yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
tardigrade
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), equivalent to Latin tardus + -i- + -grade.
Affixes: -i-
-grade
Inflected forms:
form: more tardigrade
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most tardigrade
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tardigrades
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sluggish; moving slowly.
pos: adj
examples: Each tendril ending in a perfect claw, / Obeys the whole routine of Nature's law; / Transforms each sinus to a sylvan shade, / Though p'rhaps its force is rather tardigrade.
He ran on into the piazza, but he quickly heard the tramp of feet behind him, for the other two prisoners had been released, and the soldiers were struggling and fighting their way after them, in such tardigrade fashion as their hoof-shaped shoes would allow—impeded, but not very resolutely attacked, by the people.
In sorrow, its voice is tardigrade but loud, dragging time at a snail's pace before our eyes.
gloss: A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
pos: noun
gloss: A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Derived words: eutardigrade
tardigradologist
Translations:
ovular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From ovule + -ar. In the feminist sense, chosen as an opposite to seminar because of that term's etymological link with semen, the male sexual fluid.
Base: ovule
Affixes: -ar
Inflected forms:
form: more ovular
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ovular
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to an ovule.
pos: adj
gloss: Oval.
pos: adj
tags: rare
examples: There were lights across the street and an ovular pool of light from Noah’s window on the grass between her and the back fence.
Derived words: anovular
biovular
diovular
extraovular
monovular
periovular
polyovular
uniovular
Translations:
wound-up
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more wound-up
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most wound-up
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: brought to a state of great tension
pos: adj
Translations:
templar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English templer, from Old French templier; cf. the Medieval Latin templārius, from Latin templum (“temple”).
Inflected forms:
form: templars
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Translations:
basher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
broadcasting
business
construction
crafts
engineering
film
government
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
media
metallurgy
metalworking
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
television
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bash
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 basher
From bash + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: bashers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
pos: noun
examples: Consider the cold-eyed thrush, that springy carnivore of lawns, worm stabber, basher to death of snails.
gloss: One who bashes something, figuratively or literally.
pos: noun
gloss: One who engages in gratuitous physical or verbal attacks on a group or type of people.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: a Paki-basher
He was beaten up by a queer-basher.
It's impossible to count how many harassers and bashers are growing discouraged at the sight of 12 or so queers in black and teal uniforms walking down the street in tight formation. The message is simple: queer folk are banding together and walking the streets in cities around the United States to protect their own.
gloss: A trainspotter, especially one who likes to travel on specific trains or trainlines.
pos: noun
tags: UK
slang
examples: There are bashers and bashers, of course. Most of them, like 'Bob', try to travel as far as possible behind a particular type of locomotive. 'Bob' likes Class 37 diesels.
Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen.
Determined 'bashers' do still ride trains, of course, seeking to cram the largest number of route-miles into 24 hours.
gloss: A rainproof sheet for sleeping under.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Suddenly awake she looked around, startled, it was light, hot, intensely hot and she was sleeping in a shell scrape under a basher.
I was well used to sleeping out under the stars whatever the weather. I had a hammock and a basher, a rain sheet to go over where I was sleeping.
gloss: A shelter built from improvised materials by a homeless person.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A kind of small floodlight.
pos: noun
Derived words: Bible basher
bush-basher
button basher
button-basher
earbasher
fag basher
gay basher
hand-basher
Koran basher
pommie basher
Pommie-basher
Pommy-basher
queer basher
Translations:
demulcent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Latin dēmulcēns, present active participle of dēmulceō (“to stroke caressingly; to soften, soothe, allure”), from dē- (“from; of”) + mulceō (“to move or touch gently or lightly, to stroke; to make pleasant or sweet; to soften, soothe, alleviate, relieve”).
Inflected forms:
form: more demulcent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most demulcent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: demulcents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Soothing or softening.
pos: adj
tags: also
figuratively
examples: In continual hectic Heats, and if the ſweet Juices, by a continued ſlow Fever, acquire a ſaltiſh alcaline Acrimony, Cream and new Butter, on Account of their demulcent Qualities, are found to produce excellent Effects.
Twenty leeches were ordered to be applied round the nose every two days; frequent emollient fomentations; the local vapour bath; general bathing; stimulating pedilavia; a strict regimen; vegetables, milk, white meats; demulcent or acidulated drinks; avoidance of exposure to the sun or to cold air; flannel waistcoat and trousers. This treatment, being strictly observed for two months, caused all the inflammatory symptoms to disappear, […]
I channel vertically under the sheet to hide my blushing neck, muttering demulcent nothings.
Expectorants may have a demulcent (soothing and irritation-allaying) effect on the cells of the respiratory tract and assist in repelling invasion through providing a medium for the upward propulsion of foreign particles by ciliary action.
And like many of us, Dr. Ed filled those 5–10 'extra minutes' a day with some unchallenging, often demulcent reading material.
gloss: A soothing medication used to relieve pain in inflamed tissues.
pos: noun
examples: Indians of the West Coast used preparations of prickly-pear to treat wounds, burns, contusions, warts, and even to facilitate childbirth. Modern herbalists recognize the plant's slippery-oily juice as a useful emollient and demulcent, which may be used externally to soothe dry, irritated skin or internally as a diuretic or anti-inflammatory agent for the digestive and urinary tracts.
For constipation, a neem powder of two or three grams with three to four black peppers given three times a day is both a laxative and a demulcent.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) […] If showing symptoms, give absorptive preparations and/or demulcents.
Translations:
juxtaposing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: juxtaposings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of juxtaposition.
pos: noun
Translations:
ferrying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ferryings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is ferried.
pos: noun
examples: Their workday of love was one of ferryings and crossings from shore to shore, island to island, of perceptions into death[…]
Translations:
qanat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Classical Persian قنات (qanāt), from Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh).
Inflected forms:
form: qanats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kanat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: qanāt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
pos: noun
examples: Shafts are dug to the required level along the planned route of the qanat, every 300 m or so […].
Elsewhere over large areas of the plateau and the foothill regions, the qanat irrigation cultures were weakened considerably.
Its gardens are watered by rivers that invariably flow underground, like the subterranean qanat'''s developed by the Persians.
Translations:
bootlegger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bootleg + -er. Originally a nickname given to smugglers in King George III's reign, derived from the smugglers' custom of hiding packages of valuables in the legs of their large sea-boots when dodging the king's coastguardsmen.
Base: bootleg
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: bootleggers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who bootlegs.
pos: noun
examples: His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin, an austere declaration of the motto on the wall behind him: he warned his flock against the evils of heady brews, gambling, and strange women. Bootleggers caused enough trouble in the Quarters, but women were worse.
gloss: Someone who bootlegs.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who bootlegs.
pos: noun
Related words: bootlegging
moonshiner
revenuer
Derived words: booklegger
bootlegger reverse
bootleggery
buttlegger
foodlegger
organlegger
Translations:
qawwali
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Urdu قوالی (qawwālī), from Classical Persian قوالی (qawwālī).
Inflected forms:
form: qawwalis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A style of Muslim devotional music, especially among the South Asian Sufis, accompanied by drums and harmonium.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Jameela Siddiqi listens to qawwali and talks to its performers […].
gloss: A song in this style.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: They are singing not a religious qawwali but its secular and lay cousin.
Every Thursday, in the dargah's enclosure, musicians in shimmering turquoise kurtas, their fingers bejewelled with bling, perform qawwalis attributed to Khusrau […].
Related words: qawwal
Derived words: qawwali-like
Translations:
nosebleeds
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The nosebleed seats.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: I went to the concert, but I could only afford to sit in the nosebleeds; I could barely see the singers.
Translations:
kaddish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קַדִּישׁ (kadish, “kaddish”), from Aramaic קַדִּישׁ (qaddīš, “holy; holy person”). Doublet of kiddush.
The plural form kaddishim is borrowed from Hebrew קַדִּישׁים (kadishim).
Inflected forms:
form: kaddishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kaddishim
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Kaddish
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: qaddish
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A Jewish prayer of praise to God recited during services, and specifically when mourning the death of a close relative.
pos: noun
tags: Judaism
examples: O, my Father: ancient, hallowed
Lonely, disappointed Father:
Betrayed and rejected Ruler of the Universe:
Angry, wrinkled Old Majesty:
I want to pray
I want to say Kaddish
My own Kaddish. There may be
No one to say it after me
So context me no contexts, analyse me no analyses, suspend your partially informed diagnoses; leave off your strenuous efforts at even-handedness. Let us be, to grieve, rage, weep; say the mourners' kaddish.
Translations:
kaleidoscopic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kaleidoscope
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English kaleidoscopic
From kaleidoscope + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more kaleidoscopic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most kaleidoscopic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: caleidoscopic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or produced by a kaleidoscope.
pos: adj
gloss: Brightly coloured and continuously changing in pattern, as if in a kaleidoscope.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: Like scholars picking over the childhood of Buddha, we want to understand how Lennon became the man he did, but there’s also a purity to this portrayal because it presents Lennon before the prism of fame split him into his kaleidoscopic multitude of facets that allowed artists to imprint their own ideas of what John Lennon was or should have been.
Derived words: kaleidoscopically
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: calidoscòpic
lang: Esperanto
word: kalejdoskopa
lang: Korean
word: 만화경(萬華鏡) 같은
roman: manhwagyeong gateun
lang: Swedish
word: kaleidoskopisk
lang: Turkmen
word: kaleýdoskopik
kart
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: video-games
Etymology: Short for go-kart, an alteration of go-cart.
Inflected forms:
form: karts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cart
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: karts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: karting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: karted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: karted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: cart
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A go-cart.
pos: noun
gloss: A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
examples: For our kart racer , we will start by investigating common elements in similar games that we will need to bring to life
As there have been many kart games since Mario Kart. Before Mario Kart racing games were generally the same. This new style caught like fire.
However, the tracks in a kart racing game tend to be a little bit wackier than your average racer and this was no different – loop-de-loops, racing upside down, and right-angle corners were all commonplace.
gloss: A subgenre of racing game with cartoonish characters, unrealistic physics and a focus on battling with power-ups and weapons.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
gloss: To ride in a go-cart.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: superkart
Translations:
mydriatic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English mydriasis
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English mydriatic
From mydriasis + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: mydriatric
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: mydriatics
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mydriatric
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or causing mydriasis (the dilation of the pupil of the eye).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A drug that causes mydriasis.
pos: noun
Translations:
kayo
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
Etymology: Respelling of the initial letters KO.
Inflected forms:
form: kayos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kayoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kayos
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kayoes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kayoing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kayoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: kayoed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A knockout.
pos: noun
examples: His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.
gloss: To knock someone out, or render them unconscious or senseless.
pos: verb
examples: When Lee Savold, a perennial heavyweight title contender, was kayoed by the great Joe Louis, he was asked by reporters, did anyone in his lengthy career hit harder than Joe?
Translations:
keypunch
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From key + punch.
Compound parts: key
punch
Inflected forms:
form: keypunches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: keypunches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keypunching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: keypunched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: keypunched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A mechanical device whose keys are pressed, individually or in combination, to punch holes in punched cards or paper tape that correspond to particular characters.
pos: noun
examples: In an admirable combination of the skills of the scientist and the sensitivity of the artist, he mapped hundreds of thousands of images through a keypunch data-processing system and then tried to understand the meanings of the patterns that emerged independent of his own classifications.
gloss: An electric machine with a keyboard that has the same function.
pos: noun
gloss: To use such a device or machine
pos: verb
Translations:
kick-ass
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kick
English -ass
English kick-ass
From kick + -ass.
Inflected forms:
form: kickass
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: kick-arse
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Rough, aggressive; powerful and successful.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
vulgar
gloss: Excellent, first-class.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
vulgar
examples: I guess it helped that they were one of the few bands with an environmental sensibility but, more importantly, they played some kick-arse rock'n'roll.
His plan is to create a company of 20 “kick-ass” dancers.
Related words: kick ass
Derived words: kick-assery
Translations:
pollster
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English poll
Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā
Old English -estre
Middle English -estere
English -ster
English pollster
From poll + -ster.
Inflected forms:
form: pollsters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.
pos: noun
examples: Trump didn't like the results of the polls, so he fired the pollsters.
Now that the cold war has ended and political ideologies have been replaced by pollsters and spin doctors, Machiavelli's cleareyed assessments of power dynamics and pragmatic advantage are suddenly in vogue.
Translations:
amended
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more amended
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most amended
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That has been modified from a previous form.
pos: adj
examples: We voted on the amended bill, and it passed.
Translations:
Anakim
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the Bible Deuteronomy 1.28.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A race of giants, the sons of Anak, who were living in Canaan at the time of the arrival of Moses and the Israelites.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
tagging
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: taggings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act by which something is tagged.
pos: noun
examples: Taggings account for the vast majority of graffiti.
Translations:
lamber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From lamb + -er.
Base: lamb
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: lambers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
pos: noun
examples: He'd gone out before dawn searching for a ewe, an early lamber that liked to hide out near the base of the Oldstone, where the rocks gave a bit of shelter.
gloss: A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
pos: noun
examples: The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.
The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.
Translations:
kicky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kick
English -y
English kicky
From kick + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: kickier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: kickiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lively, exciting, thrilling.
pos: adj
gloss: Characterised by kicking motions.
pos: adj
examples: a kicky dance routine
gloss: Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly).
pos: adj
Related words: kicky-wicky
Derived words: kickiness
Translations:
kidder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kid
English -er
English kidder
From kid + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: kidders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who kids, or teases light-heartedly.
pos: noun
gloss: A term of endearment/address for a child or young adult, usually male.
pos: noun
tags: UK
gloss: A forestaller or huckster.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
Translations:
kidderminster
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Kidderminster, the English town where they were once manufactured.
Inflected forms:
form: kidderminsters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of two-ply carpet.
pos: noun
Translations:
kiddish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kid
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English kiddish
From kid + -ish.
Inflected forms:
form: more kiddish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most kiddish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Childish; immature.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: So! here I find on kiddish mind / Traditionary lore instil'd. / Tho' fairly bookt, Nymph might have lookt / For poet's promise unfulfil'd.
They can't even focus on the speech by our President. They have to go through their mobile phones, check their messages, or play video games. This kiddish temperament of unstable mind, if this needs to be controlled, you need yoga.
gloss: Of, like, or suitable for a child.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: There was something kiddish about Clotilde, something especially kiddish as she strode along the winding country road, face uplifted, tinted with peach-blow color in either cheek, eyes bland and untroubled as an infant's, red lips parted over even white teeth, her whole slender body thrown, with a kind of kiddish abandon, into the business of getting ahead. "Boyish" she might have been called, not only for the clean-cut freshness of her face, but for the slimness of her hips, the unexaggerated curves of her uncorseted waist the flatness of her bosom on which the round little twin promontories were hardly noticeable when the wind threw her into momentary reliefs suggestive of the Winged Victory: "boyish" she might have been called if it be permitted to speak of a delicately-featured, prefect-complexioned, smooth-limbed boy as "girlish." Lacking this permission, the "boyish" must at once be withdrawn, and "finely girlish" substituted.
It had caught my eye specifically because of the shiny packaging and how like kiddish it sort of looked, so I thought it might to be fun to try on.
Synonyms: puerile
juvenile
Translations:
kilohertz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kilo-
English hertz
English kilohertz
From kilo- + hertz.
Inflected forms:
form: kilohertz
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kilohertzes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kHz
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz
pos: noun
Translations:
kinematic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Back-formation from kinematics. Piecewise doublet of cinematic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We have unfortunately no kinematic records, but it is not impossible or very difficult to imagine the various gestures and movements which might be considered appropriate to such a rite in different localities or among different peoples.
The Cognitive function in Humans results from our extremely complex kinematic capabilities. Grasping for objects, bending down and up, or sitting down on objects are examples of kinematic capabilities[…]
Translations:
kingship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *kunją
Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-Germanic *kuningaz
Proto-West Germanic *kuning
Old English cyning
Middle English king
English king
Proto-Germanic *skapjaną
Proto-Germanic *-skapiz
Proto-West Germanic *-skapi
Old English -sċiepe
Middle English -schipe
English -ship
English kingship
From king + -ship.
Inflected forms:
form: kingships
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: kingdom
The traditional world knew divine kingship.
[Of Henry I, who reigned 1100–1135:] Although the king's harsh treatment of his brother [Robert Curthose] sparked widespread criticism, it was typical of Henry's pragmatic approach to kingship. If he had shown greater mercy and set Robert free, it would have been only a matter of time before Curthose made fresh trouble. As it was, the Anglo-Norman territory that had been so hard won by their father was now firmly under Henry's control.
gloss: A monarchy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The territory or dominion of a king; a kingdom.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: administrative kingship
high kingship
unkingship
Translations:
dess
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Probably a clipping of desperate.
Inflected forms:
form: more dess
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dess
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unattractive, unappealing.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: They're honestly some of the dumbest niggas I've ever seen p.o is the most dess block in Toronto
Definitely need a few more female friends. This staying inside all the time/entertaining myself shit is dess. I am too young to be feeling this old due to a lack of friendships.
These kids are so dess. Imagine going live with bullet holes and tubes coming out you. Lmao insanity
Periods are dess asf!
Translations:
thatching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: thatchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act or art of covering with thatch.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: de-thatching rake
thatching grass
thatching rake
Translations:
mismatching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: mismatchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An incorrect match or pairing; a mismatch.
pos: noun
examples: Mr. Finkel speculated that the recession could amplify the fallout from monetary mismatchings.
Translations:
splashing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: splashings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An action that splashes.
pos: noun
examples: Bathtime was full of mischief and splashings.
Translations:
benching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: benchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of a person being removed temporarily from an active role in a group or team activity.
pos: noun
Translations:
sprinting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sprintings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or action of the verb to sprint (to run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period).
pos: noun
examples: Fyodor, Pedro and the second heard the first crash from the door of the store-room, and it was succeeded by sprintings of feet overhead along the deck. For a moment they stood listening.
Translations:
memorably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English memorable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English memorably
From memorable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more memorably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most memorably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a memorable manner.
pos: adv
examples: Attention to the body’s legitimacy surged in the decades after the extraordinary discussion on the topic in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v Casey – the 1992 case that memorably preserved the abortion rights minted in Roe v Wade despite recent conservative additions to the court.
Translations:
coder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English code
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 coder
From code + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: coders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who assigns codes or classifications.
pos: noun
examples: Others may be subjective ratings made by the coders who independently read the studies, such as sex stereotype of the job […]
gloss: A programmer (computer programmer).
pos: noun
examples: Part of the series' goal was to change how coders are perceived -- and show the community that it offers.
Reshma Saujani is not a coder but she's empowering "an army of young women" to take on tech's gender gap through her nonprofit Girls Who Code.
Derived words: barcoder
codec
democoder
intercoder
intracoder
noncoder
Translations:
arrear
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”).
Inflected forms:
form: arrears
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Work to be done, obligation.
pos: noun
examples: November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten
I have a large arrear of letters to write.
My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off.
After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later.
gloss: Unpaid debt.
pos: noun
examples: fall into arrears
I know the debt is in arrears / The dog has not been fed in years / It's even worse than it appears, but / It's alright
gloss: That which is in the rear or behind.
pos: noun
Derived words: arrears
Translations:
postponed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more postponed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most postponed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Done later than originally planned; delayed.
pos: adj
Translations:
kinkiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kinky
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 kinkiness
From kinky + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: kinkinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being kinky.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something kinky.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
kiss-and-tell
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Betraying a confidence by disclosing private information.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
informal
examples: Lewis wound up making a six-figure income in his first year as a bond trader and then became famous with his kiss-and-tell best-seller about the inner workings of a Wall Street bank at the height of the 1980s financial boom.
Translations:
kiss-off
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: kiss-offs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dismissal.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
kitty-cornered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Corruption of cater-corner.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).
pos: adj
tags: US
not-comparable
examples: He’s king of all these wigged men sitting with their hosed legs kitty-cornered under their desks.
Translations:
klutzy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English klutz
English -y
English klutzy
From klutz + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: klutzier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: klutziest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Awkward, clumsy or socially inept.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: Life is a high wire act and there's no net. And most of us are klutzy, so watch out, here comes another splat.
Translations:
knavish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English knavych, knavyssh; equivalent to knave + -ish.
Base: knave
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
form: more knavish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most knavish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
pos: adj
Translations:
knight-errant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: knights-errant
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: knight errant
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: knight-erratic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry.
pos: noun
examples: In short, his wits being quite gone, [Don Quixote] hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he fancied it was right and requisite, as well for the support of his own honour as for the service of his country, that he should make a knight-errant of himself, roaming the world over in full armour and on horseback in quest of adventures, and putting in practice himself all that he had read of as being the usual practices of knights-errant; righting every kind of wrong, and exposing himself to peril and danger from which, in the issue, he was to reap eternal renown and fame.
Before Tarzan had returned to the tribe, a certain young bull, not being able to secure a mate from among his own people, had, according to custom, fared forth through the wild jungle, like some knight-errant of old, to win a fair lady from some neighboring community.
gloss: A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit.
pos: noun
examples: "Welcome, my young knight-errant!" exclaimed Madame de Soissons. "I am expecting you to do wonders." "Nothing could be wonderful when performed in your service," replied the boy, with that readiness of compliment so characteristic of his time and court.
It had known and served all the men of whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled - the great knights-errant of the sea.
Derived words: knight-errantry
Translations:
knitter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit + -er.
Base: knit
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: knitters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or a machine that knits.
pos: noun
examples: “Ave! Old knitter of black wool.
Translations:
knock-kneed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.
pos: adj
examples: I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse.
gloss: Of a person or animal, suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).
pos: adj
Related words: knock knee
Translations:
knowable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Attested since the 15th century; know + -able
Base: know
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more knowable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most knowable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being known, understood or comprehended.
pos: adj
examples: Some things are not knowable. If Pradeep Mathew had played for India or England, would he have gone on to be the greatest spinner of all time? Not knowable. How many poor bastards have perished in this bed before me? Not knowable.
Antonyms: unknowable
Translations:
knowledgeably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English knowledge
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English knowledgeable
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 knowledgeably
From knowledgeable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more knowledgeably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most knowledgeably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a knowledgeable manner.
pos: adv
examples: “Er. It looks like a Klatchian Hots with anchovies, sir,” said Sergeant Colon knowledgeably.
Translations:
kookiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English kooky
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 kookiness
From kooky + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: kookinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being kooky.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Adamic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
Hebrew אָדָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.
Latin Ādāmlbor.
Old English Adam
Middle English Adam
English Adam
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
Latin adamicusder.
English Adamic
From Adam + -ic, modelled on Latin adamicus.
Base: Adam
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The story of the man who was bathing at the time, and ran out in Adamic costume, has been told too often, and for a fictional individual he has become altogether too notorious; […]
As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]
Translations:
aphis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid.
Inflected forms:
form: aphides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An aphid.
pos: noun
Translations:
reconnoitre
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.
Inflected forms:
form: reconnoitres
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reconnoitring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reconnoitred
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reconnoitred
pos: verb
tags: past
form: reconnoiter
pos: verb
tags: alternative
US
form: reconnaitre
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: reconnaître
pos: verb
tags: alternative
rare
form: reconnoître
pos: verb
tags: alternative
rare
form: reconnoitres
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reconnoiter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
form: reconnaitre
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: reconnaître
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
form: reconnoître
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury.
"Damn!" said Tommy, and tried to sit up. He had remembered. He was in that sinister house in Soho. He uttered a groan and fell back. Through his almost-closed lids he reconnoitred carefully.
gloss: To recognise.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain
gloss: An act or instance of reconnoitring.
pos: noun
examples: The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.
Synonyms: scout
survey
Derived words: reconnoitringly
Translations:
decoder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English code
English decode
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 decoder
From decode + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: decoders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who decodes secret messages
pos: noun
gloss: A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
pos: noun
Related words: coder
Derived words: codec
decoder ring
isodecoder
Translations:
broad-brush
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: broad-brushes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: broad-brushing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: broad-brushed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: broad-brushed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail.
pos: adj
tags: idiomatic
informal
not-comparable
examples: He takes a broad-brush approach to the study of history.
In setting out a broad-brush approach, the Arriva-owned operator doesn't make any specific requirements, but it says the replacement trains "must achieve a meaningful reduction in the exhaust emissions and exterior noise levels compared to Chiltern's existing DMUs".
gloss: To generalize or describe (something) in very broad, sweeping terms.
pos: verb
tags: idiomatic
informal
transitive
Translations:
doctrinally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English doctrinal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English doctrinally
From doctrinal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more doctrinally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most doctrinally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine.
pos: adv
examples: He was doctrinally knowledgeable but failed to follow the basic tenets of the religion.
Translations:
doctrinal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The noun form was from French doctrinal; the adjective form was perhaps from Late Latin doctrīnālis, from doctrīna.
Inflected forms:
form: doctrinals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine.
pos: adj
examples: […]yet inevitably, [JD] Vance is already giving menacing doctrinal advice to the pope as part of the multi-theatre fallout of Operation Epic Facepalm.
gloss: Didactic.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument.
gloss: A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines.
pos: noun
examples: His Teaching is not to teach you the Doctrinals of Salvation and of the Son, for he leaves that to Ministers, and to the Bible, to teach you the Doctrinals only in a doctrinal way
The Doctrinal of Princes
Related words: docent
docile
doctor
doctorate
doctrinaire
doctrine
document
indoctrinate
Derived words: counterdoctrinal
doctrinalism
doctrinalist
doctrinally
nondoctrinal
undoctrinal
Translations:
de-emphasize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English emphasize
English de-emphasize
From de- + emphasize.
Inflected forms:
form: de-emphasizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: de-emphasizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: de-emphasized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: de-emphasized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: de-emphasise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: deemphasise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: deemphasize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: deëmphasize
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
misreading
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: misreadings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An incorrect reading.
pos: noun
examples: When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings.
Translations:
counterbalanced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a counterbalance
pos: adj
Translations:
pumped-up
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more pumped-up
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pumped-up
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: inflated
pos: adj
gloss: inflated
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: The stalked 'periscope' eyes of the Fiddler crab, which give it a panoramic view all the better to appreciate the outrageously pumped-up left claws of its waving fellows.
gloss: raised by pumping
pos: adj
gloss: tense with excitement or enthusiasm
pos: adj
Translations:
anti-flash
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English anti-
English flash
English anti-flash
From anti- + flash.
Inflected forms:
form: antiflash
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Intended to reflect the thermal radiation from a nuclear detonation.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
antinational
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From anti- + national.
Base: national
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: more antinational
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most antinational
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: antinationals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Opposed to one's own nation; unpatriotic.
pos: adj
gloss: Opposed to purely national concerns; not founded on the idea of the nation.
pos: adj
examples: just as important have been the effects of diasporas and migrations (creating a mobile, ‘anti-national’ historical tradition) and the partial liberalization of many regimes […]
gloss: One who is opposed to India, usually suggesting pro-Pakistan or leftist associations, hostility against the Hindu religion, or opposition to Hindu nationalism.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
examples: Calling Tamil Nadu a “shelter” for anti-nationals, BJP national president J P Nadda said the state administration and the DMK were giving shelter to people working against the interests of the nation.
Today, the Indian media’s coverage of Modi is mostly fawning. Everything good that happens in the country is, in some way, his achievement. His failures usually go undiscussed. The country’s main television news channels all resemble Fox, with anchors who constantly praise the country’s leader for his strength and smarts. They berate his critics as mendacious “anti-nationals” — people whose hate for India is boundless.
Antonyms: patriotic
bhakt
sanghi
nationalist
Translations: