yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
whooper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English whoop
English -er
English whooper
From whoop + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: whoopers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or animal that whoops.
pos: noun
gloss: The whooping crane, Grus americana.
pos: noun
examples: Adult whoopers are white and easy to distinguish from sandhills.
gloss: The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.
pos: noun
Translations:
wonderfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English wonderfulnesse, equivalent to wonderful + -ness.
Base: wonderful
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: wonderfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being wonderful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: [H]ow could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of that all-controlling and all-permeating wonderfulness […] denominated The Finger of God?
Translations:
wonderingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wondering
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English wonderingly
From wondering + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more wonderingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most wonderingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a wondering manner; with wonderment.
pos: adv
examples: The flowers that Florence held to her breast began to fall when she heard those words, so wonderingly spoken.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaie & Co., Volume I, Phase the First, Chapter 4, p. 50,
The poor creature looked wonderingly round at the night, at the lantern, at their two figures, as if he could not believe that at that hour, when every living thing was intended to be in shelter and at rest, he was called upon to go out and labour.
“That will be sat-is-fac-tor-y,” said Tik-Tok, picking up the gun and examining it wonderingly, for he had never before seen such a weapon.
She listened to him wonderingly as he told her of the real miner’s cottage of his birth in Carmarthenshire where his father still lived […]
Translations:
wonderment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wonder
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English wonderment
From wonder + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: wonderments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Wonder; astonishment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "Blind!" exclaimed the old fellow, sitting up in startled wonderment. "You mean it, sir? You walk all right and you look at me as if you saw me. You're kidding surely."
gloss: A puzzle or curiosity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: wonder
Translations:
wondrously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wondrous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English wondrously
From wondrous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more wondrously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most wondrously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a wondrous manner.
pos: adv
examples: But had thoſe vvits the vvonders of their dayes, / Or that ſvveete Teian Poet [Anacreon] vvhich did ſpend / His plenteous vaine in ſetting forth her [Venus's] prayſe, / Seene but a glims of this, vvhich I pretend, / Hovv vvondrouſly vvould he her face commend, […]
Renamed in honor of the tube tearjerker, the work wondrously went on to become the most recognized theme in all of soapdom.
Translations:
optically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English optic
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 optical
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 optically
From optical + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: regarding or using optics
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The picture is seen optically through the lens, as in many photo cameras.
The microscopically small crystals often obtained by very rapid cooling of the hot solution, appeared to be no crystals of the optically active form either; they were rhombic individuals exhibiting prismatic, domatic and basal facets, of a new hydrate of the racemic compound, probably at higher temperatures stable, and containing less water of crystallization.
Translations:
optimally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos
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Latin optimus
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 optimal
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 optimally
From optimal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more optimally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most optimally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an optimal manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
optimistically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English optimistic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English optimistically
From optimistic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more optimistically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most optimistically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an optimistic manner.
pos: adv
examples: Less optimistically observed, she was a short, broad-shouldered girl, built like a sturdy pony[.]
Translations:
opulently
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English opulent
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English opulently
From opulent + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more opulently
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most opulently
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an opulent manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
ornately
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English ornatly; equivalent to ornate + -ly.
Base: ornate
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more ornately
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most ornately
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an ornate manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
organizationally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English organizational
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English organizationally
From organizational + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: organisationally
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In an organizational manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: With regard to organization or an organization.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Organizationally, the campaign will have its home office in Durham, which will provide support for grassroots efforts in each of the state's 100 counties.
Translations:
organically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English organic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
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
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English organically
From organic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more organically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most organically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an organic manner.
pos: adv
gloss: In the manner of a living organism.
pos: adv
gloss: As part of an organized whole.
pos: adv
gloss: Inherently, naturally or constitutionally.
pos: adv
examples: “But after meeting Jaleel serendipitously on an airplane and becoming friends, the idea grew organically, and we knew we had the right partner.”
gloss: From, or using organic matter.
pos: adv
gloss: With regard to organic husbandry.
pos: adv
Derived words: nonorganically
Translations:
minar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: minars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A minaret.
pos: noun
examples: The barah-dari has six window places and two doorways, and is surmounted by four small minars.
Translations:
ornithological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ornithology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English ornithological
From ornithology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to ornithology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
orris
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Probably from iris, although the alteration of the vowel is unexplained.
Inflected forms:
form: orrises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several irises that have a fragrant root, especially Iris × germanica.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The fragrant root of such an iris.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Drop twelve drops of genuine oil of rhodium on a lump of loaf-sugar ; grind this wel in a glass mortar, and mix it thoroughly with three pounds of orris powder.
1998, Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton, Orris, entry in Rodale′s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs, page 406,
Orris is the part of the florentine iris you don′t see — the rhizome. […] The ancient Egyptians and Greeks learned that the bland-smelling orris root would take on a remarkable fragrance if dried for at least two years.
Next place your hair, the rose quartz, some of the orris root powder, and the candle drippings into the box.
Derived words: orris pea
orrisroot
Translations:
cadential
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more cadential
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cadential
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to cadence or a cadenza.
pos: adj
examples: The song was cadential.
Translations:
excreta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin excrēta, neuter plural of excrētus, past participle of excernere.
Inflected forms:
form: excretum
pos: noun
tags: singular
Senses:
gloss: Bodily waste which is excreted from the body.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-normally
examples: Human excreta are made up mostly of urine and excrement that include diverse complex molecules derived from foods and bodily processes – carbohydrates, sugars, fats, etc.
Translations:
excretes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: excreta; matters discharged from the animal body
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
foots
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
mails
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The mail delivery system.
pos: noun
tags: US
usually
with-definite-article
Translations:
smarts
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: intelligence; smartness
pos: noun
tags: US
informal
plural
plural-only
examples: A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more.
"Guess that was a stupid question. Either you're smart or you're not. I am not book smart but I have street smarts. I think street smarts are important.
gloss: A sharp pain.
pos: noun
tags: informal
plural
plural-only
Derived words: street smarts
Translations:
hunkers
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The haunches.
pos: noun
examples: Philip Larkin, Toads
For something sufficiently toad-like / Squats in me, too; / Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck, / And cold as snow, […]
Translations:
slobbers
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Any of various conditions in which an animal drools excessively (for example due to mycotoxicosis or problems with its teeth).
pos: noun
tags: plural
singular
examples: The slobbers are caused by this second growth, whether green or dry.
Slobbers are also caused by irregular teeth, the lodgement of corncobs or other foreign substances between the teeth. SYMPTOMS: -Persistent excessive discharge of saliva, or frothy mass exuding from the mouth. Great desire[…]
"Slobbers" is caused by an oversupply of gastric juice in the stomach. Be sure the rabbit has plenty of salt.
[…] swainsonine might be a contributory mycotoxin accounting for some of the symptoms in naturally occurring outbreaks of slobbers. This is a particularly important observation because it has often been noticed that pure slaframine does[…]
Some outbreaks of slobbers have been associated with forage grasses; however, no causal fungus has as yet been isolated[…] The connection between R. leguminicola and slobbers was made when the Wisconsin group (Smalley et al., 1962) isolated R. leguminicola from slobber hay. The slobber factor was soon isolated from two different strains of the fungus[…]
Slobbers is a symptom of another problem, such as an abscessed tooth or contaminated hay.
Slobbers is the layman's term for moist dermatitis around the face or dewlap, usually caused by ptyalism and dental disease.
Translations:
hacks
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: games
gaming
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Used to call attention to another player hacking
pos: intj
Translations:
evens
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: odds of 1:1; even money
pos: noun
examples: This horse is worth backing at evens.
Translations:
gutters
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: mud; dirt
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
Translations:
windmills
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A plant of the genus Allionia.
pos: noun
Translations:
splints
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: an equine ailment
pos: noun
examples: “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. …”
Translations:
jinks
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Indication of surprise or amazement; jinkies.
pos: intj
examples: We scrubbed 'em with horse-brushes on the stones. Jinks, but I rubbed some holes in 'em!
Translations:
prancing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: prancings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who prances.
pos: noun
examples: Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.
Translations:
orthodontia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From orth- + -odontia.
Affixes: orth-
-odontia
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of orthodontics.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The ice cream parlors served generous scoops, hand-dipped by college-bound teenagers who spoke through colorful orthodontia.
My kids love Minecraft. They live for Minecraft. If they were given a choice between one million dollars and five more minutes playing Minecraft, they would choose the one that does not assist me with their orthodontia bills.
Translations:
oscillatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more oscillatory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most oscillatory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That oscillates; oscillating.
pos: adj
examples: The other usual cure – which presumably has recently been applied to the B.R. standard bogie at Swindon – is to change the vehicle's oscillatory characteristics by modifying its suspension.
gloss: Capable of sustaining oscillations.
pos: adj
Derived words: multioscillatory
nonoscillatory
oscillatorily
oscillatority
oscillatory reaction
superoscillatory
Translations:
ossification
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin os, ossis (“bone”) + -ification. Recorded earlier than ossify.
Base: os
Affixes: -ification
Inflected forms:
form: ossifications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The normal process by which bone is formed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].
gloss: The calcification of tissue into a bonelike mass; the mass so formed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process of becoming set in one's ways or beliefs; rigid conventionality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: ossiferous
ossific
ossified
ossifier
ossify
Derived words: coossification
deossification
epiossification
hyperossification
overossification
reossification
Translations:
osteopathic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From osteo- + -pathic.
Base: osteo
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vacuity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity.
Base: vacuous
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: vacuities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vacuitie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Emptiness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The meanes I use to suppresse this frenzy, and which seemeth the fittest for my purpose, is to crush, and trample this humane pride and fiercenesse under foot, to make them feele the emptinesse, vacuitie, and no worth of man[…].
to find so sensible a breach or vacuity in the course of the passions, by means of this breach in the connexion of ideas[…].
The Baronet was not more animated than ordinarily—there was a happy vacuity about him which enabled him to face a dinner, a death, a church, a marriage, with the same indifferent ease.
At first glance, Saltburn is classic clash-of-the-classes fare: a tale of social strata, moral vacuity and the seductions of wealth, with a poor boy ushered into his rich friend's kingdom.
gloss: Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Idleness; listlessness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An empty or inane remark or thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
vacuously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vacuous
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English vacuously
From vacuous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more vacuously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most vacuously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a vacuous manner, lacking thought.
pos: adv
examples: Here, in distress that was consternation, and in fear that was panic, excitedly bobbed up and down a cowboy in bearskin chaps, vacuously repeating the exclamation, "Oh God! Oh God!" […]
He scowled vacuously, keeping at bay a horrible enlightenment on the mechanism of effort, which must drive into being a resistance equal to itself.
gloss: Because of being a vacuous truth.
pos: adv
examples: The statement is vacuously true because P is false and P implies Q.
Translations:
vacuousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vacuous
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 vacuousness
From vacuous + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: the quality of being vacuous
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
vacuum-packed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Packed in an airtight container in a partial vacuum.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vaginally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vaginal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English vaginally
From vaginal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Via the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: It would have been advisable to examine Conchita vaginally to see how far she was in labour.
Translations:
valiance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English valiaunce, from Anglo-Norman vaillaunce and Old French vaillance.
Inflected forms:
form: valiances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: valiaunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
valiantly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English valiant
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English valiantly
From valiant + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more valiantly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most valiantly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a valiant manner; showing bravery.
pos: adv
examples: I valiantly resolve not to go to bed at all, but to walk up and down the pier till morning.
We may think of the young people who valiantly stood for the cause of human rights and resisted their infringement, in spite of the violent crackdown by the Chinese regime at T’ien-an-men Square in June 1989.
Translations:
validly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin validusder.
Middle French validebor.
English valid
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English validly
From valid + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more validly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most validly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a valid manner.
pos: adv
examples: Only a complete pacifist could validly condemn militariness.
Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.
Antonyms: invalidly
Translations:
valuate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English value
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English valuate
From value + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: valuates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: valuating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: valuated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: valuated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To estimate the value of something; to appraise or to make a valuation.
pos: verb
Translations:
valuer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English value
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 valuer
From value + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: valuers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who valuates; an assessor or appraiser.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who appreciates something and sets a value on it.
pos: noun
examples: Valuers of warm relationships and other value groups may fulfill interpersonal needs through the family but are more willing to admit that parenting is not the only means for finding companionship and love.
I'm a funny combination of loner and valuer of community.
Derived words: family valuer
Translations:
valveless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English valve
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English valveless
From valve + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having no valves.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
valvular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin valvulāris, from valvula + -āris. By surface analysis, valvula + -ar.
Base: valvula
Affixes: -āris
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to valves, such as those of the heart.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It was Charles Sherrington (1857–1952) who named that valvular connection (later found to be a gap) the synapse.
gloss: Like a valve.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: valval
valvar
Derived words: avalvular
bivalvular
cardiovalvular
equivalvular
extravalvular
intervalvular
intravalvular
multivalvular
nonvalvular
paravalvular
perivalvular
postvalvular
prevalvular
quadrivalvular
quinquevalvular
subvalvular
supravalvular
transvalvular
trivalvular
univalvular
valvular endocarditis
valvular insufficiency
Translations:
vapidity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin vapidusbor.
English vapid
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English vapidity
From vapid + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: vapidities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being vapid; vapidness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
vaporizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vapor
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 vaporiz(e)
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 vaporizer
From vaporiz(e) + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: vaporizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vaporiser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: vapouriser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
form: vapourizer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
British
English
Oxford
Senses:
gloss: A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
pos: noun
examples: Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
gloss: A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
pos: noun
gloss: A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
pos: noun
examples: Their Fordson was equipped with a vaporizer.
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: изпари́тел
roman: izparítel
lang: Portuguese
word: vaporizador
lang: Russian
word: испари́тель
roman: isparítelʹ
lang: Spanish
word: vaporizador
lang: Catalan
word: vaporitzador
lang: Esperanto
word: vaporigilo
lang: Spanish
word: vaporizador
variegate
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Late Latin varius
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Late Latin agō
Late Latin variegōbor.
English variegate
From Late Latin variegāre (“to make of various sorts or colors”), from Latin varius (“various”) + agere (“to make, do”).
Inflected forms:
form: variegates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: variegating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: variegated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: variegated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: more variegate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most variegate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: To add variety to something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To dapple.
pos: verb
gloss: variegated
pos: adj
Translations:
variegation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Late Latin variegōbor.
English variegate
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 -ion
English variegation
From variegate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: variegations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A variation in the colour of different zones of the same plant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The variegation of leaves occurs so commonly that we do not often inquire into the cause of it. To the physiologist, however, the question of the origin of variegation is of considerable importance, and it certainly is not less so to the horticulturist, whether pleasure or profit be the main end of his endeavors.
The second and related type of white variegation is formed by the formation of a single loose layer of short palisade cells instead of a compact layer or two of long palisade cells in the green sectors of variegated leaves (La Rocca et al. 2011).
gloss: The state of being variegated; streaked, spotted.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
variously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English various
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English variously
From various + -ly.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In various ways; diversely.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: My caravan served variously as a changing room, office and bedroom.
Over three and a half decades, "Deep Throat" has been damned by religious groups, decried by feminists, defended by First Amendment advocates, derided by critics and debated by social scientists. It dragged for years through local and federal courts around the country in a welter of obscenity trials in which it was variously banned, unbanned and rebanned.
Translations:
vasomotor
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wāss
Latin vās
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English vaso-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin mōtorder.
Middle English motour
English motor
English vasomotor
From vaso- + motor.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the regulation of the diameter of blood vessels.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
vassalage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French vassalage (French vasselage), from vassal.
Inflected forms:
form: vassalages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being a vassal; fealty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit
For all England was his fief, held in vassalage to God and to no man alive, his heart now sang; allwhither his empire spread, opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth, and in stalwart men (his chattels), and in strong orderly cities, where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings, and women (with golden hair and red lax lips) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue.
Translations:
vaudevillian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vaudeville
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English vaudevillian
From vaudeville + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: vaudevillians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more vaudevillian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vaudevillian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Someone who performs in vaudeville.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Harris was born in Richmond, Virginia, on February 9, 1947. His grandparents were vaudevillians, his father was a professional guitarist, and his mother was a leader of the church choir.
gloss: Pertaining to vaudeville
pos: adj
Translations:
vaulter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vault
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 vaulter
From vault + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: vaulters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who vaults or leaps.
pos: noun
examples: Indeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 17 feet, there is no way guessing how many Olympic champions‐elect will be on display in the hatbox over Penn Station.
He comes from a family of athletes: Greg, his father, was an elite vaulter for the U.S. Helena, his Swedish mother, was an international heptathlete and volleyball player.
Translations:
vibrancy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare, equivalent to vibrant + -cy.
Base: vibrant
Affixes: -cy
Inflected forms:
form: vibrancies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being vibrant.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In a separate 2024 report, Stanford found that no EU country made the top five for “vibrancy” in AI, a metric that considered private investment, patents and research.
Translations:
vibrantly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vibrant
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English vibrantly
From vibrant + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more vibrantly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most vibrantly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a vibrant manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
victoriously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English victoriously, vittoryously; equivalent to victorious + -ly.
Base: victorious
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more victoriously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most victoriously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a victorious manner; as part of a victory.
pos: adv
examples: All solemnly and thankfully
I feel its blissening power
As ringing out victoriously.
That year when he came to Korea, he was already thirty-one years old. Once while carrying out an emergency repair of a bridge, he volunteered to climb barehanded up a seventeen meter high isolated steel beam. He did so and brought down some materials. In addition, he paid no heed to danger during the flooding and set up floating bridges three times, victoriously completing his mission. To everyone's sorrow, on May 15th, 1952, our hero, while repairing the Qingchuan River Bridge, was gloriously martyred. His company was named the "Yang Liandi Company".
If that first characterization of his leadership is true enough, it must be accompanied by a second thought: an internationalist, he led the nation masterfully into World War II, victoriously in that war, and large-heartedly toward the organization of the peace in the form of the United Nations.
"Duly noted. Hey," he said, brightening as he saw the pirateship' ride, the boat swinging back and forth while a few brave humans raised their arms victoriously.
North Korea had not publicly confirmed its contribution until Monday, when it said: “The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” according to state-run news agency KCNA.
Translations:
vigilantly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vigilant
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English vigilantly
From vigilant + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more vigilantly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most vigilantly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a vigilant manner.
pos: adv
examples: He shuffled athwart, keeping one eye ahead vigilantly.
Translations:
vindictively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vindictive
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English vindictively
From vindictive + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more vindictively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most vindictively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a vindictive manner.
pos: adv
examples: For answer the boy's bravely challenging eyes met his blinking vindictively.
Translations:
virtuously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English vertuously; equivalent to virtuous + -ly.
Base: virtuous
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more virtuously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most virtuously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: vertuously
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: In a virtuous manner.
pos: adv
examples: Beauty is a fatal gift for those who want to live virtuously.
Antonyms: unvirtuously
Translations:
virulently
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English virulent
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English virulently
From virulent + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more virulently
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most virulently
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a virulent manner
pos: adv
Translations:
vivaciously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vivacious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English vivaciously
From vivacious + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more vivaciously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most vivaciously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a vivacious manner.
pos: adv
examples: 'You monster!' she exclaimed vivaciously, while a dozen yards away. 'To inveigle me into travelling all night with that delightfully wicked-looking young secretary of yours! I declare I don't know what people will say when I get back.'
Translations:
metronome
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Coined in English from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + νόμος (nómos, “regulation, law”).
Inflected forms:
form: metronomes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.
pos: noun
examples: The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.
It’s one of the earliest pieces in the comprehensive collection of metronomes by the British instrument dealer Tony Bingham, which forms the bulk of the Basel exhibition.
Translations:
vichyssoise
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French vichyssoise (literally “from Vichy”).
Inflected forms:
form: vichyssoises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thick, creamy soup made from potato, leeks, onions, and chicken stock, and normally served cold.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
videophone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From video + phone.
Compound parts: video
phone
Inflected forms:
form: videophones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions.
pos: noun
gloss: A telephone capable of transmitting both audio and video signals in both directions.
pos: noun
tags: dated
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 視頻電話 /视频电话
roman: shìpín diànhuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 電視電話 /电视电话
roman: diànshì diànhuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 可視電話 /可视电话
roman: kěshì diànhuà
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 視像電話 /视像电话
roman: shìxiàng diànhuà
lang: Danish
word: videotelefon
lang: Dutch
word: beeldtelefoon
lang: Finnish
word: videopuhelin
lang: French
word: visiophone
lang: German
word: Bildtelefon
lang: Hungarian
word: videotelefon
lang: Irish
word: físeafón
lang: Italian
word: videotelefono
lang: Japanese
word: テレビ電話
roman: terebi denwa
lang: Korean
word: 비디오폰
roman: bidiopon
lang: Korean
word: 영상전화
roman: yeongsangjeonhwa
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: videotelefon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: videotelefon
lang: Polish
word: wideofon
lang: Portuguese
word: videofone
lang: Spanish
word: videófono
lang: Welsh
word: fideoffon
viewership
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English viewer
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English viewership
From viewer + -ship.
Inflected forms:
form: viewerships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: percentage of viewers that watched television programs or other video broadcasts.
pos: noun
tags: collective
countable
uncountable
examples: After the pandemic, MLG lost a lot of its viewership and profits which led it to close. The MLG Twitter account is no longer active and the mlg.com website directs to Battlenet instead of its old website.
Translations:
vigilantism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vigilante
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 vigilantism
From vigilante + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: vigilantisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vigilanteism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The activities of a vigilante; acting outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said.
Translations:
vileness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English vile
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 vileness
From vile + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: vilenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being vile.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A vile act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
altricial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
Etymology: From New Latin Altrices (a former division of birds), plural of altrīx, the feminine of altor (“nourisher”), from alere (“to nourish”).
Inflected forms:
form: more altricial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most altricial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: altricials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.
pos: adj
examples: Altricial young are typical among carnivores, which might be expected to be hampered in their hunting behaviour if the pregnant mother has to carry its young for a long period.
First, humans are altricial, with immature newborns and a long childhood.
First, compared to other species, babies are altricial, meaning that they are weak, undermuscled, fat, and uncoordinated (sorry, babies, but it's true).
gloss: Such an animal.
pos: noun
Antonyms: precocial
Translations:
violist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English viol
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 violist
From viol + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: violists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who plays the viol.
pos: noun
Translations:
vireo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“to be green”).
Inflected forms:
form: vireos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vireoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
pos: noun
examples: The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses.
Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and South America, with one, the Black-whiskered Vireo, largely restricted to the West Indies. Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants.
2012, Eloise Potter, Birds of the Carolinas, Easyread Large Edition, page 94,
This is our only vireo that has two white wing bars, yellow spectacles, and yellow sides.
gloss: Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.
pos: noun
examples: Family Vireonidae
Vireos
The vireos are slim grayish green birds that stay high up in the trees most of the time.
Derived words: Bell's vireo
Hutton's vireo
shrike-vireo
warbling vireo
Translations:
virology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From viro- + -logy.
Base: viro
Inflected forms:
form: virologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
virtuosity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Italic *wiros
Late Latin vir
Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts
Late Latin -tūs
Late Latin virtūs
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Late Latin -ōsus
Late Latin virtuōsusbor.
Italian virtuosobor.
English virtuoso
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English virtuosity
From virtuoso + -ity (“quality of”); the terminal -o drops out. Compare Middle English vertuosite (“virtuous quality or character”).
Base: virtuoso
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: virtuosities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Greek art and culture, which had become international, degenerated to mere virtuosity, empty of any ideal.
At any rate, there is fun to be had not only from the De Vriesian virtuosity in pun and parody, but in following his literally incredible plot.
gloss: Lovers of the elegant arts as a class.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
virtuousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English vertuousnesse; equivalent to virtuous + -ness.
Base: virtuous
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: virtuousnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being virtuous.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations: