yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
kibble
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.
Inflected forms:
form: kibbles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kibbling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kibbled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: kibbled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: kibbles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To grind coarsely.
pos: verb
examples: kibbled oats
gloss: Something that has been kibbled, especially grain for use as animal feed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. When asked whether some in society valued pets more than children, he said that it was a reality that reflected a “sign of cultural degeneration.”
gloss: Any artificial animal feed in pellet form.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Food that is high in nutritional value yet tasteless.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
Derived words: boy kibble
kibbly
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: granule
lang: French
word: croquette
lang: Italian
word: croccantino
lang: Italian
word: crocchetta
lang: Polish
word: sucha karma
lang: Spanish
word: pienso
lang: Spanish
word: galletitas
lang: Spanish
word: croquetas
knightly
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”).
Base: knight
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: knightlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: knightliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: knightlier
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: knightliest
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
pos: adj
examples: Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
gloss: Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
pos: adj
examples: knightly combat
gloss: In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
pos: adv
examples: Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art.
And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?
Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears
A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?
He, reverencing king's blood in a bad man,
Made such excuses as he might, and these
Full knightly without scorn; for in those days
No knight of Arthur's noblest dealt in scorn.
Derived words: knightlihood
knightlily
knightliness
unknightly
Translations:
Kobe
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: After NBA player Kobe Bryant, emulating an earlier use of the name of Michael Jordan. Popularized by Dave Chappelle in a 2004 sketch. Kobe Bryant's parent named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Exclaimed, while throwing something at a target, as a prediction or acknowledgement of accuracy.
pos: intj
tags: US
slang
examples: (throws aforementioned paper cup at Russell Byrd– hits Byrd in the head) KOBE!
[…]
Derrick Nix: Are you serious? You threw a crumpled paper cup at his head, hit him, and then yelled “Kobe!”
Miguel: When you write a bad draft of your Signal article, there’s only one thing to do to it — smash it up into a ball, throw it to the nearest recycle bin and scream “KOBE!”
As I spend 10 minutes debating what to order, a kid nearby entertains himself by squirting free edamame beans across the restaurant. I try the same, saying “Kobe!” as I shoot one in my mouth at arm’s length on the first try.
Translations:
kombucha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Origin disputed. Possibly from Japanese 昆布茶 (konbucha, literally “kelp (konbu) tea”), a different type of beverage, and not related to fermentation.
Alternatively, derived from Kombu, reportedly a Korean physician who brought the fermented tea to Japan as a curative for Emperor Inkyo in 414 CE + cha (“tea”).
Inflected forms:
form: kombuchas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: komboucha
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A fermented, effervescent, and sweetened black tea of Mongolian origin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Kombucha is the primary focus of this book and arguably the most popular home ferment and aforementioned store-bought probiotic drink.
Translations:
iodized
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: iodised
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Treated with iodine or an iodide.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: iodized salt
iodized proteins
Translations:
ionization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der.
English ion
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English ionize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English ionization
From ionize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: ionizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ionisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Moonie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: From Moon + -ie.
(Unification Church member): Derived from the surname of its founder Sun Myung Moon.
Base: Moon
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: Moonies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of the Unification Church; a follower of its founder Sun Myung Moon.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: The Unification Church, or the "Moonies" as they are commonly known, have a thriving work in South Africa, with their headquarters in Hillbrow and a Moonie farm near Muldersdrift.
I am a proud Korean – a proud Moonie – and a dedicated anti-Communist and I intend to remain so the rest of my life -Bo Hi Pak
We "Moonies" were willing to sacrifice personal choice to spin gold out of the raw silk of ourselves, to help create world harmony through family harmony.
gloss: A person who shows exceptional enthusiasm for a cause or organization, a zealot.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: CAA agents were sometimes called the "Moonies" of the business, famous for walking in lock-step.
From boardroom to terrace via the dug-out, such an evangelical zeal suffuses Manchester City's new mission that they should really be renamed the Blue Moonies.
gloss: A nickname in English-speaking countries, sometimes for a person who moons around.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: How did Moonie get his nickname? He told us it had something to do with him being born during a full moon.
Michael "Moonie" Miller was feeling pretty good about things. The day was beautiful. A little breeze, nice and warm, was blowing in from the desert as if often does this time of year in the Los Angeles basin. Two days before Halloween and it's 81 degrees, mid-afternoon. It can't get much better than this, he thought. "Moonie" acquired his nickname years ago but it was hardly relevant anymore.
He was nicknamed Moonie, because he was such a daydreamer in school.
gloss: A fan of the Japanese manga and anime franchise Sailor Moon.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The Moonies and the Dragonballers aren't minorities; they're as large or larger than any other group of animeniacs you're going to find.
Nope, you're not the only Moonie here. Unfortunately, the US Bandai figures are kinda ugly.
Mike- who has a Sailor Moon webpage up, carries a Sailor Moon wallet and matching coinpurse irl and is just in general a major Moonie.
Translations:
agon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-der.
Proto-Hellenic *agéřřō
Ancient Greek ἀγείρω (ageírō)
Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn)bor.
Latin agōnbor.
English agon
From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).
Inflected forms:
form: agons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: agones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: It was not ecological pressure or shortages of protein, as anthropologist Marvin Harris has claimed; institutionalized violence, as opposed to the stylized agons of hunters over grievances, was the shadow side of the Neolithic Revolution.
One way of reading Beowulf is to think of it as three agons in the hero's life[.]
The other ethical system is that of agon. Agon is a battlefield. We enter agon not to exchange, but to fight. We dream of winning but are also prepared to lose – including to lose ourselves, even in the literal sense of dying for a great cause.
gloss: An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.
The point, though, is that to fully and uncritically surrender to such agon against individuals is to invite one's own ethical degeneration; […]
gloss: A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Related words: agonism
agony
antagonism
antagonist
protagonism
protagonist
Derived words: agonal
Translations:
bomba
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.
Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos)bor.
Latin bombusbor.
Spanish bombabor.
English bomba
Borrowed from Spanish bomba.
Inflected forms:
form: bombas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.
Translations:
milagro
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish milagro (“miracle”), from Latin mīrāculum. Doublet of miracle and miraculum.
Inflected forms:
form: milagros
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
pos: noun
Translations:
chica
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).
Inflected forms:
form: chicas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
informal
examples: "But, I thought you wanted to come with us. There are some hot chicas just waiting for the Black Wolf boys."
Translations:
chico
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Spanish chicobor.
English chico
Borrowed from Spanish chico.
Inflected forms:
form: chicos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
informal
Translations:
sparse
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin sparsusbor.
English sparse
Borrowed from Latin sparsus.
Inflected forms:
form: sparser
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: sparsest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having widely spaced intervals.
pos: adj
examples: a sparse array, index, or matrix
The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln will join up two routes with a sparse service at present.
gloss: Not dense; meager; scanty
pos: adj
gloss: Having few nonzero elements
pos: adj
Synonyms: thin
paltry
Related words: sparge
thin out
Derived words: nonsparse
sparse array
sparsely
sparsen
sparseness
sparse table
sparsification
sparsify
sparsistency
sparsistent
sparsity
ultrasparse
unsparse
Translations:
muchacha
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Spanish muchachabor.
English muchacha
Borrowed from Spanish muchacha.
Inflected forms:
form: muchachas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Latino woman or girl.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
muchacho
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Spanish muchachobor.
English muchacho
Borrowed from Spanish muchacho.
Inflected forms:
form: muchachos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An informal term of address, especially to a young man; similar to man, chap, dude, etc.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Hey there, my muchacho. How's it going?
Translations:
cabeza
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cabeza (“head”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Beef cheek or similar meat, especially in Mexican cooking
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
lengua
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). Doublet of langue, lingua, and tongue.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
codo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish codo (“elbow, Spanish cubit”), from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Doublet of cubit and covado. Compare codo.
Inflected forms:
form: codos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
vena
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Latin vēna. Doublet of vein.
Inflected forms:
form: venae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of vein.
pos: noun
Translations:
descriptor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēscrīptōris. Compare describe.
Inflected forms:
form: descriptors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
pos: noun
gloss: That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
pos: noun
Related words: identifier
Derived words: file descriptor
segment descriptor
stereodescriptor
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: kuvaaja
lang: Indonesian
word: deskriptor
lang: Japanese
word: 記述語
roman: kijutsu-go
lang: Malay
word: pemerihal
lang: Malay
word: petunjuk
lang: Polish
word: deskryptor
lang: Portuguese
word: descritor
lang: Romanian
word: descriptor
lang: Spanish
word: descriptor
flusher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From Middle English flusshere, equivalent to flush + -er.
Base: flush
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: flushers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
pos: noun
gloss: A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Each flusher is typically paid $20 to $50. Fleets of cars, buses, and other vehicles are also at the ready to ferry voters to and from the polls.
Derived words: four-flusher
Translations:
wonton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹, wan⁴ tan⁴).
Inflected forms:
form: wonton
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wontons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: won ton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Canada
Indonesia
US
form: wanton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Philippines
Singapore
form: wan ton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Philippines
Singapore
form: huntun
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Philippines
Singapore
form: wantan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Malaysia
Singapore
form: wan tan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Malaysia
Singapore
Senses:
gloss: A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
pos: noun
examples: The wonton will be done when the crab filling is cooked through and the wonton are very soft.
When the water boils again, the wonton are ready to be inhaled with a little chicken broth.
Arrange cooked or uncooked filled wonton in a single layer on a baking sheet. Cover and place in freezer. When the wonton are frozen, transfer to freezer bag.
The congee with crab is a best seller, while wonton are generously filled and flavoursome.
Translations:
palpitation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French palpitation, from Latin palpitatio.
Inflected forms:
form: palpitations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.
Translations:
recyclable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos
Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der.
Late Latin cyclusbor.
Middle English cicle
English cycle
English recycle
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English recyclable
From recycle + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: recyclables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Able to be recycled.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Soda cans are recyclable.
People are reminded again, as before, please do not leave plastic bottles, milk containers or otherwise at the Bring Centre – there are no plastic containers there any longer for such recyclable materials.
gloss: An object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.
pos: noun
examples: The garbage and recyclables need to be taken out to the street tomorrow.
A pull-out trash drawer gives you a place to hide kitchen waste and recyclables.
Translations:
inlet
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- + let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).
Base: let
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: inlets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: inlets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inletting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inlet
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inlet
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
pos: noun
gloss: A passage that leads into a cavity.
pos: noun
examples: 1748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;
gloss: To let in; admit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To insert; inlay.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The team said that many of the bones unearthed were the remains of children, leading them to believe the practice of deforming skulls “may have been inlet and dangerous.”
gloss: To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
pos: verb
Synonyms: inlet
Derived words: inleted
inlet manifold
inlet valve
Translations:
boak
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English bolken (“to belch, vomit”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken & bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.
Inflected forms:
form: boaks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boaking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boaked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boaked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To burp.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
gloss: To retch or vomit.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
examples: — God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.
I was going to boak: I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked!’).
She had to keep stopping to spit gobbits of rising boak into sinks and old tea mugs.
Related words: bolk
Derived words: the dry boak
Translations:
duh
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Imitative, indicating stupidity by mocking the speech of an intellectually disabled person.
Inflected forms:
form: der
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: dur
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: durr
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: well duh
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: well, duh
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A disdainful indication that something is obvious.
pos: intj
examples: It's hot in the desert. - Well, duh!
gloss: An indication of mock stupidity.
pos: intj
examples: Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!
gloss: A nonsensical utterance by an individual about to go unconscious, especially if they're dizzy.
pos: intj
examples: Duuhh... I don't feel so good now...
Synonyms: der
derp
doy
no duh
no kidding
no shit
obviously!
you don't say
Related words: ah
d'oh
huh
oh
Derived words: duh factor
induhvidual
well duh
Translations:
usurpation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -ation.
Base: usurp
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: usurpations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]
Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation!
gloss: Trespass onto another's property without permission.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A taking or use without right.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: usurp
usurper
Translations:
closed-source
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
Etymology: From closed + source, in reference to source code.
Compound parts: closed
source
Inflected forms:
form: closed source
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Whose constituent makeup, or source code, is not made publicly available.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: open-source
Translations:
neocon
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Clipping of neoconservative.
Inflected forms:
form: neocons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: neo-con
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: neo-con
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A neoconservative.
pos: noun
tags: US
derogatory
possibly
examples: I realized today that the politics of divisiveness embraced by the neocons has worked, and it has worked on me.
[The film's] message is that Iraq's fabled "weapons of mass destruction" did not exist, and that neocons within the administration fabricated them, lied about them, and were ready to kill to cover up their deception.
gloss: Neoconservative.
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: Even Paul Wolfowitz, the former George W. Bush administration official credited as one of the architects behind the Iraq War and an anchor of the neocon movement, said he may vote for Clinton.
Translations:
esquire
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English esquier, from Old French escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer (compare modern French écuyer (“shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman”)), from Late Latin scūtārius (“shieldmaker, shield-bearer”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”); probably akin to English hide (“to cover”). The term squire is the result of apheresis. Compare equerry, escutcheon.
Inflected forms:
form: esquires
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A lawyer.
pos: noun
tags: US
usually
gloss: A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
pos: noun
examples: I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace.
Esquires and gentlemen are confounded together by Sir Edward Coke, who observes that every esquire is a gentleman, and a gentleman is defined to be one qui arma gerit, who bears coat-armour, the grant of which was thought to add gentility to a man's family. It is indeed a matter somewhat unsettled what constitutes the distinction, or who is a real esquire; for no estate, however large, per se confers this rank upon its owner.
gloss: An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
pos: noun
gloss: A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
pos: noun
gloss: A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: The office of the esquire consisted of several departments; the esquire for the body, the esquire of the chamber, the esquire of the stable, and the carving esquire; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests.
Derived words: esquireship
esquiress
Translations:
requital
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From requite + -al, 1570-1580.
Base: requite
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: requitals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love.
My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.
In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let me beg that you make in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.
What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.
But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.
Derived words: nonrequital
Translations:
gibbet
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).
Inflected forms:
form: gibbets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gibbets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gibbeting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gibbetting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gibbeted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gibbeted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: gibbetted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gibbetted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: gallows
Thy Friends without the help of Prophecie, / Read Goals^([sic – meaning Gaols]) and Gibbets in thy Deſtiny; […]
No, had every Commandment but a Gibbet belonging to it, I ſhould not have had four King's Evidences to-day ſwear impudently I was a Papiſt, when I was never at Maſs yet ſince I was born, nor indeed at any other Worſhip theſe twenty Years.
Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!
gloss: The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended.
pos: noun
gloss: A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.
pos: noun
gloss: To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may perhaps be degraded in another part, and some of his limbs gibbeted, as it were, in the vilest stall in town. Where, then, lies the difference between the food of the nobleman and the porter, if both are at dinner on the same ox or calf, but in the seasoning, the dressing, the garnishing, and the setting forth?
gloss: To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: flibberty-gibbet
Derived words: gibbetlike
Translations:
bento
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 弁(べん)当(とう) (bentō). Doublet of biandang.
Inflected forms:
form: bento
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bentos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bentō
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
pos: noun
tags: also
attributive
gloss: Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).
pos: noun
gloss: A generic meal packed in a disposable bento box.
pos: noun
tags: Singapore
broadly
examples: Typical Singaporean lunch bento wolved down in 5 minutes
gloss: A menu icon of nine squares in a grid.
pos: noun
gloss: A layout consisting of cards arranged in a modular, irregularly partitioned grid.
pos: noun
Derived words: bento box
Translations:
psychosomatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
English somatic
English psychosomatic
From psycho- + somatic.
Inflected forms:
form: more psychosomatic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most psychosomatic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to both the mind and the body.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
gloss: Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.
pos: adj
examples: Even the “unconscious” frequently prefers physical problems to psychological ones as suggested by the prevalence of psychosomatic ailments: physical symptoms--for example, stomach aches--caused by an emotional problem. It has been estimated that more than 50% of a physicians’ practice involves the treatment of psychosomatic complaints.
Related words: somatoform
Derived words: nonpsychosomatic
psychosomatically
psychosomatician
psychosomaticist
Translations:
chromic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: of, relating to, or containing chromium, especially in oxidation state 3
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
diadem
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).
Inflected forms:
form: diadems
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: diademe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: diadems
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: diademming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: diademing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: diademmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: diademmed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: diademed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: diademed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: diademe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
pos: noun
examples: The Apollon wing of the Louvre has a set of historic crowns, diadems and sovereign jewellery.
gloss: A crown.
pos: noun
examples: And vvhen the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouervveigh his vvearie vvitleſſe head, / And fall like mellovved fruit, vvith ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:
I am his firſt borne ſonne, that vvas the laſt / That vvare the Imperiall Diademe of Rome, […]
The fever’d diadem on my brow / I claim’d and won usurpingly— / Hath not the same fierce heirdom given / Rome to the Caesar—this to me?
gloss: Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
pos: noun
gloss: An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.
pos: noun
gloss: To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
pos: verb
examples: The star of her destiny is the morning star of the new-born century. O’er the Golden Gate it glitters, diademming this youthful Queen of the Pacific in her robes of freedom gorgeously inlaid with gold.
Paul cites as an example the Macedonian churches and mentions specifically several things about their liberality which adorn their grace and crown it with beauty as the lily work diademmed the pillars of the Temple.
From many lands and from far distant climes have come great men and women to rest within our heart and to do great deeds and shape the noble events that have diademmed our crown with stars of splendor.
butt (maomant scoffin, but apoxyomenously deturbaned but thems bleachin banes will be after making a bashman’s haloday out of the euphorious hagiohygiecynicism of his die and be diademmed).
Vardan, brave champion [or, “martyr”] who routed the enemy,
 You diademmed the Church in your rosy blood.
Derived words: diadem lemur
diadem monkey
diadem spider
Translations:
midbrain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
Proto-Germanic *bragną
Proto-West Germanic *bragn
Old English bræġn
Middle English brayn
English brain
English midbrain
From mid- + brain.
Inflected forms:
form: midbrains
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: middlebrain
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
pos: noun
examples: When the instinctive and subconscious world of the snake is confronted in initiation, the vital force of the snake rises and floods the second brain, the midbrain, the limbic ring.
Translations:
parfait
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of parfit, perfect, perfecto, and perfectus.
Inflected forms:
form: parfaits
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
gloss: An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was a parfait of puréed avocados, whipped cream, sugar and vanilla, which had been molded into a rectangle atop a peanut-butter crust and then bedecked with tiny wild strawberries. […] We were utterly transfixed, and we were quickly out of parfait.
gloss: A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
Related words: parfait amour
parfait d'amour
Derived words: parfait spoon
Translations:
thixotropic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek θίξις (thíxis)
Proto-Indo-European *trep-der.
Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor.
English -tropic
English thixotropic
From Ancient Greek θίξις (thíxis, “touch”) + English -tropic.
Inflected forms:
form: more thixotropic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most thixotropic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Becoming a fluid when agitated but solid or semi-solid when allowed to stand.
pos: adj
Translations:
crimen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ecclesiastical
law
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin crīmen (“verdict; adultery; crime”). Doublet of crime.
Inflected forms:
form: crimina
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1884, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 3rd Series, Volume V, page 416,
Such presumptions are common in connection with crimen and affinity.
2006, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, Volumes 29-30, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, page 7,
Third, some might think that Michael avoids the impediment of crimen because a civil court approved his petition to deprive Terri of nutrition and hydration.
Translations:
prod
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of earlier brod (perhaps through influence of poke; compare prog), from Middle English brodden (“to goad, incite, urge; to sprout”), from brod (“goad, nail; shoot, sprout”), from Old Norse broddr (“shaft, spike, thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz. Cognate with Icelandic broddur, Danish brod. Doublet of brad. Or, from or influenced by sound symbolism.
Inflected forms:
form: prods
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: prodding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: prodded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: prodded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: prods
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To poke, to push, to touch.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To encourage, to prompt.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
gloss: To prick with a goad.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.
pos: noun
gloss: A prick or stab with such a pointed instrument.
pos: noun
gloss: A poke.
pos: noun
examples: "It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a prod on the shoulder.
gloss: A light kind of crossbow; a prodd.
pos: noun
examples: The 125-pound prod (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.
Derived words: prodder
proddy
prodnose
unprodded
cattle prod
on the prod
stock prod
Translations:
scienter
Part of speech: adv
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Latin scienter (“knowingly”), from sciō (“know”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: deliberately, knowingly
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: knowledge of one's own illegal acts; intent
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
sarabande
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
Etymology: Borrowed from French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda.
Inflected forms:
form: sarabandes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: saraband
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sarabrand
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: zarabanda
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A 16th-century Spanish dance.
pos: noun
gloss: A stately Baroque dance in slow triple time.
pos: noun
gloss: The music for either of these dances.
pos: noun
Translations:
hayride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hay + ride.
Compound parts: hay
ride
Inflected forms:
form: hayrides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A recreational ride in a vehicle full of hay.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
hawser
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English hauser, haucer, from Anglo-Norman haucer, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre (“to raise”), derived from Latin altus (“high”). Altered in English by mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul. Compare French aussière, haussière.
Inflected forms:
form: hawsers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: mooring line
The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All around the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like a little mountain stream.
A hatchet to my hawser? all adrift to go?
Translations:
bewitched
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more bewitched
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bewitched
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
pos: adj
examples: "I have heard my grandmother tell that story, and she used also to tell another about a mill-goblin somewhere up in the country, where no one could get anything ground at the mill, it was so bewitched."
gloss: entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
pos: adj
Derived words: bewitchedly
bewitchedness
unbewitched
water bewitched
widow bewitched
Translations:
cougar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.
Inflected forms:
form: cougars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: couguar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
pos: noun
examples: They are found in Brasil, Paraguay, and in the country of the Amazons; and there is reason to believe that the animal, described by some travellers, under the name of the Ocorome, in Peru, is the same as the cougar, as well as that in the country of the Iroquois, which has been considered as a tiger, thought it is neither striped like that animal, nor spotted like the panther.
The Cougar has entirely disappeared, or is very rarely met with. This animal was about the size of the wolf, of a gray color, strong, active, fierce and untameable.
The only indigenous long tailed cat in America north of the parallel of 30 degrees is the cougar. The wild cats, so called, are lynxes with short tails; and of these there are three distinct species.
Winter’s task was to illustrate cougars—also known as mountain lions—in an urban environment. His research led him to biologist Jeff Sikich, whose work with a mountain lion population in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area on the outskirts of L.A. seemed promising.
gloss: An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
derogatory
slang
examples: A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.
I am 26 years old and in a respectful but super-sexual relationship with a recent divorcée in her 40s. (A "cougar," in local slang.)
Barney Stinson: She's a cougar, Ted! / Robin Scherbatsky: I thought you said you can't be a cougar if you're over 50.
“Younger can be good. How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites. “I don't know,” Alexa said frowning. “Why does that matter?” “Less than eight years makes you a Puma. Over eight years makes you a Cougar,” Regina said wisely, grinning as Lauren nodded excitedly in agreement.
“Early on, when we were dating, I was like, ‘Do you think I’m a cougar?’” she recalls with a laugh. When Woolfolk started growing out his salt-and-pepper beard, she was thrilled.
Derived words: cougarhood
cougaring
cougarish
cougarlike
cougarness
Translations:
injurious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English injurious, from Anglo-Norman enjurius, from Latin iniūriōsus; analysable as injury + -ous.
Base: injury
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more injurious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most injurious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
pos: adj
gloss: Causing harm to one's reputation; invidious, defamatory, libelous, slanderous.
pos: adj
examples: This injurious explanation dethroned the remainder of Bunson's dignity entirely.
Synonyms: scathel
harmful
hurtful
defamatory
invidious
libelous
slanderous
Derived words: injuriously
injuriousness
non-injurious
noninjurious
preinjurious
self-injurious
subinjurious
uninjurious
Translations:
tenebrous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: ]
From Middle English tenebrose, from Anglo-Norman tenebrous (earlier tenebrus), from Latin tenebrōsus, itself from tenebrae (“darkness, shadows”).
Inflected forms:
form: more tenebrous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tenebrous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tenebrious
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Dark and gloomy; obscure.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
literary
examples: Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress
Met in a dusky arch,[…]
[…]and it is inevitable that her murdered spirit become a denizen of Jerusalem's tenebrous woods.
White was more delicate, more feminine, more beautiful. Dark was more robust, more masculine, more tenebrous.
Although Ishiguro’s novels are arguably more overtly concerned with emo- tional and psychological matters than with historical ones, it is certainly no accident that he sets all of his novels, as Margaret Atwood maintains, “against tenebrous historical backdrops.”
Translations: