yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
antifascism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
Latin fascis
Italian fascio
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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.
Latin -ismus
Italian -ismo
Italian fascismolbor.
English fascism
English antifascism
From anti- + fascism.
Inflected forms:
form: antifascisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: anti-fascism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Opposition to fascism
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In fostering a politics that linked antifascism abroad with antiracism at home, the “radical left” (including but not restricted to Communists) thus “redefined the debate over white supremacy and hastened its end.”
Translations:
antiracism
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English racism
English antiracism
From anti- + racism.
Inflected forms:
form: anti-racism
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: antiracisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: anti-racism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Acting to combat or prevent racism.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Switzerland’s antiracism legislation has previously been applied to Holocaust denial.
gloss: Opposition to racism.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Singleton talked in June about antiracism being pitted against the immense coupled forces of “white dysconsciousness and power” and told me that he hadn’t watched the video of Floyd’s killing, because “I believe once I’ve seen the video it will change the person I am.
One can divide antiracism into three waves along the lines that feminism has been. First Wave Antiracism battled slavery and legalized segregation. Second Wave Antiracism, in the 1970s and ’80s, battled racist attitudes and taught America that being racist is a moral flaw. Third Wave Antiracism, becoming mainstream in the 2010s, teaches that because racism is baked into the structure of society, whites’ “complicity” in living within it constitutes racism itself, […]
Translations:
alprazolam
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔalp-
Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor.
Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha)bor.
English al(pha)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der.
French phéno-
Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.?
Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der.
French -yle
French phénylebor.
English p(henyl)
English (t)r(i)azol(o)
Arabic لُبَان (lubān)
Proto-Indo-European *yew-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *yéwos
Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas
Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.?
Proto-Austronesian *zawa
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawabor.?
Old Javanese jawa
Old Javanese -i
Old Javanese Jawi
Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der.
Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa)
Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)
Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor.
Catalan benjuíder.
Middle French benjoinder.
English benzoin
English benzo-
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Hellenic *dwi-
Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor.
Latin di-bor.
English di-
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Hellenic *ə-
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti
Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō
Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō
Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō)
Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ)
French azotebor.
English azote
English az-
Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ?
Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.?
Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥
Proto-Hellenic *heptə́
Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)der.
French hepta-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
French -in
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -am
Old French -e
French -e
French -ine
English -epine
English azepine
English diazepine
English (benzo)diazep(ine)
Egyptian jmnbor.
Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor.
Latin Ammōn
Latin ammoniacusder.
English ammonia
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English am(ide)
English diazepam
English -(azep)am
English alprazolam
From al(pha) + p(henyl) + (t)r(i)azol(o) + -(azep)am.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A drug (trademark Xanax) of the benzodiazepine group (8-chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine), used in the treatment of anxiety.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Alprazolam is a central nervous system depressant. Avoid alcohol, other tranquilizers, narcotics, barbiturates, monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, antihistamines, and medicine used to relieve depression.
Also in Mr. Ledger’s system were three anti-anxiety medications: diazepam, the generic name for Valium; alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax; and temazepam[…].
Translations:
anticoagulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.
English anti-
English coagulation
English anticoagulation
From anti- + coagulation.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The patient was given anticoagulation treatment.
It was unlikely […], but if he had torn his aorta, anticoagulation could cause the patient to bleed to death.
Translations:
keyspace
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
cryptography
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From key + space.
Compound parts: key
space
Inflected forms:
form: keyspaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The notional space that contains all possible cryptographic keys.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A NoSQL object that includes column families.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
dukkah
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Arabic دُقَّة (duqqa, “powder, fine dust”).
Inflected forms:
form: dokka
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: duqqa
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An Egyptian dry mixture of chopped nuts, seeds and Middle Eastern spices, usually eaten by dipping bread into olive oil and then into the mixture.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: A somewhat nuttier, less spice-driven dukkah blend is made by Juliet Mae Fine Spices & Herbs in San Francisco, $7 for 1.5 ounces from julietmae.com .
Translations:
keycap
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From key + cap.
Compound parts: key
cap
Inflected forms:
form: keycaps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The part of a key (on a keyboard) that is pressed by the user, as opposed to any electromechanical unit underneath.
pos: noun
examples: A two-station robotic assembly system for inserting keycaps into keyboard arrays has been designed and constructed.
If necessary, remove the keycaps to clean the switches underneath.
Adding heat can cause even further damage to the keyboard. You can disassemble some keyboard models by removing the keycaps and the case screws...
Translations:
spoon-bowl
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: spoon-bowls
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A food container, including a spoon, designed for use by astronauts.
pos: noun
Translations:
fernery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English fern
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English fernery
From fern + -ery.
Inflected forms:
form: ferneries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A specialized garden for the cultivation and display of ferns.
pos: noun
examples: My aunt especially loved the smaller fern houses, the ferneries.
gloss: An area naturally abundant in ferns.
pos: noun
examples: Only the memory of the waterfall, with its amazing fernery, like a hanging garden above the rocks of the gorge, was preserved in Mrs. Gould's water-color sketch; she had made it hastily one day from a cleared patch in the bushes, sitting in the shade of a roof of straw erected for her on three rough poles under Don Pépé's direction.
Related words: fern
Translations:
instinctually
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English instinctual
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English instinctually
From instinctual + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more instinctually
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most instinctually
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In an instinctual way.
pos: adv
Translations:
clogger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English clog
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English clogger
From clog (verb) + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: cloggers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, clogs.
pos: noun
examples: With its barred windows and fading paper signs announcing the various forms of its artery cloggers du jour, it couldn't by any stretch be called inviting.
Hmm, I guess Murray hadn't warned him that Nicki was a toilet clogger. Some kids just were, I guess?
gloss: A physically aggressive player.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The sport has always been tough, of course; but [Fifa] became concerned that the pre-eminent teams were those that employed particularly physical players, whose specialty was intimidation. This had commercial implications, though they were never spelled out: if the finesse players were succumbing to the “cloggers” as they were known (“clog” meaning to impede or hamper), then the shape of the sport would change fundamentally, skill being replaced by a more robust style of play in which only the strong would survive.
[…] I was normally not able to – unless I fouled him – and I usually did. I think from that time Archie reckoned I was a bit of a clogger and I didn't have Dad's or Archie's skills.
Translations:
squirter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Etymology tree
English squirt
English -er
English squirter
From squirt + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: squirters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, squirts.
pos: noun
examples: When a surface is not easily accessible or is not flat, a water squirter is sometimes used.
gloss: A woman who can ejaculate.
pos: noun
tags: slang
vulgar
gloss: A person, presumed to be hostile, who absconds upon the approach of (Western) soldiers.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Who made the decision to send an IRF after a group of squirters?
It was Charlie's job to head off the squirters to the north. He signaled his Afghans to follow and led them down the side of the hill.
In official reporting, Roberts-Smith and his crew described the men as "squirters" – insurgents trying to flee the area – and therefore legal to kill.
Translations:
subtextual
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English textual
English subtextual
From sub- + textual.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to subtext.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
plains-wanderer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From plains + wanderer.
Inflected forms:
form: plains-wanderers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: plains wanderer
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Pedionomus torquatus, a small quail-like bird in the monotypic family Pedionomidae, endemic to south-eastern Australia.
pos: noun
Translations:
tilefish
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From tile + fish.
Compound parts: tile
fish
Inflected forms:
form: tilefish
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tilefishes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
pos: noun
examples: The federal Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency advise women and children to avoid king mackerel, shark, swordfish and tilefish, and limit their consumption of some tuna.
Translations:
Vizsla
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hungarian vizsla, itself probably a borrowing from a Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian vižao/вижао, Czech vyžle, Polish wyżeł, wyga (“old dog”), Russian выжла (vyžla).
Inflected forms:
form: Vizslas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Vizslak
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Vizslák
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dog breed originating in Hungary.
pos: noun
examples: A bird dog, according to David Smith of the National Bird Dog Museum, can include such breeds as the English pointer and setter, the American Brittany, the German short-haired pointer and the vizsla.
Translations:
grice
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From Middle English gris, from Old Norse gríss (“male pig; pigling”). Compare Old Dutch gristo, gristio (“boar, wild boar”).
Inflected forms:
form: gricen
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: grise
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: grices
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gricing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: griced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: griced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
examples: This fine Smooth bawson cub, the young grice of a gray
Further, there was of meats wheat bread, main-bread and ginge-bread with fleshes, beef, mutton, lamb, veal, venison, goose, grice, capon, coney, cran, swan, partridge, plover, duck, drake, brissel-cock and pawnies, black-cock and muir-fowl, cappercaillies;
Through a door to one of the galleries, left half open on purpose I was attracted to a dainty hot supper, consisting of stewed mushrooms and the fat paps and ears of very young pigs, or, as they call them, gricen.
A model of the grice - which was the size of a large dog and had tusks - has been created after work by researchers and a taxidermist.
gloss: to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.
pos: verb
tags: UK
slang
examples: Many people joined the railways because the 'carrot' of a staff pass was a considerable attraction, whether for family travel or to grice at extremely low cost.
We can also roganise photo charters, large group footplate courses and gricing holidays [...]
Trainspotters may be mocked by the outside world, but they don't take criticism lying down: the language of gricing is notable for its acidic descriptions of outsiders.
Translations:
pronotal
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more pronotal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pronotal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the pronotum.
pos: adj
examples: The anterior pronotal angles are produced forward, the metaventrite is very short and the hind wings are absent.
Translations:
gumline
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From gum + line.
Compound parts: gum
line
Inflected forms:
form: gumlines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The line along the top of the gums, where they meet the surface of the teeth
pos: noun
examples: Leaving plaque along the gumline leaves gums swollen and inflamed and apt to bleed.
Translations:
gunbattle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From gun + battle.
Compound parts: gun
battle
Inflected forms:
form: gunbattles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A gunfight; a battle involving gunfire
pos: noun
examples: Up to 12 gunmen attacked the team's convoy near the Gaddafi Stadium with rockets, hand grenades and automatic weapons, triggering a 25-minute gunbattle with security forces, said Lahore police chief chief Habib-ur Rehman.
Translations:
governmentwide
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English government
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English governmentwide
From government + -wide.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Extending throughout a government.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: […] it is unclear whether the beatings of potential political opponents are a governmentwide strategy or a narrower effort by Mr. Mugabe’s backers to shore up his remaining power.
Translations:
freeskiing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From free + skiing.
Compound parts: free
skiing
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A form of relatively extreme skiing, often occurring away from traditional marked courses
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The same is true in freeskiing, in which skiers pull tricks on some of the same terrain as snowboarders.
Translations:
dodecaphonic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English dodecaphony
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English dodecaphonic
From dodecaphony + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: duodecaphonic
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to dodecaphony.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In 1952 Pierre Boulez wrote that “any musician who has not felt ... the necessity of the dodecaphonic language is of no use.”
Translations:
detectible
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English detect
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ibilis
Old French -ibleder.
Middle English -ible
English -ible
English detectible
From detect + -ible.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Able to be detected.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The other crucial finding of the report was that there was a detectible “optimism bias” among Google employees.
Translations:
depthless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English depth
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English depthless
From depth + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine; immeasurably deep.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The result is not an image of the natural world in a tapestry but a depiction of nature as a tapestry: a splendid, impenetrable, depthless screen of shivering pixels.
Translations:
crustless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
English crust
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English crustless
From crust + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having no crust
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: 1 cup crustless country bread, torn into pieces
This wasn't a new concoction of salt, sugar, and fat whose appeal was well known to these investors. Madison's $18 billion portfolio had contained the largest Burger King franchise in the world, the Ruth's Chris Steak House chain, and a processed food maker called Pierre whose lineup includes a champion of handheld convenience, the Jamwich, a peanut butter and jelly contrivance that comes frozen, crustless, and embedded with four kinds of sugars, from dextrose to corn syrup.
From birth, Christian had an innate sense of flair and ceremony: in elementary school, indifferent to mockery, he would cut our peanut butter and jelly into crustless tea sandwiches and include a fluted paper plate in our lunch bags.
Translations:
buzzworthy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English buzz
English -worthy
English buzzworthy
From buzz + -worthy.
Inflected forms:
form: more buzzworthy
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most buzzworthy
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Worthy of enthusiastic popular attention, or buzz
pos: adj
tags: Canada
US
examples: The most buzzworthy has to be Glasgow's Optimo, an underground Glimmers, for what should be a sell-out at the Toff, while the following night obscure UK disco stalwart Felix Dickinson plays the club.
Translations:
cipollini
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: cipollinis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A specific variety of medium-sized, flat onion.
pos: noun
examples: The cipollinis will brown quickly, so don't walk away while they're cooking.
Translations:
baptisia
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Baptisia, derived from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse”), in reference to the plant's use as a source of dye.
Inflected forms:
form: baptisias
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia.
pos: noun
examples: “We’re really excited about the new baptisias out of Chicago Botanic Garden,” said Steven Castorani, a co-owner of North Creek Nurseries, which specializes in native plants, in Landenberg, Pa.
Translations:
barrelhouse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
Etymology: From barrel + house. Originally used to refer specifically to a bar that served whiskey directly from the barrel.
Compound parts: barrel
house
Inflected forms:
form: barrelhouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A rough-and-tumble drinking establishment.
pos: noun
examples: It’s beautiful, but never naïvely so; the pastoral moments were offset by barrelhouse intrusions.
gloss: A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.
pos: noun
examples: A barrelhouse blues was being shouted over the stamping of feet on a wooden floor. Miss Grace, the good-time woman, had her usual Saturday-night customers.
Related words: honky-tonk
roadhouse
Translations:
bombmaker
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bomb + maker.
Compound parts: bomb
maker
Inflected forms:
form: bombmakers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or company that manufactures bombs
pos: noun
examples: If Bush only gives money to his bombmaker friends, and none to the people, he should be deposed or step down.
He was also an accomplice of notorious JI bombmaker Azahari Husin, who was shot dead by police in November 2005.
Translations:
baserunning
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: From base + running.
Compound parts: base
running
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Zimmer's comment on Martinez's baserunning was that he was "timid" and wouldn't run on the green light.
Translations:
multiculturalist
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
Latin cultūrader.
Middle French cultureder.
English culture
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English multicultural
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English multiculturalist
From multicultural + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: multiculturalists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: An advocate of multiculturalism
pos: noun
examples: He takes dead aim at racial opportunists, opponents of affirmative action, multiculturalists and the myriad rights organizations trying to hitch a ride on the successes of the black civil rights movement.
Translations:
moated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English moat
English -ed
English moated
From moat + -ed.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Surrounded with a moat
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: His goal is to imbue his waterfront enclave with enough complexity to provide a distilled version of the great metropolis within this moated sanctuary.
Translations:
minimart
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Italian miniaturabor.
English miniature
English mini-
English mart
English minimart
From mini- + mart.
Inflected forms:
form: minimarts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A convenience store.
pos: noun
examples: The joke is that these two men are sitting in front of a gas station that has been transformed into a minimart capable of supplying anything—even the kosher pickled herring requested by an Orthodox Jew.
I went to the minimart…It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.
Translations:
midcap
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
finance
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
Late Latin [Term?]?
Late Latin cappabor.
Proto-West Germanic *kappā
Proto-West Germanic *kappijā
Old English cæppe
Middle English cappe
English cap
English midcap
From mid- + cap.
Inflected forms:
form: midcaps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having medium market capitalization, often defined as between 2 and 10 billion US dollars
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: “You could’ve gone down to midcap stocks,” said Bruce T. Herring, group chief investment officer overseeing Fidelity Blue Chip Growth, the largest fund on the list.
gloss: A stock with medium market capitalization.
pos: noun
Translations:
microenterprise
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der.
English micro-
English enterprise
English microenterprise
From micro- + enterprise.
Inflected forms:
form: microenterprises
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A very small business with five or fewer employees, or the business sector comprising these businesses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: While the Inter-American bank concentrated most of its efforts during that time on lending to build Latin American infrastructure projects and heavy industries, Mr. Ortiz Mena also set up the bank’s first financing operations for microenterprise.
Translations:
memorialization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English memorial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English memorialize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English memorialization
From memorialize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: memorializations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: memorialisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
examples: “This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library .
Translations:
locater
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English locate
English -er
English locater
From locate + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: locaters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something which serves to locate
pos: noun
examples: A perusal of recent transcripts reveals that Hillary Clinton likes “I am thrilled to see all of you” and “I am so pleased to be with all of you,” with an occasional locater: “I am so happy to be back here in [wherever].”
Translations:
lightless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English lightles, from Old English lēohtlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhtalaus; equivalent to light (noun) + -less (“lacking, without”). Cognate with West Frisian ljochtleas, Dutch lichtloos, German lichtlos.
Base: light
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking light; unilluminated; dark.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: From the besieged Ardea all in post,
Borne by the trustless wings of false desire,
Lust-breathed Tarquin leaves the Roman host,
And to Collatium bears the lightless fire
Which, in pale embers hid, lurks to aspire
And girdle with embracing flames the waist
Of Collatine’s fair love, Lucrece the chaste.
"I can’t stand much of this," said Hurstwood, whose legs ached him painfully, as he sat down upon the miserable bunk in the small, lightless chamber allotted to him.
Touch with thy flame the lightless lamp of my sorrow.
Knocked about on the wooden seat of the rackety rickety dim-lit bus, going past silent fields and past houses which were lightless and dead or bright and private, Mr Biswas no longer thought of the afternoon’s mission, but of the night ahead.
Translations:
ladleful
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English ladelful, ladel-ful; equivalent to ladle + -ful.
Base: ladle
Affixes: -ful
Inflected forms:
form: ladlefuls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: ladlesful
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sufficient quantity to fill a ladle.
pos: noun
examples: Add wine and a ladleful of hot stock and cook, stirring often, until liquid is absorbed.
Translations:
liftgate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From lift + gate.
Compound parts: lift
gate
Inflected forms:
form: liftgates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A hydraulic or electric platform that installs onto the rear of a vehicle and which may be raised or lowered in the loading and unloading of heavy cargo.
pos: noun
examples: If the liftgate is for a dry van body, the body’s width — for example 96 or 102 inches — impacts the liftgate’s overall width and available platform sizes.
gloss: A closure at the rear of a vehicle, or rear door, that can be raised to access the back of a vehicle.
pos: noun
examples: But Ford loaded that car up with options, including […] a power liftgate and heated second-row seats ($825).
Translations:
kulfi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Hindi क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)/Urdu قلفی (qulfī), from Classical Persian قفلی (quflī) from قفل (qufl), from Arabic قُفْل (qufl, “lock, bolt”).
Inflected forms:
form: kulfis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Vada pav sandwiches and mango kulfi were sold at the concession stand.
Translations:
kufi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Probably from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya, “keffiyeh”), perhaps via Swahili kofia (“hat”), though some sources suggest a connection to Yoruba fìlà (“cap”).
Inflected forms:
form: kufis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of brimless, rounded cap associated with various African nations or ethnicities.
pos: noun
examples: Whenever Brown shows up, wearing his African kufi and confronting issues, I find myself nodding vigorously, for old-time’s sake.
gloss: A type of close-fitting cap worn by some Muslims.
pos: noun
examples: However, do not assume because the person appears to be conservative (e.g., a woman wearing a head scarf or a man wearing a skull cap or kufi) that the person does not shake hands.
Translations:
intoxicatingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English intoxicating
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English intoxicatingly
From intoxicating + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more intoxicatingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most intoxicatingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a way that is intoxicating
pos: adv
examples: Set to the jazz piano music of Willie Smith, known as the Lion, this work sets its dancers intoxicatingly crossing and recrossing the floor[…].
Translations:
bladeless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.
Proto-Germanic *bladą
Proto-West Germanic *blad
Old English blæd
Middle English bladder.
Middle English blade
English blade
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English bladeless
From blade + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Having no blade
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
pivotally
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pivotal
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English pivotally
From pivotal + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more pivotally
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most pivotally
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a pivotal way.
pos: adv
Translations:
malibu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
Etymology: Named for the town of Malibu, where the boards were first made.
Inflected forms:
form: malibus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Malibu
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A type of lightweight longboard known for its stability.
pos: noun
Translations:
uncharismatic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English charismatic
English uncharismatic
From un- + charismatic.
Inflected forms:
form: more uncharismatic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most uncharismatic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Not charismatic; lacking charisma.
pos: adj
Translations:
fishless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péysks
Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *fisk
Old English fisċ
Middle English fisch
English fish
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English fishless
From fish + -less.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Without fish.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: This chapter describes the present-day colonisation by trout of a previously fishless headwater stream...
Translations:
nevirapine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vir- (“antiviral”) + -apine (“alteration of diazepine”).
Base: diazepine
Affixes: -vir-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: An antiretroviral drug C₁₅H₁₄N₄O structurally related to the benzodiazepines that inhibits reverse transcriptase and is administered orally in combination with at least one other antiretroviral to treat HIV-1 infection.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Translations:
lovability
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English love
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Proto-Italic *-tāts
Latin -tās
Latin -abilitas
Middle French -abletébor.
Middle English -ablete
English -ability
English lovability
From love + -ability.
Inflected forms:
form: lovabilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: loveability
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The state or condition of being lovable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: In the effort to make Charles a widely acceptable king, lovability would be a necessary ingredient.
Translations:
unredeemable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English redeemable
English unredeemable
From un- + redeemable.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not redeemable; irredeemable.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
unrecovered
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English recovered
English unrecovered
From un- + recovered.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Not recovered.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
psychopharmacologist
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der.
English pharmaco-
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logiebor.
English -logy
English pharmacology
English psychopharmacology
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English psychopharmacologist
From psychopharmacology + -ist.
Inflected forms:
form: psychopharmacologists
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person involved in psychopharmacology.
pos: noun
examples: The psychopharmacologist (I like to call his office the Fifth Avenue Crack House, because all he really does is write prescriptions and hand out pills) told me I shouldn't.
Even medical schools seem to have submitted to psychophobia by training psychiatrists almost exclusively as psychopharmacologists instead of as psychotherapists.
But a psychopharmacologist felt his physical symptoms were so extreme that unless he tamped those down, he couldn’t benefit from other coping techniques, according to Stossel.
Translations:
incorporator
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English incorporate
English -or
English incorporator
From incorporate + -or.
Inflected forms:
form: incorporators
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who, or that which, incorporates.
pos: noun
examples: In 1853, the incorporators of the Mount Carroll Seminary convinced 83 people to sign up for shares totaling $2,000, a goodly sum for that time and place--but only six paid in full, and the board wound up with less than $14,000 for land and buildings.
Translations:
recharger
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English recharge
English -er
English recharger
From recharge + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: rechargers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which recharges, especially a device for recharging an electrical item.
pos: noun
Translations:
witchfinder
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From witch + finder.
Compound parts: witch
finder
Inflected forms:
form: witchfinders
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: witch-finder
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: From the 1970s direct and public accusations of witchcraft increased in Zambia, and with them the use of expert witch-finders, who were ubiquitous in rural areas by the 1980s.
Translations:
pityingly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English pitying
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English pityingly
From pitying + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more pityingly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most pityingly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a pitying manner.
pos: adv
examples: Ursula knew that Palmer had been astir at dawn, but not to attend to his usual duties, for she pityingly had freed the thirsty, uncared for sheep; many of these were now bogged in the various water-holes along the river.
The lady in the mirror gazed at the lady in the room, reproachfully at first, then — for were they not sisters? — relentingly, then pityingly.
Translations:
aune
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French. See alnage.
Inflected forms:
form: aunes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.
pos: noun
Translations:
wenge
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Mr. Faraday rattled off the options: Atlantic Luxe (white Carrara marble, African wenge floors, white Pedini cabinets); Harbor Chic (silver cabinets, white-oak flooring and “Portuguese limestone,” Mr. Faraday whispered, running his hand over the counter surface); and Hudson Mod (“the most traditional, with eggshell quartz counters, exotic wood cabinets and American chestnut flooring.”)
gloss: A reddish shade of brown associated with this wood.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
Synonyms: Congolese rosewood
faux ebony
Translations:
battlespace
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From battle + space.
Compound parts: battle
space
Inflected forms:
form: battlespaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The conditions and dimensions of battle, including terrain, weather, infrastructure, airspace, seaspace, cyberspace, near space, and outer space, considered in a unified military strategy to integrate and combine armed forces for the military theatre of operations.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The battlespace labs will determine the best ways for armored and infantry forces to take advantage of time, distance, and space on battlefields.
In the physical sense, battlespace is that volume determined by the maximum capabilities of a unit to acquire and engage the enemy–capabilities which will be greatly expanded by future technology.
These elements are now called battlespaces to incorporate the fourth element of information warfare. In essence, cyberspace is formally recognized as permeating all DoD battlespaces.
Translations:
burpee
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named after American physiologist Royal Huddleston Burpee.
Inflected forms:
form: burpees
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A physical exercise performed by bending over, performing a squat thrust, returning to a standing position, and jumping once.
pos: noun
Translations:
black-bottom
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Inflected forms:
form: black-bottoms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: black-bottoming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: black-bottomed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: black-bottomed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To dance the Black Bottom.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Translations:
diplomatics
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Probably from Italian or Ecclesiastical Latin diplomatica.
Inflected forms:
form: diplomatics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The science of authenticating, dating, and interpreting old official documents.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
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:
on-slip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: on-slips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A slip road by which traffic joins a major road such as a motorway.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: This situation is most acute at the eastbound on-slip of Junction 16 (Figure 1).
Translations:
off-slip
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: off-slips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A slip road by which traffic leaves a major road such as a motorway.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: There are five all-purpose road entries in addition to the northbound Motorway off-slip road, which, because of extreme congestion,[…]
Translations:
okayish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English okay
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English okayish
From okay + -ish.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Somewhat okay; tolerable.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
Translations:
cryptogenic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From crypto- + -genic.
Base: crypto
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Of uncertain origin, either introduced or native to its area.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Presumed but not proven to be caused by an abnormality in a particular part of the brain (contrasts with symptomatic and idiopathic).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of uncertain cause.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
userspace
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From user + space.
Compound parts: user
space
Inflected forms:
form: userspaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The area of memory used for a user's applications, etc., as opposed to that reserved for the operating system kernel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
screamy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English scream
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English screamy
From scream + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: screamier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: screamiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Loud and high-pitched; sounding like a scream.
pos: adj
examples: Health, a quartet from Los Angeles, is another story, playing manic, stop-start spasms of percussion and screamy noise, with three of its members throwing their bodies around as if in an untamed dance.
gloss: Prone to screaming.
pos: adj
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