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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:
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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:
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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_...
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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:
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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?”), ...
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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)-...
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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...
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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: ...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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:
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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 [...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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:
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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), ...
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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:...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...