yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
eye-catcher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: anime
broadcasting
film
media
television
Etymology: From eye + catcher.
Compound parts: eye
catcher
Inflected forms:
form: eye-catchers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eyecatcher
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: an eye-catching person or thing
pos: noun
gloss: synonym of eyecatch.
pos: noun
Translations:
eye-catching
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more eye-catching
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most eye-catching
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Visually attractive.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
examples: The substitute then scored again when the ball broke to him following another jagged run by Walcott, who saved his most eye-catching contribution for stoppage time, when he turned up on the left wing and scampered into the area before showing splendid composure to ignore a foul and dink the ball over Krul.
gloss: That attracts the attention; attention-grabbing.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
Derived words: eye-catchingly
Translations:
eyedropper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From eye + dropper.
Compound parts: eye
dropper
Inflected forms:
form: eyedroppers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eye dropper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eye-dropper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A dropper for administering eyedrops.
pos: noun
Translations:
eye-drops
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: eyedrops
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eye drops
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: a saline liquid, used to administer medication to the eye
pos: noun
tags: plural
Translations:
understrength
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English strength
English understrength
From under- + strength.
Inflected forms:
form: more understrength
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most understrength
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking in number (of a military unit, sport team, etc.)
pos: adj
gloss: Lacking in strength or durability (of a material or structure)
pos: adj
Translations:
eyeful
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From eye + -ful.
Base: eye
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: eyefuls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eyesful
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eye-full
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more eyeful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most eyeful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: eye-full
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A full or complete view; a good look.
pos: noun
examples: Get an eyeful of this!
gloss: A remarkable sight or a very attractive person.
pos: noun
tags: ironic
sometimes
gloss: Enough material to fill one's eye.
pos: noun
examples: I could barely see through two eyefuls of dust.
an eyeful of tears
gloss: A brief period of sleep; forty winks.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: We pulled our heavy overcoats tightly around us, shivering, and put our heads down as the din of fighting stopped for a while to grab an eyeful of sleep.
gloss: Filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable.
pos: adj
examples: With this, he hung them up aloft, upon a tamrick bough, As eyeful trophies [...]
Translations:
eyeglass
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From eye + glass.
Compound parts: eye
glass
Inflected forms:
form: eyeglasses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
pos: noun
gloss: A monocle.
pos: noun
gloss: An eyepiece.
pos: noun
gloss: The lens of the eye.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)
Derived words: eyeglassed
Translations:
eyestrain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
Etymology: From eye + strain.
Compound parts: eye
strain
Inflected forms:
form: eyestrains
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Tiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
eyewash
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From eye + wash.
Compare typologically Russian глаз замы́лился (glaz zamýlilsja) (akin to мы́ло (mýlo), мыть (mytʹ)).
Compound parts: eye
wash
Inflected forms:
form: eyewashes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eyewashes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: eyewashing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: eyewashed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: eyewashed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
examples: an eyewash station on every floor of the building
a bottle of eyewash
gloss: A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
gloss: Camouflage; disguise; false front; pretense; nonsense.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
slang
uncountable
usually
examples: Near-synonyms: whitewash, window dressing
Talking of being eaten by dogs, there's a dachshund at Brinkley who when you first meet him will give you the impression that he plans to convert you into a light snack between his regular meals. Pay no attention. It's all eyewash. […] He wouldn't hurt a fly, but he has to put up a front because his name's Poppet. One can readily appreciate that when a dog hears himself addressed day in and day out as Poppet, he feels he must throw his weight about. His self-respect demands it.
gloss: To fool with nonsense or flattery.
pos: verb
gloss: To keep information secret by sending false information to many people in one's own organization, and correct information to a select few.
pos: verb
examples: But others said that eyewashing was a standard security practice that had been in existence for decades.
Related words: eye bleach
eyecare
eyedrops
eyebath
Translations:
flooded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more flooded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flooded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Filled with water from rain or rivers.
pos: adj
gloss: Filled with too much fluid.
pos: adj
gloss: Overwhelmed with too much of something.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: Our phones were flooded with calls after the controversial broadcast.
Synonyms: inundated
Antonyms: unflooded
uninundated
Derived words: flooded gum
nonflooded
Translations:
guaranteed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Made certain; promised.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Some call it soul fire (soul fire) / I call it love's desire / Come on up, I'm gonna take you higher / I'm gonna give you warmth, guaranteed to inspire
Translations:
mandrel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).
Inflected forms:
form: mandrels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mandrels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mandreling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: mandrelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: mandreled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: mandreled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: mandrelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: mandrelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
pos: noun
examples: The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.
gloss: A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
pos: noun
examples: This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.
gloss: To shape with a mandrel.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: spindle
arbor
Translations:
karting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kart
English -ing
English karting
From kart + -ing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An open-wheeled motorsport that uses small vehicles called karts or go-karts.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
byword
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English bīword, bīwyrd, bīwyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī, equivalent to by- + word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German pīwurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English bīspel (“proverb, example”), bīcwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).
Base: word
Affixes: by-
Inflected forms:
form: bywords
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
pos: noun
gloss: A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
pos: noun
examples: Illustrious unfortunates attract a wider sympathy, not because their griefs are more intense, but because, being set on lofty pedestals, they the better serve mankind as instances and bywords of calamity.
gloss: An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
pos: noun
examples: He hath made me also a byword of the people […]
"I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word."
gloss: A nickname or epithet.
pos: noun
Related words: bispel
byspel
Translations:
anionic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek ῐ̓όν (ĭón)
Ancient Greek ἀνῐόν (anĭón)lbor.
English anion
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English anionic
From anion + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more anionic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anionic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: anionics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to an anion.
pos: adj
examples: Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−).
Inspection of CD data reveals that, similar to previously reported data for megainin^([sic]) peptides [ 33 ], preference of α-helical conformation of TM2 and TM3 segments are different in anionic (SDS) and zwitterionic (DPC) media, reflecting the importance of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions between the peptides and micelles.
gloss: an anionic detergent
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
quaintness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English quaint
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English quaintness
From quaint + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: quaintnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Cunning; craftiness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Skill, artfulness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Primness, fastidiousness, preciousness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: As for good Terence, I allow the quaintnesse [translating mignardise] and grace of his Latine tongue, and judge him wonderfull conceited and apt[…].
gloss: The state or fact of being quaint; having old-fashioned charm.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
qualitatively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English qualitative
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English qualitatively
From qualitative + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more qualitatively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most qualitatively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a qualitative manner.
pos: adv
gloss: With respect to quality rather than quantity.
pos: adv
examples: You may recall that I made a qualitative post about our level 100 talents a little more than a month ago. Now let’s look at them qualitatively.
Russia “will perceive launches of long-range missiles guided by US military experts as a qualitatively new phase of war by the West,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a news conference at the summit, according to Russian state media TASS.
Antonyms: quantitatively
Translations:
quantification
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: economics
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Coined by Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton: "quantification of the predicate".
Inflected forms:
form: quantifications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of quantifying.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The expression of an economic activity in monetary units.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: quantitation
Derived words: bioquantification
histoquantification
immunoquantification
misquantification
overquantification
quantificational
requantification
semiquantification
Translations:
quantitatively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English quantitative
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English quantitatively
From quantitative + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more quantitatively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most quantitatively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a quantitative manner.
pos: adv
gloss: With respect to quantity rather than quality.
pos: adv
Antonyms: qualitatively
Translations:
queerness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English queer
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English queerness
From queer + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: queernesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being queer or odd.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Something queer; an oddity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Homosexuality.
pos: noun
tags: offensive
possibly
uncountable
gloss: The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: My queerness and my addiction to alcohol flourished in a tiny bar tucked in San Francisco’s Castro district.
Synonyms: abnormality
oddness
weirdness
deviance
irregularity
outlier
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: queerius
lang: French
word: queerness
lang: French
word: queerité
lang: Georgian
word: უცნაურობა
roman: ucnauroba
lang: Irish
word: aisteachas
lang: Irish
word: aistiúlacht
lang: Irish
word: aiteacht
lang: Irish
word: aiteas
lang: Irish
word: greannmhaireacht
lang: Irish
word: suaithníocht
lang: Polish
word: queer
questionably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English questionable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English questionably
From questionable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more questionably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most questionably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a questionable manner
pos: adv
Translations:
questioningly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English questioning
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English questioningly
From questioning + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more questioningly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most questioningly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a questioning manner.
pos: adv
examples: The clumping of hobnailed boots on the gravel outside proclaimed the approach of Manning. John looked questioningly at Poirot. The latter nodded.
Ricky nodded, but it was clear his mind worked overtime to assess his situation. He looked around in quick nervous glances. “Fine. Do I get my hands untied?”
Baker looked questioningly at Bruce, who nodded “yes” to him […]
Translations:
despacho
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: despachos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Peruvian sacred shamanic offering.
pos: noun
Translations:
necking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Inflected forms:
form: neckings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Necking helps young male giraffes test which one has a stronger neck.
gloss: A neckmould.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Chugging beer.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: For Lent, he gave up necking and cigarettes.
gloss: Making out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: However one of the girls in answer to our questions explained that at the end of the ceremony the men and women participants are quite free to pair off for what she called “necking”.
Translations:
necked
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: Etymology tree
English neck
English -ed
English necked
From neck + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having some specific type of neck or neckline.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
gloss: Cracked.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
not-comparable
Derived words: barenecked
black-necked crane
black-necked grebe
black-necked screamer
black-necked swan
blue-necked ostrich
boatnecked
brass-necked
bull-necked
bullnecked
dark-necked tailorbird
ewe-necked
frill-necked lizard
goosenecked
gray-necked bunting
grey-necked bunting
grey-necked wood rail
high-necked
longnecked
long-necked
neckedness
open-necked
pencil-necked
rednecked
red-necked buzzard
red-necked francolin
red-necked grebe
red-necked phalarope
red-necked stint
red-necked wallaby
red-necked woodpecker
ring-necked duck
ring-necked lizard
ring-necked parakeet
ring-necked pheasant
short-necked
side-necked turtle
snake-necked turtle
stiff-necked
straw-necked ibis
swan-necked
turtle-necked
white-necked myna
yellow-necked field mouse
yellow-necked mouse
Translations:
destine
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner. Doublet of destinate.
Inflected forms:
form: destines
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: destining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: destined
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: destined
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To preordain.
pos: verb
gloss: To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use.
pos: verb
gloss: To attribute a particular destination.
pos: verb
Related words: destinate
destination
destined
destiny
Derived words: foredestine
Translations:
netherworld
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nether-
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
English netherworld
From nether- (“beneath, lower”) + world.
Inflected forms:
form: netherworlds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nether world
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.
pos: noun
examples: In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, instead of the heavens.
As Inanna prepares to descend she fastens the seven divine laws to her side, and as she walks toward the netherworld she speaks to her vizier, Ninshubur.
gloss: The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.
pos: noun
examples: While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.
gloss: Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.
pos: noun
examples: The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.
gloss: A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.
Flicks is a large bar which has been in some conflict since it opened […] The nature of that conflict has been characterized as gay-straight, by the bar managers; as crazies-sane, by some residents; as predators-prey, by some bar patrons; and as "netherworld"-respectable, by some bureaucrats.
Synonyms: Hades
hell
nether region
underworld
Translations:
counter-trial
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrāder.
Old French contre-
Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
Middle English counter-
English counter-
English trial
English counter-trial
From counter- + trial.
Inflected forms:
form: counter-trials
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: countertrial
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: counter trial
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A staged trial, running in parallel with a real one that is thought to be politically motivated or otherwise rigged, in which the truth can be made public.
pos: noun
Translations:
domine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin dominus. Doublet of dom, dominie, dominus, and don.
Inflected forms:
form: domines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Lord; master.
pos: noun
gloss: A clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson.
pos: noun
gloss: A West Indian fish (Epinnula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridae.
pos: noun
Related words: donzel
Translations:
dora
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: board-games
games
mahjong
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ドラ (dora), a clipping of Japanese ドラゴン (doragon), from English dragon.
Inflected forms:
form: doras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points (飜 (han)) in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the dead wall.
pos: noun
tags: Japanese
Translations:
pretentiousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pretentious
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English pretentiousness
From pretentious + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: pretentiousnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being pretentious.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.
Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.
Translations:
quint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
entertainment
fencing
firefighting
games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
music
politics
sports
war
Etymology: * From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus. Doublet of quintus.
* (firefighting vehicle): In reference to its five functions: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders.
Inflected forms:
form: quints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An interval of one fifth.
pos: noun
gloss: The E string of a violin.
pos: noun
gloss: In piquet, a sequence of five playing cards of the same suit; equivalent to a straight flush in poker.
pos: noun
examples: The discard was, in fact, an experiment in bluff. Carrados might have held a quint and fourteen kings for all the opposing hand disclosed.
gloss: a quin or quintuplet.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
examples: Two days after Mrs. Shirley Ann Lawson's four girls and one boy were delivered in New Zealand, another set of quints was born to Mrs. Karin Olsen in Falun, Sweden.
gloss: A vehicle used by firefighters that combines the capabilities of a fire engine and a fire truck, having the ability to provide vertical access as well as pump water to fight a fire.
pos: noun
gloss: quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.
pos: noun
Translations:
quivery
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English quiver
English -y
English quivery
From quiver + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: more quivery
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most quivery
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: quivering; aquiver
pos: adj
Translations:
quizzer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English quiz
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English quizzer
From quiz + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: quizzers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who quizzes or asks questions.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who takes part in a quiz.
pos: noun
examples: The Chasers were Trine Aalborg who, like Jenny Ryan, started out writing questions for quiz shows before appearing on them, professional quizmaster Jan Arild Breistein, who sadly passed away in 2019, and Thomas Kolasaeter, who claims modestly to be Norway's best quizzer!
gloss: One who chaffs or mocks.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: Meanwhile, the whirl of gaiety, the noise of merriment, was still going on around them. Frances was the ringleader of the quizzers of Lady Susan, and her ladyship evidently liked being quizzed, so that Frances did not think mercy necessary.
Translations:
quoit
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English coyte (“flat stone”), from Old French coite, from Latin culcita. Doublet of quilt.
Inflected forms:
form: quoits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: quoits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: quoiting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: quoited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: quoited
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A flat disc of metal or stone thrown at a target in the game of quoits.
pos: noun
examples: He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really.
gloss: A ring of rubber or rope similarly used in the game of deck-quoits.
pos: noun
gloss: The flat stone covering a cromlech.
pos: noun
examples: This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.
gloss: An ancient burial mound, synonymous with dolmen.
pos: noun
gloss: The discus used in ancient sports.
pos: noun
gloss: To play quoits.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Then, to preſerve the Fame of ſuch a deed, / For Python ſlain, he [Phoebus or Apollo] Pythian Games decreed. / Where Noble Youths for Maſterſhip ſhou'd ſtrive, / To Quoit, to Run, and Steeds and Chariots drive.
gloss: To throw like a quoit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Each took / His ſtation, and Epeüs ſeized the clod. / He ſwung, he caſt it, and the Greecians laugh'd. / Leonteus, branch of Mars, quoited it next.
Derived words: quoiter
quoitlike
Translations:
vesicular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vesicula
English -ar
English vesicular
From vesicula + -ar.
Inflected forms:
form: more vesicular
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vesicular
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to vesicles (vesiculae).
pos: adj
gloss: Having vesicles.
pos: adj
Synonyms: vesiculated
vesiculose
Derived words: avesicular
bronchovesicular
colovesicular
exovesicular
extravesicular
intervesicular
macrovesicular
microvesicular
multivesicular
nonvesicular
papulovesicular
perivesicular
polyvesicular
subvesicular
tubulovesicular
vesicularity
vesicularization
Translations:
vesper
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French vespre, from Latin vesper (“evening star”).
Inflected forms:
form: vespers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
pos: noun
gloss: The evening.
pos: noun
tags: poetic
examples: In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, / It perch'd for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, / Glimmered the white Moon-shine.
gloss: A vesper martini.
pos: noun
gloss: A vesper bat.
pos: noun
examples: Almost all vespers are insect catchers.
gloss: Evening.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
poetic
examples: On Sumter’s rampart, that sweet eve, / I heard the vesper bugle play […]
Derived words: vesper mouse
vesper sparrow
vespertide
Translations:
flagellate
Part of speech: verb
adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-?
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Latin flagrum
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lum
Latin flagellum
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin flagellō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin flagellātuslbor.
English flagellate
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: flagellates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flagellating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flagellated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flagellated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more flagellate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most flagellate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: flagellates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To whip or scourge.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Red welts rising from a flagellated back
gloss: To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
pos: verb
tags: idiomatic
transitive
gloss: Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
gloss: Resembling a whip.
pos: adj
gloss: Having flagella.
pos: adj
gloss: Any organism that has flagella.
pos: noun
Related words: flagellum
Derived words: aflagellate
amoeboflagellate
biflagellate
choanoflagellate
dinoflagellate
flagellation
flagellative
flagellator
haemoflagellate
helioflagellate
hemoflagellate
hexadecaflagellate
microflagellate
monoflagellate
multiflagellate
myxoflagellate
nanoflagellate
nonflagellate
phytoflagellate
picoflagellate
quadriflagellate
rhizoflagellate
silicoflagellate
triflagellate
uniflagellate
zooflagellate
Translations:
Fridays
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: On Friday; each Friday.
pos: adv
tags: Canada
US
Translations:
turtles
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: (gloves): Rhyming slang, from turtle doves.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Gloves.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
Translations:
limes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.
Inflected forms:
form: limites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
pos: noun
examples: Their presence in the late fourth century on the River Main (immediately to the east of the Roman limes) is documented in Roman sources, as are their wars with the Alemanni.
Translations:
lanes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: bowling alley
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: We spent every weekend down at the lanes.
gloss: One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: the northbound lanes of Interstate 95
Translations:
bugs
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more bugs
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bugs
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Crazy; unstable.
pos: adj
tags: slang
Translations:
brights
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: road
transport
Etymology: From bright (adjective) + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).
Base: bright
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Bold or vivid colours; also, clothes, cosmetics, etc., with such colours.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
gloss: Household utensils (such as cutlery, ornaments, and plate) made of shiny metal.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
dated
plural
plural-only
gloss: Synonym of high-beams.
pos: noun
tags: US
plural
plural-only
examples: Your brights are on.
Drop your brights as soon as approaching lights appear.
You can turn your brights on and that helps quite a bit, but you can not leave them on. So you end up driving beyond your headlights more than half the time.
The moment I flashed my brights this animal started to run across the road.
Translations:
violins
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: the violin section of an orchestra
pos: noun
examples: The violins played most strenuously, but no one attended to them.
Translations:
ermines
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: Attested in this form (with s) since at least 1562, in Legh's Accedens of Armorie, which defines it ("Sable poudred with Argent, … Ermines is his proper name") and contrasts it with both ermine and erminois. Related to ermine, but the derivation is unclear; the OED suggests "possibly [from] OF. herminès, pl. of herminet" (a supposed diminutive of hermine); modern French calls the fur contre-hermine.
The Fifteenth Century Book of Arms (c. 1460) uses ermyne in a way that sometimes contrasts with ermyn (“ermine”) ("John Garther beryth of ix pecys ermyñ and ermyne"); The Ancestor says the image of that blazon "shows the furs as those usually called at this date erminees (or erminee) and ermine—erminees being ermine with the colour reversed. It is evident that the maker of this roll, whose blazonry is sadly to seek, was uncertain by what name to call the ermine with the black field and white tails. On a later page of this MS. [fo. 59] we find ermine described as ermyñ and its reverse as ermyne)." The Middle English Dictionary defines that use of ermyne as "having the fur ermines, consisting of black with white spots (instead of black on white)", although they derive it from, and it appears to be, erminé ("ermined") instead, hence the Fifteenth Century Book also records a bend "sabyll ermyne" and a lion sable with "ermyne appon the sabyll".
Inflected forms:
form: ermins
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: ermynes
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In blazon, coloured with a heraldic fur of a black field with white spots; counter-ermine.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He beareth Or, a Cheuron Checkey Ermin & Ermines.
Translations:
hilar
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hilum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin -ārisbor.
English -ar
English hilar
From hilum + -ar.
Inflected forms:
form: more hilar
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hilar
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or near a hilum.
pos: adj
Translations:
classics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history etc.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
cons
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Clipping of construct.
Inflected forms:
form: conses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: consing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: consed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: consed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
pos: verb
examples: This version of length arises naturally from the recursive definition of a list: “a list is either the empty list or an element consed onto another list.”
Translations:
torts
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From tort + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and regular plurals of nouns).
Base: tort
Affixes: -s
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of tort law (“the area of law dealing with wrongful acts, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to contracts, which cause injuries and can be remedied in civil courts, usually through the awarding of damages”).
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
generics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The use of templates, etc., to create generic source code that can be used in many situations.
pos: noun
Translations:
actuals
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: accounting
business
finance
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Documented historical results; things that have happened rather than things that are planned.
pos: noun
examples: This year's projections are above prior year actuals by five percent.
gloss: Physical commodities (physicals) or financial instruments which are traded in futures contracts.
pos: noun
Translations:
horrify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From horror + -ify, or borrowed from Latin horrificare (cf. French horrifier). 1791, in form horrifying.
Base: horror
Affixes: -ify
Inflected forms:
form: horrifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: horrifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: horrified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: horrified
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
pos: verb
examples: The haunted house horrified me, as I passed from one room to the next feeling more and more like I wasn’t going to survive.
Translations:
unease
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English unese, equivalent to un- + ease. Compare disease.
Base: ease
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: uneases
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: uneasing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: uneased
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: uneased
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Trouble; misery; a feeling of disquiet or concern.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To make uneasy or uncomfortable.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And she'll tease you / She'll unease you / All the better just to please you
Translations:
fortifying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fortify
English -ing
English fortifying
From fortify + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: fortifyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process by which something is fortified.
pos: noun
Translations:
taxis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).
Inflected forms:
form: taxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rhetoric
uncountable
gloss: arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
uncountable
Related words: kinesis
tropism
Derived words: adipotaxis
aerotaxis
anataxis
anemotaxis
barotaxis
biotaxis
caulotaxis
chemotaxis
chronotaxis
clinotaxis
cytotaxis
ecotaxis
elasticotaxis
electrotaxis
eosinotaxis
fluxotaxis
galvanotaxis
geotaxis
gravitaxis
gyrotaxis
haptotaxis
heliotaxis
hemotaxis
heterotaxis
homotaxis
hydrotaxis
hygrotaxis
hypotaxis
immunotaxis
infotaxis
klinotaxis
leukotaxis
ligamentotaxis
lymphotaxis
magnetotaxis
mechanotaxis
metataxis
mnemotaxis
necrotaxis
odortaxis
osmotaxis
oxytaxis
parataxis
phobotaxis
phonotaxis
phototaxis
phyllotaxis
polarotaxis
rheotaxis
rhizotaxis
scototaxis
shearotaxis
sonotaxis
stereotaxis
telotaxis
thermotaxis
thigmotaxis
tria-taxis
tropotaxis
zygotaxis
Translations:
skeletons
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Shameful secrets (pluralia tantum; shortened from skeletons in the cupboard or skeletons in the closet).
pos: noun
Translations:
pucks
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Plenty; an abundance (of something).
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
informal
examples: My younger brother, Brendan, mentioned that she loved her garden, spent pucks of time mucking around in it, even read books on the matter.
We have a gorgeous flat in Rathmines and his people send us pucks of money.
Translations:
flops
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: flop per second; floating-point operation per second
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
wraps
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Finished; hopeless.
pos: adj
tags: slang
Translations:
Brignac
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Brignacs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A family surname from the Brignac valley in France, many descendants in the southeast USA.
pos: noun
Translations:
hods
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: lots, loads
pos: noun
Translations:
breakers
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.
Proto-Germanic *brekaną
Proto-West Germanic *brekan
Old English brecan
Middle English breken
English break
English -er
English -ers
English breakers
From break + -ers.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Outstandingly pleasing, breaking out oneˈs excitement.
pos: adj
tags: UK
not-comparable
slang
examples: Who's that girl? She's breakers
She's making me weak, s-sexy
Translations:
rackets
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Organized crime.
pos: noun
tags: with-definite-article
examples: I'm talking about a cop that's mixed up in drugs. I'm talking about a dishonest cop, a crooked cop who got mixed up in the rackets and got what was coming to him.
Translations:
fantastical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)
Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor.
Late Latin phantasticusbor.
Middle French fantastiquebor.
English fantastic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English fantastical
From fantastic + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more fantastical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fantastical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: phantastical
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: phantasticall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: fantasticals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: phantastical
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: phantasticall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to fantasy.
pos: adj
gloss: Fanciful or whimsical.
pos: adj
gloss: Fantastic; wonderful; splendid.
pos: adj
tags: rare
gloss: Something that is fantastical.
pos: noun
examples: A Family of Fantasticals
Derived words: fantasticality
fantastically
fantasticalness
unfantastical
Translations:
camas
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).
Inflected forms:
form: camases
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: camas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cammas
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: camass
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: quamash
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
pos: noun
examples: There were stretches of fine, soft grass on the cliffs and great patches of camass and buttercups.
Translations:
pentacles
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, bearing the symbol of disks marked with pentagrams; also called disks or coins.
pos: noun
Translations:
swimmers
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A swimsuit.
pos: noun
tags: New-South-Wales
examples: I adjust my hat, I wipe my hands on the back of my swimmers to ensure they are dry, then get in my ready position.
gloss: sperms
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
wowsers
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wow
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English -er
English -ers
English wowsers
From wow + -s + -ers.
Inflected forms:
form: wowser
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: wowzer
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: wowzers
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of wow.
pos: intj
examples: “Wowsers, you look amazing!”
Translations: