yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
rabbinate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rabbin-
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus, -tūs
Latin -ātusder.
English -ate
English rabbinate
From rabbin- + -ate.
Inflected forms:
form: rabbinates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The office or function of a rabbi.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.
gloss: A body of rabbis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Rabbinate now uses computers to keep lists of women without proper religious divorces (a get) and children born to women without them (mamzerim) -- who are without status under Jewish law.
gloss: Rabbis collectively.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
radicalism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English radical
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English radicalism
From radical + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: radicalisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
cockfighting
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.
Compound parts: cock
fighting
Inflected forms:
form: cockfightings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cock-fighting
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
bridewealth
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From bride + wealth.
Compound parts: bride
wealth
Inflected forms:
form: bridewealths
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Synonym of bride price.
pos: noun
examples: Textiles on Sumba are both clothing and the currency of traditional ceremonial exchange: Many fine folded cloths must be presented at each marriage as part of a counterpayment for a bridewealth paid in horses, buffalo, and gold, and at each funeral as a sign of mourning and later also a counterpayment for animals contributed to the slaughter.
Translations:
boneless
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: furniture
lifestyle
Etymology: From Middle English bonles, banles, from Old English bānlēas (“boneless”), from Proto-Germanic *bainalausaz, equivalent to bone + -less. Cognate with Scots baneless (“boneless”), Dutch beenloos (“boneless; legless”), German beinlos (“legless”), Swedish benlös (“boneless”), Icelandic beinlaus (“boneless”).
Base: bone
Affixes: -less
Inflected forms:
form: more boneless
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most boneless
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Without bones, especially as pertaining to meat or poultry prepared for eating.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: boned, deboned
boneless chicken
boneless, skinless chicken
boneless wings
The packers were always originating such schemes—they had what they called "boneless hams," which were all the odds and ends of pork stuffed into casings.
gloss: Without pizza crust; without pizza bones.
pos: adj
tags: US
humorous
gloss: Lacking strength, courage, or resolve.
pos: adj
tags: UK
figuratively
examples: I'm scared, I'm just boneless with fright.
I remember, when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit … which I most desired to see was the one described as "The Boneless Wonder." My parents judged that the spectacle would be too revolting and demoralizing for my youthful eyes, and I have waited fifty years to see the boneless wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.
Had the Green consortium made a straight bid, boneless fund managers would easily have outvoted private investors.
In his final years he [John Ogdon] gave an interview to an American journalist who noticed that "his handshake is a boneless fadeaway["].
gloss: Of a couch, cushionlike due to lacking a hard internal frame.
pos: adj
tags: informal
Derived words: boneless lean beef trimmings
bonelessly
bonelessness
semiboneless
Translations:
compositing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: compositings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: construction of a composite image by combining multiple images and/or other elements.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Compositing is used extensively in modern film and television
Translations:
backfield
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: American-football
ball-games
baseball
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Etymology: From back + field.
Compound parts: back
field
Inflected forms:
form: backfields
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: back field
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The rear part of the field of play, particularly
pos: noun
tags: rare
gloss: The rear part of the field of play, particularly
pos: noun
gloss: The rear part of the field of play, particularly
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Moving the ball directly out of the backfield is the greatest form of attack there is.
Cheryl Salisbury[…]moved back to defense, and became a veteran force on the backfield. By 2003 she was captain of the Matildas, but still found enough time to hone her skills for the WUSA[…]
“Like you should talk about good soccer, Ethan,” said Joshua, the team's starting keeper. “I bet every girl on the soccer team knows not to go charging on goal from the backfield, ignoring her teammates.”
gloss: The players occupying this area.
pos: noun
examples: Maryland's football team practiced for the third straight day yesterday without its starting backfield.
Derived words: backfielder
Translations:
neaten
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English neat
English -en
English neaten
From neat + -en.
Inflected forms:
form: neatens
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: neatening
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: neatened
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: neatened
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: She made a frantic attempt to neaten her hair.
He is doubtful that images made by artificial intelligence will replace the art exhibited in galleries, he worries that commercial projects previously requiring a team of artists may in the future need only one to work with AI and neaten up the final product.
gloss: To engage in activity that arranges someone or something in an orderly, tidy way.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Don't mind me if I neaten while you talk.
Derived words: unneatened
Translations:
fingerboard
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: arts
crafts
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
music
Etymology: From finger + board.
Compound parts: finger
board
Inflected forms:
form: fingerboards
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
pos: noun
gloss: A miniature skateboard or snowboard that is propelled by the fingers.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of hangboard (“device for building finger strength”).
pos: noun
Translations:
raglan
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Named after Lord Raglan (1788–1855), a British commander in the Crimean War.
Inflected forms:
form: raglans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Being or having a kind of sleeve that continues in one piece up to the neck of a garment, without a shoulder seam.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A sleeve of this type.
pos: noun
gloss: An overcoat with sleeves of this type.
pos: noun
Translations:
macrocarpa
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin macrocarpa (“large-fruited”).
Inflected forms:
form: macrocarpas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.
pos: noun
examples: From Ulverstone, the road dipped and rose through potato fields and lines of towering macrocarpa […] .
Translations:
nandu
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French nandou from Spanish ñandú from Paraguayan Guarani ñandu guasu.
Inflected forms:
form: nandus
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: nandou
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: nandow
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: rhea (large, flightless birds)
pos: noun
Translations:
sweetish
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus
Proto-Germanic *swōtuz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *swōtī
Old English swēte
Middle English swete
English sweet
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English sweetish
From sweet + -ish.
Inflected forms:
form: more sweetish
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sweetish
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: somewhat sweet (all senses)
pos: adj
examples: At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
Up half the night, nearly 'til dawn, I can almost see the light in a love that can't go wrong, It's just another sweetish love song.
Pine Nuts are sweetish in flavor, warming, and lack poison.
Translations:
superstitiously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English superstitious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English superstitiously
From superstitious + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more superstitiously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most superstitiously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a superstitious manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
superfine
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English fine
English superfine
From super- + fine.
Inflected forms:
form: more superfine
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most superfine
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
pos: adj
examples: The bulk of Mankind have not leisure for Learning and Logick, and superfine distinctions of the Schools.
gloss: Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
pos: adj
examples: But this I knovv, ſhould Jupiter agen / Deſcend from heaven, to re-converſe vvith men; / The Romane Language full and ſuperfine, / If Iove vvo'd ſpeake, he vvo'd accept of thine.
This place, with regard to superfine visitors, fills slowly and the season is expected not only to be late, but thin, of company, from the many families that are rambling abroad.
Ask her if she would exchange her brave husband for one of those superfine niceties, who suing for favor at her feet, had at the same time lined their vows of love and constancy with the yellow dust, which had they known the strong chest to have been at their backs, while in this humble posture, it were uncertain to which might have been made an apology,—the fair lady or her dowry.
gloss: Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
pos: adj
examples: Some recipes call for superfine sugar because it dissolves easier.
Twelve years ago they made only course ^([sic]) Cloth, but now they weave superfine, and fine Cloth.
gloss: Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
pos: adj
examples: With respect to the matter of the medals, we must observe that, for the generality, they are made of pure gold or silver, without the allay of any other metal. Some indeed are struck on superfine copper.
This set contains 97 pieces of superfine china and 24 pieces of etched Belgian glassware
gloss: Very good, excellent.
pos: adj
Derived words: super
superfinely
superfineness
Translations:
superstore
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Italic *super
Latin super
Latin super-lbor.
English super-
English store
English superstore
From super- + store.
Inflected forms:
form: superstores
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An extremely large store; a hypermarket.
pos: noun
gloss: A big box.
pos: noun
Related words: big-box store
hypermarket
Translations:
diverticulum
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Latin dīverticulum, alternative form of dēverticulum (“byroad; deviation”), from dēvertō (“turn away, turn aside”).
Inflected forms:
form: diverticulums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: diverticula
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: diverticuli
pos: noun
tags: plural
proscribed
Senses:
gloss: A small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
pos: noun
examples: Diverticula are small, light-bulb-shaped pouches in the bowel wall, resulting from the tissue in the gut bulging outwards under pressure.
Translations:
cymene
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
Etymology: Probably from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), the root of cumin.
Inflected forms:
form: cymenes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several isomeric naturally occurring terpenoid hydrocarbons; a constituent of a number of essential oils, most commonly the oil of cumin and thyme.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
autotrophic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
Etymology: From auto- + -trophic.
Base: auto
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
mesentery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: From Late Latin mesenterium, from Ancient Greek μεσεντέρῐον (mesentérĭon), from μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + ἔντερον (énteron, “gut”).
Inflected forms:
form: mesenteries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.
pos: noun
Translations:
slicing
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: slicings
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The action of the verb to slice.
pos: noun
examples: Working on a monumental scale the artist Gordon Matta-Clark, from whose work the gallery takes its name, similarly redefined architecture in the 1970s, using massive slicings and excisions to suggest, among other things, the instability of the concept of property and the ephemerality of what we call real estate.
Translations:
gry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English gryen (“to shudder, shake, or convulse”). Compare grue.
Inflected forms:
form: gries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A fit of ague.
pos: noun
Translations:
climacteric
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin clīmactēricus, from Koine Greek κλιμακτηρικός (klimaktērikós), from κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr, “scale, progression, gradation”).
Inflected forms:
form: more climacteric
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most climacteric
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: climacterics
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Pertaining to any of several supposedly critical years of a person's life.
pos: adj
examples: Closely parallel to the belief in unlucky days was the notion of climacteric years, those periodic dates in a man's life which were potential turning-points in his health and fortune.
Asari pass through three climacteric life stages, marked by biochemical and physiological changes. The Maiden stage begins at birth and is marked by the drive to explore and experience. Most young asari are curious and restless. The Matron stage of life begins around the age of 350, though it can be triggered earlier if the individual melds frequently. This period is marked by a desire to settle in one area and raise children. The Matriarch stage begins around 700, or earlier if the individual melds rarely. Matriarchs become active in their community as sages and councilors, dispensing wisdom from centuries of experience.
gloss: Critical or crucial; decisive.
pos: adj
examples: The seeds of a climateric insurrection against the hypocrisy of cultural norms.
gloss: Relating to a period of physiological change during middle age; especially, menopausal.
pos: adj
gloss: Climactic.
pos: adj
gloss: (of fruit) That continues to ripen after being harvested.
pos: adj
gloss: A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
pos: noun
examples: It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world.
Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since, p. 66-67.
[H]e was in his grand climacterick, with a florid brow, and a step like youthful agility. Sigourney, Lydia.
I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds of their barbarous metaphysics.
gloss: A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
pos: noun
gloss: The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
pos: noun
examples: Once women have traversed the turmoil of the climacteric years and reached the hormonal steady-state of the post-menopause, there is almost certainly no increase in the incidence of depression.
Related words: menopausal
Derived words: nonclimacteric
postclimacteric
preclimacteric
grand climacteric
great climacteric
Translations:
companionate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English companion
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English companionate
From companion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: more companionate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most companionate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Designating a proposed type of marriage (or other partnership) in which the partners plan to have no children and take on no legal obligations to one another.
pos: adj
tags: historical
gloss: Friendly, companionable.
pos: adj
gloss: Pertaining to a (chiefly romantic) relationship that emphasises companionship and mutual respect.
pos: adj
examples: Gradually it evolved from an economic enterprise to a companionate one—a free-choice engagement between two individuals, based not on duty and obligation but on love and affection.
Derived words: companionate marriage
Translations:
stultifying
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: more stultifying
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most stultifying
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Tending to stultify.
pos: adj
examples: Was it just me or did you find everyone in high school stultifying?
Indeed, the government’s stultifying response betrays an attitude reminiscent of the old mission vicar: only we know what’s really good for them (see Scullion above).
The Judge was from an era when a person could get away with being larger than life — unlike the present day, when so much of our stultifying public discourse has come to be about joining in unearned moral superiority to look down our noses.
Translations:
chilblains
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The condition of having chilblains.
pos: noun
tags: usually
with-definite-article
examples: Though I had desired so much to see London, when I arrived in it I was unfortunately unable to gratify my curiosity; for I had at this time the chilblains to such a degree that I could not stand for several months, and I was obliged to be sent to St. George's Hospital.
Translations:
multivalent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: art
arts
biology
chemistry
genetics
grammar
human-sciences
immunology
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?
Proto-Italic *moltos
Latin multus
Latin multīder.
Middle English multi-
English multi-
English -valent
English multivalent
From multi- + -valent.
Inflected forms:
form: more multivalent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most multivalent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: multivalents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent.
pos: adj
gloss: Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis.
pos: adj
gloss: Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen.
pos: adj
gloss: Able to bind to different parts of speech.
pos: adj
examples: This procedure can be justified by considering the difficult word or compound as a separate part of a sentence of which the (verbal) adjective is the multivalent predicate, i.e. able to bind more than one part of speech.
In general terms, each of the causative suffixes derives a multivalent verb having the meaning 'to cause/make to V', where V is a variable standing for the verbal action of the base.
gloss: Having many kinds of value.
pos: adj
gloss: Having many meanings.
pos: adj
gloss: Any multivalent chromosome.
pos: noun
Related words: multivalence
Derived words: multivalently
Translations:
missal
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Catholicism
Christianity
lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Old French messel (“book of the Mass”).
Inflected forms:
form: missals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A prayer book; a church service (book).
pos: noun
gloss: A prayer book; a church service (book).
pos: noun
Derived words: missalette
Translations:
trinitarianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: Etymology tree
English trinitarian
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English trinitarianism
From trinitarian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: trinitarianisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: Trinitarianism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The monotheistic Christian doctrine that defines God as three divine persons or hypostases: the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
unitarianism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English unit
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusder.
Middle English -arie
English -ary
English unitary
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English unitarian
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English unitarianism
From unitarian + -ism.
Inflected forms:
form: unitarianisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The belief in a single God, not divided into any aspects, particularly when presented as a contrast to Christian trinitarianism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Some New England congregations embraced Unitarianism (the belief in a unitary God as opposed to a holy trinity), and some of those moved on to Unitarian Universalism[.]
Translations:
blanket-stitch
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: blanket-stitches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: blanket-stitching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: blanket-stitched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: blanket-stitched
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To sew (something) using a blanket stitch
pos: verb
Translations:
rubbishy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rubbish
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English rubbishy
From rubbish + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: rubbishier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: rubbishiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Strewn with litter.
pos: adj
gloss: Of little or no value; worthless.
pos: adj
examples: We pointed out last April, for instance, that Mr. [Alfred Russel] Wallace pronounced the most wonderful panegyric on the eloquent spiritual teachings of “mediums” of whose utterly stilted and unmeaning verbiage we gave our readers some specimens, and we could not help doubting the calmness of a judgment which was evidently so intoxicated with the class of marvels with which it had been dealing, that it could seriously see beauty and power in tall talk of the rubbishiest, the most vulgar, and the most ungrammatical description.
“Every little bit helps,” the queen whispers, recalling the mantra of the original settlers. A whole life lived in a hole in the ground. Rubbish. Sacrifice for future generations. Rubbish. The Orthocracy? Rubbish. The CorpComs? Rubbishier rubbish. She is going to ehange all of that. A little more time. A few more raids.
Translations:
rubdown
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
publishing
typography
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rub downdeverb.
English rubdown
Deverbal from rub down.
Inflected forms:
form: rubdowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A quick, energetic massage.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of dry transfer.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
Translations:
ruffly
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English ruffle
English -y
English ruffly
From ruffle + -y.
Inflected forms:
form: rufflier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: ruffliest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Having many ruffles.
pos: adj
Translations:
ruggedly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English ruggedli, ruggidly, equivalent to rugged + -ly.
Base: rugged
Affixes: -ly
Inflected forms:
form: more ruggedly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most ruggedly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a rugged manner.
pos: adv
examples: It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a meter wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features.
Translations:
ruggedness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rugged
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English ruggedness
From rugged + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: ruggednesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A rugged or irregular feature.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The surface of which […] could not nevertheless hide a multitude of holes and scratches and ruggednesses from being discover'd by the Microscope to invest it […].
Derived words: ruggedness number
Translations:
runabout
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
Etymology: Etymology tree
English run aboutdeverb.
English runabout
Deverbal from run about.
Inflected forms:
form: runabouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Any of several small vehicles, especially a small motor car for use on short journeys.
pos: noun
examples: The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, […]
gloss: A motor car having a single row of seats.
pos: noun
tags: dated
gloss: A light, open, American horse-drawn vehicle with four large wheels.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A gadabout or vagabond.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A small, relatively maneuverable spacecraft or shuttlecraft.
pos: noun
Related words: run-around
runaround
tourabout
Translations:
runaround
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Etymology: Etymology tree
English run arounddeverb.
English runaround
Deverbal from run around.
Inflected forms:
form: runarounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: run-around
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: run around
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses.
pos: noun
tags: idiomatic
examples: I called them to find out what had happened to my parcel, but all I got was a runaround.
gloss: A detour or route that bypasses an obstacle.
pos: noun
gloss: A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration.
pos: noun
gloss: A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting the bone.
pos: noun
Derived words: get the runaround
give somebody the runaround
Translations:
run-through
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
English run throughdeverb.
English run-through
Deverbal from run through.
Inflected forms:
form: run-throughs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: runthrough
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: runthrough
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A rehearsal of a drama, especially an uninterrupted one, but with no makeup or costume.
pos: noun
examples: Near-synonym: walkthrough
gloss: A brief outline of the main points of something; a rundown.
pos: noun
gloss: In which trains continue without stopping while going through a station.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
Translations:
run-up
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
ball-games
business
cricket
engineering
games
geography
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
oceanography
physical-sciences
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English run updeverb.
English run-up
Deverbal from run up.
Inflected forms:
form: run-ups
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: runup
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: run up
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Jasprit Bumrah has the most unique run-up in the history of cricket.
gloss: The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.
gloss: A period of time just before an important event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election.
Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time.
Further trials and commissioning of the newly laid track will take place in the run-up to the launch of passenger services in June.
gloss: An increase in the value or amount of something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates.
A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes [title]
gloss: The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I found sand pushed all the way to the edge of my home by the run-up of Wednesday's tsunami.
Historical records of tsunamis in this region are available for the last 400 years, and the run-up heights of historical tsunamis at Koyadori were estimated and measured"
gloss: The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.
pos: noun
tags: countable
transitive
uncountable
Related words: lead-up
Translations:
rusher
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rush
English -er
English rusher
From rush + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: rushers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who rushes.
pos: noun
gloss: The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback.
pos: noun
gloss: One who strews rushes.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: c. 1590, unknown author, attributed to William Shakespeare, Mucedorus
I am rusher of the stable
Related words: edge rusher
gold rusher
pass rusher
Translations:
rushy
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English russhy, russhi, resshi, equivalent to rush (“a plant”) + -y.
Base: rush
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: rushier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: rushiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Abounding in rushes.
pos: adj
gloss: Having the characteristics of a rush (the plant); rushlike.
pos: adj
Synonyms: juncaceous
juncous
Derived words: rushiness
Rushy Green
Rushey Green
Translations:
rustiness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English rusty
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English rustiness
From rusty + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The state of being rusty.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Southgate's team, playing their first game since the 4-0 win in Kosovo in November, showed understandable rustiness
Translations:
swatter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English swat
English -er
English swatter
From swat + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: swatters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something used to swat with; a flyswatter.
pos: noun
gloss: Someone who swats.
pos: noun
Derived words: fire swatter
flyswatter
Translations:
sultriness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sultry
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sultriness
From sultry + -ness.
Inflected forms:
form: sultrinesses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or quality of being sultry.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: All I Need, Sylvester's most recent album, is first rate. Here is a dance record that doesn't forget it's a dance record: it delivers! From the easy sultriness of the title cut to the libidinous urgency of "Hard Up," the seven selections […] have your foot tapping and your body jumping.
Translations:
subzero
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 zero
English subzero
From sub- + zero.
Inflected forms:
form: sub-zero
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Less than zero, most commonly used to refer to temperature.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: More than half of all Americans will experience subzero wind chills in the next week.
Translations:
subversively
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English subversive
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English subversively
From subversive + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more subversively
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most subversively
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a subversive manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
succinctly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English succinct
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English succinctly
From succinct + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more succinctly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most succinctly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a succinct manner, concisely.
pos: adv
examples: With this preface, Sam related, as succinctly as he could, the last memorable conversation he had had with Mr. Pickwick.
My companion smiled approvingly. “You sum up the difficulties of the situation succinctly and well,” he said.
["]Who is he?" "He is Tom," replied Ajor succinctly.
Translations:
conciseness
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English concise
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English conciseness
From concise + -ness.
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: The property of being concise; succinctness.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: I shall endeavour to keep it with as much conciseness as possible.
Translations:
succulence
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French succulence.
Inflected forms:
form: succulences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The property of being succulent.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Many brought presents of roast chickens and pigs, swinging the fowls by their legs as they extolled their succulence.
Translations:
underuse
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Italic *oissos
Latin ūsus
Old French usbor.
Middle English use
English use
English underuse
From under- + use.
Inflected forms:
form: underuses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: underuses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: underusing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: underused
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: underused
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The act of using (something) less than expected.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: to use (something) less than expected
pos: verb
Antonyms: overuse
Translations:
dropdown
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English drop downdeverb.
English dropdown
Deverbal from drop down.
Inflected forms:
form: drop-down
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: dropdowns
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: drop-down
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Click the Colours button on the toolbar to show a dropdown menu of available colours.
gloss: An instance of a selection object that hides the contents (especially the other choices) until activated.
pos: noun
examples: That screen is good, but add a couple of dropdowns and it will be perfect.
Your Web site doesn't have to be full of the latest dropdowns, rollovers, superslick graphics, or Flash videos.
Translations:
spuriously
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English spurious
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English spuriously
From spurious + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more spuriously
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most spuriously
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a spurious manner.
pos: adv
Translations:
swashbuckling
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Back-formation from swashbuckler, as though that had been formed as swashbuckle + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: more swashbuckling
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most swashbuckling
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Adventurous, exciting.
pos: adj
examples: Brecel's swashbuckling style has endeared him to fans across the world, in particular the manner of his famous victories over O'Sullivan and Si Jiahui on his run to the final.
“Thank you, but I'm gonna come home, like, all the time. Ooh, I want to cuddle that baby!” “And maybe give her some swashbuckling tips?” “Already worried she's going to be deadly. You're going to be such a good mom.”
Translations:
surmountable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English surmount
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English surmountable
From surmount + -able.
Inflected forms:
form: more surmountable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most surmountable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
pos: adj
examples: Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.
A spokesman for South Western Railway told RAIL that all the issues were surmountable, and that it was continuing to work with both the train supplier and the union to bring the trains into service.
Antonyms: insurmountable
Translations:
daydreamer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English daydream
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 daydreamer
From daydream + -er.
Inflected forms:
form: daydreamers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who daydreams.
pos: noun
gloss: A person who wastes time daydreaming of accomplishments instead of accomplishing things.
pos: noun
Related words: dreamer
Derived words: Daydreamer
Translations:
aeolian
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
geography
geology
lifestyle
music
natural-sciences
Etymology: . Piecewise doublet of Aeolian.
Inflected forms:
form: æolian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
adjective
form: eolian
pos: adj
tags: alternative
adjective
form: aeolians
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: æolian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
adjective
form: eolian
pos: noun
tags: alternative
adjective
Senses:
gloss: of, or relating to the wind.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: carried, deposited or eroded by the wind.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Aeolian mode
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: aeolian attachment
aeolian harp
aeolianite
Aeolian mode
hyperaeolian
Hypoaeolian
palaeoaeolian
Translations:
roadhouse
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
Etymology: From road + house.
Compound parts: road
house
Inflected forms:
form: roadhouses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Near-synonym: coaching inn (often synonymous, historically)
The pub was a classic 1930s 'roadhouse'. To the railway's official mindset, it might as well have been an opium den in Victorian London.
gloss: A receiving house.
pos: noun
gloss: A truck stop located in a remote area, with basic accommodation facilities.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Related words: barrelhouse
honky-tonk
juke
juke joint
Translations:
roaster
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
cooking
food
lifestyle
natural-sciences
planetology
Etymology: From Middle English roster, roostare, equivalent to roast + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix). Same formation as roster, although the words have very different meanings.
Base: roast
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: roasters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Someone who roasts coffee beans; a company or place of business that does so.
pos: noun
examples: Several artisanal roasters are operating in the region now.
gloss: A machine for roasting things; especially, one that roasts coffee beans.
pos: noun
examples: They've invested in large roasters with impressive stainless steel parts.
gloss: A kitchen utensil used for roasting.
pos: noun
examples: I found a really nice roaster in the kitchenware aisle, plus a bamboo cutting board.
gloss: A chicken, pig, etc. suitable for roasting.
pos: noun
examples: I found a really nice roaster in the meat department, and I'm going to make some stuffing for it, too.
There is nothing I would like more than for a young wise guy or wise gal to study my teachings and learn from my experiences in order to become America's next great roaster.
gloss: Someone who roasts food.
pos: noun
examples: Hank is just about everyone's favorite pig roaster around here. He stays pretty busy with block parties, weddings, and reunions.
[…] they [professional cooks] had as many as 25 helpers, such as saucerers, larders, roasters, pottagers, bakers, spicers, and fruiterers, not to mention spit turners and scullions.
gloss: A type of industrial furnace; especially, one that roasts ore.
pos: noun
examples: Having been dumped out of the mine cars, the ore then moves along a conveyor to the roaster.
gloss: One who roasts or banters, especially as a comedy routine.
pos: noun
examples: He does standup, and he's a pretty good roaster.
gloss: An epistellar gas giant exoplanet.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Some of the earliest discoveries of exoplanets were roasters because they are the least difficult to detect.
gloss: An objectionable person; somebody making a fool of themselves.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
derogatory
slang
examples: Person A: Oh look, he's at it again. Person B: What a roaster.
Derived words: broaster
candy roaster
corn roaster
microroaster
Translations:
robustly
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English robust
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English robustly
From robust + -ly.
Inflected forms:
form: more robustly
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most robustly
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: In a robust manner.
pos: adv
examples: This implies the use of two selection criteria – frequency and prominence – both of which are difficult to determine without access to a robustly representative corpus or an extensive and comprehensive citation collection.
Translations:
rock-bottom
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: rock-bottoms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rock-bottoming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rock-bottomed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rock-bottomed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To fall to the lowest possible level.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
examples: By now, you probably think your opinion of Goldman Sachs and its swarm of Wall Street allies has rock-bottomed at raw loathing.
Translations: