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16100 | word:
ska
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ska (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Origin uncertain. Probably imitative of the crisp guitar sound; other suggestions include a contraction of “skavoovie” (a word invented and used by musician Cluett Johnson), or of “speed polka”.
senses_examples:
text:... |
16101 | word:
melon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
melon (countable and uncountable, plural melons)
forms:
form:
melons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
melon
etymology_text:
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Gree... |
16102 | word:
melon
word_type:
adj
expansion:
melon
forms:
wikipedia:
melon
etymology_text:
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem (“type of pumpkin”), from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
sen... |
16103 | word:
melon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
melon (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
melon
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
senses_topics:
chemistry
natural-sciences
... |
16104 | word:
proper
word_type:
adj
expansion:
proper (comparative more proper, superlative most proper)
forms:
form:
more proper
tags:
comparative
form:
most proper
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
proper
etymology_text:
From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French pro... |
16105 | word:
proper
word_type:
adv
expansion:
proper (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
proper
etymology_text:
From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.
senses_examples:
text:
'I thought it was the American Associated Press.' 'Oh, th... |
16106 | word:
proper
word_type:
noun
expansion:
proper (plural propers)
forms:
form:
propers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
proper
etymology_text:
From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_... |
16107 | word:
stalk
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stalk (plural stalks)
forms:
form:
stalks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
stalk
etymology_text:
From Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *... |
16108 | word:
stalk
word_type:
verb
expansion:
stalk (third-person singular simple present stalks, present participle stalking, simple past and past participle stalked)
forms:
form:
stalks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
stalking
tags:
participle
present
form:
stalked
... |
16109 | word:
stalk
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stalk (plural stalks)
forms:
form:
stalks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
stalk
etymology_text:
From Middle English stalken, from Old English *stealcian (as in bestealcian (“to move stealthily”), stealcung (“stalking”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stalukōn, from Proto... |
16110 | word:
stalk
word_type:
verb
expansion:
stalk (third-person singular simple present stalks, present participle stalking, simple past and past participle stalked)
forms:
form:
stalks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
stalking
tags:
participle
present
form:
stalked
... |
16111 | word:
stalk
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stalk (plural stalks)
forms:
form:
stalks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
stalk
etymology_text:
Attested 1530 in the sense "to walk haughtily", perhaps from Old English stealc (“steep”), from Proto-Germanic *stelkaz, *stalkaz (“high, lofty, steep, stiff”); see above.... |
16112 | word:
curio
word_type:
noun
expansion:
curio (plural curios)
forms:
form:
curios
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.
senses_examples:
text:
Staghorn ferns, with their antlerlike leaves, are really... |
16113 | word:
peep
word_type:
noun
expansion:
peep (plural peeps)
forms:
form:
peeps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English pepen. Compare Dutch piepen (“peep”), German Low German piepen (“to peep”), German piepen and pfeifen, all probably onomatopoeic.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
16114 | word:
peep
word_type:
verb
expansion:
peep (third-person singular simple present peeps, present participle peeping, simple past and past participle peeped)
forms:
form:
peeps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
peeping
tags:
participle
present
form:
peeped
tags:
... |
16115 | word:
peep
word_type:
verb
expansion:
peep (third-person singular simple present peeps, present participle peeping, simple past and past participle peeped)
forms:
form:
peeps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
peeping
tags:
participle
present
form:
peeped
tags:
... |
16116 | word:
peep
word_type:
noun
expansion:
peep (plural peeps)
forms:
form:
peeps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English pepen, variant of piken.
senses_examples:
text:
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: "I'll just take a peep inside. / I guess he's cooked, and it's ... |
16117 | word:
peep
word_type:
noun
expansion:
peep (plural peeps)
forms:
form:
peeps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Uncertain; perhaps variant of pip.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A spot on a die or domino.
senses_topics:
|
16118 | word:
peep
word_type:
noun
expansion:
peep (plural peeps)
forms:
form:
peeps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Back-formation from peeps, a shortened form of people.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person.
senses_topics:
|
16119 | word:
wicked
word_type:
adj
expansion:
wicked (comparative wickeder or more wicked, superlative wickedest or most wicked)
forms:
form:
wickeder
tags:
comparative
form:
more wicked
tags:
comparative
form:
wickedest
tags:
superlative
form:
most wicked
tags:
superlativ... |
16120 | word:
wicked
word_type:
adv
expansion:
wicked (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English wicked, wikked, an alteration of Middle English wicke, wikke (“morally perverse, evil, wicked”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from an adjectival use of Old English wiċċa (“wizard, sorcerer”)... |
16121 | word:
wicked
word_type:
verb
expansion:
wicked
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See wick.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of wick
senses_topics:
|
16122 | word:
wicked
word_type:
adj
expansion:
wicked (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See wick.
senses_examples:
text:
a two-wicked lamp
type:
example
text:
Up went Moggy, with her thick-wicked kitchen candle, to seek repose; […]
ref:
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by t... |
16123 | word:
wicked
word_type:
adj
expansion:
wicked
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See wick.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Active; brisk.
Infested with maggots.
Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.
senses_topics:
|
16124 | word:
tea leaf
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tea leaf (plural tea leaves)
forms:
form:
tea leaves
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A dried fragment of a leaf of the tea plant used in making the drink tea.
A thief.
senses_topics:
|
16125 | word:
dustbowl
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dustbowl (plural dustbowls)
forms:
form:
dustbowls
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Dust Bowl
etymology_text:
From dust + bowl.
senses_examples:
text:
Concepts like reform, sanctions or KwaNatal indabas have little meaning in this dustbowl, which is host to m... |
16126 | word:
code
word_type:
noun
expansion:
code (countable and uncountable, plural codes)
forms:
form:
codes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree,... |
16127 | word:
code
word_type:
verb
expansion:
code (third-person singular simple present codes, present participle coding, simple past and past participle coded)
forms:
form:
codes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
coding
tags:
participle
present
form:
coded
tags:
p... |
16128 | word:
code
word_type:
verb
expansion:
code (third-person singular simple present codes, present participle coding, simple past and past participle coded)
forms:
form:
codes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
coding
tags:
participle
present
form:
coded
tags:
p... |
16129 | word:
skin
word_type:
noun
expansion:
skin (countable and uncountable, plural skins)
forms:
form:
skins
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ske... |
16130 | word:
skin
word_type:
verb
expansion:
skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)
forms:
form:
skins
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
skinning
tags:
participle
present
form:
skinned
tag... |
16131 | word:
paw
word_type:
noun
expansion:
paw (plural paws)
forms:
form:
paws
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Frankish *pōta (compare Dutch poot, Low German Pote, German Pfote), from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”) (compare Dut... |
16132 | word:
paw
word_type:
verb
expansion:
paw (third-person singular simple present paws, present participle pawing, simple past and past participle pawed)
forms:
form:
paws
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
pawing
tags:
participle
present
form:
pawed
tags:
parti... |
16133 | word:
paw
word_type:
noun
expansion:
paw (plural paws)
forms:
form:
paws
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The word probably has an origin in baby talk: see ‘pa’.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Father; pa.
senses_topics:
|
16134 | word:
noose
word_type:
noun
expansion:
noose (plural nooses)
forms:
form:
nooses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English nose (“noose, loop”), of unclear origin.
Possibly from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”), wi... |
16135 | word:
noose
word_type:
verb
expansion:
noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)
forms:
form:
nooses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
noosing
tags:
participle
present
form:
noosed
tag... |
16136 | word:
pare
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pare (third-person singular simple present pares, present participle paring, simple past and past participle pared)
forms:
form:
pares
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
paring
tags:
participle
present
form:
pared
tags:
p... |
16137 | word:
extragalactic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
extragalactic (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From extra- + galactic.
senses_examples:
text:
Extragalactic astronomy is the study of things outside the Milky Way.
type:
example
text:
Coordinate term: intergalactic
senses_cat... |
16138 | word:
carburetor
word_type:
noun
expansion:
carburetor (plural carburetors)
forms:
form:
carburetors
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Attested from 1862, from carburet (“enrich an illuminating gas with carbon-rich fuel”) + -or. The motor vehicle sense is attested since 1896
senses_examples... |
16139 | word:
manifold
word_type:
adj
expansion:
manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)
forms:
form:
more manifold
tags:
comparative
form:
most manifold
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, ... |
16140 | word:
manifold
word_type:
adv
expansion:
manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)
forms:
form:
more manifold
tags:
comparative
form:
most manifold
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, ... |
16141 | word:
manifold
word_type:
noun
expansion:
manifold (plural manifolds)
forms:
form:
manifolds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz,... |
16142 | word:
manifold
word_type:
verb
expansion:
manifold (third-person singular simple present manifolds, present participle manifolding, simple past and past participle manifolded)
forms:
form:
manifolds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
manifolding
tags:
participle
present
... |
16143 | word:
beetles
word_type:
noun
expansion:
beetles
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of beetle
senses_topics:
|
16144 | word:
beetles
word_type:
verb
expansion:
beetles
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of beetle
senses_topics:
|
16145 | word:
drama
word_type:
noun
expansion:
drama (countable and uncountable, plural dramas or dramata)
forms:
form:
dramas
tags:
plural
form:
dramata
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
drama
etymology_text:
From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), f... |
16146 | word:
Shona
word_type:
name
expansion:
Shona
forms:
wikipedia:
Shona
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I didn’t know anyone who spoke fluent Shona in the area.
ref:
2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 225
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A langua... |
16147 | word:
Shona
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Shona pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
Shona
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Bantu tribes who speak Shona.
senses_topics:
|
16148 | word:
Shona
word_type:
name
expansion:
Shona
forms:
wikipedia:
Shona
etymology_text:
Scottish Anglicized form of Seonag ( =Joan) and an American variant of Shauna.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
senses_topics:
|
16149 | word:
vixen
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vixen (plural vixens)
forms:
form:
vixens
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Alteration of earlier fixen, from Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsinī; the voiced v- comes from the Sou... |
16150 | word:
accounting cost
word_type:
noun
expansion:
accounting cost (plural accounting costs)
forms:
form:
accounting costs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The total amount of money or goods expended in an endeavor, in which it is paid... |
16151 | word:
ghetto
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ghetto (plural ghettos or ghettoes or ghetti)
forms:
form:
ghettos
tags:
plural
form:
ghettoes
tags:
plural
form:
ghetti
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ghetto
etymology_text:
Borrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and... |
16152 | word:
ghetto
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ghetto (comparative more ghetto, superlative most ghetto)
forms:
form:
more ghetto
tags:
comparative
form:
most ghetto
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
ghetto
etymology_text:
Borrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and original ... |
16153 | word:
ghetto
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ghetto (third-person singular simple present ghettoes, present participle ghettoing, simple past and past participle ghettoed)
forms:
form:
ghettoes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ghettoing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
16154 | word:
creole
word_type:
noun
expansion:
creole (plural creoles)
forms:
form:
creoles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Creole language
etymology_text:
See Creole. Attested in English to refer to language from the 18th century.
senses_examples:
text:
There are three orders of people: those who were ali... |
16155 | word:
Lyssa
word_type:
name
expansion:
Lyssa
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortened form of Alyssa.
senses_examples:
text:
It was mornings like this when Lyssa really appreciated the indoor arena.
ref:
2002, Karle Dickerson, Joanna Campbell, Hoofprints in the snow
type:
quotation
te... |
16156 | word:
festival
word_type:
adj
expansion:
festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)
forms:
form:
more festival
tags:
comparative
form:
most festival
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
festival
etymology_text:
From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French fest... |
16157 | word:
festival
word_type:
noun
expansion:
festival (countable and uncountable, plural festivals)
forms:
form:
festivals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
festival
etymology_text:
From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (... |
16158 | word:
knocking shop
word_type:
noun
expansion:
knocking shop (plural knocking shops)
forms:
form:
knocking shops
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Bloody nonsense, "All come together"... Sounds like the motto of a knocking shop in Marrakesh.
ref:
1990, Ho... |
16159 | word:
harpsichord
word_type:
noun
expansion:
harpsichord (plural harpsichords)
forms:
form:
harpsichords
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French harpechorde, from New Latin harpicordium, from harpa (“harp”) + chorda (“string”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A... |
16160 | word:
pause
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pause (third-person singular simple present pauses, present participle pausing, simple past and past participle paused)
forms:
form:
pauses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
pausing
tags:
participle
present
form:
paused
tag... |
16161 | word:
pause
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pause (plural pauses)
forms:
form:
pauses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
pause
etymology_text:
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Compare the doublet pausa.
sen... |
16162 | word:
pause
word_type:
intj
expansion:
pause
forms:
wikipedia:
pause
etymology_text:
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Compare the doublet pausa.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
... |
16163 | word:
Hopi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Hopi (plural Hopis or Hopi)
forms:
form:
Hopis
tags:
plural
form:
Hopi
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Hopi
Hopi language
etymology_text:
From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise/knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by ... |
16164 | word:
Hopi
word_type:
name
expansion:
Hopi
forms:
wikipedia:
Hopi
Hopi language
etymology_text:
From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise/knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds... |
16165 | word:
Hopi
word_type:
name
expansion:
Hopi
forms:
wikipedia:
Hopi
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
A Coal Mine capable of producing 450,000 tons of coal annually started operation in Hopi, Honan.
ref:
1960 September, “1957 April-December”, in E. Stuart Kirby, editor, Contemporary China, vo... |
16166 | word:
lumbar
word_type:
adj
expansion:
lumbar (comparative more lumbar, superlative most lumbar)
forms:
form:
more lumbar
tags:
comparative
form:
most lumbar
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
lumbar
etymology_text:
From Latin lumbus (“loin”) + -ar. See loin.
senses_examples:
text:
The... |
16167 | word:
lumbar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lumbar (plural lumbars)
forms:
form:
lumbars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
lumbar
etymology_text:
From Latin lumbus (“loin”) + -ar. See loin.
senses_examples:
text:
The first lumbar moved between the erect position and extreme flexion 8.2 cm.
ref:
190... |
16168 | word:
valley
word_type:
noun
expansion:
valley (plural valleys or (obsolete) vallies)
forms:
form:
valleys
tags:
plural
form:
vallies
tags:
obsolete
plural
wikipedia:
en:Valley (disambiguation)
en:valley
etymology_text:
From Middle English valey, valeye, from Anglo-Norman valey, ... |
16169 | word:
valley
word_type:
verb
expansion:
valley (third-person singular simple present valleys, present participle valleying, simple past and past participle valleyed)
forms:
form:
valleys
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
valleying
tags:
participle
present
form:
va... |
16170 | word:
scanty
word_type:
adj
expansion:
scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)
forms:
form:
scantier
tags:
comparative
form:
scantiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From scant + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
A girl dressed in scanty clothing
type:
... |
16171 | word:
duststorm
word_type:
noun
expansion:
duststorm (plural duststorms)
forms:
form:
duststorms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From dust + storm.
senses_examples:
text:
In the early part of the 20th century, "dust bowl" storms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling dam... |
16172 | word:
grate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
grate (plural grates)
forms:
form:
grates
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin grāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
senses_examples:
text:
The grate stopped the ... |
16173 | word:
grate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
grate (third-person singular simple present grates, present participle grating, simple past and past participle grated)
forms:
form:
grates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
grating
tags:
participle
present
form:
grated
tag... |
16174 | word:
grate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
grate (third-person singular simple present grates, present participle grating, simple past and past participle grated)
forms:
form:
grates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
grating
tags:
participle
present
form:
grated
tag... |
16175 | word:
grate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
grate (comparative more grate, superlative most grate)
forms:
form:
more grate
tags:
comparative
form:
most grate
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin grātus (“agreeable”).
senses_examples:
text:
Coho or Coffee[…]however i... |
16176 | word:
grate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
grate (comparative more grate, superlative most grate)
forms:
form:
more grate
tags:
comparative
form:
most grate
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Nayomy Wise
He prom... |
16177 | word:
mourn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
mourn (third-person singular simple present mourns, present participle mourning, simple past and past participle mourned)
forms:
form:
mourns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
mourning
tags:
participle
present
form:
mourned
... |
16178 | word:
mourn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mourn (countable and uncountable, plural mourns)
forms:
form:
mourns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).
senses_examples:
... |
16179 | word:
cembalo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cembalo (plural cembalos or cembali)
forms:
form:
cembalos
tags:
plural
form:
cembali
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian cembalo, from Latin. Doublet of cymbal.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
... |
16180 | word:
peanut
word_type:
noun
expansion:
peanut (plural peanuts)
forms:
form:
peanuts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A legume resemb... |
16181 | word:
peanut
word_type:
verb
expansion:
peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)
forms:
form:
peanuts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
peanutting
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
16182 | word:
Utrecht
word_type:
name
expansion:
Utrecht
forms:
wikipedia:
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht (province)
etymology_text:
From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to ... |
16183 | word:
transport
word_type:
verb
expansion:
transport (third-person singular simple present transports, present participle transporting, simple past and past participle transported)
forms:
form:
transports
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
transporting
tags:
participle
p... |
16184 | word:
transport
word_type:
noun
expansion:
transport (countable and uncountable, plural transports)
forms:
form:
transports
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
transport
transport (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey acro... |
16185 | word:
meek
word_type:
adj
expansion:
meek (comparative meeker, superlative meekest)
forms:
form:
meeker
tags:
comparative
form:
meekest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
meek
etymology_text:
From Middle English meek, meke, meoc, unknown origin, likely related to Old English smēag (“subtle, ... |
16186 | word:
meek
word_type:
verb
expansion:
meek (third-person singular simple present meeks, present participle meeking, simple past and past participle meeked)
forms:
form:
meeks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
meeking
tags:
participle
present
form:
meeked
tags:
... |
16187 | word:
happen
word_type:
verb
expansion:
happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)
forms:
form:
happens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
happening
tags:
participle
present
form:
ha... |
16188 | word:
happen
word_type:
adv
expansion:
happen (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from P... |
16189 | word:
manic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
manic (comparative more manic, superlative most manic)
forms:
form:
more manic
tags:
comparative
form:
most manic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Doublet of maniac.
senses_examples:
... |
16190 | word:
manic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
manic (plural manics)
forms:
form:
manics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From mania + -ic; Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós). Doublet of maniac.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person exhibiting mania.
senses_topics:
|
16191 | word:
eerie
word_type:
adj
expansion:
eerie (comparative eerier, superlative eeriest)
forms:
form:
eerier
tags:
comparative
form:
eeriest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic ... |
16192 | word:
eerie
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eerie (plural eeries)
forms:
form:
eeries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet... |
16193 | word:
eerie
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eerie (plural eeries)
forms:
form:
eeries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See eyrie.
senses_examples:
text:
I'm not sure, indeed, that we didn't scare the eagles from their eeries; at all events we thought we did.
ref:
1884, Gordon Stable... |
16194 | word:
eelpout
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eelpout (plural eelpouts)
forms:
form:
eelpouts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
eelpout
etymology_text:
From Old English ǣleputa, equivalent to eel + pout.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any fish of the family Zoarcidae.
A yellow flower... |
16195 | word:
turf
word_type:
noun
expansion:
turf (countable and uncountable, plural turfs or turves)
forms:
form:
turfs
tags:
plural
form:
turves
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English turf, torf, from Old English turf (“turf, sod, soil, piece of grass covered earth, gr... |
16196 | word:
turf
word_type:
verb
expansion:
turf (third-person singular simple present turfs, present participle turfing, simple past and past participle turfed)
forms:
form:
turfs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
turfing
tags:
participle
present
form:
turfed
tags:
... |
16197 | word:
Luo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Luo pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
Luo
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighboring countries.
senses_topics:
|
16198 | word:
Luo
word_type:
name
expansion:
Luo
forms:
wikipedia:
Luo
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Nilotic language spoken by this group, also known as Dholuo.
senses_topics:
|
16199 | word:
Luo
word_type:
name
expansion:
Luo
forms:
wikipedia:
Luo
etymology_text:
From the pinyin romanization of Chinese 洛 (Luò).
senses_examples:
text:
The remains of the capital of the Eastern Han dynasty, Luoyang 洛阳, are situated approximately 15 km east of the present-day city of Luoyang in Henan. S... |
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