yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
gritter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English grit
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English gritter
From grit + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: gritters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who grits anything.
pos: noun
examples: He was gritting his teeth while lifting weights. I am from the teeth-gritters myself, and my teeth are also very soft.
gloss: A vehicle that applies grit to icy roads to improve traction.
pos: noun
examples: You need more than gritters, you need ploughs.
Translations:
internalist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English internal
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
English internalist
From internal + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: more internalist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most internalist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: internalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Holding that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis
pos: adj
examples: For one thing, many people regard rationality as an epistemically internalist notion, whereas reliability is a paradigmatic example of an epistemically externalist notion.
gloss: A supporter of internalism
pos: noun
examples: Perhaps I will appear presumptuous and misguided in claiming to explain the debate between internalists and externalists, for some would insist that there are a variety of related debates that get discussed under the heading of internalism and externalism.
Translations:
hitmaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hit + maker.
Compound parts: hit
maker
Inflected forms:
form: hitmakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A musician who frequently produces hits; a star.
pos: noun
examples: But those who stayed saw a strong set from the hitmaker Akon, who did “I Tried” with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.
Translations:
communitarianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English communitarian
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English communitarianism
From communitarian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: communitarianisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] Tony Blair dallied with communitarianism in the mid-90s and was wont to quote the Quaker philosopher John Macmurray.
Translations:
poignance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English poignant
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English poignance
From poignant + -ance.
Inflected forms:
form: poignances
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.
Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.
Translations:
poetics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
literature
media
philosophy
publishing
sciences
Etymology: From the Poetics of Aristotle.
Inflected forms:
form: poetics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The theory of poetry, or of literature in general.
pos: noun
examples: Both significantly build on the poetics of death and dissolution that Black and Tan broached so powerfully[…].
Translations:
hit-out
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
Inflected forms:
form: hit-outs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hitout
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: hit out
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A match or session, particularly for practice.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: “There were some of the dives that could have been performed better but it was good to have a hit-out.”
There was a second prong to Bill′s in-the-dark equine hit-outs. He believed nocturnal track work produced great times on race day.
gloss: A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.
pos: noun
gloss: A fast gallop.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
gloss: An instance of knocking the ball out of a ruck contest.
pos: noun
Translations:
homoeroticism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English homo-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.?
Pre-Greekder.?
Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō)
Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der.
Latin erōticuslbor.
French érotiqueder.
English erotic
English homoerotic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English homoeroticism
From homoerotic + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: homoeroticisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being homoerotic
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Masculine images in the ballet tend toward one of two poles: the homoeroticism of contemporary European choreographers […], and the men-drained-of-maleness we often see in Cunningham's dances.
Antonyms: heteroeroticism
Translations:
impersonality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English impersonal
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English impersonality
From impersonal + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: impersonalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being impersonal
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Yet paradoxically, Huston being Huston, its most personal quality is the director's self-effacement, its impersonality.
Translations:
indeterministic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English determinist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English deterministic
English indeterministic
From in- + deterministic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not deterministic; containing randomness
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: For instance, suppose that one thinks that the world is indeterministic.
Translations:
homeware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English home
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English homeware
From home + -ware.
Inflected forms:
form: homewares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Furnishings for the home, such as furniture and cushions.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
countable
uncountable
examples: […] selling homewares has become the toughest job on the high street.
Translations:
juried
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English jury
English -ed
English juried
From jury + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Overseen by a jury
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I had my doubts. I knew that it was not a juried show — in other words that everything sent in had been exhibited.
Translations:
wedgy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English wedge
English -y
English wedgy
From wedge + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: wedgier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: wedgiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling a wedge, especially in shape
pos: adj
examples: The wedgy Triumph was lauded as having “the shape of things to come.”
Translations:
bicoastal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Italic *dwi-
Latin bi-bor.
English bi-
English coastal
English bicoastal
From bi- + coastal.
Inflected forms:
form: more bicoastal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bicoastal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bicoastals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or concentrated on two coasts, often specifically the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America.
pos: adj
examples: Chess, it seems, is even more bicoastal than the usual occasions of midwestern envy.
It would be false to suggest CBD is nothing more than an obsession for reiki-adjacent bicoastal millennials.
gloss: A person who lives near two coasts.
pos: noun
examples: Ms. Zohn said being married bicoastals poses a variety of challenges, not the least of which is explaining their situation.
Translations:
mereological
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English mereology
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 mereological
From mereology + -ical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to mereology, a collection of axiomatic first-order theories dealing with parts and their respective wholes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.
I think that theories like mereological nihilism are interesting in the way that epistemological skepticism is interesting, the main question for both being how do we avoid this?
Translations:
multipronged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English pronged
English multipronged
From multi- + pronged.
Inflected forms:
form: more multipronged
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most multipronged
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: multi-pronged
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having multiple prongs
pos: adj
gloss: Having multiple elements or aspects
pos: adj
Translations:
stewpot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: art
arts
literature
media
publishing
Etymology: From stew + pot.
Compound parts: stew
pot
Inflected forms:
form: stewpots
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A pot used for making stew, usually large and heavy.
pos: noun
examples: What my parents served me from that very same stewpot was chicken.
gloss: A jumble, especially one that lacks intellectual coherence.
pos: noun
examples: It’s a nasty stewpot of intellectually untenable premises and irresponsible speculation that frequently reads like a “Saturday Night Live” parody of the crackpot right.
Translations:
snowmaking
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From snow + making.
Compound parts: snow
making
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The artificial production of snow
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: During the winter, Mohawk Mountain Ski Area is a draw for those who like to hit the slopes where snowmaking was pioneered back in 1949.
Translations:
preshow
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English show
English preshow
From pre- + show.
Inflected forms:
form: preshows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: preshowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: preshowed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: preshown
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: preshows
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To show in advance.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: A lesser show that occurs before the main entertainment.
pos: noun
gloss: A part of a routine that happens before the actual show, unknown to the audience.
pos: noun
Translations:
subbasement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English base
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English basement
English subbasement
From sub- + basement.
Inflected forms:
form: subbasements
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sub-basement
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A basement located beneath another basement.
pos: noun
examples: Joan H. Geismar is trying to unravel the mystery of old stone walls in the subbasement of Federal Hall National Memorial on Wall Street.
Translations:
multipolar
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
government
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os
Proto-Hellenic *pólos
Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der.
Latin polus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin -āris
Late Latin polārislbor.
English polar
English multipolar
From multi- + polar.
Inflected forms:
form: more multipolar
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most multipolar
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: multi-polar
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: multipolars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: multi-polar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having more than two poles.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to an international system in which a number of states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
pos: adj
examples: If we are mainly concerned, on the contrary, with preventing any rapid escalation of the two-power arms competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, a shift toward a multi-polar world may appear preferable.
The first diagram reveals a multi-polar system, in which a plurality of forces and interests balance each other in precarious equilibrium.
Mr. Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, like to claim that we now live in a multipolar world.
gloss: An electromagnetic machine in which several magnetic poles exist.
pos: noun
Related words: multipolarity
tripolar
Translations:
serialist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: criminology
entertainment
human-sciences
law
lifestyle
music
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English serial
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
English serialist
From serial + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: serialists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or employing serialism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A practitioner or adherent of serialism, an approach to composing which emphasizes the use of a series of notes, especially scales, to achieve coherence.
pos: noun
examples: In the last decade or so, this once unabashedly complex serialist, now 68, seems to have allowed a lyrical generosity into his works.
gloss: A serial offender; usually a serial killer, but may also include a serial rapist or serial arsonist depending on the context.
pos: noun
gloss: A writer or creator of serials; someone who creates a work that is published in installments.
pos: noun
Translations:
schooler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From school + -er. Compare the similarly formed doublet scholar and the name Schuyler.
Base: school
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: schoolers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A student, or in some cases member, of a particular type of school or schooling. (ordinarily used in combinations such as "high schooler")
pos: noun
examples: Those kids are all junior high schoolers.
We're a bunch of old-schoolers.
Some middle schoolers are learning that history isn’t always meant to be celebrated after the N-word was inadvertently printed on the front cover of their yearbooks.
gloss: One who provides schooling; a teacher.
pos: noun
examples: Is the Shareef of Ain Araish a schooler of servants and waiting men?
Related words: elementary schooler
high schooler
homeschooler
middle schooler
Translations:
myelodysplastic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more myelodysplastic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most myelodysplastic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia
pos: adj
Translations:
multiplatinum
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Vulgar Latin *plattusder.
Spanish plata
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Spanish -ina
Spanish platina
English -um
English platinum
English multiplatinum
From multi- + platinum.
Inflected forms:
form: multi-platinum
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having exceeded the platinum level of sales on multiple occasions
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Ms. Sparks, 17, was named the winner of the competition, a television phenomenon that has spurred multiplatinum sales for an array of contestants[…].
Translations:
nonconfrontational
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English confrontation
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English confrontational
English nonconfrontational
From non- + confrontational.
Inflected forms:
form: more nonconfrontational
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most nonconfrontational
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: non-confrontational
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not confrontational; approaching a dispute indirectly.
pos: adj
examples: Of course,[…] physicians and students need to be educated about how to give feedback in professional and nonconfrontational ways.
Just a few days before McNamara died, Politico uncovered a particularly graphic example involving The Post: an invitation to lobbyists to shell out $25,000 to $250,000 to sponsor off-the-record, nonconfrontational "salons" where they could mix with what a promotional flier called "the right people" and "alter the debate."
Translations:
multicar
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós
Proto-Celtic *karros
Gaulish *karrosbor.
Latin carrus
Anglo-Norman carrebor.
Middle English carre
English car
English multicar
From multi- + car.
Inflected forms:
form: multi-car
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Using or involving multiple cars
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Case in point: this morning’s traffic report included the usual five or six accidents with injuries and multicar crashes that snarl the Bay Area freeways twice a day.
Translations:
nonmarket
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English market
English nonmarket
From non- + market.
Inflected forms:
form: non-market
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: nonmarkets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: non-market
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not market-based; often specifically lacking the openness of a free market.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: nonmarket forces
In fact, it is arguably the nonmarket orientation (monopoly characteristics) of professional baseball that has sent players’ earnings, team owners’ profits and companies’ market valuations (and dividends) into the stratosphere.
gloss: That which is not a market.
pos: noun
Translations:
nonmusical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
English musical
English nonmusical
From non- + musical.
Inflected forms:
form: nonmusicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not musical; unrelated to music
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Some marketers are hiring musicians for nonmusical tasks.
gloss: A production that is not a musical.
pos: noun
Translations:
outperformance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úd
Proto-Germanic *ūt
Proto-Germanic *ūt-
Old English ūt-
Middle English ut-
English out-
English performance
English outperformance
From out- + performance.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The act or state of outperforming
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Investors in overseas stock markets had more to show for their wandering spirit as those markets continued a long run of outperformance.
Translations:
postmarketing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
English post-
English marketing
English postmarketing
From post- + marketing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Subsequent to the release of a product on the market
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The clearest lesson is that the F.D.A. needs the power to demand adequate postmarketing studies and the resources to analyze the results.
Translations:
prehuman
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Latin hūmānus
Old French umain
Middle French humainbor.
Middle English humayne
English human
English prehuman
From pre- + human.
Inflected forms:
form: prehumans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Preceding the advent of modern humanity, Homo sapiens.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the recently opened Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, there are more than 200 casts of prehuman and human fossils and artifacts that illustrate stages in physical and behavioral evolution.
gloss: One of the human-like creatures that existed before Homo sapiens.
pos: noun
examples: They said the find also added to evidence that painted a picture of Homo erectus as the prehumans who took long evolutionary strides — figuratively and, now it seems, also literally.
Related words: infrahuman
subhuman
Translations:
pressroom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From press + room.
Compound parts: press
room
Inflected forms:
form: pressrooms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The room in a public building where press conferences are given
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: When Robert Shaw--alderman of the Ninth Ward--rises to speak, most of the wise guys in the City Hall pressroom put aside their pencils and just listen.
Translations:
salesroom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
Etymology: From sales + room.
Compound parts: sales
room
Inflected forms:
form: salesrooms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The room where sales are made
pos: noun
examples: […] he must refixture his salesrooms. He is not going to sell new designs unless he has them in stock. And there is little use having them in stock unless they are adequately displayed.
“For great things there’s still a lot of money,” said Mr. Feigen, who sat in the front of Sotheby’s salesroom watching the morning’s proceedings.
Translations:
primitivism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English primitive
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English primitivism
From primitive + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: primitivisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being primitive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Exuberant in its primitivism, High Kicks has a joyous, slightly naive spark that sometimes evokes the sort of tuneful messes to which Calvin Johnson's name is often attached.
Related words: primitivist
Derived words: anarchoprimitivism
anarcho-primitivism
neoprimitivism
Translations:
buildable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
construction
manufacturing
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
English build
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English buildable
From build + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more buildable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most buildable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: That can be built.
pos: adj
gloss: Suitable for building on.
pos: adj
examples: It is […] perched on the last buildable site on the presidential inaugural parade route between the Capitol and the White House.
Antonyms: unbuildable
Translations:
codirector
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English director
English codirector
From co- + director.
Inflected forms:
form: codirectors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: co-director
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone who directs something together with one or more other people.
pos: noun
examples: The film's codirector explained that she'd aimed to convey an emotional understanding of the topic […
Translations:
hematogenous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From hemato- + -genous.
Base: hemato
Inflected forms:
form: haematogenous
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Producing blood
pos: adj
gloss: Spread by blood
pos: adj
Derived words: hematogenously
lymphohematogenous
nonhematogenous
Translations:
hemophagocytic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English hemophagocyte
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English hemophagocytic
From hemophagocyte + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to hemophagocytes or hemophagocytosis
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
coloristic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: art
arts
entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
English color
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 coloristic
From color + -istic.
Inflected forms:
form: colouristic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or focused on coloring or an enhanced use of colour
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Christian Tetzlaff […] played the work with exquisite control and coloristic fluidity.
Translations:
primitivist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English primitive
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
English primitivist
From primitive + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: more primitivist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most primitivist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: primitivists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Exhibiting or practicing primitivism, the advocacy of primitive over refined forms
pos: adj
examples: […] they developed a sound that mixed the menace of rockabilly’s primitivist fringe with dark psychedelia and the blunt simplicity of punk.
gloss: A proponent of primitivism.
pos: noun
Translations:
prerevolutionary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English revolutionary
English prerevolutionary
From pre- + revolutionary.
Inflected forms:
form: pre-revolutionary
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Occurring before a revolution.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Although Brogan sees the history as a “medley of fiction and wishful thinking,” he is deeply impressed with Tocqueville’s pioneering use of local archives, which allowed him to lay out the continuity between prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary France.
But there are those within the senior ranks of the Party who count you among the heroes of the prerevolutionary cause.
Translations:
sloganeering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sloganeerings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who sloganeers.
pos: noun
examples: James Clyburn, the House majority whip and Democratic “kingmaker” who played an outsized role in Joe Biden’s successful presidential run, has said the “sloganeering” of the Black Lives Matter protests and other social justice efforts this summer might have hampered them at the polls.
Translations:
citalopram
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Probably from cy(ano)- + (ph)thal(imide) + -o- + pr(opyl)am(ine).
Base: phthalimide
Affixes: cyano-
-o-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug that functions as a SSRI and is administered orally in the form of its hydrobromide C₂₀H₂₁FN₂O·HBr to treat depression and anxiety. It is marketed under the trademark Celexa.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
basepath
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pesäpallo
sports
Etymology: From base + path.
Compound parts: base
path
Inflected forms:
form: basepaths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.
pos: noun
examples: Jackson broke up a potential double play in the 1978 World Series when he froze on the basepaths and turned his hip into a throw.
gloss: The path between two adjacent bases, such as between the first and the second base.
pos: noun
Translations:
homophily
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *somHós
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der.
English homo-
English -phily
English homophily
From homo- + -phily.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In this research we explore whether homophily as an organizing principle affects the performance of immigrant entrepreneurs in Germany.
Homophily is the tendency for there to be higher rates of contact between similar people than between dissimilar people. It is the social process reflected in that old bit of folk wisdom: “Birds of a feather flock together.”
Translations:
homozygosity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English homozygous
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English homozygosity
From homozygous + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: homozygosities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being homozygous.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: It depends on whether those runs of homozygosity contain recessive disease-causing mutations. All of us have some of these runs in our DNA—usually less than 1 percent of the genome in Western populations, higher in cultures where cousin marriage is common.
Translations:
Baconian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Bacon
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Baconian
From Bacon + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: more Baconian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Baconian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Baconians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English statesman and polymath, or his writings.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist) (1647–1676), who instigated Bacon's Rebellion.
pos: adj
gloss: One who adheres to the philosophy of Francis Bacon.
pos: noun
gloss: One who believes that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare.
pos: noun
examples: In this paper I propose to say something about the attempt of the Baconian theorists to "work" Ben Jonson over into a witness against William Shakespeare, not because it is necessary to reslay the slain Baconian, but to illustrate that here as elsewhere, and all along the line, there is "nothing in it."
So looks the Shakespearean who is confronted by a rancid Baconian, or the astronomer who is assailed by a flat-earth fanatic.
Derived words: Baconianism
Baconian cipher
Baconian induction
Baconian method
Translations:
hyaluronan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: hyaluronans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The polysaccharide hyaluronic acid.
pos: noun
Translations:
hyaluronidase
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: hyaluronidases
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid
pos: noun
Translations:
hydrodynamical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)
Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.
French dynamiqueder.
English dynamic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English dynamical
English hydrodynamical
From hydro- + dynamical.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: hydrodynamic
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hydrographical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: hydrographic
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
staurosporine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: staurosporeus + -ine
Affixes: -ine
Inflected forms:
form: staurosporines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An alkaloid derived from the bacterium Streptomyces staurosporeus that has antifungal and antihypertensive properties
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
hydroxytryptophan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor.
French hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Hellenic *génos
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor.
French -gène
French hydrogènebor.
English hydrogen
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?
Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)
▲
Ancient Greek γένος (génos)
French oxygènebor.
English oxygen
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
blend
English hydroxyl
English hydroxy-
German Tryptophanbor.
English tryptophan
English hydroxytryptophan
From hydroxy- + tryptophan.
Inflected forms:
form: hydroxytryptophans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hydroxy derivative of tryptophan; especially 5-hydroxytryptophan which is a precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin
pos: noun
Translations:
hypermethylated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English methylated
English hypermethylated
From hyper- + methylated.
Inflected forms:
form: more hypermethylated
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hypermethylated
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: methylated to an abnormally high degree
pos: adj
Translations:
hypersaline
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English saline
English hypersaline
From hyper- + saline.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having an abnormally high salinity
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hyperspectral
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English spectral
English hyperspectral
From hyper- + spectral.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Describing any technique that employs a large part of the electromagnetic spectrum, especially that includes those parts of the spectrum invisible to the eye.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Describing very high-definition spectral imaging.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
hypervariable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.
English hyper-
English variable
English hypervariable
From hyper- + variable.
Inflected forms:
form: more hypervariable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hypervariable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a high degree of variability.
pos: adj
Translations:
lagger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: video-games
Etymology: Etymology tree
English lag
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English lagger
From lag + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: laggers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who or that which lags behind; a laggard.
pos: noun
examples: The economic time series can be segregated into leaders, laggers and coinciders in relation to movements in aggregate economic activity.
gloss: One who installs lagging.
pos: noun
examples: In particular, Turner & Newall doggedly contested any claims from the largest high-risk group outside the scheduled factory areas — the laggers.
gloss: A player who lags (has a poor or slow network connection).
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A marker used in the game of hopscotch.
pos: noun
examples: 2015 Kathleen, Kage, and the Company, Laggers.
Laggers, Dear Readers, in case you grew up ignorant of hopscotch, are the markers you use when playing the game.
In the 1950s, the game was called hopscotch and the object thrown a lagger /'lagar/. Lagger is apparently related to the verb lag.
gloss: A police informant.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A sailor.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Related words: jet-lagger
Translations:
schoolkid
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From school + kid.
Compound parts: school
kid
Inflected forms:
form: schoolkids
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A schoolchild, a kid who attends school; a schoolboy or schoolgirl.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
anticapitalist
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From anti- + capitalist.
Base: capitalist
Affixes: anti-
Inflected forms:
form: anticapitalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: anti-capitalist
pos: noun
tags: alternative
adjective
noun
form: anticapitalistic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
adjective
form: anti-capitalistic
pos: noun
tags: alternative
adjective
form: more anticapitalist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most anticapitalist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: anti-capitalist
pos: adj
tags: alternative
adjective
noun
form: anticapitalistic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
adjective
form: anti-capitalistic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
adjective
Senses:
gloss: One who opposes capitalism or subscribes to anticapitalism.
pos: noun
examples: Most of my rich friends hate anticapitalists.
gloss: Against or opposed to capitalism; characterized by or involving such opposition.
pos: adj
examples: The enthusiasm is not universal. In January, a school board in Missoula County, Mont., decided that screening the video treaded on academic freedom after a parent complained that its message was anticapitalist.
Antonyms: procapitalist
pro-capitalist
procapitalistic
pro-capitalistic
Translations:
immunophenotype
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder.
Proto-Italic *moinos
Latin mūnus
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-
Latin -is
Latin in- -is
Latin immūnisder.
Middle French immunbor.
Middle English
English immune
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English immuno-
English phenotype
English immunophenotype
From immuno- + phenotype.
Inflected forms:
form: immunophenotypes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: immunophenotypes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: immunophenotyping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: immunophenotyped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: immunophenotyped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The immunological and genetic characteristics of an organism.
pos: noun
gloss: To perform immunophenotyping on an organism.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In our laboratory immunophenotyping of acute leukemias is routinely performed from bone marrow mononuclear cell (MNC) preparations. In cases with insufficient marrow material peripheral blasts are immunophenotyped using the whole blood lysis method.
Translations:
skete
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From ecclesiastical (medieval) Ancient Greek σκήτη (skḗtē), which is either from a place name in Egypt Σκήτις, Coptic Ϣⲓϩⲏⲧ (Šihēt), or via aphesis from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “ascetic; monk, hermit”).
Inflected forms:
form: sketes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A secluded religious community in Eastern Orthodox Christianity which is a dependency of, and generally less physically substantial than, a monastery, generally consisting of living quarters and a church.
pos: noun
Translations:
sket
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of skettle.
Inflected forms:
form: skets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sexually promiscuous woman.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Multicultural-London-English
UK
derogatory
slang
examples: Don't be too upset if they call you a sket / 'Cause like the news, every day, you get pressed
Love for the G's in the ends / But we don't love no girls in the ends / Last time I fell in love with a sket / But trust me, I will never do that again
You shagged bare lads, you're a little sket / Have you heard your bars? They're fucking pept
Translations:
varroa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
beekeeping
business
lifestyle
Etymology: From the genus name Varroa.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Infestation with the mite Varroa destructor, or the disease caused by such mites.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: These bees are resistant to varroa.
Swarms were reasonably common place in rural areas when New Zealand had a large feral bee population but few wild bees now survive due to varroa disease.
Translations:
overdevelopment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English development
English overdevelopment
From over- + development.
Inflected forms:
form: overdevelopments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: […] the threat of lopsided, uncontrolled overdevelopment seems distant to many--local residents and Chicagoans alike--who regard the rediscovery of the area as a welcome return to its heyday in the 1930s and '40s, when even more Chicago families spent their summers here.
Translations:
nongame
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English non-
Proto-Germanic *gamaną
Proto-West Germanic *gaman
Old English gamen
Middle English game
English game
English nongame
From non- + game.
Inflected forms:
form: nongames
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not a game, or unrelated to a game
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Monday night team in particular is so annoying with all the nongame chatter, you would think it was a talk show rather than a football game.
gloss: Not a game animal
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Plants were included recently in the definition of "wildlife" supportable by funds collected via the nongame wildlife checkoff on Illinois income tax returns, but that was a triumph of lobbying, not public opinion.
gloss: An activity, etc. that is not a game.
pos: noun
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