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13700 | word:
Wellington
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Wellington (plural Wellingtons)
forms:
form:
Wellingtons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Wellington (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
From Old English Weolingtun, meaning "wealthy estate".
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.
senses_topics:
card-games
games |
13701 | word:
Wellington
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Wellington (plural Wellingtons)
forms:
form:
Wellingtons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Wellington (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised this style of boot.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Ellipsis of Wellington boot.
senses_topics:
|
13702 | word:
Wellington
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Wellington (plural Wellingtons)
forms:
form:
Wellingtons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Wellington (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
Generalization from beef Wellington.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Meat baked in a puff pastry.
senses_topics:
cooking
food
lifestyle |
13703 | word:
Foggia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Foggia
forms:
wikipedia:
Foggia
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Foggia.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Apulia, Italy.
A city, the capital of Foggia, Apulia.
senses_topics:
|
13704 | word:
Lucca
word_type:
name
expansion:
Lucca
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Italian Lucca.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Tuscany, Italy.
The capital city of the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
senses_topics:
|
13705 | word:
Cremona
word_type:
name
expansion:
Cremona
forms:
wikipedia:
Cremona
etymology_text:
From Italian Cremona, from Latin Cremōna.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
City and capital of Cremona.
A village in Alberta, Canada
senses_topics:
|
13706 | word:
Cremona
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Cremona (plural Cremonas)
forms:
form:
Cremonas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Cremona
etymology_text:
From Italian Cremona, from Latin Cremōna.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
senses_topics:
|
13707 | word:
Cuneo
word_type:
name
expansion:
Cuneo (countable and uncountable, plural Cuneos)
forms:
form:
Cuneos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Cuneo
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Cuneo, from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), after the shape of the city, which is at the confluence of two rivers. Doublet of coin.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Piedmont, northwestern Italy.
A city, the capital of the province of Cuneo, Piedmont.
A habitational surname from Italian.
senses_topics:
|
13708 | word:
thousandth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
thousandth (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From thousand + -th (suffix forming an ordinal number).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ordinal numeral form of one thousand; last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.
senses_topics:
|
13709 | word:
thousandth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
thousandth (plural thousandths)
forms:
form:
thousandths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From thousand + -th (suffix forming an ordinal number).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The person or thing in the thousandth position.
One of a thousand equal parts of a whole.
senses_topics:
|
13710 | word:
Como
word_type:
name
expansion:
Como
forms:
wikipedia:
como (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Italian Como.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
City and capital of Como.
An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado, United States.
A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
senses_topics:
|
13711 | word:
Cosenza
word_type:
name
expansion:
Cosenza (countable and uncountable, plural Cosenzas)
forms:
form:
Cosenzas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Cosenza.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A town and province of Calabria, Italy.
A habitational surname from Italian.
senses_topics:
|
13712 | word:
nineteenth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
nineteenth (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Equivalent to nineteen + -th
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ordinal form of the number nineteen.
senses_topics:
|
13713 | word:
nineteenth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nineteenth (plural nineteenths)
forms:
form:
nineteenths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Equivalent to nineteen + -th
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The person or thing in the nineteenth position.
One of nineteen equal parts of a whole.
senses_topics:
|
13714 | word:
Daniel
word_type:
name
expansion:
Daniel
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
senses_examples:
text:
"His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for.
"But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.
ref:
1989, John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Corgi Books, page 55
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.
The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
A British surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Daniels.
A French surname originating as a patronymic.
A Portuguese surname originating as a patronymic.
A surname from Irish, a rare adopted anglicization of Ó Domhnaill (O'Donnell).
A village in central Poland.
A town in Utah, United States.
A census-designated place in Wyoming, United States.
senses_topics:
biblical
lifestyle
religion
|
13715 | word:
Daniel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Daniel (plural Daniels)
forms:
form:
Daniels
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
senses_topics:
|
13716 | word:
clap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
clap (plural claps)
forms:
form:
claps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa.
senses_examples:
text:
He summoned the waiter with a clap.
type:
example
text:
Off in the distance, he heard the clap of thunder.
type:
example
text:
His father's affection never went further than a handshake or a clap on the shoulder.
type:
example
text:
Oh! get some coo clap (cow dung), mix it wi’ fish oil (whale oil), put it on, and let it stop on all neet.
ref:
1890, John Nicholson, Folk Lore of East Yorkshire, page 139
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
The explosive sound of thunder.
Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
senses_topics:
falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
|
13717 | word:
clap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
clap (third-person singular simple present claps, present participle clapping, simple past and past participle clapped or (archaic) clapt)
forms:
form:
claps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
clapping
tags:
participle
present
form:
clapped
tags:
participle
past
form:
clapped
tags:
past
form:
clapt
tags:
archaic
participle
past
form:
clapt
tags:
archaic
past
wikipedia:
Clapping
etymology_text:
From Middle English clappen, from Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną. Cognate with Dutch klappen, Icelandic klappa, and Faroese klappa.
senses_examples:
text:
The children began to clap in time with the music.
type:
example
text:
The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.
type:
example
text:
It isn’t the singers they are clapping; it's the composer.
type:
example
text:
He would often clap his teammates on the back for encouragement.
type:
example
text:
He clapped the empty glass down on the table.
type:
example
text:
She clapped the book shut.
type:
example
text:
He clapped across the floor in his boots.
type:
example
text:
Then like a bird it sits and sings, / Then whets and claps its silver wings.
ref:
1681, Andrew Marvell, The Garden
type:
quotation
text:
Her fear gave her strength; she threw Laura away, and clapped to the door.
ref:
1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VII, letter 119
type:
quotation
text:
We should clap together a shelter before nightfall.
type:
example
text:
The rival factions clapped up a truce.
type:
example
text:
The sheriff clapped him in jail.
type:
example
text:
She was the prettiest thing I'd ever clapped eyes on.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
To applaud.
To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
To slam (a door or window); formerly often construed with to.
To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
To set or put, usually in haste.
To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
To have sex, fornicate, copulate.
senses_topics:
|
13718 | word:
clap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
clap
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Uncertain. Probably from Old French clapoir (“bubo, inflammation from infection”), from clapier (“brothel”).
May also be from old, unsafe treatments for gonnorhea, such as clapping the penis between a book and a hard surface to break up obstructions in the urethra and permit urination. Attested from the 16th century.
senses_examples:
text:
With the mischiefe of the melt and maw, / The clape and the canker,
ref:
1821 [1580 August 24], Alexander Montgomerie, “The Flyting”, in The Poems of Alexander Montgomery, page 115
type:
quotation
text:
“What in hell makes you think he's got the clap?” Hawkeye asked. “Even a clap doctor can't diagnose it through a parka
ref:
1972, Richard Hooker, MASH, page 32
type:
quotation
text:
He thought I had given him the clap [gonorrhea], but I knew I didn't.
ref:
1980, Ruth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives, page 295
type:
quotation
text:
When I explained that I thought he had given me the clap, he said I must be mistaken, it had to be someone I'd “tricked” with at ... He'd never had an STD in his life, he told me, and slammed down the phone.
ref:
1998, Dan Savage, Savage Love, page 229
type:
quotation
text:
Gonorrhea, sometimes called the clap, is caused by a bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae.]
ref:
[2006, Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn, The STDs Update, page 40
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Gonorrhea.
senses_topics:
|
13719 | word:
Bolivian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Bolivian (plural Bolivians)
forms:
form:
Bolivians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Bolivia + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Bolivia or of Bolivian descent.
senses_topics:
|
13720 | word:
Bolivian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Bolivian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Bolivia + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Bolivia, or the Bolivian people.
senses_topics:
|
13721 | word:
Barbadian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Barbadian (plural Barbadians)
forms:
form:
Barbadians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Barbados or descended from a person from Barbados.
senses_topics:
|
13722 | word:
Barbadian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Barbadian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or relating to Barbados or the people of Barbados.
senses_topics:
|
13723 | word:
ninetieth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ninetieth (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier ninteth, from Middle English nyntithe; for the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ordinal form of the number ninety.
senses_topics:
|
13724 | word:
ninetieth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ninetieth (plural ninetieths)
forms:
form:
ninetieths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier ninteth, from Middle English nyntithe; for the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The person or thing in the ninetieth position.
One of ninety equal parts of a whole.
senses_topics:
|
13725 | word:
Bahamian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Bahamian (comparative more Bahamian, superlative most Bahamian)
forms:
form:
more Bahamian
tags:
comparative
form:
most Bahamian
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Bahamas + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to the Bahamas, or the Bahamian people.
senses_topics:
|
13726 | word:
Bahamian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Bahamian (plural Bahamians)
forms:
form:
Bahamians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Bahamas + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from the Bahamas or of Bahamian descent.
senses_topics:
|
13727 | word:
dharma
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dharma (countable and uncountable, plural dharmas)
forms:
form:
dharmas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dharma
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “that which upholds or supports”). The definitions pertaining to Buddhism are influenced by dhamma, a loan word from Pali. Doublet of dhamma and firm.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.
One's obligation in respect to one's position in society, or the universe; one's duty, societally or cosmically.
The teachings of the Buddha as one's personal path to enlightenment.
The teachings of the Buddha as a practice to be promulgated and taught.
Rule of conduct.
senses_topics:
Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
|
13728 | word:
Belizean
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Belizean (plural Belizeans)
forms:
form:
Belizeans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Belize + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Belize or of Belizean descent.
senses_topics:
|
13729 | word:
Belizean
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Belizean (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Belize + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Belize, or the Belizean people.
senses_topics:
|
13730 | word:
Aosta
word_type:
name
expansion:
Aosta
forms:
wikipedia:
Aosta
etymology_text:
From Italian Aosta, ultimately from the Latin name Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A city, the capital of Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
The sole province of Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
senses_topics:
|
13731 | word:
Arezzo
word_type:
name
expansion:
Arezzo
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Arezzo, from Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Tuscany, Italy.
The capital city of Arezzo.
senses_topics:
|
13732 | word:
Bahraini
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Bahraini (plural Bahrainis)
forms:
form:
Bahrainis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Arabic بَحْرَيْنِيّ (baḥrayniyy, “Bahraini”). Equivalent to Bahrain + -i.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Bahrain or of Bahraini descent.
senses_topics:
|
13733 | word:
Bahraini
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Bahraini (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Arabic بَحْرَيْنِيّ (baḥrayniyy, “Bahraini”). Equivalent to Bahrain + -i.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Bahrain or the Bahraini people.
senses_topics:
|
13734 | word:
eighteenth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
eighteenth
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English eiʒtenþe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ordinal form of the number eighteen.
senses_topics:
|
13735 | word:
eighteenth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eighteenth (plural eighteenths)
forms:
form:
eighteenths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English eiʒtenþe, from Old English eahtatēoþa, from Proto-Germanic *ahtudô tehundô.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The person or thing in the eighteenth position.
One of eighteen equal parts of a whole.
A party to celebrate an eighteenth birthday.
senses_topics:
|
13736 | word:
almond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
almond (countable and uncountable, plural almonds)
forms:
form:
almonds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla.
senses_examples:
text:
In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.
ref:
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 3
type:
quotation
text:
almond:
text:
almond:
text:
I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it.
type:
example
text:
The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.
ref:
1828, David Craigie, Elements of General and Pathological Anatomy
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
The tree that produces almonds.
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
bitter almond. of variety Prunus amygdalus var. amara, (syn. Prunus dulcis var. amara), that only produces bitter fruits
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae
Other plants that produce almond-like nuts:
Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae
The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour.
The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown.
Flavor or other characteristics of almond.
Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil.
senses_topics:
|
13737 | word:
almond
word_type:
adj
expansion:
almond (comparative more almond, superlative most almond)
forms:
form:
more almond
tags:
comparative
form:
most almond
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.
senses_topics:
|
13738 | word:
triskaidekaphobia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
triskaidekaphobia (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From triskaideka- (“thirteen”) + -phobia.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Fear or dislike of the number thirteen (13).
senses_topics:
|
13739 | word:
perennial
word_type:
adj
expansion:
perennial (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective is borrowed from Latin perennis (“lasting through the whole year or for several years, perennial; continual, everlasting, perpetual”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Perennis is derived from per- (“completive or intensifying prefix with the sense of doing something all the way through or entirely”) + annus (“year; season, time”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- (“to go”)). By surface analysis, per- + -ennial.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
cognates
* Middle French pérenne (modern French pérenne (“lasting through the whole year, perennial”))
* Italian perenne (“lasting for a long time”)
* Spanish perenne (“eternal; permanent; a perennial plant”)
senses_examples:
text:
a perennial stream
type:
example
text:
These offshore Sonoman mountains likely formed an orogenic (mountainous) barrier to moisture inland, resulting in a mountain-shadow onshore desert punctuated by regional annual and large basin perennial streams draining into a forearc saline sea.
ref:
2012, Chinle Miller, “The Tectonic Forces of the Mesozoic”, in In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition, page 34
type:
quotation
text:
His artwork has a perennial beauty.
type:
example
text:
Her name was Liberty! Earth lay before her, / And throbbed unconscious fealty and truth; / Morning and night men hastened to adore her, / And from her eyes Peace drew perennial youth.
ref:
1882, John Boyle O’Reilly, “The Three Queens”, in In Bohemia, Boston, Mass.: The Pilot Publishing Co. […], published 1886, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 77
type:
quotation
text:
a perennial candidate in elections
type:
example
text:
Change is a perennial theme in politics.
type:
example
text:
Ludgate Hill is not Moirosi’s Mountain, but, after all, is only a gentle ascent of about half an inch in the foot, over a length of about two hundred yards, up which unshod omnibus horses would trot with a full load in any weather. Yet there it must remain, a chief thoroughfare in the heart of London, a perennial cause of complaint, and of fear, disgust, and injury to man and horse.
ref:
1881, “Free-lance” [pseudonym; J. T. Denny], “Ludgate Hill only Rises about Four Feet in Every Hundred—Societies—the Bearing Rein only Required on Cripples”, in Horses and Roads: Or How to Keep a Horse Sound on His Legs […], 3rd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 129
type:
quotation
text:
Of all the questions which, throughout the centuries, have escaped from the lips of man, there is none which has been asked with such persistence, none which has possessed interest more perennial, than "Whence do I come? Whither shall I go?" Man's origin, man's hereafter, have ever been of intensest interest to man.
ref:
1886, Annie Besant, Life, Death, and Immortality, London: Freethought Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, page 3
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.
Continuing without cessation or intermission for several years, or for an undetermined or infinite period; neverending or never failing; perpetual, unceasing.
Appearing or recurring again and again; recurrent.
Appearing or recurring again and again; recurrent.
Appearing again each year; annual.
Of a plant: active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.
senses_topics:
biology
botany
natural-sciences |
13740 | word:
perennial
word_type:
noun
expansion:
perennial (plural perennials)
forms:
form:
perennials
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective is borrowed from Latin perennis (“lasting through the whole year or for several years, perennial; continual, everlasting, perpetual”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Perennis is derived from per- (“completive or intensifying prefix with the sense of doing something all the way through or entirely”) + annus (“year; season, time”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et- (“to go”)). By surface analysis, per- + -ennial.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
cognates
* Middle French pérenne (modern French pérenne (“lasting through the whole year, perennial”))
* Italian perenne (“lasting for a long time”)
* Spanish perenne (“eternal; permanent; a perennial plant”)
senses_examples:
text:
One would have supposed from the appearance of the country at the end of the first season after the eruption that practically all plants except the trees and bushes had been destroyed, and that revegetation must be due to new seedlings started on the ash. Such, however, is not the case. Excavation of the root systems of the new plants shows that they are old perennials which have come through the ash from the old soil.
ref:
1917 January, Robert F[iske] Griggs, “The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes”, in National Geographic, volume XXXI, number 1, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society […], →ISSN, →OCLC
type:
quotation
text:
Some of the stars on our list are perennials who fill huge venues year after year after year, but there's also a returning superstar on our list of the hottest summer tours of 2019.
ref:
2019 June 21, Sterling Whitaker, “Hottest Country Tours to See in Summer 2019”, in Taste of Country, archived from the original on 2021-05-31
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A plant that is active throughout the year, or has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.
A thing that lasts forever.
A person or thing (such as a problem) that appears or returns regularly.
senses_topics:
biology
botany
natural-sciences
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13741 | word:
terp
word_type:
noun
expansion:
terp (plural terps)
forms:
form:
terps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of interpreter.
senses_examples:
text:
I don't think it's at all appropriate to hire a terp to review your correspondences, reports, grammar, tone, style, etc. It is completely YOUR responsibility to perform effective written communication tasks.
ref:
1994 September 15, Tom Lyczko, “Comments on ASL Interpreter Position Description”, in DEAF-L mailing list, message-ID <Pine.3.89.9409151534.A19989-0100000@gamera.syr.edu>
type:
quotation
text:
But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
ref:
2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in Los Angeles Times
type:
quotation
text:
We don't understand what he's saying, of course, but he looks like he knows what he's saying. There's a certain something that emanates from a confused patient that this fellow doesn't have. I sure wish I had more 'terps. Well, we're not going to CT him right away.
ref:
2013, Marc Dauphin, Combat Doctor: Life and Death Stories from Kandahar's Military Hospital, Toronto: Dundurn Press, page 197
type:
quotation
text:
So, I'm writing a Z-Machine terp. It is not done. It's getting there. Now, I have some ideas of things I would like this terp to do, but I thought it might be a nice idea to find out if there are any features that other people on this newsgroup would like in a Z-Machine terp.
ref:
2001 July 23, Fillmore, “Z-Machine terp”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet), message-ID <6j177.12538$Iz3.3461071@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>
type:
quotation
text:
As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.
ref:
2009 September 15, Dannii, “IF System Idea”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet), message-ID <15cd3135-0302-421e-be03-d40a5dbb1645@m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An interpreter (person who translates).
An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
senses_topics:
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences |
13742 | word:
terp
word_type:
noun
expansion:
terp (plural terps)
forms:
form:
terps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of terpene.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
senses_topics:
|
13743 | word:
terp
word_type:
verb
expansion:
terp (third-person singular simple present terps, present participle terping, simple past and past participle terped)
forms:
form:
terps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
terping
tags:
participle
present
form:
terped
tags:
participle
past
form:
terped
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of terpene.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).
senses_topics:
|
13744 | word:
terp
word_type:
noun
expansion:
terp (countable and uncountable, plural terps)
forms:
form:
terps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
terp (music industry jargon)
etymology_text:
Clipping of Terpsichore, the goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus in Greek mythology.
senses_examples:
text:
In the terp section, Barbara Perry, last here in a straight role in Swan Song, scores smartly as a dancer, and lanky Jack Williams holds down the other lead stepping slot with his intricate tap routines. Dancing is overall excellent, but as noted above, there is too much of it.
ref:
1946 December 14, “Broadway Openings: If the Shoe Fits”, in The Billboard, volume 58, number 50, page 48
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Dance.
senses_topics:
|
13745 | word:
terp
word_type:
verb
expansion:
terp (third-person singular simple present terps, present participle terping, simple past and past participle terped)
forms:
form:
terps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
terping
tags:
participle
present
form:
terped
tags:
participle
past
form:
terped
tags:
past
wikipedia:
terp (music industry jargon)
etymology_text:
Clipping of Terpsichore, the goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus in Greek mythology.
senses_examples:
text:
Longhair terping got another boost around these parts Tuesday (3) when the Jooss Ballet returned to the New York City Center for a three-week stint. Heavy balletomane audience was on hand, generous in its applause welcoming back this unique troupe after a five-year wartime absence.
ref:
1946 December 14, Frank Gill, “Jooss Ballet Juice In Return to B'way”, in The Billboard, volume 58, number 50, page 48
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To dance.
senses_topics:
|
13746 | word:
terp
word_type:
noun
expansion:
terp (plural terps or terpen)
forms:
form:
terps
tags:
plural
form:
terpen
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
terp
etymology_text:
From Dutch terp (“terp”).
senses_examples:
text:
Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.
ref:
1898, The Outlook, volume 60, page 281
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain, created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding.
senses_topics:
|
13747 | word:
New Latin
word_type:
name
expansion:
New Latin
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The reformed Latin language as written or spoken as a lingua franca from 14th century Renaissance Latin to Contemporary Latin beginning in the late 19th century.
senses_topics:
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13748 | word:
Ancona
word_type:
name
expansion:
Ancona
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A city and associated province of Marche, Italy.
A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.
senses_topics:
|
13749 | word:
Ancona
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Ancona (plural Anconas)
forms:
form:
Anconas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).
senses_examples:
text:
In all but colouring, the Ancona is a very similar bird to the Leghorn. It was imported from Italy probably some years before the latter. See ref. p.43.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A breed of poultry.
senses_topics:
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13750 | word:
truth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
truth (usually uncountable, plural truths)
forms:
form:
truths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Truth (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English trouthe, truthe, trewthe, treowthe, from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity, faith, fidelity, loyalty, honour, pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“promise, covenant, contract”), from Proto-Indo-European *drū- (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“firm, solid”), equivalent to true + -th. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
senses_examples:
text:
The truth is that our leaders knew a lot more than they were letting on.
type:
example
text:
The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
ref:
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 2018-11-04
type:
quotation
text:
There was some truth in his statement that he had no other choice.
type:
example
text:
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
ref:
2012 January 24, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 31
type:
quotation
text:
Truth to one's own feelings is all-important in life.
type:
example
text:
The process of grinding is, in fact, regarded as indispensable wherever truth is required, yet that of scraping is calculated to produce a higher degree of truth than has ever been attained by grinding.
ref:
1840, Joseph Whitworth, A Paper on Plane Metallic Surfaces or True Planes
type:
quotation
text:
The truth is what is.
type:
example
text:
Alcoholism and redemption led me finally to truth.
type:
example
text:
Hunger and jealousy are just eternal truths of human existence.
type:
example
text:
When asked truth or dare, he picked truth.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
Conformity to fact or reality; correctness, accuracy.
The state or quality of being true to someone or something.
Faithfulness, fidelity.
A pledge of loyalty or faith.
Conformity to rule; exactness; close correspondence with an example, mood, model, etc.
That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or ‘genuine’ reality.
Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
Topness; the property of a truth quark.
In the game truth or dare, the choice to truthfully answer a question put forth.
senses_topics:
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
games |
13751 | word:
truth
word_type:
verb
expansion:
truth (third-person singular simple present truths, present participle truthing, simple past and past participle truthed)
forms:
form:
truths
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
truthing
tags:
participle
present
form:
truthed
tags:
participle
past
form:
truthed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
Truth (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English trouthe, truthe, trewthe, treowthe, from Old English trēowþ, trīewþ (“truth, veracity, faith, fidelity, loyalty, honour, pledge, covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō (“promise, covenant, contract”), from Proto-Indo-European *drū- (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“firm, solid”), equivalent to true + -th. Cognate with Norwegian trygd (“trustworthiness, security, insurance”), Icelandic tryggð (“loyalty, fidelity”).
senses_examples:
text:
c. 1636 John Ford, The Fancies Chaste and Noble
Had they [the ancients] dreamt this, they would have truthed it heaven.
text:
A concentrated region of the agricultural test area was intensively ground truthed, not only to identify the crop types, but equally important, also to begin to determine the parameters controlling the radar energy reflected from a crop type at a particular stage of growth.
ref:
1974, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, page 226
type:
quotation
text:
As is shown in this table, APG images in the validation subset were only truthed with box models, and the 29P images in this subset were never truthed at all.
ref:
1990, Advanced Infrared Technology - Part 2, page cxxvi
type:
quotation
text:
This database, which consisists of nearly 180,000 characters, was manually truthed.
ref:
2003, Advances in Pattern Recognition ICAPR2003, page 67
type:
quotation
text:
You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'
ref:
1966, Nancy Sinatra, These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To assert as true; to declare; to speak truthfully.
To make exact; to correct for inaccuracy.
To tell the truth.
senses_topics:
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13752 | word:
puer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
puer (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Perhaps from French puer.
senses_examples:
text:
A solution called the ‘pure’ or the 'pewer' (having never seen the word written.., we must spell it as pronounced) is prepared in a large vessel, and into this the skins are immersed.
ref:
1842, The Penny Magazine, May 212/1
type:
quotation
text:
[…] The bacteria of fresh dog-dung were not found to possess a satisfactory puering effect, but those from dung with had been fermented a month (as in practice) have a result nearly equal to actual puer.
ref:
1903, Henry Richardson Proctor, The principles of leather manufacture, page 174
type:
quotation
text:
[…] it was about 50 years before the use of puer was discontinued, at least in Europe.
ref:
2009, Tony Covington, Tanning Chemistry: The Science of Leather, page 166
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
senses_topics:
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13753 | word:
puer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
puer
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 普洱 (pǔ'ěr), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of pu'er
senses_topics:
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13754 | word:
puer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
puer (plural puers)
forms:
form:
puers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
“No; you called it that. Anyway, what’s wrong with ‘whither’?” / “Oh, that; we had to struggle through a high school commencement speech one time, something about ‘Whither now, oh, puers and puellas?’ and now the word gives us the hiccoughs.”
ref:
1957, IW: The Management Magazine, volume 140, page 6
type:
quotation
text:
As I mentioned earlier, the circumstances that precipitate puer development prece sexual differentiation and the formation of a strong identity based on gender. Some puers and puellas are, therefore, heterosexual, others are homosexual.
ref:
1979, Quadrant, volume 12 or 13, page 102
type:
quotation
text:
TR spirit-work: For some extreme and gifted puers and puellas, Jesus or Mary another spirit comes in vivid visions. […] The blessing, though related to the body, takes place mainly on a heavenly-spiritual place. It is a necessary beginning for puers and puellas, though much embodied “shadow-material” remains to be dealt with, including the “nasty old (wo)man.”
ref:
1996, Seymour Boorstein, editor, Transpersonal Psychotherapy, 2nd edition, State University of New York Press, pages 472, 473
type:
quotation
text:
Mr. Pan, I wrote a book that owes much to von Franz's interpretation of the puer syndrome: THE SECRET RAVEN: Conflict and Transformation in the Life of Franz Kafka (Inner City Books, 1980). Also, my book THE SURVIVAL PAPERS: Anatomy of a Midlife Crisis (Inner City, 1988) is a narrative about the personal analysis of a puer brought to his knees by his own psychology.
ref:
1996 June 8, Daryl Sharp, “Re: Puer Aeternus info.”, in alt.psychology.jung (Usenet), message-ID <31B98038.779E@inforamp.net>
type:
quotation
text:
Having a child was a definite turning point in my puella lifestyle, so was getting an education and working towards a serious career. John Lee's book is on my shelf and will have to give it another look in the coming days. I much prefer Hillman's twist on the puer archetype over some of the Jungians. Even my fav, Von-Franz, is a bit too pessimistic about it. Hillman's archetypal dig brings back the positive aspects of the puer/puella and for those of us who inhabit this realm,it was a great relief to be able to claim more than the negative side of it.
ref:
1999 February 21, Sharyn C, “Re: Hillman Online”, in alt.psychology.jung (Usenet), message-ID <3B348FE4.1963DB1D@prodigy.net>
type:
quotation
text:
Nobody understands the puer aeternus and also the puella aetermiss because they are the archetypicals of eternity in time. […] The puer and puella are more like masks/roles in this respect because no one ever measures up to these standards. So most people only know the pue's by the shadow or shallow. […] And the puers and puellas don't remember anymore the ego's DIGNITY AND HONOR because they are worn out.
ref:
2000 June 3, Troubledoor, “Re: Question about Puer and Thanatos”, in alt.psychology.jung (Usenet), message-ID <393843A8.737705E6@earthlink.net>
type:
quotation
text:
The combination of Scorpio and Capricorn is not a terribly cheerful image, and considering the mundane events of the time in which this transit occurred, we would be fools to consider that the product of those times might be a lighthearted, happy-go-lucky bunch of puers and puellas. […] Puers and puellas have a very hard time individuating into their aging process.
ref:
2005, Erin Sullivan, Astrology of Midlife and Aging
type:
quotation
text:
You see, puers and puellas are always about to make a change; one day they’ll do what’s necessary—but not just yet.
ref:
2005, Daryl Sharp, Not the Big Sleep: On Having Fun, Seriously: A Jungian Romance, Inner City Books, page 48
type:
quotation
text:
We are also familiar with the type of man or woman who is overly dominated by the Eternal Youth. Though more common in the first half of life, there are Puers and Puellas of all ages, and their energy is often a delight during courting. […] These Puers and Puellas can never commit, fearing that choices may limit their options.
ref:
2007, Robert A. Johnson, Jerry Ruhl, Living Your Unlived Life: Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the Second Half of Life
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Ellipsis of puer aeternus.
senses_topics:
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13755 | word:
Medieval Latin
word_type:
name
expansion:
Medieval Latin
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Latin language as used during the Middle Ages, before it was developed by the Italian humanists into Renaissance Latin.
senses_topics:
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13756 | word:
Agrigento
word_type:
name
expansion:
Agrigento
forms:
wikipedia:
Agrigento
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akráganta), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Sicily, Italy.
The capital city of Agrigento.
senses_topics:
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13757 | word:
Greenlander
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Greenlander (plural Greenlanders)
forms:
form:
Greenlanders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Greenland + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IV. "The Beach", page 54.
Were it not for this, we Europeans should have no wood to burn there, and the poor Greenlanders […] would, however, have no wood to roof their houses, to erect their tents, as also to build their boats, and to shaft their arrows.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Greenland or of Greenlandic descent.
senses_topics:
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13758 | word:
Brindisi
word_type:
name
expansion:
Brindisi (countable and uncountable, plural Brindisis)
forms:
form:
Brindisis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Brindisi
etymology_text:
From Italian Brindisi, from Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from Messapic.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A port city in Apulia, Italy.
A province of Apulia, Italy. Capital: Brindisi.
A habitational surname from Italian.
senses_topics:
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13759 | word:
Beninese
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Beninese (plural Beninese)
forms:
form:
Beninese
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Benin + -ese.
senses_examples:
text:
“They wanted to know what part of Africa my parents hailed from,” Caesar said. “How was I to know? He said I had the nose of a Beninese.”
ref:
2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), pages 147–148
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Benin or of Beninese descent.
senses_topics:
|
13760 | word:
Beninese
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Beninese (comparative more Beninese, superlative most Beninese)
forms:
form:
more Beninese
tags:
comparative
form:
most Beninese
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Benin + -ese.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Benin, the Beninese people.
senses_topics:
|
13761 | word:
Cuban
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Cuban (plural Cubans)
forms:
form:
Cubans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Cuba + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Cuba or of Cuban descent.
senses_topics:
|
13762 | word:
Cuban
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Cuban (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Cuba + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Cuba, the Cuban people or the Cuban dialect.
senses_topics:
|
13763 | word:
seventieth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
seventieth (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier seventeth, from Middle English seventiþe, seventithe; equivalent to seventy + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ordinal form of the number seventy.
senses_topics:
|
13764 | word:
seventieth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seventieth (plural seventieths)
forms:
form:
seventieths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier seventeth, from Middle English seventiþe, seventithe; equivalent to seventy + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
senses_examples:
text:
All the septuagenarians remembered their seventieths fondly.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The person or thing in the seventieth position.
One of seventy equal parts of a whole.
senses_topics:
|
13765 | word:
Catania
word_type:
name
expansion:
Catania (countable and uncountable, plural Catanias)
forms:
form:
Catanias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Catania.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy.
The capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
A habitational surname from Italian.
senses_topics:
|
13766 | word:
hip-hop
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hip-hop (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
hip-hop
etymology_text:
Reduplication of hop.
senses_examples:
text:
2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet, National Geographic (April 2007), 106,
"...not knowning as they strolled through the doors of the community center near Bambaataa's mother's apartment that they were writing musical history. Among them was an MC named Lovebug Starski, who was said to utter the phrase 'hip-hop' between breaks in time."
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An Afro-American urban youth culture based on rap music, breakdancing etc.
A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
13767 | word:
hip-hop
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hip-hop (third-person singular simple present hip-hops, present participle hip-hopping, simple past and past participle hip-hopped)
forms:
form:
hip-hops
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hip-hopping
tags:
participle
present
form:
hip-hopped
tags:
participle
past
form:
hip-hopped
tags:
past
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Reduplication of hop.
senses_examples:
text:
Placing the hoops in this position makes skirts hip hop with a swirl.
ref:
1939 July 14, The West Australian, Perth, page 6, column 4
type:
quotation
text:
I have a bunny and he goes hip hop, I often wonder if he cannot stop.
ref:
1951 April 14, The Advocate, Burnie, page 17, column 4
type:
quotation
text:
Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there.
ref:
1971 August 4, The Australian Women's Weekly, page 64, column 4
type:
quotation
text:
I'm not entirely sure who in WCW felt like a bunch of hip-hopping rappers would get cheered in a company based mainly in the south (especially with a country band stable on the other side), but everything's a good idea in theory.
ref:
2020, New Jack, Jason Norman, New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist, page 108
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To move by hopping or with a hopping motion.
To perform hip-hop music.
senses_topics:
|
13768 | word:
Valencia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Valencia
forms:
wikipedia:
Valencia
Valencia (autonomous community)
Valencia orange
etymology_text:
From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigor”). Doublet of Valence.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
An autonomous community of Spain, the Valencian Community.
A province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain.
A town and municipality of the Córdoba department, in northern Colombia.
The capital city of Valencia canton, Ecuador.
A canton of Los Ríos Province, Ecuador.
Several places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
Several places in the Philippines:
A city in Bukidnon, Philippines.
Several places in the Philippines:
A barangay of the municipality of Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands, Philippines.
Several places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Negros Oriental, Philippines.
An area in the barrio of Universidad, in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A town in northeastern Trinidad island, Trinidad and Tobago.
Several places in the United States:
A neighborhood of the city of Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California.
Several places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Valencia County, New Mexico.
Several places in the United States:
A borough of Butler County, Pennsylvania.
The capital city of the state of Carabobo, Venezuela.
A female given name
A habitational surname from Spanish
senses_topics:
|
13769 | word:
Valencia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Valencia (plural Valencias)
forms:
form:
Valencias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Valencia
Valencia (autonomous community)
Valencia orange
etymology_text:
From Spanish Valencia, from Latin Valentia, from valentia (“power, vigor”). Doublet of Valence.
senses_examples:
text:
[…] while Charles whistlingly assembles an exotic cocktail at the counter of the make-believe kitchen.
'What's up, Chas?' Sage asks, not quite suspicious.
'Nothin'. Just whippin' up some Valencias.'
ref:
2002, J. Lilly, Wise Hyenas, page 16
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A kind of sweet orange.
Any of various cocktails made with orange juice.
senses_topics:
|
13770 | word:
Ecuadorian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Ecuadorian (plural Ecuadorians)
forms:
form:
Ecuadorians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ecuador + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Ecuador or of Ecuadorian descent.
senses_topics:
|
13771 | word:
Ecuadorian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Ecuadorian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ecuador + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Ecuador or the Ecuadorian people.
senses_topics:
|
13772 | word:
Paraguayan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Paraguayan (plural Paraguayans)
forms:
form:
Paraguayans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Paraguay + -an.
senses_examples:
text:
My mother is a Paraguayan.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Paraguay or of Paraguayan descent.
senses_topics:
|
13773 | word:
Paraguayan
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Paraguayan (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Paraguay + -an.
senses_examples:
text:
In front of the embassy was the Paraguayan flag.
type:
example
text:
I particularly admire Paraguayan handicrafts.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Paraguay.
Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Paraguay.
senses_topics:
|
13774 | word:
Forlì-Cesena
word_type:
name
expansion:
Forlì-Cesena
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
senses_topics:
|
13775 | word:
loud
word_type:
adj
expansion:
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
forms:
form:
louder
tags:
comparative
form:
loudest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.
Cognates
Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”).
senses_examples:
text:
Turn that music down; it's too loud.
type:
example
text:
What was that? It sounded like a really loud sneeze.
type:
example
text:
a loud party that went on all night
type:
example
text:
a loud style of dress; loud colors
type:
example
text:
In comparison with the loud Portrait of E.C. Ricart (ill. p. 13) two years earlier, Miró has captured a soft, hushed atmosphere here.
ref:
2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, page 22
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of great intensity.
Noisy.
Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating good quality.
senses_topics:
|
13776 | word:
loud
word_type:
noun
expansion:
loud (countable and uncountable, plural louds)
forms:
form:
louds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.
Cognates
Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”).
senses_examples:
text:
The expander doesn't really make the louds louder and the softs softer in one step […]
ref:
2012, Sam McGuire, Paul Lee, The Video Editor's Guide to Soundtrack Pro, page 103
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A loud sound or part of a sound.
High-quality marijuana.
senses_topics:
|
13777 | word:
loud
word_type:
adv
expansion:
loud (comparative louder, superlative loudest)
forms:
form:
louder
tags:
comparative
form:
loudest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Loudly.
senses_topics:
|
13778 | word:
violon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
violon
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French violon (“violin”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A kind of organ stop producing a string-like sound.
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
13779 | word:
Massa Carrara
word_type:
name
expansion:
Massa Carrara
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Tuscany, Italy, containing the two towns Massa and Carrara.
senses_topics:
|
13780 | word:
Caymanian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Caymanian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Cayman + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to the Cayman Islands, or the Caymanian people.
senses_topics:
|
13781 | word:
Caymanian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Caymanian (plural Caymanians)
forms:
form:
Caymanians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Cayman + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person born and raised in the Cayman Islands, or a person of Caymanian descent
senses_topics:
|
13782 | word:
primary
word_type:
adj
expansion:
primary (comparative more primary, superlative most primary)
forms:
form:
more primary
tags:
comparative
form:
most primary
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
primary
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from prīmus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier. Doublet of premier.
senses_examples:
text:
Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.
type:
example
text:
, Book II, Chapter VIII
These I call original, or primary, qualities of body.
text:
Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
First or earliest in a group or series.
Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
Earliest formed; fundamental.
Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
senses_topics:
geography
geology
natural-sciences
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
medicine
sciences
medicine
sciences |
13783 | word:
primary
word_type:
noun
expansion:
primary (plural primaries)
forms:
form:
primaries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
primary
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from prīmus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier. Doublet of premier.
senses_examples:
text:
Excellence in Cities offers a further development of this approach, whereby secondary schools operate with small clusters of primaries as mini-EAZs.
ref:
2001, David Woods, Martyn Cribb, Effective LEAs and school improvement
type:
quotation
text:
`Good Lord, look at that swiftlet, it's got two primaries missing from its left wing!'
ref:
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 115
type:
quotation
text:
By adding and subtracting the three primaries, cyan, yellow, and magenta are produced. These are called subtractive primaries.
ref:
2003, Julie A Jacko, Andrew Sears, The human-computer interaction handbook
type:
quotation
text:
unknown primary
type:
example
text:
most common primaries
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
The first year of grade school.
A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
A primary school.
Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
A primary colour.
The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
senses_topics:
political-science
social-sciences
biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
government
military
politics
war
aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
medicine
sciences
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics |
13784 | word:
primary
word_type:
verb
expansion:
primary (third-person singular simple present primaries, present participle primarying, simple past and past participle primaried)
forms:
form:
primaries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
primarying
tags:
participle
present
form:
primaried
tags:
participle
past
form:
primaried
tags:
past
wikipedia:
primary
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from prīmus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier. Doublet of premier.
senses_examples:
text:
In the New England town where he ran a “couple of night clubs” . he was “primarying the mayor."
ref:
1974, Stan Steiner, The Islands: the Worlds of the Puerto Ricans, page 191
type:
quotation
text:
What political facts of life underpin the hopes and dreams of democratic politicians who would take on the awesome task of “primarying” a two-term incumbent governor
ref:
1980, Empire State Report, volumes 6-7, page 303
type:
quotation
text:
Each of the past few election cycles has featured at least one instance of “primarying,” a challenge to an incumbent on the grounds that he or she is not sufficiently partisan.
ref:
2014, Sanford L. Jacobs, The Little Black Book of Political Wisdom
type:
quotation
text:
The ad calls for loyal Tea Party members to step forward and run against all eighty-seven of the traitors in order to primary them.
ref:
2014, Uncle Sam, How Fox News KO'd The Republican Party
type:
quotation
text:
These instances of “primarying,” according to many, make Congress more partisan and extreme.
ref:
2014, Robert G. Boatright, Congressional Primary Elections, page 8
type:
quotation
text:
According to Boatright, 774 instances of challengers “primarying” sitting House incumbents occurred between 1970 and 2010.
ref:
2017, Aaron S. King, Unfolding Ambition in Senate Primary Elections, page 19
type:
quotation
text:
Democrats have made “primarying” a key technique for shifting the balance of power in Congress to the left.
ref:
2019, Lawrence Lessig, They Don't Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy
type:
quotation
text:
In the last midterm election, every member of Congress who was defeated in a primary lost to a candidate who was more ideologically extreme. The message that sends to every other member is clear: If you work across the aisle to solve problems, prepare to be primaried and potentially defeated.
ref:
2020 August 7, Marc Merrill, Kathryn Murdoch, “How philanthropy could fix America’s broken politics”, in Fortune
type:
quotation
text:
Richard Hopkins, an epidemiologist who spent 19 years at the Florida Department of Health, told the Post, in reference to DeSantis administration officials, “They keep hoping it’s going to go away by itself. I don’t know what’s going on -- whether they’re afraid that they will get primaried by someone to their right if they take appropriate public health action.”
ref:
2020 July 28, Steve Benen, “DeSantis' response panned as 'divorced from scientific evidence'”, in MSNBC
type:
quotation
text:
Trump has most Republican congressmen leery of opposing him on any issue, mainly out of fear of getting "primaried" by a Trump loyalist.
ref:
2020 August 11, Joe Traynor, “COMMUNITY VOICES: The test is coming for Republicans”, in The Bakersfield Californian
type:
quotation
text:
Both were worried that Bailey would break some of their delegate commitments to keep them from primarying.
ref:
1981, Joseph I. Lieberman, The Legacy: Connecticut Politics, 1930-1980, page 171
type:
quotation
text:
First, I'd challenge my opponent for the convention nomination. If I didn't prevail at the convention, that would be my answer. I wouldn't “primary” him—meaning, I wouldn't force a statewide primary election if he and I were the only two candidates in the field.
ref:
2011, Christine O'Donnell, Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again, page 169
type:
quotation
text:
“That’s the fun part - finding out who’s the unknown person who may want to primary to get one of the positions,” Kolenberg said.
ref:
2017 July 13, Angela Carella, “Stamford town clerk seeks nomination despite ballot probe”, in Stamford Advocate
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
To take part in a primary election.
senses_topics:
government
politics
|
13785 | word:
eightieth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
eightieth (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier eighteth, from Middle English eightithe, eiȝtetithe, eiȝtithe; equivalent to eighty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ordinal form of the number eighty.
senses_topics:
|
13786 | word:
eightieth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eightieth (plural eightieths)
forms:
form:
eightieths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier eighteth, from Middle English eightithe, eiȝtetithe, eiȝtithe; equivalent to eighty + -eth. For the modern form, see the etymological notes at twentieth.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The person or thing in the eightieth position.
One of eighty equal parts of a whole.
senses_topics:
|
13787 | word:
nucleic acid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nucleic acid (countable and uncountable, plural nucleic acids)
forms:
form:
nucleic acids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
nucleic + acid; named for the fact that in eukaryotes, some of the important actions of such acids are especially associated with the nucleus of the cell.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any acidic, chainlike biological macromolecule consisting of multiple repeat units of phosphoric acid, sugar and purine and pyrimidine bases; they are involved in the preservation, replication and expression of hereditary information in every living cell
senses_topics:
biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences |
13788 | word:
Liberian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Liberian (plural Liberians)
forms:
form:
Liberians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Liberia + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person from Liberia or of Liberian descent.
senses_topics:
|
13789 | word:
Liberian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Liberian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Liberia + -an.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, from, or pertaining to Liberia or the Liberian people.
senses_topics:
|
13790 | word:
fleur de sel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fleur de sel (plural fleurs de sel)
forms:
form:
fleurs de sel
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French fleur de sel (literally “salt flower, salt blossom”).
senses_examples:
text:
Egyptian salt from Alexandria was highly appreciated, especially their fleur de sel, the light crystals skimmed off the surface of the water.
ref:
2002, Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History
type:
quotation
text:
Fleur de sel is less bitter than regular sea salt, they say, because it has very little magnesium.
ref:
2019 May 23, Zoe Williams, “Posh salt is having a moment – does enjoying it make me pretentious?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking.
senses_topics:
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13791 | word:
Benevento
word_type:
name
expansion:
Benevento
forms:
wikipedia:
Benevento
etymology_text:
From Italian Benevento, from Latin Beneventum, from bene (“good, well”) + ventum (“air”), probably an avoidance term for an earlier Maleventum ("Bad Air").
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A city in Campania, in southern Italy.
A province of Campania, Italy, around the city.
senses_topics:
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13792 | word:
useless
word_type:
adj
expansion:
useless (comparative more useless or uselesser, superlative most useless or uselessest)
forms:
form:
more useless
tags:
comparative
form:
uselesser
tags:
comparative
form:
most useless
tags:
superlative
form:
uselessest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From use + -less.
senses_examples:
text:
This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.
type:
example
text:
I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service.
ref:
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in RAIL, number 934, page 53
type:
quotation
text:
I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a brick wall.
type:
example
text:
I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless. He now smokes six packs a day.
type:
example
text:
Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.
type:
example
text:
My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.
type:
example
text:
Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Without use or possibility to be used.
Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
Good-for-nothing; not dependable.
Unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
senses_topics:
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13793 | word:
La Spezia
word_type:
name
expansion:
La Spezia
forms:
wikipedia:
La Spezia
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian La Spezia, from Latin Spedia.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Liguria, Italy.
A city, the capital of La Spezia, Italy; an important industrial port in northwestern Italy.
senses_topics:
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13794 | word:
visa
word_type:
noun
expansion:
visa (plural visas)
forms:
form:
visas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
visa
etymology_text:
From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
senses_examples:
text:
I came on a six-month tourist visa.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
senses_topics:
|
13795 | word:
visa
word_type:
verb
expansion:
visa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)
forms:
form:
visas
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
visaing
tags:
participle
present
form:
visaed
tags:
participle
past
form:
visaed
tags:
past
wikipedia:
visa
etymology_text:
From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
To endorse (a passport, etc.).
senses_topics:
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13796 | word:
crossing
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crossing (countable and uncountable, plural crossings)
forms:
form:
crossings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
crossing
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.
ref:
2019 October, “Newark crossing renewed”, in Modern Railways, page 23
type:
quotation
text:
For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.
ref:
1989, Stephen N. Tchudi, Diana D. Mitchell, Explorations in the Teaching of English, page 270
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Cross-breeding.
Opposition; thwarting.
An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
A voyage across a body of water.
The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
Movement into a crossed position.
A pair of intersecting edges.
A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque
senses_topics:
architecture
graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
|
13797 | word:
crossing
word_type:
adj
expansion:
crossing (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
crossing
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.
senses_topics:
|
13798 | word:
crossing
word_type:
verb
expansion:
crossing
forms:
wikipedia:
crossing
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of cross
senses_topics:
|
13799 | word:
Brescia
word_type:
name
expansion:
Brescia (countable and uncountable, plural Brescias)
forms:
form:
Brescias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A province of Lombardy, Italy.
The capital city of Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.
A habitational surname from Italian.
senses_topics:
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