nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: centennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ 1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before. Labels: not-comparable Example: a centennial ode 2. Happening once in a hundred years. Labels: not-comparable Example: a centennial jubilee a centennial celebration 3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. Labels: not-comparable Example: In her grand villa, half-way up the hill, / O'erlooking Florence, but retired and still; / With iron gates, that opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines, […]
Word: centennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin centennis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Late Latin centennium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English centennial From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ 1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
Word: churn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna. Pronunciation: /tʃɜːn/, /t͡ʃɝn/ 1. To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream. Labels: transitive Example: Now the cream is churned to make butter. Example: no-churn ice cream 2. To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge. 3. To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake. Labels: intransitive Example: I was so nervous that my stomach was churning. 4. To stop using a company's product or service. Example: Subscriptions can be ended or canceled, which is known as churn. If there are no subscriptions, a customer churns when they stop using the product. 5. To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions. Labels: informal 6. To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits. Labels: US, informal 7. To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is. 8. To digest. Labels: Internet
Word: churn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna. Pronunciation: /tʃɜːn/, /t͡ʃɝn/ 1. A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a butter churn Example: We notice by our exchanges that great efforts are being made throughout the western States especially, to palm off upon the farming public various kinds of patent churns, or to induce many mechanics to give large sums for the Right to manufacture the same—while in a majority of cases, we believe, the articles are absolutely worthless, or inferior to older kinds that might be procured for less money. We have repeatedly cautioned our readers against purchasing these new fangled churns until after they have been more fully tested; and we are happy to know that our remarks have saved not a few of our friends from imposition. To set this matter in a clearer light before our readers, we will glance at a few of the different churns, now most prominently before the public—some valuable, some useless. 2. A milk churn (container for the transportation of milk). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As the ends of the up and down platforms are not opposite each other, it is not possible to provide the ordinary type of barrow crossing, and the full churns were too heavy to be man-handled up and down the stairs of the footbridge. Example: In the old days, milk trains consisted entirely of vans loaded with ten-gallon churns. When filled, these churns weigh 130 lb. each and their manipulation is an art. [...] Like the tank wagons, the churns are dairy property, but farmers often have other ideas, and find their own uses for them—it has not been unknown for dairy inspectors to find missing churns tucked away in an unsuspected corner of a farmhouse, filled to the brim with banknotes! 3. Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company. Labels: uncountable 4. The time when a consumer switches his/her service provider. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The mass of people who are ready to switch carriers. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Cyclic activity that achieves nothing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wished my brain would shut up and knew that soon I'd have to start tidying, but first I needed to rest, so I tried to quell the pointless churn behind my eyes and kept on trying (in a minute) until Vicky came back home. Example: Getting the right manager has just been made more difficult by not having Champions League to offer. There will also be a huge churn of players after the lavish, unrewarding outlay this season. 7. The last grain cut at harvest; kern. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: penalty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ 1. A legal sentence. Example: The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor. 2. A punishment for violating rules of procedure. Example: Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping? 3. A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment. 4. In sports: 5. In sports: Example: A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent. 6. A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event. Example: "But you, my noble, my generous girl!" exclaimed Lord Avonleigh, "I dare not let you pay the penalty of my former folly."
Word: precedence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French précédence (“the state of preceding, anteriority”). Morphologically precede + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsɪd(ə)ns/, /pɹɪˈsiːd(ə)ns/, /ˈpɹiːsɪd(ə)ns/ 1. The state of preceding in importance or priority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency. Example: […] where there is then no good / For which to strive, no strife can grow up there / From faction; for none sure will claim in hell / Precedence, none, whose portion is so small / Of present pain, that with ambitious mind / Will covet more. 2. Precedent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Verses of probably no literary value, but illustrating a kind of rhythm, a melodic innovation that you will not find in Chaucer, though there is ample precedence in Provence Example: […] the intention certainly is that all parts of the amendment should cover comparable bodies in Scotland: There is perfectly good precedence for this in Part I of the Bill […]
Word: AGB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of asymptotic giant branch; A classification of stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of AGB star (“a star in this classification”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Vietnamese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Vietnam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Vietnamese From Vietnam + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/, /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/ 1. Of or pertaining to Vietnam. Labels: not-comparable Example: As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.
Word: Vietnamese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Vietnam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Vietnamese From Vietnam + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/, /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/ 1. A person or people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent. Labels: countable, in-plural Example: They were buried in a gravesite near Kai Tak, alongside other Vietnamese who hadn’t made it safely to shore. 2. Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food. Labels: uncountable
Word: Vietnamese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Vietnam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Vietnamese From Vietnam + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/, /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/ 1. The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam. Example: The Vietnamese I own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second-grade level. Example: If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.
Word: allemand Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of allemande. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: wadmal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil. 1. Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cardinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cardō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin cardinālisder. Middle French cardinalbor. English cardinal From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːd(ɪ)nəl/, [ˈkʰɑːd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑːd(ɪ)nl̩], /ˈkɑɹd(ɪ)nəl/, [ˈkʰɑɹd(ɪ)nəl] ~ [ˈkʰɑɹd(ɪ)nl̩] 1. Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal. Example: a cardinal rule Example: But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. 2. Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west). Example: a cardinal mark 3. Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. 4. Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock). 5. Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.
Word: daystar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English daysterre, from Old English dæġsteorra, equivalent to day + star. Cognate with Scots daystern (“morningstar; daystar”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪstɑː/, /ˈdeɪstɑɹ/ 1. The planet Venus as the morning star. Labels: literary Example: Near-synonyms: Vesper, Hesperus, evening star, Venus Example: Here dawn'd the daystar of Hesperia's fame, / Here herald glory first emblazed her name; 2. The Sun. Labels: poetic Example: I only go outdoors at night, away from the daystar's burning glare.
Word: stepmother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stepmoder, from Old English stēopmōdor, from Proto-Germanic *steupamōdēr (“stepmother”), corresponding to step- + mother. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifmuur (“stepmother”), Dutch stiefmoeder (“stepmother”), German Low German Steevmoder (“stepmother”), German Stiefmutter (“stepmother”), Danish stedmor (“stepmother”), Swedish styvmor (“stepmother”), Icelandic stjúpmóðir (“stepmother”). Compare also West Frisian styfmem (“stepmother”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɛpmʌðə/ 1. A woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's biological mother. 2. A woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's biological mother. 3. Synonym of co-mother (“the non-birth mother of a child in a lesbian couple”). 4. Clipping of stepmother's blessing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 5. A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease. Labels: rare Example: The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idelness.
Word: Genoa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/, /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/, /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/, /d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/ 1. A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy. 2. A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa. 3. A former province of Liguria. Labels: historical 4. A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815. Labels: historical
Word: Genoa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Genua (with influence from Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/, /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/, /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/, /d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/ 1. Genoa cake. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypocoristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɪs.tɪk/ 1. Relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person. 2. Relating to baby talk.
Word: hypocoristic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɪs.tɪk/ 1. A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name.
Word: size Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”). Pronunciation: /saɪz/ 1. The dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The size of the building seemed to have increased since I was last there. Example: Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too. 2. A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I don't think we have the red one in your size. Example: What size are you? I mean, what size shoes do you take? 3. The number of edges in a graph. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Degree of rank, ability, character, etc. Labels: countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable Example: men of a less size and quality** Example: the middle or lower size of people 5. An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, used for measuring the size of pearls Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Size”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.. 6. Ellipsis of chili size (“hamburger served with chili con carne”). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 7. An assize. Labels: countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable Example: I know you would have women above the law, but it is all a lye; I heard his lordship say at size, that no one is above the law. 8. A regulation, piece of ordinance. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 9. A regulation determining the amount of money paid in fees, taxes etc. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 10. A fixed standard for the magnitude, quality, quantity etc. of goods, especially food and drink. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: to scant my sizes
Word: size Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”). Pronunciation: /saɪz/ 1. To adjust the size of; to make a certain size. Labels: transitive Example: a statute […] to size weights, and measures Example: I milled all the stock to size, and because it was air-dried, I did it in stages. […] Once the material is sized, it's time to cut the finger joints, which are really the star of the show. 2. To classify or arrange by size. Labels: transitive 3. To classify or arrange by size. Labels: transitive 4. To classify or arrange by size. Labels: transitive Example: However, SDS-PAGE consistently sized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems. 5. To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of. Labels: colloquial, transitive 6. To take a greater size; to increase in size. Labels: intransitive Example: after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow. 7. To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book. Labels: UK, obsolete 8. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 2. Queen.[…]lend us a knee; But touch the ground for us no longer time Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: ell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone What you would doe.
Word: size Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”) Pronunciation: /saɪz/ 1. A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas. 2. Wallpaper paste. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The thickened crust on coagulated blood. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: size Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”) Pronunciation: /saɪz/ 1. To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted. Labels: transitive 2. To apply a thickening agent (such as cornstarch or gelatin) to warp threads to prevent abrasion or unraveling during weaving. Labels: transitive Example: After spinning, the singles are either dyed for sale as thread or sized with cornstarch, woven into fabric, and sewn into garments and accessories that are dyed after completion.
Word: size Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saɪz/ 1. Alternative form of sice (“number six in dice games”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: directory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/, /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/ 1. A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification. Example: look up an address in the directory 2. A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device. 3. A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related. 4. A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government. Example: […] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.
Word: directory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrēctōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/, /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/ 1. Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
Word: group Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *kruppazder. Frankish *kruppbor. Vulgar Latin *cruppus Italian gruppobor. French groupebor. ▲ Italian gruppobor. English group From French groupe (“cluster, group”), from Italian gruppo, groppo (“a knot, heap, group, bag (of money)”). In the "group theory" sense, calqued from French groupe, a term coined by the young French mathematician Évariste Galois in 1830. Cognate with German Kropf (“crop, craw, bunch”); Old English cropp, croppa (“cluster, bunch, sprout, flower, berry, ear of corn, crop”) (whence English crop); Dutch krop (“craw”), Icelandic kroppr (“hump, bunch”). Doublet of crop and croup. Pronunciation: /ɡɹuːp/, /ɡɹup/, /ɡɹʉp/ 1. To put together to form a group. Labels: transitive Example: group the dogs by hair colour 2. To come together to form a group. Labels: intransitive Example: For many people forming pods last year, finding compatible people to group with was not a cost but a goal. 3. To eliminate in the group stage of a competition. Labels: transitive Example: Clubs like Real Sociedad are getting grouped in the Europa League. Even clubs like Atletico Madrid and Villareal are finding it hard to progress to the R16 in the UCL.
Word: YMMV Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of your mileage may vary. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Get a vintage flex or even a vintage semi flex and you're handwriting will look much prettier (you could also try a modern semi-flex, but all the ones I've tried have horrible feed issues and are unusable, but I write fast so YMMV)
Word: urination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English urinate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English urination From urinate + -ion. Pronunciation: /jʊəɹɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The process of passing urine, that is, of eliminating liquid waste from the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: best regards Part of Speech: noun 1. Used as a polite closing of a letter Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: I look forward to finally meeting you in person. Best regards, Peter.
Word: Alençon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Alençon. Pronunciation: /ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/ 1. A town and commune, the capital of Orne department, Normandy, France.
Word: Alençon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Alençon. Pronunciation: /ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/ 1. Alençon lace. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wallah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑːlə/, /ˈwɒlə/ 1. A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah. Labels: India, North Example: Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas. 2. Ellipsis of competition wallah. Labels: India, North, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical 3. A guy or bloke. Labels: UK, slang
Word: wallah Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, literally “by God”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɑːlɑː/, /wəˈlɑː/, /wəllə/ 1. by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath Labels: not-comparable
Word: wallah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A corruption of voilà. 1. Alternative form of voilà. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: damosel Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of damsel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: damosella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of damoiselle or damosel, 15th and 16th century variants of damsel, from early Middle English dameisele. 1. Damsel. Labels: archaic Example: But, damosella virgin, Was this directed to you?
Word: damoiselle Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of damsel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: damourite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the French chemist Damour + -ite. 1. A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sequence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequēns (“following”), from sequī (“to follow”); see sequent. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.kwəns/, /ˈsi.kwəns/, /ˈsi.kwɛns/ 1. A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An alphabet follows a sequence. Example: The risks involved in changing the DNA sequence is higher. 2. The state of being sequent or following; order of succession. Labels: uncountable Example: Complete the listed tasks in sequence. 3. A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A subsequent event; a consequence or result. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them. 7. A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show, or other video medium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences, dream sequences, fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria. 8. A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sequence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequēns (“following”), from sequī (“to follow”); see sequent. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.kwəns/, /ˈsi.kwəns/, /ˈsi.kwɛns/ 1. To arrange (something) in an order. Labels: transitive Example: We sequenced the code to keep it organised. Example: The later edition of the book sequenced the chapters differently, which caused a lot of confusion among non-technical readers. 2. To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid). Labels: transitive 3. To produce (music) with a sequencer. Labels: transitive 4. To proceed through a sequence or series of things. Labels: intransitive, uncommon Example: Children start to make meanings and connections as soon as they encounter the book. This starts with the initial analyses and inferences they make when they see the book cover and continues as they sequence through the interior illustrations. Example: If indeed smokers sequence through more biologic therapies, these findings may bring about significant practice changes focused on smoking cessation earlier in the CD course.
Word: accentuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪkˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/ 1. A more distinct or prominent form. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The secretary withdrew with an accentuation of his unhappy manner. It was very distressing to him, this dispersal of the family heirlooms. 2. Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.] 3. Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slingshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sling + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/ 1. A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles. Labels: Australia, Philippines, US Example: ‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’ 2. A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers. 3. A sling bikini. 4. An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights. 5. The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue. Labels: UK, slang 6. Synonym of slingshot effect.
Word: slingshot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sling + shot. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/ 1. To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot. 2. To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft. Example: The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn. 3. To perform the slingshot manoeuvre (see Noun). Labels: UK, slang
Word: cwm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”). Doublet of combe. Pronunciation: /kuːm/, /kʊm/ 1. A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre. Example: A fine glacier descends from Mount Longstaff. It has cut very deep and the walls stand at an angle of at least 50°. Otherwise, although there are many cwms on the lower ranges, the mountains themselves seem little carved.
Word: sarnie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) + -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑːni/ 1. A sandwich. Labels: UK, informal Example: Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you? Example: With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen. 2. The Sandwich tern. Labels: UK
Word: perseverate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from perseveration. Doublet of persevere. Pronunciation: /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/, /pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt/ 1. To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended. Labels: intransitive Example: After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer. 2. To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response). Labels: transitive
Word: cornet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”). Pronunciation: /kɔɹˈnɛt/, /ˈkɔːnɪt/ 1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat. 2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container. 3. An ice cream cone (the shell itself). 4. An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream). Labels: UK, broadly, dated 5. A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. Labels: obsolete Example: They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them. 6. A kind of organ stop. 7. A hollow horn-like growth.
Word: cornet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”). Pronunciation: /kɔɹˈnɛt/, /ˈkɔːnɪt/ 1. The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity. 2. The standard flown by a cavalry troop. Labels: obsolete 3. The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry). Labels: historical Example: No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened. Example: This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.
Word: pellet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛl.ɪt/, /ˈpel.ɪt/ 1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter. Example: a pellet of wood, paper, or ore 2. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns. 3. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones. 4. A roundel sable (black circular spot). 5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Word: pellet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛl.ɪt/, /ˈpel.ɪt/ 1. To form into pellets. 2. To strike with pellets.
Word: nocturnal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnālis (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь. Pronunciation: /nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/, /nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/, /nɒkˈtɝ.nəl/, /nɔkˈtɜː.nəl/, [nɔ̟kˈtøː.nəl] 1. Primarily active during the night. Example: nocturnal birds 2. Taking place at night, nightly. Example: a suspicious nocturnal outing Example: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
Word: nocturnal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnālis (“nocturnal”), from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь. Pronunciation: /nɒkˈtɜː.nəl/, /nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/, /nɒkˈtɝ.nəl/, /nɔkˈtɜː.nəl/, [nɔ̟kˈtøː.nəl] 1. A person or creature that is active at night. 2. A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars. Labels: historical Example: A rather different instrument was the nocturnal: it enabled you to tell the time at night, provided you knew the date, from the position of the stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, which rotate around the Pole Star.
Word: diurnal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”). Doublet of journal. Pronunciation: /daɪˈɜːnəl/, /daɪˈɝ.nəl/ 1. Happening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most birds are diurnal. Example: However, in general, lizards are more diurnal than rattlers, which may be one of the reasons why young rattlers are more diurnal than adults. 2. Said of a flower that is open, or releasing its perfume during daylight hours, but not at night. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having a daily cycle that is completed every 24 hours, usually referring to tasks, processes, tides, or sunrise to sunset; circadian. Labels: not-comparable 4. Done once every day; daily, quotidian. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon 5. Published daily. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: diurnal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”). Doublet of journal. Pronunciation: /daɪˈɜːnəl/, /daɪˈɝ.nəl/ 1. A flower that opens only in the day. 2. A book containing canonical offices performed during the day, hence not matins. 3. A diary or journal. Labels: archaic Example: He was by birth, some authors write, / A Russian, some a Muscovite, / And 'mong the Cossacks had been bred, / Of whom we in diurnals read. 4. A daily news publication. Labels: archaic
Word: quickly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English quykly, quikliche, quicliche, cwikliche, cwickliche, from Old English cwiculīċe. By surface analysis, quick + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪkli/ 1. Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition. Example: Luckily, the error was quickly corrected. Example: the influence of the flutter that was connected to Adan was quickly taking a toll on my already weak body 2. Very soon. Example: If we go this way, we'll get there quickly. Example: Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.
Word: feces Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːsiːz/ 1. Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines. Labels: Canada, US, plural, plural-only Example: We are also extracting DNA, both from blood collected during immobilizations and from hyena feces.
Word: excrement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/ 1. Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable Example: The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues. 2. Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
Word: excrement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“to grow out”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/ 1. Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: manure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes. Pronunciation: /məˈnjʊə/, /məˈnjɔː/, /məˈnʊɹ/ 1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture. Labels: archaic, literary Example: A woman that wandring in our coaſtes hath bought / A plot for price: where ſhe a citie ſet: / To whom we gaue the ſtrond for to manure. Example: Manure thyself then; to thyself be approved; / And with vain, outward things be no more moved. 2. To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver). Example: The farmer manured his fallow field. Example: My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]
Word: manure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes. Pronunciation: /məˈnjʊə/, /məˈnjɔː/, /məˈnʊɹ/ 1. Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1985, Biff Tannen (portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson), Back to the Future. I hate manure! Example: 1988, Dave Mustaine, "Hook in Mouth", Megadeth, So Far, So Good... So What!. M, they will cover your grave with manure 2. Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: vegetable manure [⁠= green manure⁠] Example: livestock manures 3. Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit. Labels: countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: “You know the police think I killed Marge, don't you?” “What a load of manure! I couldn't believe it when I read the paper.”
Word: wolverine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous or savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593), ultimately from wolf. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/, /ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/, /ˌwʊlvəˈɹiːn/ 1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo. Example: “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
Word: additive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”). Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/, [ˈæɾ.ɪ.tɪv], /ˈæd.ə.tɪv/, [ˈæɾ.ə.tɪv], [ˈæɾ.ə.ɾɪv] 1. Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added. 2. That is distributive over addition. Labels: usually Example: Matrix multiplication is additive, in that M#92;vecv#43;M#92;vecw#61;M(#92;vecv#43;#92;vecw). 3. Whose operator is identified as addition. Example: It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group. 4. Pertaining to chemical addition. 5. Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
Word: additive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin additivus, from the participial stem of Latin addere (“to add”). Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/, [ˈæɾ.ɪ.tɪv], /ˈæd.ə.tɪv/, [ˈæɾ.ə.tɪv], [ˈæɾ.ə.ɾɪv] 1. A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance. Example: Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine. 2. A word or phrase that adds something, such as also, even, or nor.
Word: eclectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós, “selective”), from ἐκλέγω (eklégō, “to pick, choose”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λέγω (légō, “to choose, count”). Cognate to elect. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈlɛk.tɪk/, /ɪˈklɛk.tɪk/ 1. Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles. Example: Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men. Example: Though rooted in jazz, Byron's music is stylistically eclectic. 2. Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous. Example: All members of the Hominoidea, apes and man, show an eclectic taste in food but select, from a wide range of possibilities, only a few to provide the bulk of their diet. Example: Colvin said Obama has an eclectic taste in music, listening to everything from Indonesian flute music to OutKast to Motown.