yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
byzantine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: byzantines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A byzant (coin).
pos: noun
tags: historical
Translations:
magnesian
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English magnesium
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English magnesian
From magnesium + -ian.
Inflected forms:
form: more magnesian
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most magnesian
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Containing magnesia (magnesium oxide)
pos: adj
gloss: Containing magnesium.
pos: adj
Derived words: ferromagnesian
magnesian limestone
Translations:
silvery
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English silvery, sylvyry; equivalent to silver + -y.
Base: silver
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: silverier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: silveriest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
pos: adj
examples: OF all th' enamell'd race, whose silvery wing / Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.
A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone.
gloss: Sprinkled or covered with silver.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
pos: adj
examples: a silvery laugh
The hand grasped the curtain, and drew it aside, and as it did so I heard a voice, I think the softest and yet most silvery voice I ever heard.
Synonyms: silvern
Derived words: silverily
silveriness
silvery acacia
silvery-cheeked antshrike
silvery flying fox
silvery gade
silvery gibbon
silvery gull
silvery-haired
silvery hair-grass
silvery hair-tail
silvery honeysuckle
silvery marmoset
silvery oak
silvery pomfret
silvery pout
silvery salmon
silvery sedge
silvery shrew mole
silvery-tongued
silvery-white
Translations:
argan
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Tashelhit arganbor.
English argan
Borrowed from Tashelhit argan.
Inflected forms:
form: argans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A tree of species Sideroxylon spinosum (formerly Argania spinosa), of southwestern Morocco, particularly prized for its oil.
pos: noun
examples: When pressed, the argan tree’s fruit produces a luxurious oil which is rich in fatty acids, omega-6 and vitamin E. Argan is said to help treat many skin and hair conditions.
gloss: Fruit of this tree.
pos: noun
Derived words: argan oil
Translations:
nori
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 海苔(のり) (nori), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nǝri. The kanji literally mean "ocean moss", although this does not represent actual etymology as they are jukujikun (熟字訓).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The seaweed, chopped and formed into sheets, used in the preparation of sushi.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
kombu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Japanese 昆布 (こんぶ, konbu).
Inflected forms:
form: konbu
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: [T]he productions of Jeso, in particular, are as follows: konbu, or sea-cabbage, birds of prey for hawking, whales and other sea-fish, skins of otters, beavers, seals, and stags, castoreum, gold, silver, adamantine spar.
The chief occupation along the shore is gathering the seaweed called kombu (something like our kelp, or quite the same), which is sent in such large quantities to China; and a certain amount of fishing is also done. The kombu grows upon submarine rocks, but for drying it a wide, flat space is needed, and the houses, therefore, are placed along the sandy beaches; and almost every beach however small is occupied.
A kombu or kombu-shiitake stock is also quick and mineral rich and makes a fragrant base for broth or miso soup. Wipe a six-inch piece of kombu seaweed with a damp cloth to remove dust and excess salt. Place the kombu in a pot with four to six cups of water. Bring to a light boil and simmer for five minutes. Steep for five minutes. Remove seaweed and use stock. The kombu can be cut and used again in soups or other dishes.
The Japanese tangles are called konbu and represent important genera of seaweeds which have been used as food since ancient times. […] Konbu is harvested mainly in the various coastal areas of Hokkaido during the period from the last ten days of May to the end of September. Konbu is mostly dried in the sun soon after harvest, but sometime^([sic]) in a hot-air drier depending on weather.
When it comes to kaiseki, there can be no avoiding a discussion on the subject of dashi, the simple stock based on dried bonito flakes. Almost every dish is built on a foundation of dashi. Although there are many variations, its fundamental ingredients are kombu kelp, dried bonito flakes and water. Kombu contains amino acids such as glutamic acid and aspartic acid and dried bonito flakes contain inosinic acid. In combination these flavor-enhancing acids act to amplify the umami flavor in any dish.
It [monosodium glutamate] was discovered in 1908 by a Japanese scientist, Kikunae Ikeda, who was trying to pinpoint the source of the intense deliciousness of broth made from kombu seaweed.
Translations:
damnable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English dampnable, from Old French dampnable, from Latin damnābilis. By surface analysis, damn + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more damnable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most damnable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of being damned.
pos: adj
gloss: Deserving of damnation; very bad.
pos: adj
examples: That damnable fridge has stopped working again.
Great God! They were moving! They were rushing swiftly and noiselessly downwards! Black, black as night, huge, ill-defined, semi-human and altogether evil and damnable.
Derived words: damnableness
damnably
Translations:
vegetal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.
Inflected forms:
form: more vegetal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vegetal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
pos: adj
tags: archaic
historical
examples: Which although it be denominated from men, and most evident in them, yet it extends and shows itself in vegetal and sensible creatures […].
gloss: Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
pos: adj
examples: The landscape of vegetal life is weird—no forests, no meadows, no green hills, no foliage, but clublike stems of plants armed with stilettos.
The Computer Center is muffled and dim, warm with whiffs of sourness, of body odor, and of the vegetal smells of dirt embedded in clothes that were advancing in the direction of compost.
gloss: Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
pos: adj
Derived words: vegetality
vegetally
vegetal parchment
vegetal pole
vegetaline
Translations:
boff
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
Inflected forms:
form: boffs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: boffing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: boffed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: boffed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: bauf
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: boffs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bauf
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: Deke and LaVerne could go out to Cascade Lake together and plow the back forty all night; he would not be delighted with the knowledge that they were boffing each other's brains out, yet neither would he be surprised.
gloss: A big laugh.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: [Churchy, directing a comedy:] All right, Albert, here's your boff gag... You say, "What's that in the road a-head?"
 [Albert, actually seeing one:] A head! A head in the road!
 [Churchy... eventually seeing it:] Stop clownin'... This sure-fire joke is serious—you got the line all... wrong?
gloss: A great success; a hit.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Derived words: boffola
Translations:
refection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French réfection, from Latin refectiōnem, accusative singular of refectiō (“recovery, refection”), from reficiō (“restore, renew”).
Inflected forms:
form: refections
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Mental or spiritual refreshment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For beſide the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without; For gentle ſhowrs refreſh plants, though they enter not their roots; [...]
[S]in and sorrow it were, considering the hardships of this noble and gallant knight, no whit mentioning or weighing those we ourselves have endured, if we were now either to advance or retard the hour of refection beyond the time when the viands are fit to be set before us.
gloss: A meal, especially a light meal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.
Related words: refectory
Derived words: refectioner
Refection Sunday
Translations:
execrate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin exsecrārī, execrārī, from ex (“out”) + sacrāre (“to consecrate, declare accursed”).
Inflected forms:
form: execrates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: execrating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: execrated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: execrated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To feel loathing for; to abhor.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Yet she appeared confident in innocence, and did not tremble, although gazed on and execrated by thousands ; […]
And were I not a thing for you and me
 To execrate in anguish, you would be
 As indigent a stranger to surprise,
 I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.
gloss: To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; to denounce.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To invoke a curse; to curse or swear.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
examples: He longed to execrate aloud, to bring his fist down on something violently.
Related words: consecrate
desecrate
Derived words: execrable
execration
execrative
execrator
execratory
unexecrated
Translations:
briquette
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French briquette, from brique (“brick”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: briquettes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: briquet
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: briquettes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: briquetting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: briquetted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: briquetted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: briquet
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
pos: noun
examples: […] an eggette or briquette manufacturing contract, where, by the compression of tar with these fine particles of culm, there are made pieces of coal about the size of an egg […]
gloss: A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
pos: noun
gloss: A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
pos: noun
gloss: To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
casuistic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English casuist
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English casuistic
From casuist + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more casuistic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most casuistic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or related to casuistry, attempting to solve moral dilemmas by application of general rules.
pos: adj
gloss: Similar to the arguments of casuists, particularly (figurative, derogatory) overly subtle, hair-splitting.
pos: adj
examples: 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
These subjects have exercised not a little the casuistic talents of the Arab doctors: a folio volume might be filled with differences of opinion on the subject, "Is a blind man sound?"
Derived words: casuistically
casuistics
Translations:
censorial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Latin cēnsōrius + -al. By surface analysis, censor + -ial.
Affixes: -al
Inflected forms:
form: more censorial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most censorial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Relating to a censor.
pos: adj
examples: 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son
Nothing less than the relation between you and me can possibly authorize that freedom; but fortunately for you, my parental rights, joined to my censorial powers, give it me in its fullest extent, and my concern for you will make me exert it.
The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...
gloss: Relating to censorship.
pos: adj
examples: Pornography is not the real issue, abuse is. If Ms. Dworkin were serious, she would admit that this is the real thrust of her argument. Instead, she regularly slanders women and proposes prohibitive and censorial legislation.
Related words: censorious
Translations:
concessionary
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English concession
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English concessionary
From concession + -ary.
Inflected forms:
form: concessionaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more concessionary
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most concessionary
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: one who owns a concession or a franchise
pos: noun
examples: 1890, Benjamin Harrison, State of the Union Address
That Government seized the Delagoa Bay Railway, which was constructed under a concession granted to an American citizen, and at the same time annulled the charter. The concessionary, who had embarked his fortune in the enterprise, having exhausted other means of redress, was compelled to invoke the protection of his Government.
gloss: relating to concessions or franchises
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
gloss: making concessions or compromises
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
usually
examples: I observe indeed a party in the State whose rule it is to consent to no change, until it is clamorously called for, and then instantly to yield; but those are Concessionary, not Conservative principles.
Derived words: anticoncessionary
concessionarily
nonconcessionary
Translations:
curdle
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Metathesis of earlier dialectal cruddle, crudle, equivalent to curd + -le (frequentative suffix).
Base: curd
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: curdles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: curdling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: curdled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: curdled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
gloss: To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle, "beware of to-morrow!"
Trust in the science did not curdle at the same instance as trust in the tech conglomerates, but they are not so dissimilar when weighed against the hype of progress.
gloss: To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'
Derived words: blood-curdling
curdled
curdler
decurdling
uncurdle
Translations:
decrepitude
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French décrépitude, from Old French, from Latin dēcrepitūdō (“decrepitude”).
Inflected forms:
form: decrepitudes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There prevailed in his time an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature.
This was the probable destination of his sister Kate. His uncle had deceived him, and might he not consign her to some miserable place where her youth and beauty would prove a far greater curse than ugliness and decrepitude?
Being a trifle precipitate in his entry, he trod on a bottle, and was instantly extinguished by a Japanese screen, which appeared to collapse on him out of pure decrepitude.
We were encircled by a ghostly decrepitude, roads that led to nowhere, canals holding pools of brilliant, stinking water, a few nat-haunted banyan trees, grotesque with old muscled trunks and bearded roots.
He recalled that when he accompanied Nixon to Peking in February, 1972, he had been struck by Mao's decrepitude and Chou's failing health.
Having slapped into middle age, where thoughts of one’s general infallibility are tempered by the realisation that those creaky, achy complaints are signs of certain decrepitude, I have decided to ward against further gravitational decline by hauling my saggy, sorry self to the gym.
Translations:
derange
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).
Inflected forms:
form: deranges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: deranging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: deranged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: deranged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Both these kinds of monopolies derange more or less the natural distribution of the stock of the society;
gloss: To cause to malfunction or become inoperative.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 4-16. All lighting was cut off by a close detonation but was partially restored after a short while. Many auxiliary motors were short-circuited or deranged. There were at least nineteen cracked jars in the forward battery and one in the after battery, causing loss of electrolyte and full grounds. All of the electric alarm and telephone circuits were out of commission.
gloss: To disrupt (somebody's) plans, to inconvenience; to derail.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
examples: "By no means, Sir," answered the Captain: "I shall be quite au désespoir if I derange any body."
A second special was out of the question, as the ordinary local service was already somewhat deranged by the first.
Derived words: derangeable
derangement
deranger
Translations:
diplomatist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French diplomatiste, or from diplomat(ic) + -ist.
Base: diplomatic
Affixes: -ist
Inflected forms:
form: diplomatists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of diplomat.
pos: noun
tags: uncommon
examples: It was not so easy to penetrate the motives of the Pawnees. Calm, dignified, and yet far from repulsive, they set an example of courtesy, blended with reserve, that many a diplomatist of the most polished court might have strove in vain to imitate.
She flung back the fortnight on his hands as if he had been an idler indifferent to dates, instead of an active young diplomatist who, to respond to her call, had had to hew his way through a very jungle of engagements!
Diplomatists have no right to complain of mere lies; it is their own fault, if, educated as they are, the lies deceive them; but they complain bitterly of traps.
gloss: A person trained in diplomatics.
pos: noun
examples: Paleography might teach men to read documents, diplomatics to date them and to test their authenticity; but the full significance of an ancient deed might easily escape the most exact paleographer and the most accomplished diplomatist, for the want of that finished sense for legal technicality which is the natural fruit of a conveyancing practice.
Translations:
sprinter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sprint
English -er
English sprinter
From sprint + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: sprinters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who sprints.
pos: noun
gloss: One who sprints.
pos: noun
gloss: A sprint car.
pos: noun
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: спринтьо́р
roman: sprintjór
lang: Czech
word: sprinter
lang: Greek
word: σπρίντερ
roman: sprínter
lang: Japanese
word: スプリンター
roman: supurintā
lang: Korean
word: 스프린터
roman: seupeurinteo
lang: Polish
word: sprinter
lang: Polish
word: sprinterka
lang: Romanian
word: sprinter
lang: Romanian
word: sprinteră
lang: Russian
word: спри́нтер
roman: sprínter
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: спри̏нтер
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: спри̏нтерица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sprȉnter
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sprȉnterica
lang: Spanish
word: velocista
lang: Spanish
word: esprínter
lang: Walloon
word: sprinteu
pragmatics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The study of the use of language, especially meaning, in a social context; it includes extratextual aspects of language including exophoric reference, phatic utterances, and nonverbal channels.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Holonym: linguistics
[…] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, […]
The conversational tone is almost uncanny. But it’s not a sign that large language models are becoming human; it’s a sign that they have mastered pragmatics. […] When a computational linguist told me several years ago about the advances artificial intelligence was making in simulating human language, the first thing I thought was: The hot next step will be getting to pragmatics.
Translations:
Jain
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷey-
Sanskrit जि (ji)der.
Sanskrit जिन (jina)vṛd.
Sanskrit जैन (jaina)bor.
English Jain
Borrowed from Sanskrit जैन (jaina).
Inflected forms:
form: Jains
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to Jainism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An adherent or follower of Jainism.
pos: noun
examples: Donovan, The Universal Soldier
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew,
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will
While Diwali is a major religious festival for Hindus, it is also observed by Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists.
Translations:
renate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin rēnbor.
English reno-
English -ate
English renate
From reno- + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: renates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any animal with a kidney.
pos: noun
examples: It is the coextension problem, the problem of the renates and the cordates, the creatures with kidneys and the creatures with hearts.
Translations:
trekker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trek
English -er
English trekker
From trek + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: trekkers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who treks; a hiker.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who spent the night in a rural area, rather than his home, during bombing raids.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
Derived words: aerotrekker
pony-trekker
Translations:
seston
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From German Seston, by surface analysis, Ancient Greek σηστός (sēstós, “sifter”, verbal adjective of σήθω (sḗthō, “I strain, filter”)) + -on. Compare plankton.
Inflected forms:
form: sestons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: All particulate matter suspended in bodies of water such as lakes and seas, including plankton, organic detritus, and inorganic material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Depending on mesh size and the area of investigation, net samples contain a variable mixture called seston. […] Nowadays plankton stands for the living part of seston, detritus for dead organic and inorganic particles.
Translations:
Septuagesima
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Latin septuagesima dies (“70th day”).
Inflected forms:
form: Septuagesimae
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Sunday in the Christian calendar nine weeks before Easter Sunday.
pos: noun
Translations:
instanton
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English instant
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbonbf.
English -on
English instanton
From instant + -on.
Inflected forms:
form: instantons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A solution to the imaginary time nonlinear field equation of Yang-Mills theory; carries information about quantum tunnelling.
pos: noun
Translations:
vizier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: board-games
chess
games
history
human-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir) (Turkish vezir) (via French vizir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”). Doublet of wazir.
Inflected forms:
form: viziers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: vezir
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vezîr
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vazir
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wasir
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wazir
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: wazīr
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vizir
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: vizeer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: guazil
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
pos: noun
examples: Today, Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, a festival of revelry that commemorates their deliverance from an ancient genocidal plot. […] Traditionally, a scroll containing that book is read twice over the holiday, with listeners making noise to drown out the name of the story’s villain, Haman, a vizier who manipulated the Persian king into nearly eradicating the Jews.
gloss: The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor.
pos: noun
gloss: An ancient Mesopotamian 𒈛 (sukkal).
pos: noun
examples: As Inanna prepares to descend she fastens the seven divine laws to her side, and as she walks toward the netherworld she speaks to her vizier, Ninshubur.
gloss: A vicegerent, viceroy.
pos: noun
gloss: A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.
pos: noun
Related words: wazir
Derived words: grand vizier
vizierate
vizieress
vizierial
viziership
Translations:
ropes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes.
The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Basic skills of a job.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: show the ropes, learn the ropes
Derived words: know the ropes
show the ropes
Translations:
debonair
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Via Middle English debonaire from Old French de bon aire (“of good stock; noble”).
Inflected forms:
form: more debonair
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most debonair
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: debonaire
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: debonnaire
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: débonnaire
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Gracious, courteous.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: Let be that Ladie debonaire, / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell […].
gloss: Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
pos: adj
examples: “He's doing it wrong! I am much more suave, debonair, and sophisticated than that!” “Yes, Dan, that's a very debonair stain you have on your shirt.” “I'll have you know I have sophistication coming out the wazoo!”
She was a New York City person. Sacco is nervy and sassy and sort of debonair.
gloss: Charming, confident, and carefully dressed.
pos: adj
tags: especially
examples: The hard launch of what appeared to be the hottest new relationship in town – Billanna? Winty? – at the 2023 Met Gala saw Vogue supremo Wintour, who has hosted the Met Gala for 30 years, walk the red carpet arm in arm with the dashing and debonair Love Actually star, a man Clive James named “the nation’s leading male sexpot”.
Derived words: debonairly
debonairness
Translations:
spectroscopic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Italic *spekjō
Latin speciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Italic *-trom
Latin -trum
Latin spectrumbor.
English spectrum
English spectro-
▲
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Hellenic *-ós
▲
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.
English -scope
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English -scopic
▲
Latin spectrumder.
French spectro-
▲
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der.
French -scopie
French spectroscopie
▲
Old French -ique
Middle French -ique
French -ique
French spectroscopiquebor.
English spectroscopic
From spectro- + -scopic, or borrowed from French spectroscopique.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of or relating to spectroscopy or to a spectroscope.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The station, with its vast array of telescopes and some of the most sensitive spectroscopic equipment ever made has detected more planets orbiting nearby stars.
Translations:
infrasound
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin īnfrābor.
English infra-
English sound
English infrasound
From infra- + sound.
Inflected forms:
form: infrasounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Sound waves having a frequency below the human audible range (below about 20 Hz).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Elcor speech is ponderous and monotone. Among themselves, scent, slight movements, and subvocalized infrasound convey shades of meaning that make a human smile seem as subtle as a fireworks display. Since their subtlety can lead to misunderstandings with other species, the elcor often go out of their way to clarify when they are being sarcastic, amused, or angry.
Antonyms: ultrasound
Translations:
infrasonic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin īnfrābor.
English infra-
Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os
Latin sonus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English sonic
English infrasonic
From infra- + sonic.
Inflected forms:
form: more infrasonic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most infrasonic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having frequencies below the human audible range
pos: adj
gloss: Generating or employing such sound waves
pos: adj
Antonyms: ultrasonic
Related words: infrasonics
infrasound
Derived words: infrasonically
Translations:
clunk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Onomatopoeic
Inflected forms:
form: clunks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: clunks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: clunking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: clunked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: clunked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A dull, metallic sound, especially one made by two bodies coming into contact.
pos: noun
gloss: The sound of liquid coming out of a bottle, etc.; a glucking sound.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: dull; foolish; stupid or silly person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
offensive
gloss: To make such a sound.
pos: verb
examples: Her old bicycle was clunking along the road.
Derived words: clunky
Translations:
intangibility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Compare French intangibilité.
Inflected forms:
form: intangibilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
astrophysicist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Hellenic *astḗr
Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der.
English astro-
English physicist
English astrophysicist
From astro- + physicist.
Inflected forms:
form: astrophysicists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who studies astrophysics.
pos: noun
Translations:
diffusion-barrier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: diffusion-barriers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A thin layer (usually micrometres thick) of metal usually placed between two other metals. It is done to act as a barrier to protect either one of the metals from corrupting the other.
pos: noun
Translations:
ringworm
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English ringworm (“ringworm; intestinal worm”), from Old English rengwyrm (“maw-worm, intestinal worm”), equivalent to ring + worm.
Compound parts: ring
worm
Inflected forms:
form: ringworms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In superficial mycoses infection is localised to the skin, the hair, and the nails. An example is ringworm or tinea, an infection of the skin by a dermatophyte.
Many of these natives, especially the lower classes, and fishermen, have their skins disfigured in a singular manner, by a sort of scurfy disease, similar to the ring-worm, or rather to a person whose skin was peeling off from the effects of the sun.
Translations:
dermatophyte
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From dermato- (“skin”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Base: dermato
Inflected forms:
form: dermatophytes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot).
pos: noun
gloss: Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot).
pos: noun
gloss: Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot).
pos: noun
gloss: Any parasitic fungus (mycosis) that infects the skin (tinea, ringworm, jock itch, athlete's foot).
pos: noun
Related words: dermophyte
Derived words: dermatophytic
dermatophytosis
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 皮膚真菌 /皮肤真菌
roman: pífū zhēnjūn
lang: Finnish
word: ihosieni
lang: Finnish
word: dermatofyytti
lang: French
word: dermatophyte
lang: Polish
word: dermatofit
lang: Portuguese
word: dermatófito
lusk
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English *lusk, from Old Norse lǫskr (“weak, idle”), from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (“sluggish, dull, lazy”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēyd- (“to let, subside”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lasch (“flabby, loose”), Middle Low German lasch, las (“tired, dull”). Doublet of lush.
Inflected forms:
form: more lusk
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most lusk
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: lusks
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Lazy or slothful.
pos: adj
gloss: Full; ripe.
pos: adj
tags: UK
dialectal
gloss: A lazy or slothful person.
pos: noun
examples: But whom he sees to labor prest,
theim lets he still alone:
He labor lothes, and loues the luske,
to ease and pleasure prone
Translations:
awkwardly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos
Proto-Germanic *abuhaz
Old Norse ǫfugrder.
Middle English awke
English awk
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English awkward
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 awkwardly
From awkward + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more awkwardly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most awkwardly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: aukwardly
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
pos: adv
examples: A poorly finished trunk has an awkwardly high liftover and no useful handhold on its lid.
Translations:
gerrymandering
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós
Proto-Germanic *gaizaz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁-t-
Proto-Germanic *wulþǭder.?
Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wélH-dʰe-tider.
Proto-Indo-European *we-wólH-dʰe-ti?
Proto-Germanic *waldanąder.
Proto-Germanic *waldaz
Proto-Germanic *Gaizawaldaz
Frankish *Gaiʀawaldbor.
Old French Geraldbor.
English Gerald
▲
Proto-Germanic *gaizaz
Frankish *gaiʀ
Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.?
Proto-Germanic *harduz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Frankish *-ī
Frankish *hard(ī)
Frankish *Gaiʀahardbor.
Old French Gerartder.
Middle English Gerard
English Gerard
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English Gerry
Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)bor.
Latin salamandra
Anglo-Norman salamandrebor.
Middle English salamandre
English salamander
blend
English gerrymander
English -ing
English gerrymandering
From gerrymander + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: gerrymanderings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: "I joined the Congressman in fighting back against the Tennessee General Assembly's racist gerrymandering that will erase the voices of Black and brown voters in Nashville. […] Kent Syler, a professor of political science at Middle Tennessee State University, told Newsweek in an interview Tuesday evening that the "aggressive" gerrymandering will make it "very, very difficult" for Democrats to hold the seat in the 2022 midterms.
Translations:
inhibitor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English inhibit
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Latin -ātor
Old French -eorbor.
Middle English -our
▲
Latin -torlbor.
English -or
English inhibitor
From inhibit + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: inhibitors
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, inhibits.
pos: noun
examples: I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.
gloss: Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
pos: noun
examples: The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain. […] A common solution is switching to bupropion, which is a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor, or NDRI.
gloss: Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process.
pos: noun
Related words: catalyst
Derived words: inhibitory
angioinhibitor
carbidopa
cathelin
coinhibitor
isoinhibitor
neuroinhibitor
noninhibitor
ovoinhibitor
proinhibitor
salirasib
sympathoinhibitor
vasoinhibitor
vigabatrin
Translations:
inhibitory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From late 15th century (early modern English). Formed as inhibit + -ory or adapted from Medieval Latin inhibitōrius and Middle French inhibitoire.
Base: inhibit
Affixes: -ory
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: That inhibits.
pos: adj
examples: the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center
Numerous experiments show that the brain exercises an inhibitory action over the reflex movements, and that the more active that organ, the more they are under control.
gloss: Of, or relating to an inhibitor.
pos: adj
Synonyms: inhibitive
Antonyms: excitatory
Translations:
hooley
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The etymology of sense 1 (“noisy celebration or party”) is unknown. Sense 2 (“strong wind”) is possibly from one of the following:
* Borrowed from Orkney Scots hool(an) (“strong wind”) + English -ie (diminutive suffix). Hoolan is derived from Norn (unattested), from Old Norse ýlun (“howling, wailing”), from ýla (“to howl”) (ultimately onomatopoeic) + -un (suffix forming nouns).
* From sense 1.
Inflected forms:
form: hooleys
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hoolie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
examples: At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley, other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe.
The celebratory ceilidh at the Culag Hotel in Lochinver is still talked about. 'Oh, it was a fine evening,' one discreet woman said to me. 'A right damn wild hoolie!' a well-oiled friend enthused.
Indeed, our Recording Date was only yesterday and, thanks to a myriad of ongoing so-called technical 'snafus' (more media lingo – you'll get used to it!), we didn't leave the studio (get me, eh?!) until one in the morning, after which our presenters, Jiz and Liz, were in a right fouler, so we all piled back to Jane's gaff for champagne on tap and a wild sort of hoolie that had cocaine and everything, […]
She had always loved what she called a hooley, a gathering of family and friends, and her dying was to be her last, greatest hooley.
gloss: Chiefly in the form to blow a hooley: a strong wind; a gale.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
examples: It’s blowing a hooley out there.
The wind blew so hard during the service itself that it seemed as though the whole of Oban bay was trying to get into the cathedral. Either that or it was the Holy Spirit blowing up a hooley in celebration.
Bertie held mum's hand tightly as the wind was by now blowing a hoolie and Bertie did not feel very safe as he felt that he was close to being blown off his paws on more than one occasion.
I am arriving at the view that we have probably all been battered and bruised by being flung about the cabin as the boat heels over on its ear. We have all felt queasy (at best) when the wind and tide are battling it out in a hoolie and got cold, wet and miserable.
The weather was fine when we first went in but unfortunately it started blowing a ‘hoolie’ in the evening.
Translations:
chi-ike
Part of speech: intj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: chi-ikes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chi-iking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chi-iked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chi-iked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Used as a salute or word of praise.
pos: intj
gloss: To mock or jeer; to chiack.
pos: verb
tags: UK
examples: Uncle Frank wouldn′t have liked it, and I knew how the chaps would laugh and chi-ike me for chumming up with a silly old Chinky.
Round about us windows began to bang upwards; a policeman on the corner looked away, pretending not to hear; a couple of tarts started to chi-ike us and then shut up suddenly.
Translations:
gon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). More in Wikipedia at gradian § History and name.
Inflected forms:
form: gons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One hundredth of a right angle: a gradian.
pos: noun
Translations:
good-fellowship
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The spirit of goodwill that exists among friends; comradeship.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Boys do hate each other: I remember it, and see it again. They can make strong isolated friendships, but of general good-fellowship they haven’t a notion.
Translations:
good-neighborliness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd.
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz
Proto-West Germanic *gōd
Old English gōd
Middle English good
English good
English neighbor
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 good-neighborliness
From good + neighbor + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: good-neighbourliness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: the state of being good neighbors
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
gloss: friendship and cooperation with, and noninterference in the internal affairs of another country
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
Related words: good-neighbourly
Translations:
goofy-foot
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
sports
surfing
Etymology: From goofy (“riding on a snowboard or surfboard with one’s right foot forward”, adjective) + foot (noun), referring to the way Goofy, a Walt Disney character in the form of an anthropomorphic dog, was depicted surfing in the cartoon Hawaiian Holiday (1937).
Compound parts: goofy
foot
Inflected forms:
form: goofy-feet
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of goofy (“a snowboarder or surfer who rides their board with the right foot forward”).
pos: noun
Translations: