yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
bounciness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bouncy
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 bounciness
From bouncy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bouncinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bouncy.
pos: noun
Translations:
bossiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bossy
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 bossiness
From bossy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bossinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bossy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
boisterousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English boisterous
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 boisterousness
From boisterous + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being boisterous.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
boastfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English boastful
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 boastfulness
From boastful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: boastfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being boastful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
blurriness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English blurry
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 blurriness
From blurry + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: blurrinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blurry.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
bluntness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt + -ness.
Base: blunt
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: bluntnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blunt.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
Translations:
blondness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English blond
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 blondness
From blond + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blond.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
bitchiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bitchy
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 bitchiness
From bitchy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bitchinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bitchy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
bemusement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bemuse
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English bemusement
From bemuse + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: bemusements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being bemused.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonyms: preoccupation, perplexity, bewilderment, speechlessness (all sometimes overlapping in meaning)
Wrex touches his grandfather's armor, his expression… thoughtful, perhaps? Krogan are hard to read. Then he shakes off his bemusement and grips his gun with renewed purpose.
The response to this latest scandal has taken a familiar turn, dividing along gender lines. While senior women have condemned it, many of the Financial Times’ (male) readers have expressed unhappy bemusement at finding this article on the front page.
Translations:
bewitchment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bewitch
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English bewitchment
From bewitch + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: bewitchments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bewitched.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I would say that the spell – a bewitchment I’ve doubtless failed fully to capture – had broken by the time the family appeared, waxwork-like on the balcony, their majesties unable to enjoy the flypast in crowns that strained their necks and would not let them look up.
Translations:
bipartisanship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
English partisan
English bipartisan
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English bipartisanship
From bipartisan + -ship.
Inflected forms:
form: bipartisanships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In the context of a two-party system, especially in the United States, cooperation between the competing political parties; governing in a bipartisan manner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The 988 network has been a rare instance of bipartisanship in federal health policy. President Donald J. Trump in 2020 signed the law establishing the new number, and the Biden administration has implemented the number and expanded a network of more than 200 call centers, which typically operate around the clock.
Translations:
brutishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brutish
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 brutishness
From brutish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: brutishnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being brutish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
breeziness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English breezy
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 breeziness
From breezy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being breezy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
brokenness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English broken
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 brokenness
From broken + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: brokennesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being broken.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
broad-mindedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English broad-minded
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 broad-mindedness
From broad-minded + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: broad-mindednesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being broad-minded.
pos: noun
Translations:
bumpiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bumpy
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 bumpiness
From bumpy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bumpinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bumpy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
bullishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bullish
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 bullishness
From bullish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bullish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
busyness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From busy + -ness; the ⟨y⟩ (-y) is kept to distinguish from business (of which it is a doublet), which is derived from the same two morphemes but by regular spelling rules.
Base: busy
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: busy-ness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: busynesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The state of being busy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: She moved back to the table, and her busyness expressed her purpose but also perhaps hid some sort of regret at the news.
A world without rigid temporal boundaries gave some a rare chance to relax and regroup after many years of busyness.
The actor has also visited acupuncture and massage therapists more regularly to prime her body for the busyness of her schedule.
Translations:
brownness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brown
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 brownness
From brown + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: brownnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being brown.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The brownness at the edges indicates that the roasting is almost done.
Translations:
broadness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English brodnes (also as brednysse), from Old English brādnes, brǣdnys (“breadth, greatness, extent, surface; liberality”), equivalent to broad + -ness.
Base: broad
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: broadnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
redistributable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: redistributables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of a software component, allowable to be redistributed by a third party as part of its own software.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A software component that can be redistributed.
pos: noun
examples: This ensures that the source gets compiled before the redistributables are built, and that the redistributable is built before the remote deployment.
Translations:
anthropocentrism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Originated 1905-1910, anthropocentric + -ism. Equivalent to anthropo- + -centrism.
Base: anthropocentric
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: anthropocentrisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of everything, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Is challenging anthropocentrism irrelevant and unhelpful? The arguments against human—centredness I have advanced in the previous chapter include a strongly prudential one for the human species — that anthropocentrism leads to […]
Translations:
videographer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From video- + -grapher.
Base: video
Inflected forms:
form: videographers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any person involved in the production of video material, but especially a person who uses a video camera.
pos: noun
examples: Videotaping by an experienced videographer can add so much life to your wedding memories that it is fast becoming a very popular wedding component.
Translations:
broad-minded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more broad-minded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most broad-minded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having an open mind; tolerant of diversity; with broad views on different issues.
pos: adj
examples: I'm broadminded and understanding of the struggle of your organization because as a prisoner I've been discriminated against myself.
Antonyms: narrow-minded
Translations:
referencing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: referencings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The making of a reference.
pos: noun
examples: And what conversation becomes then is a sustained strip or tract of referencings, each referencing tending to bear, but often deviously, some retrospectively perceivable connection to the immediately preceding one.
Translations:
wordlist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
media
publishing
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English word
English list
English wordlist
From word + list.
Inflected forms:
form: wordlists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: word list
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: word-list
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.
pos: noun
tags: especially
examples: This is an annotated wordlist of the Ayere language, spoken in Ayere village in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wordlist was written by Mr. E.O. Olumorin for the West African Languages Survey in November 1961. […] Comparative wordlists of two dialects of Yoruba with Igala.
For example, the focus of most previous wordlists has been on general academic vocabulary or the discipline-specific vocabulary needed in tertiary education.
gloss: The section of a style guide that lists particular words and terms, arranged alphabetically, to show for each one the preferred orthographic styling (e.g., hyphenation, spelling variant), as well as any usage prescription to be enforced about its usage.
pos: noun
Related words: wordbook
wordfinding
glossary
lexicon
terminography
terminology
Translations:
geriatrician
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English geriatric
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English geriatrician
From geriatric + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: geriatricians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A medical doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment of elderly people.
pos: noun
Translations:
transcribed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
broadcasting
genetics
media
medicine
natural-sciences
radio
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having undergone transcription.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Prerecorded for later broadcasting.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a transcribed drama series
Derived words: nontranscribed
overtranscribed
pretranscribed
untranscribed
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: transcripto
lang: Spanish
word: transcrito
lang: Spanish
word: trascripto
lang: Spanish
word: trascrito
hematocrit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From hemato- (“blood”) + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891.
Base: κριτής
Affixes: hemato-
Inflected forms:
form: hematocrits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: haematocrit
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A centrifuge used to analyze the relative amount of red blood cells and plasma in blood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: microhematocrit
Translations:
lang: Basque
word: hematokrito
lang: Catalan
word: hematòcrit
lang: Danish
word: hæmatokrit
lang: Finnish
word: hematokriitti
lang: French
word: hématocrite
lang: German
word: Hämatokrit
lang: Italian
word: ematocrito
lang: Polish
word: hematokryt
lang: Russian
word: гематокрит
roman: gematokrit
lang: Spanish
word: hematocrito
lang: Swedish
word: hematokrit
qualifying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: qualifyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A qualification or added condition.
pos: noun
examples: No expostulations! No buts, girl! No qualifyings, I will be obeyed, I tell you; and chearfully too!
gloss: An examination that must be taken in order to qualify.
pos: noun
examples: Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings.
gloss: A preliminary competition in which successful competitors gain entry into, and/or a favourable starting position in, a subsequent competition.
pos: noun
examples: McLaren driver Hamilton was never in contention after making a disastrous mistake to crash out in qualifying and then starting at the back of the grid after a penalty for changing his gearbox.
Wales claimed their first points in Euro 2012 qualifying with a morale-boosting victory in Cardiff over former Group G joint leaders Montenegro.
Derived words: qualifying round
Translations:
port-o-john
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Port-a-John (“an American business”), from portable, -a-, & john (“a toilet; an outhouse”).
Inflected forms:
form: port-o-johns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A portable toilet.
pos: noun
examples: She tried not to notice the garage attendants observing her when she parked to use the phone booth, furtive as a woman slipping into a port-o-john under the scrutiny of male witnesses.
Translations:
port-o-potty
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: port-o-potties
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a portable toilet
pos: noun
Translations:
redesign
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English design
English redesign
From re- + design.
Inflected forms:
form: redesigns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: redesigns
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: redesigning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: redesigned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: redesigned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A plan for making changes to the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system so as to better serve the purpose of the original design, or to serve purposes different from those set forth in the original design.
pos: noun
examples: No UK company responded, believing that the availability requirement could not be reached in British operating conditions. But General Motors thought otherwise, offering its SD40-2 design. However, to make it fit the UK loading gauge, considerable redesign was required.
gloss: To lay out or plan a new version of something previously laid out or planned.
pos: verb
examples: It became clear at last that the secondary windings were not strong enough to withstand the severe electro-magnetic forces to which they had been subjected and that the transformer would have to be redesigned.
They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement.
Translations:
uncapitalized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English un-
English capitalized
English uncapitalized
From un- + capitalized.
Inflected forms:
form: more uncapitalized
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most uncapitalized
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: uncapitalised
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not capitalized.
pos: adj
Translations:
efficiently
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English efficient
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English efficiently
From efficient + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more efficiently
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most efficiently
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an efficient manner.
pos: adv
examples: The second half was a less open affair, in which West Brom grew increasingly and efficiently conservative.
Translations:
redirection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English direction
English redirection
From re- + direction.
Inflected forms:
form: redirections
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of setting a new direction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The automated process of taking a user to a location other than the one selected.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
uncountable
Related words: redirect
Derived words: autoredirection
Translations:
flyaway
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
media
sports
television
Etymology: From fly + away.
Compound parts: fly
away
Inflected forms:
form: fly-away
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: flyaways
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fly-away
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Disposed to fly away; unrestrained; light and free.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Flighty; frivolous
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Soft, light, unruly, and difficult to set into a style.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: [...] and Lorene mumbled thanks, and slid out of the booth again, a big boned, pretty girl with a tiny pearl glinting above her eye and flyaway streaked hair [...].
gloss: A stray hair that is difficult to style.
pos: noun
examples: Consequently, there is a swell of hair care regimens, including serums, gels, balms, creams and sprays promising moisture-rich curls, without frizz or flyaways.
gloss: Anything that is difficult to capture or restrain.
pos: noun
examples: But Truth is such a flyaway, such a slyboots, so untransportable and unbarrelable a commodity, that it is as bad to catch as light.
gloss: A kind of dismount from bars that incorporates one or more flips or twists.
pos: noun
gloss: A portable satellite television antenna.
pos: noun
examples: Unless the TV crew has its own flyaway, the locals can still defeat a story they couldn't prevent reporters from covering by cutting it off at the pass, when it is being birded through their facilities.
gloss: A situation where an operator loses control of a drone.
pos: noun
examples: "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery.
Derived words: flyaway cost
flyaway grass
flyaway glasses
flyaway spectacles
Translations:
flagged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From flag (“piece of cloth”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Marked with a flag.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Registered with a particular country (and thus flying its flag).
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: a Panama-flagged cargo ship
Antonyms: nonflagged
unflagged
Translations:
functionally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Old French fonction
Middle French functionbor.
English function
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 functional
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English functionally
From functional + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more functionally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most functionally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a functional manner.
pos: adv
examples: The alliance that pushed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August was always a somewhat fragile and ramshackle one: Green New Dealers and the coal-state senator Joe Manchin, carbon-capture geeks and environmental justice warriors, all herded together in the sort of big-tent play you get with a 50-50 Senate and one party functionally indifferent on climate.
Translations:
interconnected
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English connected
English interconnected
From inter- + connected.
Inflected forms:
form: more interconnected
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most interconnected
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Intertwined; connected at multiple points or levels.
pos: adj
examples: Typically, osteoporosis causes the amount of trabecular bone to be reduced and the bone to become thinner, while the intertrabecular space enlarges and the interconnected structure of trabecular bone is disrupted.
So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era?
Translations:
aligned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more aligned
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most aligned
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
pos: adj
gloss: Allied or working together with a common goal.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: AI research and development should be refocused on making today's powerful, state-of-the-art systems more accurate, safe, interpretable, transparent, robust, aligned, trustworthy, and loyal.
Derived words: antialigned
hyperaligned
malaligned
nonaligned
photoaligned
prealigned
salicide
superaligned
time-aligned
unaligned
Translations:
referenced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more referenced
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most referenced
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
non-native
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English native
English non-native
From non- + native.
Inflected forms:
form: nonnative
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: non-natives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nonnative
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not native; not indigenous to a particular area; foreign; invasive.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Use purple three-awn grass to replace the overused, invasive non-native weedy Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima).
The economy is at full employment and the state is flush with tax revenue but their social media feeds depict a country overrun with “non-native” predators such as Jozef Puska, a Slovak man convicted earlier this month of murdering a teacher, Ashling Murphy, in 2022.
gloss: A person who is not native.
pos: noun
Translations:
self-serving
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English serving
English self-serving
From self- + serving.
Inflected forms:
form: more self-serving
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-serving
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: selfserving
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Showing interest only in oneself (pursuing self-interest to the exclusion of other goals).
pos: adj
examples: "Most of the time when people consider the question of what rules society should have for using software, the people considering it are from software companies, and they consider the question from a self-serving perspective," says Stallman, opening his speech.
Don’t assume that the connotations of authority, history, scholarship, hallowed tradition and judiciousness in the word “Academy” actually fit this self-serving club.
For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.
While the PSOE’s leader and caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, argues that the act of clemency would help promote coexistence after the tumultuous political and territorial crisis of 2017, his opponents have decried the move as a cynical and self-serving means of remaining in power.
Translations:
cross-country
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cross-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin -āta
Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta
Old French contreebor.
Middle English contre
English country
English cross-country
From cross- + country.
Inflected forms:
form: cross country
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: crosscountry
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: From one side of a country to the other.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There are certain parts of Great Britain in which, even in peace time, the speed of cross-country travel has made no advance for more than half-a-century.
Passenger traffic consists largely of through expresses from London, Bristol and Birmingham to South Wales via Severn Tunnel Junction, and cross-country trains from the north and Midlands via Pontypool Road. (In Britain cross-country trains connect regional centres, and avoid London.)
I made reservations for three with USAir, Manchester, New Hampshire, to Seattle, Washington. […] I negotiated with Polly's doctors to transfer her treatment cross-country.
gloss: Across countryside.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Relating to cross country racing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It involves bloodhounds and horse riders pursuing not foxes but cross-country runners.
gloss: Across countries; international.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
skydiving
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sky diving
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sky-diving
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The practice of performing acrobatic movements during the freefall phase of a parachute jump.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
ill-equipped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From ill (adverb) + equipped.
Compound parts: ill#Adverb
equipped
Inflected forms:
form: more ill-equipped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ill-equipped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not well equipped; lacking important resources and supplies.
pos: adj
examples: King Vajiralongkorn has stacked his privy council with generals plucked straight from the junta's cabinet; the junta has looked to the palace to help adjudicate in a long-running and volatile dispute over who should fill a vacant post at the head of Thai Buddhism, which the military government had appeared ill-equipped to handle alone.
gloss: Mentally unprepared for a situation or task.
pos: adj
Antonyms: well-equipped
Translations:
clamouring
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: clamourings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clamoring
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sound that clamours.
pos: noun
Translations:
coeducational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
Latin ēducātiōder.
English education
English coeducation
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 coeducational
From coeducation + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: of or pertaining to coeducation
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
coexistent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English existent
English coexistent
From co- + existent.
Inflected forms:
form: coexistents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: existing at the same time as something else
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Juxtaposed with the reports of war related fatalities, such information cannot but help but allow viewers to reconfirm metaphorical connections between war and AIDS. And give ^([sic]) the coexistent realities of the epidemic and the War Against Iraq, it isn't a great leap to link those two specific realities together.
gloss: That which coexists with another.
pos: noun
Translations:
cogency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cogencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being cogent; the characteristic or quality of being reasonable and persuasive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest.
A philosophic study of the development of philosophies should be content to seek out the bases and cogencies of philosophies rather than engage upon a nostalgic search for sympathetic doctrines.
Translations:
cognizable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cognize
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English cognizable
From cognize + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more cognizable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cognizable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: cognisable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being known or perceived.
pos: adj
gloss: Within the jurisdiction of a particular court.
pos: adj
examples: But there are many cases involving the question of federal power which are not cognizable before the federal courts; and, of course, as to these, we must look out for some other umpire.
Derived words: cognizableness
cognizable offence
cognizably
incognizable
noncognizable
precognizable
uncognizable
Translations:
cohabitant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cohabitants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who cohabits with another
pos: noun
examples: Even the discoveries, in the past several decades, that cats carry a parasite that could contribute to schizophrenia, and that outdoor cats wreak ecological disaster, haven’t budged a curiously imbalanced relationship with this furry companion—or maybe cohabitant is more accurate.
Translations:
coheir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English heir
English coheir
From co- + heir.
Inflected forms:
form: coheirs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One of several who are heirs to an estate
pos: noun
Translations:
coherency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin haereō
Latin cohaereō
Latin cohaerēns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin cohaerentia
English coherency
From Latin cohaerēntia.
Inflected forms:
form: coherencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being coherent; a coherent relationship.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: even in all things therein created, there must be some image, somewhat resembling, and having coherencie with the workeman that wrought and framed them.
By ten o’clock the police organisation, and by midday even the railway organisations, were losing coherency, losing shape and efficiency, guttering, softening, running at last in that swift liquefaction of the social body.
Then, as she released me, I made it out to her, made it out perhaps only now with full coherency even to myself. “Two hours ago, in the garden”—I could scarce articulate—“Flora saw!”
Translations:
cohesively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cohesive
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English cohesively
From cohesive + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more cohesively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most cohesively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a cohesive manner
pos: adv
Translations:
neocortex
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *nu
Proto-Indo-European *néwos
Proto-Hellenic *néwos
Ancient Greek νέος (néos)
Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der.
English neo-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder.
Latin cortexbor.
English cortex
English neocortex
From neo- + cortex.
Inflected forms:
form: neocortices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: neocortexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.
pos: noun
Translations:
cold-shoulder
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cold-shoulders
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cold-shouldering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cold-shouldered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cold-shouldered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To disrespect someone, especially by ignoring them.
pos: verb
examples: Not that any department of the work here is neglected or cold-shouldered, I hope—no, I am sure it isn't. For instance, neither of us really cares for natural history, but we recognize that others will think differently […]
If the peculiar Mr Heaton had first accosted her yesterday instead of six weeks ago, she would have cold-shouldered him without hesitation.
Translations:
reiteration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Etymology: From reiterate + -ion, equivalent to re- + iteration.
Base: reiterate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: reiterations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reiterating.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He had already demanded the attention of the manager, Professor Bulge, Draycott and two underlings to his case and they were now involved in a babel of inutile reiteration.
gloss: Something that is reiterated or restated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: None of these features would make it into the next Star Fox game, Star Fox 64, which in comparison looks like an enhanced remake of the original Star Fox that conforms to the logic of reiteration rather than innovation.
gloss: The form that backs or perfects paper already printed on one side.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
Synonyms: repetition
Translations:
musicologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English music
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logiebor.
English -logy
English musicology
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English musicologist
From musicology + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: musicologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who studies musicology.
pos: noun
Translations:
musically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English musicallye, musikili; equivalent to musical + -ly.
Base: musical
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more musically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most musically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a musical manner.
pos: adv
examples: The wind chimes tinkled musically in the breeze.
Something might alſo be ſaid of the choice of Words, in our refined Engliſh Tongue; which are to be liked and approved according to their tone, and the ſweetneſs of their cadence, that is, as they run muſically in the Ear.
[…] with accents muſically ſweet
A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.
A gentle breeze fills the huge sail of our dhow, and draws us through the water that ripples musically against her sides.
Prill laughed musically[.]
gloss: In terms of music.
pos: adv
examples: The film looked good, but was musically lacking.
He's alſo muſically given, and ſo light of Heel, that there are few People can out-walk him.
Each sings the tune and words independently of his predecessor and follower, and their blending, though a collision of three sets of words and three sets of notes, is musically coherent.
Translations:
Donegal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Anglicization of Irish Dún na nGall (literally “fort of the foreigners or strangers”).
Inflected forms:
form: Donegals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of coarse tweed made in this county.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A coat made from this tweed.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
Translations:
skin-dive
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: skin-dives
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skin-diving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: skin-dived
pos: verb
tags: past
form: skin-dove
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: skin-dived
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To swim underwater with equipment.
pos: verb
Translations:
sipper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sip
English -er
English sipper
From sip + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: sippers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who sips.
pos: noun
gloss: A glass with a narrow tube on one side, for sipping port, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A drinking straw.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
Translations:
riverine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rive
English -er
English river
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English riverine
From river + -ine.
Inflected forms:
form: more riverine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most riverine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to rivers, or located on or by a river; inhabiting a river or its surrounds.
pos: adj
tags: literary
examples: "Indian legends would alone have been my guide, for I found that rumors of a strange land were common among all the riverine tribes."
It is perhaps instructive to note that tropical riverine batagurids, although more similar to other river-dwelling lineages in reproductive patterns than to other semi-aquatic and terrestrial batagurids, still tend to have lower fecundities and bigger eggs relative to their body sizes than do the other groups (e.g., riverine emydids, trionychids, and podocnemids) (Moll & Moll, 1990).
2017: We don’t need to save endangered species. Extinction is part of evolution" by R. Alexander Pyron in the Washington Post
When beavers make a dam, they cause the local extinction of numerous riverine species that cannot survive in the new lake.
The meeting – titled Amazon: Centre of the World – brought together hundreds of forest guardians and their supporters, including indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, riverine communities, quilombolas, environmental activists, academics, artists, Catholic bishops, nuns and European visitors from Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future.
Translations:
annunciator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: railways
transport
Etymology: From Latin [Term?].
Inflected forms:
form: annunciators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Anything that announces something.
pos: noun
gloss: Anything that announces something.
pos: noun
gloss: A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard.
pos: noun
gloss: A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
interfacing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: interfacings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A layer of fabric inserted between other layers of a garment to provide stiffening
pos: noun
Translations:
ATA
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: AT + attachment
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Advanced Technology Attachment; a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. (Renamed PATA when SATA came into existence to more clearly distinguish the two.)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations: