yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
mindwipe
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: From mind + wipe.
Compound parts: mind
wipe
Inflected forms:
form: mindwipes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mindwiping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mindwiped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mindwiped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: mindwipes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To erase the memories and personality, while still leaving an intact, living brain and body. This is frequently portrayed as a form of capital punishment, which leaves a viable body into which a different personality or mind can be uploaded.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Whether they were mindwiped upon their return to base, or simply terminated like useless equipment, Deutsch never knew.
In Adventures of Superman #636, Superman told Wonder Woman and Batman about how the League had mindwiped Dr. Light...
gloss: The act of mindwiping.
pos: noun
examples: The mindwipe of Magneto is a necessary action and it is also a wrong one, but it appears to be the only way to save the human population from extinction.
Translations:
cross-lag
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cross-
English lag
English cross-lag
From cross- + lag.
Inflected forms:
form: cross-lags
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The statistical relation between two facts at two different times
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
small-minded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: smaller-minded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more small-minded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: smallest-minded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most small-minded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
pos: adj
examples: Dinwiddie was evidently actuated by the petty pique of a narrow and illiberal mind, impatient of contradiction, even when in error. . . . It may excite a grave smile at the present day to find Washington charged by this very small-minded man with looseness in his way of writing to him.
[C]onsider the case of the solemn articles in praise of the men who own newspapers—men of the type of Cadbury or Harmsworth, men of the type of the small club of millionaires. . . . These few small-minded men publish papers to praise themselves.
That someone given the escape valve of biraciality would choose to be black, would see some beauty in his darker self and still care more about health care and public education than reparations and Confederate flags is just too much for many small-minded racists, both black and white, to comprehend.
Translations:
small-mindedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English small-minded
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 small-mindedness
From small-minded + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being small-minded.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
small-timer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English small time
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English small-timer
From small time + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: small-timers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: smalltimer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who is limited to small, petty or unimportant things.
pos: noun
examples: She hated Ed Feinberg, the sleazy, lying, blood-sucking small-timer. Still he was a man; if he had called her up in the old days, in Seattle, she'd have entertained him.
The small-timers, as he put it, kept their currency in their homes, in safes, in false ceilings, under beds. When necessary, our tax people know where to look. The big-timers, however, use Swiss banks.
“If he's smooth, he don't have to worry too much about the cops, because he's such a small-timer, and when they come around, he cooperates. […]”
Translations:
simple-mindedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English simple-minded
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 simple-mindedness
From simple-minded + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The property of being simple-minded:
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The property of being simple-minded:
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
enzymatically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English enzyme
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
▲
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
?
Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)bor.
English -tic
English -atic
English enzymatic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English -ally
English -ally
English enzymatically
From enzymatic + -ally.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: In terms of, or by using, enzymes.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
cockiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cocky
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 cockiness
From cocky + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being cocky.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
codependency
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English dependency
English codependency
From co- + dependency.
Inflected forms:
form: codependencies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being codependent; codependence
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Something that is codependent
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
cookware
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English cook
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English cookware
From cook + -ware.
Inflected forms:
form: cookwares
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
thwarting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: thwartings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An instance of blocking or obstructing.
pos: noun
examples: […] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.
Translations:
royale
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: royales
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A garnish of a consommé made with unsweetened cooked custard, usually cut into decorative shapes.
pos: noun
Translations:
mistrial
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English trial
English mistrial
From mis- + trial.
Inflected forms:
form: mistrials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.
pos: noun
examples: “We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning,” Blanche said. “There’s no way to unring that bell, in our view.”
Translations:
multimer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From multi- + -mer.
Base: multi
Inflected forms:
form: multimers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A protein consisting of multiple monomers.
pos: noun
Translations:
bunkmate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bunk
English -mate
English bunkmate
From bunk + -mate.
Inflected forms:
form: bunkmates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
pos: noun
gloss: Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
pos: noun
Synonyms: bunkie
Related words: roommate
Translations:
quodlibet
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
arts
card-games
entertainment
games
human-sciences
lifestyle
music
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Latin quod libet (“that which is pleasing”).
Inflected forms:
form: quodlibets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A form of music with melodies in counterpoint.
pos: noun
gloss: A form of trompe l'oeil which realistically renders domestic items (paper-knives, playing-cards, ribbons, etc).
pos: noun
gloss: A card game that combines several different contracts.
pos: noun
gloss: A mode of philosophical debate popular in the Middle Ages, in which any question could be posed extemporaneously.
pos: noun
Related words: quidlibet
quodlibetarian
quodlibetic
quodlibetical
quodlibetically
quodlibetificate
quodlibeting
quodlibetist
Translations:
diphenhydramine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der.
French phéno-
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
French -yle
French phénylebor.
English phenyl
English diphen(yl)
English (benz)hydr(yl)
Egyptian jmnbor.
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacusder.
English ammonia
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ine
English amine
English -amine
English diphenhydramine
From diphen(yl) + (benz)hydr(yl) + -amine.
Inflected forms:
form: diphenhydramines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An antihistamine and anticholinergic drug that blocks the effect of histamine at H₁ receptor sites, relieving allergy symptoms. It also reduces smooth muscle contraction, increases heart rate, and sedates the user by blocking muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Diphenhydramine is a convenient and cheap antihistamine for use, but there are other drugs that do not make the user tired.
Translations:
sidelight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From side + light.
Compound parts: side
light
Inflected forms:
form: sidelight Examples of sidelights
pos: noun
tags: canonical
form: sidelights
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sidelite
pos: noun
tags: alternative
nonstandard
possibly
Senses:
gloss: A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: If it starts getting misty, put your sidelights on.
After dark the train is a lighted snake, as, even when the passengers' lights are out, each carriage has a side-light in the middle just under the eaves.
gloss: A light found at the side of something; especially of a vehicle.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: A window found at one or both sides of a door.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of incidental information that helps one understand a subject.
pos: noun
examples: A book of this type is necessarily mainly factual, but it is diversified by many incidents and sidelights which help to give life to a story now accorded its due place in railway history.
He is well up to form when dealing with passenger stock, notably Victorian and Edwardian and on this and on East Coast motive power he throws many sidelights.
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: sivuvalo
lang: Polish
word: boczne światło
lang: Finnish
word: sivuikkuna
lang: Polish
word: boczne okno
overtired
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Overly tired
pos: adj
examples: "I am a little overtired by my drive, my dear," said he, creeping from the blaze of daylight towards a snug sofa beside the fireplace.
"Today is what day?" I asked.
"It's Monday, Caelum. Monday, the nineteenth."
"Monday. Yeah, that's right. I'm a little disoriented."
"Well, that's understandable. You were travelling all day yesterday. Plus, the time change. And you're probably overtired on top of that."
Translations:
prolactin
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From pro- (from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”)) + lact- (variation of lacto-, from Latin lac (“milk”)) + -in (modification of -ine).
Affixes: pro-
lact-
-in
Inflected forms:
form: prolactins
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Men get a dose of the hormone prolactin after orgasm and this acts as a sedative.
Translations:
bioelectronics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
Latin ēlectrum
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
New Latin ēlectricusbor.
English electric
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti
Proto-Hellenic *éimi
Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der.
English ion
English electron
▲
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
Old English -as
Middle English -es
English -s
English -ics
English electronics
English bioelectronics
From bio- + electronics.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The application of electronics in the field of biology
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The proposed construction of electronic-like circuits from proteins or other biological macromolecules
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Derived words: nanobioelectronics
Translations:
bioleaching
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
English leaching
English bioleaching
From bio- + leaching.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The dissolution of metals from their ores by the use of microorganisms such as bacteria
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
biosensor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.
English bio-
English sensor
English biosensor
From bio- + sensor.
Inflected forms:
form: biosensors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any device that detects, records or transmits physiological data, especially data concerning the presence of chemical compounds (analytes)
pos: noun
examples: Since the early 1980s, considerable research effort has been devoted to the development of fiber optic (FO) biosensors because of their potential sensitivity, detection speed, and adaptability to a wide variety of assay conditions.
gloss: A device that uses biological material (e.g. microorganisms, oligonucleotides, enzymes, antibodies) to detect other biological molecules or chemicals.
pos: noun
examples: Today's biosensor market is dominated by glucose biosensors, mass-produced enzyme-electrodes for the rapid self-diagnosis of blood glucose levels by diabetes sufferers.
Related words: biosensoric
Derived words: microbiosensor
nanobiosensor
Translations:
biotite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Biot + -ite, named by J.F.L. Hausmann in 1847 in honour of the French physicist Jean-Baptiste Biot, who, in 1816, researched the optical properties of mica, discovering many unique properties.
Base: Biot
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: biotites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dark brown mica; it is a mixed aluminosilicate and fluoride of potassium, magnesium and iron.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
labrys
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λάβρυς (lábrus, “axe”), from Lydian 𐤩𐤠𐤡𐤭𐤧𐤳 (lapryš).
Inflected forms:
form: labryes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: labryses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
pos: noun
gloss: A symbol of a double-headed axe used to represent lesbian pride.
pos: noun
examples: She said more Arts Council staff were expressing support by wearing labyrises ^([sic]) and pink triangles.
Synonyms: bipennis
twibill
Translations:
packaged
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having been placed in a package.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
padded
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more padded
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most padded
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having padding.
pos: adj
gloss: Having padding.
pos: adj
Synonyms: gamboised
Derived words: nonpadded
padded bloc
padded cell
padded envelope
padded mailer
paddedness
padded room
underpadded
unpadded
well-padded
Translations:
lang: Esperanto
word: remburita
lang: French
word: rembourré
lang: German
word: gepolstert
lang: German
word: gefüttert
lang: Hungarian
word: párnás
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: polstret
proscribed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more proscribed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most proscribed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Forbidden or prohibited.
pos: adj
Translations:
painstakingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English painstaking
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English painstakingly
From painstaking + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more painstakingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most painstakingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
pos: adv
examples: I wish he had had a dog, just so we could see how painstakingly he would have divided that dog among the family, in his careful business way.
With the help of a friend from Zagreb, he found a map showing the locations of all the monuments and painstakingly sought them out, discovering while doing so that most of the thousands of Spomeniks had been deliberately destroyed.
Figuring out the combinatorial rules is painstakingly difficult work. […] Testing how the combinations go together requires access to a lot of language. If the language is only spoken—with no writing system (which is still the case for the majority of the world’s languages)—this is a difficult task.
Translations:
self-regarding
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English regarding
English self-regarding
From self- + regarding.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: considering oneself and one's own interests before others
pos: adj
examples: [...] all adults seemed to her subjects for laughter, so self-regarding, so pretentious.
Translations:
beetle-browed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more beetle-browed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most beetle-browed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Making an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.
pos: adj
tags: British
English
especially
examples: Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey!
gloss: Having thick, large, or projecting eyebrows.
pos: adj
Related words: beetle brow
Translations:
pug-nosed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more pug-nosed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pug-nosed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having a pug nose; with a short nose which is flattened and whose tip is turned up.
pos: adj
Translations:
pampered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more pampered
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pampered
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Treated with excessive attention and care; spoiled or overindulged.
pos: adj
Translations:
panicky
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English panic
English -y
English panicky
From panic + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: more panicky
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most panicky
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a state of panic.
pos: adj
examples: At six feet the panicky thought rushed into my mind, What if he will not run? Why, then I shall club him, came the answer. In my fear I had forgotten that I was there to get the bull instead of to make him run. And just then he gave a snort and a snarl and rushed at me.
Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky.
Translations:
parading
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: paradings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of one who parades.
pos: noun
examples: There was no more venomously hated man in the day than Cornbury, who answered protests against monopolies and restricted roads with paradings in women's apparel on the ramparts of the fort he called home.
Translations:
yan
Part of speech: num
det
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Along with ane and yen, a Cumbrian and Northumbrian form of one, from the Old English ān. An example is "yan, twee, tree, fower" for "one, two, three, four".
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: One.
pos: num
tags: Cumbria
Northumbria
gloss: Synonym of yonder
pos: det
tags: Appalachia
Translations:
parenthetically
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English parenthetical
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English parenthetically
From parenthetical + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more parenthetically
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most parenthetically
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: As an aside, incidentally.
pos: adv
examples: «Just as we passed that other lamp I was going to tell you a further thing, Sal, but now I am parenthetically continuing with a new thought and by the time we reach the next I’ll return to the original subject, agreed?»
gloss: Using parentheses.
pos: adv
Synonyms: apropos
beside the point
btdubs
by the by
by the way
en passant
impertinently
in passing
incidentally
irrelevantly
parenthetically
Antonyms: pertinently
Derived words: interparenthetically
Translations:
participator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: participators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: one who participates, a participant
pos: noun
Translations:
partitioned
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having partitions.
pos: adj
Translations:
partitioning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: partitionings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or result of dividing into partitions; an arrangement of partitions.
pos: noun
Translations:
partying
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: partyings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The practice of attending social entertainment gatherings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: one continuous round of convivial partyings
Translations:
casal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English case
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 casal
From case + -al.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to a case.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a casal ending
casal affix
casal terminatiion
Translations:
homeomorphism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
topology
Etymology: From homeo- + -morphism.
Base: homeo
Inflected forms:
form: homeomorphisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: homoeomorphism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: homœomorphism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: a continuous bijection from one topological space to another, with continuous inverse.
pos: noun
gloss: a similarity in the crystal structure of unrelated compounds
pos: noun
Related words: diffeomorphism
Derived words: autohomeomorphism
self-homeomorphism
Translations:
sell-off
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sell offdeverb.
English sell-off
Deverbal from sell off.
Inflected forms:
form: sell-offs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: selloff
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The large-scale selling of goods or financial assets (e.g., real estate, equipment, stocks, bonds, subsidiaries).
pos: noun
Translations:
shutout
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English shut outdeverb.
English shutout
Deverbal from shut out.
Inflected forms:
form: shutouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working.
pos: noun
examples: A shutout is a reverse strike: the union complained and the workers wanted to work, but management was opposed.
gloss: A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless.
pos: noun
examples: The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.
Synonyms: zilch
Related words: clean sheet
shutdown
shutoff
Derived words: SO
Translations:
showpiece
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From show + piece.
Compound parts: show
piece
Inflected forms:
form: showpieces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something that exhibits exceptional quality, something worth being shown.
pos: noun
examples: Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.
gloss: Something made specifically to be displayed.
pos: noun
Translations:
showplace
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From show + place.
Compound parts: show
place
Inflected forms:
form: showplaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A building or estate shown for its beauty or noteworthiness.
pos: noun
examples: The manager showed him over the vaults and strong-rooms, explaining the various precautions taken to render the guile or force of man impotent: […] "The Safe" was a showplace and its directors held that no harm could come of displaying a strong hand.
gloss: A location kept for display only.
pos: noun
Translations:
one-size-fits-all
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of a garment, designed to be worn with comfort by people with a wide range of sizes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Suitable for a wide range of tastes, opinions, situations, etc.
pos: adj
tags: derogatory
figuratively
not-comparable
often
examples: Long before popular music evolved its many genres and subgenres, the industry was driven by a simple one-size-fits-all philosophy uncomplicated by impassioned debates over the origins of trip hop or the difference between deatchore and screamo.
What about overcrowding?
[…] DfT admits that there is no one-size-fits-all approach and that individual operators are best placed to implement locally based safety plans.
As with other tourist lines, actual peak demand is from mid-morning to late afternoon - 'off peak' in conventional fares jargon. This can (and does) result in overcrowding at off-peak times and near empty trains at 'peak' hours. National one-size-fits-all simply does not apply on the S&C.
Related words: cookie-cutter
silver bullet
Translations:
poison-ivy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From poison + ivy.
Compound parts: poison
ivy
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A woody vine plant in the family Anacardiaceae (Toxicodendron radicans or Rhus toxicodendron), well-known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant that causes an itching rash for most people.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
toxicodendron
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From the genus name.
Inflected forms:
form: toxicodendrons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the plants in the genus Toxicodendron, including poison ivy, poison oak, etc.
pos: noun
examples: Those from the various toxicodendrons are similar or identical to one another, irrespective of species, and are referred to as urushiol or laccol, depending on chemical structure.
Translations:
farouche
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French farouche.
Inflected forms:
form: more farouche
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most farouche
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Sullen or recalcitrant.
pos: adj
Translations:
to-do
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From to + do, formed on analogy with ado. Compare affair.
Compound parts: to
do
Inflected forms:
form: to-dos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: todo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A fuss made over something.
pos: noun
examples: I was embarrassed that they made such a big to-do out of my birthday.
Last year, Russell Brand caused another to-do. This time he wasn’t playing nasty jokes on Andrew Sachs, or boasting about the millions of people he’d slept with; he wasn’t calling George Bush a “retard”, or giving a Nazi salute at the GQ awards, or turning up to work dressed as Osama bin Laden […] No, this time he simply made a political statement.
gloss: A task that has been noted as one that must be completed, especially on a list.
pos: noun
examples: My to-do list has been growing longer every day.
I have so many to-dos, I don't know where to start.
Translations:
needlessly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English needless
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English needlessly
From needless + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more needlessly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most needlessly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a needless manner.
pos: adv
gloss: To a degree or extent beyond what is needed.
pos: adv
examples: He was always needlessly anxious about his dog.
At present that convenience is still needlessly expensive in Great Britain, and a scandalously stupid business conflict between telephone company and post-office delays, complicates, and makes costly and exasperating all trunk communications; but even under these disadvantages the thing is becoming a factor in the life of ordinary villadom.
gloss: Without need.
pos: adv
examples: He worried needlessly about his dog.
Synonyms: unnecessarily
Translations:
purism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From French purisme. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: purisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An example of purist language etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: purist
puristic
Derived words: hyperpurism
neo-purism
ultrapurism
Translations:
purist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French puriste. By surface analysis, pur(e) + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: purists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An advocate of purism.
pos: noun
examples: One of the difficulties that plague conversations about industrial music is that the genre has come to include (to the chagrin and outright denial of some purists) anything from gentle synthesized droning to metal-inspired riffage.
Translations:
primality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English primal
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English primality
From primal + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: primalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The condition of being prime.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The condition of being a prime number.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Derived words: biprimality
coprimality
primality certificate
primality test
primality testing
semiprimality
Translations:
a-hole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: a-holes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ahole
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: A-hole
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Minced oath of asshole /arsehole.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
offensive
vulgar
examples: “Once again, Karen Alpert has done it. This book is equal parts hilarious, heartwarming, and helpful! Karen's parenting style and advice are relatable for anyone trying their best not to raise little a-holes into bigger a-holes.”
Translations:
blueness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From blue + -ness.
Base: blue
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: bluenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or characteristic of being blue in color.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In an atlas, too, the land is man's, and all coloured to show his claim to it — in vivid contrast to the universal independent blueness of the sea.
gloss: Melancholy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
bloodthirstiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bloodthirsty
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 bloodthirstiness
From bloodthirsty + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bloodthirstyness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bloodthirsty.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
backwardness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English backward
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 backwardness
From backward + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: backwardnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being backward.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Reluctance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
bagginess
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English baggy
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 bagginess
From baggy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bagginesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being baggy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
blamelessness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English blameless
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 blamelessness
From blameless + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blameless.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Despite these words of caution regarding the famous dictum in Weaver v. Ward, the language still leaves us with the impression that a showing of complete blamelessness could serve to exonerate the hapless gunhandler who inadvertently injured another.
Translations:
blameworthiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English blameworthy
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 blameworthiness
From blameworthy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blameworthy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
blandness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bland
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 blandness
From bland + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: blandnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: These temporary apprehensions, so vague but so awful, derived a wondrous potency from the contrasting serenity of the weather, in which, beneath all its blue blandness, some thought there lurked a devilish charm, as for days and days we voyaged along, through seas so wearily, lonesomely mild, that all space, in repugnance to our vengeful errand, seemed vacating itself of life before our urn-like prow.
gloss: The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state, quality, or characteristic of being bland.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But generally, these summits have been real snoozers, producing statements of such vague blandness that they make G-20 resolutions read like Harry Potter page-turners.
Translations:
blankness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English blank
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 blankness
From blank + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: blanknesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blank.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "What is that?" demanded Carrados sharply. "Do you mean that?"
"Mean what?" she asked, with the blankness of one who has lost the thread of her own thoughts.
Translations:
bleakness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bleak
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 bleakness
From bleak + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bleaknesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bleak.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.
And there are few better ways to enjoy the rugged bleakness of the fells than from a nice warm train, especially when the weather's constantly changing as the day slips away.
Translations:
blissfulness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English blisfulnesse, equivalent to blissful + -ness.
Base: blissful
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: blissfulnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being blissful.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Oh! My God! The girl had been captured in the blissfulness of being a bride. Look at her!
Translations:
bleary
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English blery, equivalent to blear + -y. Compare Old English bleriġ (“bald”).
Base: blear
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: blearier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: bleariest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: exhausted, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
bleary eyes
"One of them can see you, and one of them can see an empty hallway." Reynders narrowed her bleary eyes — she wasn't wearing her glasses, for some reason — as though momentarily uncertain which sight she was seeing. She apparently decided in favour of their motley group. "I'm the one who can see you. The one who can see you can talk to you. The one who can't talk to you can see you too, sometimes, but she doesn't want to because she knows you're not there. Where she is."
Translations:
bawdiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bawdy
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 bawdiness
From bawdy + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bawdinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic or state of being bawdy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: [A] Frenchman, viewing the undraped statues which bedizen his native galleries of art, either enjoys them in a purely æsthetic fashion—which is seldom possible save when he is in liquor—or confesses frankly that he doesn't like them at all; whereas the visiting Americano is so powerfully shocked and fascinated by them that one finds him, the same evening, in places where no respectable man ought to go. All art, to this fellow, must have a certain bawdiness, or he cannot abide it.
gloss: A bawdy remark.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Translations:
brazenness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brazen
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 brazenness
From brazen + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: brazennesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being brazen.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
braveness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brave
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 braveness
From brave + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: bravenesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being brave.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
brashness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English brash
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 brashness
From brash + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: brashnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being brash.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Translations:
bearishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bearish
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 bearishness
From bearish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The characteristic of being bearish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: These trades helped the Pure Alpha fund make money in 2008, but Dalio’s bearishness cost him in 2009.
Translations:
boyishness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English boyish
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 boyishness
From boyish + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: boyishnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being boyish.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: That slightly wide-eyed boyishness has given him a career playing ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, whether that be everyone's favourite idiot-savant Forrest Gump (1994), a pilot who saves the day in Sully (2016), or the beleaguered Captain Miller of Saving Private Ryan (1998).
Translations:
befuddlement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From befuddle + -ment.
Base: befuddle
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: befuddlements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being befuddled; a feeling of being dazed and perplexed due to confusion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His words struck me with a sense of befuddlement that lasted until I got home.
1907, Algernon Blackwood, “Max Hensig—Bacteriologist and Murderer” Chapter 4, in The Listener and Other Stories, New York: Knopf, 1917, p. 105,
It was, of course, an effect of hypnotism, he remembered thinking, vaguely through the befuddlement of his drink—this culminating effect of an evil and remorseless personality acting upon one that was diseased and extra receptive.
A change came over his wind-beaten face, a slight befuddlement, the shock of some minor fact jarred loose.
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