yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
phosphene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French phosphène, from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear, shine”).
Inflected forms:
form: phosphenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sensation of lights induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation (rather than optical) of the retina or visual cortex, or by random firing of cells in the visual system.
pos: noun
Translations:
inchworm
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From inch + worm. So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare measuring worm.
Compound parts: inch
worm
Inflected forms:
form: inchworms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: inchworms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inchworming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inchwormed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inchwormed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
pos: noun
gloss: To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm.
pos: verb
tags: idiomatic
informal
intransitive
gloss: To crawl or creep slowly.
pos: verb
tags: idiomatic
informal
intransitive
Synonyms: geometrid
looper
measuring worm
spanworm
Translations:
cooperator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English operator
English cooperator
From co- + operator.
Inflected forms:
form: cooperators
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: co-operator
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: coöperator
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One who cooperates; an associate.
pos: noun
Translations:
no-account
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more no-account
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most no-account
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: no-count
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account.
pos: adj
tags: UK
US
colloquial
examples: "There are ten or fifteen hound-dogs around the yard, and they are actually too no-account to scratch the fleas off."
"Well, I'm sorry to have had to be the one to give you the bad news," he says.
What bad news would that be? I'm wondering. That's just one more no-account Carter for me not to have to think on.
You see, corporal, the human race is getting worse all the time. Each year we know less than we did in the preceding. We're more no-account now than we were five hundred years ago.
Translations:
nobleness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English noble
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 nobleness
From noble + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: noblenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being noble; nobility or grandeur.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
noblewoman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English noble
Proto-Germanic *wībą
Proto-West Germanic *wīb
Old English wīf
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Old English wīfmann
Middle English woman
Middle English -woman
English -woman
English noblewoman
From noble + -woman.
Inflected forms:
form: noblewomen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A woman having a noble rank, especially one belonging to the peerage; a Lady.
pos: noun
examples: The King [...] sit at the head of the royal table with his elder warriors and advisers, noblemen and noblewomen.
Translations:
nocturnally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nocturnal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English nocturnally
From nocturnal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: During the night.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Habitually during the night; every night at night.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Owls usually hunt nocturnally.
Related words: nocturnal
Translations:
no-fault
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Inflected forms:
form: no fault
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In which a claimant is compensated for actual economic loss without blame being assigned to a particular party.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: In which neither party is assigned blame.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: at-fault
Related words: faultless
Translations:
lang: Spanish
word: sin culpa
no-good
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: no good
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: no-goods
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: no good
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having no value, use or merit.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
not-comparable
gloss: A worthless or useless person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.
Translations:
noisiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English noisy
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 noisiness
From noisy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: noisinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being noisy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
no-load
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
finance
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
form: no-loads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sold directly to a customer without a sales commission.
pos: adj
tags: US
especially
not-comparable
gloss: Not supplying power; open-circuited.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A financial instrument that is sold directly to a customer without a sales commission.
pos: noun
tags: US
Translations:
notability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From notable + -ity; alternatively, may be analyzed as note + -ability.
Base: notable
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: notabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being notable or eminent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A notable or eminent person or thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Lesser notabilities have indeed utilized and built upon the opportunities created for filling in the gaps within the socioeconomic and political maps of the popular community.
gloss: Locally eminent people; the bourgeoisie or upper middle class
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Just as the notability lived in its own social universe between the common citizenry and the aristocracy, so too did its intellectual universe express this complex mediation.
Such petitions were part of the role of the notability as understood at the time; a manifestation of their social hegemony was the obligation to speak for or represent the local community to the imperial center.
gloss: A standard used to determine whether a subject merits its own article.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
notarial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English notariall; equivalent to notary + -al.
Base: notary
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to a notary or notaries.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There were outspoken attacks on the free field in law from 1797 onwards, and lawyers were reintroduced in 1800, as was a state system of notarial certification in 1803.
gloss: Written or executed by a notary.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: notarially
Translations:
notarization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English notarize
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 notarization
From notarize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: notarizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: notarisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of notarizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something notarized.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
notepaper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From note + paper.
Compound parts: note
paper
Inflected forms:
form: notepapers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: note-paper
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
Translations:
notifier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English notify
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 notifier
From notify + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: notifiers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or thing which notifies or provides notification.
pos: noun
examples: The e-mail notifier displays a small icon in the notification area when mail is received.
Translations:
no-trump
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: no-trumps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: notrump
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: no trump
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A declaration, in bridge and similar games, that a hand is to be played without a trump suit.
pos: noun
examples: Many find it easier to remember 20 for Minors, 30 for Majors and 35 for No Trump.
Translations:
noway
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English no way, no wey, no weye, na wai, equivalent to no + way; compare nowise, -wards.
Compound parts: no
way
Inflected forms:
form: noways
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Noway will I go with you.
Translations:
no-win
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From no + win.
Compound parts: no
win
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Bound to end in failure.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: no-win situation
We're in a no-win situation: if we move, they kill us; if we stay, we starve.
Translations:
nubby
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From nub + -y. Compare knobby.
Base: nub
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: nubbier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: nubbiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
pos: adj
examples: noil A type of silk, sometimes incorrectly called raw silk, with a nubby feel and a low sheen.
gloss: Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.
pos: adj
examples: Xavier (Unknown Fan #1): Excuse me, miss. I seem to have lost my way. Could you point me in the right direction?
Stranger (Unknown Fan #2): Well, shoot, stranger. My pointin' days are long gone, what with these prosthetic limbs and all.
Xavier: What the hell? Who transformed your form, messed with your temple, altered your altar, modied ^([sic]) your body?
Stranger: Why, Dr. Bruce blessed me with my new hands. He does all sorts of surgeries, but he specializes in hand jobs. Prior to this, I was just a misfit, a nobody.
Xavier: Well, being a nubby nobody is better than being a stubby somebody.
Stranger: I'm very grateful for these hands, but they're preventing me from getting silly old Whiskers down from that tree.
Now we are sitting in a circle and each is given a stenographer's pad, the kind with the spring spine, and a nubby pencil, a pencil of quarter size so it can't be used as a weapon [...]
Derived words: nubbiness
Translations:
nucleate
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more nucleate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nucleate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: nucleates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: nucleating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: nucleated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: nucleated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: nucleates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having a nucleus; nucleated
pos: adj
gloss: To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.
pos: verb
examples: Lasker was the center of this collective, its nucleating force, its queen bee.
gloss: Any salt of a nucleic acid.
pos: noun
Translations:
nucleated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a nucleus or nuclei.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a centre; clustered (as opposed to e.g. dispersed).
pos: adj
Derived words: anucleated
binucleated
centronucleated
exonucleated
micronucleated
mononucleated
multinucleated
nonnucleated
plurinucleated
polynucleated
quadrinucleated
tetranucleated
trinucleated
uninucleated
unnucleated
Translations:
nurseryman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From nursery + man.
Compound parts: nursery
man
Inflected forms:
form: nurserymen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery.
pos: noun
examples: More and more I am coming to the conviction that in the north the orchard-grower will do better to be his own nurseryman—that is, to grow his own trees from the ground up.
[H]e said he was a nurseryman and gave his address as "Leawood Nursery, Glen Osmond".
Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world.
Translations:
nursling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nurse
English -ling
English nursling
From nurse + -ling.
Inflected forms:
form: nurslings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nurseling
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A young child or animal being nursed.
pos: noun
Translations:
nurturer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nurture
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 nurturer
From nurture + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: nurturers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who nurtures someone or something.
pos: noun
examples: Right then a ball is thwacked into Ari’s window leaving a spider web of cracks. Then the nurturer of grassroots street cricket runs out into the street, screaming, and confiscates the ball.
Translations:
nutritionally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nutrition
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 nutritional
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English nutritionally
From nutritional + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Concerning nutrition.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
nutritionist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nutrition
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English nutritionist
From nutrition + -ist (“person”).
Inflected forms:
form: nutritionists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nutritionalist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: An expert or specialist in nutrition.
pos: noun
Translations:
nutritiously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English nutritious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English nutritiously
From nutritious + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more nutritiously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most nutritiously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a way that provides nutrition.
pos: adv
Translations:
nutritive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”).
Inflected forms:
form: more nutritive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nutritive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to nutrition.
pos: adj
gloss: Nourishing, providing nutrition.
pos: adj
examples: The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage.
The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.
D'Argenson reckoned that its consumption held up so well in times of high prices because the poor thought that it had nutritive value.
Synonyms: nutritional
Antonyms: nonnutritive
Derived words: antinutritive
innutritive
isonutritive
nutritively
nutritiveness
unnutritive
Translations:
peaty
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From peat + -y.
Slang sense attested circa late 2010s at earliest, often apparently mildly tongue-in-cheek.
Base: peat
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: peatier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: peatiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or resembling peat; peatlike.
pos: adj
gloss: Of whisky, having a complex smoky flavour imparted by compounds released by peat fires used to dry the malted barley.
pos: adj
examples: The ten-year-old Ardbeg is traditionally considered the saltiest, peatiest malt on Islay (and that's saying something).
Many are eagerly anticipating Bruichladdich's Octomore line—intended to be the peatiest whisky from Islay (with a peating level of 129 phenol ppm in the malt in 2003).
After dinner, Ned revealed that he had snuck aboard a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail, one of the smokiest, peatiest, single malt Scotches this side of Edinburgh; a spirit “as deep and mysterious as the loch that gives it its name" and one that smacks of distilled pine tar.
gloss: Containing peat.
pos: adj
examples: The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.
The Drumochter Hills are a breeding haunt of dotterel, ptarmigan occur at high density, and where the ground is peatier, especially east of the Pass, golden plover and dunlin breed in company with these other birds at around 900 m.
The Palmer Drought Severity Index for Minnesota, our peatiest state, shows a tendency for wetter, not drier conditions.
Ben Feskineth lay undiscovered in deepest, peatiest Perthshire.
gloss: Related to the dietary advice, research and data of Dr. Ray Peat (especially foods with high natural sugar content and lack of refined seed oils, or activities and habits claimed to boost metabolism, lifespan, inter alia).
pos: adj
tags: Internet
humorous
neologism
sometimes
Related words: peat
peat bog
peatman
peat moss
Derived words: peatily
peatiness
peaty monster
Translations:
salmonberry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples.
Compound parts: salmon
berry
Inflected forms:
form: salmonberries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit from this bush, similar in appearance and texture to the blackberry and raspberry.
pos: noun
Translations:
toolkit
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
government
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
Etymology: From tool + kit.
Base: tool
Inflected forms:
form: toolkits
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tool kit
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
pos: noun
examples: The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development.
gloss: A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: My hope is that this book will familiarize readers with tools for analyzing historical and contemporary mechanisms of social differentiation, ethnoracial division, and symbolic structural inequality. My belief is that boundary theory offers the very best tool kit for this kind of work.
Anthony Lambert's review of the Cycle-Rail toolkit was, to this non-cyclist, of interest - particularly the recognition of tourism support and opportunities.
Prior to the Great Recession, active management of the long-bond portfolio was not a major feature of most central banks' toolkits, Japan being one notable exception.
gloss: A set of software tools or components.
pos: noun
examples: Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power.
gloss: A set of guidelines or instructions.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest.
pos: noun
tags: India
derogatory
Related words: devkit
toolbox
toolset
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: المعدات
lang: Arabic
word: الأدوات
lang: Armenian
word: գործիքակազմ
roman: gorcikʻakazm
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 工具箱
roman: gōngjùxiāng
lang: Dutch
word: gereedschapskist
lang: Esperanto
word: ilaro
lang: Estonian
word: tööriistakomplekt
lang: Estonian
word: töökomplekt
lang: Finnish
word: työkalusarja
lang: French
word: nécessaire (à...)
lang: Georgian
word: სამუშაო იარაღების კომპლექტი
roman: samušao iaraɣebis ḳomṗlekṭi
lang: Georgian
word: ინსტრუმენტების კომპლექტი
roman: insṭrumenṭebis ḳomṗlekṭi
lang: German
word: Werkzeugsatz
lang: Greek
word: εργαλειοθήκη
roman: ergaleiothíki
lang: Hungarian
word: szerszámkészlet
lang: Māori
word: keteparaha
lang: Polish
word: niezbędnik
lang: Portuguese
word: conjunto de ferramentas
lang: Russian
word: набо́р инструме́нтов
roman: nabór instruméntov
lang: Russian
word: инструмента́рий
roman: instrumentárij
lang: Spanish
word: herramental
lang: Spanish
word: instrumental
lang: Swedish
word: verktygslåda
lang: Turkish
word: alet kiti
lang: Turkish
word: alet kutusu
lang: Turkish
word: alet takımı
lang: Turkish
word: avadanlık
lang: Ukrainian
word: набі́р інструме́нтів
roman: nabír instruméntiv
lang: Ukrainian
word: інструмента́рій
roman: instrumentárij
marteau
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: marteaux
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A postiche curl.
pos: noun
examples: A wreath of wild roses, without foliage, crosses the top of the head in front and under the roll of the first marteau;
An easy mode of dressing the hair for powder is to part it across the head from ear to ear, turning the front over a high cusion, making the back into a long, loose chignon, with a few marteaux or rolled curls behind the cushion. Sometimes the roll in front is replaced by a series of marteaux placed diagonally .
Swathes: Made from two marteaux, sewn end to end. They are used for encircling the head.
Long hanging ringlets were popular and were made using switches, pin curls and marteaux (postiche hair pieces).
Translations:
foolery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English foleri, ffollery, equivalent to fool + -ery.
Base: fool
Affixes: -ery
Inflected forms:
form: fooleries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Foolish behaviour or speech.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries.
Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines every where.
A wantonneſſe in wealth, methinks I agree not with, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jewells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains whimſied with his wealth: […]
Tradesmen and clerks, with fashionable novel-reading families, and circulating-library-subscribing daughters, get up small assemblies in humble imitation of Almack’s, and promenade the dingy ‘large room’ of some second-rate hotel with as much complacency as the enviable few who are privileged to exhibit their magnificence in that exclusive haunt of fashion and foolery.
Though you think, maybe, young men can do their fill of foolery and there is none to blame them.
He […] hurried off to the Centre, took part in the solemn foolery of a 'discussion group' […]
Translations:
incidence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: epidemiology
geometry
graph-theory
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”).
Inflected forms:
form: incidences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of something happening; occurrence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: angle of incidence
incidence algebra
incidence axiom
incidence function
incidence geometry
incidence graph
incidence matrix
nonincidence
seroincidence
Translations:
illumined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English illumine
English -ed
English illumined
From illumine + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Illuminated.
pos: adj
examples: And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.
Translations:
venturing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: venturings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who ventures.
pos: noun
Translations:
subjugation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From New Latin subiugātiō, from Latin subiugō (“to subjugate”). By surface analysis, subjugate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: subjugations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of subjugating.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of being subjugated; forced control by others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
Synonyms: conquest
Related words: subjugate
Derived words: resubjugation
subjugational
Translations:
stunted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more stunted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most stunted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Prevented from growing or developing fully and hence shorter and stockier that usual.
pos: adj
examples: A poor diet leads to stunted growth.
Here lay a desolate valley—a shallow, narrow valley dotted with stunted trees and covered with many great bowlders.
gloss: Of a person: shorter than usual for one's age.
pos: adj
Related words: wasted
Derived words: stuntedly
stuntedness
unstunted
Translations:
sterility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English sterylite, sterylyte, from Latin sterilitās. By surface analysis, sterile + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: sterilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being sterile.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
shamed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That has been shamed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Syed Hassan, withdrawn, presented only his shamed back to the household, playing the radio, fingering the knobs like a rosary of penitence.
Translations:
reproachfully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reproachful
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English reproachfully
From reproachful + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more reproachfully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most reproachfully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a reproachful manner.
pos: adv
examples: “Won’t you tell me a story, while we are resting?” asked the child. The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered, “My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever. […]
Translations:
reposed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more reposed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most reposed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: calm and tranquil; at rest
pos: adj
examples: But Repoſed Natures may doe well in Youth.[…]On the other ſide, Heate and Viuacity in Age, is an Excellent Compoſition for Buſineſſe.
Translations:
midpoint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: mathematics
media
publishing
sciences
typography
Etymology: From mid + point.
Compound parts: mid
point
Inflected forms:
form: midpoints
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mid-point
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A point equidistant between two extremes.
pos: noun
examples: The tram stop serving HS2 will be located close to the existing Curzon Street building, underneath what will be the midpoint of the station, with step-free access provided from platform to street level.
gloss: A point which divides a line segment into two lines of equal length.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of middle dot.
pos: noun
examples: A closely spaced midpoint is also often used to separate syllables or letters, especially in Catalan when one l adjoins another.
An enlarged midpoint, a bullet is a mark used to set off items in a list.
Synonyms: center
middle
midpoint
midway
Antonyms: edge
end
extreme
limit
Related words: intermediate
Derived words: gyromidpoint
maltitude
midpoint ellipse
midpoint load
midpoint method
midpoint polygon
midpoint theorem
Translations:
insubordinate
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From in- + subordinate, on model of French insubordonné.
Base: subordinate
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: more insubordinate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most insubordinate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: insubordinates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.
pos: adj
examples: I remembered with confusion my insubordinate and stealthy conduct, and when I saw where it had brought me […] I felt ashamed to look him in the face.
gloss: A person who defies authority.
pos: noun
Translations:
headboard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: nautical
rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From head + board.
Compound parts: head
board
Inflected forms:
form: headboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
pos: noun
gloss: A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
pos: noun
gloss: A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
pos: noun
examples: A new use has been found for the L.M.S.R. observation car which previously worked in the Llandudno area. Mr. W. G. S. Wike writes that, still carrying headboards with the inscription "Llandudno and Blaenau Festiniog", it found its way to the Blackpool District, where it was used for familiarising enginemen with the various routes of access to this populous resort.
gloss: A grave marker made of wood.
pos: noun
Related words: footboard
bedhead
bedboard
headstone
Derived words: headboarded
Translations:
electro
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Clipping.
Inflected forms:
form: electros
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An electrotype.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
gloss: An electronic style of hip hop; electrofunk.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Oft-derided, even in its 2002 heyday, no one expected electroclash to last. But, just as sonic heirs such as La Roux or Little Boots capitalise on their groundwork, the old electro guard return with works of real solidity and depth.
gloss: Electrolysis.
pos: noun
tags: informal
uncountable
examples: First a great big hug to Lynette for her tips on makeup, and shaving. I dressed last weekend, and at a distance my face would definitely pass. (need lots of electro to fix this though).
PS I think laser [hair removal] will be approved as at least as perm [permanent] as electro.^([sic]) and much quicker and less painful.
The truth is that even of the [sex change] surgery WAS covered by Kaiser - he could not have afforded the additional expenses (like hormones, electro and psych counseling sessions) that weren't covered.
Derived words: complextro
electro swing
hellektro
Translations:
supertanker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor.
Portuguese tanquebor.
English tank
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 tanker
English supertanker
From super- + tanker.
Inflected forms:
form: supertankers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An extremely large tanker ship.
pos: noun
examples: But the task is like trying to turn a super tanker round 180 degrees - it can't be done quickly.
Translations:
subsoil
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English soil
English subsoil
From sub- + soil.
Inflected forms:
form: subsoils
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: subsoils
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: subsoiling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: subsoiled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: subsoiled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The layer of earth that is below the topsoil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.
gloss: To turn up the subsoil of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
suavely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English suave
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English suavely
From suave + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more suavely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most suavely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a suave manner.
pos: adv
examples: "Your Highness's wish is my command," says Sir Joshua suavely, for he is intensely curious as to the contents of the document.
Translations:
subarea
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English area
English subarea
From sub- + area.
Inflected forms:
form: subareas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A physical region that makes up part of an area.
pos: noun
gloss: Part of a topic or discipline.
pos: noun
examples: Books like this aim to arrive at a more unified understanding of a broad area, and how its subareas are related.
Derived words: subareal
Translations:
subcutaneously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English subcutaneous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English subcutaneously
From subcutaneous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Under the cutaneous layer of the skin.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The injection was given subcutaneously, which should have hurt less than intramuscularly but still hurt a great deal.
In addition, 0.5 ml of 1% lidocaine HCl was injected subcutaneously in the postauricular area for local anesthesia.
Translations:
gas-hog
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From gas + hog.
Compound parts: gas
hog
Inflected forms:
form: gas-hogs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A vehicle that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
landscaped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more landscaped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most landscaped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Included in a landscape.
pos: adj
Translations:
screamo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Blend of scream + emo.
Compound parts: scream
emo
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A genre of aggressive lo-fi guitar-driven music with predominantly screaming vocals, while preserving structural aspects of the emocore/hardcore emo genres of the early 1990's.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A genre of guitar-driven music combining late 1990's emo indie rock with interludes of screaming vocals, often accompanied by hardcore or metalcore guitar riffs.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Any punk rock-inspired music that involves screaming vocals, typically referring to the genres described above as well as certain subgenres of hardcore punk.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Any aggressive music with screamed vocals.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
often
uncountable
Translations:
slickness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slick
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 slickness
From slick + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slicknesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being slick.
pos: noun
examples: The train was well filled, with quite an amount of intermediate business; but station staff and passengers alike seemed ready enough to "look lively", and the result was a general "slickness" in working that augers^([sic]) well for the future.
Translations:
slickly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slick
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English slickly
From slick + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more slickly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most slickly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a slick manner; slipperily.
pos: adv
examples: "We've demonstrated that when push comes to shove, we can be really fast, we can be agile, we can do things more slickly.
Translations:
slicker
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slick
English -er
English slicker
From slick (“to smooth or make slick”) + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: slickers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: slickers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: slickering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: slickered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: slickered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which slicks.
pos: noun
gloss: A waterproof coat or jacket.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A person who is perceived as clever, urbane and possibly disreputable. (abbreviation of city slicker.)
pos: noun
gloss: A swindler or conman.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A symmetrical knife with a handle at each end, used for burnishing leather.
pos: noun
gloss: A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mould after the withdrawal of the pattern.
pos: noun
gloss: A two-handled tool for finishing concrete or mortar; a darby.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of slicker brush
pos: noun
examples: There are numerous grooming products on the market, particularly for longhaired cats – for example, rakes, slickers and detangle sprays, many of which claim to make grooming as simple and safe as possible.
gloss: To slither, as on a slick surface.
pos: verb
examples: My good lady wife invited many and often her friends to a dish of cauliflower cooked as it ought to be and finely seasoned, and you ought to see how they slickered their tongues; it looked like appetite all over their faces.
I carefully watched his quick emotions as they slickered in his eyes before he hid them.
That's me, a holy greased pig, slickering away out of the fumbling hands of evil.
gloss: To con or hoodwink.
pos: verb
examples: I knew he had been slickered again.
gloss: To use a slicker on.
pos: verb
examples: ...carbon bisulphide, chloride of sulphur and sulphur precipitating substances, the surplus rubber adhering to the hide being then slickered off and finished with a cloth dipped in a rubber solvent.
The bends are rinsed well and slickered on both the sides to remove excess of water.
gloss: To smooth or slick.
pos: verb
examples: Anyway, to make a long story short, here was this young kin of mine dressed in a white shirt and shoes and pale blue shorts standin' there with his hair slickered down, starin' at me.
gloss: To spread mashed manure on fields as a form of fertilization.
pos: verb
Related words: city slicker
Derived words: rainslicker
Translations:
slipperiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slippery
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 slipperiness
From slippery + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slipperinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being slippery.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He struggled out of the water, by clawing into the slipperiness, and climbing, not knowing if he was crawling onto the body of a sea serpent.
gloss: The result or product of being slippery.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
slightness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slight
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 slightness
From slight + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slightnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being slight, smallness, petiteness
pos: noun
examples: Poor nutrition explained his slightness.
Translations:
slimness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English slim
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 slimness
From slim + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: slimnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being slim.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The result or product of being slim.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
sloppiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sloppy
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 sloppiness
From sloppy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sloppinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being sloppy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Nobody troubles to keep his word, to carry out literally his undertakings. In my small way I try to set that right by showing them the logical development of their ways. I am, in fact, the sworn enemy of anything approaching sloppiness.
gloss: The result or product of being sloppy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
lang: Greek
word: προχειρότητα
roman: procheirótita
slops
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Loose trousers.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
plural
plural-only
examples: Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.
A pair of slops.
gloss: Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
pos: noun
tags: historical
plural
plural-only
examples: The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.
gloss: Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
pos: noun
tags: dated
plural
plural-only
Translations:
smelter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English smelt
English -er
English smelter
From smelt + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: smelters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person employed to do smelting.
pos: noun
examples: He works as a smelter.
gloss: A machine used to smelt metal.
pos: noun
examples: Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
gloss: A place where smelting is done.
pos: noun
examples: We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.
Derived words: smelter dust
super smelter
Translations:
smokiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English smoky
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 smokiness
From smoky + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being smoky.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.
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