yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
relatedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English related
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English relatedly
From related + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more relatedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most relatedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a related manner.
pos: adv
examples: Dellamora argues that Swinburne's "Anactoria" aims "to free desire" by making sexual difference and orientation "indeterminate" (77). Slightly earlier in Masculine Desire, he argues relatedly that Swinburne "enjoyed imagining such possibilities" as "male-male genital activity" (69).
Voegelin remarks: "I got into these problems of mysticism as a teenager, not because of religious education in school (I went to a Protestant Sunday School), but because Hindus came to give lectures. But one must get it from somewhere." […] Elsewhere he remarked relatedly: "I can quite definitely see that I got the practice of meditation by reading Upanishads […] ."
gloss: Used to indicate that the accompanying statement is related (connected) to a preceding statement or occurrence.
pos: adv
examples: While there is now a Department of Constitutional Affairs, there is no formal constitution. Relatedly, there is no fundamental questioning of the exercise of the prerogative powers by the Prime Minister, the position of the monarchy, and the relation between church and state.
[…] a compulsive need to interpet and mine just about everything for hidden meaning, to see any trivial occurrence as a sign or omen of what might come. There is, relatedly, the drive to produce signs (headties, graffiti, and the like) for one's own community, for other social actors, for larger relevant audiences, and not the least, for the enemy Other.
gloss: Used to indicate that the accompanying statement may not be true, but has been said to be true.
pos: adv
tags: rare
examples: As noted earlier, cooperation between the United States and Mexico in police matters mostly revolves around the drug trade and has relatedly been hampered by the influence of corruption.
Related words: coincidentally
Translations:
boxfish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From box + fish.
Compound parts: box
fish
Inflected forms:
form: boxfishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boxfish
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
pos: noun
gloss: Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
pos: noun
Translations:
boxcutter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From box + cutter.
Compound parts: box
cutter
Inflected forms:
form: boxcutters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A utility knife.
pos: noun
Translations:
point-and-click
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
photography
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: With which the user interacts by pointing and clicking, using a mouse or similar device.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Carrying on the Sierra On-Line tradition of point-and-click adventure, Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen created two classics of the interactive movie genre.
gloss: Point-and-shoot.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Related words: drag and drop
Derived words: point-and-drool
Translations:
midflight
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
Proto-Indo-European *plew-
Proto-Indo-European *plewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi
Proto-Germanic *fleuganą
Proto-West Germanic *fleugan
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-West Germanic *-þi
Proto-West Germanic *fluhti
Old English flyht
Middle English flight
English flight
English midflight
From mid- + flight.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We had a midflight meal.
Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.
gloss: Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The airplane slats extended midflight.
gloss: A point in time during flight.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: You can't eject a troublemaker from a plane in midflight!
Translations:
hypothermic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der.
English hypo-
English -thermic
English hypothermic
From hypo- + -thermic.
Inflected forms:
form: more hypothermic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hypothermic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Affected by hypothermia; having an abnormally low body temperature.
pos: adj
examples: The survivors of the shipwreck quickly became hypothermic.
It was found that brief hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HMP) prior to organ transplantation significantly improves organ integrity and leads to decreased numbers of cases of post-transplantation graft dys- and nonfunction.^(7,8)
He [Dean Karnazes] has been hypothermic and watched his fingers turn blue, and said he will not let that happen anymore.
Translations:
buffoon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.
Inflected forms:
form: buffoons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: buffoons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buffooning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: buffooned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: buffooned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
pos: noun
examples: To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
gloss: An unintentionally ridiculous person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
gloss: To behave like a buffoon
pos: verb
examples: His mimicry of gay speech and facial expressions is analogous to an Amos 'n' Andy routine, in which white men buffooned their way through incredibly demeaning impersonations of black men.
Derived words: buffonize
buffoonery
buffoonesque
buffoonic
buffoonish
buffoonism
buffoonlike
buffoonly
buffoonry
Translations:
jark
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Inflected forms:
form: jarks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jarks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jarking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jarked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jarked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
pos: noun
examples: "This is a jark from Jim Ratcliffe," said the taller, having looked at the bit of paper.
gloss: To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
examples: At the end of the day, it was inevitable that the IRA would discover that its weapons were being jarked.
'Anna' and 'Mary' were involved in operations that drew on a variety of intelligence data: ‘jarking’; information from agents;[…]One of the weapons, perhaps the Armalite, had been ‘jarked’ by the ‘Det’ and tracked for some time.
An especially creative method was known as “jarking,” which involved “the placing of tiny tracking devices on weapons in arms caches so their movements can be followed.”⁸
The homes and safe houses he provided were bugged; the weapons hidden in empty houses were ‘jarked’ so the security forces could keep track of them, and the vehicles used to ferry weapons put under close surveillance.
Translations:
deveined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having had the veins removed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
trailhead
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: games
gaming
Etymology: From trail + head.
Compound parts: trail
head
Inflected forms:
form: trailheads
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trail head
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.
pos: noun
examples: Take a bus or a cab to the trailhead, and walk a couple of hours to the magnificent, cow-inhabited Tai Long Wan beach.
gloss: The initial clue that leads to an alternate reality game.
pos: noun
examples: The trailhead can be exposed to potential gamers through social network services, websites, emails, or sometimes non-electronic media.
Translations:
unremarked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English remarked
English unremarked
From un- + remarked.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not the subject of any remark
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
often
examples: The spread of corruption was unremarked upon.
gloss: Not remarked or noticed; unnoticed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Amid the confusion, the theft of the baron's jewels went unremarked.
Synonyms: unnoticed
unheralded
Related words: unremarkable
Translations:
unforthcoming
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English forthcoming
English unforthcoming
From un- + forthcoming.
Inflected forms:
form: more unforthcoming
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unforthcoming
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not forthcoming; laconic or uncooperative.
pos: adj
examples: The coach's manner was dour and unforthcoming.
The leaders of the Wall Cult seem to be aware of the truth, but remain wholly unforthcoming.
Madame Sinico is a substitute for the expected but unforthcoming Mdlle. Lichtmay.
He also happened in time to have, as a result of his greatness, an inner circle of worshipping and influential friends who could at odd moments whet the public appetite for some unforthcoming work of their caged genius.
When asked about the ethics of using placebos in AIDS drug studies (especially given the dearth of available treatments for PWAs), Koop responded vaguely that ethical debates will always accompany medical research. Koop was similarly unforthcoming about other AIDS issues ridden with controversy.
Translations:
indometacin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English indo(le)
Proto-Indo-European *médʰu
Proto-Hellenic *métʰu
Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu)
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
German -yl
German Methylbor.
English meth(yl)
English ac(etic acid)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English indometacin
From indo(le) + meth(yl) + ac(etic acid) + -in.
Inflected forms:
form: indomethacin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
US
Senses:
gloss: A compound with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties, used chiefly to treat rheumatoid arthritis and gout.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
prediabetic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English diabetic
English prediabetic
From pre- + diabetic.
Inflected forms:
form: pre-diabetic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: prediabetics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pre-diabetic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Preceding the onset of diabetes; thus, indicating the probable future onset of diabetes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The patient showed classic prediabetic symptoms.
gloss: One who has prediabetes.
pos: noun
Translations:
newsgathering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
media
Etymology: From news + gathering.
Compound parts: news
gathering
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The collection of information related to current events.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: This portable camera is just the thing for on-the-spot newsgathering.
Our network has the best newsgathering operation in the country.
How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less available for public participation; as an arena for duking out industry controversies ranging from #MeToo to opinions about opinion pages.
In its lawsuit, the Times said the policy unlawfully restricts essential newsgathering techniques and gives the Pentagon “unfettered” discretion to revoke passes, permitting it to impose the type of “viewpoint-based” press restrictions forbidden by the constitution.
Translations:
smiter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English smyter, smitere, equivalent to smite + -er.
Base: smite
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: smiters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who smites.
pos: noun
Translations:
ovenproof
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English oven
English -proof
English ovenproof
From oven + -proof.
Inflected forms:
form: oven-proof
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Suitable for use in an oven, without being damaged by the heat.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Please cook the potatoes on this tray: it's ovenproof.
Translations:
Jurchen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a reconstruction of Jurchen *jörcen, attested via Middle Chinese 竹里真 (trjuwk li^X tsyin) and Khitan 𘲮𘯤𘰭 (*ju rả n), developed under the influence of Manchu ᠵᡠᡵᠴᡳᡨ (jurcit) and Classical Mongolian ᠵᠦᠷᠴᠢᠳ (ǰürčid). Vajda argues for a derivation from a Proto-Tungusic word meaning "reindeer people", cognate with the Orochs of Russia's Khabarovsk Province and the Oroks of Sakhalin.
Inflected forms:
form: Jurchens
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Jurchen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Jurched
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Jurchet
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Jurgen
pos: noun
tags: alternative
uncommon
Senses:
gloss: A member of a medieval and early modern Tungusic people, progenitors of the Manchus.
pos: noun
Translations:
compatibilism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English compatible
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English compatibilism
From compatible + -ism.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
therapeutical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English therapeutic
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 therapeutical
From therapeutic + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: therapeuticals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: therapeutic
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Such an agent
pos: noun
Translations:
theurgic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin theurgicus. By surface analysis, theurgy + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, or pertaining to, theurgy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
tickly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tickle
English -y
English tickly
From tickle + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: ticklier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tickliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
pos: adj
gloss: Producing an itchy sensation like that of being tickled.
pos: adj
examples: a tickly woollen blanket
gloss: Ticklish.
pos: adj
tags: rare
examples: He just knows I'm not tickly behind my knees (but who is?)!
I like the new name [Feathers_McGraw]....Are you tickly???
> > Just a light foot massage:-)) […]
> Do you think i could stand it then ;-)))LOL […]
Are you tickly??????? I'll tell you after I've had me tea and biccies
Derived words: tickly-bender
Translations:
photofit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From photo + fit, from the British police force's Photofit system for constructing facial composites.
Compound parts: photo
fit
Inflected forms:
form: photofits
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An image of a person constructed out of bits of photographs of other people; an identikit.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: The witness was called in to create a photofit resembling her memory of the attacker.
Translations:
shaka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Shaka is not a word in the Hawaiian language, which lacks the /ʃ/ sound.
Inflected forms:
form: shakas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A greeting gesture in which the thumb and little finger are extended while curling the three middle fingers in a semi-fist, used to express a variety of positive meanings including all right, hello and goodbye.
pos: noun
examples: Greet someone with the slang, “Howzit?” and say goodbye with a flash of the “shaka” sign (fist closed, thumb and pinky extended) and you have established your credibility with Hawaii natives.
US President-elect Obama flashes the 'shaka' before he greets a crowd […]
Translations:
antidrug
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
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-
English drug
English antidrug
From anti- + drug.
Inflected forms:
form: more antidrug
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most antidrug
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: anti-drug
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Against drugs; advocating against drug use.
pos: adj
examples: The antidrug administration cracked down on cocaine sales.
Translations:
undertrained
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahere
Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre
Old French traïnerder.
Old French trainder.
Middle English trayne
English train
English -ed
English trained
English undertrained
From under- + trained.
Inflected forms:
form: more undertrained
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most undertrained
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not having adequate training.
pos: adj
examples: The undertrained zookeeper met with an unfortunate fate.
Translations:
cyberbully
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor.
English cybernetic
English cyber-
English bully
English cyberbully
From cyber- + bully.
Inflected forms:
form: cyberbullies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cyber-bully
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cyberbullies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cyberbullying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cyberbullied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cyberbullied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cyber-bully
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A bully who operates online, in cyberspace.
pos: noun
examples: Typically, male cyberbullies use the computer more than the cell phone.
gloss: To bully online.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Another Internet concern is cyberbullying. LGBT youth sometimes are the targets of harassment by persons (usually other students) who use the Internet...
Around one-third of those being cyberbullied told no one about the bullying.
Translations:
cyberbullying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor.
English cybernetic
English cyber-
English bully
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English bullying
English cyberbullying
From cyber- + bullying.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Acts in cyberspace intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ascomycete
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From the taxonomic name Ascomycetes (older synonym of Ascomycota) reanalyzed as a plural common noun; by surface analysis, asco- + -mycete.
Inflected forms:
form: ascomycetes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by the production of a sac, or ascus, which contains non-motile spores.
pos: noun
examples: Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi.
Translations:
peely-wally
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Scots peely-wally.
Inflected forms:
form: peelie wallie
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pale, pasty; off-color or ill-looking.
pos: adj
tags: Scotland
not-comparable
examples: ‘Are there no English troops out here?’ ‘A few,’ Gilzean said. ‘But they're all sick. Peely-wally lot the English, ye ken.’
But I felt that Tommy's championing of the lit de soleil, as it's known in Maryhill, was courageous and condign. It allowed otherwise peely wally Glaswegians to hold their tanned faces aloft in polite company and let their neighbours think they'd been to Santa Ponsa or Majorca.
Translations:
alexanders
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French alisander, apparently named for Alexander the Great, for one or more species thought to be endemic to Macedonia.
Inflected forms:
form: alexanders
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Alexanders
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
pos: noun
gloss: Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
Derived words: golden alexanders
Translations:
demotivating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That causes demotivation.
pos: adj
Translations:
cultish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cult
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English cultish
From cult + -ish.
Inflected forms:
form: more cultish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cultish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of a cult.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
examples: a cultish movement
As anyone who lived through those times will recall, a lot of pointless farting around was unleashed in the name of electronic music, particularly once the likes of Leer, Robert Rental, and Daniel Miller scored a degree of cultish fandom with their earliest releases, and provoked their own surge of imitators.
Translations:
armyworm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From army + worm.
Compound parts: army
worm
Inflected forms:
form: armyworms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: army worm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: army-worm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The larva of any of the genera Spodoptera and Mythimna of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.
pos: noun
Translations:
mellophone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Apparently from mellow + -phone, although compare melo-.
Base: mellow
Affixes: -phone
Inflected forms:
form: mellophones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A brass instrument frequently used in place of the French horn in marching bands and similar performance groups.
pos: noun
examples: On the issue of the mellophone being used as an introductory instrument for a beginning French horn student you must consider the fact that although they look similar, the instruments are entirely different.
A pupil wishing to study the French horn will make more rapid progress by having at least a year's experience on the mellophone.
[…] yet for concert work I much prefer the mellophone (where French horns are not available) played in a creditable manner to the upright alto as played by some of the alto players I have heard who pose musicians.
Translations:
homestand
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From home + stand.
Compound parts: home
stand
Inflected forms:
form: homestands
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A series of games played at a team's home field
pos: noun
examples: Two Sarasota pitchers proved easy picking for the St. Petersburg Saints at Waterfront park this afternoon and the locals walked off with the first game of their homestand, 8 to 1.
Translations:
melodicism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
English melodic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English melodicism
From melodic + -ism.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A focus on the development of melody
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: No sense of aloofness or distance diluted his warm melodicism.
Translations:
overtreatment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From over- + treatment or overtreat + -ment.
Base: treatment
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overtreatments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Excessive treatment, often specifically medical treatment
pos: noun
gloss: A window treatment added above an existing treatment
pos: noun
Related words: undertreatment
Translations:
placeless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less. Piecewise doublet of piazzaless.
Base: place
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
form: more placeless
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most placeless
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: place-less
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking a proper place.
pos: adj
examples: a placeless person
I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
gloss: Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.
pos: adj
examples: a placeless society
Derived words: placelessly
placelessness
Translations:
parvo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Parvovirus.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: Inoculating a dog against parvo costs about $7 to $15 for the shot, depending on your area and choice of veterinarian.
He will probably be next to a street cur that has parvo or rabies or distemper.
Translations:
zahir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: Etymology tree
Arabic ظَهَرَ (ẓahara)
Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir)bor.
English zahir
Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِر (ẓāhir).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
four-poster
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: four-posters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, so that curtains can be hung to exclude draughts from the sleeper.
pos: adj
tags: attributive
not-comparable
examples: The furnishing of this Blue Room was solid and Victorian, it having been the GHQ of my Uncle Tom's late father, who liked things substantial. There was a four-poster bed, [...]
gloss: A four-poster bed, which has four high posts, one at each corner, supporting a canopy.
pos: noun
examples: ... the bed, an immense four-poster with different rosewood fruits carved crudely on its high headboard, was suffocatingly soft and his body had sunk deep in its feathery center.
Wooden beds were made as replicas of large ones, some carved in walnut, others in mahogany and with elaborate head-pieces. There were four-posters draped with curtains to pull and bedspreads to match, much beautiful hand-sewing and embroidery going to their manufacture.
Translations:
chokehold
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
Etymology: The noun is derived from choke (verb) + hold (noun). The verb is derived from the noun.
Compound parts: choke
hold
Inflected forms:
form: chokeholds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: choke-hold
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: choke hold
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: chokeholds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chokeholding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chokeheld
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chokeheld
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A grappling hold around a person's neck, especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm, cutting off the flow of blood to the brain and restricting breathing.
pos: noun
examples: He put his opponent in a chokehold.
Within five to ten seconds, one officer began to apply a choke hold by pressing his forearm into [Adolph] Lyons' throat. As Lyons was struggling for air, the officer handcuffed him and continued to apply the choke hold until Lyons blacked out. He was almost choked to death. […] Between 1975 and 1982, sixteen people died from the LAPD [Los Angeles Police Department]'s use of choke holds.
In competition, judo matches typically have a standing phase (opponents attempt to throw each other) and a ground phase (once an opponent is on the ground, then both opponents can use a hold down, literally holding an opponent down for 15 to 25 seconds, or using a choke hold or similar controlling technique to force an opponent to submit).
gloss: A powerful and restrictive control or influence over something.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
figuratively
examples: One country has a chokehold on another country's economy.
With the music industry releasing their chokehold on these television talent shows, it too is looking to other sources like social media – [Rob] Wade calls TikTok "one giant talent show" – to find new talent rather than primetime TV.
Fellow fashionistas know the hype of GAP athleisure wear. The nostalgic look mixed with its soft design have the girlies in a chokehold!
gloss: To put a hold around the neck of (someone), especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To exert tight, restrictive, control over someone or something.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
figuratively
transitive
Translations:
incompletion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From in- + completion or incomplete + -ion
Base: completion
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: incompletions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of not being complete.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Something which is not completed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A forward pass which is not caught inbounds by the intended receiver.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Their strong defense forced three incompletions from the other team.
Synonyms: incompleteness
incompletion
noncompleteness
noncompletion
uncompletedness
uncompletion
unfinish
unfinishedness
Antonyms: completion
Related words: uncompletion
abandonment
failure
unfulfillment
end
finish
partially
Translations:
attackable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
French attaquebor.
English attack
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English attackable
From attack + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more attackable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most attackable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Which may be attacked.
pos: adj
Translations:
retoucher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English retouch
English -er
English retoucher
From retouch + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: retouchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who retouches.
pos: noun
examples: I used to work as a photo retoucher.
[…] reproofings may be required before a satisfactory result is obtained, the number of proofings depending on the difficulty of the subject, and the skill of the colour retoucher.
Translations:
servicer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
law
Etymology: Etymology tree
English service
English -er
English servicer
From service + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: servicers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who services a loan or other obligation, by collecting receivables and carrying out related actions such as enforcement
pos: noun
examples: The servicer is responsible for the collection of interest and principal, which is passed along to the trustee.
Translations:
skyscape
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sky
English landscapebf.
English -scape
English skyscape
From sky + -scape.
Inflected forms:
form: skyscapes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The view of the sky, often including the skyline
pos: noun
examples: Its exotic lobby was decorated with lush carpeting; in the auditorium itself, a skyscape was transformed to sunrise, sunset, or starry night skies as the occasion demanded, […]
Translations:
recrossing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: recrossings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The motion or position of things that recross; an interweaving.
pos: noun
Translations:
recordkeeping
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From record + keeping.
Compound parts: record
keeping
Inflected forms:
form: record-keeping
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The creation, collection and management of records, especially of a business or governmental nature.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
midrise
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English rise
English midrise
From mid- + rise.
Inflected forms:
form: mid-rise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: mid rise
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: midrises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mid-rise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mid rise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically consisting of four to ten stories.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
gloss: Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: midrise quantization
gloss: A building which is neither low-rise or high-rise.
pos: noun
examples: A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.
Related words: midtread
Translations:
galler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English gall
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English galler
From gall + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: gallers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which galls.
pos: noun
examples: The most clear-cut species boundaries are among gallers of different plant parts — leaf blade, petiole, bud and twig.
Translations:
tuxedoed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tuxedo
English -ed
English tuxedoed
From tuxedo + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Dressed in a tuxedo.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Here are the tuxedoed men who received OUR honorary style awards Saturday night, and might be up for the real Academy Awards next February: […]
Translations:
unsharpened
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English sharpened
English unsharpened
From un- + sharpened.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not sharpened.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
divey
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dive
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English divey
From dive + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: more divey
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most divey
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the character of a dive, a disreputable bar or nightclub.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: That new restaurant is kind of divey.
Translations:
wahey
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Expressing exhilaration or delight.
pos: intj
tags: UK
examples: People have this image of us. They think we're cock rock. It's time to rein it in a bit. We're not going, Wahey! and pouring champagne on girls' tits.
And he did, every day — rabbits, hares; he once leapt hugely after a pheasant we put up, and got it too. "Wahey, go for it, Bullet!"
Translations:
diethylamide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From diethyl + amide.
Compound parts: diethyl
amide
Inflected forms:
form: diethylamides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C₂H₅)₂.
pos: noun
Translations:
merc
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of mercenary. For the /k/ compare bike.
Inflected forms:
form: mercs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mercs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mercing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: merced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: merced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A mercenary.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: He had a feeling the scarf was the one he'd really have to watch out for; he couldn't say why. “What if those mercs scope us leaving?”
gloss: To kill.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
Translations:
labyrinthian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English labyrinth
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English labyrinthian
From labyrinth + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: more labyrinthian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most labyrinthian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit.
pos: adj
Translations:
doddery
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dodder
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English doddery
From dodder + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: dodderier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: dodderiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Doddering, trembly, shaky.
pos: adj
examples: That is not to say that he became a doddery old man — far from it. He was just a bit thoughtful at times, and I would catch him looking at me pensively...
The old boy's so doddery now he can hardly finish the course at all. I timed him today. It took him seventy-five seconds...
Translations:
tootling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: tootlings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The sound of a tootle.
pos: noun
examples: […] raving through the mad scene in Lucia amid childish orchestral tootlings […]
Then with melodious tootlings and amidst guttural plaudits, a big white automobile carrying a glitter of uniforms had gone by, driven at a headlong pace.
Translations:
flensing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: flensings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
pos: noun
Translations:
xylazine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A potent α₂-adrenergic agonist used for sedation, anesthesia, and analgesia in large nonhuman mammals, and as an adulterant in street drugs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: After 15, 30, 60 or 90 days, the animals (n = 5 per time point for each subgroup) were sacrificed via an overdose of ketamine and xylazine hydrochloride (Vetbrands Brazil Limited, Jacareí, SP), and the hemimaxillae were removed and fixed in 10% formalin solution (Fig 1 ).
The user had a hunch that there was fentanyl in the powder but feared the presence of xylazine, a dangerous animal tranquilizer that can leave oozing wounds on limbs.
In her shattered Philadelphia neighborhood, and increasingly in drug hot zones around the country, an animal tranquilizer called xylazine — known by street names like “tranq,” “tranq dope” and “zombie drug” — is being used to bulk up illicit fentanyl, making its impact even more devastating.
Translations:
unstrapped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not strapped.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
childrenswear
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
commerce
retail
Etymology: Etymology tree
English children
English -s-
Proto-Indo-European *wes-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *woséyeti
Proto-Germanic *wazjaną
Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan
Old English werian
Middle English weren
English wear
English -wear
English childrenswear
From children + -s- + -wear.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: clothing for children; children's wear.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
micro-diskette
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: micro-diskettes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: microdiskette
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: micro diskette
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: a 3.5-inch floppy diskette
pos: noun
Translations:
klapper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Possibly from Malay kelapa (coconut) or Afrikaans klapper (rattle).
Inflected forms:
form: klappers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)
pos: noun
examples: Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard.
Translations:
stringless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English string
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English stringless
From string + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without string.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A stringless guitar is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
gloss: Without a hard fibrous strand running the length of one side of the pod.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a stringless variety of green beans
Derived words: stringless bean
stringlessness
Translations:
housebuilder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From house + builder.
Compound parts: house
builder
Inflected forms:
form: housebuilders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
pos: noun
Translations:
vengefulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vengeful
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 vengefulness
From vengeful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being vengeful
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The vengefulness of the king was legendary.
To this day his reason has never recovered from that shock; a wild nightmare of vengefulness has possessed him ever since, and he has almost bankrupted his native ingenuities in inventing pains and miseries and humiliations and heartbreaks wherewith to embitter the brief lives of Adam's descendants.
Translations:
rantings
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Loud and angry comments that continue for a long time.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
speechmaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From speech + maker.
Compound parts: speech
maker
Inflected forms:
form: speechmakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who makes a speech.
pos: noun
Translations: