yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
ergodic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
literature
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
publishing
sciences
statistics
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).
Base: ergo
Inflected forms:
form: more ergodic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ergodic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
pos: adj
examples: “The real world is not ergodic,” he says. “If I jump out of the window, that's it–it's not, like, a mistake I will learn from.”
gloss: Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
pos: adj
examples: Therefore this chapter moves into two directions, cybertextually expanding (and reorganizing) the field of architextuality, and specifying the ergodic variety within it.
Antonyms: nonergodic
Derived words: ergodically
ergodic hypothesis
ergodicity
ergodic theory
microergodic
nonergodic
Translations:
fulgurite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin fulgur + -ite.
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: fulgurites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Glass formed by a lightning strike melting sand or other material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
Cheetos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: A brand name, presumably from cheese, with an ending matching other brands of Frito-Lay Inc. (Doritos, Fritos, Tostitos), from Spanish frito (“fried”).
Inflected forms:
form: Cheeto
pos: noun
tags: singular
Senses:
gloss: A snack made from pieces of crunchy, cheese-flavored extruded cornmeal, originally from the US, now distributed globally.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-normally
Translations:
drear
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening of dreary.
Inflected forms:
form: drearer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: drearest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Dreary.
pos: adj
tags: literary
poetic
examples: Earth raised up her head
From the darkness dread and drear,
I spoke, perplexed by something in the signs
Of desolation I had seen and heard
In this drear pilgrimage to ruined shrines:
And over all, the dead silence of the dead, the sense of utter loneliness, and the brooding spirit of the Past! How beautiful it was, and yet how drear! We did not dare to speak aloud.
Now dreary dawns the eastern light,
And fall of eve is drear, [...]
Translations:
cellulitis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin cellulitis. By surface analysis, cellule + -itis. Doublet of cellulite. First attested in the 1840s.
Inflected forms:
form: cellulitides
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cellulitises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An inflammation of subcutaneous or connective tissue caused by a bacterial infection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
folksinger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From folk + singer.
Compound parts: folk
singer
Inflected forms:
form: folksingers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: folk singer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who sings folk songs.
pos: noun
Translations:
follow-the-leader
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: games
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A children's game in which each person in a line replicates the actions of the one in front.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
wax-colour
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: wax-color
pos: noun
tags: alternative
US
Senses:
gloss: The yellowish colour of wax.
pos: noun
tags: UK
uncountable
Translations:
civically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English civic
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English civically
From civic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
form: more civically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most civically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a civic manner
pos: adv
Translations:
stupe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Shortening of stupid.
Inflected forms:
form: stupes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: stupes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stuping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: stuped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: stuped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe!
George put the phone back on the hook in a hurry, his face burning.
She doesn't know it's you, stupe. There's six parties on the line!
gloss: To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
pos: verb
examples: stupe it at least thrice a Day
Translations:
mochi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi).
Inflected forms:
form: mochis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mochi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice) […]
And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop.
One of the most popular ways to eat mochi is in the sweet packages known as daifuku: The dough is stretched around a filling of red bean paste, or creams in flavors like green tea, chocolate or strawberries.
Translations:
maniacal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétorder.
Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai
Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek μανίᾱ (maníā)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós)
Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós)bor.
Late Latin maniacuslbor.
French maniaquebor.
English maniac
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 maniacal
From maniac + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more maniacal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most maniacal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Like a maniac; insane; frenzied.
pos: adj
examples: In other cases of moral alienation there will be found to have been more or less congenital moral defect, with maniacal exacerbations of positive moral insanity occurring perhaps at puberty, perhaps at the menstrual periods, perhaps after severe disappointment.
He suddenly exploded into about three seconds of maniacal laughter and stopped again.
Translations:
manageability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Latin manus
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Latin -izāre
Vulgar Latin *manizāre
Old Italian maneggiareder.?
Old French manegebor.
Middle English *manage
English manage
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English manageability
From manage + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: manageabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being manageable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
muteness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English mute
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
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 muteness
From mute + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: mutenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mutenesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being mute.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Jamike came with a certain muteness, as if something had silenced him.
Translations:
mustiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English musty
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 mustiness
From musty + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: mustinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being musty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But during those two years for some reason or other the house had fallen into premature and rapid decay. With a very few months an air of mustiness began to hang over the once palatial residence of the rich foreign financier.
Translations:
muddiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English muddy
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 muddiness
From muddy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: muddinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being muddy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
mushiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English mushy
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 mushiness
From mushy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being mushy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I chose it by default: The mushiness seemed less offensive than the near unchewability of the other three. All the cooked meat was overcooked, making judgments difficult if not impossible. The veal chops should have been trimmed of fat. Excess fat put off most tasters. Some tasters got end pieces of the scaloppine and were unhappier than tasters with thicker middle cuts. My Provimi scaloppine was so overcooked it tasted like shredded cardboard.
Translations:
musky
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English musk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English musky
From musk + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: muskier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: muskiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: muskies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Resembling or characteristic of musk, especially in scent.
pos: adj
examples: “You got to do something about your yard.” “My yard? We've been over this, Wayne. Why would I allow a seasonal skunk orgy on my land, huh? They ruined my papasan chair with their musky lovemaking. No, no no. These skunks are your problem, Wayne.”
gloss: muskellunge
pos: noun
Translations:
oversimplified
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English simplified
English oversimplified
From over- + simplified.
Inflected forms:
form: more oversimplified
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most oversimplified
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having been simplified to the point where important information is not conveyed.
pos: adj
Translations:
oversimplify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English simplify
English oversimplify
From over- + simplify.
Inflected forms:
form: oversimplifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: oversimplifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: oversimplified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: oversimplified
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
pos: verb
examples: But the report stresses that this comparison, based purely on the total transport performed, oversimplifies the picture. The kinds of work performed by rail and rail transport are not identical.
Translations:
unblushing
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English blushing
English unblushing
From un- + blushing.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: not blushing
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: shameless
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unconfined
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English confined
English unconfined
From un- + confined.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not confined; free from physical restraint.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
penannular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin paene (“almost”) + annular.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Forming an almost complete ring, but with a break or opening.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
concentrator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
firearms
government
military
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
telecommunications
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: Etymology tree
English concentrate
English -or
English concentrator
From concentrate + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: concentrators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who concentrates.
pos: noun
examples: Experienced classroom teachers are well acquainted with the attention-seeker, the shy girl, the aggressive boy, the poor concentrator, the slow student […]
gloss: A hub.
pos: noun
gloss: An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
pos: noun
gloss: A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
pos: noun
Derived words: haemoconcentrator
hemoconcentrator
microconcentrator
preconcentrator
superconcentrator
Translations:
fluvial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fluviālis, from fluvius (“a stream”) + -ālis, from the root of fluere (“to flow”).
Base: fluvius
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: ...that's where I remember the vertigo, surrendering to that vertigo when I came inside you, a liberating surrender, a total bravery, and may forces unknown to me decide, impulses, fluvial wills, cells, creatures, the fauna of the mystery, an orange dinosaur in a toy store.
Translations:
pitchman
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From pitch + man.
Compound parts: pitch
man
Inflected forms:
form: pitchmen
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A salesman, especially one who aggressively markets wares from a street stall, or a carnival or side show act.
pos: noun
examples: The pitchman swept his cane in a slow acceleration over the heads of the crowd and then suddenly pointed the silver cap toward Billy and the shill.
Translations:
lienholder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: law
Etymology: From lien + holder.
Compound parts: lien
holder
Inflected forms:
form: lienholders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Used in instances of title of property (such as a vehicle) to refer to the person who has right of property, as opposed to the party that merely has right of possession. The party that only has right of possession is referred to as a registered owner, and in the event the registered owner fails to pay off the lien according to the agreed-to terms, the lienholder has the right to invoke repossession of the property (vehicle).
pos: noun
Translations:
flapdoodle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: flapdoodles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flamdoodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: flap-doodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: flap doodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: doodleflap
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: flipdoodle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: flapdoodles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flapdoodling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flapdoodled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flapdoodled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: flamdoodle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: flap-doodle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: flap doodle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: doodleflap
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: flipdoodle
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Nonsense.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: ‘The gentleman has eaten no small quantity of flapdoodle in his lifetime.’ ‘What’s that, O’Brien?’ replied I. ‘Why, Peter,’ rejoined he, ‘it’s the stuff they feed fools on.’
Fiddlesticks and flapdoodle
Why, with my sternest critic's pencil in my hand, its lead as black as my heart, did I not write the word “flapdoodle” in the margin at that point?
It is not worth falling into dispute over such a flapdoodle of a vestimentary matter.
gloss: Thingamabob.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Then there was the noble but unseen army of perspiring heroes who wrestled with furniture and wings and other flapdoodles behind the curtain.
What other playwright would dare populate his plays with space aliens, dancing plates and spoons, vampires, girl huns, mystic furballs and bodacious flapdoodles?
Suppose you invent a flapdoodle. The flapdoodle can be any color, but your "preferred" flapdoodle is colored red.
gloss: A speaker or writer of nonsense.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Here, So-and-so ”—to some one on whose countenance a faint gleam of comprehension was discernible—“ tell these flapdoodles of the ages what I mean.”
As for the others, no one cares a brass farthing what Olcott and his "flapdoodles" may do or say.
gloss: To con; to deceive with nonsense.
pos: verb
examples: Now, however the innocents may be flapdoodled by such jugglery the guilties remain undeceived.
Whilst acknowledging the accolade and honour, I wasn't happy and 'flapdoodled' to try and get out of it.
This Vok, or Cole, undoubtedly flapdoodled the witnesses into thinking he was skinny then flipped open his false hump and let the demoniacal pixie out to do its fell business.
Derived words: flapdoodler
flapdoodlery
Translations:
precautionary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English precaution
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English precautionary
From precaution + -ary.
Inflected forms:
form: more precautionary
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most precautionary
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
pos: adj
examples: The port cities were quarantined as a precautionary measure, though no cases of the disease had been found.
Fearing attack on the northern ports by the English, he even took precautionary measures by strengthening the defense of Shan-hai-kuan 山海關 and Ch‘in-huang-tao 秦皇島.
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, issued a statement in support of the raids and signed a proclamation Friday to activate the National Guard as a precautionary measure “in anticipation of anti-ICE protests” this weekend.
Translations:
befalling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English bifallinge, equivalent to befall + -ing. Cognate with Dutch bevalling (“delivery, labour”), Swedish befallning (“command, behest, charge”).
Base: befall
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: befallings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
pos: noun
Translations:
throbber
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From throb + -er.
In sense 1, after version 1.0 of the Netscape web browser, which used an animation of its logo (a big blue N) expanding and contracting, as in a throb.
Base: throb
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: throbbers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A widget consisting of a static image that animates during execution of a task.
pos: noun
gloss: An erect penis.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard!
She could feel his throbber pressing into her womanhood.
gloss: A term of abuse.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: "A d14? Are you mad? Why not just use a pack of cards Gorman you throbber?"
'Fuck. I didn't know that. I'll throw you a few coins when I see you under the bridge.'
'Cheers Royal, you throbber. That's if I even make it back. The taxi rides between Amman and Baghdad last time were ... entertaining. Not really looking forward to it all again next week. Baghdad had its moments an' all.'
Translations:
disproportion
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
▲
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English proportion
English disproportion
From dis- + proportion.
Inflected forms:
form: disproportions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: disproportions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disproportioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disproportioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disproportioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical […] that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face.
Then we, the social outsiders, turn around and dictate how men shall treat women (seldom, if ever, how women shall treat men; power in men's rather than women's hands being the excuse offered for this lop-sided arrangement), and how whites shall treat blacks (the same disproportion exists here too).
the disproportion of the length of a building to its height
gloss: Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the disproportion of strength or means to an object
gloss: To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part.
a degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory
Derived words: cephalopelvic disproportion
disproportionation
Translations:
grandsire
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
Etymology: From Middle English graunsire; compare grand and sire.
Inflected forms:
form: grandsires
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Grandfather.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]"
gloss: Any male ancestor.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of a number of methods of change-ringing on bells.
pos: noun
gloss: The sire of a sire, paternal grandfather
pos: noun
Translations:
unpopularity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + popularity or unpopular + -ity.
Base: popularity
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: unpopularities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property or degree of being unpopular, or the absence or lack of popularity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was built at the Salt River works of the South African Railways in 1926 to the design of Oscar Hulse, and was placed on Cape Town suburban service in 1927, but was soon withdrawn because of its unpopularity.
A Maryland Democrat proposed a long-shot bill to impose term limits on Supreme Court judges in the latest reform effort to capitalize on the high court’s historic unpopularity across the political spectrum.
Antonyms: popularity
Translations:
bootup
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English boot updeverb.
English bootup
Deverbal from boot up.
Inflected forms:
form: bootups
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of booting up.
pos: noun
Translations:
piratical
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
Etymology: From Latin pīrāticus + -al, from Ancient Greek πειρᾱτικός (peirātikós); equivalent to pirate + -ical.
Base: pīrāticus
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more piratical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most piratical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: piratic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or similar to pirates.
pos: adj
examples: A nursery-maid is never afraid of what you people call work,
So I made up my mind to go as a kind of piratical maid-of-all-work;
He looks piratical, with his beard and long hair and single pearl earring, or like a jumble-sale 17th century nobleman.
gloss: Of a bird, practising kleptoparasitism.
pos: adj
Derived words: biopiratical
piratically
unpiratical
Translations:
disunion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French désunion.
Inflected forms:
form: disunions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Separation (disintegration) of a union; lack of union where union would be desirable.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Hunger, cold, and mortification, the disunion of families; the separation of those the most fondly attached; youth bowed by premature toil; age wasting the little strength yet remaining:—these are the familiar objects which surround poverty.
Translations:
probationer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: Etymology tree
English probation
English -er
English probationer
From probation + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: probationers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who is on probation.
pos: noun
gloss: One who is licensed to preach, but not ordained to a pastorate.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
gloss: A chorister in their training period before full admission to a choir, whether or not that period is probationary.
pos: noun
tags: UK
Derived words: probationership
Translations:
hatchway
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From hatch + way.
Compound parts: hatch
way
Inflected forms:
form: hatchways
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door.
pos: noun
examples: Up through the great hatchways rimmed with racks of heavy shot, the watch below came pouring […]
Full-depth, hinged doors are provided on each side of the engine and generator housing, and hatchways are fitted in the roof over the engine.
Translations:
demoniac
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English demoniak et al., from Old French demoniaque, from Late Latin daemoniacus.
Inflected forms:
form: more demoniac
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most demoniac
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: daemoniac
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: dæmoniac
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: demoniacs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: daemoniac
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dæmoniac
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Possessed or controlled by a demon.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
pos: adj
examples: How dark may be the hiding of God's face,
Or what demoniac forms may seize the helm
Of reason...
Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests from the gulfs of hell.
There was movement everywhere, screaming, demoniac activity; the old man was coming across the tumbling logs.
gloss: Someone who is possessed by a demon.
pos: noun
examples: The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
Derived words: cacodemoniac
demoniacism
Translations:
repayment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From repay + -ment, also equivalent to re- + payment.
Base: repay
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: repayments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of repaying.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The money or other item that is repaid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of revenge, an act of revenge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
Synonyms: payback
Derived words: nonrepayment
repayment mortgage
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: изплащане
roman: izplaštane
lang: Finnish
word: maksaminen
lang: Finnish
word: korvaaminen
lang: Finnish
word: takaisinmaksu
lang: Irish
word: aisíocaíocht
lang: Irish
word: aisíoc
lang: Māori
word: whakautunga
lang: Māori
word: whakautunga moni
lang: Russian
word: вы́плата
roman: výplata
lang: Spanish
word: repago
lang: Spanish
word: repagamento
lang: Welsh
word: ad-dalu
lang: Welsh
word: ad-daliad
discoverable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Etymology tree
English discover
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 discoverable
From discover + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more discoverable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most discoverable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be discovered.
pos: adj
gloss: Subject to legal discovery; able to be requested by an opposing party through a legal process such as a subpoena.
pos: adj
Derived words: discoverably
indiscoverable
Translations:
metaphysician
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English methafisicien, from methafisik on the model of fisicien or perhaps from rare and late Old French methafisicien.
Inflected forms:
form: metaphysicians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics.
pos: noun
examples: Thomas Aquinas was a notable metaphysician.
Professor Jones is an eminent metaphysician; she has produced more than one hundred refereed publications concerning metaphysics.
Now it so happened that Francis was Mrs. Clarke's favourite: whether from having seen the least of him, or from the great difference between them—two common causes of liking—or because she felt some sort of vanity in her near relationship to so very fine a gentleman, are points too curious to be decided by any but a metaphysician.
PROPOSITION IV.
In 1928 Heidegger succeeded Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.
Translations:
chod
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Short for chodder.
Inflected forms:
form: chods
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fat person.
pos: noun
tags: Geordie
Translations:
munching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English munch
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English munching
From munch + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: munchings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The sound of one who munches.
pos: noun
Derived words: butt-munching
carpet munching
Translations:
bumping
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Inflected forms:
form: more bumping
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most bumping
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bumpings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Rocking, excellent, great.
pos: adj
tags: informal
gloss: The sound or action of a bump.
pos: noun
examples: There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house.
gloss: The violent boiling when a homogeneous liquid is superheated to the point that the bubbles are formed at pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and be expelled from the container
pos: noun
tags: physical
Derived words: antibumping
anti-bumping granule
bumpingly
bumping off
donut bumping
fist bumping
mast bumping
Translations:
twittering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: twitterings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of producing chirping sounds, or twitters.
pos: noun
examples: Once there, he blushingly went through the procedure, having to fold and refold the flag about three times, to the twitterings and gigglings of twelve little girls.
Translations:
warbling
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: warblings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sound that warbles.
pos: noun
examples: the warblings of birds in the hedgerows
the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes
The Game of Thrones novels were best sellers without fleshed-out Dothraki; the languages in Star Wars, one of the most successful franchises ever, are mostly gibberish, even if Han Solo claims to understand Chewbacca’s bestial warbling.
Translations:
hooted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more hooted
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most hooted
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Drunk.
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: “You ladies call me once you're done getting all hooted up,” Jensen said as we stepped out.
“Jen,” his sister said. “Ladies do not get hooted.”
Translations:
steadying
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more steadying
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most steadying
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: steadyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That steadies, stabilizes.
pos: adj
gloss: The process of making something steady; stabilization.
pos: noun
Translations:
gagged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more gagged
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most gagged
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Astonished; stunned.
pos: adj
tags: slang
Translations:
pouting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pout
English -ing
English pouting
From pout + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: poutings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An expression or motion that pouts; a pout.
pos: noun
examples: The muscles about the mouth exhibited puckering movements and occasional pursings and poutings of the lips.
Translations:
unsuccessfully
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From unsuccessful + -ly or un- + successfully.
Base: unsuccessful
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more unsuccessfully
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most unsuccessfully
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not successfully; without success; to no avail.
pos: adv
examples: Thereafter the route of the original line was followed to the harbour, beyond which an extension, a third of a mile long, led to the salt pans and a newly constructed inn, the "Stafford Arms", where Lady Stafford tried unsuccessfully to educate the locals to drink beer instead of a strong whisky.
He’s like more successful but equally morally abhorrent right-wing undercover operative James O’Keefe’s non-union Mexican equivalent, a dunce whose one move involves incompetently attempting to frame figures of seemingly unimpeachable moral integrity, like Robert Mueller or good old Mayor Pete, as deviant sex criminals like Wohl’s God Donald Trump by unsuccessfully trying to get people to come forward with bogus sexual assault allegations.
Antonyms: successfully
Translations:
follow-through
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English follow throughdeverb.
English follow-through
Deverbal from follow through.
Inflected forms:
form: follow-throughs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: followthrough
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The continuance or completion of a project.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Trump's follow-through on his threat of steep tariffs - which were long speculated to be a negotiation tactic to get concessions on border security - have bewildered Canadians, who have enjoyed close economic, social and security ties to the US for decades.
gloss: The continued action of a stroke, or of the delivery of a ball, after it has been hit or released.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: follow-up
followup
Translations:
follow-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
medicine
sciences
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English follow updeverb.
English follow-up
Deverbal from follow up.
Inflected forms:
form: follow-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: followup
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
pos: noun
examples: A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year.
gloss: A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
gloss: A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.
pos: noun
examples: It could have been much worse for City before the break, but goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Jamie Mackie's long-range shot and Helguson's headed follow-up - although the latter was offside - before Bothroyd hit the post with another header.
gloss: The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
pos: noun
Translations:
foot-dragging
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From foot + dragging, from drag one’s feet, referring to the idea of walking while dragging one’s feet along the ground, either from lack of enthusiasm or to intentionally slow down movement.
Compound parts: foot
dragging
Inflected forms:
form: foot-draggings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The deliberate delaying of, or reluctance to take, obligatory action.
pos: noun
tags: also
attributive
uncountable
usually
examples: I am glad to be able to say that common honesty, or some shadowy simulacrum of it, revived presently and sent me back to the hotel, though not without terrible foot-draggings, you may be sure.
The tactics of pace-setting, foot-dragging, least resistance or fence-sitting could be used either in the making of policy or, later, in its implementation, reflecting types of adaptation[…].
Once in the classroom, students also employed foot-dragging strategies to slow the transition from the hall state to the student state.
A Beijing diplomat complained China is "fed up with the footdragging" of Burma's strongman, General Than Shwe, and his inner circle, one of the cables, released by WikiLeaks, reported.
Given that (English) politicians are noted for foot-dragging on electrification schemes, will they use these new locomotives simply as an excuse to defer more electrification schemes?
Translations:
incrassate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects, or the leaves of the houseleek.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
foot-pound
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Inflected forms:
form: foot-pounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: foot⋅pound-force, a unit of work, energy, or torque.
pos: noun
tags: abbreviation
proscribed
examples: If the F.R. ever expands its administration to include a statistician, his figure for net foot-pounds of elbow grease per trailing ton-mile are going to look quite impressive.
Translations:
footrace
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From foot + race.
Compound parts: foot
race
Inflected forms:
form: footraces
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: footraces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: footracing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: footraced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: footraced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A race run on foot.
pos: noun
gloss: To race on foot.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: [T]he Moslems footraced around the Kaba three times at top speed, to demonstrate to the observant Koreish that they were in excellent physical condition; […]
As we footraced back to the fort, I saw the lieutenant standing on top the walls watching this string of grown-up children flying along the path pursued by their barking and excited dogs.
During Friday’s television spectacular C'onrad, Kerwin and Weitz footraced around the walls of their silo-like cabin in what they called the “Skylab 500,” effortlessly performing flips and handsprings.
gloss: To race (someone or something) on foot.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I could almost feel the clear spool when the game turned, headed along the beach, and I footraced him for line, and won.
Next Representative McCarthy promises to footrace a Manhattan bus to prove that transportation is snarled.
And they footraced the orienteering champion of Sweden in a sampling of a new sport.
Translations:
Kango
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Originally a trademarked name, now sometimes used for any type of jackhammer regardless of manufacturer.
Inflected forms:
form: Kangos
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A jackhammer.
pos: noun
Translations:
numbed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more numbed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most numbed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
pos: adj
tags: no-gloss
Translations:
averaged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: replaced by an average value
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unhitched
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more unhitched
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most unhitched
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Unattached.
pos: adj
gloss: Unmarried; single.
pos: adj
Translations:
mowing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English mowynge; equivalent to mow + -ing.
Base: mow
Affixes: -ing
Inflected forms:
form: mowings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The activity by which something is mown.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One gallon costs about $220, covers an acre and lasts through about two mowings.
gloss: Land from which grass is cut.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The grass clippings resulting from mowing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
examples: You may advantageously use the mowings of the lawn as linings to the bed each time the lawn is mown.
Derived words: lawnmowing
Translations:
unreleased
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English released
English unreleased
From un- + released.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not released.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Fans were soon sharing the band's unreleased songs on the Internet.
The school run by self-discipline and repression is a whited sepulcher festering with unreleased sexuality.
In 2022, hackers leaked unreleased footage from its next iteration of GTA.
gloss: Of a stop consonant, remaining occluded when spoken.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Phonetically, in Malay, initial /t/ and /p/ are never aspirated; only /p, b, t, d, k, g/ occur as final stops and are usually unreleased and unaspirated[.]
Translations:
restring
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English string
English restring
From re- + string.
Inflected forms:
form: restrings
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: restringing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: restrung
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: restrung
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To string again; to replace old strings with new strings.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to restring a tennis racket
The balance of the day and evening was filled with preparation for a great hunt—spears were overhauled, quivers were replenished, bows were restrung; and all the while the village witch doctor passed through the busy throngs disposing of various charms and amulets designed to protect the possessor from hurt, or bring him good fortune in the morrow’s hunt.
Translations:
redial
Part of speech: verb
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English dial
English redial
From re- + dial.
Inflected forms:
form: redials
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: redialing
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: redialling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: redialed
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: redialed
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: redialled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: redialled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: To dial again
pos: verb
gloss: Of or concerning a redia
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations: