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17700	word: visionary word_type: noun expansion: visionary (plural visionaries) forms: form: visionaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From vision + -ary. senses_examples: text: For seven years [Christopher Columbus] begged persistently for aid, but in vain. He was looked upon as a vis...
17701	word: tabernacle word_type: noun expansion: tabernacle (plural tabernacles) forms: form: tabernacles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, s...
17702	word: tabernacle word_type: verb expansion: tabernacle (third-person singular simple present tabernacles, present participle tabernacling, simple past and past participle tabernacled) forms: form: tabernacles tags: present singular third-person form: tabernacling tags: participle ...
17703	word: marriage word_type: noun expansion: marriage (countable and uncountable, plural marriages) forms: form: marriages tags: plural wikipedia: group marriage marriage etymology_text: From Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”), from Latin marītō (“marry”, verb...
17704	word: caber word_type: noun expansion: caber (plural cabers) forms: form: cabers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games. s...
17705	word: great word_type: adj expansion: great (comparative greater, superlative greatest) forms: form: greater tags: comparative form: greatest tags: superlative wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, mass...
17706	word: great word_type: intj expansion: great forms: wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
17707	word: great word_type: noun expansion: great (plural greats) forms: form: greats tags: plural wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz (“big in ...
17708	word: great word_type: adv expansion: great (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from ...
17709	word: abused word_type: verb expansion: abused forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of abuse senses_topics:
17710	word: abused word_type: adj expansion: abused (comparative more abused, superlative most abused) forms: form: more abused tags: comparative form: most abused tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having been a victim ...
17711	word: zoo- word_type: prefix expansion: zoo- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: animal senses_topics:
17712	word: underwater word_type: adj expansion: underwater (comparative more underwater, superlative most underwater) forms: form: more underwater tags: comparative form: most underwater tags: superlative wikipedia: underwater etymology_text: From under (preposition) + water. senses_example...
17713	word: underwater word_type: adv expansion: underwater (comparative more underwater, superlative most underwater) forms: form: more underwater tags: comparative form: most underwater tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From under (preposition) + water. senses_examples: text:...
17714	word: underwater word_type: noun expansion: underwater (plural underwaters) forms: form: underwaters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From under (preposition) + water. senses_examples: text: Practically all wobbling underwaters will take fish aplenty in the hands of a man who really...
17715	word: underwater word_type: verb expansion: underwater (third-person singular simple present underwaters, present participle underwatering, simple past and past participle underwatered) forms: form: underwaters tags: present singular third-person form: underwatering tags: participl...
17716	word: best word_type: adj expansion: best (comparative better or (nonstandard, humorous) bester, superlative (nonstandard, humorous) bestest) forms: form: better tags: comparative form: bester tags: comparative humorous nonstandard form: bestest tags: humorous nonst...
17717	word: best word_type: adv expansion: best forms: wikipedia: best (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English beste, best, from Old English betst, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. senses_examples: text: A popular aphorism says it best: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. type: ...
17718	word: best word_type: noun expansion: best (countable and uncountable, plural bests) forms: form: bests tags: plural wikipedia: best (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English beste, best, from Old English betst, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. senses_examples: text: I did m...
17719	word: best word_type: verb expansion: best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested) forms: form: bests tags: present singular third-person form: besting tags: participle present form: bested tags: ...
17720	word: best word_type: verb expansion: best forms: wikipedia: best (disambiguation) etymology_text: Shortening of had best senses_examples: text: It's getting late. You best get on home. type: example text: 'We best be going,' she said, looking at the clock. ref: 1935, Edward Joseph O'...
17721	word: alot word_type: adv expansion: alot (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of a lot (compare to awhile). senses_topics:
17722	word: alot word_type: noun expansion: alot (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: There was alot of sex discrimination in the 60’s. For one thing there was no sports for girls and in alot of schools the female teachers were not allowed to get married or they could be f...
17723	word: abetting word_type: verb expansion: abetting forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of abet senses_topics:
17724	word: abetting word_type: noun expansion: abetting (plural abettings) forms: form: abettings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The act of one who abets. senses_topics:
17725	word: puritanical word_type: adj expansion: puritanical (comparative more puritanical, superlative most puritanical) forms: form: more puritanical tags: comparative form: most puritanical tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From puritanic + -al. senses_examples: senses_cate...
17726	word: puritanical word_type: noun expansion: puritanical (plural puritanicals) forms: form: puritanicals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From puritanic + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who holds puritanical attitudes. senses_topics:
17727	word: vacation word_type: noun expansion: vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations) forms: form: vacations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. E...
17728	word: vacation word_type: verb expansion: vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed) forms: form: vacations tags: present singular third-person form: vacationing tags: participle present ...
17729	word: Aberdonian word_type: adj expansion: Aberdonian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Medieval Latin Aberdonia (“Aberdeen”) + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to Aberdeen. senses_topics:
17730	word: Aberdonian word_type: noun expansion: Aberdonian (plural Aberdonians) forms: form: Aberdonians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Medieval Latin Aberdonia (“Aberdeen”) + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Abe...
17731	word: duty word_type: noun expansion: duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties) forms: form: duties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -tātem, accusative masculine singul...
17732	word: betimes word_type: adv expansion: betimes (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bitimes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. By surface analysis, betime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare also betides. senses_examples: text: Smart lad to slip betimes away From fi...
17733	word: reply word_type: verb expansion: reply (third-person singular simple present replies, present participle replying, simple past and past participle replied) forms: form: replies tags: present singular third-person form: replying tags: participle present form: replied...
17734	word: reply word_type: noun expansion: reply (plural replies) forms: form: replies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“I fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, r...
17735	word: bereavement word_type: noun expansion: bereavement (countable and uncountable, plural bereavements) forms: form: bereavements tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From bereave + -ment. senses_examples: text: 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bix...
17736	word: recur word_type: verb expansion: recur (third-person singular simple present recurs, present participle recurring, simple past and past participle recurred) forms: form: recurs tags: present singular third-person form: recurring tags: participle present form: recurr...
17737	word: fabricate word_type: verb expansion: fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated) forms: form: fabricates tags: present singular third-person form: fabricating tags: participle pres...
17738	word: accompanied word_type: verb expansion: accompanied forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of accompany senses_topics:
17739	word: accompanied word_type: adj expansion: accompanied (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two. senses_topics:
17740	word: recursive word_type: adj expansion: recursive (comparative more recursive, superlative most recursive) forms: form: more recursive tags: comparative form: most recursive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recur...
17741	word: abandoning word_type: verb expansion: abandoning forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Many have been abandoning their homes due to the violence. (progressive) text: Their abandoning their homes means no tax revenues for the county. (gerund) text: An abandoning hu...
17742	word: abandoning word_type: noun expansion: abandoning (plural abandonings) forms: form: abandonings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Their sensuality—[…] —their universal and insatiable lustings, and disgraceful abandonings of their unhappy victims— […] may n...
17743	word: moccasin word_type: noun expansion: moccasin (plural moccasins) forms: form: moccasins tags: plural wikipedia: John Smith (explorer) Louisville Zoo Musée de l'Armée Néstor Kirchner President of Argentina etymology_text: From Powhatan makasin, mockasin, mawhcasuns (plural), from Proto...
17744	word: volantes word_type: noun expansion: volantes forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of volante senses_topics:
17745	word: buck word_type: noun expansion: buck (plural bucks) forms: form: bucks tags: plural wikipedia: buck etymology_text: From Middle English bukke, bucke, buc, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-West Germanic bukk, bukkō, from Proto-Germanic bukkaz, bukkô (“buck”)...
17746	word: buck word_type: verb expansion: buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked) forms: form: bucks tags: present singular third-person form: bucking tags: participle present form: bucked tags: ...
17747	word: buck word_type: verb expansion: buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked) forms: form: bucks tags: present singular third-person form: bucking tags: participle present form: bucked tags: ...
17748	word: buck word_type: noun expansion: buck (plural bucks) forms: form: bucks tags: plural wikipedia: buck etymology_text: See beech. senses_examples: text: There is in it also woodes of buck, and deir in them. ref: 1777, Mostyn John Armstrong, A Scotch Atlas; Or Description of the King...
17749	word: buck word_type: noun expansion: buck forms: wikipedia: buck etymology_text: From Middle English bouken (“steep in lye”), ultimately related to the root of beech. Cognate with Middle High German büchen, Swedish byka, Danish byge and Low German būken. senses_examples: text: 1673, Robert Almond, The...
17750	word: buck word_type: verb expansion: buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked) forms: form: bucks tags: present singular third-person form: bucking tags: participle present form: bucked tags: ...
17751	word: buck word_type: noun expansion: buck (plural bucks) forms: form: bucks tags: plural wikipedia: buck etymology_text: From Middle English bouk (“belly, trunk, body, hull of a ship, fishtrap, container”), from Old English būc (“belly, bottle, jug, pitcher”), from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from ...
17752	word: buck word_type: verb expansion: buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked) forms: form: bucks tags: present singular third-person form: bucking tags: participle present form: bucked tags: ...
17753	word: buck word_type: verb expansion: buck (third-person singular simple present bucks, present participle bucking, simple past and past participle bucked) forms: form: bucks tags: present singular third-person form: bucking tags: participle present form: bucked tags: ...
17754	word: beast word_type: noun expansion: beast (plural beasts) forms: form: beasts tags: plural wikipedia: beast etymology_text: From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bēstia. senses_examples: text: […] i...
17755	word: beast word_type: verb expansion: beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted) forms: form: beasts tags: present singular third-person form: beasting tags: participle present form: beasted ...
17756	word: beast word_type: adj expansion: beast (comparative more beast, superlative most beast) forms: form: more beast tags: comparative form: most beast tags: superlative wikipedia: beast etymology_text: From Middle English beeste, beste, from Old French beste (French bête), from Latin ...
17757	word: baluster word_type: noun expansion: baluster (plural balusters) forms: form: balusters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French balustre, from Italian balaustro (“pillar”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flower”), so named because of resemblance to the swelling form of t...
17758	word: three-point line word_type: noun expansion: three-point line (plural three-point lines) forms: form: three-point lines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An arc on the floor of a basketball court beyond which a successful shot is...
17759	word: three-point shot word_type: noun expansion: three-point shot (plural three-point shots) forms: form: three-point shots tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line. senses_topics: ball-ga...
17760	word: delicate word_type: adj expansion: delicate (comparative more delicate, superlative most delicate) forms: form: more delicate tags: comparative form: most delicate tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, d...
17761	word: delicate word_type: noun expansion: delicate (plural delicates) forms: form: delicates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English delicat, from Latin dēlicātus (“giving pleasure, delightful, soft, luxurious, delicate, in Medieval Latin also fine, slender”), from dēlicia, us...
17762	word: free-throw line word_type: noun expansion: free-throw line (plural free-throw lines) forms: form: free-throw lines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A line parallel to the baseline, fifteen feet from the plane of the backboard, ...
17763	word: comfortable word_type: adj expansion: comfortable (comparative comfortabler or more comfortable, superlative comfortablest or most comfortable) forms: form: comfortabler tags: comparative form: more comfortable tags: comparative form: comfortablest tags: superlative for...
17764	word: comfortable word_type: noun expansion: comfortable (plural comfortables) forms: form: comfortables tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able. senses_examples: senses_categories:...
17765	word: membrane word_type: noun expansion: membrane (plural membranes) forms: form: membranes tags: plural wikipedia: membrane (disambiguation) etymology_text: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin membrāna (“skin or membrane that covers parts of the body”), from membrum (“a limb or member of th...
17766	word: roundball word_type: noun expansion: roundball (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From round + ball, to contrast with the elliptical ball in American football. Attested from the 1980s. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The sport of basketball. senses_topics:
17767	word: destruction word_type: noun expansion: destruction (countable and uncountable, plural destructions) forms: form: destructions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin dēstructiō, dēstructiōnem. senses_examples: text: ...
17768	word: March Madness word_type: name expansion: March Madness forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the month of March, during which most of the tournament matches take place. The "madness" part is probably an allusion to the phrase mad as a March hare. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
17769	word: locale word_type: noun expansion: locale (plural locales) forms: form: locales tags: plural wikipedia: locale etymology_text: From French local (adj), nominal use of the adjective. senses_examples: text: Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good local...
17770	word: wanker word_type: noun expansion: wanker (plural wankers) forms: form: wankers tags: plural wikipedia: wanker etymology_text: From wank + -er. senses_examples: text: He walked closer to the trees and then pulled out his wanker and took a piss. While he was watering a clump of gras...
17771	word: wanker word_type: noun expansion: wanker (plural wankers) forms: form: wankers tags: plural wikipedia: Felsted School wanker etymology_text: UK 1890s. From stwanker, from stinker. Used at Felsted School, Essex. senses_examples: text: My name it is "wanker"; a leaner or lanker, Salter...
17772	word: chick word_type: noun expansion: chick (plural chicks or (obsolete) chicken) forms: form: chicks tags: plural form: chicken tags: obsolete plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċic...
17773	word: chick word_type: verb expansion: chick (third-person singular simple present chicks, present participle chicking, simple past and past participle chicked) forms: form: chicks tags: present singular third-person form: chicking tags: participle present form: chicked ...
17774	word: chick word_type: noun expansion: chick (plural chicks) forms: form: chicks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Hindustani چق (ciq) / चिक (cik), ultimately from Persian چق (čeq). senses_examples: text: 1890, Rudyard Kipling, Letter to William Canton, 5 April, 1890, in...
17775	word: shooting guard word_type: noun expansion: shooting guard (plural shooting guards) forms: form: shooting guards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes special...
17776	word: turkey-cock word_type: noun expansion: turkey-cock (plural turkey-cocks) forms: form: turkey-cocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of turkeycock senses_topics:
17777	word: mout word_type: verb expansion: mout forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He was quickly silenced, however, by a burly individual, who "reckoned that it mout be jist as well for the stranger to keep his clam-shell shut." ref: 1858, Harper's Weekly type: quotation...
17778	word: wolfling word_type: noun expansion: wolfling (plural wolflings) forms: form: wolflings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From wolf + -ling. Compare Middle English wolfling (“a creature which is part human and part wolf”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A wolf ...
17779	word: free throw word_type: noun expansion: free throw (plural free throws) forms: form: free throws tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A shot, worth one point, taken from the free-throw line and without opposition. A throw taken w...
17780	word: Final Four word_type: noun expansion: Final Four (plural Final Fours) forms: form: Final Fours tags: plural wikipedia: Final Four etymology_text: senses_examples: text: These two teams have an amazing number of Final Fours between them. type: example senses_categories: ...
17781	word: arch word_type: noun expansion: arch (plural arches) forms: form: arches tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English arch, arche, from Old French arche (“an arch”), a feminine form of arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”). Doublet of arc and arco. Displaced native Old E...
17782	word: arch word_type: verb expansion: arch (third-person singular simple present arches, present participle arching, simple past and past participle arched) forms: form: arches tags: present singular third-person form: arching tags: participle present form: arched tags:...
17783	word: arch word_type: adj expansion: arch (comparative archer, superlative archest) forms: form: archer tags: comparative form: archest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocat...
17784	word: arch word_type: noun expansion: arch (plural arches) forms: form: arches tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From the prefix arch-. "Principal" is the original sense; "mischievous" is via onetime frequent collocation with rogue, knave, etc. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_g...
17785	word: dependent word_type: adj expansion: dependent (comparative more dependent, superlative most dependent) forms: form: more dependent tags: comparative form: most dependent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French de...
17786	word: dependent word_type: noun expansion: dependent (plural dependents) forms: form: dependents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle o...
17787	word: fait accompli word_type: noun expansion: fait accompli (plural faits accomplis) forms: form: faits accomplis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French fait accompli (“an accomplished fact”), from fait (“a fact”) + accompli (“accomplished”). senses_examples: text: “I...
17788	word: turkey-chick word_type: noun expansion: turkey-chick (plural turkey-chicks) forms: form: turkey-chicks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A young turkey. senses_topics:
17789	word: point guard word_type: noun expansion: point guard (plural point guards) forms: form: point guards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Many current NBA coaches are former point guards. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A guard who is...
17790	word: childhood word_type: noun expansion: childhood (countable and uncountable, plural childhoods) forms: form: childhoods tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”), equivalent to child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch...
17791	word: primus word_type: noun expansion: primus (plural primuses) forms: form: primuses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin prīmus (“[the] first”); related to prior, the comparative form. Partially cognate to foremost, from Proto-Indo-European [Term?]. senses_examples: text: ...
17792	word: balustrade word_type: noun expansion: balustrade (plural balustrades) forms: form: balustrades tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French balustrade, from Italian balaustrata (“with balusters”), from balaustro (“baluster”), from balausta (“wild pomegranate flowe...
17793	word: draft word_type: noun expansion: draft (countable and uncountable, plural drafts) forms: form: drafts tags: plural wikipedia: draft etymology_text: A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”...
17794	word: draft word_type: verb expansion: draft (third-person singular simple present drafts, present participle drafting, simple past and past participle drafted) forms: form: drafts tags: present singular third-person form: drafting tags: participle present form: drafted ...
17795	word: draft word_type: adj expansion: draft (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: draft etymology_text: A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English dreaht, dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *d...
17796	word: dewlap word_type: noun expansion: dewlap (plural dewlaps) forms: form: dewlaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dewlappe. The first element may be dew (and if not, seems to have been altered by folk etymology to resemble it); the second element is lap (“loose fabr...
17797	word: scum word_type: noun expansion: scum (countable and uncountable, plural scums) forms: form: scums tags: plural wikipedia: scum etymology_text: From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo...
17798	word: scum word_type: verb expansion: scum (third-person singular simple present scums, present participle scumming, simple past and past participle scummed) forms: form: scums tags: present singular third-person form: scumming tags: participle present form: scummed tag...
17799	word: dandy word_type: noun expansion: dandy (plural dandies) forms: form: dandies tags: plural wikipedia: dandy etymology_text: Borrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in refere...

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word: visionary word_type: noun expansion: visionary (plural visionaries) forms: form: visionaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From vision + -ary. senses_examples: text: For seven years [Christopher Columbus] begged persistently for aid, but in vain. He was looked upon as a vis...

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word: tabernacle word_type: noun expansion: tabernacle (plural tabernacles) forms: form: tabernacles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English tabernacle (14th century), from Old French tabernacle, from Latin tabernāculum (“tent, booth, shed”), the diminutive of taberna (“hut, s...

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word: tabernacle word_type: verb expansion: tabernacle (third-person singular simple present tabernacles, present participle tabernacling, simple past and past participle tabernacled) forms: form: tabernacles tags: present singular third-person form: tabernacling tags: participle ...

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word: marriage word_type: noun expansion: marriage (countable and uncountable, plural marriages) forms: form: marriages tags: plural wikipedia: group marriage marriage etymology_text: From Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”), from Latin marītō (“marry”, verb...

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word: caber word_type: noun expansion: caber (plural cabers) forms: form: cabers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Scottish Gaelic cabar (“spar, pole”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games. s...

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word: great word_type: adj expansion: great (comparative greater, superlative greatest) forms: form: greater tags: comparative form: greatest tags: superlative wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, mass...

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word: great word_type: intj expansion: great forms: wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...

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word: great word_type: noun expansion: great (plural greats) forms: form: greats tags: plural wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in ...

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word: great word_type: adv expansion: great (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: great etymology_text: From Middle English greet (“great, large”), from Old English grēat (“big, thick, coarse, massive”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big in size, coarse, coarse grained”), from ...

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word: abused word_type: verb expansion: abused forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of abuse senses_topics:

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word: abused word_type: adj expansion: abused (comparative more abused, superlative most abused) forms: form: more abused tags: comparative form: most abused tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having been a victim ...

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word: zoo- word_type: prefix expansion: zoo- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From (combining form of) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: animal senses_topics:

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word: underwater word_type: adj expansion: underwater (comparative more underwater, superlative most underwater) forms: form: more underwater tags: comparative form: most underwater tags: superlative wikipedia: underwater etymology_text: From under (preposition) + water. senses_example...

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word: underwater word_type: adv expansion: underwater (comparative more underwater, superlative most underwater) forms: form: more underwater tags: comparative form: most underwater tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From under (preposition) + water. senses_examples: text:...

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word: underwater word_type: noun expansion: underwater (plural underwaters) forms: form: underwaters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From under (preposition) + water. senses_examples: text: Practically all wobbling underwaters will take fish aplenty in the hands of a man who really...

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word: underwater word_type: verb expansion: underwater (third-person singular simple present underwaters, present participle underwatering, simple past and past participle underwatered) forms: form: underwaters tags: present singular third-person form: underwatering tags: participl...

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word: best word_type: adj expansion: best (comparative better or (nonstandard, humorous) bester, superlative (nonstandard, humorous) bestest) forms: form: better tags: comparative form: bester tags: comparative humorous nonstandard form: bestest tags: humorous nonst...

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word: best word_type: adv expansion: best forms: wikipedia: best (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English beste, best, from Old English betst, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. senses_examples: text: A popular aphorism says it best: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. type: ...

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word: best word_type: noun expansion: best (countable and uncountable, plural bests) forms: form: bests tags: plural wikipedia: best (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English beste, best, from Old English betst, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz. senses_examples: text: I did m...

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word: best word_type: verb expansion: best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested) forms: form: bests tags: present singular third-person form: besting tags: participle present form: bested tags: ...

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word: best word_type: verb expansion: best forms: wikipedia: best (disambiguation) etymology_text: Shortening of had best senses_examples: text: It's getting late. You best get on home. type: example text: 'We best be going,' she said, looking at the clock. ref: 1935, Edward Joseph O'...

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word: alot word_type: adv expansion: alot (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of a lot (compare to awhile). senses_topics:

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word: alot word_type: noun expansion: alot (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: There was alot of sex discrimination in the 60’s. For one thing there was no sports for girls and in alot of schools the female teachers were not allowed to get married or they could be f...

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word: abetting word_type: verb expansion: abetting forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of abet senses_topics:

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word: abetting word_type: noun expansion: abetting (plural abettings) forms: form: abettings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The act of one who abets. senses_topics:

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word: puritanical word_type: adj expansion: puritanical (comparative more puritanical, superlative most puritanical) forms: form: more puritanical tags: comparative form: most puritanical tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From puritanic + -al. senses_examples: senses_cate...

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word: puritanical word_type: noun expansion: puritanical (plural puritanicals) forms: form: puritanicals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From puritanic + -al. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who holds puritanical attitudes. senses_topics:

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word: vacation word_type: noun expansion: vacation (countable and uncountable, plural vacations) forms: form: vacations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vacation, vacacion, vacacioun, from Anglo-Norman vacacioun, from Old French vacacion, vacation, from Latin vacātiō. E...

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word: vacation word_type: verb expansion: vacation (third-person singular simple present vacations, present participle vacationing, simple past and past participle vacationed) forms: form: vacations tags: present singular third-person form: vacationing tags: participle present ...

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word: Aberdonian word_type: adj expansion: Aberdonian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Medieval Latin Aberdonia (“Aberdeen”) + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to Aberdeen. senses_topics:

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word: Aberdonian word_type: noun expansion: Aberdonian (plural Aberdonians) forms: form: Aberdonians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Medieval Latin Aberdonia (“Aberdeen”) + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Abe...

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word: duty word_type: noun expansion: duty (countable and uncountable, plural duties) forms: form: duties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English duete, from Middle English dewe) + Middle English -te, (borrowed from Old French -te from Latin -tātem, accusative masculine singul...

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word: betimes word_type: adv expansion: betimes (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bitimes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. By surface analysis, betime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare also betides. senses_examples: text: Smart lad to slip betimes away From fi...

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word: reply word_type: verb expansion: reply (third-person singular simple present replies, present participle replying, simple past and past participle replied) forms: form: replies tags: present singular third-person form: replying tags: participle present form: replied...

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word: reply word_type: noun expansion: reply (plural replies) forms: form: replies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English replyen, replien, borrowed from Old French replier (“to reply”), from the Latin replicō, replicāre (“I fold back”) (in Late or Medieval Latin "to reply, r...

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word: bereavement word_type: noun expansion: bereavement (countable and uncountable, plural bereavements) forms: form: bereavements tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From bereave + -ment. senses_examples: text: 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bix...

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word: recur word_type: verb expansion: recur (third-person singular simple present recurs, present participle recurring, simple past and past participle recurred) forms: form: recurs tags: present singular third-person form: recurring tags: participle present form: recurr...

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word: fabricate word_type: verb expansion: fabricate (third-person singular simple present fabricates, present participle fabricating, simple past and past participle fabricated) forms: form: fabricates tags: present singular third-person form: fabricating tags: participle pres...

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word: accompanied word_type: verb expansion: accompanied forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of accompany senses_topics:

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word: accompanied word_type: adj expansion: accompanied (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two. senses_topics:

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word: recursive word_type: adj expansion: recursive (comparative more recursive, superlative most recursive) forms: form: more recursive tags: comparative form: most recursive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recur...

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word: abandoning word_type: verb expansion: abandoning forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Many have been abandoning their homes due to the violence. (progressive) text: Their abandoning their homes means no tax revenues for the county. (gerund) text: An abandoning hu...

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word: abandoning word_type: noun expansion: abandoning (plural abandonings) forms: form: abandonings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Their sensuality—[…] —their universal and insatiable lustings, and disgraceful abandonings of their unhappy victims— […] may n...

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word: moccasin word_type: noun expansion: moccasin (plural moccasins) forms: form: moccasins tags: plural wikipedia: John Smith (explorer) Louisville Zoo Musée de l'Armée Néstor Kirchner President of Argentina etymology_text: From Powhatan makasin, mockasin, mawhcasuns (plural), from Proto...

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word: volantes word_type: noun expansion: volantes forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of volante senses_topics:

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word: buck word_type: noun expansion: buck (plural bucks) forms: form: bucks tags: plural wikipedia: buck etymology_text: From Middle English bukke, bucke, buc, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, *bukkō, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“buck”)...

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