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16800 | word:
nudist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nudist (plural nudists)
forms:
form:
nudists
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From nude + -ist.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A person who practices nudism.
senses_topics:
|
16801 | word:
nudist
word_type:
adj
expansion:
nudist (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From nude + -ist.
senses_examples:
text:
nudist camp
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Relating to nudists and nudism.
senses_topics:
|
16802 | word:
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
word_type:
name
expansion:
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of Tel Aviv-Yafo
senses_topics:
|
16803 | word:
participate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
participate (third-person singular simple present participates, present participle participating, simple past and past participle participated)
forms:
form:
participates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
participle participating
tags... |
16804 | word:
participate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
participate (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the participle stem of Latin participare (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”), from particeps (“taking part in, sharing in”), from pars (“part”) + capiō (“to take”); see part and ca... |
16805 | word:
yawn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
yawn (third-person singular simple present yawns, present participle yawning, simple past and past participle yawned)
forms:
form:
yawns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
yawning
tags:
participle
present
form:
yawned
tags:
... |
16806 | word:
yawn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yawn (plural yawns)
forms:
form:
yawns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
yawn
etymology_text:
Partly from Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen (“to yawn”), from Old English ġeonian, ġinian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *ginōn, from Proto-Germanic *ginōną (“t... |
16807 | word:
jy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jy (plural jies or jyes or jys)
forms:
form:
jies
tags:
plural
form:
jyes
tags:
plural
form:
jys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the name of the letter i (of which j was originally a variant) by affixing the /d͡ʒ/ sound to i... |
16808 | word:
killer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
killer (countable and uncountable, plural killers)
forms:
form:
killers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English killer, kyller; equivalent to kill + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
There’s a killer on the loose.
type:
example
t... |
16809 | word:
killer
word_type:
adj
expansion:
killer (comparative more killer, superlative most killer)
forms:
form:
more killer
tags:
comparative
form:
most killer
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English killer, kyller; equivalent to kill + -er.
senses_examples:
t... |
16810 | word:
placebo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
placebo (plural placebos or placeboes)
forms:
form:
placebos
tags:
plural
form:
placeboes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
placebo
etymology_text:
From Middle English placebo, from Latin placēbō (“I will please”), the first-person singular future active ... |
16811 | word:
hurricane
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hurricane (plural hurricanes)
forms:
form:
hurricanes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Tropical cyclone
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish huracán, ultimately from Taíno *hurakā.
senses_examples:
text:
An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vort... |
16812 | word:
hurricane
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hurricane (third-person singular simple present hurricanes, present participle hurricaning, simple past and past participle hurricaned)
forms:
form:
hurricanes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hurricaning
tags:
participle
pres... |
16813 | word:
hurricane
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hurricane (plural hurricanes)
forms:
form:
hurricanes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Jeret Peterson
Tropical cyclone
etymology_text:
Coined by Jeret Peterson.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
"full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuv... |
16814 | word:
Punjabi
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Punjabi (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Punjabi
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab + -i.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, pertaining to, ... |
16815 | word:
Punjabi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Punjabi (countable and uncountable, plural Punjabis)
forms:
form:
Punjabis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Punjabi
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab + -i.
senses_... |
16816 | word:
skid lid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
skid lid (plural skid lids)
forms:
form:
skid lids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
motorcycle helmet
senses_topics:
|
16817 | word:
trait
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trait (plural traits)
forms:
form:
traits
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), ... |
16818 | word:
fawn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fawn (plural fawns)
forms:
form:
fawns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
fawn
etymology_text:
From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-... |
16819 | word:
fawn
word_type:
adj
expansion:
fawn (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
fawn
etymology_text:
From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced na... |
16820 | word:
fawn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)
forms:
form:
fawns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
fawning
tags:
participle
present
form:
fawned
tags:
... |
16821 | word:
fawn
word_type:
verb
expansion:
fawn (third-person singular simple present fawns, present participle fawning, simple past and past participle fawned)
forms:
form:
fawns
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
fawning
tags:
participle
present
form:
fawned
tags:
... |
16822 | word:
fawn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fawn (plural fawns)
forms:
form:
fawns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
fawn
etymology_text:
From Middle English fawnen, from Old English fagnian, alternative form of fæġnian (“to celebrate”), whence Middle English fainen, English fain. Cognate with Old Norse fagna. Se... |
16823 | word:
pirate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pirate (plural pirates)
forms:
form:
pirates
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Pirate (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old E... |
16824 | word:
pirate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pirate (third-person singular simple present pirates, present participle pirating, simple past and past participle pirated)
forms:
form:
pirates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
pirating
tags:
participle
present
form:
pirat... |
16825 | word:
pirate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pirate (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Pirate (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Old French pirate, from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”). Displaced native Old English wīċing, which was the word for b... |
16826 | word:
libra
word_type:
noun
expansion:
libra (plural libras or librae)
forms:
form:
libras
tags:
plural
form:
librae
tags:
plural
form:
contexts
tags:
Roman
wikipedia:
Ancient Roman units of measurement#Weight
etymology_text:
From Latin lībra (“pound”), partially via Italia... |
16827 | word:
semi-weekly
word_type:
adj
expansion:
semi-weekly (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From semi- + weekly.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Occurring twice a week; occurring once every one-half a week
senses_topics:
|
16828 | word:
semi-weekly
word_type:
adv
expansion:
semi-weekly (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From semi- + weekly.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Twice a week.
senses_topics:
|
16829 | word:
semi-weekly
word_type:
noun
expansion:
semi-weekly (plural semi-weeklies)
forms:
form:
semi-weeklies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From semi- + weekly.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A periodical published twice a week.
senses_topics:
|
16830 | word:
ink
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ink (usually uncountable, plural inks)
forms:
form:
inks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkaus... |
16831 | word:
ink
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ink (third-person singular simple present inks, present participle inking, simple past and past participle inked)
forms:
form:
inks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
inking
tags:
participle
present
form:
inked
tags:
parti... |
16832 | word:
lah
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lah (plural lahs)
forms:
form:
lahs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
An anglicised spelling of la.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of la
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
16833 | word:
lah
word_type:
particle
expansion:
lah
forms:
wikipedia:
Manglish#Lah
Singlish#Lah
etymology_text:
From Malay lah, Cantonese 啦 (laa1) or Hokkien 啦 (--la). Doublet of la.
senses_examples:
text:
Don’t do it lah, it’s not worth it. ― Disapproval
type:
example
text:
Hurry up, lah! ― Imp... |
16834 | word:
logician
word_type:
noun
expansion:
logician (plural logicians)
forms:
form:
logicians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English logicien, logissian, from Old French logicien. Equivalent to logic + -ian.
senses_examples:
text:
“To the logician all things should be se... |
16835 | word:
quantitative
word_type:
adj
expansion:
quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)
forms:
form:
more quantitative
tags:
comparative
form:
most quantitative
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface anal... |
16836 | word:
metropolis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
metropolis (plural metropolises or metropoleis or metropoles or metropolizes or metropoli or (obsolete) metropolisses or (obsolete) metropolis's)
forms:
form:
metropolises
tags:
plural
form:
metropoleis
tags:
plural
form:
metropoles
tags:... |
16837 | word:
bobby
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bobby (plural bobbies)
forms:
form:
bobbies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.
senses_examples:
text:
If I am wrong, and if Lessingham’s wrong, how do you explain his e... |
16838 | word:
bobby
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bobby (plural bobbies)
forms:
form:
bobbies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin
They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
Hold that properly when I bang... |
16839 | word:
edh
word_type:
noun
expansion:
edh (plural edhs)
forms:
form:
edhs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of eth
senses_topics:
|
16840 | word:
Magyar
word_type:
name
expansion:
Magyar
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Uralic language of the Hungarians.
senses_topics:
|
16841 | word:
Magyar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Magyar (plural Magyars)
forms:
form:
Magyars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A Hungarian individual, especially in the sense of a... |
16842 | word:
Magyar
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Magyar
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hungarian magyar, from Proto-Ugric *mańćɜ (“man, person”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Hungarian
senses_topics:
|
16843 | word:
vallum
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vallum (plural vallums or valla)
forms:
form:
vallums
tags:
plural
form:
valla
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin vallum. Doublet of wall comes from this word via a Proto-Germanic borrowing from Latin.
senses_examples:
senses_c... |
16844 | word:
blueberry
word_type:
noun
expansion:
blueberry (countable and uncountable, plural blueberries)
forms:
form:
blueberries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From blue + berry.
senses_examples:
text:
blueberry:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An edible round berry, belongi... |
16845 | word:
blueberry
word_type:
adj
expansion:
blueberry (comparative blueberrier, superlative blueberriest)
forms:
form:
blueberrier
tags:
comparative
form:
blueberriest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From blue + berry.
senses_examples:
text:
> > > > > > The color choi... |
16846 | word:
blueberry
word_type:
verb
expansion:
blueberry (third-person singular simple present blueberries, present participle blueberrying, simple past and past participle blueberried)
forms:
form:
blueberries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
blueberrying
tags:
participle
... |
16847 | word:
pyro-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
pyro-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin pyr, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
fire, heat.
fever.
orthoacid.
senses_topics:
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences |
16848 | word:
crust
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crust (countable and uncountable, plural crusts)
forms:
form:
crusts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
crust
etymology_text:
From Middle English cruste, from Anglo-Norman and Old French cruste, from Latin crusta (“hard outer covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *krustó... |
16849 | word:
crust
word_type:
verb
expansion:
crust (third-person singular simple present crusts, present participle crusting, simple past and past participle crusted)
forms:
form:
crusts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
crusting
tags:
participle
present
form:
crusted
... |
16850 | word:
pyrotechnic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pyrotechnic (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- + technic.
senses_examples:
text:
They had spent much of June ... |
16851 | word:
front
word_type:
noun
expansion:
front (countable and uncountable, plural fronts)
forms:
form:
fronts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
front
etymology_text:
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
senses_example... |
16852 | word:
front
word_type:
adj
expansion:
front (comparative further front, superlative furthest front)
forms:
form:
further front
tags:
comparative
form:
furthest front
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
front
etymology_text:
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frun... |
16853 | word:
front
word_type:
verb
expansion:
front (third-person singular simple present fronts, present participle fronting, simple past and past participle fronted)
forms:
form:
fronts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
fronting
tags:
participle
present
form:
fronted
... |
16854 | word:
pyro
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pyro (countable and uncountable, plural pyros)
forms:
form:
pyros
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
... |
16855 | word:
pyro
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pyro (comparative more pyro, superlative most pyro)
forms:
form:
more pyro
tags:
comparative
form:
most pyro
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortening of a word starting with pyro-, ultimately from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
sen... |
16856 | word:
macadamization
word_type:
noun
expansion:
macadamization (countable and uncountable, plural macadamizations)
forms:
form:
macadamizations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From macadamize + -ation.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The process of paving roads wit... |
16857 | word:
First World
word_type:
name
expansion:
First World
forms:
wikipedia:
First World
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
first-world problems
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Those countries aligned with the West during the Cold War, particularly in contrast to those ... |
16858 | word:
yi
word_type:
character
expansion:
yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)
forms:
form:
YI
tags:
uppercase
form:
yis
tags:
plural
form:
yi's
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ukrainian ї (ji).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses... |
16859 | word:
yi
word_type:
character
expansion:
yi (lower case, upper case YI, plural yis or yi's)
forms:
form:
YI
tags:
uppercase
form:
yis
tags:
plural
form:
yi's
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Armenian յի (yi).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses... |
16860 | word:
aerial
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aerial (comparative more aerial, superlative most aerial)
forms:
form:
more aerial
tags:
comparative
form:
most aerial
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Motovun
aerial
etymology_text:
From Latin āerius + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ... |
16861 | word:
aerial
word_type:
noun
expansion:
aerial (plural aerials)
forms:
form:
aerials
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Motovun
aerial
etymology_text:
From Latin āerius + -al, from Ancient Greek ἀέριος (aérios), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).
senses_examples:
text:
In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant... |
16862 | word:
vaporware
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vaporware (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From vapor + -ware.
senses_examples:
text:
Our hard-and-fast rule was that if we couldn't see it, it still resided in that special zone called "Vaporware."
ref:
1983, Recording Engineer/producer,... |
16863 | word:
sea urchin
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sea urchin (plural sea urchins)
forms:
form:
sea urchins
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From sea + urchin (“hedgehog”), reflecting a similarity in appearance to a hedgehog.
senses_examples:
text:
1986, Patrick S. Leahy, Chapter 1: Laborat... |
16864 | word:
breeze
word_type:
noun
expansion:
breeze (plural breezes)
forms:
form:
breezes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
breeze
etymology_text:
From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure.
Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic so... |
16865 | word:
breeze
word_type:
verb
expansion:
breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed)
forms:
form:
breezes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
breezing
tags:
participle
present
form:
breez... |
16866 | word:
breeze
word_type:
noun
expansion:
breeze (plural breezes)
forms:
form:
breezes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
breeze
etymology_text:
From Middle English brese, from Old English brēosa, variant of Old English brimsa (“gadfly”), from Proto-Germanic *bremusī (“gadfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰere... |
16867 | word:
breeze
word_type:
verb
expansion:
breeze (third-person singular simple present breezes, present participle breezing, simple past and past participle breezed)
forms:
form:
breezes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
breezing
tags:
participle
present
form:
breez... |
16868 | word:
breeze
word_type:
noun
expansion:
breeze (plural breezes)
forms:
form:
breezes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
breeze
etymology_text:
Probably from French braise (“burning coals”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. ... |
16869 | word:
thief
word_type:
noun
expansion:
thief (plural thieves)
forms:
form:
thieves
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /eːo/ became [... |
16870 | word:
in flagrante delicto
word_type:
adv
expansion:
in flagrante delicto (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
in flagrante delicto
etymology_text:
Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin in flagrante delicto (literally “while the crime is blazing”), from in + flāgrō (“burn”) + dēlictō, form of dēlictum (“crim... |
16871 | word:
Third World
word_type:
name
expansion:
the Third World
forms:
form:
the Third World
tags:
canonical
wikipedia:
Non-Aligned Movement
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Our district has many immigrants from Third World countries
type:
example
text:
In some instances, th... |
16872 | word:
polaris
word_type:
verb
expansion:
polaris
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of polari
senses_topics:
|
16873 | word:
Khmer Rouge
word_type:
name
expansion:
Khmer Rouge
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French Khmer rouge (“red Khmer”), from Khmer (“Khmer”) + rouge (“red”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A Cambodian communist guerrilla force active from the 1970s to the 1990s under the l... |
16874 | word:
trimester
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trimester (plural trimesters)
forms:
form:
trimesters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
PIE word
*tréyes
From French trimestre, from Latin trimestris (“of three months”), from trēs (“three”) + mensis (“month”).
senses_examples:
text:
She is ... |
16875 | word:
yogh
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yogh (plural yoghs)
forms:
form:
yoghs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English ȝogh, ȝ, of unknown origin. Several etymologies have been advanced, such as derivation from Middle English yok (“yoke”) or Old English ēoh (“rune ᛇ”), but all p... |
16876 | word:
saloon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
saloon (plural saloons)
forms:
form:
saloons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
saloon
etymology_text:
From Occitan salon IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /saˈlun/ French salon, either augmentative of salle (“room”), or borrowed from Italian salone (“hall”), augmentative form of sala, salla ... |
16877 | word:
scilicet
word_type:
adv
expansion:
scilicet (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin scīlicet.
senses_examples:
text:
As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January eject... |
16878 | word:
dreadnought
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dreadnought (plural dreadnoughts)
forms:
form:
dreadnoughts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Named after HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship finished of this type, itself named for Etymology 2.
senses_examples:
text:
Perturbed at being o... |
16879 | word:
dreadnought
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dreadnought (plural dreadnoughts)
forms:
form:
dreadnoughts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From dread + nought.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One that fears nothing.
Something that assures against fear.
senses_top... |
16880 | word:
cornu
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cornu (plural cornua)
forms:
form:
cornua
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin cornū (“horn”). Doublet of corn and corno.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
... |
16881 | word:
hippogryph
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hippogryph (plural hippogryphs)
forms:
form:
hippogryphs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of hippogriff
senses_topics:
|
16882 | word:
mensch
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mensch (plural mensches or menschen)
forms:
form:
mensches
tags:
plural
form:
menschen
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
mensch
etymology_text:
From Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “an honorable person”), from Middle High German mensch, mensche, mennische, from Old... |
16883 | word:
vy
word_type:
verb
expansion:
vy (third-person singular simple present vies or vyes, present participle vying, simple past and past participle vied or vyed)
forms:
form:
vies
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vyes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
... |
16884 | word:
ky
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ky
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with West Frisian kij (“cows”), Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow.
senses_examples... |
16885 | word:
ky
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ky (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I put on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.
ref:
2005, Patrick Halliday, Survival, page 24
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glo... |
16886 | word:
ky
word_type:
symbol
expansion:
ky
forms:
wikipedia:
kyr
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Symbol for kiloyear, an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years.
senses_topics:
metrology |
16887 | word:
Latin America
word_type:
name
expansion:
Latin America
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French Amérique latine. Thought to be coined by French Emperor Napoleon III.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Those parts of the Americas which speak Spanish, Portuguese, French or Creo... |
16888 | word:
Tarentum
word_type:
name
expansion:
Tarentum
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin Tarentum, from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās), of uncertain origin but probably Pre-Greek and related to Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Doublet of Taras and Taranto.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses... |
16889 | word:
red-handed
word_type:
adj
expansion:
red-handed (comparative more red-handed, superlative most red-handed)
forms:
form:
more red-handed
tags:
comparative
form:
most red-handed
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Walter Scott
etymology_text:
From red + handed, likening to a murderer with... |
16890 | word:
fealty
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fealty (countable and uncountable, plural fealties)
forms:
form:
fealties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English feaute, feute, from Anglo-Norman fëauté, fëuté, from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness”; “homage, fealty” in Medieval Latin), ... |
16891 | word:
Angkor Wat
word_type:
name
expansion:
Angkor Wat
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Khmer អង្គរវត្ត (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət, “City of Temples”),
from អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “royal city”) + វត្ត (vŏət, “temple”),
from Sanskrit नगर + वाट (nagara + vāṭa, “city + enclosure”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:... |
16892 | word:
eyry
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eyry (plural eyries)
forms:
form:
eyries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of eyrie
senses_topics:
|
16893 | word:
wynn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wynn (plural wynns)
forms:
form:
wynns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English wynne, winne, wenne, wunne, wyn, from Old English wynn (“joy, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō, from Proto-Indo-European... |
16894 | word:
mountain goat
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mountain goat (plural mountain goats)
forms:
form:
mountain goats
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A sure-footed goat antelope, Oreamnos americanus, of the North American mountains, havi... |
16895 | word:
syphilis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
syphilis (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From New Latin syphilis, originally the title of a poem by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning “Syphilus”, a shepherd boy who insulted the Greek god Apollo and was punished by that god with a horrible disease.
sens... |
16896 | word:
coyote
word_type:
noun
expansion:
coyote (plural coyotes)
forms:
form:
coyotes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.
senses_examples:
text:
Near Rio Frio we shot several handso... |
16897 | word:
coyote
word_type:
verb
expansion:
coyote (third-person singular simple present coyotes, present participle coyoteing or coyoting, simple past and past participle coyoted)
forms:
form:
coyotes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
coyoteing
tags:
participle
present
f... |
16898 | word:
distinctive
word_type:
adj
expansion:
distinctive (comparative more distinctive, superlative most distinctive)
forms:
form:
more distinctive
tags:
comparative
form:
most distinctive
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of... |
16899 | word:
distinctive
word_type:
noun
expansion:
distinctive (plural distinctives)
forms:
form:
distinctives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendenc... |
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