yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
pusillanimity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pusillanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French pusillanimité, from the ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis, from pusillus (puny) + animus (spirit) + -ous. A translation of the Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos, “faint-hearted”).
Base: pusillanimous
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: pusillanimities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]
[…] Puſillanimity; by vvhich that ſeems great to him, vvhich other men think a trifle: and vvhatſoever is nevv, or great, and therefore thought fit to be told, vvithdravves a man by degrees from the intended vvay of his diſcourſe.
1685. Dr. Michael de Molinos: The Spiritual Guide which Disentangles the Soul, and Brings it by the Inward Way To The Getting of Perfect Contemplation and the Rich Treasure of Internal Peace, CHAP. XVIII: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/molinos/guide.html.
132. And although thou often fallest, and seest thy Pusillanimity, and endeavour to get courage, and afflict not thy self; because what God doth not do in forty Years, he sometimes doth in an instant, with a particular Mystery, that we may live low and humble, and know that ‘tis the Work of his powerful Hand, to free us from Sins.
Instead of being confined within the walls of fortified cities, which the Romans considered as the refuge of weakness or pusillanimity, the legions were encamped on the banks of the great rivers, and along the frontiers of the barbarians.
their hectorings against an absent enemy, and their pusillanimity on his approach
What I did through indolence and in some degree, I confess, through pusillanimity, I had a fancy to make it appear (by dint of much whistling, as it were, and easy thrusting of my hands into my pocket) that I did through a sort of generous condescension.
Translations:
bare-arse
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bare + arse.
Compound parts: bare
arse
Inflected forms:
form: barearse
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
pos: adj
tags: literally
not-comparable
gloss: Stark naked.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
not-comparable
examples: So he's pounding them off and is away over the hill in sweet dreams, and Clarice tippy-toes into the bedroom as quiet as fog coming off a millpond, and she takes off her clothes and stands there bare-arse looking out the window in the moonlight.
"I sleep bare-arse, Mrs. Bayram, always have, which you can come and check out any time you like."
"You exchanged vows bare-arse naked in front of an archangel?"
Synonyms: bareass
bare-bum
bare-butt
Translations:
onesie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From the Gerber Childrenswear brand name Onesies. The name became generic and was reinterpreted as a plural, hence the new singular and decapitalized onesie. Equivalent to one + -sie.
Base: one
Affixes: -sie
Inflected forms:
form: onesies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various one-piece attires
pos: noun
examples: It was once considered taboo to even suggest that new motherhood was not all sunshine onesies and rainbow mobiles, and “Baby Ruby” arrives on a welcome wave of contemporary movies exploring how the joys of child rearing can commingle with misery.
The Fever shared a video of the meeting on X (formerly known as Twitter), where an excited Clark got to hold the young baby and sign the youngster's onesie.
gloss: Any of various one-piece attires:
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: Any of various one-piece attires:
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various one-piece attires:
pos: noun
Related words: onesie-twosie
Derived words: onesied
Translations:
indecorous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: By surface analysis, in- + decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.
Inflected forms:
form: more indecorous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most indecorous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Improper, immodest, or indecent.
pos: adj
examples: Fact is that papers being locked away for 50-plus years is indecorous.
Antonyms: decorous
Translations:
dance-off
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder.
Anglo-Norman dauncerbor.
Middle English dauncen
English dance
English -off
English dance-off
From dance + -off.
Inflected forms:
form: dance-offs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An informal dance competition between two or more dancers.
pos: noun
Translations:
Pahari
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Hindi पहाड़ी (pahāṛī)bor.
English Pahari
Borrowed from Hindi पहाड़ी (pahāṛī).
Inflected forms:
form: Paharis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Pahari
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Paharee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In South Asia, someone from the hills or mountains, a hillman; specifically a member of any of various peoples living in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal.
pos: noun
gloss: Pertaining to the Paharis or a Pahari language.
pos: adj
examples: 1899: The Kotgarh Chaplain christened her Elizabeth, and ‘Lispeth’ is the Hill or pahari pronunciation. — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Lispeth’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2005, p. 7)
Translations:
ekka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Hindi एक्का (ekkā)bor.
English ekka
Borrowed from Hindi एक्का (ekkā).
Inflected forms:
form: ekkas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ecka
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ekha
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
pos: noun
tags: India
examples: He said that he was ‘going to shoot big game’, and left at half-past ten o'clock in an ekka.
Throughout India the ekka is the ordinary vehicle in which the natives travel, and until recent times was the only one available to Europeans.
Translations:
revalidation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English validation
English revalidation
From re- + validation.
Inflected forms:
form: revalidations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of revalidating
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
periostracum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Literally "surrounding shell", from peri- + ostracum.
Base: ostracum
Affixes: peri-
Inflected forms:
form: periostraca
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.
pos: noun
Translations:
revalidate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English validate
English revalidate
From re- + validate.
Inflected forms:
form: revalidates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: revalidating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: revalidated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: revalidated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To validate again.
pos: verb
Translations:
ready-made
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: art
arts
Etymology: From Middle English redye made, equivalent to ready + made.
Compound parts: ready
made
Inflected forms:
form: more ready-made
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ready-made
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: readymade
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: ready-mades
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: readymade
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Preexisting or made previously and suitable for use without further preparation or modification; comparable with regard to the amount of preparation required.
pos: adj
examples: They used to take a big horse-blanket and sit on the grass a little to the left of the lower end, where there is a dip in the ground, and where the occupied graves stop short and the ready-made ones are not ready. Each well-regulated Indian Cemetery keeps half a dozen graves permanently open for contingencies and incidental wear and tear.
Incidentally, they became mindful of the meaning of thrift and waste and learned to practice an economy of material and operations which was not elicited in the play with the more ready-made educational material.
1993, Leslie Howard Owens, Commentary to Bill C.Malone, Blacks and Whites and the Music of the Old South, Ted Ownby (editor), Black and White, page 185,
The periods of massive revivals, especially the Awakenings, and spiritual movements in Protestant America in general seem the most ready made to attract Africans to Christianity.
The potlatch was perhaps the most ready-made container for explaining the gospel and the kingdom of God, in all its counterintuitiveness, to native people.
gloss: Made in advance to a standard specification.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: During the 1830s and 1840s, ready-made standardized shoes and clothing increasingly challenged the custom-made products of small handicraft workshops.
Commercial use of these machines was enhanced by the development of a system of proportional measurements and subsequently of proportional sizes, making feasible ready-made clothing on a mass scale.
The Tees Valley already produces more than 50% of all the hydrogen in the UK so it makes sense to bring it [hydrogen fuelling] here because you've already got a ready-made supply.
gloss: Made or prepared in advance and used regularly or habitually without original thought.
pos: adj
examples: […]including both the most everyday and popular, the most ready-made or found objects, the most quotidian of performances.
gloss: A ready-made object.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of found object.
pos: noun
Synonyms: also: Thesaurus:custom-made
Antonyms: custom-made
made-to-order
also: Thesaurus:custom-made
Related words: pre-cooked
ready-to-wear
shake and bake
Translations:
reaffirmation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: By surface analysis, re- + affirmation, or, by surface analysis, reaffirm + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: reaffirmations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of reaffirming; a second or subsequent affirmation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We mark solstices and equinoxes by festivals rooted in myths. It doesn't matter which myths. What matters is that certain days are elevated out of the ordinary for special commemoration, celebration, participation, and the reaffirmation of our pledges of affection and devotion to ourselves, our friends, our families and our best beloved.
Translations:
real-life
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more real-life
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most real-life
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: reallife
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: As happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed.
pos: adj
examples: He was a real-life detective before playing one in the movies.
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
In addition, as far as we were aware, there were no published data that quantified real-life speech practices in Singapore beyond census reportage, but we had no reason to conclude a priori that the distribution of languages spoken at NIE would match census data.
“How to hide, survive and use the urban environment as a sanctuary was a challenge but the soldiers adapted to the real-life challenges,” ETG Commander Col. Toby Till explained.
gloss: Not online, in real life.
pos: adj
Translations:
reallocation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English allocation
English reallocation
From re- + allocation.
Inflected forms:
form: reallocations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reallocating; a second or subsequent allocation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Since the war there has been a reallocation of output from pitheads in the North Staffordshire coalfield, resulting in a flow of coal northwards; [...].
Translations:
reanimation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos
Proto-Italic *anamos
Latin animus
Latin anima
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin animō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin animatiōlbor.
English animation
English reanimation
From re- + animation.
Inflected forms:
form: reanimations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: re-animation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of reanimating; a second or subsequent animation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
reapplication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Latin applicātiōbor.
Old French aplicacionbor.
Middle English applicacioun
English application
English reapplication
From re- + application.
Inflected forms:
form: reapplications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reapplying; a second or subsequent application.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
reapportionment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: c. 1930 reapportion + -ment
Base: reapportion
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: reapportionments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of reapportioning; a second or subsequent apportionment.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: In this context Endean pointed to the upcoming reapportionment of congressional districts according to the 1980 Census figures saying, "Everyone is up in the air over what their district will look like. Liberals are afraid they'll be gerrymandered into conservative districts.
Translations:
reassertion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English assertion
English reassertion
From re- + assertion.
Inflected forms:
form: reassertions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: the act of reasserting; a second or subsequent assertion
pos: noun
examples: […] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.
Translations:
reassessment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English assessment
English reassessment
From re- + assessment.
Inflected forms:
form: reassessments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reassessing; a second or subsequent assessment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: If you are a Cadmus fan, you will of course need no further urging [to see the film]; if, like me, you have had mixed feelings about his work, you may find yourself making a more positive reassessment after seeing the film.
He thought the types of wagons planned (short-wheelbase types) needed reassessment.
Translations:
reassignment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English assignment
English reassignment
From re- + assignment.
Inflected forms:
form: reassignments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reassigning; a second or subsequent assignment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
reattachment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English attachment
English reattachment
From re- + attachment.
Inflected forms:
form: reattachments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reattaching; a second or subsequent attachment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
reburial
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English burial
English reburial
From re- + burial.
Inflected forms:
form: reburials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reburying; a second or subsequent burial.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
recalculation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English calculation
English recalculation
From re- + calculation.
Inflected forms:
form: recalculations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of recalculating; a second or subsequent calculation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
reclassification
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: education
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *klāssis
Latin classislbor.
French classe
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficōder.
French -ifier
French classifier
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ation
Middle French -ation
French -ation
French classificationbor.
English classification
English reclassification
From re- + classification.
Inflected forms:
form: reclassifications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reclassifying; a second or subsequent classification.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The assignment of a high-school student to a different graduation class (either a year earlier or later than their original), often to allow a potential athlete either to develop further or to start playing professionally earlier.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
recolonization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Latin colōnus
Latin colōniader.
Middle English colane
English colony
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 colonize
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 colonization
English recolonization
From re- + colonization.
Inflected forms:
form: recolonizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of recolonizing; a second or subsequent colonization.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
recommencement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French recommencement, from Old French.
Inflected forms:
form: recommencements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of recommencing; a second or subsequent commencement.
pos: noun
Translations:
reconfirmation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English confirmation
English reconfirmation
From re- + confirmation.
Inflected forms:
form: reconfirmations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of reconfirming; a second or subsequent confirmation.
pos: noun
Translations:
cardiomyocyte
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂
Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā
Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor.
English cardio-
English myocyte
English cardiomyocyte
From cardio- + myocyte.
Inflected forms:
form: cardiomyocytes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cardiac muscle cell (or myocyte) in the heart.
pos: noun
Translations:
bare-butt
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bare (“naked”) + butt (“bottom”).
Compound parts: bare
butt
Inflected forms:
form: barebutt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
not-comparable
slang
gloss: Stark naked.
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
broadly
not-comparable
slang
examples: It has taken millions of years of evolution — pelagic, geologic, biological, and cultural — to create the Monterey Peninsula of today, a charming series of communities that appeal to bare-butt, stoned-out hippies as much as to some of the wealthiest and most talented people in the world.
Although Horcón has tolerated bare-butt bathing for some years, the municipalidad of Pichilemu wants to be the first to officially accept nudism, despite the opposition of its parish priest, who declared 'nudism leads to adultery'.
[…] All the while, he's paddling toward the beach, and when he got up there, the shark was cruising around on the inside. So he took his shorts off, threw them to the shark and just walked bare-butt down the beach. […]
Synonyms: bare-arse
bareass
bare-bum
Translations:
bare-bum
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bare + bum.
Compound parts: bare
bum
Inflected forms:
form: barebum
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
pos: adj
tags: literally
not-comparable
gloss: Stark naked.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
not-comparable
examples: Of course I do, Gran! Julian is always walking around bare-bum. I know all about boys and girls. And love and babies and all.
Having never experienced communal bare-bum soaking European style, I was sure I'd wandered into the men's room.
We discovered trout and bears and foxes. And bees^([sic]) nests! Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls.
Synonyms: bare-arse
bareass
bare-butt
Translations:
Ligurian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Liguria
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Ligurian
From Liguria + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: more Ligurian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Ligurian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Ligurians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, from or relating to Liguria, Italy.
pos: adj
gloss: A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.
pos: noun
Translations:
algerine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Algiers
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English algerine
From Algiers + -ine.
Inflected forms:
form: algerines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of loosely woven cloth in stripes of bright colors, used for scarves, shawls and similar.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
sinal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sinus
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 sinal
From sinus + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the sinuses.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
ratting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rattings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
usually
examples: Henry Mayhew, the nineteenth-century chronicler of London's underworld, described the frenzied activity of one ratting contest. A terrier — the best of ratting dogs — was placed into a pit with 50 rats.
Bear and bull baiting, dog fights, cockfighting, ratting, and other blood sports were attacked as un-Christian […]
The RSPCA were well aware that ratting was legally ambiguous, and when they received a report of a conviction for ratting in Hull in 1868 they doubted the legality of it.
Such men usually satisfied their needs for leisure in the patronage of saloons or in such “blood” sports as cockfights or rattings.
This was the pit for dog fights, cockfights and rat killing. […] At a time when ratting was largely frowned upon by respectable people in Britain, it gained considerable support in France […]
gloss: A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Desertion of one's principles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Working as a scab, against trade union policies.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Related words: rat snake
rat terrier
rattrap
rat trap
Derived words: ratting cap
Translations:
myocyte
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From myo- + -cyte, thus literally "muscle cell".
Base: myo
Inflected forms:
form: myocytes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A single muscle fiber cell.
pos: noun
Translations:
indention
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: media
publishing
typography
Etymology: Etymology tree
English indent
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 indention
From indent + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: indentions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Senses related to indent (verb):
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Senses related to indent (verb):
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An empty space at the beginning of a line to signal the start of a new paragraph.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of indentation /dent.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
Translations:
indeterminable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis.
Inflected forms:
form: more indeterminable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most indeterminable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: indeterminables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That is incapable of being measured.
pos: adj
gloss: That is incapable of being ascertained.
pos: adj
gloss: An indeterminable thing or quantity.
pos: noun
Antonyms: determinable
Derived words: indeterminableness
indeterminably
Translations:
indirection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From indirect + -ion, modeled on direction.
Base: indirect
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: indirections
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An indirect action or process.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A lack of direction; deviousness or aimlessness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit-making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.
gloss: Use of a variable or object through its address.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
individualistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From individualist + -ic or individual + -istic.
Base: individualist
Affixes: -ic
Inflected forms:
form: more individualistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most individualistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: More interested in individual people than in society as a whole.
pos: adj
examples: It is, then, as a treatise of social forces, individualistic and collectivistic, in German literature that Francke's work must be tested, not as a history of the artistic form and content of that literature.
People in individualistic cultures may be more concerned with distributive justice than people in collectivistic cultures because they have such clear-cut notions of individual equity.
gloss: Interested in oneself rather than others; egocentric.
pos: adj
examples: A few examples will demonstrate the cultural basis of individualistic, greedy, and anticooperative behavior.
The researchers posit that something they call the “hipster effect” asserts itself in human populations no matter how individualistic we imagine ourselves to be, because it’s individuality itself that sparks conformity.
gloss: Having idiosyncratic behaviour or ideas.
pos: adj
Related words: individualism
Derived words: anarcho-individualistic
individualistically
nonindividualistic
overindividualistic
unindividualistic
Translations:
individualize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English individual
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 individualize
From individual + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: individualizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: individualizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: individualized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: individualized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: individualise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
gloss: To modify something to suit an individual; to personalize.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
Derived words: deindividualize
disindividualize
individualizable
individualizer
individualizingly
unindividualize
Translations:
individuation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: individuations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of individuating or individualizing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The distinction of the individual from the general or universal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The differentiation of tissues.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: individuate
Derived words: deindividuation
principle of individuation
Translations:
inefficacy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English efficacy
English inefficacy
From in- + efficacy.
Inflected forms:
form: inefficacies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being ineffective
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
inexpressive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English expressive
English inexpressive
From in- + expressive.
Inflected forms:
form: more inexpressive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inexpressive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking expression or emotion.
pos: adj
Translations:
inextinguishable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English extinguish
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 extinguishable
English inextinguishable
From in- + extinguishable.
Inflected forms:
form: more inextinguishable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inextinguishable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: unextinguishable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Incapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.
pos: adj
examples: These achievements were made at a bloody cost and required courage and indomitable honesty, evidence of the inextinguishable will to survive and to be self-actualized in the face of unspeakable dangers.
[…] a creature of indomitable will, daemonic, the incarnation of inextinguishable hate.
Antonyms: extinguishable
Translations:
unconventionality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English conventionality
English unconventionality
From un- + conventionality.
Inflected forms:
form: unconventionalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unconventional.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The psychologist regarded Sofie's extreme unconventionality and intelligence as pointing towards very high openness to experience.
Translations:
unexpectedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unexpected
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 unexpectedness
From unexpected + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unexpected.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: For one of the chief accounts, upon which Wit it self is delightful, is, in very many cases, the unexpectedness of the things that please us; that unexpectedness being the highest Degree of Novelty, which, as I freshly noted, does exceedingly gratifie most Men’s minds.
[…] all in an instant, without having before given me the least reason to suspect any thing of the matter, he forced me into the barge; saying, I was going to leave him, but he would take care I should not. I was so struck with the unexpectedness of this proceeding, that for some time I did not make a reply […]
[…] he perceived a new attraction in the idea of taking to himself a young lady who had qualified herself to figure in his collection of choice objects by rejecting the splendid offer of a British aristocrat. Gilbert Osmond had a high appreciation of the British aristocracy—he had never forgiven Providence for not making him an English duke—and could measure the unexpectedness of this conduct.
The unexpectedness of Mrs. Pettigrew’s gentle voice was due to her heavily-marked appearance.
Translations:
unfriendliness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From unfriendly + -ness. Compare Dutch onvriendelijkheid, German Unfreundlichkeit.
Base: unfriendly
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: unfriendlinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unfriendly.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An unfriendly act; unfriendly acts or actions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Antonyms: friendliness
Translations:
ungodliness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ungodly
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 ungodliness
From ungodly + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: ungodlinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being ungodly.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Ungodly behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: impiety
Translations:
ungratefulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ungrateful
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 ungratefulness
From ungrateful + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or act of being ungrateful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
unhealthiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unhealthy
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 unhealthiness
From unhealthy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: unhealthinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unhealthy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: […] I possess an old house, Ferndean Manor, even more retired and hidden than this, where I could have lodged her safely enough, had not a scruple about the unhealthiness of the situation, in the heart of a wood, made my conscience recoil from the arrangement.
He looked elegant and vulnerable, his eyes edging away from contact and set into a face of exquisite unhealthiness.
Translations:
unholiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unholy
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 unholiness
From unholy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: unholinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unholy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
unnaturalness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English unnaturelnesse, equivalent to unnatural + -ness.
Base: unnatural
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: unnaturalnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unnatural.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: However, the American sensibility was less caught up in Angst and unnaturalness; it rejected the antibeauty implication of the Europeans.
Translations:
unresponsiveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unresponsive
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 unresponsiveness
From unresponsive + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unresponsive.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: As donors in New England learn about the national march committee's unresponsiveness to local organizing efforts and debts, these donors will not likely be open to further supporting your work in the future. The refusal of the national march committee to help local groups pay off their debts is alienating to local and national foundations.
Translations:
unrighteousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English unriȝtwisnesse, from Old English unrihtwīsnes; equivalent to un- + righteousness or unrighteous + -ness.
Base: righteousness
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unrighteous.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
unscrupulousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unscrupulous
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 unscrupulousness
From unscrupulous + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: the state of being unscrupulous
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
unselfishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unselfish
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 unselfishness
From unselfish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: unselfishnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unselfish.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
unsoundness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unsound
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 unsoundness
From unsound + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: unsoundnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being unsound.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Most likely he was accounting for that by the bias my job might be expected to give – aggravated by a phobia resulting from my recent sting – and he was wondering whether it might connote other, perhaps less harmless, unsoundnesses.
Antonyms: soundness
Translations:
realness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís
Proto-Italic *reis
Latin rēs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Late Latin -ālis
Late Latin reālisder.
Old French reelbor.
Middle English real
English real
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English realness
From real + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: realnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being real; reality.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
rebelliousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rebellious
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 rebelliousness
From rebellious + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being rebellious.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Antonyms: docility
Translations:
repetitiveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English repetitive
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 repetitiveness
From repetitive + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being repetitive.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The formulaic repetitiveness of filing and stuffing envelopes appeals to me in some fundamental life-affirming way.
Translations:
restrictiveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English restrictive
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English restrictiveness
From restrictive + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being restrictive.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
rightfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English riȝtfulnesse, rigtfulnes, riȝtvolnesse, equivalent to rightful + -ness.
Base: rightful
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being rightful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
extratropical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros
Proto-Italic *eksteros
Latin exter
Latin extrā
English extra-
English tropical
English extratropical
From extra- + tropical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Lacking or having lost tropical characteristics.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: extratropical cyclone
Translations:
daymark
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From day + mark.
Compound parts: day
mark
Inflected forms:
form: daymarks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mark (such as a tower) designed to help navigators to find their way during daylight hours.
pos: noun
Translations:
self-existent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English existent
English self-existent
From self- + existent.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Existing without having been created.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Existing independent of any extrinsic sustaining force.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Campbell exquisitely says, "'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view:" and let the heart be thankful from its inmost depths for that imaginative and self-existent faculty which first lends enchantment to the distance.
Related words: self-existence
God
Translations:
interbank
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English bank
English interbank
From inter- + bank.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or taking place between two or more banks (financial institutions).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
mesoscale
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Hellenic *métsos
Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der.
English meso-
Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂
Proto-Italic *skand-slā
Latin scālabor.
Middle English scale
English scale
English mesoscale
From meso- + scale.
Inflected forms:
form: mesoscales
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of medium size or extent; between microscale and macroscale.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Roughly 2–200 kilometers (or ~1-124 miles) in extent; between microscale and synoptic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A scale of intermediate size.
pos: noun
Related words: masoscale
misoscale
mososcale
musoscale
Derived words: mesoscale convective system
submesoscale
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