yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
hostel
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English hostel, from Old French hostel, ostel, from Late Latin hospitale (“hospice”), from Classical Latin hospitalis (“hospitable”) itself from hospes (“host”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of hotel and hospital. Not in use from late 17th c. (in the usual sense from mid 16th c.) to 1808, when it was revived by Walter Scott in his poem Marmion (see the quotation).
Inflected forms:
form: hostels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hostels
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: hosteling
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
present
form: hostelling
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
present
form: hosteled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: hosteled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
form: hostelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
participle
past
form: hostelled
pos: verb
tags: UK
past
Senses:
gloss: An overnight lodging place for travelers, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.
pos: noun
examples: a rundown hostel
The rest, around the hostel fire, / Their drowsy limbs recline; / For pillow, underneath each head, / The quiver and the targe were laid: / Deep slumbering on the hostel floor, / Oppressed with toil and ale, / they snore: […]
The excitement was palpable for believers and non-believers alike. Next, Francis declined to move into the gilded papal apartment vacated by his predecessor. Instead he was going to remain in the small room in the Santa Marta hostel in the Vatican where he had stayed during the conclave.
gloss: A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food.
pos: noun
gloss: A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: There are also in Oxford certeine hostels or hals, which may rightwell be called by the names of colleges , if it were not that there is more libertie in them , than is to be seen in the other
gloss: A public hotel.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Immediately at hand was a small, mean public-house - one of those dingy establishments that seem to express, by their morbid and retiring appearance, a certain anxiety to escape the eye of the police - and into the parlour of this hostel Quin promptly led the way.
gloss: A university or school dormitory, a place of accommodation for students.
pos: noun
tags: South-Africa
South-Asia
gloss: To stay in a hostel during one's travels.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To lodge (a person) in a hostel.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: host
hostler
hotel
hospice
Derived words: bail hostel
hosteler
hosteller
hostelite
hostelry
poshtel
probation hostel
youth hostel
Translations:
centurion
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From Middle English centurioun, from Latin centuriō, centuriōnis (“a commander of a hundred, centurion”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”). Displaced native English hundreder and hundredman, from Middle English hundredman, from Old English hundredmann (“centurion”).
Inflected forms:
form: centurions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”
gloss: A player who scores a century.
pos: noun
gloss: A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed one hundred night landings on an aircraft carrier.
pos: noun
tags: US
Related words: century
Derived words: centurion's staff
centurion syndrome
Translations:
lang: Aghwan
word: 𐕇𐕒𐕍𐕈𐔰𐕙𐔰𐔺𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼
roman: x̣oq̇åaraybån'i
lang: Albanian
word: centurion
lang: Albanian
word: kryeqindës
lang: Arabic
word: سينتوريون
lang: Armenian
word: ցենտուրիոն
roman: cʻenturion
lang: Armenian
word: հարյուրապետ
roman: haryurapet
lang: Old Armenian
word: հարիւրապետ
roman: hariwrapet
lang: Basque
word: ehuntari
lang: Catalan
word: centurió
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 百夫長 /百夫长
roman: bǎifūzhǎng
lang: Czech
word: centurio
lang: Czech
word: setník
lang: Dutch
word: honderdman
lang: Dutch
word: centurio
lang: Dutch
word: centurion
lang: Esperanto
word: centestro
lang: Finnish
word: sadanpäämies
lang: Finnish
word: kenturio
lang: French
word: centurion
lang: German
word: Centurio
lang: German
word: Zenturio
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃
roman: hundafaþs
lang: Greek
word: εκατόνταρχος
roman: ekatóntarchos
lang: Greek
word: κεντυρίων
roman: kentyríon
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἑκατοντάρχης
roman: hekatontárkhēs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κεντυρίων
roman: kenturíōn
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἑκατόνταρχος
roman: hekatóntarkhos
lang: Hebrew
word: שַׂר מֵאָה
roman: sar meá
lang: Ido
word: centuriono
lang: Irish
word: ceantúir
lang: Old Irish
word: centúir
lang: Italian
word: centurione
lang: Japanese
word: 百人隊長
roman: hyakunintaichō
lang: Kazakh
word: жүзбасы
roman: jüzbasy
lang: Latin
word: centuriō
lang: Māori
word: keneturio
lang: Old English
word: hundredmann
lang: Persian
word: صدبد
roman: sadbod
lang: Persian
word: سروان
roman: sarvân
lang: Old Persian
word: θatapati-
lang: Polish
word: centurion
lang: Portuguese
word: centurião
lang: Romanian
word: centurion
lang: Romanian
word: sutaș
lang: Russian
word: центурио́н
roman: centurión
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: centurìōn
lang: Spanish
word: centurión
lang: Swedish
word: centurion
lang: Tagalog
word: senturyon
lang: Tamil
word: நூற்றுக்கதிபதி
roman: nūṟṟukkatipati
lang: Ukrainian
word: центуріо́н
roman: centurión
AWOL
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military.
Inflected forms:
form: awol
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: a.w.o.l.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: A.W.O.L.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: AWOLs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: awol
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: a.w.o.l.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: A.W.O.L.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Absent without official leave (permission).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers.
gloss: Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who holds AWOL status.
pos: noun
gloss: Somebody who is absent without permission.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: Someone or something missing.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
Translations:
heterosexuality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From heterosexual + -ity or hetero- + sexuality.
Base: heterosexual
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: heterosexualities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Sexual activity with a person of the opposite sex.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Antonyms: homosexuality
Related words: heterosexual
heterosociality
heteroeroticism
nonheterosexuality
heterogenitality
Derived words: antiheterosexuality
compulsory heterosexuality
pseudoheterosexuality
Translations:
lesbianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English lesbian
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 lesbianism
From lesbian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: lesbianisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Female homosexuality; the state of a woman being sexually attracted to other women.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Because all Asari present as female and use female pronouns, the deadly sexual nature of Ardat-Yakshi may reflect the continued fear of lesbianism that persists among many in human society.
Translations:
pleonasm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).
Inflected forms:
form: pleonasms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Redundancy in wording.
pos: noun
tags: rhetoric
uncountable
examples: St. Jerome and St. Augustine are both sparing in the employment of the device of pleonasm.
Indeed, pleonasm, the use of superfluous or redundant words, is only part of the broader features of that style, the expressions of which have been so thoroughly analyzed by Franz Neirynck² and which for convenience will here be referred to as "dualisms."
My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration.
gloss: A phrase involving pleonasm; a phrase containing one or more words which are redundant because their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: circumlocution
pleonastic
auxesis
battology
perissology
tautology
English pleonastic compounds
Pleonastic compounds by language
Derived words: pleonasmic
Translations:
politburo
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Политбюро́ (Politbjuró, “politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union”), a contraction of полити́ческое бюро́ (politíčeskoje bjuró, “political bureau”).
Inflected forms:
form: politburos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Politburo
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: politbureau
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Politbureau
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The governing council and chief policymaking body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and other Marxist-Leninist political systems.
pos: noun
gloss: A senior governing or policymaking body in a political or other organization, generally consisting of members who are either appointed by the party in control of the organization, or who attain membership through their personal political affiliations; an inner circle.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
derogatory
sometimes
examples: They were the people who surrounded Biden who were the true believers: Ricchetti, Donilon, etc. The Politburo would argue that the decisions were always fine and sound and never problematic.
Related words: junta
Translations:
cavalry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle French cavalerie, in turn from Italian cavalleria. Recorded in English from the 1540s. Doublet of chivalry.
Inflected forms:
form: cavalries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cavalery
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
usually
examples: Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.
gloss: An individual unit of this arm of service.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A source of rescue, especially in an emergency.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: call in the cavalry
"We landed in their killbox?" "We did. I am sor... No, belay that. Heads down! Cavalry incoming!"
Derived words: air cavalry
camelry
cavalry bone
cavalryman
cavalry moustache
cavalry mustache
cavalrywoman
heavy cavalry
light cavalry
mechanized cavalry
sky cavalry
Translations:
kuya
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá).
Inflected forms:
form: kuyas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An elder brother.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
gloss: A respectful title or form of address for an older man.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
Translations:
alumna
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin alumnalbor.
English alumna
Learned borrowing from Latin alumna.
Inflected forms:
form: alumni
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alumnas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alumnae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: alumnæ
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
plural
Senses:
gloss: A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
pos: noun
examples: The disaster was shattering to Mystic’s thousands of alumnae, even if they hadn’t set foot there for decades. […] Within the first hours and days, there were text chains, prayer services, old photos shared on private Facebook pages, and teary alumnae gatherings, including one at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. […] Nearly every alumna has a personal story about the family.
gloss: A female graduate.
pos: noun
Related words: alum
alumnae
alumni
alumnus
Translations:
append
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti
Proto-Italic *pendō
Latin pendō
Latin appendō
Old French apendrebor.
Middle English appenden
English append
From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.
Base: pend
Affixes: ad-
Inflected forms:
form: appends
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: appending
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: appended
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: appended
pos: verb
tags: past
form: appends
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a seal appended to a record
An inscription was appended to the column.
gloss: To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: notes appended to a book chapter
gloss: To write more data to the end of a pre-existing file, string, or other object.
pos: verb
gloss: An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file.
pos: noun
examples: After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result.
Logging can be used to back out bad data, be it an overwrite of existing data or an append of new data.
When a file is created or expanded due to an append of new data to the file, new blocks are allocated to the file.
Derived words: appendable
appendage
appendant
appendation
appender
appendment
prepend
unappended
Translations:
appertain
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English apperteinen, apertenen, borrowed from Old French apartenir (French appartenir), from Late Latin appertinēre, from ad (“to”) + Latin pertinēre (“to reach to, belong”). More at pertain.
Inflected forms:
form: appertains
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: appertaining
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: appertained
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: appertained
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
pos: verb
examples: Another issue that appertains to the policy under discussion.
McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges appertaining to your position are rescinded."
gloss: To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
pos: verb
examples: Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth—above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence.
Synonyms: pertain
Antonyms: be irrelevant
Related words: appurtenance
pertain
pertinence
pertinent
Derived words: appertainment
unappertaining
Translations:
appetite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.
Inflected forms:
form: appetites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
Though the breweries were forced to shut down, the dry spell did little more than whet the public's appetite for beer: Records show that within the first 24 hours after Congress lifted the ban Prohibition] in 1933, Americans guzzled 1 million barrels of the stuff.
Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences. The most obvious issue is getting adequate nutrition. Creating biotic mass effects takes such a toll on metabolism that active biotics develop ravenous appetites. The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.
gloss: Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvellous.
Conway says there had long been an outline plan to build a new station in Belfast, to replace Great Victoria Street station, but also to bring the Europa bus station into that to create a fully integrated transport hub. The team soon realised that there was a real appetite for this among the public of Northern Ireland, as well as a desire to include active travel, such as more cycle parking and better pedestrian access.
gloss: The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: appetite for reading
The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
Synonyms: craving
longing
desire
appetency
passion
Derived words: appetite comes with eating
appetited
appetiteless
appetitive
appetizer
appetizing
appetizingly
risk appetite
sexual appetite
whet someone's appetite
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: halu
lang: Hungarian
word: vágy
lang: Hungarian
word: kedv
lang: Persian
word: کام
roman: kâm
lang: Polish
word: żądza
lang: Russian
word: жа́жда
roman: žážda
applause
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin applaususbor.
English applause
From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).
Inflected forms:
form: applauses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!
Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause.
Livy never gets her share of those applauses, but it is because the people do not know. Yet she is entitled to the lion's share.
Rice’s celebrations upon his goal were controlled, muted. Not so those of Grealish, who lapped up the applause of the England fans behind the goal.
Antonyms: boo
deride
Translations:
applicant
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply.
Inflected forms:
form: applicants
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
pos: noun
examples: Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants.
gloss: One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
pos: noun
tags: specific
gloss: The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
pos: noun
Derived words: job applicant
nonapplicant
reapplicant
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مُقَدِّم طَلَب
roman: muqaddim ṭalab
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَقَدِّم
roman: mutaqaddim
lang: Armenian
word: հավակնորդ
roman: havaknord
lang: Armenian
word: թեկնածու
roman: tʻeknacu
lang: Catalan
word: sol·licitant
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 申請人 /申请人
roman: shēnqǐngrén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 求職者 /求职者
roman: qiúzhízhě
lang: Danish
word: ansøger
lang: Dutch
word: aanvrager
lang: Dutch
word: sollicitant
lang: Finnish
word: hakija
lang: Finnish
word: anoja
lang: French
word: demandeur
lang: French
word: candidat
lang: Galician
word: solicitante
lang: German
word: Bewerber
lang: German
word: Bewerberin
lang: German
word: Antragsteller
lang: German
word: Beantrager
lang: German
word: Beantragender
lang: Greek
word: αιτών
roman: aitón
lang: Greek
word: αιτούσα
roman: aitoúsa
lang: Hindi
word: प्रत्याशी
roman: pratyāśī
lang: Hungarian
word: kérelmező
lang: Hungarian
word: jelentkező
lang: Italian
word: candidato
lang: Italian
word: richiedente
lang: Japanese
word: 志願者
roman: shigansha
lang: Japanese
word: 応募者
roman: ōbosha
lang: Japanese
word: 申し込み者
roman: mōshikomisha
lang: Japanese
word: 申し立て人
roman: mōshitatenin
lang: Japanese
word: 申請人
roman: shinseinin
lang: Korean
word: 응모자
roman: eungmoja
lang: Korean
word: 출원자
roman: churwonja
lang: Korean
word: 신청자
roman: sincheongja
lang: Korean
word: 지원자
roman: jiwonja
lang: Korean
word: 후보자
roman: huboja
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: dawaker
lang: Norman
word: applyitchant
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: søker
lang: Polish
word: kandydat
lang: Polish
word: kandydatka
lang: Portuguese
word: requerente
lang: Portuguese
word: candidato
lang: Russian
word: заяви́тель
roman: zajavítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: соиска́тель
roman: soiskátelʹ
lang: Russian
word: претенде́нт
roman: pretendént
lang: Russian
word: кандида́т
roman: kandidát
lang: Russian
word: проси́тель
roman: prosítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: пода́тель
roman: podátelʹ
lang: Russian
word: апплика́нт
roman: applikánt
lang: Russian
word: аплика́нт
roman: aplikánt
lang: Spanish
word: solicitante
lang: Spanish
word: peticionario
lang: Spanish
word: candidato
lang: Spanish
word: postulante
lang: Ukrainian
word: зая́вник
roman: zajávnyk
lang: Ukrainian
word: зая́вниця
roman: zajávnycja
oat
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ote, from Old English āte, from Proto-West Germanic *aitā, from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (“swelling; gland; nodule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyd- (“to swell”). See English atter (“poison”).
Cognates
* Germanic: cognate with Scots ait (“oat”), West Frisian oat (“wild oat”), Dutch oot, aat (“wild oat”), Saterland Frisian Aate (“pea”), German Low German Aat (“oat”), obsolete Luxembourgish Otz (“oat”). Further related to Icelandic eitill (“nodule”), Norwegian Bokmål eitel (“knot, gland”), Norwegian Nynorsk eitel (“knot, gland”), Old High German eiz (“abscess”) (German Eiter (“pus”), Eiß (“ulcer”)), Dutch etter (“pus”), Saterland Frisian eitel (“fast, raging”), Old Norse eitill (“nodule”)
* Indo-European: Latin aemidus (“swollen, protuberant”), Old Church Slavonic ꙗдъ (jadŭ, “poison”), Ancient Greek οἰδέω (oidéō, “to swell”), Albanian ënjt (“to swell, inflame”), Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, “to swell”), այտ (ayt, “cheek”), Sanskrit इन्दु (índu, “water drop”)
Inflected forms:
form: oats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The oat stalks made good straw.
The main forms of oat are meal and bran.
World trade in oat is increasing.
gloss: Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats.
gloss: The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop and for animal feed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
examples: […]I could munch your good dry Oates. Me-thinkes I haue a great deſire to a bottle of hay: good hay, ſweete hay hath no fellow.
The point is, except in Scotland, people eat comparatively few oats. Scotland's another story, though you'll have to decide how seriously to take it. The way the story goes is that in eastern Scotland, the unmarried plowmen didn't eat anything but oats and milk, except for an occasional potato.
gloss: A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Few of them care an oat for the niceties of the arrow sport, but for the young lords that may be on a hunt!
Related words: bran
Derived words: animated oat
black oat
black oat grass
common wild oat
feel one's oats
naked oat
oatbread
oat-burner
oat burner
oatcake
oat cell
oaten
oater
oatflake
oat grass
oatgrass
oatie
oatlage
oatless
oat-like
oatlike
oatmeal
oat milk
oat opera
oat soda
oatstraw
oaty
off one's oats
Polish oat
potato oat
proats
rolled oats
sow one's oats
sow one's wild oats
sow wild oats
sterile oat
wild oat
wild oats
wild red oat
Translations:
photo
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.
English photo-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der.
English -graph
English photographclip.
English photo
Clipping of photograph.
Inflected forms:
form: photos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: photos
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: photoing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: photoed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: photoed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A photograph.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
gloss: A photo finish.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded.
gloss: A digital picture of any kind.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: Photography
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Photo student in need of subjects.
gloss: To take a photograph of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjA
What fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon.
1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24M
He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?
Derived words: aerial photo
air photo
airphoto
astrophoto
file photo
group photo
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
nonphoto
non-photo blue
orthophoto
phlog
photo album
photo artist
photobank
photobash
photobiography
photoblog
photoblogger
photoboard
photobomb
photobombing
photobook
photo booth
photocall
photo camera
photocard
photocomic
photo corner
photo cube
photo echo
photo editor
photo essay
photo-essay
photofinisher
photo finishing
photofit
photofitting
photo frame
photoholic
photoist
photo kill
photolab
photoless
photolike
photolog
photolurker
photolurking
photolyze
photo machine
photomagazine
photo magnet
photomancy
photomarathon
photo-matched
photomode
photo mode
photomorph
photomosaic
photonovel
photo-offset
photo op
photo pack
photo paper
photopaper
photophobia
photoplayer
photo-portrait
photorealist
photo-romance
photosharing
photo shoot
photoshoot
Photoshop
photostory
photostream
photowalk
photoworthy
phytophotodermatitis
radiophoto
stereophoto
stock photo
telephoto
wirephoto
Translations:
phytoplankton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From phyto- + plankton.
From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”). However, they are no longer classified as plants, so the terminology is showing a historical meaning.
Base: plankton
Affixes: phyto-
Inflected forms:
form: phytoplanktons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
insecticidal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.
Translations:
herbicidal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: of, or relating to herbicides
pos: adj
gloss: having the ability to damage or destroy plants, especially weeds
pos: adj
Related words: herb
herbicide
Derived words: bioherbicidal
herbicidally
nonherbicidal
Translations:
fungicidal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From fungi- + -cidal.
Base: fungi
Inflected forms:
form: fungicidals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, or relating to fungicide.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the ability to destroy or control fungus.
pos: adj
gloss: A fungicide.
pos: noun
Derived words: fungicidally
nonfungicidal
Translations:
naval
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English naval, from Middle French naval, from Latin nāvālis; equivalent to navy + -al.
Base: navy
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to a navy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
gloss: Of or relating to ships in general.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: naval architect
Related words: navy
Derived words: antinaval
internaval
NADEP
naval architect
naval base
naval brigade
naval crown
naval engineer
navalese
naval infantry
navalism
navalist
navalistic
navally
naval mine
naval officer
naval science
naval stores
nonnaval
pronaval
Translations:
insecticide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From French insecticide, as insect + -icide.
Base: insect
Affixes: -icide
Inflected forms:
form: insecticides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various substances used to kill insects.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.
Translations:
herbicide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English herb
English -icide
English herbicide
From herb + -icide.
Inflected forms:
form: herbicides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A substance used to kill plants.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
fungicide
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From fungi- + -cide.
Base: fungi
Inflected forms:
form: fungicides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A substance used to kill fungus, whether yeasts, molds, mildews, or mushrooms.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
zooplankton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: From zoo- + plankton.
Base: plankton
Affixes: zoo-
Inflected forms:
form: zooplanktons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zooplankton
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zoöplankton
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
rare
Senses:
gloss: Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
expensive
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
computing
cricket
engineering
games
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Latin *expēnsīvus, from expendō (“to weigh out (money), to pay out”) (whence English expend). By surface analysis, expense + -ive. In the sense of "high-priced" has largely displaced dear.
Inflected forms:
form: more expensive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most expensive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: expencive
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Having a high price or cost.
pos: adj
examples: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.
In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.
gloss: Taking a lot of system time or resources.
pos: adj
examples: an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm
gloss: Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: […] And that he looked into his own affairs, and underſtood them; That he had, when abroad, been very expenſive; and contracted a large debt (for he made no ſecret of his affairs); […]
[…] thus naturally generous and expenſive, he ſquandered away his money, and made a moſt ſplendid appearance upon the receipt of his quarterly appointment; […]
gloss: Having a high economy rate.
pos: adj
Synonyms: 5-star
big-ticket
chargeful
cheap at half the price
costful
costly
cost-prohibitive
fancy
dear
dearthful
dispendious
ex
expenny
expensive
exy
high-cost
lickpenny
million-dollar
high-priced
princely
out of sight
overdear
pricey
ruinous
spendy
spenno
spenny
splurgy
steep
Antonyms: affordable
attainable
bargain
budget
cheap
discount
economical
econo-
inexpensive
jitney
low-end
low-priced
nickel
value
Related words: expend
expenditure
expense
overpriced
$$$
an arm and a leg
cost-conscious
exorbitant
exploitive
no-frills
give one's eye-teeth
give one's left nut
give one's right arm
frugal
good value
inflationary
miser
miserly
pay through the nose
priced-off
price gouging
profligate
pretty penny
spendthrift
thrift
thrifty
Derived words: expenny
expensive drunk
expensively
expensiveness
inexpensive
it's too expensive
nonexpensive
spenno
spenny
spensive
'spensive
superexpensive
ultraexpensive
unexpensive
Translations:
di
Part of speech: intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: imitative.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
pos: intj
examples: The chorus goes like this: "di di di di dum, da di da".
Translations:
mahal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”).
Inflected forms:
form: mahals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mahaul
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: mehal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: mehaul
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: A summerhouse.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: Private lodgings.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: A territorial division of pre-independence India.
pos: noun
tags: India
historical
gloss: A division of a farm.
pos: noun
tags: India
gloss: A division of a hunting preserve.
pos: noun
tags: India
Translations:
gum
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme (“gums”), Icelandic gómur (“gum”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gom (“palate”); also Latin hio (“to gape, yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”), Bulgarian зе́я (zéja, “to gape”), Czech zát, zet (“to gape”), Polish ziać (“to pant”), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ, “to gape, yawn”), Serbo-Croatian зи́јати, zíjati (“to gape, yawn”), Ukrainian зя́яти (zjájaty, “to gape”), Tocharian A koy- (“mouth”), Tocharian B koyn (“mouth”). More at yawn.
Inflected forms:
form: gums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gom
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Appalachia
form: goom
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: gumm
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: gums
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gumming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: gummed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: gummed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: gom
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Appalachia
form: goom
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: gumm
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The flesh around the teeth.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
often
gloss: To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
pos: verb
gloss: To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
bubbly
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: economics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English bubble
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English bubbly
From bubble + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: bubblier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: bubbliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: bubblies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Full of bubbles.
pos: adj
examples: Whip the egg white into a bubbly froth.
gloss: Cheerful, lively.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: She has a bubbly personality.
“Our priority is to make relationships with people,” says Mariana Gomes, a bubbly social worker who methodically jots down whom she meets and what they need in a giant binder.
Outgoing and bubbly, she quickly made friends in her new town.
gloss: Having the characteristics of bubbles.
pos: adj
examples: The architecture of the conservatory was bubbly.
gloss: Having the characteristics of economic bubbles.
pos: adj
examples: China’s economy is too bubbly and will soon slow down.
gloss: Champagne.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
examples: We're getting married–this calls for a bottle of bubbly!
“[…] Maybe some bubbly for the ladies, since we just bought the house of life, and break camp . . . since they are very appreciative that things got wrapped up so fast.”
Synonyms: sparkling
Derived words: bubbliness
nonbubbly
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: räjähtämäisillään
evenly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English evenly, evenliche, from Old English efenlīċe (“evenly, alike, equally”), equivalent to even + -ly.
Base: even
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more evenly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most evenly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: So as to form a flat surface.
pos: adv
examples: Spread the icing evenly over the cake.
gloss: In a fair manner of distribution, giving the same amount or number to each; equally.
pos: adv
examples: To avoid arguments, he divided the sweets evenly between his two children.
gloss: In a manner that leaves no remainder.
pos: adv
examples: 12 is evenly divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 6.
gloss: In terms of or by means of even numbers.
pos: adv
examples: The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle. These two strange counts assured that at no single moment could all cycles end at the same time for an extraordinarily long time, for at least one odd count threw off all the even ones.
Derived words: evenly divisible
evenly even
evenly odd
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: поравно
roman: poravno
lang: Bulgarian
word: справедливо
roman: spravedlivo
lang: Czech
word: spravedlivě
lang: Danish
word: ligeligt
lang: French
word: également
lang: French
word: équitablement
lang: Ingrian
word: rovnoist
lang: Norwegian
word: likt
lang: Portuguese
word: justamente
lang: Portuguese
word: imparcialmente
lang: Russian
word: по́ровну
roman: pórovnu
lang: Spanish
word: equitativamente
microwave
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English wave
English microwave
From micro- + wave.
Inflected forms:
form: microwaves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: microwaving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: microwaved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: microwaved
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A vengeful mother-of-three has been jailed for 168 days after being convicted of killing a neighbour's kitten by microwaving the 10-week-old pet.
gloss: To provide minimal preparation for implementation, deeming full or extensive preparation as unnecessary.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
Derived words: microwavable
microwaveable
microwave up
Translations:
microwavable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English microwave
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English microwavable
From microwave + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: microwaveable
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Suitable for heating in a microwave oven; said of food and non-food items, especially containers.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Antonyms: unmicrowavable
Translations:
sigmoid
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
mathematics
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor.
English sigmoid
Borrowing from Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs, “of the shape of sigma”), from σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă, “sigma”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”); Equivalent to sigma + -oid. Compare with French sigmoïde.
Base: σῖγμᾰ
Affixes: -ο-
-ειδής
Inflected forms:
form: more sigmoid
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sigmoid
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Semi-circular, like the uncial or lunate sigma (similar to English C).
pos: adj
tags: archaic
gloss: Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape.
pos: adj
gloss: Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek ς (sigma); having a serpentine shape.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to the sigmoid colon.
pos: adj
Derived words: parasigmoid
rectosigmoid
retrosigmoid
sigmoid colon
sigmoid flexure
sigmoid function
sigmoidicity
sigmoidity
sigmoidly
sigmoid notch
sigmoid sinus
subsigmoid
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: sigmoide
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 乙狀 /乙状
roman: yǐzhuàng
lang: Indonesian
word: sigmoid
lang: Spanish
word: sigmoideo
commander
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English comaundour, commaunder, comaunder, borrowed from Old French comandeor, cumandeur, from comander. By surface analysis, command + -er. See command.
Inflected forms:
form: commanders
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
pos: noun
examples: I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
Instead, Korda squeezes Eisenhower’s extraordinary two-term presidency — not to mention his stints as president of Columbia University and commander of NATO forces — into 140 themeless pages.
gloss: A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
pos: noun
examples: Shepard: I don't take orders from you anymore, remember?
Anderson: Consider yourself reinstated... Commander.
gloss: One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
pos: noun
gloss: A designation or rank in certain non-military organizations such as NASA and various police forces.
pos: noun
gloss: The chief officer of a commandry.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Moduza.
pos: noun
gloss: A soldier who has attained the rank of sergeant or higher
pos: noun
tags: Singapore
Related words: commandery
Derived words: archcommander
arch-commander
co-commander
commanderess
commander in chief
commander-in-chief
commanderless
commanderlike
commanderly
commandership
commandress
subcommander
tactical air commander
undercommander
wing commander
Translations:
evensong
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Old English ǣfensang, equivalent to even + song. The use of even to mean evening is now obsolete except in poetry.
Compound parts: even
song
Inflected forms:
form: evensongs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: On Wednesday last, after taking Evensong at the church, I was leaving the vestry when a lady stepped forward and asked if she might speak to me privately.
Translations:
episcopal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English episcopal, from Late Latin episcopālis, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watchman, overseer”).
Inflected forms:
form: more episcopal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most episcopal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.
pos: adj
examples: Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration.
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