yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
both-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From both-handed + -ness.
Base: both-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Ambidexterity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It has been claimed by some modern scientists that ambidexterity, or both-handedness, is the natural condition of the race, and that the use of one hand or the other by preference is an acquired habit belonging to the period of development in childhood.
Until recently, and even now, both-handedness (ambidextrousness) has been mentioned as a cause of reading difficulties rather than seen as an indicator of immaturity.
The binary nature of the study in effect erases mixed or both-handedness.
gloss: The property of involving two sides, approaches, or orientations.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved.
The opposite-handednesses of the monolayer domains composed of D- and L-enantiomers, presence of both-handedness in racemic domains, ...
They exhibit accordingly that property of amphi-cheirality or both-handedness which was noted in the laterales nerves of the lamprey, betokening a possible affinity with the circular neural ring of the jelly-fish.
Translations:
both-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From both-handed + -ly.
Base: both-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more both-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most both-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: both-handed
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Using both hands.
pos: adv
examples: A-kneeling, a lad armcrosses his chest as a knight afoot, armed-at-all-points, both-handedly overhelms a sword & swooshes ~ the colée is dealt & felt!
Translations:
broken-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From broken + handed.
Compound parts: broken
handed
Inflected forms:
form: brokenhanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having a hand that is broken.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If one of them is broken-handed or lame or dumb or blind or deaf—he is not declared a son stubborn and rebellious, as it is said 'Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him,' which is impossible if they be broken-handed;
The priests are gone; the great bell is gone; the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas have vanished, all save one—a broken-handed Jizo of stone, smiling with eyelids closed, under the moon.
The stunned and broken-handed killer struggled to turn, but the big American grabbed the mangled paw and twisted hard.
gloss: Performed using a broken hand.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: He paddled hard, doing a broken-handed breaststroke, kicking for his life despite the damage in his knees.
Translations:
self-minded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + minded.
Base: minded
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
form: more self-minded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-minded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: selfminded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.
pos: adj
Translations:
landfalling
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Making landfall.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: It is the closest landfalling hurricane known to have an impact.
Translations:
fore-strength
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From fore- + strength.
Base: strength
Affixes: fore-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That which leads to or engenders strength.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Saying "Thermopylae" he thought "Leonidas." "Ay, of course; who knows not that?" The man was puzzled at Aristodemos's sudden wrath. "They gave their lives — those men — every one of them. They were the fore-strength of Salamis.
Somewhere within my blood Is the fore-strength of peace
Translations:
self-standing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From self- + standing. Compare Dutch zelfstandig (“independent”), German selbstständig (“independent, self-reliant”).
Base: standing
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
form: selfstanding
pos: adj
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: Standing or existing by one's own (or something's own) power, ability or competence; not reliant on others; independent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Lacking affixes; being a stem.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a self-standing word
Translations:
hot-pluggable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That can be safely plugged in while the system is turned on and running.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
forceps-like
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From forceps + -like.
Base: forceps
Affixes: -like
Inflected forms:
form: more forceps-like
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most forceps-like
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: forcepslike
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling a forceps.
pos: adj
Translations:
cack-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cack-handed + -ness.
Base: cack-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: cackhandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Left-handedness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Now the chances of the casual golfer being able to borrow a set of left-handed clubs are pretty slim ; so I had to do the best I could with a bagful of right-handed clubs which, owing to my natural cack-handedness, I had to grip with the right hand over the left...
We can also see it as part of that vast repertoire of symbolism associated with right and left, which permeates so much of our daily lives, from the political left and right wing, through dexterity and 'cack-handedness', to 'lefthanded marriages'.
gloss: Clumsiness or incompetence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: “No,” I say and take the phone offline. “It's mismanagement. Bungling. Ineptitude. Incompetence. Cack-handedness."
Such opportunities help learners to overcome their cack-handedness and to develop their ability to use equipment comfortably.
gloss: Back-handedness
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Martin Maloney 's painting, Sony Levi, with its assured cack-handedness and considered vacuity can stand as an emblem of the movement.
Translations:
cack-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cack-handed + -ly.
Base: cack-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more cack-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most cack-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: cackhandedly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In a cack-handed manner.
pos: adv
examples: There was only one reason Siobhan could think of why anyone would do all of that, and try to cack-handedly cover up the fact by booking another flight to Bristol at the same time.
I had crewed for him once or twice, cack-handedly. He only took me out, I think, because for some reason he thought I was good for a laugh.
Yet, though Charles II curiously concurred with Fox's view of Vane's character, the political point emerges rather cack-handedly: after all, Restoration magistrates took a very hard line with hatted Quakers appearing before them.
Translations:
car-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Northern and Scottish dialects from Scottish Gaelic caerr (“awkward”) + handed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Left-handed.
pos: adj
tags: Scotland
not-comparable
examples: Farm labourers are apt to turn back from their work and go to bed on meeting a car-handed neighbour, he says.
Translations:
non-resident
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From non- + resident.
Base: resident
Affixes: non-
Inflected forms:
form: non-residents
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nonresident
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person living in a country who is no legal permanent resident.
pos: noun
gloss: one who is not a resident; an alien; a foreigner.
pos: noun
Synonyms: outsider
peregrine
Translations:
Onge
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: Ongee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of the Andamanese indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
Translations:
Jarawa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Aka-Bea [Term?] (“foreigner”).
Inflected forms:
form: Jarawas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Jarawa
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.
pos: noun
Translations:
clean-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From clean-handed + -ness.
Base: clean-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: cleanhandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being clean-handed; honesty and freedom from wrong-doing.
pos: noun
tags: UK
uncountable
examples: All in all, the Mubarak leadership has adopted a low-key, businesslike style, and, in addition to its reputation for honesty and clean-handedness, it has been quite careful and discreet in its approach to issues and problems.
Translations:
clean-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From clean-handed + -ly.
Base: clean-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more clean-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most clean-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: cleanhandedly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In a clean-handed manner; honestly and forthrightly.
pos: adv
examples: The notion that the Sabra fights clean-handedly a morally justified war and that Jewish combatants are ever better than any of their opponents, emerges with striking clarity from the chronicles of the 1948 Convoy of the Thirty-five event.
Translations:
in-footed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From in + footed.
Compound parts: in
footed
Inflected forms:
form: more in-footed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most in-footed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: pigeon-toed; standing or walking with the toes turned inward
pos: adj
Translations:
coarse-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From coarse + handed.
Compound parts: coarse
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more coarse-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most coarse-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: coarsehanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Rough, lacking refinement or sophistication.
pos: adj
examples: But he had no prejudice against Englishmen, and even at a certain time when the coarse-handed British criticism began to blame his delicate art for the universal acceptance of his verse, and to try to sneer him into the rank of inferior poets, he was without rancor for the clumsy misliking that he felt.
A form of projection, he had been told by a psychiatrist at Holloman out in New Mexico, a coarse-handed woman who wore a flight suit and stuck pencils in her hair.
The splendors of the foliage, subdued by the rains, the grandeur of the peaks, the song of the glorious stream all were lost on Berrie, for she now felt herself to be nothing but a big, clumsy, coarse-handed tomboy.
Translations:
Deobandi
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindustani دیوبندی / देवबन्दी (devbandī); which means "of Deoband, Deobandi," from Devband, Deoband, town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the location of the Islamic seminary in which the movement began.
Inflected forms:
form: more Deobandi
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Deobandi
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.
pos: adj
Translations:
cross-strait
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + strait (referring to the Taiwan Strait).
Base: strait
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to relations between the People's Republic of China, commonly known as mainland China, and the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The aim of this paper is to examine the continually evolving dynamics of cross-strait relations.
Translations:
cross-handed
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
Etymology: From cross + handed.
Compound parts: cross
handed
Inflected forms:
form: crosshanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: crosshanded
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The cross-handed grip helps in maintaining the wrist position.
gloss: Done by crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I wonder how it would be to stand right in the beginning of the fast water, at the lip of the pool, and try a cross-handed cast.
gloss: Involving two opposing directions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Appreciable scattering of cross-handed radiation occurred in the middle of the band, leaving regions near the long- and short-wavelength band edges in which scattering of cross-handed radiation was negligible.
gloss: Back-handed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: We believe and are thoroughly convinced that God's blessings come to his church in a cross-handed way, entirely different, in many instances, from the way we expect them.
gloss: With hands or forearms crossed over each other.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Both Arnold Palmer and Gary Player have been quoted as saying that if they could change one thing about their games, they would have putted cross-handed early in their career.
gloss: While crossing the hand to the other side of the body.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Joe got them to rig him a holster so he could draw the .45 cross-handed.
gloss: In two opposing directions.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The merchant fishermen at the falls acted as middlemen or factors, and passed the objects of traffic, as it were, cross-handed; trading away part of the wares received from the mountain tribes to those of the rivers and plains, and vice versa: […]
Or he can walk cross-handed following the principle of the cross-legged walk. In this variation, he can move forward, backward, or sideways.
gloss: Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power stroke).
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Just then, a sailor, who had crossed the channel, and was making rapid headway, by rowing cross-handed, emerged from behind a merchant vessel which was moored at the wharf.
gloss: Idly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Why do we sit cross-handed and do nothing which would serve as a basis upon which to build the salvation of our people?
gloss: Back-handedly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: ..the end has been answered, though the channel of conveyance has been in direct opposition to what I wanted or expected, like as Jacob in blessing Joseph's sons, he wittingly—ah it is wittingly indeed, we are blessed; namely, cross-handed.
Derived words: cross-handedly
Translations:
cross-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + handed + -ness.
Base: handed
Affixes: cross-
-ness
Inflected forms:
form: crosshandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The LD person may face a task in some way related to cross-handedness.
gloss: The property of being cross-handed.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
cross-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross-handed + -ly.
Base: cross-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more cross-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most cross-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: crosshandedly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: cross-handed
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: crosshanded
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In a cross-handed manner.
pos: adv
examples: Then, before he could react, she leaned over and hit him twice, cross-handedly, across his face, once with each hand, open-handed .
Translations:
dead-handed
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: compound
Topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From dead + handed.
Compound parts: dead
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more dead-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dead-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: deadhanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: deadhanded
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Mindless, plodding, or passive; stultifying
pos: adj
examples: No, it was stupid, dead-handed higher authority that made the army dead: absolutely fool-dead.
In contrast, Washington was like a cold bath on a January morning; we were quickly made aware of the dead-handed grasp of the bureaucracy, the unwillingness of all but a few top leaders to consider old problems in fresh terms
There's a wash of noise I am somehow part of, dead-handed. The first song is pretty much over before I even realize we're playing.
gloss: Having very little wrist or hand action.
pos: adj
examples: Then simply hit a dead-handed chip, with the hands, wrists and arms all swinging together as if in a solid block.
gloss: Having limp or weak hands.
pos: adj
examples: My mother laughs from her grave, such are my sewing skills, but among these dead-handed men my wielding of a needle is nothing short of a miracle.
gloss: Red-handed, with clear evidence of guilt.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Your man is caught dead-handed. He has the gun in his hand, or the marijuana in the car, or the narcotics in his suitcase...
Derived words: dead-handedness
Translations:
dead-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dead-handed + -ness.
Base: dead-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: deadhandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being dead-handed.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: If that is not bureaucratic nonsense enough and smacking of that terrible dead-handedness that lurks in all our megalopic jugger- Departments, ...
Translations:
cross-vote
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From cross- + vote.
Base: vote
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: cross-votes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cross-voting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cross-voted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cross-voted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: crossvote
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: cross vote
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: cross-votes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: crossvote
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: cross vote
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.
pos: verb
gloss: A cross-voted ballot.
pos: noun
Translations:
class-based
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Structured by defining classes of objects.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Based on social class.
pos: adj
tags: Marxism
not-comparable
examples: class-based affirmative action
gloss: Learning delivered in a class either online or in a classroom.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Synonyms: class-oriented
Antonyms: prototype-based
Derived words: class-based language
class-based programming
Translations:
prototype-based
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From prototype + based.
Compound parts: prototype
based
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: making inheritance possible by cloning objects instead of instantiating them from classes
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: class-based
Translations:
deft-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From deft + handed.
Compound parts: deft
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more deft-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most deft-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: defthanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Manually skillful, smooth and quick.
pos: adj
examples: Smooth-footed, deft-handed waiters ministered to the table. Toast Melba, butter, an ice pail, all the adjuncts to a meal of quality.
Translations:
deft-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From deft-handed + -ness.
Base: deft-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: defthandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Skill or aptitude for manual tasks.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: No one to look at her preparations, and admire her deft-handedness and taste!
Translations:
deft-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From deft-handed + -ly.
Base: deft-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more deft-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most deft-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: With skill and dexterity.
pos: adv
Translations:
dirty-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From dirty + handed.
Compound parts: dirty
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more dirty-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dirty-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having unwashed hands.
pos: adj
examples: Then the dirty-handed society went off the wash, followed by the Professor, trying to calm the anxiety of Rob, who had been told by Tommy that all water was full of invisible pollywogs.
Generally I cooked my own meals in my own frying pan; but occasionally I would indulge myself with a more orthodox dinner at a cook shop, or tea with hot buttered toastat a coffee shop; andbut for the greasy table-cloth and the dirty-handed waiter, such would have been even greater delights.
So little time I cannot hope to wash my hands – HELENA : No – VANYA: But must come dirty-handed –
gloss: Working-class, rough or boorish
pos: adj
examples: As it was, the whole family loved it, and the Doctor was never better inspired than when he narrated its imaginary story and drew the character of its successive masters, from the Hebrew merchant who had re-edified its walls after the sack of the town, and past the mysterious engraver of the runes, down to the long-headed, dirty-handed boor from whom he had himself acquired it at a ruinous expense.
Nor, it seems, was disguise a practice in which elites engaged; it was the “dirty-handed” men of action, a onetime convict laborer such as Yu Rang, a former butcher such as Nie Zheng, who disguised their physical identities in this way.
...the educated elite, according to Wiener, has become increasingly anti-industrial, increasingly ashamed of the materialism and money-grubbing of dirty-handed industry, increasingly hostile to technological progress and economic growth.
gloss: Guilty, corrupt
pos: adj
examples: There were plenty of dirty-handed men in the world to do dirty business; and Will protested to himself that his share in bringing Mr. Brooke through would be quite innocent.
As another CIA officer, Bill Harvey, remarked, 'No one wanted to charge the president personally with the complete, dirty-handed details of the assassination plans.
Crooked law enforcement, corrupt lawmakers, dirty-handed and hypocritical adjudicators and other miscellaneous murky state and Federal government officials.
Derived words: dirty-handedness
Translations:
dirty-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dirty-handed + -ness.
Base: dirty-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being dirty-handed.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
groundwave
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: broadcasting
media
radio
Etymology: From ground + wave.
Compound parts: ground
wave
Inflected forms:
form: groundwaves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ground wave
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A signal that propagates along the surface of the Earth.
pos: noun
Translations:
elain
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: eleoptene
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
double-hand
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: double-hands
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: double-handing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: double-handed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: double-handed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To use both hands to hold.
pos: verb
examples: On the screen, big-bosomed blondes intimidated bad guys who looked like waiters at the Ivy, everyone double-handing their guns in absurd poses, tossing around 'perp' and 'forensics.'
Translations:
double-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From double-handed + -ness.
Base: double-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: doublehandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The use of both hands together.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Such chaff may provoke a passing smile, but no chaff will ever detract one iota from the value of double-handedness, and I most strongly urge all anglers, old or young, to devote some little time and attention to the acquirement of this ...
gloss: Ambidexterity
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: According to Subirana (1969) one quarter of the population is preponderantly right-handed; one third shows right predominance; one quarter shows mixed or double-handedness, and one sixth a left predominance.
gloss: The use of two people, working together.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: It is very gratifying to cite here the rather significant fact that a man and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gordon, are joint workers in the conduct of the Settlement; that this double-handedness is a great advantage...
gloss: Duality, the quality of serving two purposes or having two (often contradictory) facets.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The rhetorical double-handedness of this proclamation (an "although" balanced by a "yet,", its "quiet enjoyment" set off by the threat of confiscation and death), already remarkably akin to the palinode or table razing in Lucio's tale, expresses the institutional ambivalence toward privateering, and eventually toward piracy, generated in part by Elizabeth's support for the corsairs, in part by their continuing importance as a class of mariners to be drawn on in time of war.
Yet here again Flaubert is able to reveal both the clichéd nature of the images and scenarios, and the lyrical attractions of such works for Emma, a double-handedness reminiscent of his own duality.
gloss: Deceit or hypocrisy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In her relationships with the Montefeltro and Borgia, Isabella continued to ensure that double-handedness was not exposed, presenting diverse appearances of reality to different audiences to preserve alliance.
Seemingly forever, our race had found cause to call the whites devils, for their unyielding sense of exploitation; their double-handedness in dealing; their tongue-in-cheek fraternising.
Translations:
double-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From double-handed + -ly.
Base: double-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more double-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most double-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: doublehandedly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Using two people.
pos: adv
examples: Dinghies are designed to be sailed single-handedly or double-handedly, but some larger cruising dinghies may have room for four or more people on board.
gloss: Using both hands at the same time.
pos: adv
examples: Working double-handedly also conserves your hands in large kneading strokes, for example when you are working on the adductors on the inside of the thigh.
gloss: By means of two approaches or agents
pos: adv
examples: I said I was writing my memoirs, a choppy musical dedicated to counterpoint, without the axes of time and place, collapsing in upon itself because the notes will inevitably run out, returning, elaborating, crisscrossing, double-handedly creating variations upon a theme.
The combination of discontent and economic collapse brought about the revolution. It did not do so simply double-handedly.
gloss: Duplicitously or hypocritically.
pos: adv
examples: NATO works double-handedly against Albanians and Serbs.
Translations:
angle-shoot
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
poker
Inflected forms:
form: angle-shoots
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: angle-shooting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: angle-shot
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: angle-shot
pos: verb
tags: past
form: angle shoot
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To fire or shoot from an angle.
pos: verb
examples: After the bowler has acquired a smooth delivery he is shown how to angle-shoot for spares, the essentials of spot and line bowling, and such new techniques as finger-tip control.
He recalls, and then surpasses, his visual diversions for 'Can't Buy Me Love' in A Hard Day's Night when he chop-cuts and angle-shoots his four principal comics during their rendiction of 'Everybody Ought to Have a Maid'
gloss: To use a trick that is not explicitly prohibited by the rules, but which is used to gain unfair advantage.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: The floor will rule one way or another; the point isn't so much to win the ruling as to put the spotlight on the offending player so he's less likely to angle-shoot on future hands.
gloss: To bend the rules; to behave in a way that is unethical but not illegal.
pos: verb
tags: broadly
slang
examples: I like to think that I used my superior skill to come out on top; I don't like the idea that I had to angle-shoot to take home more money than I came with.
Or perhaps, unlike many firms looking for fast dividends from the disaster, Krispy Kreme didn't try to angle-shoot the tragedy. It hasn't changed its approach to business— which may well have something to do with its success.
Translations:
flexy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From flex + -y.
Base: flex
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: flexier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more flexy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: flexiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most flexy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Implying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex; flexible; bendy.
pos: adj
examples: Up front, a new softer "floating" cuff and a tapered rib— both for easier flex. At the rear, a new lightweight and responsive back. ... that cradles the calf In short, everything Hank hankered for. The Avanti's shell has our softest, flexiest plastic yet.
If the pedal can't flex, the shoe can't—no matter how flexy it may be just out of the box. Besides, the part of your foot that's behind the pedal can't flex while you're pedaling, because your foot mechanics won't allow it.
Translations:
Tonkawa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Wichita tonkaweya (“those who stay together”), compare Tonkawa Tickanwa•tic (“(a) genuine people”).
Inflected forms:
form: Tonkawas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Tonkawa
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Midwestern Native American tribe indigenous to present-day Oklahoma and Texas.
pos: noun
Translations:
ursin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: arbutin
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
thula
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old Norse þula.
Inflected forms:
form: thulas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thulur
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A kind of ancient poem in Germanic languages, consisting of metrical lists of poetic synonyms for oral recitation.
pos: noun
Translations:
fast-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From fast + handed.
Compound parts: fast
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more fast-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most fast-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: With hands that move very quickly.
pos: adj
examples: I love the youthful brilliance of Jos Buttler, the chattering chutzpah of Craig Kieswetter, the studied leave of Nick Compton, the fast-handed strokeplay of James Hildreth, the tattoos of Peter Trego, the devotion to weight training of the trainer Daz Veness, even the goatee of chairman Andy Nash.
She made a fast-handed dive and snatched the statue back, just as he was sliding it into his pocket.
A feast of slide and fast-handed guitar, with Johnson's falsetto ramblings a highlight, the song became a huge success in America, providing this new found blues hero with instant fortune and a mass following.
gloss: Highly efficient at improvisation.
pos: adj
examples: Hart is not just posh but well-versed in explaining things with fast-handed diplomacy to unpleasant Johnny Foreigners without loosening his Windsor knot, often deploying that go-to Brit spook gadget, the weaponised umbrella.
He seemed to have that kind of self-possession and ease about him, together with a certain bantering jollity, which are so natural to fast-handed and well-housed lords of the soil.
It was time for Amber Lights to be studied from a post-feminist perspective — which would demonstrate, conclusively, that most of the credit should go to the editor, a fast-handed woman who had been left to improvise, during the period when Lalage was 'off colour'.
gloss: Sexually aggressive.
pos: adj
examples: "La Bashta?" she repeated, almost getting the word right. He groaned, leaning back into the pillows, smiling. "No good . . . translation," he managed, then flipped her onto her back. The words meant roughly "hot-blooded, fast-handed woman.
How she could stand up her kid sister on her birthday to sneak off with that pimple faced, horny, fast-handed Johnson kid .
Losing his virginity to pretty, fast-handed Allyson at fifteen was a sweaty and delightful experience.
gloss: Greedy, miserly.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: The king also being fast-handed, and loath to part With a second dowry, but chiefly being affectionate both by his nature, and out of politic considerations to continue the alliance with Spain, prevailed with the prince, though not without some reluctation, such as could be in those years, for he was not twelve years of age, to be contracted with the Princess Catharine.
Sir Austin Feverel, a thorough good Tory, was no game-preserver, and could be popular whenever he chose, which Sir Males Papworth, on the other side of the river,a fast-handed Whig and terror to poachers, never could be.
He takes all, the free-givers, ay, and the rogues close-fisted, the fast-handed gold-hiders.
Translations:
one-of
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: one-ofs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A card included in a deck only once.
pos: noun
examples: Weak card. Might be good enough for a one-of in a mono-black deck, but you're running R/B.
One-ofs are usually no good unless you can tutor for them or are late-game goodies, so you should decide which to keep and which to exchange for more copies of the good ones.
Kher Keep is a one-of with no drawback in this deck that creates blockers early on.
But, even if you took it as a (one-of) staple card, what of the numerous other staples?
Translations:
two-of
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: two-ofs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A card included in a deck twice.
pos: noun
examples: Eladamri's Call may help out with your deck in its current form, as would removing some of the one- and two-ofs for some more redundancy.
First note: IMO too many one-ofs and two-ofs.
Translations:
squam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
Etymology: Shortened from Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.
Inflected forms:
form: squams
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An oilskin hat; a southwester.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: He raised his big hand to his squam hat. It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily. She smiled again brightly. "Merry Christmas!" she cried. He smiled back, holding his squam hat in his hand, "Merry Christmas to ye, Miss," he answered gravely and she departed.
Translations:
Neo-Attic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: art
arts
Etymology: From neo- + Attic.
Base: Attic
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neo-Attic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Describing a late Hellenistic style of bas-relief sculpture
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
cross-buttock
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
Etymology: From cross- + buttock.
Base: buttock
Affixes: cross-
Inflected forms:
form: cross-buttocks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.
pos: noun
gloss: An unexpected defeat or repulse.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
Translations:
ampere-foot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ampere-feet
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unit used in calculating the fall of pressure in distributing electrical mains, equivalent to a current of one ampere flowing through one foot of conductor.
pos: noun
Translations:
kiff
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more kiff
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most kiff
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Great; excellent.
pos: adj
tags: South-Africa
examples: There were 2 000 rounds of ammo to fire between us four loadies. We sat there for hours and took our potshots. It was kiff; the R5 was a lekker thing.
Translations:
Afridi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani آفریدی (āfredī) / आफ़्रीदी (āfrīdī), from Pashto اپريدی (Apriday).
Inflected forms:
form: Afridis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Pashtun tribe.
pos: noun
examples: A certain Afridi being desirous to learn to read, went into a village to a Mulla and said to him, that it would be a great favour if he would give him lessons.
Translations:
Barakzai
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Pashto بارکزی (bārəkzay).
Inflected forms:
form: Barakzais
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Barakzai
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Pashtun tribe.
pos: noun
Translations:
neo-proletariat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + proletariat.
Base: proletariat
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neoproletariat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The modern, postindustrial proletariat, characterized by passive and uncritical acceptance of prevailing consumption patterns regardless of the level of their income
pos: noun
Translations:
neo-purism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From neo- + purism.
Base: purism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A modern linguistic movement, based on purism, that accepts neologisms if they conform to established patterns
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
undie
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From undies.
Base: die
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: undies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: undies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: undying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: undied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: undied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: un-die
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Underwear.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
informal
often
examples: Here are a few pointers from an undie-snatching master.
Add an undie stop to the list.
Pick up the baby’s vest off the floor and put it on as an undie.
gloss: To come back to life after having died.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To become undead.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Translations:
neo-Ricardian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: economics
sciences
Etymology: From neo- + Ricardian.
Base: Ricardian
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the economics of David Ricardo as interpreted by Piero Sraffa.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neo-romantic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Romantic.
Base: Romantic
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neo-Romantic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: neoromantic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to neo-romanticism
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neo-Hegelianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Hegelianism.
Base: Hegelianism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The philosophy of a school of British and American idealists who followed Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctrine.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
pre-amp
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: pre-amps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A preamplifier.
pos: noun
Translations:
neo-scholastic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + scholastic.
Base: scholastic
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to neo-scholasticism
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
adulting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From adult + -ing.
Base: adult
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Activities typically associated with adulthood.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
gloss: Adultery.
pos: noun
tags: nonstandard
uncountable
Translations:
neo-historicism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
art
arts
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From neo- + historicism.
Base: historicism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neo-historism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: neo-Historism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Neo-Historism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: neo-Historicism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Neo-Historicism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A movement that draws inspiration from classical historicism
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
neo-Thomism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Thomism.
Base: Thomism
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: neo-scholastic Thomism
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
neo-Aramaic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Aramaic.
Base: Aramaic
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the Neo-Aramaic languages.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Brexit
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Βρεττανός (Brettanós)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)
Ancient Greek Βρεττανία (Brettanía)bor.
Latin Britannia
Anglo-Norman Britainebor.
Middle English Britayne
English Britain
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Italic *ejō
Proto-Italic *eō
Latin eō
Latin exeō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin exitusder.
Middle English exit
English exit
blend
English Brexit
Blend of Britain + exit, formed by analogy with Grexit.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest attested use is on 15 May 2012 in a Euractiv blog post by Peter Wilding titled “Stumbling towards the Brexit”, formed by analogy with Grexit, coined on 6 February 2012.
Compound parts: Britain
exit
Inflected forms:
form: Brexits
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: Brexiting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: Brexited
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: Brexited
pos: verb
tags: past
form: Brixit
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To exit the European Union.
pos: verb
examples: Brexiting the EU, not leaving Europe
[Nigel] Farage recalls: What was clear from that polling was that in June 2015 the most trusted person in the country on whether to Brexit or not to Brexit was David Cameron.
Parisiens I had talked to were universally disgusted: with David Cameron, for holding the vote; with the British, for Brexiting; […]
gloss: To exit, to leave (e.g. a romantic relationship).
pos: verb
tags: broadly
slang
Translations:
happyish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From happy + -ish.
Base: happy
Affixes: -ish
Inflected forms:
form: more happyish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most happyish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Somewhat happy.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Translations:
full-handedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From full-handed + -ness.
Base: full-handed
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: fullhandedness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being full-handed; wealth, completeness, generosity, or enthusiasm.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
full-handedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From full-handed + -ly.
Base: full-handed
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more full-handedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most full-handedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a full-handed manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
neo-Hellenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Hellenic.
Base: Hellenic
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: Neo-Hellenic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to Neo-Hellenism
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neo-Kantian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Kantian.
Base: Kantian
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to Neo-Kantianism
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neo-Lamarckian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Lamarckian.
Base: Lamarckian
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: neo-Lamarckians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Relating to Neo-Lamarckism
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An advocate of Neo-Lamarckism
pos: noun
Translations:
neo-Latin
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Latin.
Base: Latin
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Neo-Latin language.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
neo-Malthusian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Malthusian.
Base: Malthusian
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: more neo-Malthusian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most neo-Malthusian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to Neo-Malthusianism.
pos: adj
examples: In it, [Paul] Ehrlich and his wife, Anne, presented a neo-Malthusian scenario of imminent population explosion and ensuing disaster. "The battle to feed all of humanity is over," the Ehrlichs warned.
The introduction by Science editors, like the coverage in National Geographic earlier this year, notes the failure, so far, of neo-Malthusian predictions of global doom from overpopulation and centers on the reality that population pressures, and problems, are local and focused in hot spots.
As climate change politics develop, ecofascism and neo-Malthusian thought are also gathering strength.
Translations:
neo-Pentecostal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From neo- + Pentecostal.
Base: Pentecostal
Affixes: neo-
Inflected forms:
form: Neo-Pentecostal
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of neo-charismatic.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
gentle-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From gentle + handed.
Compound parts: gentle
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more gentle-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gentle-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: gentlehanded
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having or involving hands that are gentle.
pos: adj
Translations: