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16900 | word:
batman
word_type:
noun
expansion:
batman (plural batmen)
forms:
form:
batmen
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Batman (military)
Edward Ardizzone
Imperial War Museum
etymology_text:
From bat (“packsaddle”) + man. The element bat is from French bât, from Old French bast, from Late Latin bastum, pos... |
16901 | word:
batman
word_type:
verb
expansion:
batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned)
forms:
form:
batmans
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
batmanning
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
16902 | word:
batman
word_type:
noun
expansion:
batman (plural batmans)
forms:
form:
batmans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Batman (unit)
Edward Ardizzone
Imperial War Museum
etymology_text:
From Ottoman Turkish بطمان (batman). Cognate with Chagatai [script needed] (bātmān).
senses_examples:
text:
Eue... |
16903 | word:
batman
word_type:
verb
expansion:
batman (third-person singular simple present batmans, present participle batmanning, simple past and past participle batmanned)
forms:
form:
batmans
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
batmanning
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
16904 | word:
aerie
word_type:
noun
expansion:
aerie (plural aeries)
forms:
form:
aeries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of eyrie
A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
senses_topics:
|
16905 | word:
lento
word_type:
adj
expansion:
lento (comparative more lento, superlative most lento)
forms:
form:
more lento
tags:
comparative
form:
most lento
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian lento.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Slo... |
16906 | word:
lento
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lento (plural lentos)
forms:
form:
lentos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian lento.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
senses_topics:
enterta... |
16907 | word:
special
word_type:
adj
expansion:
special (comparative more special or specialer, superlative most special or specialest)
forms:
form:
more special
tags:
comparative
form:
specialer
tags:
comparative
form:
most special
tags:
superlative
form:
specialest
tags:
... |
16908 | word:
special
word_type:
noun
expansion:
special (plural specials)
forms:
form:
specials
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced n... |
16909 | word:
special
word_type:
verb
expansion:
special (third-person singular simple present specials, present participle specialing or specialling, simple past and past participle specialed or specialled)
forms:
form:
specials
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
specialing
tags:
p... |
16910 | word:
system
word_type:
noun
expansion:
system (plural systems)
forms:
form:
systems
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; s... |
16911 | word:
typhoon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
typhoon (plural typhoons)
forms:
form:
typhoons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Trésor de la langue française informatisé
typhoon
etymology_text:
English texts mention typhon, tiphon as a Greek word for "whirlwind" since at least the 1550s, referring to Ancient G... |
16912 | word:
typhoon
word_type:
verb
expansion:
typhoon (third-person singular simple present typhoons, present participle typhooning, simple past and past participle typhooned)
forms:
form:
typhoons
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
typhooning
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
16913 | word:
ironic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ironic (comparative more ironic, superlative most ironic)
forms:
form:
more ironic
tags:
comparative
form:
most ironic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνικός (eirōnikós). Compa... |
16914 | word:
hippogriff
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hippogriff (plural hippogriffs)
forms:
form:
hippogriffs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French hippogriffe, from Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + γρύψ (grúps, “griffin”).
senses_examples:
text:
To talk of being able to ride wi... |
16915 | word:
derogatory
word_type:
adj
expansion:
derogatory (comparative more derogatory, superlative most derogatory)
forms:
form:
more derogatory
tags:
comparative
form:
most derogatory
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogāre... |
16916 | word:
derogatory
word_type:
noun
expansion:
derogatory (plural derogatories)
forms:
form:
derogatories
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogāre; corresponding to derogate + -ory.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A tr... |
16917 | word:
anaconda
word_type:
noun
expansion:
anaconda (plural anacondas)
forms:
form:
anacondas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
anaconda
etymology_text:
From New Latin anacandaia (“python”) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”... |
16918 | word:
anaconda
word_type:
name
expansion:
anaconda
forms:
wikipedia:
anaconda
etymology_text:
From New Latin anacandaia (“python”) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙන (hena, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “... |
16919 | word:
public key cryptography
word_type:
noun
expansion:
public key cryptography (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The subfield of cryptography in which all information used to encode a message is assumed to be publicly available.
senses... |
16920 | word:
semifinal
word_type:
noun
expansion:
semifinal (plural semifinals)
forms:
form:
semifinals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Latin semifinalis, from semi- + final.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A playoff in the round with only four players or teams left, th... |
16921 | word:
tartan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tartan (countable and uncountable, plural tartans)
forms:
form:
tartans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
tartan
etymology_text:
Blend of Middle English tartaryn (“rich material”), from Middle French tartarin (“Tartar cloth”), and Middle French tiretaine (“cloth of mi... |
16922 | word:
tartan
word_type:
adj
expansion:
tartan (comparative more tartan, superlative most tartan)
forms:
form:
more tartan
tags:
comparative
form:
most tartan
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
tartan
etymology_text:
Blend of Middle English tartaryn (“rich material”), from Middle French tarta... |
16923 | word:
tartan
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tartan (third-person singular simple present tartans, present participle tartaning, simple past and past participle tartaned)
forms:
form:
tartans
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tartaning
tags:
participle
present
form:
ta... |
16924 | word:
tartan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tartan (plural tartans)
forms:
form:
tartans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French tartane, from Italian tartana, of uncertain origin.
senses_examples:
text:
1877, Jules Verne, Ellen E. Frewer (translator), Hector Servadac, Part... |
16925 | word:
vita
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vita (plural vitae or vitas or (archaic) vitæ)
forms:
form:
vitae
tags:
plural
form:
vitas
tags:
plural
form:
vitæ
tags:
archaic
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin vīta (“life”). Doublet of quick and jiva.
senses_examples... |
16926 | word:
collapse
word_type:
verb
expansion:
collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)
forms:
form:
collapses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
collapsing
tags:
participle
present
f... |
16927 | word:
collapse
word_type:
noun
expansion:
collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)
forms:
form:
collapses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
collapse
etymology_text:
From Latin collāpsus (past participle of collābor).
senses_examples:
text:
She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping ... |
16928 | word:
vain
word_type:
adj
expansion:
vain (comparative vainer or more vain, superlative vainest or most vain)
forms:
form:
vainer
tags:
comparative
form:
more vain
tags:
comparative
form:
vainest
tags:
superlative
form:
most vain
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etym... |
16929 | word:
vain
word_type:
verb
expansion:
vain (third-person singular simple present vains, present participle vaining, simple past and past participle vained)
forms:
form:
vains
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vaining
tags:
participle
present
form:
vained
tags:
... |
16930 | word:
practical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
practical (comparative more practical, superlative most practical)
forms:
form:
more practical
tags:
comparative
form:
most practical
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medi... |
16931 | word:
practical
word_type:
noun
expansion:
practical (plural practicals)
forms:
form:
practicals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English practical, practicale, praktycall, from Medieval Latin practicālis.
senses_examples:
text:
Practicals are used onstage as they would ... |
16932 | word:
happiness
word_type:
noun
expansion:
happiness (countable and uncountable, plural happinesses)
forms:
form:
happinesses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From happy + -ness.
senses_examples:
text:
Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent... |
16933 | word:
identification
word_type:
noun
expansion:
identification (countable and uncountable, plural identifications)
forms:
form:
identifications
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French identification.
senses_examples:
text:
In IP protocol, after identification comes authenticatio... |
16934 | word:
griffin
word_type:
noun
expansion:
griffin (plural griffins)
forms:
form:
griffins
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
griffin
etymology_text:
From Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).
senses_examples:
text:
Tables were laid out ... |
16935 | word:
neu
word_type:
noun
expansion:
neu
forms:
wikipedia:
HER2/neu
etymology_text:
The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of neuroglioblastoma cell line.
... |
16936 | word:
neu
word_type:
noun
expansion:
neu (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
HER2/neu
etymology_text:
The name of this oncogene is abbreviated from a neuroglioblastoma cell line, from which it was originally isolated in rats.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Synonym of HER-2
senses_topics:... |
16937 | word:
aery
word_type:
noun
expansion:
aery (plural aeries)
forms:
form:
aeries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of eyrie
senses_topics:
|
16938 | word:
aery
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aery (comparative aerier, superlative aeriest)
forms:
form:
aerier
tags:
comparative
form:
aeriest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin āerius.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
aerial; ethereal; incorporeal... |
16939 | word:
birthday boy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
birthday boy (plural birthday boys)
forms:
form:
birthday boys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: birthday girl
text:
The party was to be from two to five o'clock, and Sunny Boy, in his best wh... |
16940 | word:
birthday girl
word_type:
noun
expansion:
birthday girl (plural birthday girls)
forms:
form:
birthday girls
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: birthday boy
text:
The climax of the celebration for the birthday girl is her first dance. ... |
16941 | word:
serra
word_type:
noun
expansion:
serra (plural serrae)
forms:
form:
serrae
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin serra.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A saw, or saw-like part.
senses_topics:
|
16942 | word:
felon
word_type:
adj
expansion:
felon
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“base, wicked; hostile; of an animal: dangerous; of words: angry, harsh, slanderous; of things: dangerous, deadly; false, fraudulent; unlucky”) [and other forms], from Ol... |
16943 | word:
felon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
felon (plural felons)
forms:
form:
felons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective is derived from Middle English feloun, felun (“base, wicked; hostile; of an animal: dangerous; of words: angry, harsh, slanderous; of things: dangerous, deadly; f... |
16944 | word:
felon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
felon (plural felons)
forms:
form:
felons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English feloun, felone (“type of carbuncle or sore with pus; swelling on a hawk’s body”), possibly from Old French *felon, from Latin fel (“bile, gall; bitterness; ... |
16945 | word:
Raum
word_type:
name
expansion:
Raum (plural Raums)
forms:
form:
Raums
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Raum.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A surname from German.
senses_topics:
|
16946 | word:
Londinium
word_type:
name
expansion:
Londinium
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Unadapted borrowing from Latin Londinium. Doublet of London.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A city in Britannia, Roman Empire: An ancient settlement in the area of modern London.
Synonym of mo... |
16947 | word:
tobacco
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tobacco (countable and uncountable, plural tobaccos or tobaccoes)
forms:
form:
tobaccos
tags:
plural
form:
tobaccoes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
tobacco
etymology_text:
Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be fro... |
16948 | word:
tobacco
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tobacco (third-person singular simple present tobaccos, present participle tobaccoing, simple past and past participle tobaccoed)
forms:
form:
tobaccos
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tobaccoing
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
16949 | word:
key signature
word_type:
noun
expansion:
key signature (plural key signatures)
forms:
form:
key signatures
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The key signatures of D major and b minor both have two sharps.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glo... |
16950 | word:
cygnet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cygnet (plural cygnets)
forms:
form:
cygnets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English cignet, signet, from Anglo-Norman cignet, diminutive of Old French cigne (“swan”), from Latin cygnus, cycnus (“swan”), from Ancient Greek κύκνος (kúknos... |
16951 | word:
nee
word_type:
adj
expansion:
nee (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French née, feminine of né, past participle of naître, to be born.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of née
senses_topics:
|
16952 | word:
nee
word_type:
intj
expansion:
nee
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old English ne or nā (“no”). Cognate with Standard English no.
senses_examples:
text:
Nee way man! ― No way
type:
example
text:
Thor's nee watter! ― There's no water!
type:
example
senses_categories:
sen... |
16953 | word:
spim
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spim (usually uncountable, plural spims)
forms:
form:
spims
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Blend of spam + IM (instant messaging).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Unsolicited messages sent to cellular phones.
Unsolicited c... |
16954 | word:
station wagon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
station wagon (plural station wagons)
forms:
form:
station wagons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
station wagon
etymology_text:
From train station; station wagons were originally designed for transporting people and luggage between stations and country estate... |
16955 | word:
entity
word_type:
noun
expansion:
entity (plural entities)
forms:
form:
entities
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.
senses_examples:
text:
The organisationa... |
16956 | word:
cafeteria
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cafeteria (plural cafeterias)
forms:
form:
cafeterias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cafeteria
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (T... |
16957 | word:
birthday card
word_type:
noun
expansion:
birthday card (plural birthday cards)
forms:
form:
birthday cards
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Over one million birthday cards were dropped over major cities on Taiwan by Chinese Air Force planes.
ref:
1... |
16958 | word:
vane
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vane (plural vanes)
forms:
form:
vanes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English vane, Southern Middle English variant of fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner, flag”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô, from Pr... |
16959 | word:
semi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
semi (plural semis)
forms:
form:
semis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
semi
etymology_text:
The prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
senses_examples:
text:
2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page... |
16960 | word:
focus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
focus (countable and uncountable, plural foci or focuses or focusses)
forms:
form:
foci
tags:
plural
form:
focuses
tags:
plural
form:
focusses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
focus
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”... |
16961 | word:
focus
word_type:
verb
expansion:
focus (third-person singular simple present focuses or focusses, present participle focusing or focussing, simple past and past participle focused or focussed)
forms:
form:
focuses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
focusses
tags:
prese... |
16962 | word:
nur
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nur (plural nurs)
forms:
form:
nurs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pronunciation spelling of knur.
senses_topics:
|
16963 | word:
chupacabras
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chupacabras (plural chupacabras)
forms:
form:
chupacabras
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
chupacabras
etymology_text:
From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A legendary creature in the folklor... |
16964 | word:
chupacabras
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chupacabras
forms:
wikipedia:
chupacabras
etymology_text:
From Spanish chupa (“it sucks”) + cabras (“goats”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of chupacabra
senses_topics:
|
16965 | word:
anecdote
word_type:
noun
expansion:
anecdote (countable and uncountable, plural anecdotes)
forms:
form:
anecdotes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
anecdote
etymology_text:
Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) ... |
16966 | word:
anecdote
word_type:
verb
expansion:
anecdote (third-person singular simple present anecdotes, present participle anecdoting, simple past and past participle anecdoted)
forms:
form:
anecdotes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
anecdoting
tags:
participle
present
f... |
16967 | word:
IP address
word_type:
noun
expansion:
IP address (plural IP addresses)
forms:
form:
IP addresses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Short for Internet Protocol address.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A number assigned to each computer's or other device's networ... |
16968 | word:
trailer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trailer (plural trailers)
forms:
form:
trailers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
trailer
etymology_text:
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today.
senses_exa... |
16969 | word:
trailer
word_type:
verb
expansion:
trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)
forms:
form:
trailers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
trailering
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
16970 | word:
birthday cake
word_type:
noun
expansion:
birthday cake (plural birthday cakes)
forms:
form:
birthday cakes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A cake, often iced and decorated, made to celebrate a person's birthday.
senses_topics:... |
16971 | word:
double Dutch
word_type:
noun
expansion:
double Dutch (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
double Dutch
etymology_text:
From double (“twice, i.e. more than”) + Dutch.
For sense 1: Dutch (which historically had a wider meaning) as a foreign language was not easily understood, so anything completely incomprehe... |
16972 | word:
lammergeier
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lammergeier (plural lammergeiers)
forms:
form:
lammergeiers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From German Lämmergeier, from Lämmer, plural of Lamm (“lamb”) + Geier (“vulture”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A long-winged... |
16973 | word:
less
word_type:
adv
expansion:
less (diminutive comparative)
forms:
wikipedia:
less
etymology_text:
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate wit... |
16974 | word:
less
word_type:
det
expansion:
less
forms:
wikipedia:
less
etymology_text:
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less”... |
16975 | word:
less
word_type:
prep
expansion:
less
forms:
wikipedia:
less
etymology_text:
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēs (“less... |
16976 | word:
less
word_type:
verb
expansion:
less (third-person singular simple present lesses, present participle lessing, simple past and past participle lessed)
forms:
form:
lesses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
lessing
tags:
participle
present
form:
lessed
tags:... |
16977 | word:
less
word_type:
adj
expansion:
less (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
less
etymology_text:
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Fr... |
16978 | word:
less
word_type:
noun
expansion:
less (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
less
etymology_text:
Adverb From Middle English les, lesse, leasse, lasse, from Old English lǣs (“smaller, less”), from Proto-Germanic *laisiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, be gentle”). Cognate with Old Fris... |
16979 | word:
less
word_type:
conj
expansion:
less
forms:
wikipedia:
less
etymology_text:
From Middle English lesse, les, from Old English lǣs, as in þȳ lǣs þe.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
unless
senses_topics:
|
16980 | word:
tigress
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tigress (plural tigresses, masculine tiger)
forms:
form:
tigresses
tags:
plural
form:
tiger
tags:
masculine
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French tigresse, corresponding to tiger + -ess.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
... |
16981 | word:
fuckload
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fuckload (plural fuckloads)
forms:
form:
fuckloads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From fuck (“large amount”) + load.
senses_examples:
text:
We're getting a fuckload of complaints about that product.
type:
example
text:
There're ... |
16982 | word:
puso
word_type:
noun
expansion:
puso (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Cebuano puso.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
senses_topics:
|
16983 | word:
passer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
passer (plural passers)
forms:
form:
passers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pass + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted […]
ref:
2008, David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R... |
16984 | word:
vespine
word_type:
adj
expansion:
vespine (comparative more vespine, superlative most vespine)
forms:
form:
more vespine
tags:
comparative
form:
most vespine
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Ori braced himself, dropped with a cry when a ... |
16985 | word:
curry
word_type:
noun
expansion:
curry (countable and uncountable, plural curries)
forms:
form:
curries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Forme of Cury
Hannah Glasse
Richard II of England
Singapore
etymology_text:
1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (... |
16986 | word:
curry
word_type:
verb
expansion:
curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
forms:
form:
curries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
currying
tags:
participle
present
form:
curried... |
16987 | word:
curry
word_type:
verb
expansion:
curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
forms:
form:
curries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
currying
tags:
participle
present
form:
curried... |
16988 | word:
curry
word_type:
verb
expansion:
curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
forms:
form:
curries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
currying
tags:
participle
present
form:
curried... |
16989 | word:
curry
word_type:
verb
expansion:
curry (third-person singular simple present curries, present participle currying, simple past and past participle curried)
forms:
form:
curries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
currying
tags:
participle
present
form:
curried... |
16990 | word:
curry
word_type:
noun
expansion:
curry (plural curries)
forms:
form:
curries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Forme of Cury
Singapore
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Obsolete form of quarry.
senses_topics:
|
16991 | word:
semester
word_type:
noun
expansion:
semester (plural semesters)
forms:
form:
semesters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Academic term
etymology_text:
From German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris (“lasting six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).
senses_examples:
text:
I will graduat... |
16992 | word:
fuckwad
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fuckwad (plural fuckwads)
forms:
form:
fuckwads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From fuck + -wad.
senses_examples:
text:
That's going to cost a fuckwad of money.
type:
example
text:
He put his shoes on the wrong feet!?! What a fuc... |
16993 | word:
keen
word_type:
adj
expansion:
keen (comparative keener or more keen, superlative keenest or most keen)
forms:
form:
keener
tags:
comparative
form:
more keen
tags:
comparative
form:
keenest
tags:
superlative
form:
most keen
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etym... |
16994 | word:
keen
word_type:
verb
expansion:
keen (third-person singular simple present keens, present participle keening, simple past and past participle keened)
forms:
form:
keens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
keening
tags:
participle
present
form:
keened
tags:
... |
16995 | word:
keen
word_type:
noun
expansion:
keen (plural keens)
forms:
form:
keens
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Irish caoin (“to cry, weep; to keen”).
senses_examples:
text:
[S]he went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her u... |
16996 | word:
keen
word_type:
verb
expansion:
keen (third-person singular simple present keens, present participle keening, simple past and past participle keened)
forms:
form:
keens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
keening
tags:
participle
present
form:
keened
tags:
... |
16997 | word:
hippo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hippo (plural hippos)
forms:
form:
hippos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal.
ref:
2006 June 24, The W... |
16998 | word:
fenestra
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fenestra (plural fenestras or fenestrae or (obsolete) fenestræ)
forms:
form:
fenestras
tags:
plural
form:
fenestrae
tags:
plural
form:
fenestræ
tags:
obsolete
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Unadapted borrowing from Latin fen... |
16999 | word:
eyrie
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eyrie (plural eyries)
forms:
form:
eyries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less li... |
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