yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
satay
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Tamil சதை (catai)bor.
Javanese ꦱꦠꦺ (saté)bor.
Malay sateder.
English satay
From Malay sate (“satay”), ultimately from Tamil சதை (catai). Doublet of sosatie and shacha.
Inflected forms:
form: satays
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: satai
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: saté
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: sateh
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A dish made from small pieces of meat or fish grilled on a skewer and served with a spicy peanut sauce, originating from Indonesia and Malaysia.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Crabbe bought sateh for all: tiny knobs and wedges of fire-hot meat on wooden skewers, to be dipped in a lukewarm sauce of fire and eaten with slivers of sweet potato and cucumber.
Translations:
reticulum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
cooking
food
lifestyle
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rēticulum (“net”). Doublet of reticle, reticule, and Reticulum.
Inflected forms:
form: reticula
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reticulums
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
pos: noun
gloss: A pattern of interconnected objects.
pos: noun
gloss: The second compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant.
pos: noun
examples: As the young ruminant consumes forages, the reticulum, and particularly the rumen, develop rapidly.
gloss: The tripe made from the second compartment of the stomach of a cow (or other ruminant).
pos: noun
Related words: reticle
reticular
reticulate
reticulated
reticulation
reticule
Reticulum
Derived words: pseudoreticulum
reticulitis
reticuloid
reticulon
rough endoplasmic reticulum
ruminoreticulum
sarcoplasmic reticulum
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
Translations:
doings
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: deeds, achievements
pos: noun
gloss: social events
pos: noun
gloss: sewage.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
dated
vulgar
Translations:
cookery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
Base: cook
Affixes: -ery
Inflected forms:
form: cookeries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Henry was not very good at cookery and most of his meals ended up burned.
together with excellent directions for cookery, as also for preserving, conserving, candying, &c.
gloss: A delicacy; a dainty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: I've got a bit of cookery that will astonish him — my marinated pheasants' poults a la braise imperiale.
gloss: Cooking tools or apparatus.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: She directed the servants, inspected both the cookery and arrangements of the table, held council with an old steward...
...and would not be just dead weight, as on the trail it could conveniently be filled with the cookery and other odds and ends...
gloss: A place where cooking is done.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: Mr. Weller produced upon the little dining-table, a roast leg of mutton and an enormous meat-pie, with sundry dishes of vegetables, and pots of porter, which stood upon the chairs or the sofa bedstead, or where they could, everybody felt disposed to do justice to the meal, notwithstanding that the meat had been purchased, and dressed, and the pie made, and baked, at the prison cookery hard by.
Derived words: cookery book
Translations:
xeriscape
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From 1980s Xeriscape, a term coined (and trademarked) by Denver Water. From xeri- + -scape.
Affixes: xeri-
-scape
Inflected forms:
form: xeriscapes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: xeriscapes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: xeriscaping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: xeriscaped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: xeriscaped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.
pos: noun
examples: Randy looks up over the Impala and the retaining wall and the ice-clogged xeriscape above that and into the lobby of Waterhouse House, where Amy Shaftoe has her feet up on a coffee table and is looking through some of the extremely sad Cayuse-related literature that Randy bought for Avi.
But Frank Fairbanks, a retired public administrator, had to sheepishly acknowledge that he had grass. “Unfortunately, like many of our central Phoenix neighbors, we have a green lawn which consumes more water than xeriscape,” he told the paper.
Small, shrubby yuccas give your landscape a characteristic Southwest flavor. Their size adapts them to limited areas, such as patio and pool gardens or corner plantings. The blade-like leaves add variety to a cactus or xeriscape garden. Small yuccas make ideal accent plants, and when they send up their stalk of flowers, they become the center of attention.
gloss: To landscape in a water-friendly manner.
pos: verb
Translations:
southbound
Part of speech: adv
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *sunþ
Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂w-én-s
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros
Proto-Germanic *sunþraz
▲
Proto-Germanic *sunþraz
Proto-Germanic *sunþrą
Proto-West Germanic *sunþr
Old English sūþ
Middle English south
English south
English -bound
English southbound
From south + -bound.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Toward the south.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The truck raced southbound, then careened into the ditch.
gloss: Which is (or will be) travelling south.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We took the southbound train to Barcelona.
Translations:
snook
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”).
Inflected forms:
form: snooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: snoek
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: snooks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snooking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: snooked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: snooked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: snoek
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
pos: noun
gloss: A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
pos: noun
gloss: To fish for snook.
pos: verb
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: robalo
lang: Paraujano
word: looro
senility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English senile
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English senility
From senile + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: senilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sinility
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age: Synonym of senescence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Near-synonym: second childhood
gloss: The losing of memory and reason due to senescence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
gloss: An elderly, senile person.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
examples: There was no need for George Playford to talk as if they were doddering senilities.
Related words: senile
Derived words: presenility
Translations:
scummy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scum
English -y
English scummy
From scum + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: scummier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: scummiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Covered in scum.
pos: adj
examples: We have to wash your trousers: they're all scummy.
Now that the sun was getting high it drew thin sickly looking clouds of poisonous vapour from the surface of the marsh and from the scummy pools of stagnant water.
gloss: sleazy, worthless, no good
pos: adj
tags: slang
examples: And what a scummy man / just give him half a chance / I bet he'll rob you if he can.
Derived words: scummy mummy
scuzzy
Translations:
rulebook
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rule
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English rulebook
From rule + book.
Inflected forms:
form: rulebooks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rule book
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: rule-book
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A book containing a set of rules.
pos: noun
examples: In our rapidly changing business environment, rulebooks swiftly become redundant, and businesses must rely on their senior executives to be confident in their decisions.
The main tool Rogue-likes bring to creating interesting gameplay through randomness is algorithmic complexity far beyond that provided by a few 1D100 tables in the back of the D&D rulebook.
The ATP rulebook defines unsportsmanlike conduct as “any misconduct by a player that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the success of a tournament, ATP and/or the sport” and carries a fine of up to $20,000.
Translations:
zamindar
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار.
Inflected forms:
form: zamindars
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zemindar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: zumeendar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Zumeendar
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
pos: noun
tags: South-Asia
historical
examples: 1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120,
In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family.
An Oxford avatar of the old zamindar mentality―a landlord forcing his attentions on women who depended on him for their livelihood.
Indian princes, zamindars and industrialists engaged him as their counsel and paid him whatever he asked for as fees.
Thus it happened that the approach of the Ibis was witnessed by Raja Neel Rattan Halder, the zemindar of Raskhali, who was on board the palatial barge with his eight-year-old son and a sizeable retune of attendants.
The power of the zamindars, who were mainly Brahmin or Rajput, was challenged in a series of peasant movements between 1919 and 1921, when Charan Singh was in his late teens.
Translations:
rasta
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Short for Rastafarian or Rastafari.
Inflected forms:
form: rastas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Rastafarian
pos: noun
tags: informal
Related words: rasta roko
Derived words: rasta hat
Translations:
oxycodone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
English oxy
English (hydr)oxy
English cod(eine)
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English -one
English oxycodone
From (hydr)oxy + cod(eine) + -one.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An addictive, semisynthetic opioid (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in effect and structure; C₁₈H₂₁NO₄.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: They ingest Ambien, Seroquel, LSD, Adderall, Oxycodone, cocaine, Flexeril, Percocet, psilocybin mushrooms and codeine.
Translations:
jupe
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: IRC
Etymology: From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.
Inflected forms:
form: jupes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: jupes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: juping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: juped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: juped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A style of skirt.
pos: noun
gloss: A style of short jacket, usually for a woman or child.
pos: noun
gloss: To block a server (from joining the network) or a nickname or channel (from being used).
pos: verb
tags: Internet
Related words: jupe panel
Translations:
chemise
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French chemise, from Old French chemise, from Late Latin camisa, camisia ("shirt, undergarment, nightgown"; whence Old English cemes (“shirt”)), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi (“shirt”) (whence Old English hemeþe, Old High German hemidi, modern German Hemd (“shirt”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“cover, clothes”).
Cognate also with Saterland Frisian Hoamd (“shirt”), Dutch hemd (“shirt”), Old English ham (“undergarment”), hama (“covering, dress, garment”). See also shimmy, from a dialectal variant. More at hame.
Inflected forms:
form: chemises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
pos: noun
gloss: A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
pos: noun
gloss: A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.
pos: noun
Related words: camis
shimmy
Derived words: chemiloon
chemise cagoule
chemised
chemise lifter
chemisette
Translations:
homosex
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
sexuality
Etymology: From homo- + sex. Attested since the 20th century.
Base: sex
Affixes: homo-
Inflected forms:
form: homosexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Homosexual sexual intercourse.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Homosexual appetites, tastes, and fantasies, one is reminded while listening to Elliot, appear to be every bit as various as heterosexual ones, with the range of homosex—running from an almost Platonic love to sadistic lust—being no less wide than that of heterosex.
"I don't know what they take me for, or how old they think their kids are. But I had to promise to watch you all 100% of the time to make sure there would be - and I quote - 'no sex or homosex'. Because I guess that's a word now."
Translations:
Rastafarian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *raʔš-
Amharic ራስ (ras)
Amharic ተፈሪ (täfäri)
English Rastafari
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Rastafarian
From Rastafari + -an.
Inflected forms:
form: Rastafarians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An adherent of Rastafarianism.
pos: noun
gloss: Of or relating to Rastafarianism or its adherents.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
commensurately
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English commensurate
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English commensurately
From commensurate + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more commensurately
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most commensurately
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate.
pos: adv
examples: Admiral Kurita has no identification charts for escort carriers, and so, assumes that the distant targets are fleet carriers. Commensurately, by scale, their escorts must either be battleships or cruisers. The Japanese forces therefore continue to load armor-piercing rounds, what will turn out to be a very fortuitous mistake for their targets for as long as it lasts.
One thing heterofatalism reflects is a persistent lack of faith that those we desire will be able to recognize us as commensurately human.
gloss: With equal measure or extent.
pos: adv
Translations:
nympho
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Clipping of nymphomaniac.
Inflected forms:
form: nymphos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nymphoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A nymphomaniac.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
informal
Translations:
nachos
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943: Nacho's Especiales.
Inflected forms:
form: nacho
pos: noun
tags: singular
Senses:
gloss: A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
pos: noun
tags: plural
plural-normally
Translations:
mont
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French mont.
Inflected forms:
form: monts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: mount; mountain.
pos: noun
Translations:
misspent
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Spent in a bad way, squandered
pos: adj
examples: He had a misspent youth.
Translations:
miscarry
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English miscarien. By surface analysis, mis- + carry.
Inflected forms:
form: miscarries
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: miscarrying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: miscarried
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: miscarried
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
gloss: To go astray; to do something wrong.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
gloss: To have a miscarriage; to involuntarily abort a foetus.
pos: verb
gloss: To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.).
pos: verb
examples: So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]
Pluto observing, since the Peace,
The Burial Article decrease;
And, vext to see Affairs miscarry,
Declar'd in Council, Death must marry […]
gloss: Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient.
pos: verb
examples: Sir Nathaniel, this Biron is one of the votaries with the king; and here he hath framed a letter to a sequent of the stranger queen's, which accidentally, or by the way of progression, hath miscarried.
It likewise alluded to several letters, which, as it appeared to me, must have miscarried or have been intercepted,[…].
Since the luckless Friday morning he had neither been seen nor heard of; day after day, Adeline had trusted to receive a letter, but in those times posts were slow and uncertain, messengers and couriers were often employed instead; and the hope might reasonably be clung to of a letter having miscarried.
Derived words: miscarriage
Translations:
kissable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kw(e)s-der.
Proto-Germanic *kussaz
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *kussijaną
Proto-West Germanic *kussijan
Old English cyssan
Middle English kissen
English kiss
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 kissable
From kiss + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more kissable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most kissable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being kissed.
pos: adj
gloss: Attractive, so as to invite kissing.
pos: adj
examples: She's got such a kissable face.
Us girls, we are so magical / Soft skin, red lips, so kissable / Hard to resist, so touchable / Too good to deny it / Ain't no big deal, it's innocent
Derived words: kissableness
kissably
unkissable
Translations:
moisturizer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English moisturize
English -er
English moisturizer
From moisturize + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: moisturizers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moisturiser
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something that causes moisture or a condition of wetness; something that makes things moist.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The oil acts as a moisturizer to the wood.
gloss: Moisturising cream, emollient.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
copperhead
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From copper + head.
Compound parts: copper
head
Inflected forms:
form: copperheads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of certain of snakes having a copper-colored head in three families within suborder Serpentes.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone with ginger hair.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
Translations:
bullion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: arts
crafts
glassblowing
hobbies
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaps from French bouillon, extending the sense to that of ‘melting’. Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”) seems to have come from the unrelated French billon.
Inflected forms:
form: bullions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: If the mint kept back one per cent, to pay the expense of coinage, it would be against the interest of the holders of bullion to have it coined, until the coin was more valuable than the bullion by at least that fraction.
gloss: Base or uncurrent coin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: And those which eld's strict doom did disallow, / And damn for bullion, go for current now.
gloss: Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: To beholde how it was garnysshyd and bounde, […]
The claspis and bullyons were worth a thousande pounde; […]
gloss: A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: The hair was plaited with bullion and red riband, and then wound round the head, something after the fashion of a turban, save that it entirely displayed the forehead.
gloss: The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: billet
billon
bouillon
Derived words: bullionaire
bullioned
bullionism
bullionist
bullionize
bullionless
doré bullion
gold bullion
Translations:
whist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).
Inflected forms:
form: whists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A session of playing this card game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: Whist in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Derived words: bid whist
bridge whist
Chinese whist
domino whist
dummy whist
German whist
honeymoon whist
long whist
Minnesota whist
Norwegian whist
Russian whist
Scotch whist
Scots whist
short whist
solo whist
Translations:
snowcone
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From snow + cone.
Compound parts: snow
cone
Inflected forms:
form: snowcones
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A frozen dessert consisting of crushed ice and colored fruit flavoring, usually served in a cone or a cup.
pos: noun
Translations:
shortbread
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.?
Proto-Germanic *skertaną
Proto-Germanic *skurtaz
Proto-West Germanic *skurt
Old English sċort
Middle English schort
English short
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.?
Proto-Germanic *braudą
Proto-West Germanic *braud
Old English brēad
Middle English bred
English bread
English shortbread
From short (“brittle, of pastry”) + bread.
Inflected forms:
form: shortbreads
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
rambler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ramble
English -er
English rambler
From ramble + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: ramblers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A recreational walker, a hiker.
pos: noun
examples: The Category B listing for this footbridge is well-warranted - just ask any rambler who has enjoyed it as an industrial jewel in the above-the-River-Teviot portion of Border Abbeys Way.
gloss: A drifter, a vagabond
pos: noun
tags: US
poetic
gloss: One who rambles.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of rambling rose.
pos: noun
gloss: A ranch-style house.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: I like being mother and wife. We've lived in a rambler in West Valley City, Utah for three years.
Related words: ramble
rambling
Derived words: rambler gate
rambler rose
Translations:
Oktoberfest
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
Proto-Italic *oktō
Latin octō
Latin Octōberlbor.
Middle High German octōber
German Oktober
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder.
Proto-Italic *θēstos
Proto-Italic *fēstosder.
Latin fēstus
Latin festumder.
Middle High German fëst
German Fest
German Oktoberfestbor.
English Oktoberfest
Borrowed from German Oktoberfest.
Inflected forms:
form: Oktoberfests
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Octoberfest
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long benches.
pos: noun
examples: These Oktoberfests always resulted in bitter physical complaints, (“My liver is swelled to the thickness of seven inches, and I have spiders in my urine”), but they served for him the same peculiar function that all-night country-club gin parties were serving elsewhere.
Joe Rogers writes that he and Jean are headed for Germany and are quite pleased with the prospect. They must have heard about these Oktoberfests.
This includes interpreters for many of the world’s languages and 50 dirndl-clad waitresses versed in the intricacies of serving at Munich Oktoberfests.
Translations:
Monophysite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Medieval Latin monophysita, from Byzantine Greek μονοφυσίτης (monophusítēs), from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).
Inflected forms:
form: Monophysites
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: monophysite
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A member of a Christian sect which held that Jesus Christ has one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian view that Christ has two natures, both fully man and fully God, and is co-eternal and co-substantial with the Father.
pos: noun
gloss: A member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
Translations:
Nestorianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Etymology tree
English Nestorian
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English Nestorianism
From Nestorian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: Nestorianisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Christological doctrine ascribed to Nestorius, condemned as heretical by the Council of Ephesus but later also ascribed to the Church of the East, holding that within Christ there are two distinct hypostases, divine and human.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The beliefs and practices of the Church of the East.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
derogatory
sometimes
uncountable
Related words: Nestorian
Arianism
hypostatic union
monophysitism
Translations:
crosier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English; originally referring to the staff bearer, from a merger of Old French words crocier (“bearer of a cross”) and croisier (“one who bears or has to do with a cross”), ultimately from Latin crux (“cross”).
Inflected forms:
form: crosiers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: crozier
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
pos: noun
examples: […]the lives of the Latin clergy were more corrupt, and the Eastern bishops might pass for the successors of the apostles, if they were compared with the lordly prelates, who wielded by turns the crosier, the sceptre, and the sword.
“Nay, most gracious sovereign,” answered the Hermit, (well known to the curious in penny-histories of Robin Hood, by the name of Friar Tuck,) “it is not the crosier I fear, but the sceptre. […]”
[…]the plastic tube hanging from his nose was attached to an upturned bottle on a tall stand on wheels that he pushed along beside him like a bishop pushing his crosier.
gloss: A young fern frond, before it has unrolled.
pos: noun
Derived words: belt of the crozier
crosiered
Translations:
cruet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cruet, diminutive of Old French crue (“an earthen pot”), from Old Saxon krūka.
Inflected forms:
form: cruets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: crewet
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as oil, vinegar, salt, or pepper, for use at a dining table.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: shaker (sometimes synonymous)
"By Jupiter there's vinegar!" I heard him say to his friend, after he had stood on tiptoe an immense time, and had been crushed and beaten on all sides. "And there's oil!! I saw them distinctly, in cruets! Can any gentleman, in front there, see mustard on the table? Sir, will you oblige me! Do you see a Mustard-Pot?"
The sideboard was covered with glistening old plate—old cups, both gold and silver; old salvers and cruet-stands, like Rundell and Bridge's shop.
Mrs. Hussey soon appeared, with a mustard-pot in one hand and a vinegar-cruet in the other, having just broken away from the occupation of attending to the castors, and scolding her little black boy meantime.
It must always be done at night, so that Jurgis could go along; and even if it were only a pepper cruet, or half a dozen glasses for ten cents, that was enough for an expedition.
gloss: A stand for these containers.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: He[…]even had a second slice of lamb, for he was hungry. During the meal, as was his custom, he read from a book propped up against the cruet.
gloss: A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.
pos: noun
Derived words: cruet set
Translations:
incomprehension
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English comprehension
English incomprehension
From in- + comprehension.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension.
(...) and the wearied worker, borne at evening through crowded undergrounds, might read his name with a listless incomprehension.
Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an expression of derisive incomprehension.
The aide gave the old men in Ward Two their medicine, and they joked with her. Shevek watched with dull incomprehension.
1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
As a guest lecturer in Nelson's class, Miller ran through his ideas for a Xanadu-like software system. Afterward, he was approached by one of the students, Stuart Greene. Miller asked Greene what the reaction to his ideas had been. Not so good, Greene informed him. As always, the class had listened in dumb incomprehension. They seldom understood what Nelson was talking about […]
Antonyms: comprehension
Translations:
forint
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, the former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.
Inflected forms:
form: forints
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér.
pos: noun
examples: Better yet, there were no cover charges, and we didn’t bother to order drinks in half the spots. So, despite having a Slovak beer and shots of both the traditional Hungarian fruit spirit palinka and the bittersweet digestif Unicum, the entire evening cost 2,000 forints, under $10.
Translations:
hostname
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From host + name.
Compound parts: host
name
Inflected forms:
form: hostnames
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The unique name by which any device attached to a computer network is known.
pos: noun
gloss: A computer or other network device's Internet domain name; a fully qualified hostname.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
gloss: The portion of a computer's Internet domain name that comes before the first period; an unqualified hostname.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
Related words: domain name
Internet address
IP address
TLD
URL
Translations:
shamble
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
mining
Etymology: From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).
Inflected forms:
form: shambles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: shambling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: shambled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: shambled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: shambles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.
pos: verb
examples: I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.
The old black, not in any very high glee at having been previously roused from his warm hammock at a most unseasonable hour, came shambling along from his galley, for, like many old blacks, there was something the matter with his knee-pans, which he did not keep well scoured like his other pans; [...]
gloss: One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
pos: noun
Translations:
manat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Azerbaijani manat and Turkmen manat, both from Russian моне́та (monéta), from Polish moneta, from Latin monēta. Doublet of money and mint.
Inflected forms:
form: manats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: manat
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qapik.
pos: noun
examples: While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]
gloss: The basic unit of currency for Turkmenistan; subdivided into 100 tennesi.
pos: noun
Translations:
tenge
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Kazakh теңге (teñge).
Inflected forms:
form: tenges
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tenge
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The basic monetary unit of Kazakhstan; subdivided into tiyin.
pos: noun
Translations:
somoni
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Tajik сомонӣ (somoni), after Ismail Samani.
Inflected forms:
form: somonis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: somoni
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The official currency of Tajikistan, equal to 100 dirams.
pos: noun
Translations:
typed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Typewritten.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a typed document
gloss: Having a specific data type.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A typed variable can only store one kind of data.
gloss: In which variables are typed.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Scheme is a typed language.
Antonyms: untyped
Translations:
rupiah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Indonesian rupiah, in turn Borrowed from Pali rūpiya (“silver”), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “a silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rufiyaa.
Inflected forms:
form: rupiah
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rupiahs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The unit of currency in Indonesia.
pos: noun
examples: In Cerme, the “three pillars” gives those caught not wearing a mask the option of accepting a fine of 150,000 rupiah ($10) or accepting what the government calls “social punishment,” according to the district’s leader, Suyono.
Translations:
baht
Part of speech: noun
adv
prep
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat), from Pali pāda (quarter of a larger valued coin), ultimately from Sanskrit पाद (quarter).
Inflected forms:
form: baht
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bahts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bat
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.
pos: noun
gloss: Without.
pos: adv
tags: Yorkshire
not-comparable
examples: c. 1850s–70s, On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at (song)
Thear's boan-idle nowbles, baht hahses an' lands, 'at al walk on a carpeted path, an' nivver do nowt wi' ther lily-white hands bud lift uther fowk's jock to ther maath.
Hah's a growing lad to thrive baht jock?
Jud put'em i' his poke baht sayingk owt. "Nay, mon!" ses Jock, "tha winnat goo hwon baht gieingk me th' brass for th' pattens, wilt a? Thah'rt welly drunk!"
"Ho'd thi din," cried Dave Berry, thickly. "Ther's noise enew baht thy blether.
gloss: About.
pos: prep
tags: Yorkshire
Translations:
riyal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Arabic رِيَال (riyāl). Doublet of ariary, real, regal, and royal.
Inflected forms:
form: riyals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
pos: noun
gloss: The official currency of Saudi Arabia, divided into 100 halalas.
pos: noun
Related words: rial
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: رِيَال
roman: riyāl
lang: Armenian
word: ռիալ
roman: ṙial
lang: Asturian
word: rial
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 里亞爾 /里亚尔
roman: lǐyà'ěr
lang: Dhivehi
word: ރިޔާލު
roman: riyālu
lang: Dutch
word: rial
lang: Finnish
word: rial
lang: Georgian
word: რიალი
roman: riali
lang: Greek
word: ριάλ
roman: riál
lang: Hindi
word: रियाल
roman: riyāl
lang: Japanese
word: リヤル
roman: riyaru
lang: Korean
word: 리얄
roman: riyal
lang: Malay
word: riyal
lang: Māori
word: riwa
lang: Marathi
word: रियाल
roman: riyāl
lang: Navajo
word: wiyal
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: rijal
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: rijal
lang: Persian
word: ریال
roman: riyâl
lang: Russian
word: рия́л
roman: rijál
lang: Russian
word: риа́л
roman: riál
lang: Swahili
word: riali
lang: Turkish
word: riyal
lang: Uyghur
word: رىيال
roman: riyal
amaretto
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Italian amaretto, from amaro (“bitter”) (from Latin amarus) + diminutive suffix -etto.
Inflected forms:
form: amarettos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: amaretti
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Amaretto makes a fine digestive.
gloss: A serving of that liqueur.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Gino has an amaretto on the porch after every elaborate meal.
gloss: A light Italian cookie made with almonds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: amaretto sour
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: горчив бадемов ликьор
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 意大利苦杏酒
roman: Yìdàlì kǔxìngjiǔ
lang: Czech
word: amaretto
lang: Dutch
word: amaretto
lang: Finnish
word: amaretto
lang: French
word: amaretto
lang: German
word: Amaretto
lang: Greek
word: αμαρέτο
roman: amaréto
lang: Italian
word: amaretto
lang: Japanese
word: アマレット
roman: amaretto
lang: Portuguese
word: amaretto
lang: Portuguese
word: amareto
lang: Russian
word: амаре́тто
roman: amarétto
lang: Spanish
word: amaretto
lang: Yiddish
word: אַמאַרעטאָ
roman: amareto
amaro
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Italian amarobor.
English amaro
Borrowed from Italian amaro.
Inflected forms:
form: amari
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: amaros
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of Italian herbal liqueur.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.
In addition, there's a full bar, with some excellent specialty cocktails and a good list of grappa, amari and dessert wines.
There are two dozen cocktails and shots, from whiskey punches to tiki-style drinks. (The three-rum old-fashioned should be a summertime classic.) There's a hearty focus on the bitter Italian aperitifs known as amaros.
“Yeah, okay,” we smirked. But we crafted elaborate, absurd concoctions. We layered amaros and ports in medicine vials.
Translations:
whaleboat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From whale + boat.
Compound parts: whale
boat
Inflected forms:
form: whaleboats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A long narrow rowing boat, formerly used in whaling, which is pointed at both ends so that it can move either forwards or backwards equally well.
pos: noun
examples: Before we had gone fifty yards we perceived that all hopes of getting further up the stream in the whale-boat were at an end, for not two hundred yards above where we had stopped were a succession of shallows and mudbanks, with not six inches of water over them.
gloss: A boat resembling this and carried on a warship or other ship.
pos: noun
Translations:
sweetened
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sweeten
English -ed
English sweetened
From sweeten + -ed.
Inflected forms:
form: more sweetened
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sweetened
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: made to taste sweet
pos: adj
gloss: containing sweetener
pos: adj
gloss: made more appealing or more attractive with incentives
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
Derived words: oversweetened
presweetened
unsweetened
Translations:
whicker
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: whickers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: whickers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: whickering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: whickered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: whickered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The soft neigh made by a horse.
pos: noun
gloss: Of a horse, to neigh softly, to make a breathy whinny.
pos: verb
Translations:
backfill
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: archaeology
games
gaming
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
English fill
English backfill
From back + fill.
Inflected forms:
form: backfills
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: backfilling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: backfilled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: backfilled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: back-fill
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: backfills
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: back-fill
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To refill a hole with the material dug out of it.
pos: verb
examples: Clay excavated for the new river channel has been used to backfill the old watercourse, while embankment vegetation was also moved from the old channel to the new in order to preserve a habitat for the rare Four Spotted Moths that live there.
gloss: To refill an excavation unit to restore the former ground surface and/or to preserve the unit and make it recognizable as having been excavated.
pos: verb
examples: We backfilled the cistern with pea gravel to discourage its use as a refuse container.
gloss: To provide reserve support.
pos: verb
tags: US
gloss: To replenish or restock due to attrition or loss.
pos: verb
tags: US
examples: The company backfilled Joe's position after he was terminated.
gloss: To enter an online game that's already in progress, replacing a player who left early.
pos: verb
gloss: The material that has been used to refill an excavation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Reserve support personnel.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: That which backfills; a replacement.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: Material in a story set earlier in the past, providing history or context for the current action.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: backfill bias
Translations:
borehole
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bore + hole.
Compound parts: bore
hole
Inflected forms:
form: boreholes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: boreholes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boreholing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boreholed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boreholed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: well
The state of the groundwater is monitored at various boreholes in the area.
Extensive borehole information and tendered contract prices make these cost estimates much more plausible than earlier estimates.
gloss: Any other hole that has been bored into something.
pos: noun
examples: There were little boreholes in the oak beam, indicating that insects had once taken some interest in it.
gloss: To bore a hole of this kind (in).
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
Related words: borer
boring
Translations: