippines, uncountable, usually
Word: toyetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toy + -etic; coined by Bernard Loomis (1923–2006), American toy developer and marketer. Pronunciation: /tɔɪˈɛtɪk/ 1. Suitable to be made into a marketable toy. Example: An animation studio's licensing executive might encourage producers to modify the design of a vehicle or weapon so it's more “toyetic,” add colors to the show's palette that would make products more appealing to customers, or alter story lines slightly to strengthen the play pattern.
Word: tractate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tractate, from Latin tractātus, past participle of tractō (“discuss”), the iterative or frequentative of trahō. Doublet of treaty. 1. A treatise. Example: an abstruse tractate on black magic
Word: traditionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tradition Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English traditionary From tradition + -ary. 1. Traditional, of or relating to tradition. Labels: archaic Example: […] they are ready to think it an hereticall way for any man to step out of the beaten trod of their teachers traditionary religion. Example: […] as few or no records were extant in those days, and traditionary history stuff’d with fables, it was very easy after the lapse of a few generations, to trump up some superstitious tale conveniently timed, Mahomet like, to cram hereditary right down the throats of the vulgar.
Word: traditionary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tradition Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English traditionary From tradition + -ary. 1. Someone who places emphasis on traditions. Labels: Judaism
Word: trample Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæmpəl/ 1. To crush something by walking on it. Labels: transitive Example: to trample grass or flowers Example: Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe: Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […] 2. To treat someone harshly. Labels: broadly 3. To walk heavily and destructively. Labels: intransitive Example: June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round […] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample […] 4. To cause emotional injury as if by trampling. Labels: broadly Example: to trample on our Maker's laws
Word: trample Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tramplen, trampelen (“to walk heavily”), equivalent to tramp + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian trampelje (“to trample”), Dutch trampelen (“to trample”), German Low German trampeln (“to trample”), German trampeln (“to trample”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæmpəl/ 1. A heavy stepping. Example: Newly harvested grapes are poured into a vast vat for everyone to have a good trample upon […] 2. The sound of heavy footsteps.
Word: thump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid 16th century, probably imitative. Pronunciation: /θʌmp/ 1. A blow that produces a muffled sound. Example: ... and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content. Example: The watchman gave so very great a thump at my door last night, that I awakened at the knock. 2. The sound of such a blow; a thud. Example: An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces. 3. Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. Labels: colloquial, dated, euphemistic Example: Where the thump have you been?! 4. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
Word: thump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Mid 16th century, probably imitative. Pronunciation: /θʌmp/ 1. To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. Labels: UK, transitive Example: These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd. Example: Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit. 2. To cause to make a thumping sound. Labels: transitive Example: The cat thumped its tail in irritation. 3. To thud or pound. Labels: intransitive 4. To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound. Labels: intransitive Example: Dance music thumped from the nightclub entrance. Example: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. 5. (of a rabbit) to hit the ground with the back legs to signal agitation. Labels: intransitive
Word: emptiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness. 1. The state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines hollowness, numbness, disconnection and a lack of meaning in life, resulting in existential boredom, ennui or depression. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Few people without a training in science can realise the huge isolation of the solar system. The sun with its specks of planets, its dust of planetoids, and its impalpable comets, swims in a vacant immensity that almost defeats the imagination. Beyond the orbit of Neptune there is space, vacant so far as human observation has penetrated, without warmth or light or sound, blank emptiness, for twenty million times a million miles. That is the smallest estimate of the distance to be traversed before the very nearest of the stars is attained. Example: It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness, elaborating by saying that anything that passed into it was torn asunder, subjected to a set of principles and order that grinds things down to nothing, in a process of which entropy is just one part. 3. A nonexistence; a lack of existence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abrazo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish abrazar (“to embrace”), from a + brazo (“arm”), from Latin bracchium. Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /ɑˈbɹɑˌsoʊ/, /əˈbɹɑˌzoʊ/, /æˈbɹæ.θo/ 1. A Latin American embrace.
Word: alambre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires. Pronunciation: /ɑˈlɑmbɹeɪ/ 1. A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper. Example: At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]
Word: caoba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caoba. 1. Synonym of mahogany (“wood”). Labels: uncountable
Word: authorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy. Pronunciation: /ˈɔθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɑθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɒθəɹaɪz/, /ˈɔːθəɹaɪz/ 1. To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive Example: The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter. Example: The judge authorized the wiretapping.
Word: suspender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suspend + -er. Pronunciation: /səˈspɛndɚ/, /səˈspɛndə/ 1. Something or someone who suspends. 2. An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers. Labels: US 3. An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt. Labels: UK
Word: promover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From promove + -er. 1. A promoter. Labels: obsolete
Word: equivalate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from equivalent. See -ate. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvəˌleɪt/ 1. To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with). Labels: transitive Example: Visceral values, which I equivalate with colour values, are closely related to thermal or temperature values. Example: "The Chinese are much addicted to the doctrine of signatures," writes one author, which creates relationships on visual physical grounds (such as equivalating the seed-laden pomegranate with fertility). 2. To equal, to be equivalent (to). Labels: intransitive Example: I want, however, to stress one further fact: because syncategoremata may be construed with whole sentences, the suspicion arises that they may somehow equivalate whole sentences. Example: In a riveting analysis of this very phenomenon, The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner discusses at length the notion that human relationships equivalate to a "dance" where each partner learns the steps and sticks to the script, […]
Word: hullo Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /hʌˈləʊ/, /həˈləʊ/ 1. Alternative form of hello (Greeting.) Labels: New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative Example: There he is, now. Bang went the front door open and shut. Harry shouted: “Hullo, you people. Down in five minutes.” Example: “Mr Wooster?” “Oh, hullo, Lady Wickham.” [...] “Hullo, Bobbie,” I said. “Hullo, Bertie,” she said. “Hullo, Upjohn,” I said. The correct response to this would have been “Hullo, Wooster”, but he blew up in his lines and merely made a noise like a wolf with its big toe caught in a trap. [...] But as I approached the [telephone] and unhooked the thing you unhook, I was far from being at my most nonchalant, and when I heard Upjohn are-you-there-ing at the other end my manly spirit definitely blew a fuse. For I could tell by his voice that he was in the testiest of moods. Not even when conferring with me at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, on the occasion when I put sherbet in the ink, had I sensed in him a more marked stirred-up-ness. “Hullo? Hullo? Hullo? Are you there? Will you kindly answer me? This is Mr Upjohn speaking.” 2. Alternative form of hello (expressing puzzlement or discovery) Labels: New-Zealand, UK, alt-of, alternative, dated Example: Suddenly Sydney gave an exclamation. ‘Hullo! — The front door’s closed!’ Example: "Hullo, there's a monkey's wedding," said my wife's niece, a girl of about twenty, born in South Africa […] She was looking out on the lawn, and it was one of those lovely April mornings with sunshine and rain alternating[…]
Word: hullo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hʌˈləʊ/, /həˈləʊ/ 1. Alternative form of hello. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: hullo Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hʌˈləʊ/, /həˈləʊ/ 1. Alternative form of hello. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: apertura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin apertūra. Doublet of aperture and overture. 1. The dehiscence of anthers. Example: The apertura is formed of a semilunar anter and of a wide triangular rimule. 2. The ostiole of certain fungi.
Word: concordia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Old Latin com Latin cum Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥d- Proto-Italic *kord Latin cor Latin concors Latin concordiabor. English concordia Borrowed from Latin concordia. 1. A set of plotted points, appearing as a curve on a concordia diagram or isochron diagram, representing sample data from rock of the same age; the condition of being a member of said set (or on said curve). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Points above concordia indicate uranium loss and those below indicate uranium gain. Example: 1994 [1988 Elsevier], H.-G. Attendorn, R. Bowen, Isotopes in the Earth Sciences, Chapman & Hall, page 131, Such lower intersections of resultant discordias with U-Th-Pb concordias are not significant in terms of geological time, merely changes which took place in the Th/U ratios or lead isotope ratios through the factors alluded to above.
Word: uprising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, uprise + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/, [ˈʌpˌɹʷaɪ̯zɪŋ], /ˈʌpˌɹɑjzɪŋ/, /ˈɐpˌɹɑezɪŋ/, /ˈɐpˌɹɑezəŋ/ 1. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection. Example: WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Example: But in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, a large audience of Americans finally saw the real beta uprising in the violent Nazi rally that shut the city down, terrorized the population, and culminated in the vehicular homicide of a local leftist woman
Word: uprising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, uprise + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpˌɹaɪzɪŋ/, [ˈʌpˌɹʷaɪ̯zɪŋ], /ˈʌpˌɹɑjzɪŋ/, /ˈɐpˌɹɑezɪŋ/, /ˈɐpˌɹɑezəŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of uprise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tarry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tirġan, terġan (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *terganą, *targijaną (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian дёргать (djórgatʹ, “to pull, yank, jerk, pester”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”). Compare typologically Czech meškat, Russian ме́шкать (méškatʹ) (akin to меша́ть (mešátʹ)), копа́ться (kopátʹsja) (akin to копа́ть (kopátʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.ɹi/, /ˈtɛɹ.i/, /ˈteɹ.i/ 1. To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah; and even though he may tarry, nonetheless, I wait every day for his coming. Example: For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 2. To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: And, thinking of to-morrow, when the church would rise up, singing, under the booming Sunday light, he thought of the light for which they tarried, which, in an instant, filled the soul, causing […] the new-born in Christ to testify: Once I was blind and now I see. 3. To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: [...] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas. 4. To stay somewhere temporarily. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: In this by-place of nature, there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane; who sojourned, or, as he expressed it, "tarried," in Sleepy Hollow[…]. 5. To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Fly, fly, my lord. There is no tarrying here. Example: He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.
Word: tarry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tarien, terien (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirian, tirġan, terġan (“to worry, exasperate, pain, provoke, excite”), from Proto-Germanic *terganą, *targijaną (“to pull, tease, irritate”), from Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Dutch tergen (“to provoke”), German zergen (“to vex, irritate, provoke”), Norwegian Bokmål terge (“to irritate, provoke”), Russian дёргать (djórgatʹ, “to pull, yank, jerk, pester”). Compare also Walloon tårdjî (“to be late, to be slow, to wait”). Compare typologically Czech meškat, Russian ме́шкать (méškatʹ) (akin to меша́ть (mešátʹ)), копа́ться (kopátʹsja) (akin to копа́ть (kopátʹ)). Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.ɹi/, /ˈtɛɹ.i/, /ˈteɹ.i/ 1. A sojourn. Labels: dated
Word: tarry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English terrie, equivalent to tar + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑː.ɹi/ 1. Resembling tar. Labels: dated Example: And he led the way from the station, stopping once to gloat over the sunset across Trafalgar Square, and again to inhale the tarry scent of the warm wood-paving, which was perfume to his nostrils as the din of its traffic was music to his ears, before we came to one of those political palaces which permit themselves to be included in the list of ordinary clubs. 2. Covered with tar. Labels: dated
Word: tarpaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tar + paper. 1. A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tarpaper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tar + paper. 1. To cover with tarpaper.
Word: tardily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English tardy Middle English -ly English -ly English tardily From tardy + -ly. Pronunciation: /tɑː.də.li/, /tɑɹ.də.li/ 1. in a tardy fashion; belatedly; late Example: Suyin had tardily, but accurately, realized that night life in this urbane company was bound to be more exciting than a cinema date with two sincere, but unelegant, factory workers. 2. slowly Example: You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat, and be refreshed. Come on, my enemy; we have yet to wrestle for our lives, but many hard and miserable hours must you endure, until that period shall arrive. Example: A Chinese mob in 'Takau insulted the members of the Japanese legation as they were returning from Peking. The mob's action led to a tumult which was tardily suppressed by the authorities.
Word: technocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From techno- + -cratic. Pronunciation: /tɛk.nəˈkɹæt.ɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to a technocrat or technocracy. Example: However, given the state of actual agreed-on knowledge, central banks’ proclamations of detailed technocratic ability to manipulate delicate frictions is really not justified.
Word: tempering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of temper Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tempering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is tempered. Example: Caron has, in fact, discovered this very curious circumstance, that a bar of steel becomes shorter under successive temperings, while it increases in size, laterally, in such a manner, that there actually is an increase of volume. 2. A non-plastic material, such as sand, added to clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking during drying or firing; temper. Example: Clay and tempering were packed around the pole together with plenty of water[.]
Word: templon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέμπλον (témplon, “temple”). 1. A barrier between the nave and the altar in a Byzantine church.
Word: tontine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tontine, named after Lorenzo de Tonti, who introduced the scheme into France in around 1653. Thus, from Tonti + -ine. Pronunciation: /tɒnˈtiːn/, /ˈtɒnˌtiːn/, /ˈtɒntaɪn/ 1. A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors. Example: When Joseph Finsbury and his brother Masterman were little lads in white-frilled trousers, their father—a well-to-do merchant in Cheapside—caused them to join a small but rich tontine of seven-and-thirty lives. Example: There were many speculative schemes which gambled on the expectation of an individual's life, as in the tontine system, whereby all the group's contributions went to the last survivor.
Word: tills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of till Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tills Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of till Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: methodical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”) + -al. Pronunciation: /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/, [mɪˈθɑɾɪkəɫ] 1. In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic. 2. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation. Example: the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise Example: […]methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
Word: snarkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English snarky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English snarkiness From snarky + -ness. 1. The quality of being snarky. Labels: uncountable
Word: topology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin topologia, from By surface analysis, topo- (“place”) + -logy (“study of, a branch of knowledge”). Pronunciation: /təˈpɒləd͡ʒi/, /təˈpɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The branch of mathematics dealing with those properties of a geometrical object (of arbitrary dimensionality) that are unchanged by continuous deformations (such as stretching, bending, etc., without tearing or gluing). Labels: uncountable Example: 1970 [Addison-Wesley], Stephen Willard, General Topology, 2012, Dover, page v, This book is designed to develop the fundamental concepts of general topology which are the basic tools of working mathematicians in a variety of fields. Example: 1974 [Crane, Russak & Co.], H. Graham Flegg, From Geometry to Topology, 2001, Dover, page v, Many university courses in topology plunge immediately into a formalized and entirely abstract presentation of topological concepts. 2. Any collection τ of subsets of a given set X that contains both the empty set and X, and which is closed under finitary intersections and arbitrary unions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A set X equipped with a topology #92;tau is called a topological space and denoted (X,#92;tau). Example: The subsets of a set X which constitute a topology are called the open sets of X. 3. The anatomical structure of part of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The arrangement of nodes in a communications network. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The properties of a particular technological embodiment that are not affected by differences in the physical layout or form of its application. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The topographical study of geographic locations or given places in relation to their history. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: trituration Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of triturating; grinding to a fine powder. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the trituration of another century or so the corners may disappear; but in the meantime, in the year of grace 1871, I was as much in a new country as if I had been walking out of the Hotel St. Antoine at Antwerp. 2. Something triturated, especially dental amalgam. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: specific gravity Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of relative density (“a dimensionless measure which is the ratio of the mass of a substance to that of some reference substance (chiefly an equal volume of water at 4°C)”). Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: They are tasteless, inodorous, dry, uninflammable, sparingly soluble, difficult of fusion, and of moderate specific gravity.
Word: spanokopita Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spanakopita. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: spanikopita Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spanakopita. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rosé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rosé (“pinkish”). Doublet of roseate. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ̯zeɪ̯/, /ɹoʊ̯ˈzeɪ̯/ 1. Alternative form of rosé wine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: protium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- + -ium. From Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.tiəm/, /ˈpɹoʊ.tiəm/ 1. The lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons. Example: So far there are no differences among the protiums extracted at various labs, except for concentration levels. 2. An atom of this isotope. Example: This radioactive decay leaves behind a protium as well.
Word: plucked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plʌkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of pluck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plucked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /plʌkt/ 1. Having had the feathers, hair, etc. removed by plucking. 2. Played by plucking. 3. Having courage and spirit; plucky. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: He could scarcely contain his admiration. "What a plucked un!" he muttered; "what a plucked un! No miss," he added, "you needn't fear. Fear, says I? You never feared nothink in your life. […] 4. Exposed, embarrassed, humiliated, or caught publicly. Labels: US, slang
Word: demerit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demerit, demerite, from Old French desmerite (modern French démérite) and its etymon Latin dēmeritum. By surface analysis, de- + merit. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɛɹɪt/ 1. A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [W]hatever they acquire by their Induſtry or Ingenuity […] ſhould be as much their Property, as any diviſions of Land or of Stock that are made to the Sons; and the Poſſeſſion as ſecure, unleſs forfeited by any demerit or offence againſt the cuſtoms of the Family, which grow with time to be the Orders of this little State. Example: They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. 2. A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A few of you have followed in the path of the perfect West Point graduate, Robert E. Lee, who never received a single demerit in four years. Some of you followed in the path of the imperfect graduate, Ulysses S. Grant, who had his fair share of demerits, and said the happiest day of his life was "the day I left West Point." (Laughter.) 3. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I fall to riſe, mount to thy maker, ſpirit, /. Leaue here thy body, death ha's her demerit. Example: But when firſt Cleobulus the tyrant of the Lindians, and then Periander the tyrant likewiſe of Corinth (who had neither of them any one jot of vertue or wiſdome) by the greatneſſe of their power, by the number of their friends, and by many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, acquired forcibly this reputation, in deſpite of all uſurped the name of Sages; and to this purpoſe cauſed to be ſpred ſowen and divulged throughout all Greece certaine odde ſentences and notable ſayings, as well as thoſe of others, wherewith the former Sages, above named were diſcontented.
Word: demerit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēmerit-, the past partipicial stem of dēmereō. By surface analysis, de- + merit. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɛɹɪt/ 1. To deserve. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: You hold that every sin is an infinite evil, demeriting endless punishment. 2. To depreciate or cry down. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Faith by her own dignity and worthiness doth not demerit justice and righteousness; but receiveth and embraceth the same offered unto us in the gospel […]
Word: thanks a lot Part of Speech: intj 1. An emphatic thanks.
Word: Larisa Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Лари́са (Larísa) 2. Alternative spelling of Larissa (the city in Greece) Labels: alt-of, alternative 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Larissa.
Word: comandante Part of Speech: noun 1. commandant
Word: leucemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of leukemia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: refutable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”), equivalent to refute + -able. 1. Able to be refuted, or shown to be false. Labels: not-comparable
Word: golpe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Compare Spanish golpe (“strike, blow”). Perhaps the reference is to a blow leaving a purple bruise; compare the theories about hurt (“blue roundel”). 1. A roundel purpure (purple circular spot).
Word: mando Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mandatory + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈmændəʊ/ 1. A mandatory, a sign or line that requires the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it. Labels: informal Example: I am apparently very much in the minority regarding mandos. I think well considered mandatories can turn otherwise boring, wide open holes into something of more challenge and interest. But from what I can tell most golfers hate mandos.
Word: mando Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of mandatory + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈmændəʊ/ 1. Clipping of mandatory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: I've been steaming a lot a veggies and I can get that down without any problem. It's a very good thing I am on Aciphex now as I think my stomach would have imploded by now. With me, I -HAVE- to get back in shape. It's mando becuase^([sic]) the Navy says so. Chuckle. Example: It shouldn’t be shit for us to come out here and appreciate the little bit of life we got left, dog / On the dead homies, Charlie P, you know that, bro / You know that / It's— it's mando, right, it's mando
Word: mando Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mandolin. Pronunciation: /ˈmændəʊ/ 1. Clipping of mandolin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Can't tell you about mandos, but the Stelling Banjos are exquisite. Geoff Stelling used to be in San Diego, Calif. but now he is out on the East Coast. His banjos have excellent crisp tone. I would suspect that his mandos are similar[.]
Word: baptismal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From baptism + -al. 1. Of or relating to baptism. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a name, conferred at baptism. Labels: not-comparable Example: The neophyte was given a new name in place of the baptismal one, usually of an evil and revolting character, and this was written in blood in the Devil's book, the covers of which were bound in the skin of unbaptised infants.
Word: baptismal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baptism + -al. 1. A baptismal name: a name given at baptism. Example: ...Mr. Andrew Theophilus Smith, or some such unlikely pair of baptismals... 2. A baptismal font: a large basin used for baptism. Example: The baptismal is in the front of the sanctuary.
Word: blazons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blazon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blazons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blazon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: creditor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/, /ˈkɹɛdɪtɚ/ 1. A person to whom a debt is owed. Example: The creditor demanded immediate payment. Example: She met with her creditors to negotiate the debt. 2. One who gives credence to something; a believer.
Word: blazoning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French blason "shield". Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪzənɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to blazon; the activity of describing heraldic coats of arms. Example: The blazoning of the knights' shields was done by heralds. Example: Charge now the scene with brightest blazonings.
Word: blazoning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French blason "shield". Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪzənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of blazon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heralds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herald Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heralds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of herald Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sitio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sitio. Doublet of site and situs. 1. a subdivision of a barangay, typically rural. Labels: Philippines
Word: ypsiliform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ypsilon English -i- Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English -iform English ypsiliform From ypsilon + -iform. Pronunciation: /ˈɪpsɪlɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. In the shape of the letter upsilon (Υ (U)). Example: The Baxter Hills, near Iron Knob, on northeastern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, is an isolated ypsiliform fold mountain range developed on a north-pitching syncline […]
Word: -form Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -fōrmis (“having the form of”), from fōrma (“a form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks”). 1. Having the shape or form of; looking like. Labels: morpheme Example: vermiform (“shaped like a worm”)
Word: -form Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From formic, from Latin formīca (“ant”). 1. Related to formic acid in some way. Labels: morpheme Example: chloroform
Word: wrongful dismissal Part of Speech: noun 1. The termination of an employee's employment in a way that breaches the employment contract or statutory law. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: virtual organization Part of Speech: noun 1. An organized entity, whether corporate or charitable, that does not exist in any one, central location, but instead exists solely through the Internet
Word: depender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depend 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 depender From depend + -er (agent noun suffix). Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛndə(ɹ)/, /də-/, /di-/ 1. An agent that depends on another agent, the dependee; the subject of a dependency, a dependent (used in agent-oriented programming)
Word: fuckbuddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuck + buddy. 1. Alternative spelling of fuck buddy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “Laszlo is so lucky to have someone like you. Someone who cares about him and worries about his well-being.” “Well, yes, Laszlo is not just my husband, or my number one fuckbuddy, but he is also my best friend.” “Must be nice.”
Word: calmar Part of Speech: noun 1. A squid (the mollusk). Example: During the summer, he studied calmars at Lisbon, but found no appearance of any roe, nor any reservoir which appeared to be destined for the reception of the seminal liquor; and it was in the middle of December, that he began to discern the first traces of a new vessel replete with a milty juice.
Word: battle of the sexes Part of Speech: noun 1. The persistent state of rivalry, opposition, or tension between men and women in society. Example: "You've heard of what they call the battle of the sexes, haven't you?" She thought she had. "Well, that's what it comes from chiefly—the crowds of polygamous men and the small number of polygamous women." Example: And when she returns to the battle of the sexes, she can state the situation in its starkest terms—"I hurt you/'cause you hurt me." 2. Any competition between men and women. Example: As battles of the sexes go, the European Cup—a match play event between the PGA Senior Tour men and the LPGA European Tour women—might not have the same pulling power as Billie Jean King versus Bobby Riggs, but it has generated a fair amount of interest. 3. A situation in which two people want to do different things, but do them together.
Word: cheeseball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheese + ball. 1. A spherical mass of cheese or cream cheese, often including nuts or other additions and served as an hors d'oeuvre or finger food, usually with bread or crackers. 2. The tree Glochidion ferdinandi. 3. Someone cheesy, lacking taste or style. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: cheeseball Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cheese + ball. 1. Cheesy, lacking taste or style. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: I want to watch me some Manimal. A guy that can turn into animals, that's so cheeseball.
Word: Inklings Part of Speech: name 1. The literary group centered around English writer C. S. Lewis and his associates, particularly J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Williams. Labels: historical
Word: AAAA Part of Speech: name 1. Amateur Athletic Association of America 2. American Association for the Advancement of Agnosticism 3. American Association for the Advancement of Atheism 4. American Association for Affirmative Action 5. American Association of Advertising Agencies 6. Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia 7. Antique Appraisal Association of America 8. Army Aviation Association of America 9. Associated Actors and Artists of America 10. Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies Labels: Singapore 11. Australian Advertising Advisory Authority 12. Australian Association of Advertising Agencies 13. Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association 14. "Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Auditing", the four main services provided by an Internet Authentication Service.
Word: AAAA Part of Speech: noun 1. A specific size and configuration of electric battery. 2. A baseball player who is too good for Minor League Baseball, but not good enough for Major League Baseball. Labels: slang 3. A type of DNS record used to indicate the IPv6 internet address of a DNS name.
Word: called Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɔːld/, [kʰoɫd], /qʰud/, /qʰɔwd/, /kaːld/ 1. simple past and past participle of call Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Near-synonym: named (verb) Example: Her dog is called Lucky.
Word: called Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɔːld/, [kʰoɫd], /qʰud/, /qʰɔwd/, /kaːld/ 1. Having been called. Labels: not-comparable Example: a called strike
Word: looked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lʊkt/, /lɵkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of look Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: looked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lʊkt/, /lɵkt/ 1. Having the specified look or appearance. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: Never trust me if I had not a suspicion from the first that 'twas that ill-looked fellow B— who made that story Mr. D— told you.
Word: asked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːskt/, [ˈɑːsk̚t], /ˈɑːst/, /ˈæskt/, [ˈæsk̚t] 1. simple past and past participle of ask Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: asked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the close pronunciation to arsed in Received Pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːskt/, [ˈɑːsk̚t], /ˈɑːst/, /ˈæskt/, [ˈæsk̚t] 1. Arsed (bothered; willing to make an effort). Labels: UK
Word: answered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɑːn.səd/, /ˈan.səd/, /ˈæn.sɚd/, [ˈeən.sɚd], [ˈeən.səd] 1. Having an answer Labels: not-comparable
Word: answered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑːn.səd/, /ˈan.səd/, /ˈæn.sɚd/, [ˈeən.sɚd], [ˈeən.səd] 1. simple past and past participle of answer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: returned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtəːnd/, /ɹɪˈtɝnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of return Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: returned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtəːnd/, /ɹɪˈtɝnd/ 1. Bent back; angled. 2. That has come back. 3. Yielded as a return on an investment etc. 4. Back home having been discharged from military service. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Example: There are about thirty full-blooded returned men in this state whom I believe are not entitled to the old-age pension.
Word: appeared Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈpɪɹd/, /əˈpɪəd/, /əˈpiːɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of appear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reached Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹiːt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of reach Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: added Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæd.əd/, /ˈæd.ɪd/, [ˈæɾ.əd], [ˈæɾ.ɪd], [ˈad.əd] 1. simple past and past participle of add Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:added.
Word: entered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛntə(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of enter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: opened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈoʊpənd/, /ˈəʊpənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of open Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: opened Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈoʊpənd/, /ˈəʊpənd/ 1. Having undergone opening. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wanted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English want Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English wanted From want + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒn.tɪd/, /ˈwɑn.tɪd/, /ˈwɑ.nɪd/ 1. Wished for; desired; sought. Example: Wanted: babysitter Example: She was the most wanted speaker at the conference. 2. Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight. Example: America’s most wanted Example: The police arrested a wanted criminal.
Word: wanted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English want Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English wanted From want + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒn.tɪd/, /ˈwɑn.tɪd/, /ˈwɑ.nɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of want Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: remained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmeɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of remain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: happened Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhæpənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of happen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: covered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)d/ 1. Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something). Labels: not-comparable Example: The hilltops are all covered in snow. Example: The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶ 2. Prepared for, or having dealt with, some matter Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: With my insurance, I am covered for earthquake damage. 3. Than whom another player has more money available for betting. Labels: not-comparable Example: John has $100 on the table, while Jill only has $75. John has Jill covered. 4. Wearing one's hat. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: covered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of cover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: started Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: [ˈstɑɹɾɪd], /ˈstɑːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of start Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: allowed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of allow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: allowed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈlaʊd/ 1. Permitted, authorized. Example: Can she come? -She'll be allowed to go later. Example: The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long. 2. Allotted. Labels: archaic 3. Acknowledged; admitted to be true. Labels: archaic Example: With respect to the culture of the heart, it is unanimously allowed that sex is out of the question […]