yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
preponderance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: Etymology tree
English preponderant
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
Old French -ancebor.
Middle English -aunce
English -ance
English preponderance
From preponderant + -ance.
Inflected forms:
form: preponderances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: praeponderance
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: præponderance
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [S]trong proofs are at hand to shew, that in the Irish people there is a large admixture, if not an overwhelming praeponderance, of Iberian elements.
Is there a preponderance of female protagonists in commercial fiction, and if so, what does it mean?
Subtle, institutional discrimination was evident in the preponderance of blacks and underprivileged whites fighting the war.
gloss: Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In a few weeks he [William III of England] had changed the relative position of all the states in Europe, and had restored the equilibrium which the preponderance of one power had destroyed.
But even less disgruntled observers have insisted that pain and unpleasure are more common in dreams than pleasure: for instance, Scholz (1893, 57), Volkelt (1875, 80), and others. Indeed two ladies, Florence Hallam and Sarah Weed (1896, 499), have actually given statistical expression, based on a study of their own dreams, to the preponderance of unpleasure in dreaming.
gloss: Greater physical weight.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Greater physical weight.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
obsolete
specifically
uncountable
Related words: preponder
preponderancy
preponderant
preponderantly
preponderate
preponderately
preponderating
preponderatingly
preponderation
prepondering
preponderous
preponderously
Derived words: preponderance of evidence
preponderance of the evidence
Translations:
preponderant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin praeponderāns, present participle of praeponderō (“to outweigh”).
Inflected forms:
form: more preponderant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most preponderant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: praeponderant
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Having greater or the greatest weight, quantity, importance or force.
pos: adj
examples: The judge gave preponderant weight to the physical evidence.
Women continue to play a preponderant role in caregiving.
[…] if the Oyle and Water being in an Aequilibrium, you gently lift up the Pipe, […] the depth of the water being lessend, the oyle in the Pipe will grow praeponderant, and therefore will fall out in Drops or Globuls, which by the greater Specifick Gravity of the water, will be buoy’d up to the Top of the Liquor, and there flote:
Behold the balanc’d Scales suspended stand,
Neither a jot inclin’d to either hand:
But place the smallest grain of weight in one,
Straight the fraternal equipoise is gone;
The loaded scale, preponderant, downward flies,
Drags down the chain, and makes it’s [sic] partner rise.
For the present, however, the Swedes were the preponderant party in the neighbourhood; they had fortified the chateau of Falkenberg, and made it a very strong military post;
The place was much like any ordinary lab., crowded with jars, test-tubes, retorts and so on. It evidently served for work on both the physical and the biological sciences, but the biological was preponderant.
Translations:
preponderate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin praeponderatus, past participle of praeponderāre (“to outweigh”).
Inflected forms:
form: preponderates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: preponderating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: preponderated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: preponderated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To outweigh; to be heavier than; to exceed in weight.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes
gloss: To overpower by stronger or moral power.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield.
gloss: To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.
gloss: To exceed in weight or influence; hence, to predominate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress.
[…] if the principle of utility is good for anything, it must be good for weighing these conflicting utilities against one another, and marking out the region within which one or the other preponderates.
The natives of Banda are very much mixed, and it is probable that at least three-fourths of the population are mongrels, in various degrees of Malay, Papuan, Arab, Portuguese, and Dutch. The first two form the bases of the larger portion, and the dark skins, pronounced features, and more or less frizzly hair of the Papuans preponderates.
Train journeys were not long in terms of distance, and having regard to these factors, the tank engine inevitably preponderated.
Related words: preponder
preponderance
preponderant
Derived words: preponderately
preponderatingly
unpreponderating
Translations:
prepossessing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From prepossess + -ing. Attested in 1610s with the meaning of "getting possession of (ground or land) beforehand". The meaning "to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc." developed in 1630s, acquiring by the 40s of the same century the meaning of "to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something, preoccupy the mind or heart of".
Base: prepossess
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: more prepossessing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most prepossessing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive
pos: adj
examples: "I am a great advocate for timidity—and I am sure one does not often meet with it.—But in those who are at all inferior, it is extremely prepossessing."
Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.
In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing.
He was a frank, prepossessing fellow, but I saw that he could add nothing to his original account.
The stations are generally very poor, even for a branch line; some are mere wooden shacks, and Moniaive itself is one of the least prepossessing terminal stations I have ever seen.
gloss: Causing prejudice.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
Derived words: prepossessingly
prepossessingness
unprepossessing
Translations:
preputial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English preput(ium)
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisder.
Old French -ialder.
Middle English -ial
English -ial
English preputial
From preput(ium) + -ial.
Inflected forms:
form: præputial
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the prepuce.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If removing the preputial tissue curbs sexuality of both sexes and if, on the basis of curbing female sexuality, the removal of the female prepuce is misogynistic, then the removal of the male foreskin should be viewed as misandristic.
Translations:
presbyterial
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Late Latin presbyterium + -al. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ial or presbytery + -al.
Base: presbyterium
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more presbyterial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most presbyterial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: presbyterials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Presbyterian.
pos: adj
gloss: A presbytery run by the Women's Missionary Society.
pos: noun
Translations:
presbyterian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Late Latin presbyterium + -an. By surface analysis, presbyter + -ian or presbytery + -an.
Base: presbyterium
Affixes: -an
Inflected forms:
form: more presbyterian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most presbyterian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.
pos: adj
Translations:
presbyterianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English presbyterian
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 presbyterianism
From presbyterian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That form of church government which invests presbyters with all spiritual power, and admits no prelates over them; also, the faith and polity of the Presbyterian churches, taken collectively.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
gold-bearing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more gold-bearing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gold-bearing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: containing or producing gold
pos: adj
Translations:
pocketful
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From pocket + -ful.
Base: pocket
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: pocketsful
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pocketfuls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The amount that a pocket would hold.
pos: noun
examples: White came to City Hall on Monday morning, entering through a basement window, with a gun and a pocketful of bullets.
gloss: A small or moderate amount.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: This Government came in with a pocketful of promises. Every time the Prime Minister (Mr. Mulroney) saw two farmers at a crossroads he had five more promises to make.
Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems!
Translations:
emotionally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Latin ēmoveō
Vulgar Latin *exmovēre
Old French esmovoir
Middle French esmouvoir
Middle French emotionbor.
English emotion
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English emotional
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English emotionally
From emotional + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more emotionally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most emotionally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
pos: adv
examples: "For a long time, I thought I'd never live to see this day," he said emotionally. "Thank you all for everything you did in my behalf."
Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?
gloss: Regarding emotions.
pos: adv
examples: Physically, it was easy, but emotionally it was the hardest thing I've ever done.
Derived words: emotionally disturbed
emotionally unstable personality disorder
Translations:
posthumously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English posthumous
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English posthumously
From posthumous + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: post-humously
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: After death.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: In his boyhood that posthumously libelled sovereign lady, Anne, had terribly prevailed among the dwellings on this highway; […]
Yet while Gauguin went native, taking teenage mistresses, wearing local costumes and building his own wooden hut, his ultimate purpose was to impress the art world back home. And he did, although posthumously.
Mormons have recently posthumously baptised at least 20 Holocaust victims, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe and the Queen Mother, according to a researcher who has spent two decades monitoring the church’s massive genealogical database.
In the following month, driver Ben Gimbert and fireman Jim Nightall (posthumously) were awarded the George Cross, the highest honour the King could give civilians.
Antonyms: antemortem
anthumously
prehumously
premortem
Translations:
unfathomably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unfathomable
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English unfathomably
From unfathomable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more unfathomably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unfathomably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an unfathomable manner; beyond understanding.
pos: adv
Translations:
solen
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).
Inflected forms:
form: solens
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cradle, as for a broken limb.
pos: noun
gloss: Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to the genus Solen; a razor clam.
pos: noun
Derived words: solenite
Translations:
ladylove
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lady + love.
Compound parts: lady
love
Inflected forms:
form: ladyloves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lady love
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
pos: noun
tags: poetic
examples: The knight went on a quest to prove his quality to his ladylove.
the picture of halcyon days where a young gentleman in the costume they used to wear then with a threecornered hat was offering a bunch of flowers to his ladylove with oldtime chivalry through her lattice window
Translations:
ladyship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English ladyschipe, ladyshipe; equivalent to lady + -ship.
Base: lady
Affixes: -ship
Inflected forms:
form: ladyships
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Ladyship
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title.
pos: noun
examples: "Her ladyship will be unable to attend tonight," he said, with a wink because he hadn't said why.
York got down and said very respectfully, "I beg your pardon, my lady, but these horses have not been reined up for three years, and my lord said it would be safer to bring them to it by degrees; but if your ladyship pleases, I can take them up a little more."
gloss: Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge").
pos: noun
tags: Commonwealth
England
Related words: first ladyship
lordship
Translations:
buka
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From Javanese [Term?].
Inflected forms:
form: bukas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The short introduction to a gamelan piece, generally played by a single instrument in a free rhythm, with the kendhang coming in on the last few notes to set the tempo.
pos: noun
Translations:
kaya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).
Inflected forms:
form: kayas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Torreya nucifera, the Japanese nutmeg tree.
pos: noun
gloss: Torreya grandis, the Chinese nutmeg yew.
pos: noun
Translations:
religiose
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more religiose
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most religiose
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Superficially religious, especially in an affected or sentimental way.
pos: adj
examples: Verdi's Mass seems more religiose than religious.
Translations:
syncline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From syn- + -cline.
Base: syn
Inflected forms:
form: synclines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A concave-upward fold in rock strata
pos: noun
examples: Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, is the deepest known karst spring, -315 m. Lower parts were explored by a robot submersible. It is probably the ascending limb of a single loop in a syncline.
Antonyms: anticline
Translations:
monocline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From mono- + -cline.
Base: mono
Inflected forms:
form: monoclines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline
pos: noun
gloss: A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata
pos: noun
Related words: syncline
anticline
Translations:
osmotic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, or powered by, osmosis.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We saw them waking, we heard them sleeping, we sensed them dreaming, we were permeated completely with the strange Gray Myth of the West and the weird dark Myth of the East when morning came. All my actions since then have been dictated automatically to my subconscious by this horrible osmotic experience.
Translations:
hydroplane
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: automotive
nautical
transport
vehicles
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-
English plane
English hydroplane
From hydro- + plane.
Inflected forms:
form: hydroplanes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hydroplaning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: hydroplaned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: hydroplaned
pos: verb
tags: past
form: hydroplanes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To skim the surface of a body of water while moving at high speed.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Don't drive too fast on wet roads or the car may hydroplane and cause you to lose control of the vehicle.
gloss: A specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing.
pos: noun
tags: intransitive
gloss: A seaplane; any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
pos: noun
tags: intransitive
gloss: A hydrofoil (“boat type”)
pos: noun
tags: intransitive
gloss: A hydrofoil (“hydrodynamic surface”)
pos: noun
tags: intransitive
gloss: The wing of a submarine, used to help control depth
pos: noun
tags: intransitive
Translations:
tawa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi तवा (tavā).
Inflected forms:
form: tawas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tava
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A frying pan or griddle.
pos: noun
tags: South-Asia
examples: Deeti gave her daughter the job of sweeping the poppy petals into a heap while she busied herself in stoking the fire and heating a heavy iron tawa.
Translations:
saponification
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From French saponification, from saponifier (“saponify”).
Inflected forms:
form: saponifications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The hydrolysis of an ester under basic conditions to form an alcohol and the salt of the acid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The reaction of a metallic alkali (base) with a fat or oil to form soap.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: monosaponification
saponification number
saponification value
Translations:
pentacene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe
Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte)
Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor.
English penta-
French anthracènebor.
English anthraceneclip.
English acene
English pentacene
From penta- + acene.
Inflected forms:
form: pentacenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
grotesquely
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)
Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.
Latin crypta
Italian grotta
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
Vulgar Latin -iscus
Italian -esco
Italian grottescobor.
Middle French grotesquebor.
English grotesque
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English grotesquely
From grotesque + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more grotesquely
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most grotesquely
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a grotesque manner; disgustingly.
pos: adv
examples: Till the grotesquely angry scene was interrupted by the arrival of Mina, who came asking for Andrew.
Anything more appalling than this jumbled mass of the remains of a departed race I cannot imagine, and what made it even more dreadful was that in this dry air a considerable number of the bodies had simply become desiccated with the skin still on them, and now, fixed in every conceivable position, stared at us out of the mountain of white bones, grotesquely horrible caricatures of humanity.
Slowly, the grotesquely large lady made her way up the steps, the ladder creaking under her considerable weight.
Translations:
diether
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der.
Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō
Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō)
▲
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der.
Latin aethērder.
English ether
English diether
From di- + ether.
Inflected forms:
form: diethers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any organic compound having two ether functional groups.
pos: noun
Translations:
diol
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: From di- + -ol.
Base: di
Inflected forms:
form: diols
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups
pos: noun
Translations:
acetonide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *akēō
Latin aceō
Latin acētumder.
English aceto-
English acet-
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English -one
English acetone
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English acetonide
From acetone + -ide.
Inflected forms:
form: acetonides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any cyclic acetal derived from acetone and a diol, especially from a vicinal diol such as a sugar
pos: noun
Translations:
acetylide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *akēō
Latin aceō
Latin acētumder.
English aceto-
English acet-
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English acetyl
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English acetylide
From acetyl + -ide.
Inflected forms:
form: acetylides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
pos: noun
Translations:
diester
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English di-
English ester
English diester
From di- + ester.
Inflected forms:
form: diesters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: any organic compound containing two ester functional groups
pos: noun
Translations:
alkoxide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: alkoxides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
pos: noun
Translations:
cationic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cation
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English cationic
From cation + -ic.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: of, relating to, or being a cation
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
polyhydroxy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English hydroxy
English polyhydroxy
From poly- + hydroxy.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
Googler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Partly Google + -er (occupational suffix), partly + -er (agent noun suffix).
Base: Google
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: Googlers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A full-time Google corporation employee.
pos: noun
examples: Over at Google, a company known to have pioneered the modern tech workplace, one designer complained of spending 40 percent of their time on “the inefficien[cy] overhead of simply working at Google.” Some report spending all day on tasks as simple as changing the color of a website button. Working the bare minimum while waiting for stock to vest is so common that Googlers call it “resting and vesting.”
gloss: A regular or habitual user of the Google search engine.
pos: noun
examples: Of course, the more committed Googlers in this class probably already knew the deal between Howard and the celebrity Kipps.
gloss: A device used to regularly access the Google search engine.
pos: noun
Translations:
squeaky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English squeak
English -y
English squeaky
From squeak + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: squeakier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: squeakiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.
pos: adj
Translations:
sinfonia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?
Proto-Hellenic *ksún
Ancient Greek σύν (sún)
Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek σῠ́μφωνος (sŭ́mphōnos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
▲
Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)
▲
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)
▲
Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)
Ancient Greek -φωνίᾱ (-phōníā)
Ancient Greek σῠμφωνῐ́ᾱ (sŭmphōnĭ́ā)der.
Latin symphōniabor.
Italian sinfoniabor.
English sinfonia
Borrowed from Italian sinfonia. Doublet of symphonia, symphony, tsampouna, and zampogna.
Inflected forms:
form: sinfonias
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sinfonie
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A symphony.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
pos: noun
gloss: A small symphony orchestra.
pos: noun
Related words: sinfonia concertante
Translations:
emergence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
Inflected forms:
form: emergences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then
gloss: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An emergency.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.
I[…]had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford me assistance.
gloss: An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: emerge
emergent
eclosion
Derived words: coemergence
postemergence
preemergence
reemergence
re-emergence
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: изплуване
roman: izpluvane
lang: Bulgarian
word: появяване
roman: pojavjavane
lang: Catalan
word: emergència
lang: Czech
word: vynoření
lang: Czech
word: vznik
lang: Dutch
word: opkomst
lang: Finnish
word: ilmaantuminen
lang: Finnish
word: esille tuleminen
lang: Finnish
word: ilmestyminen
lang: Finnish
word: pilkahtaminen
lang: French
word: émergence
lang: Latin
word: ēmergentia
lang: Macedonian
word: појаву́вање
roman: pojavúvanje
lang: Macedonian
word: излегу́вање
roman: izlegúvanje
lang: Macedonian
word: возникну́вање
roman: vozniknúvanje
lang: Occitan
word: emergéncia
lang: Russian
word: всплыва́ние
roman: vsplyvánije
lang: Russian
word: всплы́тие
roman: vsplýtije
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: emergencija
lang: Spanish
word: surgimiento
lang: Spanish
word: emersión
lang: Swedish
word: uppdykande
lang: Tocharian B
word: lalñe
lang: Turkish
word: zuhur
unquestionably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From unquestionable + -ly or un- + question + -ably.
Base: unquestionable
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more unquestionably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unquestionably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Without question; beyond doubt; indubitably.
pos: adv
examples: It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.
Mary Slessor wasn’t technically the first missionary to oppose twin killing in Calabar, but she was unquestionably the most effective and relentless.
gloss: OK, right-on
pos: adv
tags: informal
Related words: questionably
unquestionable
undoubtedly
doubtlessly
Translations:
alterable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English alter
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English alterable
From alter + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more alterable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most alterable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: alterables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being changed; changeable; mutable.
pos: adj
gloss: Something that can be altered; a variable.
pos: noun
Antonyms: inalterable
unalterable
Translations:
ambitiously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ambitious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English ambitiously
From ambitious + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more ambitiously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most ambitiously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an ambitious manner.
pos: adv
examples: by ambitiously heaping up the conceits and authorities of other men, increase much in the bulk, but do as much imbase in true value
Many of New York's most celebrated personalities hitch-hiked here, or rode the rails from wherever it was that they spent their youth dreaming ambitiously.
The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.
Translations:
arbitrarily
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin arbitrāriusder.
Middle English arbitrarie
English arbitrary
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English arbitrarily
From arbitrary + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more arbitrarily
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most arbitrarily
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an arbitrary manner.
pos: adv
examples: The winner was chosen arbitrarily.
From these remarks it will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms. The term variety, again, in comparison with mere individual differences, is also applied arbitrarily, and for mere convenience sake.
Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
The number or classes or potential offerers of satellite services should not be [limited] arbitrarily.
gloss: To an arbitrary degree.
pos: adv
examples: an arbitrarily large number
Translations:
barbarism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: barbarisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A barbaric act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
gloss: The condition of existing barbarically.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Like dancing, it is a remnant of ancient barbarism—fit for the days of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians, when people were only amused through their eyes—the sole entertainment of which savage nations are susceptible.
War is at best barbarism... Its glory is all moonshine.
gloss: A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.
Derived words: semibarbarism
Translations:
barefaced
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced.
Compary typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).
Compound parts: bare
faced
Inflected forms:
form: more barefaced
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most barefaced
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bare-faced
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: barefast
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
pos: adj
examples: And they vvere become ſo bare-faced and impudent in their Vices, that good and prudent Men thought fit to keep ſilence in that Time, becauſe it vvas an evil Time.
Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.
gloss: Open, undisguised.
pos: adj
examples: It's simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she's married him.
gloss: Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
pos: adj
gloss: Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
pos: adj
gloss: Not wearing makeup on the face.
pos: adj
Derived words: barefaced liar
barefaced lie
barefacedly
barefacedness
Translations:
beneficence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ethics
human-sciences
law
medicine
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English beneficence, from Latin beneficentia.
Inflected forms:
form: beneficences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The practice of doing good, such as acts of philanthropy, kind deeds; or other acts which benefit someone else.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence.
gloss: Good or charitable character or behavior.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A duty or obligation to act in the best interests of another, especially a patient or beneficiary.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: goodness
Antonyms: cruelty
maleficence
malevolence
selfishness
Related words: benefice
good works
Derived words: beneffectance
beneficential
Translations:
beneficent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, combining form from faciens, present participle of facere (“to make or do”). Compare English beneficence.
Inflected forms:
form: more beneficent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most beneficent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: beneficient
pos: adj
tags: alternative
proscribed
sometimes
Senses:
gloss: Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: benevolent, generous, magnanimous
beneficent spirit
beneficent influence
beneficent ruler
The monk was remembered as a beneficent figure in the village.
Translations:
socializing
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more socializing
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most socializing
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: socializings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
gloss: The act of one who socializes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] attend its ceremonies, participate in its rites and rituals and socializings. Eventually you will then join the community in belief as well.
Translations:
rocketeer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rocket
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Middle French -ierder.
English -eer
English rocketeer
From rocket + -eer.
Inflected forms:
form: rocketeers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.
pos: noun
Translations:
sexing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: sexings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The determination of the sex of a young bird (typically poultry)
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
Araucana
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from Spanish Araucanía, the region of Chile where the breed was first documented by Europeans.
Inflected forms:
form: Araucanas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Aracuna
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of poultry notable for laying blue or green eggs.
pos: noun
Translations:
harvesting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
Inflected forms:
form: harvestings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The gathering of any resource.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: American regulations at the time prohibited organ harvesting from brain-dead patients if their hearts were still beating.
Derived words: ballot harvesting
organ harvesting
postharvesting
web harvesting
Translations:
dismissive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dismiss + -ive.
Base: dismiss
Affixes: -ive
Inflected forms:
form: more dismissive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most dismissive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
pos: adj
examples: I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”
Translations:
inbuilt
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English built
English inbuilt
From in- + built.
Inflected forms:
form: more inbuilt
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most inbuilt
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: in-built
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Existing as an essential constituent; built-in; inherent; integral.
pos: adj
Translations:
moe
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: lifestyle
Etymology: From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).
Inflected forms:
form: moé
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more moe
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: moe-er
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most moe
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: moe-est
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: moé
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
examples: Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!
Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.
gloss: Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
pos: adj
tags: slang
Translations:
Weegie
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Alteration of Glaswegian + -ie.
Base: Glaswegian
Affixes: -ie
Inflected forms:
form: Weegies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Glasgow, Glaswegian.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: How ya doin, ya Weegie bastard!
Imagine being a gay comedian coming out on stage every time you perform and not knowing how your usually very heterosexual audience is going to relate to this straight acting, straight looking, football loving Weegie queer.
gloss: A Glaswegian.
pos: noun
examples: It was always a tough match between the Weegies and the Edinbuggers but, on that occasion, we came out on top and afterwards we went to Glasgow University Union to celebrate our success.
Translations:
alarmingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English alarming
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English alarmingly
From alarming + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more alarmingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most alarmingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an alarming way, frighteningly.
pos: adv
examples: He sneezed alarmingly.
Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
gloss: Causing fear or concern.
pos: adv
examples: Alarmingly, he went into a severe sneezing fit.
The maw-worm could emerge unexpectedly from any orifice, including, most alarmingly, the corner of people's eyes.
gloss: To an extent that causes alarm.
pos: adv
examples: He went into an alarmingly severe sneezing fit.
Translations:
appellate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin appellātus.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In this game of bluff and counter-bluff, the parlementaires calculated that their absence – which entailed much of the country being without an appellate jurisdiction – would force the government to treat for terms.
Translations:
ZIP
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: ZIPs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A zip code.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: For the fifth consecutive year, the 94027 ZIP code (primarily Atherton) led the nation with a median list price of $7.75 million. Two more California ZIPs — both picturesque, coastal communities — made the top 10: 92657 (mostly Newport Coast), at $4.965 million, and 93108 (primarily Santa Barbara), at $4.85 million.
Translations:
wantonness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English wantonnesse, wantonesse, wantounesse, wantownesse, equivalent to wanton + -ness.
Base: wanton
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: wantonnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wantonnesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The ſpirit of vvantonness is, ſure, ſcared out of him: if the devil have him not in fee-ſimple, vvith fine and recovery, he vvill never, I think, in the vvay of vvaſte, attempt us again.
A vvantonneſſe in vvealth, methinks I agree not vvith, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jevvells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains vvhimſied with his vvealth: […]
A Svveet diſorder in the dreſſe / Kindles in cloathes a vvantonneſſe: […]
The desert Pelican had built her nest / In that deep solitude. / And now returned from distant flight / Fraught with the river stream, / Her load of water had disburthened there. / Her young in the refreshing bath / Sported all wantonness; […]
The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness.
gloss: A particular wanton act.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
usually
examples: These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.
Translations:
cella
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: architecture
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cella. Doublet of cell and hall.
Inflected forms:
form: cellae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.
pos: noun
examples: Room by room, Sarrasine advances to the cella of the hermaphrodite god, veiled like Spenser's Venus.
Translations: