yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
badgering
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more badgering
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most badgering
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: badgerings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: annoying; upsetting
pos: adj
gloss: The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
pos: noun
examples: Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.
Translations:
fractionate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English fraccioun
English fraction
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English fractionate
From fraction + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: fractionates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fractionating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fractionated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fractionated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To separate (a mixture) into its individual constituents by exploiting differences in some chemical or physical property, such as boiling point, particle size, solubility etc.
pos: verb
examples: Crude oil is fractionated in a refinery to produce a number of different petroleum products.
gloss: To divide a total dose of radiation into fractions.
pos: verb
gloss: To divide each plaintext symbol into several ciphertext symbols as a preliminary stage of encryption.
pos: verb
gloss: To use the technique of fractionation in hypnosis.
pos: verb
Related words: fractional distillation
fractionation
Derived words: cofractionate
cofractionated
fractionator
oligofractionate
refractionate
subfractionate
Translations:
parquetry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English parquet
English -ry
English parquetry
From parquet + -ry.
Inflected forms:
form: parquetries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The technique of applying wooden tiles or veneers to create a decorative geometrical pattern on floors, furniture etc.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The new ballroom floor is a marvellous example of parquetry.
Translations:
nonperishable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English perishable
English nonperishable
From non- + perishable.
Inflected forms:
form: nonperishables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of food, not perishable; not liable to spoil.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Even among the skeptical and conservative, we're told, many withdrew a wad of extra cash and laid in some daysworth of nonperishable food and jugged water, as their government's Y2K advisors recommended.
gloss: That which does not perish, especially a foodstuff.
pos: noun
examples: If you are stocking up on groceries in case of being asked to self-quarantine, take the opportunity to talk to your kids about the challenges faced by people in need and consider donating nonperishables to a local food bank.
Translations:
scours
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Diarrhea in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-only
gloss: A place where wool was washed and cleaned.
pos: noun
tags: dated
plural
plural-only
Translations:
peavy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.
Inflected forms:
form: peavies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: peavee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: peavey
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: peevee
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
pos: noun
Translations:
Apostle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: A proprialization of apostle.
Inflected forms:
form: Apostles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.
pos: noun
gloss: A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve-seat Mormon administrative council.
pos: noun
Translations:
pettifog
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from pettifogger.
Inflected forms:
form: pettifogs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pettifogging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pettifogged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pettifogged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Don't pettifog or we will soon grow weary.
[Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.
gloss: To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He is a common barreter for his pleasure, that takes no money, but pettifogs gratis.
Synonyms: squabble
Related words: pettifogger
Derived words: pettifogulize
Translations:
murder-suicide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: murder-suicides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A murder in which the killer subsequently commits suicide.
pos: noun
examples: Pladl, pictured, ended up killing his daughter, his baby and himself in a triple murder-suicide[.]
Translations:
Formosan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Formosa
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Formosan
From Formosa + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Formosans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to Formosa or people of Formosa.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The great Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier, also spent some time at Öita, and Otomo, its lord, was the first Daimio to embrace Christianity. Still farther south, and in line with these, stretches the chain of the Liuchiu islands, the westernmost of the group lying within 50 miles of the Formosan coast.
A patrolman shot and killed a Formosan black bear in self defense last night, after it turned on the man who saw it attacking a dog in Hualien County’s Jhuosi Township (卓溪).[…]
Jhuosi Township Mayor Huang Pin-lun (黃品綸) announced news of the bear’s capture this morning and expressed apologies to the villagers for the fear and disruption caused by the recent bear sightings.[…]
The Hualien branch has been working with the Formosan Wild Sound Conservation Science Center since 2020 to monitor Formosan black bears in Jhuosi Township, branch Director Huang Chun-tse (黃群策) said.
gloss: An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Formosa.
pos: noun
examples: From his base at Amoy the Emperor Kanghi dispatched a fleet of 600 junks against Formosa. In two naval battles, on July 1 and 7, 1683, they defeated the Formosans, and occupied Penghu, one of the Pescadores Islands, forming the key of Taiwan.
Translations:
focus-group
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: focus-groups
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: focus-grouping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: focus-grouped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: focus-grouped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To subject ideas to review by a focus group in order to determine the viability of those ideas.
pos: verb
Translations:
hatchment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
Etymology: From Middle French hachement, a modification of Old French acesmement (“adornment”) (related to Italian accismare); not, as is often claimed, an alteration of achievement.
Inflected forms:
form: hatchments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A display of the arms, supporters, crests, motto, etc of a deceased person, placed within a black lozenge and hung on a wall
pos: noun
examples: No Trophee, Sword, nor Hatchment o're his bones.
Having passed through Gaunt Square into Great Gaunt Street, the carriage at length stopped at a tall gloomy house between two other tall gloomy houses, each with a hatchment over the middle drawing-room window; as is the custom of houses in Great Gaunt Street, in which gloomy locality death seems to reign perpetual.
Immediately the Railway Executive received the news, the former London & North Eastern Railway special rolling stock was prepared, including the saloon always used as a hearse coach, which was painted black and decorated each side with hatchments of the Royal Arms.
The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
Translations:
construing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: construings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who construes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
foxing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Inflected forms:
form: foxings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The discoloration of printed material with brown marks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A band of material joining the upper of a shoe to the sole.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Crafty or wily behavior.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "Here, wake up!" cried Silas. "None of your foxin'! Wake up! D'ye hear?" He shook him roughly by the shoulder, but the boy still slumbered on.
gloss: Pretending to be asleep or unconscious.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
Translations:
feeing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The hiring of servants for a fee
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
uncountable
Translations:
acerola
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Spanish acerola. Doublet of azarole.
Inflected forms:
form: acerolas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any tree of species Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and northern South America.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit of this tree.
pos: noun
Translations:
epidemiological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English epidemiology
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ical
English -ical
English epidemiological
From epidemiology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: With verve and clarity, he details mathematical epidemiological models, the life cycle of the malaria-causing Plasmodium and the relation between transmission and virulence.
In a December 5 post on X, CDC Acting Director Jim O’Neill said there was no epidemiological evidence linking the Texas outbreak and the ongoing cases in South Carolina.
Translations:
mapmaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From map + maker.
Compound parts: map
maker
Inflected forms:
form: mapmakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who makes maps.
pos: noun
Translations:
marlinspike
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From marline + spike.
Compound parts: marline
spike
Inflected forms:
form: marlinspikes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: marlin spike
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: marlinespike
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: marline spike
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: marlingspike
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: marling spike
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting and splicing.
pos: noun
examples: […] the afterguard, of whom they have but a sorry opinion, chiefly landsmen, never going aloft except to reef or furl the mainsail and in no wise competent to handle a marlinspike or turn in a dead-eye, say.
There was / that interval of moonless calm filled only / with the water's and the rigging's usual sounds, / then sudden movement, blows and snarling cries / and they had fallen on us with machete / and marlinspike.
Translations:
mass-market
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more mass-market
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most mass-market
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of a product, produced in large numbers, and designed to appeal to many different people.
pos: adj
examples: Whether Glass will ever become a mass-market product, and smartglasses take off, is still unclear. Google is hedging its bets, however, with its new Android Wear and smartwatch initiative which is expected to be shown off at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco later this week.
Translations:
materialization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: From material + -ization and materialize + -ation.
Base: material
Affixes: -ization
Inflected forms:
form: materializations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: materialisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The conversion of something into a physical form.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "But I went under nicely and I am glad there were some fine materializations."
"Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are considered cooling foods, edible materializations of the yang, the pure primal air. The yin, or earth element, inheres in fried dishes and especially in shark's fin soup. Am I right, Mr Lee?"
The Triadic Ballet was an antiballet: Schlemmer's model of theater was not influenced by the physical techniques and spatial perspective of ballet, but by the materialization of abstract principles of space and movement in the total mask of the costume.
gloss: The conversion of energy into mass.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The creation of a temporary table containing the results of a database query.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: dematerialization
Translations:
semiskilled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English skilled
English semiskilled
From semi- + skilled.
Inflected forms:
form: semi-skilled
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Requiring, or having, only minimal levels of training.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Near-synonym: low-skilled
Semiskilled workers are cheaper than skilled workers but more productive than unskilled drudges.
The greater job security of skilled workers compared with semiskilled and unskilled workers was clearly evident during the 1960–61 recession.
“Scientific” management principles recognized the significant role of machines in better and more efficient production systems. Specifically, semiskilled workers using machines could produce more than the skilled workers in small craft shops.
Translations:
semiprivate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
English private
English semiprivate
From semi- + private.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: More private than usual accommodations, but not fully private; used especially of a hospital room that is shared by two patients in contradistinction to a ward containing many patients.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Since there were few semiprivate sociopetal spaces or other facilities that could promote the formation of a social order, the informal social networks found in lower class neighborhoods didn’t develop.
We lived on one of only six blocks in the entire neighborhood in Williamsburg that had semiprivate houses.
Part of a growing market known as semiprivate aviation, the carrier offers scheduled book-by-the-seat flights on board charter aircraft.
Translations:
self-worth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English worth
English self-worth
From self- + worth.
Inflected forms:
form: self-worths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The value one assigns to oneself or one's abilities in self assessment.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Recognizing one's self-worth is a necessary step to respecting the worth of others.
Now, Nielsen is sending all hotel employees through EI training to help them become more open and confident, understand their own limitations and fears, and to boost their self-worth and comfort in dealing with other people.
Translations:
self-styled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English styled
English self-styled
From self- + styled.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Claimed by the recipient, as a title one gave to oneself.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This self-styled king of the hill must prove himself before the title has any worth.
“A more heartfelt word, notwithstanding its playfulness,” said the elder lady, “than some of those self-styled patriots, that come here to give us laws, would pronounce, I have no doubt.”
Partial results showed Hollande – a former Socialist party leader, rural MP and self-styled Mr Normal – with a clear lead at more than 28%, compared with Sarkozy on 27%.
If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility.
Translations:
hill-fort
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: hill-forts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hill fort
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hillfort
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A prehistoric fortification constructed on a hill.
pos: noun
Translations:
heugh
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old English hōh (“promontory”). The southern form is hoe.
Inflected forms:
form: heughs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: heuch
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A steep crag or cliff, especially one overlooking a river
pos: noun
tags: Northumbria
Scotland
gloss: A glen with steep, overhanging sides; a cleugh
pos: noun
tags: Northumbria
Scotland
gloss: The face of a quarry or mine
pos: noun
tags: Northumbria
Scotland
Translations:
programmatically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From programmatic + -ally or programmatical + -ly.
Base: programmatic
Affixes: -ally
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In a programmatic manner.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: In the manner of a political program; ideologically.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: While clearly opposed to the political thrust of much 'Heritage' cinema (Sammy and Rosie, in particular, in programmatically anti-Tory: for example, the property developer who ousts the 'straggly kids' is one of Thatcher's MPs and her vision of a 'new Britain' is blatantly lampooned), Kureishi's films do not, however, endorse traditional kinds of Left oppositional politics as the best means by which to challenge the hegemony of the New Right.
gloss: Through program code, rather than through a user interface.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]
Mark-up coding was programmatically added to identify certain data types from others, for example, headwords and citations.
Related words: programmatic
Translations:
barkcloth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From its raw material, tree bark; bark + cloth.
Compound parts: bark
cloth
Inflected forms:
form: barkcloths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees, pounded together.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
minari
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Oenanthe javanica
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
kobo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Ultimately from English copper, probably via one or more West African languages (compare Igbo kọbọ̀ and Fula kobo).
Inflected forms:
form: kobos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kobo
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Nigerian naira.
pos: noun
examples: How much would those ones drop in his bowl? Tattered, dirty, sellotaped five-naira notes? Those coins that had just been reintroduced but were useless, because not even bàbá dúdú was sold for fifty kobo or one naira anymore? Was one naira actually money if you could not even buy sweets with it?
gloss: A coin with the value of one kobo; (by extension) a very small amount of money.
pos: noun
examples: The new kobo is the same size as the old Nigerian shilling and carries a depiction of cocoa seeds.
In this case, more people buy cassettes than records with the consequence of the musicians losing heavily on their records royalties since these pirates will not give a kobo [penny] to any artiste whose record he recorded for sale.
No one ever had coins, nothing less than a one-naira bill; the driver had laughed at my handful of kobo.
In the play, lawyer Ramoni Alao, because of his nagging wife, decides to go to the market to get special clothes for “Ileya” without a kobo in his pocket.
The market traders, all women, touted their wares in fine voice. I would usually part with a few kobos, or copper pennies, for a small, dusty heap of tomatoes, or a larger pile of oranges.
At this launch, Chief Odutola’s younger brother, Alhaji Jimoh Odutola, who is also a successful businessman, was present from the beginning to the end, but he neither gave nor pledged a kobo in spite of my previous personal appeals.
Then he would guiltily ask my mother to beg for alms outside the churches in the surrounding villages so that we wouldn’t starve. Because she was blind, people would always give her a few kobos (small coins).
Translations:
thebe
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Tswana.
Inflected forms:
form: thebe
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: thebes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Botswanan pula.
pos: noun
Translations:
kak
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Khmer កាក់ (kak). Doublet of jiao.
Inflected forms:
form: kaks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kaks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kakking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kakked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: kakked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one tenth of a Cambodian riel.
pos: noun
gloss: To defecate.
pos: verb
tags: South-Africa
Translations:
pya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Burmese ပြား (pra:).
Inflected forms:
form: pyas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
pos: noun
gloss: A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
paisa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀧𑀬𑀁𑀲 (*payaṃsa), presumably from unattested Sanskrit *पदांश (*padāṃśa), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + अंश (aṃśa, “part, piece”) in reference its historical value of ¹⁄₄ anna.
Inflected forms:
form: paisas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: paise
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: baisa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: baiza
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: poysha
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: poisha
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pice
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pesa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pajsa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Indian, Nepalese, or Pakistani rupee.
pos: noun
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Bangladeshi taka.
pos: noun
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one thousandth of an Omani rial.
pos: noun
gloss: A subdivision of various former currencies of India.
pos: noun
tags: historical
Related words: naya paisa
paisa vasool
Derived words: new paisa
Translations:
kurus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish kuruş, from German Groschen. Doublet of grosz.
Inflected forms:
form: kurus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kuruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
pos: noun
Translations:
grosz
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish grosz. Doublet of kurus.
Inflected forms:
form: grosz
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: groszy
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grosze
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Polish zloty.
pos: noun
examples: There will be silver coins of 5 and 2 zloty and nickel of 1 zloty and 50, 20 and 10 grosz, the divisions of the zloty. Bronze coins of 5, 2 and 1 grosz also will be issued.
Translations:
deni
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Macedonian дени (deni) (plurale tantum), from Latin dēnī, from decem.
Inflected forms:
form: deni
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: denis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A subdivision of currency, equal to 0.01 Macedonian denar.
pos: noun
examples: 2008, Macedonia: Investment, Trade Laws and Regulations Handbook, Volume 1: Strategic Information and Basic Laws, International Business Publications, USA, page 50,
In May, 1993, a new Denar, equivalent to 100 of the old units, was put into circulation. Denominations of coins are 0.50 (50 deni), 1, 2 and 5 Denars and bills are 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Denars.
Translations:
Transnistrian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Transnistria
English -an
English Transnistrian
From Transnistria + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Transnistrians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: From, or pertaining to, Transnistria or its people or culture.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Someone from Transnistria
pos: noun
Translations:
tristate
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Italic *status
Latin statuslbor.
Old French estatbor.
Middle English stat
English state
English tristate
From tri- + state.
Inflected forms:
form: tristates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This tristate logic deals with true, false, and unknown values.
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a region in the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The event will be sponsored by several tristate businesses.
gloss: A variable, etc. that can take any of three distinct values.
pos: noun
examples: The 4 input ports are simply tristates that can be addressed to enable the data from any one of them to be read by the standard input port of the printer interface.
Configuration options that control the build process are either Booleans or tristates.
gloss: The area in some regions of the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
pos: noun
tags: capitalized
often
examples: The Tristate is on alert after a rash of home burglaries.
Related words: tristated
Translations:
pedigreed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pedigree
English -ed
English pedigreed
From pedigree + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having a pedigree; purebred
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
pegboard
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From peg + board.
Compound parts: peg
board
Inflected forms:
form: pegboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: peg-board
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: pegboards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pegboarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pegboarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pegboarded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: peg-board
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A metal board attached to the base of a metal display unit (FSDU) from which shelves, hooks or bars are attached (when bars are attached, they subsequently have pegs clipped onto them)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A perforated form of hardboard.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] the loudspeakers are concealed behind the pegboard roofing in the corridors, saloons and compartments.
gloss: To fit or furnish with pegboard.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
referential
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reference
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisder.
Old French -ialder.
Middle English -ial
English -ial
English referential
From reference + -ial.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or relating to a referent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Thus, the referential location of “town” in an utterance “Went to town”, is simply to be conceived as that location which might also be referred to by “there”, “the place we visited last Thursday”, “your birthplace”, etc.
gloss: Of or relating to reference or allusion.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Above all, the referential approach has proved durable and especially flexible.
In the first place, it must be pointed out that the bond with the past is inferential rather than referential.
gloss: Serving as a reference.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: autoreferential
coreferential
coreferentiality
coreferentially
interreferential
irreferential
metareferential
multireferential
nonreferential
referential integrity
referentialism
referentialist
referentiality
referentially
referential opacity
referential transparency
self-referential
Translations:
penalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English penal
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
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English penalization
From penal + -ization.
Inflected forms:
form: penalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of punishing; punishment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
penetrative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English penetratyve, penetratif, from Medieval Latin penetrativus, from (the participle stem of) Latin penetrāre (“to penetrate”).
Inflected forms:
form: more penetrative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most penetrative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That can or does physically penetrate something; piercing, penetrating.
pos: adj
examples: Would'ſt thou be window'd in great Rome, and ſee / Thy Maſter thus with pleacht Armes, bending downe / His corrigible necke, his face ſubdu'de / To penetratiue ſhame […]
[T]he penetrative Sun, / His Force deep-darting to the dark Retreat / Of Vegetation, sets the steaming Power / At large […].
gloss: Displaying insight or discrimination; acute; penetrating.
pos: adj
gloss: That can penetrate opposition defences.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining to sexual activity involving penetration by the penis (or similar object).
pos: adj
examples: I've been in a relationship for nearly a year and we have an amazing sex life as is, but we've never managed penetrative sex.
Antonyms: unpenetrative
Derived words: impenetrative
interpenetrative
nonpenetrative
penetratively
penetrativeness
Translations:
bathymetric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bathy- + -metric.
Base: bathy
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
bathymetry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From bathy- + -metry.
Base: bathy
Inflected forms:
form: bathymetries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The measurement of the depths of the seas and oceans.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
one-hundredth
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: one-hundredths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The ordinal form of the number one hundred.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The recurrence of this anniversary, for the one-hundredth time, rouses the memory and enforces the example.
He had said, “Sorry,” for the one-hundredth time for the whiskey shower. But something about the one-hundredth time mixed with the softness of his voice, the insincerity behind it and the memory of a lighter dancing around my face, and rape, made me so angry that I threw the bottle of champagne, roses, and perfume out of my living room window.
The one-hundredth year corresponds to a.d. 96.
gloss: The hundredth part of the number one, represented by the second decimal digit in a percentage.
pos: noun
examples: ten and two one-hundredths percent = 10.02%
one one-hundredth of a percent = 0.01%
We humans are so stuck in the middle of the cosmic scales — in average height, one-hundredth of one-septillionth (10^-24) the size of the observable universe, and with typical life spans of a couple octillion attoseconds. And an attosecond is an eternity compared with the lifetime of the elusive Higgs boson, a subatomic particle that exists for one-thousandth of an attosecond before decaying.
Translations:
dab-handed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From dab (“an expert; an adept”) + handed (“having the hand of”).
Compound parts: dab#Etymology_2
handed
Inflected forms:
form: more dab-handed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dab-handed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: very proficient
pos: adj
tags: UK
examples: He is dab-handed at cricket.
Translations:
calmodulin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: calmodulins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A calcium-binding protein found in all nucleated cells
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Two distinct anti-allergic drugs, amlexanox and cromolyn, bind to the same kinds of calcium binding proteins, except calmodulin, in bovine lung extract.
Translations:
starosta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Russian ста́роста (stárosta) and Polish starosta, both ultimately from Proto-Slavic *starosta, from *starostь (“old age”) + *-a (suffix forming agent nouns).
Inflected forms:
form: starostas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: starosty
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: starosti
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: starust
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: staroste
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: stahrost
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: starost
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: In Russia, the head man of a village community.
pos: noun
examples: Beſides theſe two Gentlemen, and Secretaries that order the whole Citie, there are Staruſts or Aldermen for euerie ſeuerall companie. The Alderman hath his Sotskey or Conſtable, and the Conſtable hath certeine Decetskeis or Decurions vnder him, which haue the ouerſight of ten houſholds a peece, whereby euerie diſorder is ſooner ſpide, and the common ſeruice hath the quicker diſpach. The whole number of Citizens poore and rich are reduced into companies. The chiefe officers (as the Dyacks and Gentlemen) are appointed by the Emperour himſelfe, the Staruſt by the Gentlemen and Dyacks, the Sotskoy by the Staruſt or Alderman, and the Decetskotes by the Conſtables.
One family, whose chief…performs the functions of staroste, or magistrate of the village.
Their elders, whom they still…style Starosts.
Any person arriving in a town or village, must produce his [passport] to the starosta.
They…are governed by their own elders or starosti.
At Nijni Novgorod…the starosta, or chief of the village artel, comes to buy the supply of material.
gloss: In the former kingdom of Poland, a noble holding a castle and domain bestowed by the Crown.
pos: noun
examples: Major-General Bokumbs…has been lately killed by a Peasant, who was hired to commit the murther by a Staroste.
His father was the starost of Korytnik.
She assures us that she and her sisters have the bearing ‘becoming young ladies of high station, and daughters of a Staroste’.
Synonyms: alderman
Related words: starosty
starostynskyi
Translations:
significative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Latin sīgnificātīvus: compare French significatif.
Inflected forms:
form: more significative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most significative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That tends to signify or indicate; indicative
pos: adj
tags: usually
examples: The holy Symbols, or Signs, are not inanes significationes, barely significative.
gloss: That has meaning or significance; significant
pos: adj
examples: Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words.
Derived words: consignificative
cosignificative
insignificative
nonsignificative
significatively
significativeness
significativity
unsignificative
Translations:
self-defeating
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From self- + defeating (present participle of defeat).
Base: defeating
Affixes: self-
Inflected forms:
form: more self-defeating
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most self-defeating
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Containing elements that will cause it to fail; destined not to succeed by its very nature.
pos: adj
examples: Cutting off your nose to spite your face is self-defeating.
[...] to make commuter operations profitable, a 70 per cent fare rise would be necessary. The president admitted that an increase of this magnitude would be self-defeating and suggested that the commuter himself should not have to bear the whole burden because the service was not exclusively for his benefit, but largely for that of the community concerned.
General reading readiness is assessed by tests and is also estimated by teachers who are often skillful at discerning just when a pupil is ready to learn to read. The important thing to remember is that jumping the gun is usually self-defeating.
The strike will win few friends as the capital tries to woo commuters and shoppers back after the pandemic. And the fewer the people using the Tube, the lower the fare revenue. The lower the fare revenue, the sterner the job cuts could be. Many people therefore see the industrial action as self-defeating.
Translations:
legalist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From legal + -ist. Piecewise doublet of loyalist.
Base: legal
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: more legalist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most legalist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: legalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or related to legalism, in its various senses.
pos: adj
gloss: One who adheres to legalism, in its various senses.
pos: noun
examples: “Don’t say anything! Oh, don’t say anything,” cried the atheist cobbler, dancing about in an ecstasy of admiration of the English legal system. For no man is such a legalist as the good Secularist.
Synonyms: justiciary
Antonyms: antinomian
Translations:
self-denial
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English denial
English self-denial
From self- + denial.
Inflected forms:
form: self-denials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Vic
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Inflected forms:
form: Vics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Ford Crown Victoria automobile.
pos: noun
tags: US
slang
Translations:
skipjack
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: skipjacks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skipjack
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of several not closely related fish.
pos: noun
gloss: An upstart.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Tag-rag or other, hogen mogen, vanden, skip-jacks or chouses.
gloss: An elaterid; a click beetle.
pos: noun
gloss: A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
pos: noun
Related words: skipjack tuna
Translations:
ultraviolence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Latin ūls
Proto-Indo-European *-teros?
Latin -ter
Old Latin -ād
Latin -ā
Latin ultrābor.
English ultra
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁s
Proto-Italic *wīs
Latin vīs
Latin violēns
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin violentiabor.
Old French violencebor.
Middle English violence
English violence
English ultraviolence
From ultra + violence.
Inflected forms:
form: ultra-violence
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Unnecessary, unprovoked (usually brutal) violence; violent acts simply for the thrill and entertainment of it.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I gave them the ultra-violence, the crasting, the dratsing, the old in-out in-out, the lot, right up to this night's veshch with the bugatty starry ptitsa with the mewing kots and koshkas.
Sam and Max are Freelance Police, irreverent and slightly insane, toting guns and determined to bring outrageous ultraviolence and fluffy kittens to the world. They also happen to be a dog and rabbit, respectively.
But by the early 2000s, we were seeing fewer games like DOOM that dealt in the fantasia of ultraviolence and more games that tried to replicate the everyday violence of military encounters.
Translations:
speedcore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
English speed
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)
Old English heard
Middle English hard
English hard
Middle English core
English core
English hardcorebf.
English -core
English speedcore
From speed + -core.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A very fast type of hardcore techno.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
rud
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English rudden, ruden, from Old English rudian (“to be ruddy”) (compare rudu (“redness”)), from Proto-Germanic *rudāną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”); cognate with Old Cornish rud and Old Irish rúad). (Compare red).
Inflected forms:
form: ruds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rudding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rudded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rudded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: redness; blush
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: ruddle; red ochre
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To become red; redden.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To make red.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Her cheekes lyke apples which the sun hath rudded
Related words: ruddy
Derived words: ruddock
Translations:
moralistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *mōs
Latin mōs
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin mōrālis
Old French moralbor.
Middle English moral
English moral
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -istic
English moralistic
From moral + -istic.
Inflected forms:
form: more moralistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most moralistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
pos: adj
examples: She was glad to escape her judgmental and moralistic parents.
Translations:
Akubra
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Proprietary name, of unknown origin. Sometimes said (without any apparent evidence) to be from an Australian Aboriginal language (Birrpayi [Term?]).
Inflected forms:
form: Akubras
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A brand of Australian hat, especially a broad-brimmed model similar to a fedora, traditionally worn by Australian stockmen.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
attributive
sometimes
examples: He had to hold his Akubra at a rakish angle to keep from being blinded by the light.
Frank was wearing the large akubra (cowhand hat) that we had bought for our son and toting both carry-on bags.[…]We both looked back to see Frank trying to run with a heavy bag in each hand and yet not lose the akubra perched on his head.
It was alright for a while, then I got the message that I wasn't quite the real Slim Dusty without my Akubra, so I put the old Sundowner back where it belonged.
Translations: