yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
grizzly
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
mining
Etymology: Etymology tree
English grizzle
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English grizzly
From grizzle + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: grizzlies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A grizzly bear.
pos: noun
examples: Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
gloss: A grating used to sieve stones by size, so as to keep stones out of the sluices (in hydraulic mining) or to control stone size in the feed to the ore crusher.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
dialectal
Derived words: grolar
mama grizzly
pizzly
prizzly
Translations:
adaptability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
▲
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
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 adaptable
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
▲
English adapt
▲
Latin -ābilis
▲
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English adaptability
From adaptable + -ity or adapt + -ability.
Base: adaptable
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: adaptabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But the real test of my adaptability came senior year, when I became chapter president of DKA.
gloss: Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.
Related words: adapt
adaptable
adaptableness
adaptably
adaptation
adaptational
adaptative
adaptatively
adaptativeness
adaptedness
adapter
adaption
adaptional
adaptitude
adaptive
adaptively
adaptly
adaptness
adaptorial
Derived words: maladaptability
pathoadaptability
unadaptability
Translations:
extinguished
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more extinguished
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most extinguished
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been quenched or eliminated.
pos: adj
examples: The cowboys buried their trash next to the extinguished fire.
Translations:
adaptative
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more adaptative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most adaptative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.
pos: adj
Translations:
phenom
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor.
Late Latin phaenomenonder.
English phenomenonclip.
English phenom
Clipping of phenomenon (“remarkable occurrence”). American English, c. 1890s.
Inflected forms:
form: phenoms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone or something that is phenomenal, especially a promising young player in sports like baseball, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf.
pos: noun
examples: Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).
It is the first all-teen final since 1999 – when neither was born – which saw Serena Williams, 17, beat an 18-year-old Martina Hingis. Teen phenoms were relatively commonplace back then, especially on the women’s side, occasionally on the men’s.
Co-founder Peng Zhihui first rose to fame as a teenage social media phenom, gaining millions of followers by showcasing complex DIY tech projects, such as self-balancing robots, a miniature TV, and a self-driving bicycle.
gloss: One who is hip and fashionable.
pos: noun
examples: Jones is a pop-culture phenom whose bold antics, outlandish personality, and dazzling looks defied all norms.
Related words: child prodigy
Translations:
adaptively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
▲
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English adaptive
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 adaptively
From adaptive + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more adaptively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most adaptively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
pos: adv
Translations:
adaptiveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin apiō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
▲
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin aptō
Latin adaptōder.
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English adaptive
Proto-Germanic *-in-
▲
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English adaptiveness
From adaptive + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: adaptivenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Near-synonyms: adaptability, adaptableness
With female adaptiveness she fell in with his humour, and looked at the world through his eyes.
Translations:
agreeableness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English agreeable
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English agreeableness
From agreeable + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: agreeablenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Resemblance; concordance; harmony.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A personality trait characterized by the adjectives kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm and considerate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
aptness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English apt
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English aptness
From apt + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: aptnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A regular supply of coking slack is sent from Durham to the Scunthorpe area, in view of its special aptness for steelmaking processes, [...].
gloss: Disposition of the mind; propensity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the aptness of men to follow example
gloss: Speed or readiness in learning; docility.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others.
gloss: Proneness; tendency.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the aptness of iron to rust
Translations:
proneness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English prone
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English proneness
From prone + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: pronenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The proneness of animals is opposed to the erect posture of human beings.
gloss: The state of lying with the face down.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Descent; declivity.
pos: noun
tags: dated
uncountable
usually
examples: the proneness of a hill
gloss: Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: proneness to self-gratification
Related words: error-proneness
Translations:
alane
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Italic *-mn̥
Latin -men
Latin alūmen
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -umder.
English -ium
English aluminium
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānusder.
English -ane
English alane
From aluminium + -ane.
Inflected forms:
form: alanes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Aluminium hydride, AlH₃.
pos: noun
gloss: Any organic derivative of this compound.
pos: noun
Derived words: carbaalane
Translations:
flummery
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh llymru (“a sour jelly derived from boiled oatmeal”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to llymrig (“slippery”).
For phonetic development, compare origin of Floyd.
Inflected forms:
form: flummeries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
historical
specifically
uncountable
gloss: Empty or meaningless talk, especially when used to flatter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Pretentious trappings, useless ornaments used to impress.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Deceptive or blustering speech.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1940, Rex Stout, Over My Dead Body
"Pfui! This is flummery!"
This is the twentieth century, for what it’s worth. It’s not the age of reason, or even the nineteenth century, it’s the era of flummery, and the day of the devious approach. Reason’s gone into the backrooms where it works to devise means by which people can be induced to emote in the desired direction.
gloss: An expression of contemptuous disbelief.
pos: intj
Translations:
caboodle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: US slang, mid 19th century, thought to be a corruption of kitboodle, from kit + boodle. "The whole boodle" is attested in the 1830s, and "the whole caboodle" in 1848.
Compound parts: kit
boodle
Inflected forms:
form: caboodles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: kaboodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any large collection of things or people.
pos: noun
tags: informal
Translations:
low-spirited
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more low-spirited
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most low-spirited
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Disheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
pos: adj
Translations:
linkage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
computing
engineering
genetics
government
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
software-compilation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English link
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English linkage
From link + -age.
Inflected forms:
form: linkages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mechanical device that connects things.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A linkage in my car's transmission is broken so I can't shift out of first gear.
gloss: A connection or relation between things or ideas.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Far from ignoring linkages between gays and the poor and working class, I specifically made the point that they are common victims of the bureaucratic revolution.
gloss: The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The property of genes of being inherited together.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
historical
uncountable
Related words: link
linker
link time
Derived words: backward linkage
brand linkage
cross-linkage
delinkage
hyperlinkage
interlinkage
linkage disequilibrium
linkage editor
linkage map
linkage section
mislinkage
multilinkage
oxylinkage
relinkage
Translations:
proto-language
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *próder.
Ancient Greek πρό (pró)
Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos)
Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos)
Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor.
English proto-
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā
Latin dingua
Latin lingua
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Vulgar Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Vulgar Latin -icus
Vulgar Latin -āticus
Vulgar Latin -āticum
Vulgar Latin *linguāticum
Old French languagebor.
Middle English langage
English language
English proto-language
From proto- + language.
Inflected forms:
form: proto-languages
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: protolanguage
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The early utterances produced by an infant before it acquires a true language.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: ur-language
Ursprache
Related words: reconstructed language
Translations:
bimetallic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French bimétallique. Equivalent to bi- + metallic.
Base: metallic
Affixes: bi-
Inflected forms:
form: bimetallics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to the use of gold and silver to create legal currency.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We well suppose that a Minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question.
gloss: More generally, consisting of two metals.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: "We have a special coupler that joins them together to prevent the bi-metallic corrosion you'd get if the stainless steel and the galvanised steel touched each other. […]"
gloss: Anything (especially a nanoparticle) composed of two metals
pos: noun
examples: Although the bimetallics that were tested, i.e., Au NPs supported on Ni, Fe and Cu appeared to be more active than the Au/SiO 2 system, only Cu supported Au NPs gave high conversion (ca. 63%) and selectivity (ca. 70%) to HYNE. Introduction Renewable naturally sourced carbohydrates, amino acids and triglycerides are available in vast quantities in our environment.
Derived words: bimetallic strip
heterobimetallic
Translations:
terroir
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
French terroirbor.
English terroir
Borrowed from French terroir.
Inflected forms:
form: terroirs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The complete set of local conditions in which a particular wine or family of wines is produced, including soil type, weather conditions, topography, and wine-making savoir-faire.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The concept of terroir summarises in a synthetic, effective way the genetic-environmental and human conditions that constitute the foundation for the production of a wine that can convey the above characteristics of naturalness and genuineness (Fig 1.1).
“It's got an ass-load of terroir.” “The fuck do you know, terroir?” “What do you mean?”
Translations:
mycotoxin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greekder.
Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-bor.
English -o-
English myco-
Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós)
Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der.
Latin toxicum
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English toxin
English mycotoxin
From myco- + toxin.
Inflected forms:
form: mycotoxins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.
pos: noun
examples: They damaged his nervous system with a wartime Russian mycotoxin.
Translations:
aflatoxin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
Etymology: From (A)spergillus (fla)vus + toxin.
Inflected forms:
form: aflatoxins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a family of mycotoxins, produced by molds of the Aspergillus genus, that can be toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic or teratogenic; typically found as contaminants of animal food or peanuts.
pos: noun
Translations:
teratogenic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
Etymology: Etymology tree
English terato-
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 -gènebor.
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -genic
English teratogenic
From terato- + -genic.
Inflected forms:
form: more teratogenic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most teratogenic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: teratogenics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
pos: adj
gloss: Causing malformations or defects to an embryo or fetus.
pos: adj
examples: In particular, the impact of the biomaterial used remains to be defined; grafting (biotissue can be introduced via direct cell implantation (cell therapy), biotissue transplantation, or gene therapy); risk of teratogenic effect and of immune reaction (i.e., in the umbilical cord cells the immune risk being weaker); religious and legal issues with respect to the different country regulations.
[…] as well as chemicals (potentially toxic) used in daily routine in research and educational institutes, industries (e.g., carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic) and in household that may confer danger to the living beings if discharged in the umbworld.
gloss: A teratogenic agent.
pos: noun
Synonyms: teratogenetic
Derived words: antiteratogenic
cardioteratogenic
neuroteratogenic
nonteratogenic
teratogenically
teratogenicity
Translations:
semimetal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-bor.
English semi-
Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der.
Latin metallum
Old French metalbor.
Middle English metal
English metal
English semimetal
From semi- + metal.
Inflected forms:
form: semimetals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A solid of which the conduction and valence band overlap slightly in energy.
pos: noun
Translations:
alanyl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English alanine
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
Frenchder.
English -yl
English alanyl
From alanine + -yl.
Inflected forms:
form: alanyls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The univalent acyl radical, CH₃CH(NH₂)CO-, derived from the amino acid alanine.
pos: noun
Translations:
sullenness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sullen
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sullenness
From sullen + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sullennesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being sullen.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: “Marry come up—are you there with your bears?” muttered the dragon, with a draconic sullenness, which was in good keeping with his character, “we had as good have been Romans still, if we are to have no freedom in our pastimes!”
’Twas sunset: when the sun will part
There comes a sullenness of heart
To him who still would look upon
The glory of the summer sun.
The detectives were still wrapped in sullenness, remembering the grieving woman and a lead that had led nowhere.
gloss: The result or product of being sullen.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
Translations:
nina
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the name Nina, taken from the cartoonist Al Hirschfeld's habit of hiding his daughter Nina's name in his drawings.
Inflected forms:
form: ninas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Nina
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
pos: noun
examples: The puzzle itself was fairly easy however there was an elegant nina based on the middle entry (INSIDE STORY) in which each of the across answers hid a synonym of "story", e.g. 5A and 6A were: STABle gendER.
Ninas may or may not be present and, even if one is there, it can go unnoticed because, not being intrinsic to the solution, its presence is not advertised—or because it is so well hidden.
Other “personal” ninas are happier and subtler: birthday wishes to loved ones, which, ultimately, have only one intended reader
Translations:
seax
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English seax (“dagger”). Doublet of sax and zax.
Inflected forms:
form: seaxes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A short Saxon sword.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: The Pugio or Dagger was used by the Romans, a species of that weapon called the Hand Seax was worn by the Saxons, with which they massacred the English on Salisbury Plain in 476.
It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […].
Translations:
korfball
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: Borrowing from Dutch korfbal. Equivalent to corf + ball.
Compound parts: corf
ball
Inflected forms:
form: korfballs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A non-contact unisex team sport originating from the Netherlands, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The ball used in the sport of korfball.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
motocross
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
sports
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French motocross, a macaronic blend of moto, from motocyclette (“motorcycle”) and English cross-country. May be decomposed as moto- + -cross.
Base: moto
Inflected forms:
form: motocrosses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: motorcross
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A form of off-road motorbike racing.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: An event where such racing takes place.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Synonyms: MX
scrambling
Related words: snocross
Derived words: bicycle motocross
bike motocross
BMX
motocrosser
MX
MXGP
sidecarcross
supercross
wheelchair motocross
Translations:
fishhook
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: card-games
games
Etymology: From Middle English fisch-hook, from Old English *fischōc (“fishhook”), equivalent to fish + hook. Cognate with Dutch vishaak (“fishhook”). In the sense of a jack (playing card), refers to the shape of the letter J on the card.
Base: fish
Inflected forms:
form: fishhooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: fish hook
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fish-hook
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: fishhooks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fishhooking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: fishhooked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: fishhooked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: fish hook
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: fish-hook
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
pos: noun
examples: The two basic types of fishhooks are almost equally represented within the site, with composite fishhooks exhibiting only a slightly higher relative frequency than that of bentwoods.
Others sprint off and take position — their jackal ears fully erect, their fishhook tails twitching like flags in a stiff wind.
gloss: A jack (type of playing card).
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: To impale with a fishhook.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To bend back on itself like a fishhook.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: fishhook flea
fishhook theory
Translations:
fishhooks
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A pair of jacks (the playing card)
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
ovulatory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ovul(e)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English ovulate
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -tōriusder.
Middle English -orie
English -ory
English ovulatory
From ovulate + -ory.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: pertaining to ovulation; ovulating
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
intra-vaginal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder.
Latin *interus
Latin intrābor.
English intra-
English vaginal
English intra-vaginal
From intra- + vaginal.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Within the vagina.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
recovering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.
Base: recover
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: recoverings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process or the instance of recovery.
pos: noun
examples: Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being.
Translations:
Limousin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Inflected forms:
form: Limousins
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Limousine
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One of a breed of cattle from this region.
pos: noun
Translations:
trepidatious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From, or as if, trepidate + -ious; see trepidation for more.
Base: trepidate
Affixes: -ious
Inflected forms:
form: more trepidatious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most trepidatious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a state of trepidation; fearful.
pos: adj
examples: Hilda looked up from the papers she had been busy with as he entered -- in fact, made a guilty and trepdatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight, which suggested a weakness entirely foreign to her.
He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.
Factor in Grammer’s outspoken Trumpism, which complicates the legacy of his defining role, and fans may be forgiven for feeling trepidatious.
Translations:
Pape
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortened from Papist.
Inflected forms:
form: Papes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Roman Catholic; a Papist.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Scotland
derogatory
examples: If it was just Papes, if they were going to fight ye, ye would just fight them back.
Translations:
confectionary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: confectionary wares
gloss: Prepared as a confection.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
Translations:
humdinger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: US origin, perhaps a blend of hummer (“something that moves fast”) + dinger (“something outstanding”). First attested in a newspaper article in the Daily Enterprise of June 4, 1883, at Livingston, Montana.
Compound parts: hummer
dinger
Inflected forms:
form: humdingers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger.
“—immense. I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.” “Superman?” Clevinger cried. “Superman?” “Supraman,” Yossarian corrected.
“I’ve seen some humdingers, but never any ordinance like this,” said Mark Hayes, general counsel for the Arkansas Municipal League, an organization for towns and cities.
Translations:
priorities
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: priorities
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight.
pos: intj
tags: informal
examples: The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities.
So you decided to buy a fancy teacup instead of paying rent? Well, I mean... priorities.
Translations:
irrevocably
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English irrevocable
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 irrevocably
From irrevocable + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more irrevocably
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most irrevocably
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: irrevokably
pos: adv
tags: alternative
uncommon
Senses:
gloss: In an irrevocable manner; in a manner which prevents the ability to be reverted, repealed, or undone.
pos: adv
examples: Two distinct cases must be noted: (1) rights of the beneficiary who has been named revocably, that is, with the insured retaining the right to change the beneficiary designation; and (2) rights of the beneficiary who has been named irrevocably by the insured.
Translations:
supertall
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English tall
English supertall
From super- + tall.
Inflected forms:
form: more supertall
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most supertall
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: supertalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Extremely tall.
pos: adj
gloss: Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.
pos: adj
examples: Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents. But unlike many other supertall towers that are tiered or taper toward the top, 432 Park is rectangular, making it less aerodynamic.
gloss: A very tall building.
pos: noun
examples: As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace.
gloss: A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall.
pos: noun
examples: What few might have predicted is the cumulative effect that unleashing this scale of development might have. The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.
Related words: megatall
plain tall
tall
Translations:
Maoist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Mao
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 Maoist
From Mao + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: more Maoist
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Maoist
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Maoists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: of, related to, or advocating Maoism
pos: adj
gloss: one who advocates Maoism
pos: noun
examples: After Richard Nixon's visit to Peiping in 1972 and the establishment of "liaison offices" in Washington and Peiping, the Maoists have been stepping up their infiltration and subversive activities in the United States, the sources pointed out.
Translations:
JavaScript
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Java (“a programming language”) + script, although the language is not closely related to Java and was originally to be called LiveScript.
Inflected forms:
form: JavaScripts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Javascript
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: javascript
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A JavaScript script.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: By examining lots of examples, you will learn how to make use of JavaScript in your own Web pages, and through these examples you will learn some new coding practices for writing JavaScripts. […] Thousands of free JavaScripts are already out there on the Web, and before you start writing a script to do anything you are best off looking on some of these sites to see if someone has already done all of the hard work for you.
To use JavaScripts, you need to understand basic HTML and typically have access to a Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser. You do not have to be a programmer to develop and embed useful JavaScripts into your Website! In fact, many Websites offer free JavaScripts that you can just cut and paste into your website.
Access thousands of JavaScripts, complete with tutorials and open discussions with the more than 500,000 registered users at this site.
You don’t need to put JavaScripts inside a page. JavaScripts generally should be placed in an external file — a tag in the Web page “calls” a script that is pulled from another file on the Web server — for various reasons: […]
EVER WEB SITE IS A POTENTIAL RISK. You know the exploits: malware, infected downloads, spyware, fraudulent Web sites, rogue JavaScripts…the list goes on.
Appropriate placement of stylesheets and JavaScripts improves the perceived page load times and prevents browsers getting blocked.
Translations:
reclining
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a reclining armchair
gloss: Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Derived words: nonreclining
reclining board
unreclining
Translations:
Voortrekker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Dutch voor (“advance”) + trekken (“to travel”).
Inflected forms:
form: Voortrekkers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Boer pioneer, who trekked into the hinterland of South Africa during the 1830s.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: The Voortrekkers left the Cape Colony because of dissatisfaction with English rule.
gloss: A member of the Afrikaans scouting movement.
pos: noun
Translations:
redshirt
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Calque of Italian camicia rossa, equivalent to red + shirt. In later senses with reference to the uniforms or outfits worn by such people. The fandom slang sense emerged from the tendency of red-uniformed Starfleet officers to die in episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series.
Base: red
Inflected forms:
form: redshirts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: redshirting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: redshirted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: redshirted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To place an athlete in a status wherein the athlete will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities, but will not lose his or her eligibility to participate in following years.
pos: verb
tags: US
examples: The university decided to redshirt the freshman linebacker to give him an extra year to build up his bulk.
Being asked whether I was going to be redshirted had some status associated with it.
gloss: To take on a status wherein one will spend a year not participating in official athletic activities.
pos: verb
tags: US
examples: Hillman, who had come to Indiana without a scholarship (he now had one) from a Los Angeles suburb, wanted to redshirt so that he would have two years of eligibility left after Alford graduated. Smith didn't want to redshirt, he wanted to play.
gloss: To hold a child out of kindergarten for one year in the hope that the child will do better academically and socially.
pos: verb
tags: US
examples: 1985, March 1, "Some Educators Oppose Redshirting 5-Year-Olds," The Omaha World-Herald
Parents who redshirt their 5-year-olds instead of enrolling them in kindergarten are a concern to some Nebraska educators who are trying to reverse the trend of holding children back until age 6 to start school.
Related words: redskirt
Translations:
innovate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: innovates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: innovating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: innovated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: innovated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […].
From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.
gloss: To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.
gloss: To introduce (something) as new.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to innovate a word or an act
The Russian defense industrial base (DIB) continues to innovate military equipment and weapons for Russian forces to use in Ukraine.
Synonyms: boldly go where no man has gone before
break new ground
innovate
novelize
pioneer
Antonyms: imitate
Related words: innovation
innovative
innovator
innovatory
Derived words: innovent
uninnovated
Translations:
recapture
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: board-games
business
chess
finance
games
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English capture
English recapture
From re- + capture.
Inflected forms:
form: recaptures
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: recaptures
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: recapturing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: recaptured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: recaptured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of capturing again.
pos: noun
examples: The recapture of the escaped prisoner made the news.
gloss: That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
pos: noun
gloss: The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.
pos: noun
gloss: To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.
pos: verb
examples: The warden hoped to recapture the escaped prisoners before they reached the town.
New engine designs permit the vehicle to recapture the kinetic energy lost through braking.
On the other hand, in Eritrea (once our Forces had recaptured Kassala on January 19) the drive was generally eastward towards the capital, Asmara, and the Red Sea port of Massaua.
One specimen of milberti was recaptured after being at liberty for ten years, and it had grown only twenty inches.
Seeking to recapture the laughter of life through correspondence.
Gerrard was replaced by Michael Carrick at the start of the second half and a sloppy passage of play followed in which England struggled to recapture the momentum and rhythm of their earlier work.
gloss: To capture an opponent's piece immediately after it has captured on the same square.
pos: verb
Derived words: recapturable
unrecaptured
Translations:
chickenhawk
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: LGBT
government
politics
Etymology: From chicken + hawk. The political sense is derived from figurative meanings of “coward” and “militant” respectively.
Compound parts: chicken
hawk
Inflected forms:
form: chickenhawks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.
pos: noun
gloss: A draft dodger, especially in the Vietnam War, who nonetheless currently supports United States overseas military engagements.
pos: noun
tags: US
derogatory
gloss: An older, usually more powerful man who preys on adolescent boys for sex.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: For every instance of Saul's good-humoredly putting one over on the criminal justice system […] to free his younger lover from his latest legal trouble, Rogers recounts callous treatment at the hands of the older man. In addition, Sinbad suffers brutal depredations from the city's other chicken hawks.
Translations:
prepay
Part of speech: verb
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 pay
English prepay
From pre- + pay.
Inflected forms:
form: prepays
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: prepaying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: prepaid
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: prepaid
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To pay in advance, or beforehand
pos: verb
examples: to prepay postage
to prepay phone credit
Translations: