yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
hypnotism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hypnotise
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English hypnotism
From hypnotise + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: hypnotisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The art of inducing hypnosis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
hypnotist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hypnotise
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 hypnotist
From hypnotise + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: hypnotists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy.
pos: noun
examples: Following their modelling of Perls and Satir, Bandler and Grinder went on to model Milton H. Erickson, the world’s foremost medical hypnotist. The result was a different set of language patterns, the Milton Model, and the publication of the second NLP book, Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson MD.
Translations:
squiggle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle.
Compound parts: squirm
wiggle
Inflected forms:
form: squiggles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: squiggles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: squiggling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: squiggled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: squiggled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A short twisting or wiggling line or mark.
pos: noun
examples: Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person?
gloss: Synonym of tilde.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: An illegible scrawl.
pos: noun
gloss: A burst of laughter.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: […] she dodged out again and rejoined the fleeing band which was retiring down the street to a noisy accompaniment of feigned alarm, squiggles of meaningless laughter, […]
[…] squiggles of laughter […]
gloss: To wriggle or squirm.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: When I was coming of age in the '60s, I squirmed and squiggled not to be pinned down by that great transfixer "the homosexual" which American psychiatry had made into such a weighty implement.
gloss: To make a squiggle.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
gloss: To write illegibly.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
Derived words: squiggler
squiggly
squirl
Translations:
ahi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *kasi
Hawaiian ʻahibor.
English ahi
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻahi (“yellowfin tuna”).
Inflected forms:
form: ahis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ahi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: yellowfin tuna
pos: noun
Translations:
thingamajig
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole. Compare thingamabob, etc. Earliest citation from 1824 as thingumajigs.
Compound parts: thingummy
jig
Inflected forms:
form: thingamajigs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thingamejig
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: thingumajig
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: thingummyjig
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something that one does not know the name of.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem.
"– – Engeneerin' is a cinch – All y' gotta do is shove one thingamajigg an' pull 'nother – –"
STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
Translations:
comitia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin comitium (“assembly”).
Inflected forms:
form: comitia
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome.
pos: noun
tags: Ancient-Rome
Translations:
gummy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English gum
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English gummy
From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: gummier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: gummiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Showing the gums.
pos: adj
examples: a gummy grin
Derived words: gumminess
ungummy
Translations:
finicky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu.
Base: finick
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: finickier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more finicky
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: finickiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most finicky
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.
She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.
gloss: Demanding; requiring above-normal care.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.
Instead of Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cream Cheese Pie Crust from her addictingly finicky The Pie and Pastry Bible, I decided to make her Sour Cream Crust.
Synonyms: exacting
fastidious
fussy
meticulous
particular
picky
Derived words: finickily
finickiness
finickity
unfinicky
Translations:
icky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for jazz music.
Inflected forms:
form: ickier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: ickiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible.
Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste.
gloss: Excessively sentimental.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.
Related words: ick
Derived words: ickily
ickiness
icky-poo
sticky-icky
Translations:
sentimental
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sentiment
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 sentimental
From sentiment + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more sentimental
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sentimental
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.
pos: adj
examples: Are you in sentimental mood?
I'll sigh with you.
Gonna take a Sentimental Journey,
Gonna set my heart at ease.
Gonna make a Sentimental Journey,
to renew old memories.
2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring.
Wish I was old and a little sentimental
gloss: Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.
pos: adj
gloss: Romantic.
pos: adj
Antonyms: unsentimental
Derived words: antisentimental
hypersentimental
nonsentimental
oversentimental
semisentimental
sentimental comedy
sentimentalisation
sentimentalism
sentimentalist
sentimentalistic
sentimentalistically
sentimentality
sentimentalization
sentimentalize
sentimentally
sentimental value
supersentimental
ultrasentimental
Translations:
B-girl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Abbreviation of bargirl.
Inflected forms:
form: B-girls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: b-girl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: BGirl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bgirl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A bargirl.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
examples: Clearing his throat, Patrolman Mancuso stood before his sergeant and said, “I got a lead on a place where they got B-girls.”
The bar was a rough, tough frontier place with B-girls drinking colored water at premium whiskey prices, bought by horny guys who thought they were going to get laid but were only going to get screwed.
What’s really sick, if you ask me, is the B-girl shit where you pay all that money for just looking and thinking about it, but not really doing it.
Translations:
inopportune
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin inopportūnus. By surface analysis, in- + opportune.
Inflected forms:
form: more inopportune
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inopportune
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unsuitable for some particular purpose.
pos: adj
examples: That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
"It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."
gloss: Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time.
pos: adj
examples: The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.
The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.
Synonyms: unfit
untimely
Antonyms: opportune
appropriate
fitting
timely
Derived words: inopportunely
inopportuneness
Translations:
GI
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Inflected forms:
form: GIs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: GIing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: GIed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: GIed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: G.I.
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To clean aggressively.
pos: verb
examples: Top, get the unit to GI this AO before the old man arrives.
Afterwards, a lifer noncom would go ape shit over his low-speed high-drag peons and plan a GI party, sometimes giving his half-stepping shamurai warriors instructions about dust bunnies and getting everything dress right dress while adjusting their headspace and timing in the front leaning rest position.
Translations:
thumbprint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From thumb + print.
Compound parts: thumb
print
Inflected forms:
form: thumbprints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.
pos: noun
Translations:
potshot
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From pot + shot. 1858, shot taken for the (cooking) pot, namely for food; see pothunter. Sense “opportunistic criticism” from 1926. Sense “drunk” from obsolete pot (“cup used for drinking liquor”).
Compound parts: pot
shot
Inflected forms:
form: potshots
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pot shot
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pot-shot
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: potshots
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: potshotting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: potshotted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: potshotted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: pot shot
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: pot-shot
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A shot taken at an easy or random target.
pos: noun
examples: to take a potshot at
Bannister leaped up, ran lightly across the intervening space, and with his repeater took a potshot at the galloping horseman.
gloss: Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: He takes his share of potshots (mostly at the Da Vinci surgical robot), but the conscience of the film is in the stories of Essure, a procedure marketed to women as a hassle-free alternative to tubal ligation
And until recently, anyone could read his Facebook posts, which included vulgar potshots at Nancy Pelosi and her husband and a pronouncement that supporters of Joseph R. Biden Jr. suffered from a “mental affliction.”
gloss: To fire potshots.
pos: verb
examples: Howard appeared in the doorway. “Say, Sig, go down to the corral and saddle up Teddy for Steve, will you? Some of his friends have been potshotting at him again. No damage done, except to my feelings, but there's nothing like being careful.”
Related words: pothunter
Translations:
psychometrics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
English metrics
English psychometrics
From psycho- + metrics.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
catabolic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to catabolism.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: catabolytic (sometimes synonymous)
“This is the idea of catabolic collapse: that what we’re living through is a series of crises, sometimes followed by momentary resolution, but the long-term trend is downturn. It’s not going to be a sudden event that’s everything in a single day, which I think people like preppers are more accustomed to thinking.”
Translations:
switcheroo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English switch
English -eroo
English switcheroo
From switch + -eroo.
Inflected forms:
form: switcheroos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: switcharoo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sneaky, unexpected, or clever swap or exchange.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
informal
examples: In a corporate merger, it is usually the big company that buys a smaller one. Last week Boston's up & coming Tracerlab, Inc. pulled a switcheroo. Tracerlab, which grossed only $1,700,000 last year, bought the much bigger ($8,000,000 gross) Kelley-Koett Mfg. Co.
When you are dealing with American presidents, you always have to watch for the old switcheroo. Lyndon Johnson opposed Barry Goldwater's "extremism" on Vietnam, then proceeded to try to bomb Hanoi back into the stone age. Richard Nixon opposed price and wage controls, until he suddenly adopted them.
Elsewhere, it’s a ‘switcheroo’ ([Kevin] Kelly’s word, not mine) that will lend technology the working status of a vital force that, like ‘nature’, operates outside the reach of social imperatives.
The Manhattan Theater Club has pulled a switcheroo, delaying a planned production of Gone Home, by John Corwin, and replacing it with Four, by the 26-year-old playwright Christopher Shinn.
Translations:
malarkey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922.
Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)
Inflected forms:
form: malarkeys
pos: noun
tags: plural
rare
form: malachy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: malarky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mallarky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mullarkey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Nonsense; rubbish.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.
Malachy—You said it—I wouldn't trust a lawyer no further than I could throw a case of Scotch.
It's a lot of mallarky for mothers, sisters, and sweethearts to ask "Laddie, when you're far away will you think of me?" The answer is NO! The girls who teach the soldier boys are kept busy as a bee. It's the soldier boys who pay.
She shrugged. "I've told you all I know." / "Mallarky. You haven't even begun to spill and you know it."
If I told you that we had launched the glove washing program without effort it would be purely malarkey. Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis.
'Smuggling,' she said. 'has a fine romantic ring about it—once aboard the lugger, you heave ho and all that kind of malarky. [...]'
Save that malarkey for those old fossils at Midas Creek! You're aiming at the pot. So am I. I'm in control, but you and your infernal luck could upset the applecart.
But, Tony, this has got to stay within the Department. None of our FBIers or state troopers or all them other malarkeys get to hear a word of it.
But I'm not havin' this film mallarky. I'm takin' no memories wi' me.
A company that makes a fetish of never exceeding the budget invites game-playing and other malarky. It is easy to forget the obvious: that it involves no skill to come in on time and under budget if the schedule and budget are generous enough.
"No. She was going through a Kramer vs. Kramer kind of thing at the time. You know, a sort of I-want-to-find-out-who-I-am malarkey." / "And did she find out who she was?" / "Not really. I don't know if anyone really does, do they?"
"An underwater tunnel!" he exclaimed. "A connection between two seas! Who ever heard of such malarkey!"
This book isn't about the application process itself – how best to complete your UCAS form, what the codes are for exam awarding bodies, what to say in interviews and all that mullarkey.
That's a bunch of malarkey piled on malarkey. I knew the minute I saw you there was something special about you, [...]
Translations:
freeloader
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From free + load + -er, originally US 1930s.
Base: free
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: freeloaders
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: free-loader
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
gloss: A person who takes expired unsold merchandise from the back of supermarket premises.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
New-Zealand
UK
Related words: bludger
Derived words: freeloader fly
freeload
Translations:
thrip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from thrips
Inflected forms:
form: thrips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
pos: noun
examples: S.^([Stenchaetothrips]) biformis is also known as rice leaf thrip, paddy thrip, or oriental rice thrip.
A pair of local pests, the thrip and white fly, made their way into the greenhouse through the air vents and hitchhiked into the conservatory on plants. Without controls in place, each female thrip can reproduce 200 offspring every week.
Thrip are probably one of the hardest flies to actually see. The fecal deposits they leave on the underside of leaves are usually noticed long before the thrip itself.
Nevertheless for the sake of discussion here, I posit a situation that engages experts and uses the thrip infestation as a hypothetical case study.
Translations:
urogenital
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der.
Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō)
Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der.
English uro-
English genital
English urogenital
From uro- + genital.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to the urinary and the genital systems.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
urography
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From uro- + -graphy.
Base: uro
Inflected forms:
form: urographies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Radiography of the urinary tract.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
ureter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr).
Inflected forms:
form: ureters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Either of the two long, narrow ducts that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
pos: noun
Translations:
urokinase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der.
Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō)
Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der.
English uro-
English kinase
English urokinase
From uro- + kinase.
Inflected forms:
form: urokinases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A protease, found in the urine, which converts plasminogen to plasmin, and is used in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
urology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der.
Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō)
Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der.
English uro-
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 urology
From uro- + -logy.
Inflected forms:
form: urologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The surgical specialty of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
diagnostic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
computing
education
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider.
Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō
Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
▲
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
▲
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder.
Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis)
▲
Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)
Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor.
English diagnostic
From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós), adjective from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskō, “to distinguish, diagnose”).
Inflected forms:
form: more diagnostic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most diagnostic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: diagnostick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: diagnostics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: diagnostick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to diagnosis.
pos: adj
gloss: Characteristic of a particular disease.
pos: adj
gloss: Serving to indicate or specify a particular item or thing within a group of similar things.
pos: adj
examples: Each language has its own distinct phonological qualities which a counter can tap into with effect. It is not necessarily specific phonemes (though these can sometimes be diagnostic), but rather the frequency and phonotactic distribution of each disparate set of phonemes that go together in the speech stream in certain recognisable ways.
gloss: Intended to assess a student's preexisting knowledge on the material being taught.
pos: adj
examples: A diagnostic assessment
gloss: Characteristic of a particular taxon or clade.
pos: adj
gloss: Any technique used in medical diagnosis.
pos: noun
gloss: Any tool or technique used to find the root of a problem.
pos: noun
gloss: That by which anything is known; a symptom.
pos: noun
Related words: diagnostics
Derived words: adiagnostic
autodiagnostic
biodiagnostic
clinicodiagnostic
coprodiagnostic
cytodiagnostic
diagnostically
diagnosticate
diagnosticity
diagnostic overshadowing
electrodiagnostic
eudiagnostic
histodiagnostic
immunodiagnostic
intradiagnostic
iridodiagnostic
misdiagnostic
multidiagnostic
nanodiagnostic
neurodiagnostic
nondiagnostic
phytodiagnostic
postdiagnostic
prediagnostic
psychodiagnostic
self-diagnostic
serodiagnostic
subdiagnostic
telediagnostic
transdiagnostic
undiagnostic
xenodiagnostic
Translations:
underwriter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
insurance
Etymology: Etymology tree
English underwrite
English -er
English underwriter
From underwrite + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: underwriters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An entity assuming a financial risk.
pos: noun
gloss: A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
pos: noun
gloss: An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.
pos: noun
examples: They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.
Translations:
nabla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Latin nabla, from Ancient Greek νάβλα (nábla, “Phoenician harp”), from ancient Hebrew נֵבֶל (nḗḇel) or a Phoenician cognate. Doublet of nebel, which comes via the modern Hebrew נֵ֤בֶל.
Inflected forms:
form: nablas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nevel
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Hebrew stringed instrument.
pos: noun
gloss: The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.
pos: noun
Synonyms: atled
del
Derived words: quabla operator
Translations:
utterly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English utter
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English utterly
From utter + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Completely; entirely; to the fullest extent.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Well, now we are utterly lost.
I have failed you utterly.
An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight.
Scott, somewhat stunned and now worried that everybody might have opened fire at the U.S. destroyers (he presumably missed Laffey and Farenholt merrily blazing away with their own guns into the darkness), ordered all firing to cease after a couple of minutes. Helena, along with Boise, was already several hundred shells lighter, and both Boise and San Francisco herself actually kept firing, as their captains were utterly sure about their targets; San Francisco's captain was very apologetic as he overruled Admiral Scott.
Translations:
tablecloth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English tabyllcloth, table cloth, tabylle clothe, a partial translation of earlier Middle English bord cloth, bordcloth (“tablecloth”), from Old English bordclāþ, equivalent to table + cloth.
Compound parts: table
cloth
Inflected forms:
form: tablecloths
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: table cloth
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: table-cloth
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.
pos: noun
examples: Just across the field stood a small house. In the yard the week's washing was hung out. Among the articles was a red tablecloth.
Translations:
tacking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
law
manufacturing
nautical
sewing
textiles
transport
Inflected forms:
form: tackings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of changing tack.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The English doctrine of tacking was first solemnly established in Marsh v . Lee , under the assistance of Sir Matthew Hale , who compared the operation to a plank in shipwreck gained by the last mortgagee
gloss: The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
maim
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English maymen, mahaymen, from Anglo-Norman maheimer, mahaigner, of Germanic origin; see mayhem.
Inflected forms:
form: maims
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: maiming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: maimed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: maimed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
pos: verb
examples: He was maimed by a bear.
Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Translations:
Jovian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
natural-sciences
philosophy
publishing
science-fiction
sciences
Etymology: From Latin Iovis (“Jove, Jupiter”) + -an, analysable as Jove + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Zeusian.
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: more Jovian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Jovian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Jovians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the planet Jupiter.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter.
pos: adj
tags: Roman
examples: Near-synonym: Zeusian
He did not admit of equals. But as a patron he was superb. With his Jovian air, his colossal condescension, his amused smile, his general suggestion of the god descending to the mortal, he could be quite overpowering in his amiability.
gloss: An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.
pos: noun
Translations:
reproach
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English reprochen, from Old French reprochier (Modern French reprocher).
Inflected forms:
form: reproaches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reproaches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reproaching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reproached
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reproached
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: My father made no reproach in his letters and only took notice of my science by inquiring into my occupations more particularly than before.
gloss: Disgrace or shame.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An object of scorn.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: To criticize or rebuke (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: if ye be reproached for the name of Christ
this new commer, Shame,
There sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
Mezentius […] with his ardour warmed / His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight, / Repelled the victors.
gloss: To disgrace, or bring shame upon.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I thought your marriage fit; else imputation, / For that he knew you, might reproach your life.
Synonyms: obloquy
opprobrium
Derived words: beyond reproach
reproachful
reproachless
self-reproach
reproachable
reproacher
reproachingly
reproachment
unreproached
unreproaching
Translations:
inclined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-der.
Proto-Italic *kleināō
Latin clīnō
Latin inclīnāre
Old French enclinerbor.
Middle English enclinen
English incline
English -ed
English inclined
From incline + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more inclined
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inclined
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: enclin’d
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: enclined
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: inclin’d
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
pos: adj
examples: The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.
gloss: Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
pos: adj
examples: I am inclined to believe you.
She's inclined to lose her temper.
Synonyms: apt
bain
disposed
fain
forward
inclined
liable
minded
ready
predisposed
prone
propense
wont
Antonyms: disinclined
Related words: prone to
used to
acquiescent
predilection
Derived words: inclined elevator
inclined lift
inclinedly
overinclined
preinclined
that way inclined
uninclined
inclined plane
Translations:
merely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English mereli, equivalent to mere + -ly.
Base: mere
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
pos: adv
tags: focus
not-comparable
examples: But let us not be unfair to the kibitzers. Not all players hate 'em. Some merely dislike 'em.
All these people, who have tried to set you against me out of envy and love of slander – and some too merely passing on what they have been told by others – all these are very difficult to deal with.
gloss: Wholly, entirely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: It is not forgot, since the acute and distinct Arminius was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discourse writt'n at Delf, which at first he took in hand to confute.
I am sorry to say, that I doubt if there is a judge in Massachusetts who is prepared to resign his office, and get his living innocently, whenever it is required of him to pass sentence under a law which is merely contrary to the law of God.
Synonyms: barely
but
just
literally
merely
no more than
nothing but
only
simply
Antonyms: absolutely
all-fired
completely
fuck-off
fucking
indeed
motherfucking
very
very much
Translations:
reporter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
law
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English reportour, from Old French reporteur; equivalent to report + -er.
Base: report
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: reporters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reportor
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: reportour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone or something that reports.
pos: noun
examples: The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.
gloss: A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
pos: noun
gloss: A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
pos: noun
gloss: A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.
pos: noun
Related words: news report
reporting
rapporteur
Derived words: bioreporter
case reporter
coreporter
court reporter
cub reporter
law reporter
mandated reporter
mandatory reporter
police reporter
pool reporter
reporteress
reporterism
reporterly
reportership
reporter's note
reportress
sideline reporter
Translations:
resentment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From resent + -ment, after Middle French and French ressentiment (in Old French as recentement), from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Compare Italian risentimento, Portuguese ressentimento, and Spanish resentimiento. Doublet of resentiment and ressentiment, the former attested slightly earlier.
Base: resent
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: resentments
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: resentiment
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: ressentiment
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour, was sharpened into particular resentment, by his having slighted one of her daughters.
Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have been reaching their destinations two or three hours late.
“I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship.
gloss: The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger.
In my mind it is a ſign of a great deal of natural Integrity and inbred Nobleneſs of ſpirit, that maugre [in spite of] the heavineſs of his Complexion that thus ſtrongly bears him dovvn from apprehending ſo concerning Metaphyſicall Truths, yet he retains ſo vivid reſentments of the more sſolid Morality.
gloss: Satisfaction; gratitude.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton […] have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same.
Related words: dudgeon
hold a grudge
umbrage
regret
Derived words: resenteeism
Translations:
hunky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hunk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English hunky
From hunk + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: hunkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: hunkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.
pos: adj
gloss: All right; in good condition.
pos: adj
tags: US
slang
gloss: even; square; on equal footing with.
pos: adj
tags: US
slang
examples: […] he dropped like a brick into the firing line and began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him.
Related words: hunk
Derived words: hunkily
hunkiness
hunky-dory
hunky punk
Translations:
barry
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
monarchy
nobility
politics
textiles
Etymology: From French barré (“striped, barred”).
Inflected forms:
form: barries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more barry
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most barry
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.
pos: noun
gloss: Traversed (transversely) by bars.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a dyed material: having bars or bands of color.
pos: adj
examples: […] many examples of the degree of coverage of barry nylon with various ranges of dyes are listed […]
Derived words: barriness
barry-bendy
barry-nebuly
barry-pily
barry-wavy
Translations:
cross-examine
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cross-
English examine
English cross-examine
From cross- + examine.
Inflected forms:
form: cross-examines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cross-examining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cross-examined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cross-examined
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cross examine
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To question a trial witness who has already been questioned by the other side.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: cross-examination
Derived words: crossexaminable
uncrossexaminable
Translations:
sulky
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: See sulk.
The vehicle is so called as it obliges the rider to be alone, as though sulking.
Inflected forms:
form: sulkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: sulkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sulkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: silent and withdrawn after being upset
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
often
examples: the sulky child
1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I’m older than you, and must know better.” And this Alice would not allow, without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said.
gloss: A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in harness racing.
pos: noun
gloss: Any carriage seating only the driver.
pos: noun
Translations:
monitory
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin monitorius.
Inflected forms:
form: monitories
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Giving admonition and warning.
pos: adj
examples: Some Lightnings are monitory, some are menacing
gloss: A written letter giving admonition.
pos: noun
Translations:
refusal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English refusell; equivalent to refuse + -al.
Base: refuse
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: refusals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of refusing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Your refusal to carry out your duties resulted in your sacking.
gloss: Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: refuse
Derived words: nonrefusal
pervasive refusal syndrome
right of first refusal
school refusal
Translations:
door-to-door
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: door to door
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: D2D
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door.
Translations:
retro
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.
Inflected forms:
form: more retro
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most retro
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
pos: adj
examples: Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.
gloss: Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
pos: adj
Derived words: retro future
retro running
Translations:
jeet
Part of speech: intj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
Etymology: A compressed pronunciation of the words did you (d'ya) eat.
Inflected forms:
form: jeets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Did you eat?
pos: intj
tags: US
slang
examples: Jeetchet?
"Jeet yet?" he asks. He asks it every time they're together, though usually not this early.
So it will come as no surprise if a local inquires whether you've eaten yet — or, as Philadelphians say, "Jeet yet?"
gloss: A person of South Asian (especially Indian) ancestry.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
ethnic
offensive
slur
examples: So unless Asian chicks secretly date jeets somewhere no one ever fucking notices them, it just ain't happening. Always white dudes or other asian dudes.
Every job opening has 100s of jeets flooding applications so good luck getting your resume looked at. The tech industry(and especially tech depts in non-tech companies) is mutilating itself to reduce costs, and not even by that much because they could accomplish more with less people if they just hired westerners instead of jeets. The era of easy job hunting is tech is over.
No self respecting white woman would ever marry a jeet
Decided to give jeets a break and buy some Indian cuisine for the family.
Paki jeets have no achievements on their own, all they do is dope.
You know the Nick Fuentes who said that the vice president of the United States is a quote fat gay race traitor married to a jeet.
gloss: An investor who is extremely risk-averse and will sell off their holdings at the slightest hint of a downturn.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
derogatory
examples: This project has the potential to fly. The whitepaper and team sold me. This is not a project for the jeets though. Jeets will need to find a low mc launch to through there .2 bean at
thats ok, your wife will cheer me up in the back of my porsche truck, which dumb jeets like yourself paid for by shorting and swing trading in the negative
NFT "jeets" are Olympic champions when it comes to losing money. Somehow, they always get the best whitelists for every release. As soon as they mint something, they start to drop price by 10% every 2 hrs. In just a day or two, these jeets will sell 40% or less under mint price on OpenSea.
this is why the jeets are running scared, but if you are well diversified on BTC and ETH you should brush it off. There´s always that risk.
Derived words: jeetery
jeetification
Translations:
scramjet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Short for supersonic combustion ramjet.
Inflected forms:
form: scramjets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A jet engine capable of propelling an aircraft at hypersonic speeds, in which combustion of the fuel and air mixture occurs at supersonic speeds.
pos: noun
gloss: An aircraft that uses such an engine.
pos: noun
Related words: pulsejet
turbojet
ramjet
jet
hypersonic
plasmasonic
spaceplane
Translations: