yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
unproduced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English produced
English unproduced
From un- + produced.
Inflected forms:
form: more unproduced
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unproduced
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not having been produced.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an unproduced teleplay
gloss: Recording the music directly, with a minimum of overdubs, effects and other processing.
pos: adj
examples: The new album has a very unproduced sound, unlike their earlier efforts.
Translations:
overdub
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From over- + dub (in the sense derived from double).
Base: dub
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overdubs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overdubbing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overdubbed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overdubbed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: overdubs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To record a part along with an already recorded part or parts.
pos: verb
examples: The rhythm guitar part is live, but the solo was overdubbed.
gloss: An overdubbed part.
pos: noun
examples: The rhythm guitar part is live, but the solo is an overdub.
Translations:
reggae
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.
Inflected forms:
form: reggay
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.
pos: noun
tags: Rastafari
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: (earlier) bluebeat
I want to do the reggay with you / Come onto me, do the dance
I mean, the very name reggae. I mean, it wasn’t called reggae in the first place. It came from blue beat, just ska, you know? Ska and blue beat, the era, and then reggae. Because it was a dance, originally. And the DJs thought, “That’s a nice name,” and the kept saying “reggae music, reggae music” on the air all the time. “Reggae music, reggae music, the DJs on the radio. So everyone kept on saying “Reggae music”. They classed it as …(other Matumbi band members join in) Reggae.
Translations:
lipoprotein
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Hellenic *lípos
Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos)der.
English lipo-
English protein
English lipoprotein
From lipo- + protein.
Inflected forms:
form: lipoproteins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a large group of complexes of protein and lipid with many biochemical functions.
pos: noun
Translations:
tongue-tied
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From tongue + tied (“restricted”, adjective).
Inflected forms:
form: more tongue-tied
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tongue-tied
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having tongue-tie or ankyloglossia (“a congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.”).
pos: adj
gloss: Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; at a loss for words, speechless.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: But it ſeemes to mee that Dauid meeneth cheefly, that among the blaſphemies of his foes wherewith they endeuered too ouerwhelme hys Faythe, he himſelfe was not tungtyde: but rather lifted vp his voyce vnto God, whom the vngodly ſurmiſed to haue bin turned against him.
My toung-tide Muſe in manners holds her ſtill, / While comments of your praiſe richly compil'd, / Reſerue their Character with goulden quill, / And precious phraſe by all the Muſes fil'd.
[…] Appius [Claudius Caecus] in trumping and taunting manner, gave out and ſaid, That they vvere beholden to him, and might con^([sic – meaning on?']) him thank, that of a dumb and tongue-tied Conſul they had one novv, that vvas ſo ready and eloquent: […]
And he [Aesop] was not only Unhappy in the moſt ſcandalous Figure of a Man that ever was heard of; but he was in a manner Tongue-Ty'd too, by ſuch an Impediment in his ſpeech, that People could very hardly underſtand what he ſaid.
I was elected to the Executive Committee of the Vegetarian Society, and made it a point to attend every one of its meetings, but I always felt tongue-tied. […] And it was not a little curious that whilst others expressed their opinions at these meetings, I sat quite silent. Not that I never felt tempted to speak. But I was at a loss to know how to express myself.
gloss: Reluctant to speak up; reserved, reticent.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: I was all this while chafing at the part I played, and sitting tongue-tied between shame and merriment; but somehow at this I could hold in no longer, and bade Alan let me be, for I was better already.
Tongue-tied or short of breath / Don't even try
gloss: Physically unable to speak; dumb, mute.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
poetic
Related words: tongue tie
tongue-tie
cat got your tongue
on the tip of one's tongue
Translations:
myocardium
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
cardiology
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin myocardium, from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + καρδίᾱ (kardíā, “heart”).
Inflected forms:
form: myocardiums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: myocardia
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.
pos: noun
Translations:
inexorably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English inexorable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English inexorably
From inexorable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more inexorably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most inexorably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an inexorable manner; without the possibility of stopping or prevention.
pos: adv
examples: We watched as the storm clouds advanced inexorably closer to us.
One of his best stories was "Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life" (1914), of which there survives only an amusing still, showing poor Mabel Normand chained to the rails by two toughs, the moustached villain threatening her with a sledge-hammer, and an awful sense of that inexorably approaching express!
The strange group of villagers shuffled inexorably forward.
While it remains a burden assiduously avoided, it is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control. Which has led you, inexorably, here.
Later, they all felt guilty about having laughed, especially when it looked as if she might not be able to walk again. But she did, eventually—implacably, inexorably—with a slight limp, perhaps, although this was barely noticeable, not noticeable at all, really, unless you knew the story, unless you were watching for it.
The fact that the juggernaut of Indian English rolls inexorably on, largely unconcerned by the academic arguments taking place about it, is in itself an indicator of an endonormative force in the variety, and this can be traced historically.
This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.
The creative commons of the internet has been gradually and inexorably enclosed, much as agricultural land was by parliamentary acts from 1600 onwards in England.
Translations:
stinky
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English stinky, stynky, equivalent to stink + -y. Compare Dutch stinkig (“stinky, foul, rotten”), German stinkig (“stinky”), Hunsrik stinkich.
Base: stink
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: stinkier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more stinky
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: stinkiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most stinky
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: stimky
pos: adj
tags: alternative
humorous
form: stonky
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: stinkies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stimky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
humorous
form: stonky
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
pos: adj
examples: What is that stinky smell?
gloss: Bad, undesirable.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: 1991, Theresa P. Gladden, Romancing Susan, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 37,
[…] she walked over to the table and switched off the Walkman as she sat down.
“Hey!” Nikki yelped. “That was a stinky thing to do. That was my favorite song.”
2003, Betty Levin, Shoddy Cove, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 151,
“School all year round.” The father groaned. “What a good idea.”
“Stupid, stinky idea,” a child remarked from across the room.
2007, Aletha V. Smithson, “Pacifier Breaking” (poem), in As He Was Known, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 172,
The binky drifted up and far away,
To the man in the moon, I heard them say;
A cute idea but a rotten stinky plan.
gloss: A bowel movement; feces or diarrhoea
pos: noun
tags: childish
Derived words: stinkily
stinkiness
stinky bean
stinky pinky
stinky squid
stinky stick
stinky tofu
unstinky
Translations:
felonious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English *felonious (implied in feloniously; compare felonous); equivalent to felony + -ous.
Base: felony
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more felonious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most felonious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony.
pos: adj
examples: The defendant must show that any bail money he hopes to post did not come from the felonious means.
O thievish Night, / Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, / In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?
gloss: Done with intent to commit a crime.
pos: adj
examples: felonious homicide
First, as felony prosecutor, I prosecute high-level felonies including homicides; sexual assaults; child endangerings; shootings and other felonious assaults; and media cases.
Related words: felon
felonize
felonization
criminal
misdemeanourous
Derived words: feloniously
feloniousness
infelonious
nonfelonious
unfelonious
Translations:
throstle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
Inflected forms:
form: throstles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: throstell
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A song thrush.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
dialectal
examples: The Throstell, with shrill Sharps; as purposely he song / T’awake the lustlesse Sunne; or chyding, that so long
The throstle is by some believed to be the finest singing bird in Britain, on account of the sweetness, variety, and continuance of its melody.
O Lady! in this wan and heartless mood / To other thoughts by yonder throstle woo'd
[T]hro' wild March the throstle calls, […]
gloss: A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.
pos: noun
examples: THE RING THROSTLE. / A Throstle under the above title has been recently introduced from America, the principal novel feature of which, is a substitute for the flyer and heavy spindle of the common throstle, and for the cone or cape, and the barrel tube of the Danforth throstle.
Derived words: throstlecock
Translations:
polish
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English polishen, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth.
Inflected forms:
form: polishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: polishes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: polishing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: polished
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: polished
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A substance used to polish.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily.
gloss: Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The floor was waxed to a high polish.
gloss: Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk.
gloss: To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
gloss: To refine; remove imperfections from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
gloss: To apply shoe polish to shoes.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Steel polishes well.
The other [gold], whether it will polish so well Wherein for the latter [brass] it is probable it will
gloss: To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Arts that polish Life.
Educated at private schools and polished at Cambridge
Synonyms: hone
perfect
refine
Related words: polissoir
polite
Derived words: apple-polish
depolish
electropolish
expolish
French polish
furniture polish
glacial polish
micropolish
nail polish
nanopolish
piano polish
polish remover
shoe polish
spit and polish
stove polish
ultrapolish
varnish polish
repolish
interpolish
overpolish
piano-polish
polishability
polishable
polish a turd
polished
polisher
polishing
polishment
polish off
polish one's rocket
polish the pearl
polish up
polish up on
polishure
unpolish
unpolished
you can't polish a turd
you can't polish shit
Translations:
Gold
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Golds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Goldi or Nanai people.
pos: noun
Translations:
bampot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: bampots
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: barmpot
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bam
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An idiot; an objectionable and foolish person.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
derogatory
slang
examples: No-one up there really believes Scotland is some kind of terrorism magnet, whatever the bampots in London think.
Translations:
Abby
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A clipping of the word.
Inflected forms:
form: Abbe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Abbey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Abbi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Abbie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Abi
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Abbee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The Abyssinian cat.
pos: noun
Translations:
Abelian
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew הָ֑בֶל (háḇel)bor.
Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel)bor.
Latin Abē̆lder.
Old English Ābel
Middle English Abel
English Abel
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Abelian
From Abel + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: Abelians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: 1826, unnamed translator, Pierre Bayle, An Historical and Critical Dictionary [1697, Dictionnaire Historique et Critique; 1709, Historical and Critical Dictionary], Selected and Abridged, Volume 1, page 50,
The Abelians were only a moderate sort of Encratites and Novatians, who absolutely condemned matrimony, while the Abelians approved of and retained it.
A difference of opinion existed as to the moral effects of matrimony among the early Christians; the Abelians, for instance, suffered no member of their sect to remain single, while the Novatians condemned marriage under every circumstance.
If we include heretical sects there is perhaps some similarity to be traced between the syneisaktism of certain Catholic enthusiasts and the customs of the Abelians or Abelonians, who took their name from Abel.
Translations:
Absolute
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Absolutes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete; that which can be thought of without relation to others.
pos: noun
Translations:
Abu
Part of speech: particle
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Arabic أَبُو (ʔabū).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic.
pos: particle
examples: There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."
Translations:
Ac
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Acs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Acura Legend automobile.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: With the Mac in the Ac door paneling
Translations:
adjusting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: adjustings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Adjustment.
pos: noun
examples: The big economic shiftings and adjustings pinch us now and then; and we shall save energy if we adapt ourselves forthwith, without reviling the rest of the family.
Translations:
Administrator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Administrators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
Afrikaner
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Afrikaans Afrikanerbor.
English Afrikaner
Borrowed from Afrikaans Afrikaner.
Inflected forms:
form: Afrikaners
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Africander
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.
pos: noun
examples: “Despite the Administration’s actions, CWS remains committed to serving all eligible refugee populations seeking safety in the United States, including Afrikaners who are eligible for services,” he said. “Our faith compels us to serve each person in our care with dignity and compassion.”
In February, Trump suspended aid to South Africa, alleging discrimination against White farmers. In that same executive order, the president said the US would “promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation.”
gloss: A breed of cattle; Afrikander.
pos: noun
Related words: Boer
Derived words: Afrikanerdom
Afrikanerism
Afrikanerness
Translations:
Aggie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A diminutive shortening of agricultural, from the names of any of several land-grant colleges in the US.
Inflected forms:
form: Aggies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges esp. one with the phrase "Agricultural & Mechanical" in its name
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A student or alumnus of such a school esp. a student or alumnus of Texas A&M University
pos: noun
tags: US
Derived words: Aggieland
Translations:
Aggressor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From aggressor.
Inflected forms:
form: Aggressors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state
pos: noun
Translations:
Al
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: sciences
Inflected forms:
form: Als
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Alfen number
pos: noun
Translations:
Alan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί (Alanoí), from Proto-Sarmatian *Allān.
Inflected forms:
form: Alans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Alani
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
Alf
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Alfs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An uncultured Australian.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
derogatory
slang
examples: Martin Sharp once described Sydney's western suburbs to me hazily as 'where the Alfs live'.
Oz savaged suburbia as a wasteland of consumerism and conformity, peopled with 'Alfs' […]
Coote ended his piece with the claim that “[t]he Australian Alfs are beyond redemption”, and as such only small groups of militant aligned students and workers posed a real challenge to the system.
Translations:
Alpine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French alpin, see also alpine.
Inflected forms:
form: more Alpine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Alpine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.
pos: adj
examples: Some vague emotion of delight / In gazing up an Alpine height, / Some yearning toward the lamps of night.
Translations:
Alt
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Abbreviation of alternate or alternative.
Inflected forms:
form: Alts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.
pos: noun
Translations:
Am
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
pos: adj
gloss: Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.
pos: adj
Related words: Pro-Am
Trans-Am
Translations:
Amati
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Italian Amatibor.
English Amati
Borrowed from Italian Amati.
Inflected forms:
form: Amatis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A violin made by a member of the Amati family.
pos: noun
Translations:
Amor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
Etymology: From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.
Inflected forms:
form: Amors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.
pos: noun
Translations:
Ana
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Ana people.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Anal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Anals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Anāl
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An individual member of that ethnic group.
pos: noun
Translations:
anchored
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an anchored cross, or a cross anchored
Translations:
Android
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
telephony
Etymology: See android.
Inflected forms:
form: Androids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mobile phone running on Android OS.
pos: noun
examples: Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds.
Translations:
Angelus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: * (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”).
* (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary".
Doublet of angel.
Inflected forms:
form: Angeluses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: angelus
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
pos: noun
gloss: The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
pos: noun
examples: […]and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;
The yodel in it brought to mind incongruous images, full of holes as a Swiss cheese: among the alpenhorns and cuckoo clocks, cowbells clunked and donged like angeluses gone awry.
Translations:
Angle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Anglus, in turn borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Old English Ængle/Engle (“Angle”)). Probably derived from the toponym Angle, related to Proto-Germanic *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the shape of the peninsula.
Folk etymology linking the word to English angel or any antecedents is demonstrably false.
Inflected forms:
form: Angles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
Antarctic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.
Inflected forms:
form: more Antarctic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Antarctic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: antarctic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
pos: adj
examples: We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers.
Scientists have known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago.
gloss: Opposite, contradictory.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
obsolete
gloss: Southern.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
Translations:
Apocryphal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the Apocrypha.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Apollo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Inflected forms:
form: Apollos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A very handsome young man.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
pos: noun
tags: Africa
West
uncountable
examples: After that, children in school said you could get Apollo, a form of conjunctivitis, by staring at an eclipse too long.
Her eyes hurt and when her mother looked at her in the morning and worried that she had Apollo because her eyes were so red she did not tell her otherwise.
Antonyms: Hermes
Derived words: pre-Apollo
post-Apollo
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: Apol·lo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 阿波羅 /阿波罗
roman: Ābōluó
lang: Finnish
word: Apollo
lang: French
word: Apollo
lang: Hungarian
word: Apollo
lang: Japanese
word: アポロ
roman: Aporo
lang: Korean
word: 아폴로
lang: Marathi
word: अपोलो
roman: apolo
lang: Portuguese
word: Apollo
lang: Russian
word: Аполло́н
roman: Apollón
Apple
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.
Inflected forms:
form: Apples
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.
pos: noun
examples: Arthur bought the Apple anyway. Over a few days he also acquired some astronomical software, plotted the movements of stars, drew rough little diagrams of how he seemed to remember the stars to have been […]
Translations:
apprehended
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more apprehended
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most apprehended
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Taken; seized.
pos: adj
examples: an apprehended criminal
gloss: Conceived; understood.
pos: adj
examples: an apprehended concept
gloss: Having come to accept an understanding of something.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
Derived words: unapprehended
Translations:
Arabisation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Arabisations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Arabization
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: that which has been Arabised
pos: noun
gloss: the process of Arabising
pos: noun
Translations:
Arcadian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Arcadius.
Inflected forms:
form: Arcadians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more Arcadian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Arcadian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: An inhabitant of ancient Arcadia.
pos: noun
gloss: An ideal rustic.
pos: noun
gloss: Pertaining to ancient Arcadia.
pos: adj
gloss: Ideally rustic.
pos: adj
Translations:
Arctic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
geography
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English artik, artyk (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Medieval Latin articus, from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.
Inflected forms:
form: arctic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Arctics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: arctic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
gloss: Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: What neede the artick people loue star-light,
To whom the sunne shines both by day and night.
[…] on th’ other side
Incenc’t with indignation Satan stood
Unterrifi’d, and like a Comet burn’d,
That fires the length of Ophiucus huge
In th’ Artick Sky, and from his horrid hair
Shakes Pestilence and Warr.
See FREEDOM smiling thro’ the realms of frost,
And glow on Labradore’s inclement coast,
Tho’ darkness sheds deep night thro’ half the year,
And snow invests the clime,—that clime is dear,
For there fair LIBERTY resides, and there
At large the native breasts the searching air,
Where blows the arctic tempests icy gale,
And famine seizes on the spermy whale,
A medical examination determined who was to be sent on to Norilsk in the Arctic.
gloss: Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: ‘Could you close that window, please!’ Strickland called, dialling again. ‘It's bloody arctic down this end.’
gloss: Designed for use in very cold conditions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A warm waterproof overshoe.
pos: noun
tags: US
historical
gloss: Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
pos: noun
Translations:
Argentine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.
Translations:
Aries
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Aries, from aries (“ram”), calque of Ancient Greek Κριός (Kriós), calque of Akkadian 𒅈𒌺𒊑𒈨 (immeru, “sheep”).
Inflected forms:
form: Aries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone with an Aries star sign.
pos: noun
Translations:
Associate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Associates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An associate's degree.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
Asti
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Astis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sparkling white wine made in Asti or its vicinity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Atlas
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
Etymology: From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Inflected forms:
form: Atlases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A particular model or individual specimen of the Atlas missile and launch vehicle line.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
Attic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.
Base: Athens
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more Attic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Attic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
pos: adj
tags: historical
examples: […] Aeschylus here, as elsewhere, made himself the legislator of all Attic tragedy.
gloss: Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
pos: adj
tags: historical
gloss: Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
pos: adj
tags: historical
gloss: Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: , The distinction between the Attic and the Asiatic schools takes us back to antiquity. The former were regarded as concise and healthy, the latter as empty and inflated: […]
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: ատտիկյան
roman: attikyan
lang: Catalan
word: àtic
lang: Dutch
word: Attisch
lang: Esperanto
word: atika
lang: Finnish
word: attikalainen
lang: French
word: attique
lang: German
word: attisch
lang: Greek
word: αττικός
roman: attikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: Ἀττικός
roman: Attikós
lang: Irish
word: Atacach
lang: Italian
word: attico
lang: Japanese
word: アッティカの
roman: attika-no
lang: Polish
word: attycki
lang: Portuguese
word: ático
lang: Russian
word: атти́ческий
roman: attíčeskij
lang: Swedish
word: attisk
lang: Swedish
word: atensk
Australasian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Australasia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Australasian
From Australasia + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Australasians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Much more diffuse affinities occur to the Australasian monotypic Goebeliellaceae.
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Australasia.
pos: noun
Translations:
Ave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Aves
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An Ave Maria.
pos: noun
examples: Ogier, thinkiag it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.
Translations:
Aztec
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).
Inflected forms:
form: more Aztec
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Aztec
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Aztecs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Aztec
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
pos: adj
gloss: A Mexica.
pos: noun
examples: The lords of Tlatelolco were greatly angered over this and said, one to another, "These Aztecs believe that we are of an alien lineage. Do they not know that we are Aztecs like them[?]
gloss: A Nahua.
pos: noun
examples: Although united culturally, the Aztecs thought of themselves in terms of their particular tribal affiliations: as Mexica, Tetzcoca, Culhua, Tepaneca, etc.
gloss: A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.
pos: noun
Derived words: Aztecan
Aztec broccoli
Aztec code
Aztec Empire
Aztec lily
Aztec marigold
Aztec tobacco
Aztec Triple Alliance
Aztec two-step
Aztequism
Uto-Aztec
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: ацтэ́кскі
roman: actékski
lang: Catalan
word: asteca
lang: Finnish
word: atsteekki-
lang: French
word: aztèque
lang: Hebrew
word: אצטקי
lang: Hungarian
word: azték
lang: Macedonian
word: а́цтечки
roman: áctečki
lang: Marathi
word: आझटेक
roman: ājhṭek
lang: Polish
word: aztecki
lang: Russian
word: ацте́кский
roman: actɛ́kskij
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: àztečkī
lang: Swedish
word: aztekisk
lang: Ukrainian
word: ацте́кський
roman: actéksʹkyj
Bailey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: (English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
Inflected forms:
form: Baileys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An apple cultivar from New York
pos: noun
Translations:
Baker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter B.
pos: noun
Translations:
Bantu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ pl (“people”), as reconstructed by the 19th-century linguist Wilhelm Bleek.
Inflected forms:
form: Bantus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Bantu
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
Barb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of Barbie, from Harajuku Barbie, an alter-ego of Nicki Minaj.
Inflected forms:
form: Barbz
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Barbs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fan of American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Minaj is thrilled to be returning to her legion of Aussie Barbz this October in a brand new full-scale arena show.
I’m not a Barb, but Nicki Minaj totally made me do a 180 on the whole hating-her-songs-and-general-vibe thing I had going on when I went to review her in concert.
Lambs and Barbz, remain calm, but Mariah Carey is once again talking about her infamous feud with Nicki Minaj.
Translations:
Barbie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named for Barbara Handler-Segal, daughter of Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler, in 1959.
Inflected forms:
form: ] Barbie
pos: noun
tags: canonical
form: Barbies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tall, slender female fashion doll.
pos: noun
examples: They discourage their young children from engaging in rough-and-tumble play. One mother said, “I like Hai-Mei quiet. I like her playing Barbies, writing, and singing.”
Everything short of the toe-to-toe Truth and Love that comes from real confrontation of individual consciousness is just playing with Barbie dolls.
Sarah, who is ten, says she doesn’t play with Barbies anymore, although she takes a certain scientific interest[…].
Many of my feminist friends hate Barbie because they feel that she sends a terrible message to girls […]
gloss: A beautiful but stupid or shallow young woman.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
derogatory
informal
examples: I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world / Life in plastic, it's fantastic / You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere / Imagination, life is your creation
After the ceremony, the "Barbies and Kens" (excluding Tommy and Britney) gathered at Lindsay's mansion to have a barbeque party. They laughed and talked about good times and vowed to remain friends forever.
Translations:
Bari
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of Motilon (“a people of Colombia”).
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Batak
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Bataks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Batak
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of any of several different peoples of North Sumatra in Indonesia.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of an ethnic group of the Philippines.
pos: noun
Translations:
Batman
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bat + man; originally the Bat-Man. By surface analysis, Bat- + man.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An intensifier for interjections created with the adjective holy, in imitation of dialogue between Batman and his sidekick Robin.
pos: intj
examples: Holy guacamole, Batman!
Holy nostalgic flashback, Batman! Aly and AJ Michalka, the actor-musician sister duo known for dominating Radio Disney in the late aughts (they’ve also released some very good music since then), just sent us straight back to our tweens by wearing none other than iconic mall brand Limited Too.
Translations:
Bavarian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Bavaria
English -an
English Bavarian
From Bavaria + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more Bavarian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Bavarian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to the state of Bavaria, Germany.
pos: adj
Translations:
Beamer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Clipping of BMW or IBM + -er.
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Beamers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beamer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A BMW car or motorcycle.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Some people might like to get a train to work / Or drive in, in a Beamer or a Merc
Could've got the Beamer. I ain't really want it.[…]Man, I should've got the Lex. Dropped the top on em, I ain't wanna flex. Would've hit your girl, I ain't want the sex.
gloss: An employee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: If those Beamers werent such assholes then Microsoft would've continued the partnership.
Okay a few days have passed and the Beamers had chance to answer.
Thanks to IBM's departure, housing can't sell for the high numbers that only the Beamers could afford... not the majority.
"What do you mean by a 'Double Beamer'? I asked.//With a grin, he replied, "An IBM Employee driving a BMW."
Translations:
Beaver
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: * As an English surname, capitalization of beaver. This sense is also translated from several Native American names such as Cheyenne homa'e and Creek Echaswvlke of the same meaning. Doublet of Bieber and Bever.
* Also as an English surname, from the placename Belvoir in Leicestershire.
Inflected forms:
form: Beavers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beaver
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A native or resident of the American state of Oregon.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement, composed of groups for children, traditionally boys, of approximately five to seven years of age.
pos: noun
Translations:
Beehive
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From beehive.
Inflected forms:
form: Beehives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A participant aged either twelve or thirteen years old in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
pos: noun
tags: Mormonism
Translations:
Begum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Ultimately from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).
Inflected forms:
form: Begums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Begun
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An honorific title from Central and South Asia, often used by leading women in society.
pos: noun
Translations:
Bell
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Bells
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: a telephone utility; a Baby Bell.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
Translations:
Ben
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Bens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Translations:
Benjamin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Late Latin Benjamin, from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν (Beniamín), from Biblical Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין (binyamīn, literally “son of the right/south or son of days”). Authorities differ on the meaning of the original Hebrew. Philo of Alexandria, the Samaritan Pentateuch The Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs and Midrash Leḳaḥ-Ṭob understand יָמִין to mean "days" (a meaning attested in Daniel 12:13) understanding the name to mean "son of days (i.e. old age)" (compare to the direct translations into Arabic بِنْ يَومِين (bin yawmīn) "son of the days" and Arabic بِنْ يَمِين (bin yamīn) "son of the right hand"), a formula paraphrased in Genesis 40:22 where Benjamin is described as a child of Jacob's old age. Rashi in his commentary on Genesis also gives this as a possible meaning but favors an understanding of יָמִין to mean "right" in the sense of "the south", noting that Benjamin was the only son of Jacob born in the south. Jerome understood the name to mean "son of the right hand" and Gesenius speculated that this expression might have meant "son of good fortune".
Inflected forms:
form: Benjamins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: benjamin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A $100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
pos: noun
tags: US
in-plural
often
slang
examples: Fuck the past, let's dwell on the 500SL, the E&J and ginger ale / The way my pockets swell to the rims with Benjamins
Swimmin' in women wit they own condominiums / Five plus fives, who drive millenniums / It's all about the Benjamins, what?
Health Care: It's All About the Benjamins [title]
Sneering through gold grillz, inked to the neck in bad tattoos and representing my area code, Franco leads the spring breakers through a stylized, mtv version of thug life, replete with drugs, guns, Benjamins and booty call.
He pursed his lips, went to the cash register, and opened it. He pulled out two Benjamins and a US Grant, which he set down on the glass case before me.
Translations:
Benny
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the name of a dull-witted character, Benny Hawkins, in the British soap opera Crossroads. As a nickname for a Falkland Islander, possibly from their preference for woolly hats similar to those worn by the character.
Inflected forms:
form: Bennies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A stupid or dull-witted person.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: A temper tantrum.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
gloss: A native of the Falkland Islands.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
Translations: