yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
fore
Part of speech: adj
intj
noun
adv
Morphological type: simple
Topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
sports
transport
Etymology: A development of the prefix fore-.
Inflected forms:
form: foremost
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
pos: adj
tags: no-comparative
obsolete
examples: the fore part of the day
gloss: Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
pos: adj
tags: no-comparative
examples: The fore end of the tape is drawn out, and when the indicator points to this number the end is firmly fixed to the front of the camera.
Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop […]
gloss: An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.
pos: intj
gloss: The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The waiting-room was now less empty than Watt had at first supposed, to judge by the presence, some two paces to Watt's fore, and as many to his right, of what seemed to be an object of some importance.
People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.
gloss: The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: in the fore of the ship
gloss: In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Formerly; previously; afore.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.
gloss: In or towards the bows of a ship.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: fore and aft
Antonyms: latter
aft
Derived words: back and fore
first
fore-and-aft
fore and aft
fore-and-aft cap
fore-and-after
fore and aft rig
fore-and-aft-rigged
foreanent
fore arm
forecheck
foredraft
fore edge
forehatch
forehead
foreline
foremast
foremost
forereef
foreright
foreshore
foreward
fore wing
to the fore
wherefor
whithertofore
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: нос
roman: nos
lang: Dutch
word: voorkant
lang: Finnish
word: etuosa
lang: Finnish
word: keula
lang: French
word: avant
lang: French
word: devant
lang: Galician
word: testa
lang: Galician
word: fronte
lang: Russian
word: нос
roman: nos
lang: Russian
word: пе́ред
roman: péred
lang: Russian
word: пере́дняя ча́сть
roman: perédnjaja částʹ
nimby
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Acronym of not in my back yard. More at NIMBY.
Inflected forms:
form: nimbies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nimbys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: NIMBY
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more nimby
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nimby
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: NIMBY
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
usually
examples: politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)
socially conservative brown (as in shirts) nimbies (may object to the building of jails, prisons, housing for ex-convicts, drinking or adult entertainment establishments)
fiscally conservative green (as in money) nimbies (may object to the building of anything which may decrease preexisting property values)
Of course, in China everything is determined by the state. So many times, when I asked how China had managed to build this network so quickly, I was told that it was because the government had backed it. And, of course, there are fewer Nimbys in an authoritarian state.
gloss: Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
pos: adj
examples: Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.
[…] to be obvious exaggerations of the threats, but rather focused on critiquing the means employed—i.e., the various enforcement techniques that adversely affected innocent bystanders—and in a very nimby (not in my back yard) sort of way.
Antonyms: YIMBY
Translations:
nimbyism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nimby
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English nimbyism
From nimby + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: nimbyisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: NIMBYism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Nimbyism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The ideology of a nimby.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
uncountable
examples: Are the objections to the airport legitimate or is it just a case of nimbyism?
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
And in the case of New York, NIMBYism is ultimately the reason a great global city has become a one-industry town, leaving it unusually vulnerable to pandemic-driven economic dislocations.
Translations:
matrilineal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr
Proto-Italic *mātēr
Latin māterder.
English matri-
English lineal
English matrilineal
From matri- + lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with patrilineal.
Base: lineal
Affixes: matri-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Tracing descent only through female ancestors.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.
Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.
This female hyena also gets erections and is larger, more aggressive than the male hyenas and lives in matrilineal clans of up to 80 individuals governed by an alpha female matriarch.
Antonyms: patrilineal
Translations:
bestiality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bestial
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English bestiality
From bestial + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: bestialities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: beastiality
pos: noun
tags: alternative
misspelling
Senses:
gloss: Sexual activity between a human and another animal species.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Less common, but still frequent, are erect penises, more complete female nudes, copulations, and even scenes of bestiality.
Second, the romance option brings up a unique issue: having sex with an alien. It’s somewhat difficult to say what the Christian should think on this issue because, well, the Bible doesn’t talk about aliens. Probably because they don’t exist (sorry to burst your bubble). Would this be considered bestiality? Or is it not bestiality since they are also beings capable of rational and ethical thought and self-reflection unlike usual animals?
gloss: Bestial nature, savagery, inhumanity, like (or akin to) an animal's.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the pitiful inadequacy of the reforms and the bestiality of the white society
gloss: Any abstract entity similar to a beast.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
gloss: A status of lower animal.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: An animal-like instinct or behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: A mark, trait, or emblem of a beast.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
Related words: beastliness
Derived words: necrobestiality
Translations:
slavey
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
substrateder.?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.?
Proto-Slavic *slov-
Proto-Slavic *-ǫta
Proto-Slavic *Slov-?
Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Slavic *-inъ
Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ
Proto-Slavic *slověninъbor.
Byzantine Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der.
Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor.
Late Latin Sclavus
Medieval Latin sclavusbor.
Old French esclavebor.
Middle English sclave
English slave
English -y
English slavey
From slave + -y.
Piecewise doublet of Slavic.
Inflected forms:
form: slaveys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slavies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A male servant.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
historical
gloss: A female domestic servant; a maid or maidservant.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
historical
examples: I told a man on the links yesterday that I'd been a slavey for nine months. I was trying to explain why I was a suffragette […]
"Doing? Not a Dam' thing. I mean, I was sitting on the bed lighting a cigarette. We'd just come upstairs. Everything was all right; old Peabody in Sydney and the slavey given a night off to go to the pictures."
"The short-haired slavey who had opened the door now put in an appearance as waiter."
Translations:
Amerind
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Blend of American + Indian or possibly blend of American + indigenous. First appears c. 1899 in the publication American Anthropologist.
Compound parts: American
Indian
Inflected forms:
form: Amerinds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An American Indian.
pos: noun
examples: The cultural hiatus associated with the Pine Pollen Zone suggests that Amerinds may have avoided the area.
gloss: Of or relating to a hypothetical, largely discredited higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to Eskimo-Aleut or Na-Dene.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
castellano
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish castellano (“Castilian”), from Medieval Latin Castella (“Castile, Land of Fortresses”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain.
Inflected forms:
form: castellanos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 4.8 g.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A former Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a castellano of gold.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
boudoir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Borrowed from French boudoir, from bouder (“to sulk”), of Germanic origin.
Inflected forms:
form: boudoirs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
pos: noun
examples: The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.
The church like a huge boudoir spread around her; the arches bent down to gather in the shade the confession of her love; the windows shone resplendent to illumine her face, and the censers would burn that she might appear like an angel amid the fumes of the sweet-smelling odours.
Dorcas, faithful to her “young gentlemen,” denied strenuously that it could have been John’s voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr. Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress.
I found her in her boudoir getting outside a dish of tea and a crumpet.
gloss: An army tent.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Related words: boody
withdrawing room
drawing room
Derived words: boudoir bandicoot
boudoir biscuit
boudoir chair
boudoir lamp
boudoir piano
smell like a tart's boudoir
Translations:
bemuse
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From be- + muse. In meaning, influenced by bemaze and later amuse.
Base: muse
Affixes: be-
Inflected forms:
form: bemuses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bemusing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bemused
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bemused
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To confuse or bewilder.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies.
the bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves
With regard to definition-writing students, as a result of having spent years padding out written assignments in order to meet word-length requirements, were somewhat bemused to be told that fewer words were better than a long, wordy definition.
gloss: To be amused, especially sardonically.
pos: verb
tags: proscribed
sometimes
transitive
gloss: To devote to the Muses.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
humorous
examples: When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-mus'd
gloss: To make drunk; to intoxicate.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
slang
transitive
examples: a parson much be-mus'd in beer
This old man generally bemused himself in beer, once a fortnight.
[…] more innocently, and no doubt profitably, than if he had dined at a big-wig's board or bemused himself with smoke and beer among his brethren of the pen.
Derived words: bemusement
Translations:
butt-fucking
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: anal sex
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
slang
vulgar
gloss: Engaging in anal sex
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
not-comparable
slang
vulgar
Translations:
moai
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Rapa Nui mo'aibor.
English moai
Borrowed from Rapa Nui mo'ai (“statue, figurine”).
Inflected forms:
form: moai
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moais
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mo'ai
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: moyai
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
pos: noun
examples: As the years passed, the Moais and Ahus became larger and larger, many with red scoria top crowns weighing as much as ten tons.
Translations:
Athabascan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Athabasca + -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”).
Base: Athabasca
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: Athabaskan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Athapascan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Athapaskan
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Athabascans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Athabaskan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Athapascan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Athapaskan
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honour, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who led the fight for the name change in Congress.
gloss: Any member of these peoples.
pos: noun
Translations:
obligatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligatōrius.
Inflected forms:
form: more obligatory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most obligatory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
pos: adj
examples: an obligatory promise
[…] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
[I]t was something that every schoolboy of my generation almost `had' to do, as obligatory a proof of impending manliness as scrumping apples or pulling girls' pigtails.
gloss: Requiring a matter or obligation.
pos: adj
Synonyms: bounden
mandatory
incumbent
Antonyms: optional
Related words: obligate
obligated
obligation
obligational
obligato
obligatorily
oblige
obligee
obliger
obliging
obligingly
obligingness
obligor
Derived words: disobligatory
nonobligatory
obligala
obligatorification
obligatoriness
obligatorize
unobligatory
Translations:
metamorphosis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
Etymology: First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis
Affixes: meta-
-morph
-osis
Inflected forms:
form: metamorphoses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: With Severne she along doth go, / Her Metamorphosis to show ; / And makes the wand’ring Wy declaim / In honour of the British name.
I wonder’d at ſuch a Metamorphoſis in ſo ſhort a time, he told me, ’twas for the death of his Wife, that Nature had thus antedated his Years ; ’tis true, that a weighty ſetled ſorrow is of that force, that beſides the contraction of the Spirits, it will work upon the radical moiſture, and dry it up, ſo that the Hair can have no moiſture at the Root.
Where is the gloriously-decisive change, / Metamorphosis the immeasurable / Of human clay to divine gold, we looked / Should, in some poor sort, justify its price ?
gloss: A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The station has been refurbished both at ground level and below ground, where the wide, fluorescently lit platforms are an almost unrecognisable metamorphosis of the dingy, reeking Low Level of old.
gloss: A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: metamorphic
metamorphose
metamorphosize
metamorphism
Derived words: hemimetamorphosis
holometamorphosis
hypermetamorphosis
intermetamorphosis
metamorphosic
metamorphosist
metramorphosis
prometamorphosis
semimetamorphosis
ultrametamorphosis
Translations:
foggy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From fog + -y, originally in the sense "covered with tall grass; marshy; thick". It is not clear whether fog (“mist”) is a back-formation from foggy (“covered with tall, obscuring grass”) or has a separate Germanic origin, and hence whether foggy (“covered with tall grass”) and foggy (“obscured by mist”) represent one word or two. See fog ("mist"; "tall grass") for more.
Base: fog
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: foggier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: foggiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
pos: adj
examples: At Esher we were getting out into bright sunshine, and apart from another foggy patch between Farnborough and Winchfield, we had a clear run from then on.
gloss: Confused, befuddled, or vague.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: He was still foggy with sleep.
If she knew [a psychiatrist was] observing her son with a view to finding out if he was foggy between the ears, there would be umbrage on her part, or even dudgeon.
gloss: Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)
pos: adj
examples: For they will feed on foggy grass and such like. Also ye shall understand that horses and Cattel may not well be foddered in Winter all together, but […]
[…] for as he shuts up his meadow at Christmas, leaves such foggy grass behind, and manures well, in case a wet hot summer succeeds, […]
See swingin' owr the foggy swaird, Begrac'd wi' angel features, […]
Derived words: foggily
fogginess
Foggy Bottom
unfoggy
Translations:
bloomery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bloom
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English bloomery
From bloom (“metal, see etym.3”) + -ery.
Inflected forms:
form: bloomeries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bloomary
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A forge in which wrought iron is made straight from ore.
pos: noun
examples: The natives had probably smelted it themselves in their rude bloomeries, […]
Translations:
tomboy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Aramaic תאמא
Aramaic תאומאbor.
Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor.
Latin Thōmāsbor.
Middle English Thomas
Middle English Thomme
English Tom
English tom
Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-
Proto-Germanic *bō-
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English tomboy
From tom + boy. First attested in Ralph Roister Doister (published 1567, written circa 1552), where it is used to describe a boisterous girl; the OED says the citation is however "generally taken" to mean a boisterous boy, and says that a use in The Old Law (published 1656, thought to have been written circa 1599) "certainly" means a boy: "must young court-tits / play tomboys' tricks with her?" By 1579 it was attested in the meaning "an immodest woman", and by no later than 1592 it had developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”.
Inflected forms:
form: tomboys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tom boy
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
pos: noun
examples: His sister, his dearest and only playmate, is a tomboy at heart.
“When you have a little girl like mine who is obsessed with the ocean and giant squids and insect infestations in homes, she’s considered weird or odd or a tomboy when in fact, science and things like that should be considered girly.”
gloss: A rude, boisterous boy.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: An immodest or bold woman.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A butch lesbian.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
colloquial
Related words: tomgirl
Derived words: tomboyhood
tomboyish
tomboyism
tomboylike
Translations:
attendance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, from atendre (“to attend, listen”).
Inflected forms:
form: attendances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: attendaunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Attendance at the meeting is required.
All those in attendance are to sign this slip.
The Prince of Wales will read the Queen's Speech on Her Majesty's behalf, with the Duke of Cambridge also in attendance.
gloss: A tally or listing of the persons present.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The class sat down so that the teacher could take attendance.
The workshop […] was extremely successful with an attendance of more than 380 participants from government, the private sector and members of Trade Associations for Grains, Seed and Cocoa Federation.
gloss: The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: John's attendance for the conventions was not good.
gloss: Attention paid to something; careful regard.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The matter required his immediate attendance.
gloss: Maid service.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "And what are you going to charge me?" There had come a kindly, almost a friendly note into his voice. "With attendance, mind! I shall expect you to give me attendance, and I need hardly ask if you can cook, Mrs. Bunting?"
Related words: bums in seats
Derived words: attendance allowance
attendance check
attendance order
attendance record
attendance sheet
attendance slip
dance attendance
in attendance
inattendance
non-attendance
nonattendance
reattendance
take attendance
turnstile attendance
unattendance
underattendance
Translations:
factorial
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: combinatorics
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English factor
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisder.
Old French -ialder.
Middle English -ial
English -ial
English factorial
From factor + -ial.
Inflected forms:
form: factorials
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more factorial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most factorial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.
pos: noun
examples: The expression #123;#125;#95;nC#95;r means the number of combinations of n things taken r at a time. It is also written #92;binomnr, and is equal to#92;frac#123;n(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)#92;cdots#92;cdots(n-r#43;1)#125;#123;r#33;#125;or n#33;#47;r#33;(n-r)#33;, in which r#33; is read "factorial r" and denotes the product of all the integral numbers from 1 to r inclusive.
This playing around with consecutive integers reminded one of the students of factorials, and he asked about products of integers, which I said could be expressed similarly as#92;prod#95;#123;k#61;1#125;ⁿk#61;1#92;cdot 2#92;cdot 3#92;cdotsn.But what does this equal?
Well, of course we can say that it is equal to n factorial and write#92;prod#95;#123;k#61;1#125;ⁿk#61;n#33; and then use our calculators, but inventing a new symbol like 'factorial' feels like an admission of defeat!
gloss: Of or pertaining to a factor or factorial.
pos: adj
examples: I shall denote, as usual, the factorial product of the numbers up to n by n#33;, but I have found it necessary to introduce a separate notation for the products of successive even or odd numbers. I consequently definen#33;#33;#61;n#92;cdot(n-2)#33;#33;.Starting with1#33;#33;#61;1,#92;quad 2#33;#33;#61;2,it follows that, for positive values of n,n#33;#33;#61;n#92;cdotn-2#92;cdotn-4#92;cdots,where the last factor is either 1 or 2, according as n is odd or even.
The definition of addition is an example of definition by induction, sometimes called recursive definition. As another example of this, consider the following inductive definition of the factorial function.
We define n#33; for n#92;in#92;mathbbN by the following two properties,
(i) 1#33; is defined to be 1,
(ii) for all k#92;in#92;mathbbN, we define (k#43;1)#33; to be (k#43;1)#92;timesk#33;.
gloss: Of or pertaining to a factor, a kind of business agent.
pos: adj
examples: The latter sold the goods to a customer who was cashier to certain creditors of the agents without disclosing the factorial capacity in which they acted.
gloss: Of or pertaining to a factory.
pos: adj
tags: dated
Related words: primorial
Derived words: bifactorial
factorial experiment
factoriality
factorialization
factorialize
factorially
factorial table
hyperfactorial
interfactorial
monofactorial
multifactorial
nonfactorial
plurifactorial
polyfactorial
semifactorial
subfactorial
superfactorial
trifactorial
unifactorial
Translations:
soothing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more soothing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most soothing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: soothings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Tending to soothe or mollify.
pos: adj
examples: soothing music
gloss: Giving relief.
pos: adj
examples: a soothing ointment
gloss: Freeing from fear or anxiety.
pos: adj
examples: soothing words
gloss: The act by which somebody is soothed.
pos: noun
examples: There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.
I'll take you to the highest mountain
To the depths of the deepest sea
And we won't need a map, believe me
Now let my body do the moving
And let my hands do the soothing
Let me show you the world in my eyes
Derived words: oversoothing
soothingly
soothingness
unsoothing
Translations:
placate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: First attested in the late 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin plācātus, perfect passive participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more), ultimately thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: placates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: placating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: placated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: placated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The gleam of the light on the paper placated his professional anger, and he wrote rapidly, the final dash of his signature curling the paper up in a triangular tear.
To-day a deity who should require bleeding sacrifices to placate him would be too sanguinary to be taken seriously.
They turned their shoulders to her most savage slashes, and with wagging tails and mincing steps strove to placate her wrath.
For the rest of the term he tormented Philip cruelly, and, though Philip tried to keep out of his way, the school was so small that it was impossible; he tried being friendly and jolly with him; he abased himself, so far as to buy him a knife; but though Singer took the knife he was not placated.
Here he again approached Teeka only to be again greeted with bared fangs and menacing growls. He sought to placate her; he urged his friendly intentions, and craned his neck to have a look at Teeka’s balu; but the she-ape was not to be persuaded that he meant other than harm to her little one.
Her [Bari Weiss's] critics — including the “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported the segment, Sharyn Alfonsi — saw it as an attempt by CBS to placate the administration.
Translations:
harmonious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French harmonieux; by surface analysis, harmony + -ous.
Inflected forms:
form: more harmonious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most harmonious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Showing accord in feeling or action.
pos: adj
examples: The team worked in a harmonious atmosphere, achieving great results.
gloss: Having components pleasingly or appropriately combined.
pos: adj
examples: The garden had a harmonious design, with flowers and shrubs complementing each other.
gloss: Melodious; in harmony.
pos: adj
examples: The choir’s voices blended in a harmonious melody.
Related words: disharmonious
Derived words: dysharmonious
harmoniously
harmoniousness
inharmonious
nonharmonious
Translations:
verify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.
Inflected forms:
form: verifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: verifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: verified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: verified
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters."
gloss: To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.
gloss: To affirm something formally, under oath.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: reverify
self-verified
unverified
verifiable
verification
voice verify
Translations:
pleasing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
Base: please
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: more pleasing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pleasing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: pleasings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
pos: adj
examples: These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance.
Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
gloss: pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
Derived words: self-pleasing
Translations:
pacify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French pacifier, from Latin pāx (“peace”) + faciō (“to do, make”). Cognate with pay and peacify.
Inflected forms:
form: pacifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pacifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pacified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pacified
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Near-synonyms: peacify, repacify, allay, locarnize
Their orders were to pacify the province by destroying resistance.
gloss: To appease (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Watt decided in the end that an examination of Erskine's room was essential, if his mind was to be pacified, in this connexion.
Screaming feed me here
Fill me up again
Temporarily pacifying
Synonyms: allay
ameliorate
appease
assuage
becalm
bestill
bring down
calm
calm down
cool down
cool off
delay
hose down
lull
mollify
pacify
peacen
placate
put at ease
quell
relax
soothe
still
temper
Antonyms: agitate
becraze
enrage
harass
provoke
taunt
Related words: pacific
pacifier
pacifism
pacifist
pacifistic
passive
peace
calmness
Derived words: pacifiable
pacifier
pacifyingly
repacify
unpacify
unpacifying
Translations:
enjoyment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From enjoy + -ment.
Base: enjoy
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: enjoyments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of enjoying anything.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company.
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
Our Republic continues to increase in the enjoyment of freedom within its borders, and to offer strength and encouragement to all those who love freedom throughout the world.
gloss: An enjoyable state of mind; a feeling of satisfaction or delight from a situation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I experienced more enjoyment from summer camp than any part of school.
All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which must be fruitful in other consequences besides those particular acts.
gloss: An activity that gives pleasure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Is it, haply, an idle occupation, or is the time ill-spent that is spent in roaming the world in quest, not of its enjoyments, but of those arduous toils whereby the good mount upwards to the abodes of everlasting life?
gloss: The exercise of a legal right.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: amusement
joy
happiness
hedonism
Derived words: disenjoyment
reenjoyment
unenjoyment
Translations:
multitude
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- + -itude.
Affixes: multi-
-itude
Inflected forms:
form: multitudes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
pos: noun
examples: Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)
A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons.
On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
We found Pop Glossop in his pantry polishing silver, and put in our order. He seemed a little surprised at the inrush of such a multitude, but on learning that our tongues were hanging out obliged with a bottle of the best […]
Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
gloss: The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
pos: noun
examples: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil
Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be caſt into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a ſwiniſh multitude.
Derived words: contain multitudes
multitudinous
of multitude
overmultitude
Translations:
discography
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From disco- + -graphy. First attested in 1933.
Inflected forms:
form: discographies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: diskography
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A catalog of the total releases of a musical act (usually with release dates of, and often other information about, the releases).
pos: noun
gloss: A complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: Radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.
pos: noun
Related words: bibliography
comicography
filmography
sessionography
softography
videography
Derived words: discographic
Translations:
spoonerism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From Spooner + -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups.
Base: Spooner
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: spoonerisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Spoonerism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
pos: noun
tags: rhetoric
examples: Undergraduates at Oxford University were playfully fond of Spooner, whom they nicknamed "the Spoo". They also coined the term "spoonerism" around 1885, after Spooner had been a fellow at New College for almost twenty years. By 1892, his reputation for absentmindedness was well known; students came to New College expecting to hear a spoonerism.
Translations:
aforesaid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English aforesaid(e), aforeseid(e), past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”). Equivalent to afore- + said.
Base: said
Affixes: afore-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Previously stated; said or named before.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I soon took pity upon them and on myself, and rode off; but before I had crossed the aforesaid green glade, I heard their voices and laughter rising gaily as before. Very impertinent!
Antonyms: following
Translations:
latter
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English latter, lattere, lattre, from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Equivalent to late + -er, thus a doublet of later; also, related to last, whose doublet is latest.
Base: late
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or being the second of two items.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).
On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior
gloss: Near (or nearer) to the end.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the latter part of the century
gloss: In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In his latter years my dad became very absent-minded.
Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […]?
Antonyms: former
Related words: last
latter-day
latterly
lattermath
Derived words: at latter Lammas
latter end
lattermost
latterness
Translations:
pygmalion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Pygmalion, from Ancient Greek Πυγμαλίων (Pugmalíōn), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pʿmytn /⁠puġ‘mayaton⁠/), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤍 (pmyytn /⁠pumayyaton⁠/, “Pumay has given”), from Phoenician 𐤐𐤌𐤉 (pmy, “Pumay”) + Phoenician 𐤉𐤕𐤍 (ytn /⁠yaton⁠/, “to give”).
Inflected forms:
form: pygmalions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with).
pos: noun
Translations:
efflux
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”). See also effluxion.
Inflected forms:
form: effluxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: effluxes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: effluxing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: effluxed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: effluxed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The process of flowing out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We all age through the efflux of time.
The efflux of matter from a boil can be painful.
It is there that the devout affections, undisturbed by other faculties, are incessantly in efflux.
1988, Elizabeth Sagey, Degree of closure in complex segments, Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst (editors), Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes, Part 1, Linguistic Models 12a, page 176,
The remaining effluxes are pronounced without audible velar release.
By facilitating efflux of drugs from the intracellular domain, these proteins reduce cytotoxicity and thus confer drug resistance.
gloss: Something which has flowed out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the efflux of a boil
Prime cheerer, light! […] Efflux divine.
Thus between the earth and the sky there is a perpetual exchange of effluxes following a double way, ascending and descending. From the earth and sea arise effluxes, some dry, others moist.
gloss: To run out; to flow forth.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To pass away.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
Antonyms: influx
Derived words: effluxome
radioefflux
Translations:
effluence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French effluence, from Latin effluentia.
Inflected forms:
form: effluences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of flowing out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something that flows out; the issue.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But we have grounds to believe, that there are yet other Rays or Effluences from the Sun, which neither Feeling nor Sight can apprehend, but which are to be inferred from the effects.
The doctrine of spiritism is associated in Shinto with the word Mitama, for which "spirit" is the nearest English equivalent. Strictly speaking, the Mitama is not the God, but an emanation or effluence from him, which inhabits his temple, and is the vehicle of his action at a distance from the place where he himself resides.
Related words: effluent
Translations:
outflow
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English outflowen, from late Old English ūtflōwan (attested in the past tense as ūt flēow), equivalent to out- + flow. The noun is derived from the verb.
Base: flow
Affixes: out-
Inflected forms:
form: outflows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: outflows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: outflowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: outflowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: outflowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The process of flowing out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A fluid that flows out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Borg’s home, which he built with his wife and two sons among tall conifers 33 years ago, overlooks the Nipigon River, an outflow from the lake of the same name.
gloss: Any outward movement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A stream of gaseous material emanating from an active galactic nucleus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The part of a system that allows material to flow out.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something that flows out of a sewage treatment plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To flow outward.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: bipolar outflow
circumstellar outflow
galactic outflow
galactic-scale outflow
mass outflow
Mediterranean outflow
molecular outflow
outflow boundary
Translations:
permease
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English permeate
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
English diastase
English -ase
English permease
From permeate + -ase.
Inflected forms:
form: permeases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several enzymes that transport membrane proteins.
pos: noun
Translations:
regulon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English regulate
English -on
English regulon
From regulate + -on.
Inflected forms:
form: regulons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A group of genes that are regulated by the same regulatory molecule. The genes of a regulon share a common regulatory element binding site or promoter. The genes comprising a regulon may be located non-contiguously in the genome
pos: noun
Translations: