yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
caitiff
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English caitif, from Anglo-Norman caitif (“captive”), akin to Old French chaitif (French chétif) and Middle Dutch keytyf, from a Vulgar Latin *cactīvus alteration via Gaulish influence from Latin captīvus (“captive”); compare Italian cattivo (“bad, wicked”). Doublet of captive.
Inflected forms:
form: caitiffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: catif
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cative
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: catyve
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caitive
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caiteff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caitiffe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caytiefe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caytiffe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: caytive
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more caitiff
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most caitiff
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: catif
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: cative
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: catyve
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: caitive
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: caiteff
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: caitiffe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: caytiefe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: caytiffe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: caytive
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A base or despicable person; a wretch.
pos: noun
examples: ‘There are plenty of Huns who have defected to the Romans, seeking gold and a quiet life. One of my first tasks as paramount chief is to bring those caitiffs back and crucify them.’
(After answering no to Alvina’s question) ‘Hmm, I see. A result most heathenish and gross. Then there is nothing more to say about this tedious reckoning. Be gone from here. Pernicious caitiff.’
gloss: A captive or prisoner, particularly a galley slave.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: "How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff."
gloss: A villain, a coward or wretch.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: (Aaron Burr and Andrew Jackson ride together in Tennessee; Burr narrates): Jackson shouted at me his view of the duel. "Never read such a damned lot of nonsense as the press has been writing! All that hypocritical caterwauling for that Creole bastard (referring to Alexander Hamilton) who fought you of his own free will, just like a gentleman which he wasn't, if you'll forgive me, Colonel! I know you couldn't have met him unless you thought he was one, but he was not, Sir. He was the worst man in this union, as you, Sir, are the best. The best, and that goes for that pusillanimous spotted caitiff of a president (referring to Thomas Jefferson) we got.
gloss: Especially despicable; cowardly
pos: adj
examples: Beshrew those caitiff scouts that conspired to sully his honest name by such an imputation!
Commingled are they with that caitiff choir
Of Angels, who have not rebellious been,
Nor faithful were to God, but were for self.
Is Honor gone into his grave?
Hath Faith become a caitiff knave
And Selfhood turned into a slave
 To work in Mammon’s cave,
 Fair Lady?
Translations:
difluoride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
English fluor(ine)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English fluoride
English difluoride
From di- + fluoride.
Inflected forms:
form: difluorides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule
pos: noun
Translations:
calumet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From a Norman variant of Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).
Inflected forms:
form: calumets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
pos: noun
examples: THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.
When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.
Translations:
trifluoride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
English fluor(ine)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English fluoride
English trifluoride
From tri- + fluoride.
Inflected forms:
form: trifluorides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any chloride containing three fluorine atoms in each molecule
pos: noun
Translations:
tetrafluoride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres
Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores
Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor.
English tetra-
English fluor(ine)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English fluoride
English tetrafluoride
From tetra- + fluoride.
Inflected forms:
form: tetrafluorides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any fluoride containing four fluorine atoms in each molecule.
pos: noun
Translations:
pentafluoride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe
Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte)
Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor.
English penta-
English fluor(ine)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English fluoride
English pentafluoride
From penta- + fluoride.
Inflected forms:
form: pentafluorides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any fluoride containing five fluorine atoms in each molecule.
pos: noun
Translations:
suzerain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French suzerain, based on sus (“up, above”) (from Latin sursum) with the ending of souverain (whence also English sovereign).
Inflected forms:
form: suzerains
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
pos: noun
examples: Suzerainty is a term which was originally used for the relation between the feudal lord and his vassal; the lord was said to be the suzerain of the vassal, and at that time suzerainty was a term of Constitutional Law only. With the disappearance of the feudal system, suzerainty of this kind likewise disappeared. Modern suzerainty involves only a few rights of the suzerain State over the vassal State which can be called constitutional rights. The rights of the suzerain State over the vassal are principally international rights, of whatever they may consist.
The origin of these conflicts is to be sought in the position which Rome acquired about 275 b.c. as suzerain and protector of all Italy.
gloss: A feudal landowner to whom vassals were forced to pledge allegiance.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Derived words: suzerainship
suzerainty
Translations:
canthus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin canthus (“corner of the eye”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).
Inflected forms:
form: canthi
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: canthuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
pos: noun
examples: the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus
I could sit here while the milk makes white shadows in its glass, while darkness mutters behind the window, and wait for a tear to show itself in the creased canthus of your eye.
A ground electrode located between Fpz and Fz. The electro-oculogram (EOG) was recorded bipolarly from two electrodes placed at the outer canthi of the right eye and below the left eye.
Translations:
puppeteer
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English puppet
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Middle French -ierder.
English -eer
English puppeteer
From puppet + -eer.
Inflected forms:
form: puppeteers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: puppeteers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: puppeteering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: puppeteered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: puppeteered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A person who uses a puppet.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or to make events develop in the way they want in a puppet-like manner.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: To control (a puppet).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
Related words: organ grinder
the organ grinder, not the monkey
Derived words: puppeteering
sock puppeteer
Translations:
manipulative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English manipulate
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English manipulative
From manipulate + -ive.
Inflected forms:
form: more manipulative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most manipulative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: manipulatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Using manipulation purposefully.
pos: adj
examples: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
gloss: Tending to manipulate.
pos: adj
gloss: Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
examples: You manipulative bitch!
gloss: A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.
pos: noun
examples: Some children need manipulatives to learn math basics, Dr. Clements said, but only as a starting point.
Synonyms: controlling
Derived words: manipulatively
manipulativeness
micromanipulative
nanomanipulative
nonmanipulative
overmanipulative
psychomanipulative
Translations:
disparaging
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more disparaging
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most disparaging
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: disparagings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Insulting, ridiculing.
pos: adj
examples: The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.
While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.
It was the latest instance of Trump using dehumanizing and disparaging rhetoric as he targets undocumented immigrants and vows mass deportations if he’s reelected.
gloss: disparagement
pos: noun
examples: I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways […] Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings.
Antonyms: laudatory
Translations:
ridiculing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more ridiculing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ridiculing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: ridiculings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: In a manner intended to ridicule.
pos: adj
gloss: The act of exposing to ridicule.
pos: noun
examples: Killings that are not wicked could exist, as could ridiculings that are wicked.
Translations:
hexafluoride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs
Proto-Hellenic *hwéks
Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx)
Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der.
Latin hexa-der.
English hexa-
English fluor(ine)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English fluoride
English hexafluoride
From hexa- + fluoride.
Inflected forms:
form: hexafluorides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any fluoride containing six fluorine atoms in each molecule
pos: noun
Translations:
cantrip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle Scots cantrip, cantrap (“a magic charm; a trick”). Further origin obscure, but likely a corruption of Scottish Gaelic canntaireachd (identical to Irish cantaireacht), referring to a system of musical notation consisting of a series of otherwise meaningless syllables memorised by pipers in learning their tunes; this was then used similarly to abracadabra. Regardless of details, ultimately derived from Latin cantō (“to sing, chant, play an instrument”).
Inflected forms:
form: cantrips
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cantrap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cantrup
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cantraip
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
pos: noun
examples: Coffins stood round, like open presses,
That shaw’d the dead in their last dresses;
And by some devilish cantrip slight
Each in its cauld hand held a light […]
I have some poor little skill—not like yours, Master Doctor, of course—in small spells and cantrips that I’d be glad to use against our enemies if it was agreeable to all concerned.
For one thing, I've no intention of distributing cantrips and costly crucifixes to every rapable woman in the Parish of St Magloire.
And when I say now the power of the name Jesus makes you whole, I indulge in no petty mountebank’s cantrips.
But it sounds to me like you're in a totally different category. Not garden-variety cantrip stuff.
gloss: A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
pos: noun
gloss: A minor spell, typically one that can be cast without preparation.
pos: noun
Related words: spellwork
Translations:
triiodide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English tri-
English iodide
English triiodide
From tri- + iodide.
Inflected forms:
form: triiodides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any compound containing a I₃⁻ moiety consisting of three iodine atoms in a more or less linear configuration.
pos: noun
gloss: Any iodide of a trivalent element that contains three I⁻ ions.
pos: noun
Derived words: arsenic triiodide
boron triiodide
nitrogen triiodide
phosphorus triiodide
sodium triiodide
Translations:
disulfide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Latin sulpur
Latin sulfur
Latin sulphur
Anglo-Norman sulfrebor.
Middle English sulphur
English sulf(ur)
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English sulfide
English disulfide
From di- + sulfide.
Inflected forms:
form: disulfides
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: disulphide
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A functional group with two sulfur atoms bonded to one another, described by the following formula: R–S–S–R'.
pos: noun
gloss: The anion ⁻S–S⁻.
pos: noun
gloss: A binary compound of sulfur and another element in the ratio 2:1 (formula XS₂).
pos: noun
examples: By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles.
Synonyms: anion −S–S−
Derived words: arsenic disulfide
carbon disulfide
cuprous sulfide
dimethyldisulfide
disulfide bond
disulfide bridge
disulfide of copper
disulfiram
heterodisulfide
homodisulfide
hydrogen disulfide
interdisulfide
intradisulfide
molybdenum disulfide
multidisulfide
oxysulfide
polydisulfide
tetradisulfide
tungsten disulfide
Translations:
dishy
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dish
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English dishy
From dish (“attractive person”) + -y (forming adjectives).
Inflected forms:
form: dishier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: dishiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: dishies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dishie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Attractive; good-looking; sexy.
pos: adj
tags: UK
slang
examples: Let me set the scene. You spy a dishy stranger across a bar. The attraction is instant. The urges are strong. What do you do?
gloss: A dishwasher (someone who washes dishes).
pos: noun
tags: Australia
informal
examples: In hostels, everyone is expected to wash and dry his or her own dishes. If you make it known that you are willing to take over this chore in exchange for a small contribution, you may find lots of willing takers. Never underestimate the laziness of travellers. One night Roger Blake made $8 in ‘tips’ by doing this. He then asked the hostel owners whether he could set up as a ‘dishy’ for tips only.
I found a job washing dishes at Fish on Parkyn, one of the Sunshine Coast’s leading restaurants. […] When I got the job as a dishy at Fish on Parkyn I don’t think anyone there expected I would last long.
My years as a ‘dishy’ in a commercial kitchen showed me the importance of balancing an element of play while simultaneously managing time and tasks wisely.
He began as a dishy at a Whitianga restaurant, he worked at Omara's at nearby Matarangi, he did his formal training at Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, and travelled and cooked in Australia and the Pacific.
Jessica [Watson] volunteered and flew to Vanuatu to join the boat, paying for the airfare with funds saved from her job as a dishy.
Leah Blefari has seen it first hand, from working as a dishy and bakery attendant, to crewing for big hospitality companies Red Rock Leisure and Peter Rowland Catering.
“I started [to work] as a dishy and went from dishy to kitchen-hand and then I started working in a chicken factory as a cleaner,” he [Mitch Aldawsari] says.
Nem refers to head chef Nemanja Babic, a Bosnian-born immigrant who came to Australia at age 19 and began his hospitality career as a ‘dishy’ at Courgette before rising through ranks to become sous chef.
In transitioning into these jobs, Jarrah started at the very bottom, as a dishy.
Will, now a man in his 30s, remembered working as a dishy at Pizza Hut as a teenager.
The award-winning chef originally studied accounting but found a love for food after working as a "dishy" at Wollongong's Harbourfront to get through university.
“I started as a dishy, then went behind the bar, worked as a fryer and then they had staffing issues and I ended up running the kitchen.”
Translations:
lampoon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French lampon (“satire, mockery, ridicule”), built on French lampons (“let us drink — a popular refrain for scurrilous songs”), from lamper (“to quaff, to swig”).
: Littré quotes a satirical song mocking King Jacques II Stuart, fleeing Dublin, in 1691, and returning to France under the escort of Lauzun:
:: Prenez soin de ma couronne, J'aurai soin de ma personne ;
("Take care of my crown, I will take care of my person")
Lampons ! lampons !
Inflected forms:
form: lampoons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lampoons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lampooning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lampooned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lampooned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.
pos: noun
examples: To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
"Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said that he would have horsewhipped him if he could have found his way into the city...
gloss: To satirize or poke fun at.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The original phrase was frequently lampooned in subsequent years, becoming strong enough in popular culture that the variations in place of ‘drugs’ probably didn’t take long to appear at all.
Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.”
Translations:
catamount
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).
Inflected forms:
form: catamounts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: catty-mount
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar, mountain lion or puma (Puma concolor).
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. "Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired."
'He would have rid that horse, too,' pa says, 'if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me.'
gloss: Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”).
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: catawampus
Translations:
polyrhythm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor.
Latin rhythmusder.
English rhythm
English polyrhythm
From poly- + rhythm.
Inflected forms:
form: polyrhythms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: poly-rhythm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A rhythm or set of rhythms performed as part of a piece of music with multiple rhythmic elements played simultaneously, typically equally spaced in time and coprime.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Music containing such a rhythm.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: polyrhythmic
Translations:
chinky
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English chink
English -y
English chinky
From chink (“crack”) + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: chinkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more chinky
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: chinkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most chinky
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: chinkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Chinky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Chinkee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Full of chinks, laden with small cracks or openings.
pos: adj
examples: […] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.
The door was knockerless and chinky, and creaked dismally as I inserted the key.
gloss: Resembling a chink sound.
pos: adj
examples: The money made a chinky sound as I shook the purse.
gloss: A Chinese takeaway restaurant.
pos: noun
tags: UK
offensive
slang
examples: What this means for young Chinese people growing up and serving behind the counter is captured in Pui Fan Lee’s autobiographical play Short, Fat, Ugly and Chinese, broadcast on Radio 5 in 1992. She remembers her childhood: ‘But most of all I hated the shop. The takeaway. Or, as the locals called it, “The Chinky”[…]
gloss: A meal of Chinese food.
pos: noun
tags: UK
offensive
slang
examples: I've had a Chinky, a Chic Murray and, afore ye came tae collect me, I had some fuckin' fancy Italian pasta dish. It was pure dead brilliant, by the way!
gloss: A Chinese person.
pos: noun
tags: offensive
slang
gloss: An East Asian person.
pos: noun
tags: offensive
slang
examples: Oh my chinky she's so kinky got me hot like Nagasaki
gloss: A person from Northeast India.
pos: noun
tags: India
offensive
slang
examples: Since I come from the North-eastern part of India myself and belong to a minority race, I too have suffered from racism, at least in its milder forms. I’ve been called "chinky", "momo", "chowmein", and more.
However, what matters to them is the intention of such a question, especially when they are invectively referred to as chinky and other remarks that are considered to be derogatory
Synonyms: chink
Translations:
chocolatier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
French chocolat
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Middle French -er
French -ier
French chocolatierbor.
English chocolatier
Borrowed from French chocolatier.
Inflected forms:
form: chocolatiers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A producer of chocolate.
pos: noun
examples: The chocolatier's gorgeous creations wooed the surrounding neighbourhood.
Translations:
cleeve
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Irish cliabh (“basket”).
Inflected forms:
form: cleeves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large wickerwork basket for carrying produce or turf.
pos: noun
Translations:
cleverness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English clever
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 cleverness
From clever + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: clevernesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being clever.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1. Stuckism is the quest for authenticity. By removing the mask of cleverness and admitting where we are, the Stuckist allows him/herself uncensored expression.
gloss: Something clever, or done cleverly.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: cunning
acumen
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: интелигентност
roman: inteligentnost
lang: Bulgarian
word: способност
roman: sposobnost
lang: Czech
word: chytrost
lang: Finnish
word: fiksuus
lang: Finnish
word: älli
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐌴𐌹
roman: snutrei
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δεξιότης
roman: dexiótēs
lang: Irish
word: aibíocht
lang: Irish
word: abúlacht
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dyktighet
lang: Romanian
word: deșteptăciune
lang: Romanian
word: inteligență
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tapadh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gliocas
lang: Spanish
word: inteligencia
lang: Spanish
word: habilidad
lang: Spanish
word: listeza
lang: Spanish
word: agudeza
lang: Spanish
word: ingenio
lang: Spanish
word: vivacidad
lang: Spanish
word: astucia
contestant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French contestant, present participle of contester.
Inflected forms:
form: contestants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
pos: noun
gloss: One who brings a legal challenge.
pos: noun
Related words: contender
Translations:
corral
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.
Inflected forms:
form: corrals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: corrals
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: corraling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: corralling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: corraled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: corraled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: corralled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: corralled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
pos: noun
examples: We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.
gloss: An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
pos: noun
examples: Please return the shopping carts to the corral.
gloss: A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.
pos: noun
examples: The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks.
gloss: To capture or round up.
pos: verb
examples: Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
By the end of this year the work of 168 coal depots scattered throughout the Birmingham Division will have been coralled [sic] into about two dozen concentration depots.
They provide an unprecedented inside view of the continuing clampdown in Xinjiang, in which the authorities have corralled as many as a million ethnic Uighurs, Kazakhs and others into internment camps and prisons over the past three years.
gloss: To place inside of a corral.
pos: verb
examples: After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner.
gloss: To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.
pos: verb
examples: The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night.
Related words: crawl
kraal
Derived words: fish corral
turtle-corral
corraler
corraller
Translations:
daytime
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From day + time.
Compound parts: day
time
Inflected forms:
form: daytimes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: day-time
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: day-time
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In the daytime the beds are made up but completely out of sight, giving the passenger a comfortable little private room; as the time for retiring comes, after preparing for rest in the same spacious conditions, he is able, practically at a touch, to pull the bed into position ready for use.
gloss: Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Happening during the day.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: daytime television
Antonyms: night
nighttime
evening
Derived words: daytime drama
Translations:
clinging
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: clingings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Clingy.
pos: adj
examples: Yes, very clinging; my cousin has a delightful figure, and can stand it.
He became more clinging, more mischievous and more difficult.
It is a greyish white, high melting metal, very clinging, not very ductile and with difficulty malleable.
gloss: The act of one who clings.
pos: noun
examples: The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.
Translations:
creamery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French crémerie, reformed as cream + -ery.
Base: cream
Affixes: -ery
Inflected forms:
form: creameries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A place where dairy products are prepared or sold.
pos: noun
gloss: An ice cream parlor.
pos: noun
Derived words: creameryman
Translations:
crouton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French croûton.
Inflected forms:
form: croutons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: croûton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.
pos: noun
gloss: A Glock switch.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Related words: canapé
Derived words: water crouton
Translations:
ctenoid
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cteno- + -oid.
Base: cteno
Inflected forms:
form: more ctenoid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ctenoid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: ctenoids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales
pos: adj
gloss: Comb-like in shape.
pos: adj
gloss: A ctenoidean.
pos: noun
Translations:
confront
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).
Inflected forms:
form: confronts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: confronting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: confronted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: confronted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
gloss: To deal with.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: confront a problem
gloss: To bring someone face to face with something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We should confront him about the missing money.
gloss: To come up against; to encounter.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
gloss: To engage in confrontation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: confronté
Derived words: carefront
confrontable
confrontation
confrontational
confrontative
confronter
confrontment
confront one's demons
reconfront
unconfronted
Translations:
confrontational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English confrontation
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 confrontational
From confrontation + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more confrontational
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most confrontational
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
pos: adj
examples: It was Liverpool who once again carried the momentum after the break and the recalled Rio Ferdinand was booked for a foul on Suarez, whose confrontational approach and brilliant natural ability was proving hard to handle.
Translations:
cosmetology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French cosmétologie. By surface analysis, cosmetics + -ology.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The science of cosmetics.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The profession of a cosmetologist or beautician.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: While still in high school, Mr. Niami took night classes to get his cosmetology license, then learned how to do special-effects prosthetics for horror films.
Derived words: cosmetological
Translations:
cosmetologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cosmetology
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 cosmetologist
From cosmetology + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: cosmetologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who advises people (normally women) on cosmetics and other beauty treatments; a beautician.
pos: noun
examples: I think cosmetologist is pushing it. Even esthetician has its drawback - sounds too much like "Esteelauder."
The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse.
Translations:
spunky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English spunk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English spunky
From spunk + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: spunkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: spunkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Spirited or plucky.
pos: adj
tags: US
gloss: Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
pos: adj
tags: UK
slang
examples: I'm not the kind of girl you want to come across / Yo, it's Josh T with his spunky sauce
gloss: Stained with semen.
pos: adj
tags: UK
slang
gloss: Of a person, stunningly beautiful; good-looking.
pos: adj
tags: Australia
slang
Derived words: spunkily
spunkiness
Translations:
plucky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pluck
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English plucky
From pluck (“nerve, persistence”) + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: pluckier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: pluckiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury, / Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century
"Dam' plucky of you, fixing it up like that. I kept that copper talking...give you a chance. By George, you did it perfectly."
At the start of the hearing, Mr. Bezos introduced himself as a lucky and humble example of the success of American democracy — the son of a plucky mother and a supportive, immigrant father who “fostered my curiosity and encouraged me to dream big.”
Translations:
holotype
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
Etymology: From holo- + -type.
Base: holo
Inflected forms:
form: holotypes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used to formally describe the species (or lower-order taxon), subsequently to be kept as a reference.
pos: noun
examples: The holotype of this species is subglobular in shape and ammoniticonic in its mode of growth.
The surface of the holotype bears seven rounded annulations which slope very slightly orad from the venter.
Primary types include holotypes, lectotypes, and neotypes, while all other types (e.g., paratypes) are secondary types. A holotype is a unique, name-bearing type specimen designated by the original author. The holotype is the single individual of a species that serves as a voucher for a given species name. A holotype can be designated only by the original author and in the publication in which that author established its name.
The species to which the holotype belongs is then referred to by the name proposed by the author, at least when the same name has not previously been applied to another species.[…]If his specimen is not the same species as any of the holotypes preserved in museums, he should prepare a description of his specimen and have it published with his proposed name for the new species or give it to a specialist who is interested in doing this.
Translations:
interconversion
Part of speech: noun
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 conversion
English interconversion
From inter- + conversion.
Inflected forms:
form: interconversions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Reciprocal or mutual conversion.
pos: noun
examples: Tautomerism is chemical isomerism characterized by relatively easy interconversion of isomeric forms in equilibrium.
Translations:
motivate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Anglo-Norman motifder.
Middle French motifder.
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Late Latin moveō
Late Latin mōtus
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Late Latin -īvus
Late Latin mōtīvumder.
Middle English motif
English motive
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English motivate
From motive + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French motiver.
Inflected forms:
form: motivates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: motivating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: motivated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: motivated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The weekly staff meeting was meant to motivate employees.
Armor-piercing shells were heading up the shell hoists, but this procedure took a few minutes, allowing the battered American flagship to reply in kind, the gunners somewhat motivated to set new records for the rate of fire as the cruiser raked the larger ship from stem to stern in response.
gloss: To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He was motivated purely by self-interest.
Steam-motivated pumps are used in manufacturing.
Related words: motivation
motive
Derived words: mismotivate
motivatable
motivated
motivative
motivator
remotivate
unmotivate
Translations:
hypochondria
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin hypochondria (the morbid condition so called, supposed to have its seat in the upper part of the abdomen), from hypochondrium (see English hypochondrium for more).
Inflected forms:
form: hypochondry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: A formerly defined psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. No longer a current medical diagnosis; see hypochondriasis for more.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: hypochondriasis
gloss: Melancholy; depression.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
examples: Such labours as these, if they do not shorten life, are calculated to make it wretched, for hypochondria invariably follows close upon them.
His own temperament appears to have been neither purely sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, nor melancholic [...] not melancholy, since he is entirely free from hypochondria, thinks rapidly, and has an active will.
Nux likewise corresponds to hypochondria caused by rich and excessive living. In general, Nux is the best remedy for hypochondria arising from a morbid condition of the abdominal nerves ; after dinner, the patients generally experience a feeling of malaise and langour.
Related words: chondro-
hyperchondria
hypo-
hypochondriac
hypochondriacal
hypochondriasis
hypochondrium
Derived words: compucondria
cyberchondria
hypochondric
Translations:
soo
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Elongated form of so.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
tactful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tact + -ful.
Base: tact
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: more tactful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tactful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
pos: adj
examples: His exhortations to his assistants to waste no time in getting on with the job, and to be tactful and courteous with those outside the railway service with whom they had to deal, are as apposite today as they were a century ago.
I once found myself listening to a gay man who was saying wistfully, "I wish there was someplace you could go, maybe a club, where only masculine men would be allowed in." […] Ever tactful, I did not point out to him that if such a place existed, he probably would not be allowed into it.
Translations:
cimmerian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Cimmerian.
Inflected forms:
form: more cimmerian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cimmerian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Perpetually dark or gloomy.
pos: adj
tags: formal
literally
literary
poetic
examples: There, under ebon shades... in dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
As ragged as thy locks,
In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
...the darkness of antiquated barbarism, in which he buries himself like a mole, to throw up the barren hillocks of his Cimmerian labours.
1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VI, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
The glimpse of blue vault far above only heightened the cimmerian gloom of the canyon, and the frowning rocks, which rose abruptly gave one the impression that they were on the point of crashing into the ravine.
gloss: Mentally dark; ignorant; benighted.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
formal
examples: The source of man’s unhappiness is his ignorance of Nature.... To remove this Cimmerian darkness... requires the clue of Ariadne.
Derived words: cimmerianism
cimmerianize
Translations:
Cimmerian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From the Latin Cimmerius, from Ancient Greek Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios, “pertaining to the Cimmerii”) + -an.
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: Cimmerians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Cimmerian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Cimmerian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.
pos: noun
tags: Greek
examples: The city, there, of the Cimmerians stands
With clouds and darkness veil’d, on whom the sun
Deigns not to look with his beam-darting eye,
On their mysterious shores were the improbable homes of impossible peoples. The Great Sea, the Broad Sea, the Boundless Sea; the Ethiopians, "dwelling far away, the most distant of men," and the Cimmerians, "covered with darkness and cloud," where "baleful night is spread over timid mortals."
gloss: One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.
pos: noun
examples: Believe me, queen, your swarth Cimmerian
Doth make your honour of his body's hue,
Spotted, detested, and abominable.
The Phrygian power was broken in the 9th or 8th century B.C. by the Cimmerians, who entered Asia Minor through Armenia
1910, Herodotus (484 B.C.E.–425 B.C.E.), History of Herodotus, translated by George Rawlinson
In his reign the Cimmerians, driven from their homes by the nomads of Scythia, entered Asia and captured Sardis
gloss: The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: 1867 to 1885, Lactantius (240–320 C.E.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, translated by William Fletcher
Varro relates that there were ten Sibyls,—the first of the Persians, the second the Libyan, the third the Delphian, the fourth the Cimmerian...
gloss: Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.
pos: adj
gloss: Characteristic of Cimmeria, especially in having particularly dense darkness etc.
pos: adj
examples: there it sleepeth, here it slumbreth: more or lesse they are ever darknesses, yea Cimmerian darknesses.
Tarzan slept until midnight, then he arose and crept into the Cimmerian blackness of the forest.
But the recent explosions had tapped just a fraction of Tambora’s compressed magma—the real paroxysm came five days later. Crawfurd, two islands away, was forced to conduct his daily affairs by candlelight as a gigantic ash cloud plunged the whole region into Cimmerian gloom.
Translations: