yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
intelligibility
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English intelligible
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English intelligibility
From intelligible + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: intelligibilities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. […]
gloss: The quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Derived words: unintelligibility
Translations:
unsteady
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc.
Base: steady
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: unsteadier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: unsteadiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: unsteadies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: unsteadying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: unsteadied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: unsteadied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Not held firmly in position; physically unstable.
pos: adj
examples: A slightly unsteady item of furniture.
"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:[…]"
gloss: Lacking regularity or uniformity.
pos: adj
gloss: Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
pos: adj
gloss: To render unsteady, removing balance.
pos: verb
Synonyms: rickety
shaky
irregular
unstable
erratic
fluid
instable
random
rocky
unsteady
variable
varying
Antonyms: steady
Related words: ephemeral
temporarily
transience
Derived words: unsteadily
Translations:
insurrection
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).
Inflected forms:
form: insurrections
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
pos: noun
tags: also
figuratively
uncountable
examples: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (1866, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3)
After this, by the great wiſedome and politic of the Nobles and Captaynes, a communication was had, and an agreement made vppon the Kings pardon, obtayned for all the Captaynes and chiefe doers in this inſurrection, and promiſe made that they ſhoulde bee gentlye heard, to declare ſuch things as they found themſelues agreeued with, […]
And therefore if God afterward gave, or permitted this inſurrection of Epiſcopacy, it is to be fear'd he did it in his wrath, as he gave the Iſraelites a King.
Our own experience has corroborated the leſſons taught by the examples of other nations; […] that ſeditions and inſurrections are unhappily maladies as inſeparable from the body politic, as tumours and eruptions from the natural body; […]
He returned to Spain, and was now on his way to join and take command of an insurrection, whose success was to be the touchstone of their countrymen.
Thinking more metaphorically, his American contemporary James Russell Lowell wrote: “It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.” Had he lived to the year 2021, he might have changed his mind.
“They were insuring against the insurrection of cargo – I think that completely sums it up. How can cargo insurrect?” asks Hall.
Translations:
gangly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: An American English alteration of gangling.
Inflected forms:
form: ganglier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: gangliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
pos: adj
examples: I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't, […]
A rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
He was a tall, gangly, shy satirist who mumbled to you with his head turned away and always said funny things.
She was gangly and wild and walked with her wrists turned inside out...
Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.
[Peter Crouch] The gangly striker played a one-two with Jermaine Pennant as the winger cut in from the right, and although Pennant easily jinked past centre-half Brede Hangeland, he shot narrowly wide of the far post.
Translations:
meteoric
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English meteor
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English meteoric
From meteor + -ic.
Inflected forms:
form: more meteoric
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most meteoric
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
pos: adj
examples: meteoric iron
gloss: Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
pos: adj
tags: broadly
examples: Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top.
With the meteoric rise has come broad concerns about the app’s impact on its relatively young users.
gloss: Originating in the atmosphere.
pos: adj
gloss: Influenced by the weather.
pos: adj
examples: a meteoric flower
On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven.
It was summer at the south pole. The ice cap was melting and those meteoric phenomena, clouds, unknown upon the greater part of Barsoom, were shutting out the light of heaven from this portion of the planet.
Related words: meteor
meteorite
meteoritic
meteoritics
meteoroid
meteoroidal
meteorological
meteorology
Derived words: meteorically
meteoric iron
meteoric water
nonmeteoric
unmeteoric
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: meteòric
lang: Dutch
word: meteorisch
lang: French
word: météorique
lang: Greek
word: μετεωρικός
roman: meteorikós
lang: Italian
word: meteorico
lang: Romanian
word: meteoric
lang: Swedish
word: meteorisk
solemnity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Catholicism
Christianity
law
Etymology: From solemn + -ity, from Middle English solemnity (“observance of formality and ceremony”), frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity, which from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitās, from sollemnis. (Compare solemn.)
Base: solemn
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: solemnities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the solemnity of a funeral
The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language.
These promises were often made with great solemnity and confirmed with an oath.
There has been nothing in archæology that has made such a vivid impression on the popular imagination as Mr. Arthur Evans's excavations at Knossos. The Minotaur! the Labyrinth—such words do not suggest the solemnities of antiquarian research.
gloss: An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Great was the cauſe; our old ſolemnities / From no blind zeal or fond tradition riſe, / But ſav'd from death, our Argives yearly pay / Theſe grateful honours to the God of Day.
This is the Man after God's Heart, […] by endeavouring, when he aſſiſted at thoſe Solemnities, to perform them with the utmoſt Attention, Alacrity, and holy Warmth of Mind, of which he was capable.
gloss: A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A celebration or festivity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
Derived words: oversolemnity
supersolemnity
Translations:
hateful
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful.
Inflected forms:
form: hatefuller
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more hateful
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: hatefullest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most hateful
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hatefull
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Evoking a feeling of hatred.
pos: adj
examples: 1935, Somerset Maugham, "The Voice of the Turtle." « She was hateful, of course, but she was irresistible. »
gloss: Dislikeable.
pos: adj
examples: Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
gloss: Full of hatred.
pos: adj
gloss: Bigoted.
pos: adj
tags: metonymically
Antonyms: loveful
Related words: hate
hatel
hatred
hatable
Derived words: hatefully
hatefulness
self-hateful
unhateful
Translations:
untrammeled
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
Inflected forms:
form: more untrammeled
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most untrammeled
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: untrammelled
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.
pos: adj
examples: The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
She would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Nothing else mattered. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free.
A system of untrammeled discretion exists when there are no limits on what officials may consider in reaching a decision [..]
The family thinks highly of the new king, though he wasn’t the reason they trekked all the way from England. They wanted untrammeled nature, and they found it in every direction they walked.
Translations:
airdrop
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
Etymology: From air + drop.
Compound parts: air
drop
Inflected forms:
form: airdrops
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: air-drop
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
pos: noun
gloss: The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
pos: noun
examples: But Facebook is also likely to carry out what’s known in cryptocurrency circles as an “air drop”, handing out small amounts of currency for free in an effort to kickstart the ecosystem.
Translations:
newsletter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From news + letter.
Compound parts: news
letter
Inflected forms:
form: newsletters
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: news letter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: news-letter
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.
pos: noun
Translations:
guanosine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: guanosines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A nucleoside derived from guanine and ribose
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
adenosine
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) + -ine.
Affixes: -ine
Inflected forms:
form: adenosines
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
pos: noun
examples: Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine.
Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.
SAM: Readings confirmed. Based on the levels of adenosine in your system, the neural implant is functioning properly.
Adenosine levels can be quickly righted after a few nights of good sleep, however.
Translations:
antiarrhythmic
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English anti-
English arrhythmic
English antiarrhythmic
From anti- + arrhythmic.
Inflected forms:
form: more antiarrhythmic
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most antiarrhythmic
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: antiarrhythmics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
pos: adj
gloss: A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
pos: noun
Translations:
commencement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: education
Etymology: From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment.
Base: commence
Affixes: -ment
Inflected forms:
form: commencements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history.
Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants.
Commencement of a two-hourly service pattern by GWR marked the return of regular services to Okehampton for the first time since their withdrawal in 1972. There are plans to extend this to hourly.
gloss: The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: commence
Derived words: begincement
noncommencement
Translations:
zeolite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) + -lite.
Affixes: -lite
Inflected forms:
form: zeolites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners, in ion exchange chromatography, and as industrial catalysts.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: What I liked best were the zeolites from the stacks which rise out of the sea off the coast near Jaci.
Translations:
aluminosilicate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English alumino-
English silicate
English aluminosilicate
From alumino- + silicate.
Inflected forms:
form: aluminosilicates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
pos: noun
Translations:
montmorillonite
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Montmorillon + -ite, after where it was identified.
Base: Montmorillon
Affixes: -ite
Inflected forms:
form: montmorillonites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
crepuscular
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar.
Affixes: -ar
Inflected forms:
form: more crepuscular
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most crepuscular
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Of or resembling twilight; dim.
pos: adj
gloss: Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
pos: adj
examples: That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.
Synonyms: crepuscular
crepusculine
twilightish
Antonyms: noncrepuscular
Related words: crepuscule
crepusculine
crepusculous
crepusculum
Derived words: crepuscularity
crepuscularly
crepuscular ray
noncrepuscular
Translations:
Solomon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.
Inflected forms:
form: Solomons
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person of unusual wisdom.
pos: noun
gloss: A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.
pos: noun
Related words: Slimane
Translations:
bake-off
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₃g-
Proto-Germanic *bakaną
Proto-West Germanic *bakan
Old English bacan
Middle English baken
English bake
English -off
English bake-off
From bake + -off.
Inflected forms:
form: bake-offs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking.
pos: noun
examples: The winner of the Pillsbury bake-off is obviously a very good cook and is respected for it.
gloss: An occasion of the preparation of crack cocaine.
pos: noun
tags: Multicultural-London-English
slang
examples: Got weapons and rocks in the whip, I need to make prof
Youngest chef in the game, throw your bands on the stove and we can have a bake-off
gloss: Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: In its most speeded-up form, bake-off bread might need only a few minutes in the oven to give it a crust and some colour.
Translations:
airbrake
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From air + brake.
Compound parts: air
brake
Inflected forms:
form: airbrakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: air brake
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
pos: noun
examples: The powerful airbrake of the truck quickly brought it to a stop.
These VEAs (of which some 550 were built in total) would themselves have been converted from 1962 vanwides, refurbished and fitted with airbrakes specifically with Ministry of Defence munitions traffic in mind, as many military establishments and depots would have had track too sharply curved for newer airbraked wagons.
gloss: A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking.
pos: noun
examples: The BAe 146 and Fokker 100's tailcone-mounted airbrakes allow them to slow down quickly for steep approaches without experiencing the lift degradation seen with spoiler-only aircraft.
Related words: air-braked
Translations:
queenly
Part of speech: adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly.
Base: queen
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: queenlier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: queenliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: queenlier
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: queenliest
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
pos: adj
examples: So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass.
There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.
I'm so sorry. If I'd done my queenly duties right, none of this would have happened. But maybe I can fix it with some wish help.
gloss: Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish.
pos: adj
examples: The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sings with an adorable sibilance.
gloss: In a queenly manner; regally.
pos: adv
Synonyms: queenlike
reginal
Derived words: queenliness
unqueenly
Translations:
sincerity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity.
Base: sincere
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: sincerities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being sincere.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I protest, in the sincerity of love.
If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better
Translations:
coincidental
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
English incident
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English incidental
English coincidental
From co- + incidental.
Inflected forms:
form: more coincidental
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most coincidental
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Occurring as or resulting from coincidence.
pos: adj
examples: Now, I don't know whether this is an example of nominative determinism – a phrase coined by the New Scientist to describe the phenomenon of one's name determining one's career – or aptonymy, the more coincidental occurrence of one's name being particularly fitting for one's personality, but I came across several such examples in the birding world.
gloss: Happening or existing at the same time.
pos: adj
Related words: cohencidence
cohencidental
coincidence
coincident
coincidentally
coincidently
coincide
incident
accident
Derived words: coincidentalism
noncoincidental
uncoincidental
Translations:
triumphant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Old French, from Latin triumphāns, present participle of triumphō (“to triumph; to exult, rejoice”). By surface analysis, triumph + -ant (adjectival suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: more triumphant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most triumphant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having achieved victory; victorious, conquering.
pos: adj
examples: church triumphant
Strachan emerged triumphant from the battle of former Celtic managers at the venue where they both enjoyed some of the highest points of their coaching careers.
gloss: Rejoicing in victory or success; displaying triumph; exultant.
pos: adj
examples: triumphant orchestral music
gloss: Celebrating victory; triumphal.
pos: adj
tags: uncommon
gloss: Splendid, magnificent.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
Related words: triumph
Derived words: triumphantly
untriumphant
Translations:
westward
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English westward, from Old English westweard.
Inflected forms:
form: more westward
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most westward
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: more westward
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most westward
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lying toward the west.
pos: adj
examples: […] yond same star that’s westward from the pole
[…] about a quarter of an hour before the time of sunset the westward clouds parted […]
It stands high up on the westward slopes of the Alpilles […]
gloss: Moving or oriented toward the west.
pos: adj
examples: 1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8,
Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis, may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.
Oh! ye wild black swans, ’twere a world of wonder
For a while to join in your westward flight,
They moved out on the westward road again.
gloss: Toward the west.
pos: adv
examples: ride westward.
Looke here my boies, see what a world of ground,
Lies westward from the midst of Cancers line,
Vnto the rising of this earthly globe,
Westward the course of empire takes its way;
1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr., “We Three Kings” (Christmas carol),
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
gloss: The western region or countries; the west.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I name this to explain what I said before, of Ships being embay’d and lost here: this is when, coming from the Westward, they omit to keep a good Offing, or are taken short by contrary Winds […]
You will live quietly there till I come back from my next cruise to the westward.
Related words: go west
out west
westerly
Translations:
compassionate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: A pseudo-Latin form of French compassionné, past participle of compassionner (“feel sorry for”). By surface analysis, compassion + -ate.
Inflected forms:
form: more compassionate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most compassionate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).
pos: adj
examples: The Compassionate, the All-Compassionate
As a compassionate Turcoyse which doth tell
By looking pale, the wearer is not well,
1675, Robert South, A Sermon preached at Christ-Church, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 574,
[…] there never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender, and compassionate.
He was by nature so exceedingly compassionate of anyone who seemed to be ill at ease […] that he shook hands with Mr. Micawber, at least half-a-dozen times in five minutes.
[…] the compassionate pangs I felt for soon-to-be redundant workers were not overwhelming in their frequency; our job required a degree of commitment that left one with rather limited time for such distractions.
[Hakeem] Jeffries hailed the Obamas as “brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans” and denounced Trump as “a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder”.
gloss: Given to someone as an exception because of a family emergency or a death in their family.
pos: adj
examples: compassionate leave; a compassionate visa
gloss: Inviting or asking for pity.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: It boots thee not to be compassionate:
After our sentence plaining comes too late.
Derived words: compassionate conservatism
compassionate conservativism
compassionate leave
compassionately
compassionateness
compassionate use
discompassionate
incompassionate
noncompassionate
overcompassionate
uncompassionate
Translations:
faintly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English feintli, feintliche, equivalent to faint + -ly.
Base: faint
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: faintlier
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: faintliest
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a faint manner; very quietly or lightly.
pos: adv
examples: So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Faintlier, faintlier came the footfalls to his ear, until of all the faint sounds that came, by the abandoned air, to his ear, not one was a footfall, as far as he could judge.
Translations:
Darren
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Unknown. A twentieth-century invention, possibly from a rare Irish surname of obscure meaning, possibly from Dara or Daragh, meaning "oak". It is also the name of an old silver mine near Aberystwyth, Wales.
* The name became popular, particularly in the UK, because of a character in the 1960s American TV series Bewitched, actually spelled Darrin.
* (person with sense of entitlement): As a rhyming equivalent for Karen.
Inflected forms:
form: Darrens
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Daren
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Darin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: Darrin
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A middle-aged white man exhibiting a sense of entitlement or white privilege.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
gloss: Any person, especially male, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
derogatory
gloss: A secondary or third form of calling a person (male) a "Kevin".
pos: noun
Translations:
memorable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English memorable, memorrable, from Latin memorābilis, from memorō (“to bring to remembrance”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”). By surface analysis, memory + -able, see memory. Doublet of memorabile (singular of memorabilia).
Inflected forms:
form: more memorable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most memorable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: memorables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable.
pos: adj
examples: a memorable holiday
Men have surviving Fame to gain,
By Tombs, by Books, by memorable Deeds
But Mr. Hunt hated the character immediately -- Elmo wasn't edgy enough -- and, on one memorable morning, brought him into the Muppeteers' lounge "hanging by the rods," the chopsticklike bars that control his paws.
gloss: Something interesting enough to be remembered.
pos: noun
examples: These were all the memorables of our visit to Dumbarton Castle, which is a most interesting spot, and connected with a long series of historical events.
Antonyms: forgettable
immemorable
obliviable
unmemorable
Translations:
righteousness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: From earlier rightwiseness, from Middle English rightwisnes, from Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice”), equivalent to righteous + -ness.
Base: righteous
Affixes: -ness
Inflected forms:
form: righteousnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: righteousnesse
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being righteous.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: But in these days of fanaticism, that harsh and violent spirit is abroad, when men clothe their own angry passions in the garb of righteousness, and call persecution vindicating the honour of God.
gloss: Holiness; conformity of life to the divine law.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 21 ¶ I hate, I despise your feast dayes, and I will not smell in your solemne assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings, and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from mee the noise of thy songs: for I will not heare the melodie of thy violes.
24 But let iudgement run downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie streame.
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
gloss: A righteous act or quality.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
examples: All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
gloss: The behaviour of someone who is righteous.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth rightness at all times.
gloss: The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues.
Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
Derived words: original righteousness
overrighteousness
self-righteousness
unrighteousness
uprighteousness
works righteousness
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: vanhurskas teko
lang: Finnish
word: vanhurskaus
lang: Portuguese
word: moralidade
lang: Spanish
word: buena obra
lang: Spanish
word: rectitud
finer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: finers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who fines or purifies.
pos: noun
Translations:
descending
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
entertainment
lifestyle
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English descend
English -ing
English descending
From descend + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: descendings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Moving or sloping downwards.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Please arrange these numbers in a descending order.
gloss: Ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element. (of a sequence)
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: We used a descending sort.
gloss: Becoming lower in pitch.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A descent.
pos: noun
examples: continual ascendings and descendings
Antonyms: ascending
Derived words: descending chain condition
descending colon
descendingly
descending node
descending palatine artery
descending perineum syndrome
descending s
descendostomy
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَنَازُلِيّ
roman: tanāzuliyy
lang: Bulgarian
word: намаляващ
roman: namaljavašt
lang: Finnish
word: laskeva
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: dakêşayî
lang: Romanian
word: descrescător
esteemed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more esteemed
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most esteemed
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Respected, having respect or admiration from others.
pos: adj
examples: my esteemed colleague
Translations:
cherished
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more cherished
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most cherished
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: highly valued, having a high personal value.
pos: adj
Translations:
damned
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more damned
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most damned
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Very.
pos: adv
tags: mildly
vulgar
examples: What's so damned important about a football game?
[…] Jacques Cartier found the new country quite exciting, gleefully naming it Canada, from the Eskimo word canuck, which I’m told means, “I’m damned sick of all this snow and that polar bear tried to eat me.”
Translations:
stooped
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more stooped
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most stooped
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: in a bent bodily position, hunched
pos: adj
examples: He still looks wonderfully young, despite his awkward, shuffling, slinking walk, and his stooped shoulders.
Translations:
borane
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle Persian *bōragbor.
Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der.
Medieval Latin boraxder.
Anglo-Norman boreisbor.
Middle English boras
English borax
English boro-
Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.?
Latin carbōlbor.
French carbonebor.
English carbonbf.
English -on
English bor(on)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānusder.
English -ane
English borane
From bor(on) + -ane.
Inflected forms:
form: boranes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any binary compound of boron and hydrogen.
pos: noun
Translations:
borohydride
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle Persian *bōragbor.
Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der.
Medieval Latin boraxder.
Anglo-Norman boreisbor.
Middle English boras
English borax
English boro-
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idusder.
English -ide
English hydride
English borohydride
From boro- + hydride.
Inflected forms:
form: borohydrides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The anion and very strong reducing agent BH₄⁻.
pos: noun
gloss: The anion and very strong reducing agent BH₄⁻.
pos: noun
Related words: borane
Derived words: beryllium borohydride
cyanoborohydride
lithium borohydride
sodium borohydride
tetraborohydride
uranium borohydride
Translations:
lang: Italian
word: boroidruro
requisite
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin requīsītus, perfect passive participle of requīrō (“to require, seek, ask for”), from which English require.
Inflected forms:
form: more requisite
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most requisite
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: requisites
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Essential, indispensable, required.
pos: adj
examples: Please submit the requisite papers before the end of the financial year.
They ſay he is the King of Perſea.
But if he dare attempt to ſtir your ſiege,
Twere requiſite he ſhould be ten times more,
For all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.
[W]e endeavour to preſent our Gard'ners with a compleat Cycle of what is requiſite to be done throughout every Moneth of the Year: [...]
On the other hand, there will be widespread agreement with Sir Brian's belief that, when a British main line has been completely dieselised and the schedules have been recast to suit the new traction, much higher daily mileages than 350 are not only possible but requisite, at least in the early stages of dieselisation.
gloss: An indispensable item; a requirement.
pos: noun
examples: She had a good sort of coarse cleverness, admirably fitted to get on in the world; she possessed those two first requisites, a good constitution and a good temper;...
But this something, what is it, unless the happiness of others, or some of the requisites of happiness?
The main requisite is to brew a tasty, palateful and wholesome beer […]
Antonyms: dispensable
gratuitous
inessential
needless
optional
unnecessary
unneeded
Translations:
SWIM
Part of speech: pron
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Someone who isn't me; someone who isn't myself
pos: pron
tags: Internet
singular
third-person
examples: SWIM would like to know how to grow marijuana.
Translations:
resettlement
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English settlement
English resettlement
From re- + settlement.
Inflected forms:
form: resettlements
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The transportation of a group of people to a new settlement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The domestic resettlement infrastructure is also under strain after years of low admissions under the Trump administration that resulted in agencies shuttering offices and losing staff.
Translations:
repudiated
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: disowned
pos: adj
gloss: rejected as untrue or unjust
pos: adj
gloss: divorced such as by a spouse
pos: adj
Derived words: unrepudiated
Translations:
reprinted
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Printed again, especially in a different format.
pos: adj
Translations:
reportage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English reporterbor.
French reporter
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -age
Middle French -age
French -age
French reportagebor.
English reportage
Borrowed from French reportage.
Inflected forms:
form: reportages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The reporting of news, especially by an eyewitness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: News or information that has been reported; media coverage of a topic or event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Information supplied in a report.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In addition, as far as we were aware, there were no published data that quantified real-life speech practices in Singapore beyond census reportage[.]
Translations:
eyewitness
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From eye + witness.
Compound parts: eye
witness
Inflected forms:
form: eyewitnesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: eye-witness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eye witness
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: eyewitnesses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: eyewitnessing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: eyewitnessed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: eyewitnessed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: eye-witness
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: eye witness
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it.
pos: noun
examples: And the girl's fate he could picture as plainly as though he were an eyewitness to it.
The evidence of eyewitnesses and the distance travelled after the initial derailment confirmed that the train was travelling at 45 to 50 m.p.h. as it became derailed.
There was no eyewitness report or independent confirmation for the strike near the town of Mareesa that was also reported by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television network.
gloss: To be present at an event or incident, and see and observe it.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Translations:
rustle
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English rustelen, russelen, of uncertain origin, but probably from Old English hrūxlian, hristlan, hrystlan, hristlian (“to make a noise”). Compare also Scots reesle (“to crackle; rattle; rustle”), West Frisian risselje, Dutch ritselen (“to rustle”), Afrikaans ritsel (“to rustle”), German rascheln (“to rustle”).
Inflected forms:
form: rustles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rustles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rustling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rustled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rustled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.
pos: noun
examples: He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
gloss: A movement producing such a sound.
pos: noun
gloss: To move (something) with a soft crackling sound.
pos: verb
tags: ergative
examples: The next day at three o'clock we were again at the door, and the footmen as before; we heard the silk dress rustle, and the lady came down the steps and in an imperious voice, she said, "York, you must put those horses' heads higher, they are not fit to be seen."
gloss: To make or obtain in a lively, energetic way.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When at last the lumber was piled again in its rightful place, and the boxes of food had been returned to the shelter from which they had been stolen, the two friends rustled a meal, and then set off on horseback […]
gloss: To steal (cattle or other livestock).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: abigeat
Derived words: rustle time
arustle
rustler
rustle someone's jim-jams
rustle someone's jimmies
rustle up
rustlingly
rustly
unrustling
Translations:
runny
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English run
English -y
English runny
From run + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: runnier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: runniest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Fluid; readily flowing.
pos: adj
examples: runny honey
gloss: Liable to run or drip.
pos: adj
examples: a runny nose
a runny tap
Synonyms: liquid
flowy
fluent
fluid
free-flowing
mobile
runny
thin
watery
Antonyms: lacteous
gelatinous
pulpy
resinous
viscous
Related words: flowing
Derived words: runnily
runniness
runny nose
Translations:
substructure
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-der.
English sub-
English structure
English substructure
From sub- + structure.
Inflected forms:
form: substructures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).
pos: noun
gloss: The earth or gravel that the railway tracks are embedded in.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of base (“the forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life”).
pos: noun
tags: Marxism
Related words: superstructure
Derived words: substructural
substructured
Translations: