yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
glottis
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Late 16th century borrowing from New Latin glōttis, from Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s, “mouth of the windpipe”), from γλῶττᾰ (glôttă, “tongue”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine noun suffix). Cognates include Latin gula.
Base: γλῶττᾰ
Affixes: -ῐς
Inflected forms:
form: glottises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: glottides
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The opening between the true vocal cords which is located in the larynx and affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
pos: noun
Translations:
buckler
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
natural-sciences
nautical
transport
zoology
Etymology: From Middle English bukler, bokler, bokeler, bokeleer, from Old French bocler, boucler, bucler, (French bouclier) from Vulgar Latin *bucculārius (“bossed”), from Latin buccula (“boss”). Merged with buckle + -er.
Base: buckle
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: bucklers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who buckles something.
pos: noun
examples: Bucklers will be assigned to buckle up drivers in the morning and make sure they stay buckled up.
gloss: A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
pos: noun
examples: I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose, my buckler cut through and through; my sword hacked like a hand-saw -- ecce signum!
gloss: A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: The target or buckler was carried by the heavy armed foot, it answered to the scutum of the Romans; its form was sometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had it's bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in it's breadth.
gloss: One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
pos: noun
examples: Most zeids have spiny projections or bucklers at the dorsal- and anal-fin bases and bony plates on the ventral surface of the abdomen.
gloss: The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
pos: noun
gloss: A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
pos: noun
Derived words: buckler fern
buckler plate
knee-buckler
rushbuckler
swashbuckler
Translations:
roundel
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
entertainment
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
music
natural-sciences
nobility
physical-sciences
politics
Etymology: From Middle English roundel, rundel, rondel, from Old French rondel (“something round and flat”), a diminutive of rond (“round”). More at round.
Inflected forms:
form: roundels
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: roundle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
pos: noun
examples: the London Underground roundel
The Overground has been given a seat at the Underground table. It has the roundel, the Johnston typeface, and it is on the Tube map.
gloss: A roundelay or rondelay.
pos: noun
examples: Come, now a roundel and a fairy song ... Fairies sing.
gloss: A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
pos: noun
examples: The roundel or rondache derived its name from its circular figure, it was made of oziers boards of light wood, sinews or ropes, covered with leather, plates of metal, or stuck full of nails in concentric circles or other figures.
gloss: A circular spot; a charge in the form of a small coloured circle.
pos: noun
gloss: A circular insignia painted on an aircraft to identify its nationality or service.
pos: noun
gloss: A bastion of a circular form.
pos: noun
gloss: An umbrella.
pos: noun
tags: India
obsolete
examples: […] a Roundel-boy; whose business, is, to walk by his master, and defend him with his Roundel or Umbrella from the heat of the sun.
Translations:
grazier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English grasiere, from grasen (“to graze”) + -iere (agentive suffix). By surface analysis, graze + -ier.
Base: grasen
Affixes: -iere
Inflected forms:
form: graziers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
pos: noun
tags: UK
historical
examples: Graziers on the tablelands are in dire straits because they do not have enough winter feed and will have to keep reducing stock.
gloss: The owner of a large property on which sheep or cattle graze.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
examples: They came ungraciously, but after his dark, bodeful hints as to the necessity of their attending service at the grazier's homestead next day, he was invited inside and a place was cleared for him at the table.
As a result of these causes the grazier marks himself off fairly sharply from the rest of Australia. He has always spent a considerable proportion of the time in the capital cities, in each of which he has formed a club to which, besides the graziers, only a few of the wealthiest and most prominent of the city dwellers are admitted.
They have been here, the bora rings, for over twenty thousand years, it is believed; it is only in the past hundred, a hiccup in time, that indifferent graziers and the treads of their four-wheel drives have scattered the stones and have imprinted zippered cars across their sacred clay skin.
The ‘grazier’ image can be contrasted to that of the ‘cocky’. Graziers have tended to own large tracts of land, have inherited family wealth from the heady days of high wool prices, often reside in stately homes, possess a good education, and have taken leadership roles in the industry.
Derived words: grazierdom
Translations:
dire
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fantasy
games
gaming
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dīrus (“fearful, ominous”).
Inflected forms:
form: direr
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more dire
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: direst
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most dire
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
pos: adj
examples: dire omens
gloss: Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
pos: adj
examples: dire need (of)
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
gloss: Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
pos: adj
examples: dire consequences;  to be in dire straits
Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity.
gloss: Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: His dire blunder allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.
And, of course, overlooking 1 ... Q-R8 mate, would be a dire mistake.
A second Norwich goal in four minutes arrived after some dire Newcastle defending. Gosling gave the ball away with a sloppy back-pass, allowing Crofts to curl in a cross that the unmarked Morison powered in with a firm, 12-yard header.
gloss: Ferocious and of intimidating appearance, like a dire wolf.
pos: adj
Related words: voir dire
Derived words: direful
direly
direness
dire sisters
diresome
dire straits
dire wolf
in dire straits
Translations:
lawnmower
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From lawn + mower.
Compound parts: lawn
mower
Inflected forms:
form: lawnmowers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lawn mower
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: lawn-mower
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.
pos: noun
examples: We replaced our old electric lawnmower with a new cordless one.
It is only a small school, but this year the committee has expended £105 in reforming the garden, painting the fences, making a tennis court and lawn, purchasing a lawnmower etc.
here was an ordinary man out of the city directory that subscribes for magazines and pushes the lawnmower in his shirt-sleeves of evenings.
Silence reigned, broken only by the hideous screeching of vultures and the sound of a lawn-mower being used in the hospital grounds.
gloss: A person who landscapes and in particular mows lawns.
pos: noun
examples: We hired a third lawnmower for the spring and summer.
gloss: A dance move in which the dancer mimics using a petrol lawn mower by pulling the starter cord and then pushing the mower forwards to the beat of the music.
pos: noun
Derived words: riding lawnmower
Translations:
pre-distressed
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English distressed
English pre-distressed
From pre- + distressed.
Inflected forms:
form: predistressed
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Already distressed before purchase, artificially made to look worn and old.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
not-comparable
examples: a new pre-distressed J.Crew cap
People today love pre-distressed denim for the same reason earlier generations loved singing cowboys. They're beautiful fictions that allow us to live in the most comfortable parts of our past without enduring the pain that truly went along with it.
Translations:
underdog
Part of speech: noun
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-
Old English [Term?]?
Proto-Germanic *-gô
Proto-West Germanic *-gō
Old English -ga
Old English dogga
Middle English dogge
English dog
English underdog
From under- + dog.
Inflected forms:
form: underdogs
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A competitor thought unlikely to win.
pos: noun
examples: They were the underdogs in the basketball competition.
In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians (the Canadians!)
The visit of a Championship side would not normally send a shiver down their spine but they knew that Wigan were underdogs who would snap at their heels and that they possessed a potent bite if they were not kept on a firm leash.
gloss: Somebody at a disadvantage.
pos: noun
examples: Laszlo: Isn't it strange that you always happened to be fighting on the side of the underdog?
Rick: Yes. I found that a very expensive hobby, too. But then I never was much of a businessman.
gloss: A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.
pos: noun
Antonyms: favourite
favorite
sure bet
safe bet
top dog
shoo-in
Related words: also-ran
dark horse
Translations:
cannonball
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: diving
engineering
government
hobbies
lifestyle
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sports
tennis
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: From cannon + ball from being a round ball that is fired from a cannon.
Compound parts: cannon
ball
Inflected forms:
form: cannonballs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cannonballs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cannonballing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: cannonballed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: cannonballed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A spherical projectile fired from a smoothbore cannon.
pos: noun
gloss: An explosive-filled hollow iron sphere fused through a hole and intended to explode at a calculated distance rather than explode on impact.
pos: noun
gloss: The act of jumping (typically into a swimming pool) with the legs bent and the arms wrapped around the knees to create a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball.
pos: noun
examples: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
The cannonball could be called the S.U.V. of the pool — oversized, brash, hormonally hardwired.
gloss: Something that moves fast, especially a fast train.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
slang
examples: Meetings of the model train club always begin with the song "Wabash Cannonball".
gloss: A served ball that travels with great speed and describes little or no arc in flight.
pos: noun
gloss: To jump or dive into water, performing a cannonball landing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He cannonballed into the pool, drenching us all.
gloss: To career; to move rapidly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The car cannonballed past.
Related words: jack-knife
bellyflop
backflop
rip entry
Derived words: cannonball effect
cannonballer
cannonball fungus
cannonball mangrove
cannonball problem
cannonball run
cannonball tree
human cannonball
Translations:
jack-knife
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: jack-knifes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: jack-knifing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: jack-knifed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: jack-knifed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: jackknife
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.
pos: verb
examples: The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet.
There was a world inside that tall grass. You could plop yourself down in the middle of it with the scraggly stems against the back of your neck and the endless grasses rising up and jackknifing against the bigbluesky, and the ranch and all of its players would fade into a distant dream.
Ten of the freight train's wagons had derailed, two of them foul of the Down Fast. At 2308, the TPO struck one of them, causing the locomotive (86239) to jack-knife and turn so that it was almost touching the end wall of a house in The Russetts, a new-build row that sat close to the line.
gloss: To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
examples: Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck.
Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed.
Translations:
dogleg
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: architecture
golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
Etymology: The noun is derived from dog + leg, referring to the shape of the hind leg of a dog. The verb is derived from the noun.
Compound parts: dog
leg
Inflected forms:
form: doglegs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dog-leg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: doglegs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: doglegging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: doglegged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: doglegged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dog-leg
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Something (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it.
pos: noun
tags: also
attributive
gloss: Something (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it.
pos: noun
tags: also
attributive
gloss: A single intersection consisting of two opposing T-junctions in close proximity; an intersection with a staggered cross street.
pos: noun
tags: US
also
attributive
examples: The Q Street crossing of Wisconsin Avenue is an extreme example of such a location, the dog-leg itself being so long, about 150 feet, that in reality two T intersections exist.
At 4th Avenue and Korean Veterans Boulevard, the completion of Gateway Boulevard would correct the existing dog-leg intersection with Franklin Street.
McCormack had been stalking its corridors for months, turning down its dog-legs and dead ends, doubling back on himself.
gloss: To bend in the shape of the hind leg of a dog, especially to turn and then turn back sharply to the original direction.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When the causeway doglegs and all of a sudden you spot sixteen roller coasters in the same place, it can take your breath away.
Related words: hairpin
offset T-intersection
switchback
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: colzada
lang: Czech
word: serpentina
devastate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēvastātus, perfect passive participle of dēvastō (“to lay waste, devastate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)); from dē- (augmentative prefix) + vastō (“to destroy, lay waste”). See vast. First attested in 1638.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: devastates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: devastating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: devastated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: devastated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
pos: verb
examples: Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.
gloss: To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
pos: verb
gloss: To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
pos: verb
gloss: To greatly demoralize, to cause to suffer intense grief or dismay
pos: verb
Synonyms: decimate
destroy
raze
ruin
Related words: devastation
devastavit
Derived words: devastated
devastating
devastative
Translations:
bard
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
fantasy
food
lifestyle
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der.
Proto-Celtic *bardosder.
Old Irish bard
Scottish Gaelic bàrdder.
English bard
(15th c.) from Scottish Gaelic bàrd, from Old Irish bard, from Proto-Celtic *bardos (“bard, poet”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“praise”), and reinforced by Latin bardus, borrowed from Celtic. Cognate with Latin grātus (“grateful, pleasant, delightful”), Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls, praises”), Old Church Slavonic жрьти (žrĭti, “to sacrifice”).
Inflected forms:
form: bards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: barding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: barded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: barded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
pos: noun
examples: He is a Welsh bard, and a man full of animation, anecdote, and independence; […]
A WEAPON, THE WARRIOR CARRIES. A SAW, THE IDIOT CARRIES. AN INSTRUMENT, THE BARD CARRIES.
gloss: A poet.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: Shakespeare is known as the bard of Avon.
gloss: A class of character that typically focuses on charisma, magic and supporting other players; a fantasy fiction character inspired by this archetype.
pos: noun
examples: I saw a bard work a bit of magic once. He brought up a volunteer from the audience, insulted him in rather colorful fashion, and then made the man forget the insults—and then he did the same trick all over again, twice more.”
"Having a bard would be even less helpful than having a second wizard, " John interjects.
gloss: To cover a horse in defensive armor.
pos: verb
examples: The defensive armor with which the horses of the ancient knights or men at arms were covered, or, to use the language of the time, barded, consisted of the following pieces made either of metal or jacked leather, the Chamfron, Chamfrein or Shaffron, the Criniere or Main Facre, the Poitrenal, Poitral or Breast Plate, and the Croupiere or Buttock Piece.
gloss: To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
pos: verb
Derived words: Bard
bardcore
bardcraft
bardess
bardic
bardie
bardish
bardism
bardlet
bardlike
bardling
bardolator
bardolatry
bardship
Translations:
pectoral
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
ecclesiastical
lifestyle
natural-sciences
religion
zoology
Etymology: All senses are ultimately from Latin pectorālis, but some may have come through Old French and Middle English.
Inflected forms:
form: pectorals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the pectoral muscles
Clad in red robes and a gold pectoral cross, Agostini finally lowered his gaze as he crossed the marble floor.
... footballers, fashionable Counsel, corrupt parliamentarians, glistening Under Secretaries from helpful Whitehall Ministries, Greek shipowners, cockney hairdressers, unlisted maharajahs, drunk magistrates, venal mayors, ruling princes of countries that have ceased to exist, prelates in suède boots and pectoral crosses...
gloss: Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: But, in general, a few days' confinement, abstinence from flesh meat, and frequent sippings of some tepid pectoral drink, sufficed for the cure.
gloss: Having the breast conspicuously colored.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: the pectoral sandpiper
gloss: A pectoral fin.
pos: noun
gloss: Protective armor for a horse's breast.
pos: noun
examples: The Poitrinal, Pectoral, or Breast Plate was formed of plates of metal rivetted together, which covered the breast and shoulders of the horse, it was commonly adorned with foliage, or other ornaments engraved or embossed.
gloss: A covering or protection for the breast.
pos: noun
gloss: A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high priest.
pos: noun
gloss: A clasp, cross, or ornamental square of cloth etc. worn upon the breast.
pos: noun
gloss: An ancient Egyptian item of jewelry worn upon the chest, often part of (or constituting) a necklace or collar.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
pos: noun
Related words: Pectoral in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Derived words: antepectoral
clavipectoral
coracopectoral
deltopectoral
interpectoral
lateral pectoral nerve
neopectoral
pectoral angina
pectorally
pectoral quail
pectoral theology
subpectoral
genupectoral
pec
pectoral arch
pectoral cross
pectoral fin
pectoral girdle
pectoral muscle
pectoral rail
pectoral sandpiper
prepectoral
retropectoral
Translations:
armour
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: armours
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: armours
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: armouring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: armoured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: armoured
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: British standard spelling of armor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: British standard spelling of armor.
pos: verb
Translations:
lei
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Hawaiian leibor.
English lei
Borrowed from Hawaiian lei.
Inflected forms:
form: leis
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
pos: noun
examples: Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together.
Translations:
mist
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: media
printing
publishing
Etymology: The noun is from Middle English mist, from Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰstos, from the root *h₃meygʰ- (“cloud, fog, drizzle”). Cognate with Scots mist (“mist, fog”), West Frisian mist (“mist”), Dutch mist (“mist”), Swedish mist (“mist, fog”), Icelandic mistur (“mist”), West Frisian miegelje (“to drizzle”), Dutch dialectal miggelen, miegelen (“to drizzle”), Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Sanskrit मेघ (megha, “cloud”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”).
The verb is from Middle English misten, from Old English mistian.
Inflected forms:
form: mists
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: mists
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: misting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: misted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: misted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It was difficult to see through the morning mist.
gloss: A layer of fine droplets or particles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: There was an oily mist on the lens.
gloss: Anything that dims, darkens, or hinders vision.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Alas, I do not have the strength to continue writing. Already, mist veils my eyes.
gloss: To form mist.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: It's misting this morning.
gloss: To spray fine droplets on, particularly of water.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I mist my tropical plants every morning.
gloss: To rain in very fine droplets.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: ... it's misting outside. When it mists outside it's half fog and half rain.
On this particular early morning , with a bitter cold rain misting down, Seminov was reaching the end of his endurance.
... rain misting outside from thick clouds.
gloss: To cover with a mist.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The lens was misted.
her breath will mist or staine the stone
gloss: To be covered by tears.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: My eyes misted when I remembered what had happened.
gloss: To disperse into a mist, accompanying operation of equipment at high speeds.
pos: verb
Derived words: Australian Mist
black mist
devil-in-a-mist
ecto-mist
enmist
fairy mist
groundmist
ground mist
ground-mist
love in a mist
love-in-a-mist
magic mist
misle
mist belt
mist-belt
mistbow
mist cap
mist coat
misteous
mistfall
mistflower
mistfly
mist frog
mistfrog
mistful
mistless
mistlike
mist net
mist-pond
mists of time
mist up
misty
overmist
red mist
bemist
demist
demister
mister
mist over
unmist
Translations:
transference
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
Inflected forms:
form: transferences
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: transferrence
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Furthermore, although probably few analysts still believe that transference occurs only in the context of the psychoanalytic situation, many hold that this phenomenon pertains only to object relationships. I submit, however, that the characteristic features of transference can be observed in other situations as well, especially in the area of learned skills.⁶ Thus, speaking a language with a foreign accent is one of the most striking everyday examples of transference. In the traditional concept of transference, one person (the analysand) behaves toward another (the analyst) as if the latter were someone else, previously familiar to him; and the subject is usually unaware of the actual manifestations of his own transferred behavior. In exactly the same way, persons who speak English (or any other language) with a foreign accent treat English as if it were their mother tongue; and they are usually unaware of the actual manifestations of their transferred behavior. […]
Those who argue for laws against sex between therapists and clients say that consent is not a simple matter for the person who goes to another for help. They point in particular to the dynamic of "transference," during which a client may re-enact a parental relationship with the therapist.
Synonyms: alienation
assignment
conveyance
transference
Related words: projection
transfer
Derived words: biotransference
countertransference
electrotransference
erotic transference
phosphotransference
thought transference
transferential
Translations:
araba
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish عربه (modern Turkish araba).
Inflected forms:
form: arabas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: arba
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: aroba
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A horse-drawn carriage once used for transportation in pre-modern Turkey.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: No one but a native of the luxurious East could ever have invented an araba, with its comfortable cushions, and its gaily painted roof, and gilded pillars. The prettiest are those of brown and gold, with rose-coloured draperies, through which the breeze flutters to your cheek as blandly as though it loved the tint that reminded it of the roses of the past season amid which it had wandered."
I found the examination of these antiquities much less pleasant than to look at the many troops of children assembled on the plain to play; and to watch them as they were dragged about in little queer arobas, or painted carriages, which are there kept for hire.
There is, however, such a thing as an “araba,” a vehicle drawn by oxen, in which the wives of a rich man are sometimes dragged four or five miles over the grass by way of recreation. The carriage is rudely framed, but you recognise in the simple grandeur of its design a likeness to things majestic; in short, if your carpenter’s son were to make a “Lord Mayor’s coach” for little Amy, he would build a carriage very much in the style of a Turkish araba.
Whenever I mounted the araba, he would whip his horses to a sharp trot or canter for half a mile, and then at a word stop for me to get out.
Translations:
nutter
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English nutter, notere, equivalent to nut + -er.
Base: nut
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: nutters
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who gathers nuts.
pos: noun
gloss: An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
derogatory
informal
sometimes
examples: That bird who's hanging' out with you is mad like cat piss / Like bread and jam, or a knife going with butter / Face it son, your missus is a nutter!
When I asked Mr Robinson why he'd made his own attempts, he said, 'It gets to be a bug. And I suppose I'm a nutter.'
Related words: nuts
nutso
nuttiness
nutty
Derived words: Mumsnutter
pit nutter
Translations:
impecunious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Base: pecunious
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lacking money.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
I'd an appetite fresh and hearty,
But I was, as many young barristers are,
An impecunious party.
"Then what became of her?"
"Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'"
"The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
"Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers."
"Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria."
"Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."
[I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.
The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, [...].
Translations:
zest
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
Etymology: Borrowed from French zeste.
Inflected forms:
form: zests
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: zests
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: zesting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: zested
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: zested
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.
gloss: General vibrance of flavour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.
He rolled his own cigarettes from a sack of Bull Durham, spilling flakes into his beer, which no doubt gained in zest thereby.
Bashele’s dishes tasted as good as they had when I was a child. No one could give to the borscht such a sweet-and-sour zest as Bashele.
gloss: Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; exciting and interesting; relish or gusto; a state of being zesty.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire II in The Works of the Reverend Edward Young, London: P. Brown, H. Hill & S. Payne, 1765, Volume I, p. 85,
Almighty vanity! to thee they owe
Their zest of pleasure, and their balm of woe.
1807, Thomas Cogan, An Ethical Treatise on the Passions, Bath: Hazard & Binns, Part 1, Disquisition 1, Chapter 1, Section 1 “On the utility of the Passions and Affections,” p. 51,
Liberality of disposition and conduct gives the highest zest and relish to social intercourse.
And never did Isabella relieve a suffering fellow-creature, or assist a beloved sister, without blessing the dear, distant one that had made her rich, and kissing her sweet boy with new zest, as the son of his father.
Once started, Mrs. Bolton was better than any book, about the lives of the people. She knew them all so intimately, and had such a peculiar, flamey zest in all their affairs, it was wonderful, if just a trifle humiliating to listen to her.
The singers, male and female, wore blue jeans and long hair and had more zest than talent.
59 sneak in some red Smuggle a bottle of wine, two glasses, and a corkscrew into a long matinee. Red wine is rich in life-extending antioxidants, and the caper will add zest even to a bad movie.
gloss: The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
uncountable
examples: The green zest of walnuts was used by the women to shine their teeth and it also gave a beautiful rust colour to their lips.
gloss: State of being a flamboyant or effeminate homosexual.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
slang
uncountable
gloss: To scrape the zest from a fruit.
pos: verb
gloss: To make more zesty.
pos: verb
examples: Strains ſo artleſs tho’ we proffer,
Hearts o’er flowing zest the offer.
Derived words: zest fest
zestful
zestfully
zestily
zestiness
zestless
zestlessly
zestlessness
zesty
zester
Translations:
anachronism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-
Proto-Hellenic *aná
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)
Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō)
Ancient Greek χρονῐ́ζω (khronĭ́zō)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰχρονῐ́ζομαι (ănăkhronĭ́zomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰχρονῐσμός (ănăkhronĭsmós)der.
New Latin anachronismusder.
English anachronism
From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Analyzable as ana- + chrono- + -ism.
Affixes: ana-
chrono-
-ism
Inflected forms:
form: anachronisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Indeed, that Hall of the Upper Temple is a sight not uninteresting, and with the exception of some trifling improvements and anachronisms which have been introduced into the practice there, a man may sit down and fancy that he joins in a meal of the seventeenth century.
[W]e beg the reader to understand that we only commit anachronisms when we choose and when by a daring violation of those natural laws some great ethical truth is to be advanced […]
gloss: A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: You are too young—it is an anachronism for you to have such thoughts
His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism.
There exist in Europe a number of independent or semi-independent countries which are complete anachronisms, they are mini-countries which have little business existing in this hurly-burly century, but somehow they survive.
We're also witnessing the passing of something even more profound - a culture of working-class masculinity that has become an anachronism in the modern world.
It has been a colossal error by Davos Man left-wingers to think of nation-states as embarrassing anachronisms hostile to democracy.
The old portions are perfectly preserved[…]and yet right there, in their literal backyard, rise the newer portions, the Star Wars district and the Avatar experience, offering the best of current theme park technologies to match the lovingly maintained anachronisms.
gloss: The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: anachronistic
anachronistically
anachronous
anachronously
parachronistic
prochronistic
anachronym
retronym
Derived words: anachronize
anacronym
Translations:
refutation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French refutation (compare French réfutation, Spanish refutación, Portuguese refutação, Italian refutazione) or its etymon Latin refūtātiō, from refūtō + -ātiō. By surface analysis, refute + -ation. First attested in 1536 (in sense 1).
Inflected forms:
form: refutations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Near-synonyms: rebuttal (see note), counterargument, counterassertion, counterclaim, denial
Apply these tests to his arguments and you will render your task of refutation easier. But in your refutation, be sure you refute. Don’t think for a minute that either heat or violence or sarcasm is a good answer.
The conclusion to which we shall be led by a full consideration of these facts will be that the effective refutation of such errors will frequently require further intellectual advance, and often advance on points which are very abstract and may seem very remote from the practical issues.
gloss: A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
proscribed
uncountable
Related words: refudiate
repudiation
Derived words: nonrefutation
refutational
refutationism
refutationist
self-refutation
Translations:
bowyer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English bowyere, bowȝere, variant forms of bowere (“bowyer”), equivalent to bow + -yer.
Base: bow
Affixes: -yer
Inflected forms:
form: bowyers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bowier
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
pos: noun
examples: A clause of a former act directing the bowyers of London and Westminster to make four bows of different wood for one of yew, was repealed on their representation that the citizens of London would use none but yew bows, and in its place they were ordered always to have by them at least fifty bows of elm, witch-hasel, or ash.
gloss: A person who uses the bow, an archer.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
Translations:
bracer
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
Etymology: From Middle English bracer, from Old French braceure; equivalent to brace + -er.
Base: brace
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: bracers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.
pos: noun
gloss: Something bracing; a stimulant.
pos: noun
examples: Country air in the fields, or in gardens, when breathed at proper hours, is an excellent bracer of the nerves, and a sure brightener of the complexion.
In fact I did not feel good. I was suffering from the morning sickness of the steady, heavy drinker. What I needed was a pick-me-up, a bracer.
gloss: A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string.
pos: noun
examples: To prevent the bow string from hanging on the left arm, it is covered with a piece of smooth leather, fastened on the outside of the arm, this is called a bracer.
gloss: Armor for the forearm; a brassard.
pos: noun
gloss: A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body.
pos: noun
Translations:
pusillanimous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Derived from Latin pusillanimis (“faint-hearted, timid”) + -ous.
Base: pusillanimis
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more pusillanimous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most pusillanimous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity.
pos: adj
examples: The soldier deserted his troop in a pusillanimous manner.
Therefore, the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling.
(Aaron Burr and Andrew Jackson ride together in Tennessee; Burr narrates): Jackson shouted at me his view of the duel. "Never read such a damned lot of nonsense as the press has been writing! All that hypocritical caterwauling for that Creole bastard (referring to Alexander Hamilton) who fought you of his own free will, just like a gentleman which he wasn't, if you'll forgive me, Colonel! I know you couldn't have met him unless you thought he was one, but he was not, Sir. He was the worst man in this union, as you, Sir, are the best. The best, and that goes for that pusillanimous spotted caitiff of a president (referring to Thomas Jefferson) we got.
Octavian, by contrast, was pusillanimous in battle ... but proved himself extremely adept in the political arena
Translations:
assent
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
property
Etymology: From Middle English assent (noun) and assenten (verb), from Old French assent (noun) and assentir (verb), from Latin assentiō (whence as-).
Affixes: as-#Etymology_2
Inflected forms:
form: assents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: assenting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: assented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: assented
pos: verb
tags: past
form: assents
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To agree to a proposal.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
The princess assented to all that was suggested.
To assent to the words
Of medieval law
To pay a corporal price
To death, by lapidation
gloss: Agreement; act of agreeing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I will give this act my assent.
A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.
He lowered his head in assent.
gloss: A legal instrument that conveys real estate to an heir under the terms of a will.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Synonyms: approval
consent
sanction
Antonyms: decline
deny
disapprove
disassent
dissent
object
oppose
reject
Related words: assentor
Derived words: disassent
nonassent
royal assent
Translations:
morris
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
Etymology: From Moorish.
Inflected forms:
form: morrises
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: morrises
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: morrising
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: morrised
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: morrised
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A type of pike.
pos: noun
examples: Another kind of pike called a morris, that is a Moorish pike, was much in fashion about the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth.
gloss: A morris dance.
pos: noun
gloss: To perform morris dancing.
pos: verb
Translations:
Tim
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
Inflected forms:
form: Tims
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A Catholic.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
derogatory
slang
gloss: A supporter of the Scottish football team Celtic F.C..
pos: noun
tags: slang
Translations:
hyperinflation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: economics
sciences
Etymology: From hyper- + inflation.
Base: inflation
Affixes: hyper-
Inflected forms:
form: hyperinflations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Excessive inflation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: hyperinflation of the lungs
gloss: A very high rate of inflation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Even though ten years elapsed between the German hyperinflation of 1923 and the seizure of power by Hitler, it is often suggested that the two events are causally related.
Only inconvertible paper currencies can be expanded rapidly without limit to generate hyperinflation.
When hyperinflation peaked, wheelbarrows full of money were required to shop for groceries.
Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian presidential candidate, has made “dollarizing” Argentina a signature proposal of his campaign, hailing it as a cure for the country’s hyperinflation problem.
Related words: deflation
Translations:
malle
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: malles
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: maul
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: mawle
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
pos: noun
examples: There is also an entry of two hundred Malles in a store house at Berwick.
Translations:
espada
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish espada (“sword”). Doublet of epee, spade, spatha, and spathe.
Inflected forms:
form: espadas
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A matador.
pos: noun
examples: That first day taught me I could be an espada. The only doubt in my mind was in regard to the nature of the bulls.
Translations: