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word: Marathi word_type: adj expansion: Marathi (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Marathi etymology_text: From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri. senses_examples: text: 2022, Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle, Marathi Cinema, Cultural Space, and Liminality, Oxford University Press, unnumbered pa...
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word: beau word_type: noun expansion: beau (plural beaux or beaus) forms: form: beaux tags: plural form: beaus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English beau, beu, bew, bewe, from Old French beau, from Latin bellus (“beautiful”). Doublet of bello and boo. senses_exam...
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word: beau word_type: verb expansion: beau (third-person singular simple present beaus, present participle beauing, simple past and past participle beaued) forms: form: beaus tags: present singular third-person form: beauing tags: participle present form: beaued tags: ...
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word: fan word_type: noun expansion: fan (plural fans) forms: form: fans tags: plural wikipedia: fan etymology_text: table Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-Europea...
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word: fan word_type: verb expansion: fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past and past participle fanned) forms: form: fans tags: present singular third-person form: fanning tags: participle present form: fanned tags: p...
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word: fan word_type: noun expansion: fan (plural fans or fen) forms: form: fans tags: plural form: fen tags: plural wikipedia: fan etymology_text: Etymology tree English fanatic English fancyinflu. English fan Clipping of fanatic, originally in US baseball slang. Possibly influenced by...
16506
word: fan word_type: noun expansion: fan (plural fan) forms: form: fan tags: plural wikipedia: fan etymology_text: From Cantonese 分. Doublet of fen and hoon. senses_examples: text: 1 chek (foot) = 14⅝ English inches divided into 10 tsün (inches) and each tsün into ten fan or tenths. ref: ...
16507
word: timbre word_type: noun expansion: timbre (countable and uncountable, plural timbres) forms: form: timbres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French timbre, ultimately from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon, “drum”). Doublet of tympanum. senses_examples: text: It was a hard wh...
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word: Backe word_type: name expansion: Backe forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname. A hamlet in St Clears community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2515). A community of Jämtland, Sweden. senses_topics:
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word: calamari word_type: noun expansion: calamari (countable and uncountable, plural calamaris) forms: form: calamaris tags: plural wikipedia: calamari etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “re...
16510
word: Bann word_type: name expansion: Bann forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A river in Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh. A river in southeast...
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word: Bann word_type: name expansion: Bann (plural Banns) forms: form: Banns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from German Bann. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname from German. senses_topics:
16512
word: mph word_type: symbol expansion: mph forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of mile(s) per hour. senses_topics:
16513
word: teeth word_type: noun expansion: teeth forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃...
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word: teeth word_type: noun expansion: teeth pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominat...
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word: teeth word_type: verb expansion: teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed) forms: form: teeths tags: present singular third-person form: teething tags: participle present form: teethed ...
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word: Sinhalese word_type: adj expansion: Sinhalese (comparative more Sinhalese, superlative most Sinhalese) forms: form: more Sinhalese tags: comparative form: most Sinhalese tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or p...
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word: Sinhalese word_type: noun expansion: Sinhalese (countable and uncountable, plural Sinhalese) forms: form: Sinhalese tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka. Th...
16518
word: Boden word_type: name expansion: Boden forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: * As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo). * As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom. * As a Swedish surname, from the nou...
16519
word: Tamil word_type: adj expansion: Tamil (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Tamil etymology_text: Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language. senses_topics:
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word: Tamil word_type: noun expansion: Tamil (countable and uncountable, plural Tamils) forms: form: Tamils tags: plural wikipedia: Tamil etymology_text: Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”); see that entry for theories. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who ...
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word: nothing word_type: pron expansion: nothing (indefinite pronoun) forms: wikipedia: Nothing (disambiguation) nothing etymology_text: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to ...
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word: nothing word_type: noun expansion: nothing (countable and uncountable, plural nothings) forms: form: nothings tags: plural wikipedia: Nothing (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (...
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word: nothing word_type: adv expansion: nothing (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Nothing (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Com...
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word: nothing word_type: adj expansion: nothing (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Nothing (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Com...
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word: nothing word_type: intj expansion: nothing forms: wikipedia: Nothing (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English nothyng, noon thing, non thing, na þing, nan thing, nan þing, from Old English nāþing, nān þing (“nothing”, literally “not any thing”), equivalent to no + thing. Compare Old English...
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word: pale word_type: adj expansion: pale (comparative paler, superlative palest) forms: form: paler tags: comparative form: palest tags: superlative wikipedia: Pale_(disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), f...
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word: pale word_type: verb expansion: pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled) forms: form: pales tags: present singular third-person form: paling tags: participle present form: paled tags: p...
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word: pale word_type: noun expansion: pale forms: wikipedia: Pale_(disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), from palleō (“I am pale; I grow pale; I fade”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pelH- (“gray”). Doublet of pallid. ...
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word: pale word_type: noun expansion: pale (plural pales) forms: form: pales tags: plural wikipedia: Pale_(disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English pale, pal, borrowed from Old French pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”). English inherited the word pole (or, rather Old English pāl) fro...
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word: pale word_type: verb expansion: pale (third-person singular simple present pales, present participle paling, simple past and past participle paled) forms: form: pales tags: present singular third-person form: paling tags: participle present form: paled tags: p...
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word: librarius word_type: noun expansion: librarius (plural librarii) forms: form: librarii tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin librārius. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An ancient or medieval scribe, copyist, or secretary. An ancient or medieval books...
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word: type word_type: noun expansion: type (plural types) forms: form: types tags: plural wikipedia: type etymology_text: From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”), ultimat...
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word: type word_type: verb expansion: type (third-person singular simple present types, present participle typing, simple past and past participle typed) forms: form: types tags: present singular third-person form: typing tags: participle present form: typed tags: p...
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word: type word_type: adv expansion: type (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: type etymology_text: From Middle English type (“symbol, figure, emblem”), from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), from τύπτω (túptō, “I strike, beat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)te...
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word: lex word_type: verb expansion: lex (third-person singular simple present lexes, present participle lexing, simple past and past participle lexed) forms: form: lexes tags: present singular third-person form: lexing tags: participle present form: lexed tags: par...
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word: lex word_type: noun expansion: lex (plural lexes) forms: form: lexes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From lexical analysis, from lexical. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme. senses_topics: human-sciences li...
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word: lyra word_type: noun expansion: lyra forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: So called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain. senses_examples: text: The vessels of the brain generally are often distended and gorged with blood, the lyra especially being fully inje...
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word: lyra word_type: noun expansion: lyra (plural lyras) forms: form: lyras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances. senses_topics:
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word: lyra word_type: noun expansion: lyra (plural lyras) forms: form: lyras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek λῠ́ρᾱ (lúrā) or Modern Greek λύρα (lýra). Doublet of lira, Lyra, and lyre. senses_examples: text: A Persian scholar of the early tenth century, lbn Khurrad...
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word: tzarina word_type: noun expansion: tzarina (plural tzarinas) forms: form: tzarinas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of tsarina senses_topics:
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word: spew word_type: verb expansion: spew (third-person singular simple present spews, present participle spewing, simple past spewed, past participle spewed or spewn) forms: form: spews tags: present singular third-person form: spewing tags: participle present form: spe...
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word: spew word_type: noun expansion: spew (usually uncountable, plural spews) forms: form: spews tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to s...
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word: đồng word_type: noun expansion: đồng (plural đồng or đồngs) forms: form: đồng tags: plural form: đồngs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Uncommon spelling of dong (“Vietnamese currency”). senses_topics:
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word: czarina word_type: noun expansion: czarina (plural czarinas) forms: form: czarinas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of tsarina senses_topics:
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word: na word_type: adv expansion: na (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Not. No. senses_topics:
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word: na word_type: intj expansion: na forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah. senses_examples: text: Na, yor wrang. type: example text: Na, ye cannet watch telly. type: example text: “Divn’t yee like milk?” “Na.” type: example se...
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word: na word_type: noun expansion: na forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of noun animate. senses_topics: human-sciences linguistics sciences
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word: na word_type: adv expansion: na (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Tagalog na. senses_examples: text: You need to sleep na. type: example text: I have to go na. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Now; already. senses_topics:
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word: na word_type: adv expansion: na (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Hindi ना (nā). senses_examples: text: It is far na? type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Isn't it? senses_topics:
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word: maggot word_type: noun expansion: maggot (plural maggots) forms: form: maggots tags: plural wikipedia: maggot etymology_text: From Middle English magot, magotte, probably Anglo-Norman metathetic alteration of maddock (“worm", "maggot”), originally a diminutive form of a base represented by O...
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word: maggot word_type: verb expansion: maggot (third-person singular simple present maggots, present participle maggoting, simple past and past participle maggoted) forms: form: maggots tags: present singular third-person form: maggoting tags: participle present form: ma...
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word: maggot word_type: adj expansion: maggot (comparative more maggot, superlative most maggot) forms: form: more maggot tags: comparative form: most maggot tags: superlative wikipedia: maggot etymology_text: From Middle English magot, magotte, probably Anglo-Norman metathetic alterat...
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word: liberator word_type: noun expansion: liberator (plural liberators) forms: form: liberators tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin līberātor (“one who sets free”), from līberāre, past participle līberātus (“to set free”); see liberate. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...
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word: argue word_type: verb expansion: argue (third-person singular simple present argues, present participle arguing, simple past and past participle argued) forms: form: argues tags: present singular third-person form: arguing tags: participle present form: argued tag...
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word: outfox word_type: verb expansion: outfox (third-person singular simple present outfoxes, present participle outfoxing, simple past and past participle outfoxed) forms: form: outfoxes tags: present singular third-person form: outfoxing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: parenthesis word_type: noun expansion: parenthesis (countable and uncountable, plural parentheses) forms: form: parentheses tags: plural wikipedia: parenthesis etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), itself borrowed from...
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word: bottomless word_type: adj expansion: bottomless (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. senses_examples: text: And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances ...
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word: outwit word_type: verb expansion: outwit (third-person singular simple present outwits, present participle outwitting, simple past and past participle outwitted) forms: form: outwits tags: present singular third-person form: outwitting tags: participle present form: ...
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word: Bache word_type: name expansion: Bache forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: * As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach. * As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus. * Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
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word: glut word_type: noun expansion: glut (plural gluts) forms: form: gluts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English glotien, from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“I swallow”). Akin to Russi...
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word: glut word_type: verb expansion: glut (third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted) forms: form: gluts tags: present singular third-person form: glutting tags: participle present form: glutted tag...
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word: Tzotzil word_type: noun expansion: Tzotzil (plural Tzotzils or Tzotzil) forms: form: Tzotzils tags: plural form: Tzotzil tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A member of an indigenous Maya people of Southern Mexico. sen...
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word: Tzotzil word_type: name expansion: Tzotzil forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Mayan language of Chiapas, Mexico. senses_topics:
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word: tea word_type: noun expansion: tea (countable and uncountable, plural teas) forms: form: teas tags: plural wikipedia: Amoy Amoy dialect Dutch East India Company Macao Álvaro Semedo etymology_text: First appears c. 1655, in the writings of Álvaro Semedo. From Dutch thee, from Hokkien ...
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word: tea word_type: verb expansion: tea (third-person singular simple present teas, present participle teaing, simple past and past participle teaed or tea'd or tead) forms: form: teas tags: present singular third-person form: teaing tags: participle present form: teaed ...
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word: tea word_type: noun expansion: tea (plural teas) forms: form: teas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Semantic loan from Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A moment, a historical unit of time from China, about the amount of time needed to qu...
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word: Kampuchea word_type: name expansion: Kampuchea forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Transliteration of Khmer កម្ពុជា (kampuciə). Doublet of Cambodia and gamboge. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Former name of Cambodia, used from 1975 to 1989. senses_topics:
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word: harpe word_type: noun expansion: harpe (plural harpes) forms: form: harpes tags: plural wikipedia: harpe etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of curved weapon or implement, variously described as a sickle, a pruning h...
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word: harpe word_type: noun expansion: harpe (plural harpes) forms: form: harpes tags: plural wikipedia: harpe etymology_text: From Middle English harpe. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of harp senses_topics:
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word: main word_type: adj expansion: main (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, mai...
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word: main word_type: adv expansion: main (comparative more main, superlative most main) forms: form: more main tags: comparative form: most main tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology ...
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word: main word_type: verb expansion: main (third-person singular simple present mains, present participle maining, simple past and past participle mained) forms: form: mains tags: present singular third-person form: maining tags: participle present form: mained tags: ...
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word: main word_type: noun expansion: main (plural mains) forms: form: mains tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæine, mæȝen, from Old English mæġen (“strength”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“strength, power, might”), *maginaz (“strong”), from Proto-In...
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word: main word_type: noun expansion: main (plural mains) forms: form: mains tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Uncertain; probably from the adjective main. Evidence is lacking for a derivation from French main (“hand”). senses_examples: text: That writing is but juſt like dice, / And ...
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word: main word_type: noun expansion: main (plural mains) forms: form: mains tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Uncertain, possibly from French main (“hand”). senses_examples: text: A main [hamper] Corbis vindemiatorius] ref: [1751, Robert Ainsworth, Samuel Patrick, “A main”, in ...
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word: Assamese word_type: adj expansion: Assamese (comparative more Assamese, superlative most Assamese) forms: form: more Assamese tags: comparative form: most Assamese tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Assam + -ese. senses_examples: text: Only three in five As...
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word: Assamese word_type: noun expansion: Assamese (plural Assameses or Assamese) forms: form: Assameses tags: plural form: Assamese tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Assam + -ese. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A member of the people of Assam. sens...
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word: Assamese word_type: name expansion: Assamese forms: wikipedia: Assamese etymology_text: From Assam + -ese. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the majority people in the state of Assam, NE India. senses_topics:
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word: latus word_type: noun expansion: latus (plural latera) forms: form: latera tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin latus (“side”) of uncertain etymology. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of flank. senses_topics: anatomy medicine sciences
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word: hierophant word_type: noun expansion: hierophant (plural hierophants or hierophantes) forms: form: hierophants tags: plural form: hierophantes tags: plural wikipedia: hierophant etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἱεροφάντης (hierophántēs, from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + φαίνω (phaí...
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word: nymphe word_type: noun expansion: nymphe (plural nymphes or nymphæ) forms: form: nymphes tags: plural form: nymphæ tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of nymph senses_topics:
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word: cyclone word_type: noun expansion: cyclone (plural cyclones) forms: form: cyclones tags: plural wikipedia: Cyclone Fantala Cyclone Kyarr etymology_text: Coined by Henry Piddington, probably in the 1840s, and based on some term in Ancient Greek. Sources disagree on the date and on which Anc...
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word: cyclone word_type: verb expansion: cyclone (third-person singular simple present cyclones, present participle cycloning, simple past and past participle cycloned) forms: form: cyclones tags: present singular third-person form: cycloning tags: participle present form: ...
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word: polytonic word_type: adj expansion: polytonic forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From poly- + tonic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having several tones. Having several tones. Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the...
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word: service word_type: noun expansion: service (countable and uncountable, plural services) forms: form: services tags: plural wikipedia: Service (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English servise, from Old French servise (French service), from the verb servir, from Latin servitium (co...
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word: service word_type: verb expansion: service (third-person singular simple present services, present participle servicing, simple past and past participle serviced) forms: form: services tags: present singular third-person form: servicing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: service word_type: noun expansion: service (plural services) forms: form: services tags: plural wikipedia: Service (disambiguation) etymology_text: Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from...
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word: paar word_type: noun expansion: paar (plural paars) forms: form: paars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: By the end of early Eocene time a paar developed between Africa and Arabia which caused tensional forces in the southern Red Sea area (Swartz and Arde...
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word: outsmart word_type: verb expansion: outsmart (third-person singular simple present outsmarts, present participle outsmarting, simple past and past participle outsmarted) forms: form: outsmarts tags: present singular third-person form: outsmarting tags: participle present ...
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word: major word_type: adj expansion: major (comparative more major, superlative most major) forms: form: more major tags: comparative form: most major tags: superlative wikipedia: major (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus...
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word: major word_type: noun expansion: major (plural majors) forms: form: majors tags: plural wikipedia: major (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), com...
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word: major word_type: verb expansion: major (third-person singular simple present majors, present participle majoring, simple past and past participle majored) forms: form: majors tags: present singular third-person form: majoring tags: participle present form: majored ...
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word: thesis word_type: noun expansion: thesis (plural theses) forms: form: theses tags: plural wikipedia: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Johann Gottlieb Fichte etymology_text: From Late Middle English thesis (“lowering of the voice”) and also borrowed directly from its etymon Latin thesis (“prop...
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word: busy word_type: adj expansion: busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest) forms: form: busier tags: comparative form: busiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Ge...
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word: busy word_type: verb expansion: busy (third-person singular simple present busies, present participle busying, simple past and past participle busied) forms: form: busies tags: present singular third-person form: busying tags: participle present form: busied tags:...
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word: busy word_type: noun expansion: busy (plural busies) forms: form: busies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ...
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word: whereby word_type: adv expansion: whereby (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From where + by. senses_examples: text: Whereby goest thou? type: example text: Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approach whereby the power of devolution w...
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word: hypothesis word_type: noun expansion: hypothesis (plural hypotheses) forms: form: hypotheses tags: plural wikipedia: hypothesis etymology_text: Recorded since 1596, from Middle French hypothese, from Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument,...
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word: Phnom Penh word_type: name expansion: Phnom Penh forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Khmer ភ្នំពេញ (phnum pɨñ, literally “Penh’s hill”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The capital city of Cambodia. senses_topics: