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word: dick word_type: num expansion: dick forms: wikipedia: Yan Tan Tethera etymology_text: From a Cumbric numeral corresponding to Welsh deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Ten, in Cumbrian sheep counting. senses_topics:
1501
word: Indonesia word_type: name expansion: Indonesia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: (late nineteenth century) Attested circa 1850, composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indian”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”); initially, in competition with Insulinde, of the same meaning, lexically constructe...
1502
word: Malawi word_type: name expansion: Malawi forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Said to be from Chichewa malawi (“flames”), after the appearance of the sunrise over Lake Malawi; also possibly from Maravi, the name of an early Malawi tribe, or from an old name for a lake. Chosen by Hastings Banda in 1964. s...
1503
word: Haiti word_type: name expansion: Haiti forms: wikipedia: en:Haiti etymology_text: From Taíno hayiti (“land of lofty barrows or mountains”), which was the native name given to the whole island of Hispaniola. senses_examples: text: The first exhibition of 320 Vodou objects from Haiti opens in Taiwa...
1504
word: season word_type: noun expansion: season (plural seasons) forms: form: seasons tags: plural wikipedia: season etymology_text: From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from s...
1505
word: season word_type: verb expansion: season (third-person singular simple present seasons, present participle seasoning, simple past and past participle seasoned) forms: form: seasons tags: present singular third-person form: seasoning tags: participle present form: se...
1506
word: season word_type: verb expansion: season (third-person singular simple present seasons, present participle seasoning, simple past and past participle seasoned) forms: form: seasons tags: present singular third-person form: seasoning tags: participle present form: se...
1507
word: Trinidad and Tobago word_type: name expansion: Trinidad and Tobago forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country and islands in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. senses_topics:
1508
word: Mauritania word_type: name expansion: Mauritania forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott. s...
1509
word: Swaziland word_type: name expansion: Swaziland forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Swazi + land. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa. senses_topics:
1510
word: pollutant word_type: noun expansion: pollutant (plural pollutants) forms: form: pollutants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From pollute + -ant. senses_examples: text: Acid rain forms when water in the atmosphere condenses on particles containing acid-forming pollutants, such a...
1511
word: Nigeria word_type: name expansion: Nigeria forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Niger + -ia, coined by British journalist Flora Shaw in 1897. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger. Official name: Federal Republic of Nigeria. C...
1512
word: umbrella word_type: noun expansion: umbrella (plural umbrellas) forms: form: umbrellas tags: plural wikipedia: umbrella etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian ombrella, umbrella (“parasol, sunshade”), diminutive of ombra (“shade”) (or from a Late Latin or Medieval Latin umbrella), from Latin ...
1513
word: umbrella word_type: verb expansion: umbrella (third-person singular simple present umbrellas, present participle umbrellaing, simple past and past participle umbrellaed) forms: form: umbrellas tags: present singular third-person form: umbrellaing tags: participle present ...
1514
word: Kiribati word_type: name expansion: Kiribati forms: wikipedia: Gilbert Islands Kiribati fr:Ernest Sabatier etymology_text: From Gilbertese Kiribati, from English Gilberts adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics, a shortening of Gilbert Islands. First entry in the Dictionnaire gilbertin-français of Ernes...
1515
word: planet word_type: noun expansion: planet (plural planets) forms: form: planets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”) (ellipsis of πλάνητες ἀστέρες (plánēt...
1516
word: trade word_type: noun expansion: trade (countable and uncountable, plural trades) forms: form: trades tags: plural wikipedia: trade etymology_text: From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, cou...
1517
word: trade word_type: verb expansion: trade (third-person singular simple present trades, present participle trading, simple past and past participle traded) forms: form: trades tags: present singular third-person form: trading tags: participle present form: traded tag...
1518
word: trade word_type: adj expansion: trade (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: trade etymology_text: From Middle English trade (“path, course of conduct”), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade (“track, course”), from Old Saxon trada (“spoor, track”), from Proto-Germani...
1519
word: stock word_type: noun expansion: stock (countable and uncountable, plural stocks or (obsolete) stocken) forms: form: stocks tags: plural form: stocken tags: obsolete plural wikipedia: stock (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, fro...
1520
word: stock word_type: verb expansion: stock (third-person singular simple present stocks, present participle stocking, simple past and past participle stocked) forms: form: stocks tags: present singular third-person form: stocking tags: participle present form: stocked ...
1521
word: stock word_type: adj expansion: stock (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: stock (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”), with modern senses mostly referring either to the trunk from wh...
1522
word: stock word_type: noun expansion: stock (plural stocks) forms: form: stocks tags: plural wikipedia: stock (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Italian stoccata. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. senses_topics:
1523
word: eagle word_type: noun expansion: eagle (plural eagles) forms: form: eagles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn (“eagle”). Mor...
1524
word: eagle word_type: verb expansion: eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled) forms: form: eagles tags: present singular third-person form: eagling tags: participle present form: eagled tag...
1525
word: Ethiopia word_type: name expansion: Ethiopia forms: wikipedia: Aethiopia (Classical Greek term) Ethiopia etymology_text: From Latin Aethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops), of Proto-Hellenic origin. Displaced native Old English Siġelhearwena land (literally “land of...
1526
word: abridgement word_type: noun expansion: abridgement (countable and uncountable, plural abridgements) forms: form: abridgements tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abridge + -ment. senses_examples: text: CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s....
1527
word: Mauritius word_type: name expansion: Mauritius forms: wikipedia: Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange Mauritius etymology_text: From a Latinized form of the name of Maurits van Nassau. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Ma...
1528
word: also word_type: adv expansion: also (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“a...
1529
word: Namibia word_type: name expansion: Namibia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Namib (from Khoekhoe namib) + -ia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek. senses_topics:
1530
word: Qatar word_type: name expansion: Qatar forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Transliteration of Arabic قَطَر (qaṭar). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha. senses_topics:
1531
word: digital word_type: adj expansion: digital (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: digital etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of digitalis. senses_examples: text: digital palpation type: example text: digital examination ty...
1532
word: digital word_type: noun expansion: digital (countable and uncountable, plural digitals) forms: form: digitals tags: plural wikipedia: digital etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of digitalis. senses_examples: text: He mo...
1533
word: current account word_type: noun expansion: current account (plural current accounts) forms: form: current accounts tags: plural wikipedia: current account etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's expo...
1534
word: France word_type: name expansion: France (usually uncountable, plural Frances) forms: form: Frances tags: plural wikipedia: en:France (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English France, from Old French France, from Latin Francia, from Francī, the name of a Germanic tribe, of unclear...
1535
word: add word_type: verb expansion: add (third-person singular simple present adds, present participle adding, simple past and past participle added) forms: form: adds tags: present singular third-person form: adding tags: participle present form: added tags: parti...
1536
word: add word_type: noun expansion: add (plural adds) forms: form: adds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”), from ad (“to”) + dō (“give”). senses_examples: text: In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration ...
1537
word: tax word_type: noun expansion: tax (countable and uncountable, plural taxes) forms: form: taxes tags: plural wikipedia: tax etymology_text: From Middle English taxe, from Middle French taxe, from Medieval Latin taxa. Doublet of task. Displaced native Old English gafol, which was also the wor...
1538
word: tax word_type: verb expansion: tax (third-person singular simple present taxes, present participle taxing, simple past and past participle taxed) forms: form: taxes tags: present singular third-person form: taxing tags: participle present form: taxed tags: par...
1539
word: van word_type: noun expansion: van (plural vans) forms: form: vans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Short for caravan. senses_examples: text: The van sped down the road. type: example text: Designed to be fully mobile and self-contained, the complete equipment inc...
1540
word: van word_type: verb expansion: van (third-person singular simple present vans, present participle vanning, simple past and past participle vanned) forms: form: vans tags: present singular third-person form: vanning tags: participle present form: vanned tags: p...
1541
word: van word_type: noun expansion: van (plural vans) forms: form: vans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of vanguard. senses_examples: text: Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, / Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare / Streame in the Aire, and for distinc...
1542
word: van word_type: noun expansion: van (plural vans) forms: form: vans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cornish. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A shovel used in cleansing ore. senses_topics: business mining
1543
word: van word_type: verb expansion: van (third-person singular simple present vans, present participle vanning, simple past and past participle vanned) forms: form: vans tags: present singular third-person form: vanning tags: participle present form: vanned tags: p...
1544
word: van word_type: noun expansion: van (plural vans) forms: form: vans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vannus (“a van, or fan for winnowing grain”): compare French van and English fan, winnow. Doublet of fan. senses_examples: text: with strange amaze / A shepherd meeti...
1545
word: Egypt word_type: name expansion: Egypt forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Egipt, from Middle French Egypte, from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos) (see also the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-ku-pi-ti-jo, “Egyptian”)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (“Egypt; ...
1546
word: forecast word_type: verb expansion: forecast (third-person singular simple present forecasts, present participle forecasting, simple past and past participle forecast or forecasted) forms: form: forecasts tags: present singular third-person form: forecasting tags: participle ...
1547
word: forecast word_type: noun expansion: forecast (plural forecasts) forms: form: forecasts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- + cast. The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast. senses_examples: text: What's the f...
1548
word: Oman word_type: name expansion: Oman forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Arabic عُمَان (ʕumān). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Sultanate of Oman. Capital: Muscat. senses_topics:
1549
word: precipitously word_type: adv expansion: precipitously (comparative more precipitously, superlative most precipitously) forms: form: more precipitously tags: comparative form: most precipitously tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From precipitous + -ly. senses_examples:...
1550
word: increase word_type: verb expansion: increase (third-person singular simple present increases, present participle increasing, simple past and past participle increased) forms: form: increases tags: present singular third-person form: increasing tags: participle present f...
1551
word: increase word_type: noun expansion: increase (countable and uncountable, plural increases) forms: form: increases tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“increase”), present active infinitive of inc...
1552
word: abut on word_type: verb expansion: abut on (third-person singular simple present abuts on, present participle abutting on, simple past and past participle abutted on) forms: form: abuts on tags: present singular third-person form: abutting on tags: participle present fo...
1553
word: pencil word_type: noun expansion: pencil (plural pencils) forms: form: pencils tags: plural wikipedia: pencil etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēnicu...
1554
word: pencil word_type: verb expansion: pencil (third-person singular simple present pencils, present participle (UK) pencilling or (US) penciling, simple past and past participle (UK) pencilled or (US) penciled) forms: form: pencils tags: present singular third-person form: pencilling ...
1555
word: Singapore word_type: name expansion: Singapore forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the...
1556
word: absorbency word_type: noun expansion: absorbency (countable and uncountable, plural absorbencies) forms: form: absorbencies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From absorbance + -y. senses_examples: text: Product benefits are quickly copied, whether it's cleaning power or diaper ...
1557
word: Gambia word_type: name expansion: Gambia or the Gambia forms: form: Gambia tags: canonical form: the Gambia tags: canonical wikipedia: Gambia River The Gambia etymology_text: From the name of the Gambia River. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A river in...
1558
word: Monaco word_type: name expansion: Monaco forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνοικος (mónoikos, “single house”), from μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”), the name of the 6th century BC colony of Phocaeans and an epithet of Heracles (Hercules), Ἡρακλῆς ...
1559
word: network word_type: noun expansion: network (plural networks) forms: form: networks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From net + work. senses_examples: text: He wore a mantle of network. ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287 type: quotat...
1560
word: network word_type: verb expansion: network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked) forms: form: networks tags: present singular third-person form: networking tags: participle present form:...
1561
word: abettor word_type: noun expansion: abettor (plural abettors) forms: form: abettors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abettour, from Anglo-Norman abettour, from Old French abeter + -our (“-or”). See abet. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One...
1562
word: french fries word_type: noun expansion: french fries pl (normally plural, singular french fry) forms: form: french fry tags: singular wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of earlier French fried potatoes (1856) and French-fried potatoes, potatoes supposedly prepared in the French style. sens...
1563
word: Irish word_type: name expansion: Irish forms: wikipedia: Irish etymology_text: From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Pro...
1564
word: Irish word_type: noun expansion: Irish (countable and uncountable, plural Irish or Irishes) forms: form: Irish tags: plural form: Irishes tags: plural wikipedia: Irish etymology_text: From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”)...
1565
word: Irish word_type: adj expansion: Irish (comparative more Irish, superlative most Irish) forms: form: more Irish tags: comparative form: most Irish tags: superlative wikipedia: Irish etymology_text: From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras...
1566
word: European word_type: adj expansion: European (comparative more European, superlative most European) forms: form: more European tags: comparative form: most European tags: superlative wikipedia: European etymology_text: Borrowed from French Européen, via Latin europaeus, ultimately...
1567
word: European word_type: noun expansion: European (plural Europeans) forms: form: Europeans tags: plural wikipedia: European etymology_text: Borrowed from French Européen, via Latin europaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”). senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
1568
word: Spain word_type: name expansion: Spain forms: wikipedia: Spain etymology_text: From Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia. Doublet of Hispania. senses_examples: text: The mountains of Spain consist of parallel ranges, running from ea...
1569
word: abysm word_type: noun expansion: abysm (plural abysms) forms: form: abysms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English abime, from Old French abisme from Late Latin *abyssimus, a superlative of abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). Cognate to Fren...
1570
word: pie word_type: noun expansion: pie (countable and uncountable, plural pies) forms: form: pies tags: plural wikipedia: Pie (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English pye, pie, pey, perhaps from Old English *pīe (“pastry”) (compare Old English pīe, pēo (“insect, bug”)), attested in e...
1571
word: pie word_type: verb expansion: pie (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle pieing, simple past and past participle pied) forms: form: pies tags: present singular third-person form: pieing tags: participle present form: pied tags: partici...
1572
word: pie word_type: noun expansion: pie (plural pies) forms: form: pies tags: plural wikipedia: Pie (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English pye, from Old French pie, from Latin pīca, feminine of pīcus (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”). Cognate ...
1573
word: pie word_type: noun expansion: pie (plural pie or pies) forms: form: pie tags: plural form: pies tags: plural wikipedia: Pie (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Hindi पाई (pāī, “quarter”), from Sanskrit पादिका (pādikā). senses_examples: text: I gave him all the money in m...
1574
word: pie word_type: noun expansion: pie (plural pies) forms: form: pies tags: plural wikipedia: Pie (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Hindi पाहि (pāhi, “migrant farmer, passer-through”), from Sanskrit पार्श्व (pārśva, “side, vicinity”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
1575
word: pie word_type: noun expansion: pie (plural pies) forms: form: pies tags: plural wikipedia: Pie (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Spanish pie (“foot, Spanish foot”), from Latin pēs (“foot, Roman foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of foot, pes, and pous. senses_examples: sens...
1576
word: pie word_type: noun expansion: pie forms: wikipedia: Pie (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of pi (“metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered”) senses_topics: letterpress-typography media publishing ty...
1577
word: pie word_type: verb expansion: pie (third-person singular simple present pies, present participle pieing, simple past and past participle pied) forms: form: pies tags: present singular third-person form: pieing tags: participle present form: pied tags: partici...
1578
word: seven word_type: num expansion: seven forms: wikipedia: seven etymology_text: From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Scots seiven (“seven”), W...
1579
word: seven word_type: noun expansion: seven (countable and uncountable, plural sevens) forms: form: sevens tags: plural wikipedia: seven etymology_text: From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), f...
1580
word: financial word_type: adj expansion: financial (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From finance + -ial. senses_examples: text: For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program. type: example text: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being ...
1581
word: Andorra word_type: name expansion: Andorra forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish Andorra. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France. Official name: Principality of Andorra. Capital and largest city: Andorra la Ve...
1582
word: Guatemala word_type: name expansion: Guatemala forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish Guatemala (originally the name of Iximche, the location of Guatemala's first capital), from Classical Nahuatl Cuauhtēmallān, from cuauhtēmalli (“woodpile”) + -tlān (“place”). senses_examples: sense...
1583
word: abstergent word_type: adj expansion: abstergent (comparative more abstergent, superlative most abstergent) forms: form: more abstergent tags: comparative form: most abstergent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From French, from Latin abstergens, present participle of ...
1584
word: abstergent word_type: noun expansion: abstergent (plural abstergents) forms: form: abstergents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French, from Latin abstergens, present participle of abstergeo (“wiping off”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A substance used...
1585
word: Tanzania word_type: name expansion: Tanzania forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of Tanganyika + Zanzibar + -ia, combining the names of the former countries that merged to form Tanzania in 1964. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in East Africa. Official name: United...
1586
word: Slovakia word_type: name expansion: Slovakia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested to in German in 1586, itself apparently derived from Slovak Slováky, equivalent to English Slovak + -ia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Central Europe. Official name: Slo...
1587
word: mars word_type: verb expansion: mars forms: wikipedia: Mars (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mar senses_topics:
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word: mars word_type: noun expansion: mars forms: wikipedia: Mars (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of mar senses_topics:
1589
word: abstractionism word_type: noun expansion: abstractionism (countable and uncountable, plural abstractionisms) forms: form: abstractionisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From abstraction + -ism. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The creation, principles, or i...
1590
word: Zambia word_type: name expansion: Zambia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Zambezi. See Zambezi at Wikipedia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia. senses_topics:
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word: skillful word_type: adj expansion: skillful (comparative more skillful, superlative most skillful) forms: form: more skillful tags: comparative form: most skillful tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English skilful, skylfull, scelvol, equivalent to skill + ...
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word: Kuwait word_type: name expansion: Kuwait forms: wikipedia: Kuwait etymology_text: From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait. Capital: Kuwait...
1593
word: El Salvador word_type: name expansion: El Salvador forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish El Salvador (literally “The Saviour”). Named in honor of Jesus Christ. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of ...
1594
word: abstention word_type: noun expansion: abstention (countable and uncountable, plural abstentions) forms: form: abstentions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1521. Borrowed from French abstention, from Late Latin abstēntiō from Latin abstinēō (“withhold, to abstain”) s...
1595
word: abutment word_type: noun expansion: abutment (countable and uncountable, plural abutments) forms: form: abutments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. From Old French aboutement. Equivalent to abut + -ment. senses_examples...
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word: Angola word_type: name expansion: Angola forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD. Compare Kituba ngolo (“strength”). The Louisiana Stat...
1597
word: Angola word_type: noun expansion: Angola (plural Angolas) forms: form: Angolas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD...
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word: singular word_type: adj expansion: singular (comparative more singular, superlative most singular) forms: form: more singular tags: comparative form: most singular tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English singuler, Borrowed from Old French, from Latin sin...
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word: singular word_type: noun expansion: singular (plural singulars) forms: form: singulars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English singuler, Borrowed from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”). senses_examples: senses_categ...