yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
dock
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”) (compare Latvian duga (“scum, slime on water”)).
Inflected forms:
form: docks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: docks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: docking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: docked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: docked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And vnder neath him his courageous ſteed, / The fierce Spumador trode them downe like docks […]
gloss: A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
gloss: To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Her wages were docked by ten dollars.
The team have been docked six points at Paris 2024 and Priestman received a one-year football ban from world governing body Fifa.
gloss: To reduce the wages of (a person).
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: They docked me ten dollars for breaking the vase.
gloss: To cut off, bar, or destroy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to dock an entail
gloss: To pierce holes, as pricking dough with a fork, to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Pricking holes in the rolled-out pie dough allows the steam to escape while it's baking. Without this, the steam would puff up in bubbles and pockets throughout the crust, which would make some parts of the crust cook too quickly and also result in an uneven surface for your filling. Docking is simple. Just roll out your pie dough and lift it into the pan. After pressing it in and shaping the edge, prick it all over with a fork.
Derived words: bloody dock
butterdock
candock
curled dock
dock leaf
docklike
dock pudding
dooryard dock
elf-dock
northern dock
patience dock
prairie dock
red-veined dock
spatterdock
waterdock
wood dock
yellow dock
Translations:
prostitution
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Late Latin prostitutio. Equivalent to prostitute + -ion.
Base: prostitute
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: prostitutions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Engaging in sexual activity with another person for pay.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: His addiction brought him to the point that prostitution was the only means he had to survive.
Sir Howard by his arts stole from them this their only treasure, and to conceal from them the baseness of his despicable seduction, removed to a distance the deluded couple,—loaded them with his favours,—the wages of their child's prostitution.
The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution, leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
gloss: Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for goods (not necessarily money) or services.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
gloss: Debasement for profit or impure motives.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
uncountable
usually
examples: The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.
Synonyms: harlotry
oldest occupation
oldest profession
whoredom
world's oldest profession
Related words: prostitute
Derived words: antiprostitution
child prostitution
cyberprostitution
presstitution
prostitute's pupil
prostitutional
temple prostitution
Translations:
coupon
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
government
manufacturing
politics
Etymology: From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).
Inflected forms:
form: coupons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coupons
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: couponing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: couponed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: couponed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
pos: noun
gloss: A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
pos: noun
gloss: The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
gloss: A person's face.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
gloss: A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
pos: noun
gloss: To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.
pos: verb
examples: Jenna coupons and she goes through three magazines a day to find the coupons.
Derived words: Catalina coupon
coupon bond
coupon code
couponless
coupon queen
coupon site
e-coupon
international reply coupon
Internet coupon
noncoupon
parking coupon
plot coupon
ration coupon
social coupon
xc
zero coupon
zero coupon bond
zero-coupon note
couponer
couponing
Translations:
agriculture
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle French agriculturebor.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros
Proto-Italic *agros
Latin ager
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin cultūra
Latin agricultūrabor.
Middle English agriculture
English agriculture
From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.
Inflected forms:
form: agricultures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Meronyms: tillage, cropping
Near-synonym: husbandry
Translations:
lottery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.
Inflected forms:
form: lotteries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
pos: noun
examples: Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.
gloss: Something decided by chance.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: It's a bit of a lottery whether we'll get a good table in that diner.
gloss: Allotment; a thing allotted.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Derived words: antilottery
draft lottery
e-lottery
genetic lottery
ghetto lottery
ladder lottery
lotologist
lotterylike
lottery ticket
nigger lottery
nonlottery
postcode lottery
silicon lottery
St. Petersburg lottery
video lottery terminal
win the lottery
Translations:
testament
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English testament, from Old French testament, from Latin testāmentum (“the publication of a will, a will, testament, in Late Latin one of the divisions of the Bible”), from testor (“to be a witness, testify, attest, make a will”), from testis (“one who attests, a witness”).
Inflected forms:
form: testaments
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: testaments
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: testamenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: testamented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: testamented
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).
pos: noun
gloss: One of the two parts to the scriptures of the Christian religion: the New Testament, considered by Christians to be a continuation of the Hebrew scriptures, and the Hebrew scriptures themselves, which they refer to as the Old Testament.
pos: noun
gloss: A tangible proof or tribute.
pos: noun
examples: The ancient aqueducts are a testament to the great engineering skill of the Roman Empire.
His remarkable recovery is a testament to the doctor's skill.
These ads are a sad testament to the paper's attitude toward gay men, and a disheartening indication of the direction GCN may be going.
The phrase was, and remains, a double-edged sword: a testament to the hard-working and hard-living citizens of the Crescent City and an indicator of the “ah, whatever” shrug hanging over its corrupt politics, its ramshackle infrastructure and its belief that partying trumps all.
gloss: A credo, expression of conviction.
pos: noun
examples: The prime minister's speech was a glowing testament to the cabinet's undying commitment to the royal cause.
gloss: To make a will.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To bequeath or leave by will.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: intestate
testate
testator
testify
testimonial
testimony
Derived words: Final Testament
holographic testament
New Testament
Old Testament
testamentary
testamentation
Translations:
waterproof
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From water + -proof. Compare West Frisian wetterproef (“waterproof”), Dutch waterproef (“waterproof”).
Base: water
Affixes: -proof
Inflected forms:
form: more waterproof
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most waterproof
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: waterproofs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waterproofing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: waterproofed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: waterproofed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: waterproofs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Resistant to the effects of water.
pos: adj
gloss: Made of or covered with material that doesn't allow water in.
pos: adj
examples: The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member demonstrated how to put on an immersion suit. These survival suits are waterproof full-body garments with a hood and integral three-finger gloves and boots. They are bulky and hard to get on but far more likely to save your life in cold water than a lifejacket.
gloss: Incapable of failing; unassailable.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: The only waterproof plan and the one increasingly adopted by leading trades is the consolidation of the interests of all parties in a scheme of amalgamation.
Especially within an international framework, guarding this process is of the utmost importance. The eyes of the world are focussed on the action at hand and demand a waterproof plan and execution.
Unless you have a 100 percent waterproof plan to defraud insurance companies, I would suggest you don't do it.
gloss: To make waterproof or water-resistant.
pos: verb
examples: The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
gloss: A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Cloth made waterproof, or any article made of such cloth, or of other waterproof material, as rubber; especially, an outer garment made of such material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Carrados dropped the near window as a man in glistening waterproof stepped from the shelter of a lich-gate and approached.
Derived words: waterproof pants
Translations:
engineering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English engineer
English -ing
English engineering
From engineer + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: engineerings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
gloss: The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Actions controling the motion, shape, or substance of any physical object(s).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: science
applied mathematics
Derived words: engineering boot
engineeringly
engineering works
geoengineering
non-engineering
nonengineering
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: هَنْدَسَة
roman: handasa
lang: Armenian
word: ճարտարագիտություն
roman: čartaragitutʻyun
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 工程
roman: gōngchéng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 工程學 /工程学
roman: gōngchéngxué
lang: Finnish
word: insinöörityö
lang: French
word: ingénierie
lang: Galician
word: enxeñaría
lang: German
word: Ingenieurwesen
lang: German
word: Engineering
lang: Hebrew
word: הַנְדָּסָה
roman: handasá
lang: Indonesian
word: teknik
lang: Indonesian
word: rekayasa
lang: Irish
word: innealtóireacht
lang: Italian
word: ingegneria
lang: Japanese
word: 工学
roman: kōgaku
lang: Japanese
word: 工務
roman: kōmu
lang: Japanese
word: エンジニアリング
roman: enjiniaringu
lang: Korean
word: 공학
roman: gonghak
lang: Korean
word: 엔지니어링
roman: enjinieoring
lang: Norman
word: înginn'nie
lang: Portuguese
word: engenharia
lang: Romanian
word: inginerie
lang: Russian
word: инжене́рное иску́сство
roman: inženérnoje iskússtvo
lang: Russian
word: инжене́рное де́ло
roman: inženérnoje délo
lang: Russian
word: машинострое́ние
roman: mašinostrojénije
lang: Russian
word: инжини́ринг
roman: inžiníring
lang: Thai
word: วิศวกรรม
roman: wít-sà-wá-gam
lang: Turkish
word: mühendislik
lang: Ukrainian
word: інжене́рство
roman: inženérstvo
lang: Ukrainian
word: інжині́ринг
roman: inžynírynh
lang: Welsh
word: peirianneg
lang: Welsh
word: peirianyddiaeth
chinchilla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Spanish chinchillabor.
English chinchilla
Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.
Inflected forms:
form: chinchillas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: It's important to put a lot of thought into owning a chinchilla since they have a considerably long lifespan of 10 to 20 years.
Chinchillas are most widely known for their exceptional fur coat.
Chinchillas inhabit high elevations (3,000–5,000m) of the Chilean Andes Mountains. The chinchillas kept as pet or research animals in North America are all descendents^([sic]) of 13 founders wild caught in 1927.
Chinchillas are long-lived rodents that are native to South America, primarily Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. The chinchilla is a hystricomorph (hedgehoglike) rodent closely related to guinea pigs, porcupines, and agoutis (Hrapkiewicz et al., 1998).
gloss: The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: viscacha
Derived words: Bolivian chinchilla
Burmilla
Chilean chinchilla
chin
chinchillada
chinchillalike
chinchilla rat
chinchilla wattle
chinny
coastal chinchilla
common chinchilla
long-tailed chinchilla
Peruvian chinchilla
rat chinchilla
royal chinchilla
short-tailed chinchilla
Translations:
chipmunk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 1832; alteration (influenced by chipping squirrel) of earlier chitmunk, from older Ojibwe ačitamo˙nˀ (“squirrels”) (modern ajidamoo), literally ‘those who descend headlong’, from ačit- (“headfirst, face-down”) (compare modern ajijibizo (“he falls headfirst”), ajidagoojin (“he hangs upside down”)). The English verb developed due to the high-pitched voices of the American puppet and cartoon chipmunks in the group Alvin and the Chipmunks, who later starred in a popular children's TV show in the 1980s.
Inflected forms:
form: chipmunks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chipmuck
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: chitmunk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: chipmunks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chipmunking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chipmunked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chipmunked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: chipmuck
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: chitmunk
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.
pos: noun
gloss: To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Dipset capo favors breezy, bass-heavy beats instead of chipmunked soul samples to celebrate the 'hood's favorite season.
gloss: To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Less than a minute to go and she's chewing almost viciously, her stuffed cheeks all chipmunked out like Dizzy Gillespie's in midsolo.
gloss: To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She chipmunked her breakfast into a porcelain cheek.
Translations:
coypu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu.
Inflected forms:
form: coypus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coypu
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.
pos: noun
Translations:
Celsius
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: metrology
Etymology: Named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744), who first proposed the centigrade scale in 1742. The surname is Latinized from the estate's name, Latin celsus (“mound”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the metric temperature scale of said name.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
nutria
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish nutria (“otter”), from Latin lutra.
Inflected forms:
form: nutrias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The coypu, Myocastor coypus.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
countable
uncountable
examples: 1986, Identifying and Managing Aquatic Rodents in Texas, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, page 13,
Nutria are native to South America and were successfully established in North America in the early 1930s as a new furbearing species.
Furthermore, nutria engage in the outright destruction of muskrat lodges to create nesting habitat for themselves.
gloss: The fur of the coypu.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: nutria rat
Translations:
jerboa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ). Doublet of gerbil.
Inflected forms:
form: jerboas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a number of species comprising the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.
pos: noun
examples: The Arabs, who are forbidden all other kinds of mice, esteem these the greatest delicacies: as those people often are disappointed in digging after them, they have this proverb, "To buy a hole instead of a jerboa."
The permanent burrows may have emergency exits — side tunnels ending at or near the surface — through which the jerboa "bursts" when threatened by a predator. Jerboas often lie on their side when sleeping in the burrow in order to better accommodate their long legs.
The small mammals include typical desert forms such as the burrowing rodents of the jerboa family and the jird or gerbil subfamily. The jerboas, which are widespread across northern Africa and central Asia, are particularly well represented in China: 7 of the 10 genera and 10 of the 29 species occur in the arid, often cold deserts of the north and west.
Translations:
paca
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Paraguayan Guarani paka.
Inflected forms:
form: pacas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.
pos: noun
Translations:
disambiguation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
▲
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.
Proto-Italic *amβi
Latin ambi-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin ambig(ō)
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Italic *-wos
Latin -uus
Latin ambiguuslbor.
English ambigu(ous)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English ambiguation
English disambiguation
From dis- + ambiguation.
Inflected forms:
form: disambiguations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The removal of ambiguity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.
Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division.
gloss: A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: clarification
enlightenment
illumination
Translations:
sysop
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Blend of system + operator.
Compound parts: system
operator
Inflected forms:
form: sysops
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sysops
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sysopping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sysopped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sysopped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A system operator, especially someone who administers an online communications system or bulletin board.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
gloss: An administrator on a wiki.
pos: noun
gloss: To work as a sysop.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Another major chunk of time goes into computer work - entering the data which is dumped on my desk at irregular intervals by the other IPM programs, tidying up the database, and sysopping on our micro-based bulletin board system.
gloss: To grant someone sysop privileges.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
Synonyms: admin
Related words: sysprog
Derived words: cosysop
desysop
resysop
sysape
sysophood
Translations:
technicality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English technical
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English technicality
From technical + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: technicalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being technical.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Ha and Hyland suggest that technicality is not binary and it is not always possible to say that a word is technical or not.
gloss: That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the technicalities of the sect
[T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […]
gloss: A minor detail, rule, law, etc., seemingly insignificant to a non-specialist but which has significant consequences in larger matters.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: legal technicality
These are some of the "Reversible Errors" on which a new trial can be had and are often spoken of by misinformed business men as "technicalities," as when they say a certain gangster "got off on a technicality" or "got a new trial on a technicality."
Mommsen believed that Claudius had been an augur who was ordered by a chief pontiff Metellus to inaugurate Sulpicius son of Servius as a priest, that Claudius declined on grounds of a religious technicality, that Claudius was subsequently fined by the chief pontiff, and that Claudius appealed the fine.
Benjamin Gonzales is a suspect in Dondi Johnson's murder - the only suspect we've ever had and the only suspect we ever will have. But at present we don't have a fileable case because of a legal technicality.
How often do we hear about someone who “got away” with committing a crime or who “got off on a technicality”? This type of remark is common when discussions arise about the shortcomings of the U.S. legal system.
In 2021, Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out the sexual assault conviction of Bill Cosby on a legal technicality, after discovering an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented the actor from being charged in the case.
Derived words: countertechnicality
overtechnicality
Translations:
interred
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: intered
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having been interred.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Located.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: unburied
Derived words: uninterred
Translations:
sweatshop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From sweat (“to extract money, labour, etc.”, verb) + shop.
Compound parts: sweat
shop
Inflected forms:
form: sweatshops
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sweat shop
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.
pos: noun
examples: I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision.
Translations:
nautical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nautique + -al, from Latin nauticus (“of or relating to sailors”), from Ancient Greek ναυτικός (nautikós).
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more nautical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nautical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: naut.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: nautical charts
I was mostly unfamiliar with the nautical terms used in the sailing documentary.
The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]
Translations:
seaman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English seeman, seman, from Old English sǣmann. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seemon (“seaman, sailor”), West Frisian seeman (“seaman, sailor”), Dutch zeeman (“seaman, sailor”), German Low German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), German Seemann (“seaman, sailor”), Swedish sjöman (“seaman, sailor”), Norwegian sjømann (“seaman, sailor”). Equivalent to sea + -man.
Base: sea
Affixes: -man
Inflected forms:
form: seamen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of sailor, particularly on a maritime vessel.
pos: noun
examples: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. […] Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
gloss: A person of the lowest rank in the Navy, below able seaman.
pos: noun
tags: Navy
UK
gloss: An enlisted rate in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, ranking below petty officer third class and above seaman apprentice.
pos: noun
tags: Navy
US
gloss: A merman; the male of the mermaid.
pos: noun
examples: , Book III
not to mention what is confidently reported of mermaids, or sea-men
Related words: AB
Derived words: able-bodied seaman
able seaman
leading seaman
master seaman
merchant seaman
ordinary seaman
seamancraft
seamanlike
seamanly
seaman recruit
seamanship
underseaman
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: матрос
roman: matros
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 水兵
roman: shuǐbīng
lang: Dutch
word: matroos
lang: Erzya
word: ведюшман
roman: veďušman
lang: Finnish
word: ylimatruusi
lang: Finnish
word: matruusi
lang: French
word: matelot
lang: German
word: Matrose
lang: Greek
word: ναύτης
roman: náftis
lang: Hindi
word: नाविक
roman: nāvik
lang: Japanese
word: 水兵
roman: suihei
lang: Korean
word: 수병
roman: subyeong
lang: Macedonian
word: по́морец
roman: pómorec
lang: Māori
word: hēramana
lang: Polish
word: marynarz
lang: Russian
word: матро́с
roman: matrós
lang: Ukrainian
word: матро́с
roman: matrós
Cinderella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
Etymology: From cinder + Italian -ella, as in little cinder girl. Compare French Cendrillon.
Inflected forms:
form: Cinderellas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cinderella
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A mistreated and impoverished girl.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
gloss: Something neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
examples: Cinderella State
The Cinderella of the present trio is the Freshwater, which is laid up in the winter months, when one or other of her ugly sisters is sufficient to cope with the service.
A very early example of this can be seen in the case of the Midland Main Line (MML). At the start of 1982, this was the Cinderella of the InterCity portfolio but building more High Speed Trains (HSTs) to replace 90mph trainsets was out of the question. During 1982-83, Bleasdale shuffled his HST pack by taking sets from the Eastern and Western Regions and allocated these to the MML.
The West of England Line has long been a Cinderella railway. Decades of patch-and-mend underinvestment have resulted in consistently poor performance.
gloss: A procedure or surgery to reshape the feet.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
colloquial
informal
examples: For Dr. Sadrieh (who was wearing made-to-order Gucci brogues), foot surgery is a fusion of medicine and fairy tale. At his practice, you don’t have a bunionectomy; you have a Cinderella procedure.
By the mid-1930s prominent members of society, including the aristocracy, were paying hefty fees for this Cinderella surgery, correcting double chins, reshaping noses and smoothing wrinkles and creases, even having stomach tucks.
gloss: A stamp or stamp-like label issued for purposes other than postal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues.
pos: noun
gloss: A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
rare
Translations:
rematch
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English match
English rematch
From re- + match.
Inflected forms:
form: rematches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rematches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rematching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rematched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rematched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A repeated contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.
pos: noun
examples: After being beaten in pool by Melanie, John asked for a rematch.
gloss: A reunion of a former couple into a new relationship.
pos: noun
examples: The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for the rematch.
It was Affleck who canceled their 2003 wedding four days before the event, citing the attendant media circus, but when they canceled the rematch, a planned wedding at his Georgia estate, it was by mutual consent.
The au pair agencies will tell you that only about one in ten matches ends in a rematch.
gloss: To bring opponents together for such a contest.
pos: verb
gloss: To stage such a contest.
pos: verb
gloss: To match again or anew.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We had to rematch the mixed-up parts.
Derived words: rematchmaker
Translations:
aitch
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English ache, borrowed from Old French ache, from Vulgar Latin *acca. The source is unclear, but may descend from the vowelless alphabetic sequence ha ka 'H, K' (becoming [aka] when the [h] ceased to be pronounced), as K had low frequency in Late Latin. Doublet of ecchi.
Inflected forms:
form: aitches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: haitch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Australia
Ireland
proscribed
sometimes
form: ache
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: The name of the Latin script letter H/h.
pos: noun
examples: The word hour is written with a silent aitch.
Cockneys drop their aitches.
The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
"If you've got any drawing-room manners, or a dislike to eating peas with a knife or dropping aitches, you'd better chuck 'em away. They ain't no further use."
She frowned, hearing Lim Cheng Po's voice, so English, so refined, so very English upper-class. And often she had had to tell Joe about his aitches.
Translations:
sportsman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Anglo-Norman des-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂
Proto-Italic *portā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *portāō
Latin portāre
Anglo-Norman porter
Anglo-Norman desporterbor.
Middle English disporten
Middle English sporten
English sport
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English sports
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English sportsman
From sports + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: sportsmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man who engages in sports; an athlete.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: On the contrary, the difference between the worse male and female sportsmen was 54 ms. Among the male sportsmen [...]. Among the female sportsmen [...]
In both cases the female sportsmen were Nordic skiers.
gloss: A man who engages in country sports, such as hunting or fishing.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: At last extinguishing the fire, he took the idol up very unceremoniously, and bagged it again in his grego pocket as carelessly as if he were a sportsman bagging a dead woodcock.
gloss: A man who exhibits good sportsmanship, or who exhibits sportsmanship as specified (good or bad).
pos: noun
Related words: sportswoman
Derived words: sportsmanlike
sportsmanly
sportsman's bet
sportsmanship
Translations:
Yugoslavian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Yugoslavia
English -an
English Yugoslavian
From Yugoslavia + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Jugoslavian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: Yugoslavians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Jugoslavian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to Yugoslavia.
pos: adj
tags: historical
not-comparable
gloss: A native of Yugoslavia.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Synonyms: Yugoslav
Translations:
acca
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: accas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An accumulator bet.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
great-great-grandmother
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English great-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-der.
Proto-Germanic *grautaz
Proto-West Germanic *graut
Old English grēat
Middle English grete
English great
English grandmother
English great-great-grandmother
From great- + great + grandmother.
Inflected forms:
form: great-great-grandmothers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: great great grandmother
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The mother of someone’s great-grandparent.
pos: noun
Translations:
great-great-grandfather
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English great-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-der.
Proto-Germanic *grautaz
Proto-West Germanic *graut
Old English grēat
Middle English grete
English great
English grandfather
English great-great-grandfather
From great- + great + grandfather.
Inflected forms:
form: great-great-grandfathers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: great great grandfather
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The father of someone's great-grandparent.
pos: noun
Translations:
thunderstorm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From thunder + storm.
Compound parts: thunder
storm
Inflected forms:
form: thunderstorms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
pos: noun
examples: I have never believed, as some people do, in omens and forewarnings, for the dramatic things in my life have generally come upon me as suddenly as a tropical thunder-storm.
Translations:
goodly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd.
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz
Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk
Old English gōdlīċ
Middle English goodlich
English goodly
From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”).
Base: good
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: goodlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: goodliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
pos: adj
tags: dated
examples: Her goodly thighs, whoſe glory did appear, / Like a triumphal Arch,[…]
The diuell can cite Scripture for his purpoſe, / An euill ſoule producing holy witneſſe, / Is like a villaine with a ſmiling cheeke, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O what a goodly outſide falſehood hath.
O Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her
Was made a goodly thing.
Then the prince left her and betook himself to the palace of the King his father, who rejoiced in his return and met him and welcomed him; and the Prince said to him, "Know that I have left her without the city in such a garden and come to tell thee, that thou mayst make ready the procession of estate and go forth to meet her and show her the royal dignity and troops and guards." Answered the King, "With joy and gladness"; and straightway bade decorate the town with the goodliest adornment.
gloss: Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
pos: adj
examples: a goodly sum of money
walking at a goodly pace
Like any kid who played a game or two in school, I happened early on a golden rule: if I ate a goodly amount, I had better wait a goodly time before starting play—at least half an hour, preferably more.
I am glad I brought a goodly supply of needlework with me. It's about all there is to do.
After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.
Derived words: goodlihead
goodlihood
goodliness
ungoodly
Translations:
Romeo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: espionage
government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Romeo, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos, “Roman”).
Inflected forms:
form: Romeos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A boyfriend.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
examples: Have you met her latest Romeo yet?
gloss: A man who has a reputation for being a great lover or very romantic.
pos: noun
examples: Indian Romeos […] have yielded to the temptation to pat, feel, pinch and brush against the more irresistible and accessible portions of women who come within discreet cop-a-feel distance.
So you think you're a Romeo / You're playing a part in a picture-show / Well, take the long way home
gloss: A spy specialised in seducing persons of interest, in particular a man targeting women.
pos: noun
gloss: A womanizer.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
Translations:
Kraut
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From German Kraut (“cabbage”), alluding to the use of cabbage as an ingredient in German cuisine (namely sauerkraut). First use appears c. 1833–1837, but popularized during the First and Second World Wars.
Inflected forms:
form: Krauts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kraut
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A German.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
ethnic
offensive
slang
slur
examples: Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.
Translations:
plenary
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: education
law
lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: From Middle English plenarie, plenarye, from Late Latin plēnārius, from Latin plēnus (“full”).
Inflected forms:
form: more plenary
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most plenary
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: plenaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fully attended by a plenum; for everyone's attendance.
pos: adj
gloss: Complete; full; entire; absolute.
pos: adj
examples: The method of treating a subject should be plenary or full.
gloss: A plenary session.
pos: noun
examples: After lunch, we will all be in the main auditorium listening to the plenary.
gloss: Part of a lesson, usually at or towards the end, designed to review or evaluate the learning that has taken place.
pos: noun
examples: Alternatively, the plenary may be used as preparation for the next lesson, and it might support the children to discuss some vocabulary with the TA to help them prepare.
A good plenary doesn't just consolidate learning in that one lesson; it provides feedback for the teacher across a period of time and offers the chance to resolve any misconceptions.
During the plenary the teacher wanted to consolidate this by getting pupils to use and apply what they had learned and also to discuss the calculating strategies they would use in different situations.
Derived words: plenarily
plenariness
plenary council
plenary court
plenary indulgence
plenary power
plenary session
plenary speaker
plenary talk
Translations:
halcyon
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Alceoun, from Latin halcyōn, alcyōn (“kingfisher”), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).
Inflected forms:
form: halcyons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alcyon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more halcyon
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most halcyon
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: alcyon
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
pos: noun
tags: poetic
examples: the Halcyon bird, or as some call it Alcedo or Kings-fisher, exceeds all mens conceit. […] Gods decree hath been, that all the watrie wildernesse should be quiet and made calme, without raine, wind, or tempest, during the time the Halcyon sitteth and bringeth forth her young-ones […]
Amidſt our Arms as quiet you ſhall be / As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea.
And, by the way, during those halcyon days (the halcyon was there, too, chattering above every creek, as he is all over the world) we fought another battle.
gloss: A kingfisher whose nesting by the sea was said, in classical mythology, to cause the Gods to restrain the wind and waves.
pos: noun
tags: poetic
examples: But novv hovv ſtands the vvind? / Into vvhat corner peeres my Halcions bill?
Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their master
gloss: A tropical kingfisher of the genus Halcyon, such as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia.
pos: noun
gloss: Pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher.
pos: adj
examples: Renege; affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks / With every gale and vary of their masters,
gloss: Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Reflections of this kind may have trifling weight with men who hope to see realized in America the halcyon scenes of the poetic or fabulous age.
Deep, halcyon repose.
I had wander’d in rapture beneath them, and bask’d in the Halcyon clime.
The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
Related words: Alcyone
Derived words: halcyon days
Translations: