yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
licking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: lickings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is licked.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A severe beating.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
gloss: A great loss or defeat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: Our football team took a licking last night.
Derived words: arse-licking
ass-licking
cookie licking
cuntlicking
take a licking
Translations:
antibacterial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)
Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.
New Latin bactēriabor.
English bacteria
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 bacterial
English antibacterial
From anti- + bacterial.
Inflected forms:
form: antibacterials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Killing or inhibiting bacteria.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This drug has an antibacterial effect.
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
gloss: Opposing the theory that diseases are caused by bacteria.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
not-comparable
gloss: A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria.
pos: noun
examples: Many household products contain antibacterials.
Derived words: antibacterially
nonantibacterial
Translations:
junket
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English jonket (“basket made of rushes”), from Medieval Latin iuncta, possibly from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”) and therefore a possible doublet of jonquil.
Meaning shifted to “feast or banquet” by 1520s, probably via the notion of a picnic basket. This in turn led to the sense of “pleasure trip” (1814), and then to specifically to “trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment” by 1886 in American English.
Inflected forms:
form: junkets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: junketing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: junketting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: junketed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: junketed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: junketted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: junketted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To attend a junket; to feast.
pos: verb
tags: dated
intransitive
examples: Be careful that you wast not, or spoil your Ladies, or Mistresses goods, neither sit you up junketing a nights, after your Master and Mistress be abed.
1688, Robert South, Sermon preached on 8 April, 1688, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. The Second Volume, London: Thomas Bennet, p. 414,
Iob’s Children junketted and feasted together often, but the Reckoning cost them dear at last.
’Tis better than lying abed half the day, and junketing and card-playing all the night, and makeing yourselves wholly useless to every good purpose in your own families, as is now the fashion among ye […]
After they had built their water-house and laid their pipes, it occurred to them that the place was suitable for junketing. Once entertained, with jovial magistrates and public funds, the idea led speedily to accomplishment; and Edinburgh could soon boast of a municipal Pleasure House.
gloss: To go on a junket; to travel.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Together they made trips to town or junketed over the country in search of furniture and dishes of which Miss Sally had heard.
It is only by much junketing about that one comes to the full realization of what men and women in the main are doing in this country. One learns as he passes from town to town, through cities and across plains, that the general reason for industry everywhere is to get the means to build and support a home.
It was her belief that the summer folk went junketing off with the first fall of autumn leaves, leaving their cats to starve.
On the boat I met an old art history professor, with whom I junketed around for a while, visiting museums in London and Paris […]
These days the astronaut job title has been split into two categories. (Three, counting payload specialist, the category into which teachers, boondoggling senators, and junketing Saudi princes fall.)
gloss: To regale or entertain with a feast.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
remonstrate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From (the participle stem of) Late Latin remōnstrō, from Latin re- + mōnstrō.
Inflected forms:
form: remonstrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: remonstrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: remonstrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: remonstrated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Whitshed, the Chief Justice, consistently with his action on a previous occasion (see volume vii.), angrily remonstrated with the jury, demanded of them their reasons for such a decision, and finally dissolved them.
Following weeks of bitter protests by Chinese demonstrators remonstrating against Japanese wartime atrocities, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has moved to heal the rift between the two nations by apologizing for Japan’s World War II record.
Wayne Rooney spent much of the game remonstrating with Oliver about his own grievances and, in the interest of balance, there were certainly occasions when United had legitimate complaints.
gloss: Specifically, to lodge an official objection (especially by means of a remonstrance) with a monarch or other ruling body.
pos: verb
tags: historical
intransitive
examples: In 1753-4, the Parlements of Aix, Bordeaux, Rennes and Rouen remonstrated in support of the exiled Paris institution.
gloss: To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.
pos: verb
tags: often
transitive
examples: "Belinda," remonstrated Mr. Pocket, from the other end of the table, "how can you be so unreasonable? […]"
In a recent column in The New York Times, William Safire referred to Mr. Morris as Ed. This prompted Mr. Morris to write "an open letter" to Mr. Safire remonstrating that, in his case, such usage "grates like sand in salad."
gloss: To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
pos: verb
examples: I might remonstrate how great, and how sure , and how persevering mercies a pious father of a family may derive upon his succeeding generations
I will remonstrate to you the third dor.
Synonyms: demur
expostulate
Related words: remonstrance
remonstratingly
remonstration
remonstrative
remonstratively
Derived words: remonstratingly
remonstrator
unremonstrated
unremonstrating
Translations:
libertine
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.
Inflected forms:
form: libertines
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more libertine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most libertine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.
pos: adj
Synonyms: adulterer
bed-hopper
carpetmonger
chamberer
debauchee
debaucher
fornicator
gallant
lecher
lewdster
libertine
hood rat
philanderer
rake
rantipole
rizzler
roué
player
seducer
voluptuary
wanton
Antonyms: celibate
celibatist
monogamist
virgin
Related words: drunkard
glutton
pleasure
prostitute
Translations:
firstborn
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English first borne. By surface analysis, first (adverb) + born.
Inflected forms:
form: firstborn
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: firstborns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: first-born
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The first child to be born to a parent or family.
pos: noun
gloss: Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: lastborn
Related words: middleborn
Translations:
rustic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.
Inflected forms:
form: more rustic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most rustic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: rustick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: rusticke
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: rustique
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: rustics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rustick
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rusticke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rustique
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
pos: adj
examples: rustic country where the sheep and cattle roamed freely
She had a rustic, woodland air.
late 1700s, Robert Burns, Behold, My Love, How Green the Groves
The Princely revel may survey
Our rustic dance wi' scorn.
With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her. They were fond of the sweet orphan. Her presence had seemed a blessing to them, but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection.
To this mingling of cultivated and rustic society may also be attributed the rural feeling that runs through British literature.
gloss: Unfinished or roughly finished.
pos: adj
examples: rustic manners
gloss: Crude, rough.
pos: adj
gloss: Simple; artless; unaffected.
pos: adj
examples: the manners not too polite nor too rustic
Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.
gloss: A rural person.
pos: noun
examples: The cause of these stampedes was generally undiscoverable; but sometimes, when the birds stayed some time down on the water, the figure of a rustic would at length appear, walking behind a hedge, along a path bounding the little meadow.
The King looked at the motionless figure, at the little crowd of hushed expectant rustics beyond the bridge, and finally at the face of Chandos, which shone with amusement.
gloss: An unsophisticated or uncultured person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Thus this ignorant, unsophisticated but resolute agriculturist captured me. So early in 1917, we left Calcutta for Champaran, looking just like fellow rustics.
gloss: A noctuoid moth.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.
pos: noun
Derived words: nonrustic
rosy rustic
rustically
rustic bunting
rusticise
rusticism
rusticity
rusticization
rusticize
rusticly
rustic moth
rusticness
rustic ware
rustic-work
semirustic
unrustic
mottled rustic
Translations:
narcissist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Narcissus (“a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection”) + -ist.
Base: Narcissus
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: narcissists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who shows extreme love and admiration for themself.
pos: noun
examples: So what do you do if someone close to you is a narcissist?
gloss: An egoist; a person full of egoism and pride.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
Related words: narcissism
narcissistic
narcissize
Derived words: narcissistical
narcopath
nonnarcissist
Translations:
liberalize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English liberal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English liberalize
From liberal + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: liberalizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: liberalizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: liberalized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: liberalized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: liberalise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: to make liberal, free.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: to become liberal, free.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: liberalization
liberalizer
unliberalized
Translations:
lurid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *loiros
Latin lūror
Latin lūridusbor.
English lurid
Borrowed from Latin lūridus (“pale yellow, wan”).
Inflected forms:
form: more lurid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lurid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
pos: adj
examples: The accident was described with lurid detail.
Speculating on why publishers rejected it, he wonders whether it was deemed too lurid at the time, especially since Steinbeck was then an unknown author.
gloss: Melodramatic.
pos: adj
gloss: Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
pos: adj
examples: Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame;
Wrapt in drifts of lurid smoke / On the misty river-tide.
The great banths sniffed the unfamiliar odours, and then with a rush they broke past us with low growls, swarming across the gardens beneath the lurid light of the nearer moon.
gloss: Being of a light yellow hue.
pos: adj
examples: The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.
gloss: Having a brown colour tinged with red.
pos: adj
examples: a lurid plant with maroon leaves and pink flowers
Derived words: luridity
luridly
luridness
Translations:
Caribbean
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Carib or Caribe, a people who lived in the West Indies, + -an.
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: Carribean
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: Caribbeans
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Carribean
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Among those seeking the Caribbean nation’s highest office on May 19 are the current president, a former president, and a mayor.
gloss: A person native to the Caribbean region
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A member of the Amerindian tribes that inhabited the Caribbean region before the arrival of the Europeans
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
lang: French
word: Caribéen
lang: French
word: Caribéenne
lang: Lao
word: ຄົນຄາຣິບຽນ
roman: khon khā ri bīan
lang: Marathi
word: कॅरिबियन
roman: kĕribiyan
lang: Polish
word: Karaib
lang: Polish
word: Karaibka
lang: Portuguese
word: caribenho
lang: Thai
word: คนแคริบเบียน
sacerdotal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Middle English sacerdotale, from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly”).
Inflected forms:
form: more sacerdotal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sacerdotal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.
pos: adj
examples: ...and so neither is the Silence of the Reformed, and of the Church of England in relation to the Rebaptization of Persons Baptiz'd by Midwives and Laymen, any Argument against their receiving Sacerdotal Baptism; so long as that is the only Baptism which Christ Instituted, and which by his Law every one is bound to receive, who has not yet received it.
...some of the figures are costumed in the style of religious art, with flowing sacerdotal garments.
Verena's initial appearance in Boston, as he called her performance at Miss Birdseye's, had been a great success; and this reflection added, as I say, to his habitually sacerdotal expression.
The coronation of Edgar raised English kings to the level of emperors, and it initiated the mystical and sometimes almost sacerdotal status with which the English royal family was to wreath itself for centuries to come.
Translations:
priestly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English prestly; equivalent to priest + -ly.
Base: priest
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more priestly
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: priestlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most priestly
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: priestliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to priests.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the appearance of or resembling a priest.
pos: adj
Synonyms: hieratic
sacerdotal
Related words: high-priestly
Derived words: antipriestly
nonpriestly
priestliness
unpriestly
Translations:
chalice
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English chalis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French chalice, collateral form of calice, borrowed from Latin calix, calicem (“cup”), of uncertain etymology. In view of Umbrian skalçeta (“sacrifical vessel”), perhaps from a Proto-Italic *(s)kalik-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-. Pokorny considered a parallel formation in Sanskrit कलश (kaláśa-, “(water-)jar, tub, pot, dish”), for Proto-Indo-European *kel-eḱ-, but De Vaan finds this unlikely. Alternatively, borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix) or an unattested variant thereof, maybe with contamination from κάλυξ (kálux, “shell, calyx”), but it is also possible that all were borrowed from related substrate words. Possible doublet of calyx and kelch. Compare Sumerian 𒃲(GAL).
Inflected forms:
form: chalices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: calice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
pos: noun
examples: [W]e but teach / Bloody Inſtructions, which, being taught, returne / To plague th' Inuentor. This euen-handed Iuſtice / Commends th' Ingredience of our poyſon'd Challice / To our owne lips.
gloss: A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
pos: noun
Related words: calyx
kylix
Derived words: chaliced
chalice drum
chalicelike
enchalice
mixed chalice
poisoned chalice
Translations:
lethargic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ληθαργικός (lēthargikós), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, “forgetful, lethargic”), from λήθη (lḗthē, “a forgetting, forgetfulness”) (from which Lethe (“river in Hades”)) + ἀργός (argós, “not working”). By surface analysis, lethargy + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more lethargic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lethargic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: lethargick
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Sluggish, slow.
pos: adj
examples: [That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.
She was, in fact, constitutionally impervious to statistics and preferred to study the be-headphoned group of fifteen or so lethargic wanderers who were taking even less notice of the remorseless squawkings than she was.
gloss: Indifferent, apathetic.
pos: adj
Related words: alethic
alethiology
lethargy
Lethe
philalethia
Derived words: antilethargic
lethargically
lethargicness
Translations:
unmoving
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English moving
English unmoving
From un- + moving.
Inflected forms:
form: more unmoving
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unmoving
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not moving; still; static.
pos: adj
gloss: Not emotionally moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.
pos: adj
examples: A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.
Translations:
balanced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more balanced
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most balanced
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.
pos: adj
examples: He believed he rarely got sick because of his balanced diet.
Translations:
Satanism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Satan
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English Satanism
From Satan + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: Satanisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: satanism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Worship or reverence to Satan (usually synonymous with "the Devil").
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Religious groups that follow Satanism include Luciferians and Laveyans.
gloss: A profession, philosophy, or ideological construct featuring a positive, admirable, or useful association to the figure, character or entity known as 'Satan'; or, featuring opposition to all morality and the procurement of what is wanted regardless of the consequences concerning others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: LaVeyan Satanism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A devilish disposition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Kelly
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kellogg and Callahan.
Inflected forms:
form: Kelley
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Kelli
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Kellie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Kelly green.
pos: noun
examples: ([…] something special in Kelly or red), whose narrow shawl collar has a slight V in back and knots at the throat in front.
[…] red or Kelly, with curved yoke and collar; and garments in skipper, pink, red, black or gray, with covered buttons on a yoked back.
Translations:
Satanist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Satan
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 Satanist
From Satan + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: Satanists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who identifies with Anton Szandor LaVey's philosophical teachings and the religion, Satanism, founded upon it.
pos: noun
examples: Examples of Satanists include Luciferians and LaVeyans.
gloss: One who worships Satan.
pos: noun
gloss: One who uses Satan as a symbolic interpretation for their ideology or philosophy.
pos: noun
examples: Individuals within this sense may include theistic Satanists, The Satanic Temple followers, or self-identifying Satanists.
Translations:
Gregory
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Via Latin Grēgorius, from post-classical Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios, “watchful, vigilant”), from Ancient Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, “awaken, arouse”).
Inflected forms:
form: Gregorys
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Shortened form of Gregory Peck, a neck
pos: noun
tags: Cockney
slang
Translations:
promised
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Predicted; expected; anticipated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: On December 16, the Times reported that if the promised weather change came, Robert would likely take off the next day.
Not only was there still no sign of the promised economic recovery, but their presentational skills lapsed into farce.
One can suggest, however, that by linking their claim on legitimacy to heightened expectations of change, the Russian authorities may face an even more serious legitimacy deficit in the future if the promised change does not take place or if the scale of this change is not perceived as sufficient by key groups in the society.
gloss: Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: After a moment, as they danced, he put the question, and she said, “I am promised to Neskaya Tower.
The violins struck up and in one move the Prince swept Konstantina so close to his chest that she gasped. “Sir,” she heard herself remonstrate as they began to circle the floor, “please remember that I am promised to the Baron!”
I am promised to another,” Nicole answered.
gloss: Due to become manifest because of a past promise.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If this son was not the promised savior, at least he could be the forefather of the Messiah, and Eve knew it. After expecting the promised seed for a hundred and thirty years, her hope and expectations had given place to despondency and hopelessness.
He then departed to wait, with impatience, for the next day, and the promised appointment.
The executor of Story I's estate, Sidway, was therefore legally bound to deliver the promised $5,000 to whoever currently held the interest in the sum, which by the time of the trial was Hamer.
Derived words: forepromised
promised 3
000 years ago
promised land
promised one
unpromised
Translations:
injured
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more injured
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most injured
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Suffering from an injury.
pos: adj
examples: injured dog
injured player
injured men
The firefighters put on breathing apparatus and managed to find the injured. In one case, they were almost too late - one of the bystanders who had helped with the initial rescue attempts had been reported missing. They were later found unconscious, having been overcome by the fumes.
Translations:
evilness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English yvelnesse, from Old English yfelnyss; equivalent to evil + -ness.
Base: evil
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: evilnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being evil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] they lament the evilness and malice of evil men, and pray God for the evil, that he will convert them from their evilness and malice, and so make them good of evil men.
Translations:
corruptness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English corrupt
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 corruptness
From corrupt + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being corrupt.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
depravity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
Inflected forms:
form: depravities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
Walsingham was not blind to Edward’s failings, and attributed the political problems of the 1370s directly to the old king’s moral depravity.
“Whoa. Baby Bear. What's the matter?” “I know I'm not supposed to ask you how you came back from the dead, but I know it was my fault that you died. And maybe if you tell me how you came back, I won't feel as guilty anymore!” “Turbolift, halt.” (whirring stops) “It wasn't your fault. Saving you was my duty. There's a reason we don't tell anyone how we come back.” “I know. You can't tell me because I'm just an ensign.” “It's nothing to do with rank, son. We're sparing you dark truths about scientific depravity that would haunt you for the rest of your days. Once you know, you can never go back to being the man you were before.” “Works for me! Tell me, tell me!” “Okay. So, death is the first thing that happens. And then-- Oh, wait, you do know about the black mountain, right?” “Uh, the what now?” “The black mountain is a spiritual battleground your soul goes (muffled): where you have to fight three faceless apparitions of your father. (fading): ...the surviving father makes you eat your heart...”
gloss: A particular depraved act or trait.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
gloss: Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
pos: noun
tags: Christian
uncountable
examples: Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!
Related words: depravation
depravedness
Derived words: nondepravity
original depravity
total depravity
Translations:
jagged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more jagged
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most jagged
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
pos: adj
examples: At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
gloss: Having a rough quality.
pos: adj
gloss: Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
pos: adj
Derived words: jagged array
jagged chickweed
jaggedly
jaggedness
jaggedy
unjagged
Translations:
sinful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English synful, senful, sunful, from Old English synful (“sinful, guilty, wicked, corrupt”), equivalent to sin + -ful. Compare Dutch zondevol (“sinful”), German sündevoll (“sinful”), Danish syndefuld (“sinful”), Swedish syndfull (“sinful”), Icelandic syndfullur (“sinful”).
Base: sin
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: more sinful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: sinfuller
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sinful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sinfullest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having sinned; guilty of sin.
pos: adj
gloss: Constituting a sin; morally or religiously wrong; wicked; evil.
pos: adj
gloss: decadent (luxuriously self-indulgent)
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: I take a whiff of the most sincerely sinful cookies in the history of the world. It’s a recipe I saw in People magazine once at the dentist's office, and Dr. Segal would not approve of its ingredients (or maybe she would, in the interest of keeping her business afloat).
Derived words: sinfully
sinfulness
unsinful
Translations:
reflection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
computing
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English refleccion, refleccioun, refleccioune, reflection, from Middle French reflection, reflexion, and its source Late Latin reflexiō, from the participle stem of reflectō. The current spelling is influenced by reflect. Equivalent to reflect + -ion.
Base: reflect
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: reflections
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reflexion
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
dated
Senses:
gloss: The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The dog barked at his own reflection in the mirror.
A body of black that carried no reflection.
gloss: Careful thought or consideration.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: After careful reflection, I have decided not to vote for that proposition.
But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
gloss: A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Our recent results are a reflection of the progress we've made as a team.
Zuckerberg said last month that the name change was a reflection of how much Facebook had evolved.
gloss: A representative manifestation or outcome of a condition, trend or trait.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It is a reflection on his character that he never came back to see them.
gloss: The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: DynamicMBeanFacade uses Java's reflection API to introspect the managed resource and discover data type information for attributes.
gloss: The folding of a part; a fold.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: reflect
reflective
reflector
refraction
diffraction
Derived words: angle of reflection
antireflection
complete internal reflection
Fresnel reflection
glide reflection
hyporeflection
interreflection
metareflection
misreflection
multireflection
no-reflection
oblique reflection
on reflection
Phong reflection
pseudoreflection
reflectional
reflection-in-action
reflectionism
reflectionless
reflection-like
reflection mapping
reflection nebula
reflection-on-action
retroreflection
rotoreflection
self-reflection
superreflection
total internal reflection
transflection
upon reflection
Translations:
lang: Ukrainian
word: відобра́ження
roman: vidobrážennja
unevenly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From uneven + -ly or un- + evenly.
Base: uneven
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more unevenly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unevenly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an uneven or haphazard manner.
pos: adv
examples: Network Rail said this has been due to the driest ever spring and summer, which caused clay embankments to shrink unevenly in a process called soil moisture deficit.
gloss: In an unequal manner.
pos: adv
examples: Put easily, instamining is a method that enables coins to be issued unfairly or unevenly.
Synonyms: haphazardly
Antonyms: evenly
equally
Translations:
lang: Russian
word: неро́вно
roman: neróvno
lang: Swedish
word: ojämnt
solely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole + -ly.
Base: sole
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Alone; exclusively.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill.
This week, officials closed all evacuation centers but two on Staten Island. Now they plan to rely solely on hotels, even as they brace for a new wave of people displaced from storm-damaged housing where they are facing winter without heat or hot water.
Translations:
toggle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: fashion
hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
skydiving
sports
transport
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possible alteration of tug (“to pull”) + -le
Base: tug
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: toggles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: toggles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: toggling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: toggled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: toggled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.
pos: noun
gloss: A rod-shaped button bound with slack to the fabric.
pos: noun
gloss: A toggle switch.
pos: noun
gloss: An appliance for transmitting force at right angles to its direction.
pos: noun
gloss: A horizontal piece of wood that is placed on a door, flat, or other wooden structure, but is not on one of the edges of the structure.
pos: noun
gloss: A fastener that has flaps that align vertically to penetrate a surface and then spread out to secure the fastener in position, e.g. a molly bolt.
pos: noun
examples: Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard.
gloss: A loop of webbing or a dowel affixed to the end of the steering/brake lines of a parachute providing the pilot with a means of control.
pos: noun
gloss: To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
pos: verb
examples: Clicking a button will alternately toggle its light on OR off.
gloss: To switch between alternate states.
pos: verb
examples: toggle to lower/upper case
You can quickly toggle the case of selected text by pressing Alt+C.
He’s that rare creature who’s equally powerful in the classics and popular fare, who’s dedicated to toggling between stage and screen. He is both prolific and enigmatic, disappearing into a dazzling range of characters.
gloss: To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: togglability
togglable
toggleable
untoggle
Translations:
escaped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: People are being warned not to approach the escaped prisoner.
Translations:
haphazardly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English haphazard
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English haphazardly
From haphazard + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more haphazardly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most haphazardly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a haphazard manner; in a random, chaotic, and incomplete manner.
pos: adv
examples: Sorcery is not the exclusive prerogative of the fetish-man, but is practised haphazardly by anyone who wishes to cast a spell upon another.
“This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together,” wrote Brann.
Antonyms: methodically
Translations:
ranging
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rangings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who ranges.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] the elite warrior class and their sexual rangings in pursuit of extratribal wives […]
gloss: A back-and-forth movement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: bushranging
overranging
Translations:
licensed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Only licensed exterminators can purchase rat poison in this state.
gloss: Having been issued with a licence (by the required authority).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The opening hours of licensed premises are restricted to prevent all-night drinking.
gloss: Authorized by licence.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Even licensed fishing has a major effect on the fish population in the river.
gloss: Authorized by licence.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.
Antonyms: unlicensed
Related words: eligible
licensed victualler
qualified
Derived words: licensed premises
multilicensed
nonlicensed
overlicensed
underlicensed
Translations:
lang: German
word: lizenziert
lang: Japanese
word: 免許を持っている
roman: menkyo wo motteiru
lang: Māori
word: whairaihana
lang: Spanish
word: licenciado
lang: Tagalog
word: lisensiyado
lang: Turkish
word: lisanslı
lang: Welsh
word: trwyddedig
lang: German
word: lizenziert
lang: Greek
word: εξουσιοδοτημένος
roman: exousiodotiménos
lang: Hindi
word: अनुज्ञप्त
roman: anujñapt
lang: Japanese
word: 免許された
roman: menkyo sareta
lang: Māori
word: whairaihana
lang: Spanish
word: licenciado
lang: Tagalog
word: lisensiyado
lang: Turkish
word: lisanslı
backed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From back (noun) + -ed.
Affixes: -ed
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
slang
examples: He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.
gloss: Having specified type of back.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: a high-backed chair
sway-backed
red-backed shrike
gloss: Having specified type of backing.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
not-comparable
examples: asset-backed securities
Hostilities peaked with the Skyllian Blitz of 2176, an attack on the human capital of Elysium by batarian-funded pirates and slavers. In 2178, the Alliance retaliated with a crushing assault on the moon of Torfan, long used as a staging base by batarian-backed criminals. In the aftermath, the batarians retreated into their own systems, and are now rarely seen in Citadel space.
Derived words: asset-backed commercial paper
asset-backed security
backed blade
black-backed antshrike
black-backed grosbeak
black-backed gull
black-backed jackal
black-backed water tyrant
chestnut-backed antshrike
chestnut-backed chickadee
community-backed
factory-backed
great black-backed gull
greater black-backed gull
green-backed firecrown
green-backed flycatcher
green-backed gerygone
green-backed tit
grey-backed fiscal
grey red-backed vole
hog-backed
lesser black-backed gull
mortgage-backed
mortgage-backed security
northern red-backed vole
olive-backed oriole
olive-backed pipit
olive-backed sunbird
olive-backed thrush
purple-backed fairywren
razor-backed
red-backed fairywren
red-backed hawk
red-backed sea eagle
red-backed shrike
roach-backed
rough-backed litter snake
rufous-backed antvireo
rufous-backed fantail
russet-backed thrush
saddle-backed
saddle-backed bush cricket
shield-backed bug
silver-backed fox
slaty-backed gull
spot-backed antshrike
sticky-backed plastic
stiff-backed
streak-backed antshrike
sway-backed
unbacked
violet-backed starling
whale-backed
white-backed black tit
Translations:
deemed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An accreditation awarded to higher educational institutions in India.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
varying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: varyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of variable, used by a fragment shader, that interpolates values across a primitive, so as to produce gradient effects etc.
pos: noun
examples: Another consideration to the relationship between vertex and fragment shaders is that adding too many additional varyings can be a drag on performance since they must all be interpolated […]
Translations:
privateer
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
Etymology: From private + -eer probably after volunteer, shortened from the original term "Private Man-of-war".
Base: private
Affixes: -eer
Inflected forms:
form: privateers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: privateers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: privateering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: privateered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: privateered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate.
gloss: An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
pos: noun
examples: This is a major victory, not only for CUPW because it will deter profit-hungry privateers from taking work away from CUPW members, but also because it gives union protection to those employed by the privateers.
Privateers, such as Osborne and Gaebler, promise that good competition will not become bad — will not become cutthroat competition — if good competition is "carefully structured and managed;"
For example, when water workers leader Abelardo de Oliveira Filho says, […] investigations initiated by PSI in carrying out the mandate their members gave them to resist the privatization of water, to look into how the privateers worked
Privatization advocates, or “privateers,” peddle the simple message that privatization is always good.
gloss: A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Canada
US
gloss: A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive or vehicle manufacturer.
pos: noun
gloss: To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
pos: verb
gloss: To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.
pos: verb
examples: The principle of collective bargaining has been a basic point of dispute; it infringes, as Perlman pointed out, the privileges associated with private ownership and management of property. […] These so-called charters were simply a license given to shady elements to privateer against the strong and growing unions.
The objective of the privatisation law of July 1990 was to achieve an ownership structure similar to that in western Europe within five years, with approximately half of state-owned assets to be privateered in the first three years.
They are generally kept in "detention centers" in the Australian desert, or on islands in international waters privateered by the government. These are operated by private security firms, which are not subject to international agreements.
Related words: buccaneer
profiteer
letter of marque
works team
Derived words: privateersman
Translations:
dinette
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dine
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Old French -ettebor.
Middle English -ette
English -ette
English dinette
From dine + -ette.
Inflected forms:
form: dinettes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small space within a dwelling, usually alongside a kitchen, used for informal dining; a dining alcove or nook.
pos: noun
examples: The condominium lacks a proper dining room, but has a cosy dinette.
gloss: A submarine's mess hall.
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
gloss: Furniture for an indoor informal dining space, usually consisting of chairs and a small table.
pos: noun
examples: We purchased a new dinette yesterday.
The dinette set in the corner was from the ’30s, chipped and discolored.
gloss: A preliminary dinner; luncheon.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: diner
Translations: