yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
ghostly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaistalīk (“spiritual”), equivalent to ghost + -ly. Cognate with Scots ghaistly, gaistly (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”).
Base: ghost
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: ghostlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: ghostliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
pos: adj
examples: a ghostly figure with a hood
The graveyard was haunted by a ghostly figure of a young girl.
The ghostly moaning was heard from upstairs.
gloss: Spooky; frightening.
pos: adj
examples: A ghostly hush fell.
Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil.
His lips were chapped and lined with a ghostly purple fringe.
gloss: Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: a ghostly confessor
Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
one of the ghostly children of St. Jerome
Synonyms: apparitional
ghastly
ghostish
ghostlike
ghostly
phantomic
phantomlike
phantasmal
phantasmic
spectral
spooky
wraithlike
wraithy
Related words: ghastly
demonic
demonical
fiendish
Derived words: ghostlily
ghostliness
ghostly father
nonghostly
unghostly
Translations:
incestuous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English incest
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English incestuous
From incest + -ous.
Inflected forms:
form: more incestuous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most incestuous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or engaging in incest.
pos: adj
examples: If you engaged in an incestuous relationship with a family member, that would make you an inbreeder.
gloss: Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders.
pos: adj
examples: It’s an incestuous thing. Faculty at the liberal, Ivy League schools are involved in hiring other faculty, who later hire the next generation of faculty. There’s very little intellectual or philosophical diversity in our newsrooms as a result. Furthermore, as I pointed out in the book, there’s a large number of so-called journalists who work for Democrat politicians, who go back and forth between politics and journalism.
Democrats have the luxury of controlling the public narrative, thanks, in large part, to their incestuous relationship with the news media.
Synonyms: incestual
incesty
Derived words: incestuously
incestuousness
nonincestuous
pseudoincestuous
twincestuous
unincestuous
Translations:
filmography
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.
Proto-Germanic *felma-
Proto-Germanic *filmīn-
Old English filmen
Middle English filme
English film
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)
Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.
French -graphieder.
English -ography
English filmography
From film + -ography.
Inflected forms:
form: filmographies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
pos: noun
Translations:
RORO
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
nautical
transport
Inflected forms:
form: ROROs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: roro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ro-ro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: ro/ro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Ro-Ro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: RoRo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Ro/Ro
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: RO-RO
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: RO/RO
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A RORO ship.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: two ROROs at anchor upriver
gloss: Risk-on, risk-off, a sharp distinction between market conditions dominated and not dominated by risk or volatility pricing of securities.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fervor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).
Inflected forms:
form: fervors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fervour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Commonwealth
Senses:
gloss: An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
gloss: A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: Heat.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
Related words: fervent
fervid
fever
Derived words: fervorent
fervorless
fervorous
Translations:
chandelle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle.
Inflected forms:
form: chandelles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chandelles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chandelling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chandelled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chandelled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
pos: noun
examples: The FAA terms a chandelle as a maximum fight performance maneuver. During the course of a chandelle the plane should gain the greatest amount of altitude possible for a given degree of bank, and without stalling.
gloss: To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
pos: verb
Translations:
skeeze
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from skeezy.
Inflected forms:
form: skeezes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skeez
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A sleazy or sexually promiscuous person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
mildly
slang
examples: Jackie was an old skeeze with an IQ of about 85, and the only thing she was good at, apart from picking out Chanel suits, was lying under men who could put her on easy street.
“Shit. You talkin’ about that skeeze over in the Yard?”
Is he bothering you? Jason, why are you such a skeeze?
In her 1950's ideal, 19 was the age to be married. The entire time they have been dating she has been an adult. DL uses the word teenager for shock value, to make this guy look like a skeeze.
Translations:
speechwriter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From speech + writer.
Compound parts: speech
writer
Inflected forms:
form: speechwriters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession.
pos: noun
Translations:
outsider
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-West Germanic *ūt
Old English ūt
▲
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *-ai
Proto-Germanic *ūtai
Proto-West Germanic *ūtē
Old English ūte
Middle English oute
English out
Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *sīdaz
Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ
Old English sīde
Middle English side
English side
English outside
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 outsider
From outside + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: outsiders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who is not part of a community or organization.
pos: noun
examples: While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.
I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. That's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside.
We were not a big huggie family so I was very, very encased in a little stay-away-from-me shell growing-up, and here I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything.
We are the only outsiders here, granted exclusive access and a private tour as the first major US news organization allowed inside Cecot late last month.
gloss: A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.
pos: noun
examples: Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders?
These worlds have always belonged to us, from the moment our ancestors saw them through ancient telescopes. We claimed them when our first explorers reached the stars, and they remained our worlds even after the Scourge divided us in darkness. Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright.
gloss: A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.
pos: noun
examples: Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.
gloss: The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.
pos: noun
tags: rare
Related words: outsiders
Derived words: outsider art
outsider artist
outsiderdom
outsiderhood
outsiderish
outsiderism
outsiderly
outsider music
outsider musician
outsiderness
rank outsider
Translations:
haft
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.
Inflected forms:
form: hafts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hafts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hafting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hafted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hafted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The handle of a tool or weapon.
pos: noun
examples: See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.
gloss: To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.
gloss: To grip by the handle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: haftable
Translations:
infestation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French infestation, from Late Latin infestatio. Morphologically infest + -ation.
Base: infest
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: infestations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Guatemalan snowpea production has continually been harmed by insect and disease infestations.
You've probably heard about Beemageddon. Over the past few years, colony collapse disorder – thought to be brought on by a pernicious combination of overwork, bad weather, pesticides and infestations of parasitic varroa mites – has been threatening to wipe out honeybees all over the world, and with them many of our food crops.
A. The exterior of the premises and all structures thereon shall be kept free of all nuisances, unsanitary conditions and fire or safety hazards in the public areas and any of the foregoing shall be removed and abated promptly by the owner or manager.
B. Without limiting the generality of Subsection A, the maintenance includes: . . . (3) Keeping the premises free of conditions conducive to infestation by vermin or insects, such as rodent harborages or stagnant water, and other known sources of infestation.
"We have done some targeted pest control, and it has made a huge difference. It's a serious topic. We looked at why there were so many power trips at Ladbroke Grove. And it was an infestation of birds."
Translations:
Contra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Short for Spanish contrarrevolucionarios (“counter-revolutionaries”).
Inflected forms:
form: Contras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.
pos: noun
Translations:
emotionalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Latin ēmoveō
Vulgar Latin *exmovēre
Old French esmovoir
Middle French esmouvoir
Middle French emotionbor.
English emotion
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 emotional
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English emotionalism
From emotional + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: emotionalisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: to infuse into Judaism new vision, or rather to re-awaken the dormant emotionalism and mystic strain
Yet once the emotionalism of those ‘great gusts of words’ had been flensed, the flesh and bones of the programme looked disappointingly like the mixture as before […].
Translations:
extremum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmum, neuter form of extrēmus (“extreme in degree”). Doublet of extreme.
Inflected forms:
form: extrema
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: extremums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A point, or value that is a maximum or a minimum.
pos: noun
Translations:
Frenchman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English Frenshman. By surface analysis, French + -man.
Inflected forms:
form: Frenchmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man of French birth or nationality.
pos: noun
examples: A deep-seated misgiving about U.S. Asian policy is spreading among anti-Communists in Southeast Asia, who fear that the Korean truce is the first sign of U.S. withdrawal. In Hong Kong, anti-Communist Chinese newspapers, even those critical of Chiang, now talk about “U.S. double-faced diplomacy.” One said that “Ike and Dulles have stepped right into Acheson’s shoes.” Though Secretary Dulles has bulled through a special $387 million grant to bolster anti-Communist resistance in Indo-China, Frenchmen frequently grumble: Why should we fight our Communists to a finish when you did not fight yours to a finish in Korea?
The former recommended that all members of the Chamber of Deputies be elected by the scrutin de liste: that they be elected by all Frenchmen of both sexes over 21 years old.
gloss: A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork.
pos: noun
gloss: The red-legged partridge.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Related words: Frenchwoman
Derived words: Frenchman's Cay
Frenchman's Cove
Translations:
Frenchwoman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English Frensche wymen pl, equivalent to French + -woman.
Base: French
Affixes: -woman
Inflected forms:
form: Frenchwomen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.
pos: noun
Translations:
flagstaff
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From flag + staff.
Compound parts: flag
staff
Inflected forms:
form: flagstaffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flagstaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flag-staff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: flag staff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A pole on which a flag is raised.
pos: noun
examples: Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning.
1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.
Translations:
knees-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: UK 20th century. From the song "Knees Up Mother Brown" (from at least 1918; published 1938). Suggesting the motions of dancing.
Inflected forms:
form: knees-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A party.
pos: noun
tags: UK
informal
examples: Let's have a bit of a knees-up, Arp.
However, having heard all the mutinous chants Taxpayer FC’s fans sang about Gollivan at Vicarage Road, Moyes has realised it’s probably part of his remit to spread some love and urge everyone in east London to have a good old Cockney knees-up before Friday’s visit from Leicester City.
William Hill today cut the price of a Scottish knees-up from an original 25/1 into 9/1 favourite.
Translations:
proficient
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact.
Inflected forms:
form: more proficient
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most proficient
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: proficients
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
pos: adj
examples: He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature.
By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone originated and became proficient.
gloss: An expert.
pos: noun
examples: The colonel now addressed me, […] adding, "I hope we shall send you to your regiment up the country quite a proficient, and calculated to reflect credit on your instructors in the Zubberdust Bullumteers."
Why not subpoena as well the clerical proficients?
Translations:
Mackenzie
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).
Compound parts: mac
Coinneach
Inflected forms:
form: Mackenzies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.
pos: noun
Translations:
forb
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek φορβή (phorbḗ, “food”), from φέρβω (phérbō, “to feed”).
Inflected forms:
form: forbs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: phorb
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush).
pos: noun
examples: So younger is better and the part nearest the roots is better, but what makes life possible for the pronghorn is a supply of forbs—small broadleaf plants growing among the grasses.
2004, A. Kirilov, P. Todorova Development of forage areas and forage resources in Bulgaria during the period of transition, A. Lüscher, et al. (editors), Land Use Systems in Grassland Dominated Regions: Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Grassland Science in Europe, Volume 9, page 859,
Buchgraber (1995) recommends 50-70% of grasses, 10-30% of legumes and also 10-30% of forbs on meadows, while Kessler (1994) recommends the same proportion of grasses, 10-20% of legumes and 20-40% of forbs on natural meadows.
Common understory forbs included, but were not limited to, large-leaved aster, bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), bluebead lily, species of clubmoss, Canada mayflower, and sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus).
Translations:
AAR
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
management
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
Inflected forms:
form: AARs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Aircraft accident report.
pos: noun
tags: abbreviation
gloss: after-action report; after-action review.
pos: noun
tags: abbreviation
Translations:
hegemon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”).
Inflected forms:
form: hegemons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
pos: noun
Translations:
synonymous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.
Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
For much of the time that incels have self-described as such, their collective worldview has been synonymous with the ‘blackpill’.
gloss: Of, or being a synonym.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: synonymal
synonymic
synonymical
Antonyms: antonymous
asynonymous
nonsynonymous
unsynonymous
nonsynonymous
Related words: synonym
synonymity
Wiktionary:Semantic relations
Derived words: asynonymous
nonsynonymous
nonsynonymously
parasynonymous
synonymously
synonymousness
unsynonymous
Translations:
marksman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English mark
English -s-
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
English man
English marksman
From mark + -s- + man.
Inflected forms:
form: marksmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.
pos: noun
examples: He should do as prudent marksmen do when the place they plan to hit appears too distant, and knowing how far the strength of their rifle carries, they set their aim much higher than the place intended, not to reach such a height with their bullet, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to achieve their design.
gloss: Goalscorer.
pos: noun
examples: In what was a characteristic Bent display, he made only an occasional impact - but proved once again in front of England coach Fabio Capello that he is one of the most reliable marksmen in the domestic game.
Derived words: marksmanly
marksmanship
markswoman
Translations:
mawashi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
Etymology: From Japanese 廻し or 回し (mawashi), same meaning.
Inflected forms:
form: mawashi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The belt worn by rikishi during training and in competition
pos: noun
Translations:
selo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *selo.
Inflected forms:
form: selos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sela
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A village, in various Slavic regions.
pos: noun
examples: Most Ukrainian and southern Russian selos are large; often they have several hundred households, and there are selos with more than a thousand.
Translations:
AND
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: ANDs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ANDing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: ANDed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: ANDed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To combine (a value) with another value by means of this operator.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If an internal node is encountered that contains a mask, the search key is logically ANDed with the mask and another search is made of the subtree...
Translations:
leaning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English lening, leninge, from Old English hlinung (“leaning; resting; place of rest”), equivalent to lean + -ing.
Base: lean
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: leanings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tendency or propensity.
pos: noun
examples: a man of socialist leanings
Translations:
limiting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: limitings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A limitation.
pos: noun
examples: After the discoveries of criticism, the new reverence for the Bible will teach one thing, and that namely which has been my theme, — how much deeper the truth that is in Christ lies than the errors and limitings of the understanding […]
Translations:
bourbon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo.
Inflected forms:
form: bourbons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A serving of bourbon whiskey.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.
gloss: A Bourbon biscuit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: bourbon and branch
bourbon cream
Bourbon whiskey
bourbon whiskey
Derived words: Bourbon
bourbon chicken
bourbonic
Old Bourbon
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: բուրբոն
roman: burbon
lang: Bulgarian
word: бърбън
roman: bǎrbǎn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 波本威士忌
roman: bōběn wēishìjì
lang: Dutch
word: Bourbon
lang: Finnish
word: bourbonviski
lang: French
word: bourbon
lang: German
word: Bourbon
lang: Japanese
word: バーボン
roman: bābon
lang: Korean
word: 버번
roman: beobeon
lang: Marathi
word: बर्बन
roman: barban
lang: Russian
word: бурбо́н
roman: burbón
lang: Spanish
word: bourbon
lang: Yiddish
word: בורבאָן
roman: burbon
noisome
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).
Base: noy
Affixes: -some
Inflected forms:
form: more noisome
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most noisome
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: noysome
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Morally hurtful or noxious.
pos: adj
tags: literary
gloss: Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
pos: adj
tags: literary
examples: Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence.
There is a distinct sense of freedom in the solitude of the night. The day's atmosphere is surcharged with noisome anxiety, the hours laden with impending terrors. But the night is soothing.
gloss: Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.
pos: adj
tags: literary
examples: Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but foule breath, and foule breath is noiſome, therefore I will depart vnkist.
And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.
Derived words: noisomely
noisomeness
Translations:
politesse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French politesse, from Italian politezza, from polito, past participle of pulire (“to clean”), from Latin polire, present active infinite form of poliō (“to polish”).
Inflected forms:
form: politesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; genteel politeness or an instance of this.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: So if you meet me, have some courtesy / Have some sympathy, and some taste / Use all your well-learned politesse / Or I'll lay your soul to waste
The reference in his letter to ‘having a drink’ is of course just an empty politesse.
The soft politesse concealed a sharp observer, a gleaner of information, cool under pressure and used to having to think several steps ahead […]
Translations:
bagsy
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Respelling and grammatical repurposing of bags I, as used to claim something for oneself, for example, Bags I have the top bunk!.
Inflected forms:
form: bagsies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bagsying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: bagsied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: bagsied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make a verbal claim to.
pos: verb
tags: informal
transitive
examples: I bagsy the top bunk of the bed.
“After you two nearly killed us, I’m going to drive from now on.”
“I never get to drive!” huffed Thumbs.
“Well, I bagsied it first!” snapped Fingers.
“I will drive!” announced Dad.
Translations:
tubby
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
Base: tub
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: tubbier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: tubbiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: tubbies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: stout, rotund
pos: adj
examples: Grace bent to her oars with a springing verve and force which made the tubby little boat draw towards the shore, the whispering lapse of water gliding under its sides all the while.
The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.
gloss: Resembling a tub
pos: adj
gloss: sounding dull and without resonance or freedom of sound.
pos: adj
examples: a tubby violin
gloss: An overweight person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
often
slang
Derived words: tubbily
tubbiness
tubbo
Translations:
graph-theoretical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: graph-theoretic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to or using graph theory.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
terrapin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From torup (“snapping turtle native to North America, especially the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)”) or from its etymon Powhatan *tōrəp (“sea turtle”) + possibly English -ine (suffix forming derivative or diminutive nouns), perhaps influenced by Latin terra (“dry land; soil; planet Earth”). Cognate with Abenaki tolba (“turtle”), Penobscot dolba and Unami (pisëla)tulpe (“soft-shelled turtle”).
Inflected forms:
form: terrapins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: terapin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Any turtle.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
examples: The third ſervice was made up of a loin of freſh pork with apple-ſauce, a kid ſmothered with onions, and a terrapin baked in the ſhell; […]
The land-turtle, or terrapin, is much better known at Nice, as being a native of this county; yet the beſt are brought from the iſland of Sardinia. The ſoup or bouillon of this animal is always preſcribed here as a great reſtorative to conſumptive patients.
The ancient whale-cry [i.e., "town-ho"] upon first sighting a whale from the masthead, still used by whalemen in hunting the famous Gallipagos terrapin.
gloss: Any of several small turtles native to North America that live in brackish or fresh water, especially the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin).
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
examples: As to the terrapin, I have not so much to say. The terrapin is a small turtle, found on the shores of Maryland and Virginia, out of which a very rich soup is made. It is cooked with wines and spices, and is served in the shape of a hash, with heaps of little bones mixed through it. […] I must, however, confess that the terrapin for me had no surpassing charms.
gloss: The flesh of such a turtle used as food.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
examples: The man who did not eat twice of terrapin would be held in small repute, as the Londoner is held who at a city banquet does not partake of both thick and thin turtle.
Derived words: diamondback terrapin
Mobile terrapin
red-eared terrapin
salt-marsh terrapin
terrapin à la Maryland
terrapin fork
Translations:
terrifying
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more terrifying
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most terrifying
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Frightening or intimidating.
pos: adj
examples: terrifying creature
terrifying dream
terrifying film
terrifying ride
terrifying story
gloss: Of a formidable nature; terrific.
pos: adj
examples: Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.
Related words: terrify
terror
Derived words: terrifyingly
terrifyingness
unterrifying
Translations:
territorial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Base: territory
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more territorial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most territorial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: territorials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to geography or territory.
pos: adj
examples: Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc.
gloss: Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
pos: adj
tags: capitalized
often
gloss: Displaying territoriality.
pos: adj
gloss: A non-professional member of a territorial army.
pos: noun
examples: The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.
Derived words: antiterritorial
aterritorial
biterritorial
deterritorial
ethnoterritorial
exterritorial
extraterritorial
infraterritorial
interterritorial
intraterritorial
nonterritorial
panterritorial
preterritorial
subterritorial
territorial authority
territorial collectivity
territorial integrity
territorialisation
territorialise
territorialism
territorialist
territorialistic
territorialization
territorialize
territorial justice
territorially
territorial matrix
territorial pissing
territorial sea
territorial water
territorial waters
triterritorial
uniterritorial
unterritorial
Translations:
territoriality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
English territorial
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English territoriality
From territorial + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: territorialities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The fact or legal status of being a territory.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The pattern of behaviour in animals that defines and defends a territory.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A pattern of human behaviour characterised by defence of a particular territory or area of interest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: These criticisms had a whiff of territoriality about them.
Translations:
terrorize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tres-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti
Proto-Italic *trozeō
Latin terreō
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin terrorbor.
Old French terreur
Middle French terreurbor.
Middle English terrour
English terror
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 terrorize
From terror + -ize.
Inflected forms:
form: terrorizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: terrorizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: terrorized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: terrorized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: terrorise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
transitive
examples: terrorize the population
terrorize civilians
The gang continued to terrorize the neighborhood.
She felt terrorized by the constant threats.
Sleep with one eye open
You have no idea what I'm capable of
Keep claiming holier than thou
My knife can stab more holes than you can count
How dare you sleep where a king once slept
And dry the tears of where his queen has wept
Kill, torture, terrorize
Welcome to my mind
gloss: To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
transitive
Related words: terrorism
terrorist
Derived words: counter-terrorize
terrorization
terrorizee
terrorizer
unterrorized
Translations:
terylene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Terylene, originated as a trademark.
Inflected forms:
form: terylenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polymer, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used for making thread and cloth.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I saw myself smart and clean in a white blouse and dark-red pleated terylene skirt, with blazer and gloves and a hat.
Translations:
tester
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English tester, from Old French testre, from Latin testura.
Inflected forms:
form: testers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A canopy over a bed.
pos: noun
examples: And I could as hardly spare my gloves as my shirt, or forbeare washing of my hands both in the mornng and rising from the table, or lye in a bed without a testerne and curtaines about it, as of most necessary things.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane half tester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
gloss: Something that overhangs something else; especially a canopy or soundboard over a pulpit.
pos: noun
examples: With our shaggy jackets drawn about our shoulders, we now passed the Tomahawk from one to the other, till slowly there grew over us a blue hanging tester of smoke, illuminated by the flame of the new-lit lamp.
Derived words: testered
Translations:
testify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English testifien, borrowed from Old French testifier, from Latin testificārī (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”) + facere (“to make”). See -fy.
Affixes: -fy
Inflected forms:
form: testifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: testifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: testify
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: testify
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: testify
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: testifiest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: testifiedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: testifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: testifieth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: testify
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: testify
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: testify
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: testifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: testified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: It was only after a decade away from Skipton that I was finally able to garner the courage to return and testify against my abuser.
One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
gloss: To make a statement based on personal knowledge or faith.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
[T]he pleaſures of ſenſe have no reliſh vvhere thou [Jesus] irradiateſt and teſtifieſt vvith our conſcience, that vve are the children of God, and have done thy vvill ſincerely, […]
gloss: To be evidence of.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: "Iberian-Sardinian" substrate features have been posited time and time again. These have usually been explained as testifying to a migration from the Iberian Peninsula to Sardinia in prehistoric times.
Synonyms: bear witness
Related words: attest
testimony
testimonial
compel testimony
Derived words: retestify
testifiable
testifiee
testilie
testilying
untestified
untestifying
Translations:
testimonial
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.
Inflected forms:
form: testimonials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A statement, especially one given under oath; testimony.
pos: noun
examples: The witness provided a written testimonial to the court.
gloss: A (usually written) recommendation of someone's worth or character.
pos: noun
examples: The company website features a customer testimonial.
"Then why don't you take him into the parlour?" grumbled the ex-driver. His face was a testimonial of hard work and general sobriety but at the moment one might hazard from his voice and manner that he had been drinking earlier in the day.
gloss: A tribute given in appreciation of someone's service etc.
pos: noun
examples: He gave a moving testimonial at the retirement dinner.
gloss: A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).
pos: noun
gloss: Serving as testimony.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a testimonial statement
Related words: testify
testimony
Translations:
enqueue
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English en-
English queue
English enqueue
From en- + queue.
Inflected forms:
form: enqueues
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: enqueuing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: enqueueing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: enqueued
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: enqueued
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To add an item to a queue.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Antonyms: dequeue
Translations:
Teletubby
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der.
Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor.
English tele-
English tubby
English Teletubby
From tele- (television) + tubby.
Inflected forms:
form: Teletubbies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the four color-coded tubby human-like characters in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies.
pos: noun
examples: She spoke like the Teletubbies, behaved like a Teletubby, and seemed to live in this harmonious toddler phantasy world.
They [wind turbines] turn pristine landscapes into Teletubby-style horror shows.
Translations:
proc
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: video-games
Etymology: The video game sense is from the abbreviation of procedure. The folk etymology from programmed random occurrence is a backronym.
Inflected forms:
form: procs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: proccing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: procced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: procced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause a proc to occur.
pos: verb
examples: Dunno the weapons' stats, except they both procced fairly frequently - lightning sword procced decapitation (instant death), and the whip procced fire reel (or whatever it was called) which reeled to target into the balor's body, engulfing you in searing flames for big damage.
Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).
Translations:
nictitating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin nictitō, frequentative form of nictō (“to wink”) (see English nictate).
Inflected forms:
form: more nictitating
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nictitating
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: winking, blinking
pos: adj
examples: But she gave me only a dry look. A blink crossed the table. It even seemed to come from the bottom of her eye upward, like a nictitating membrane.
Translations: