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word: afore word_type: conj expansion: afore forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In advance of the time when; before. senses_topics:
18501
word: keepsake word_type: noun expansion: keepsake (plural keepsakes) forms: form: keepsakes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From keep + sake. senses_examples: text: She gave him a lock of hair as a keepsake of their time together. type: example senses_categories: senses_gl...
18502
word: opposite word_type: adj expansion: opposite (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”). Compare oppose. senses_examples: text: She saw him walking on the opposite side of the road. type: ...
18503
word: opposite word_type: noun expansion: opposite (plural opposites) forms: form: opposites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”). Compare oppose. senses_examples: text: She is the opposite ...
18504
word: opposite word_type: adv expansion: opposite (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”). Compare oppose. senses_examples: text: I was on my seat and she stood opposite. type: example t...
18505
word: opposite word_type: prep expansion: opposite forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French oposite, from Latin oppositus, perfect passive participle of oppōnō (“I oppose”). Compare oppose. senses_examples: text: He lives opposite the pub. type: example text: He played opposite Ma...
18506
word: agitated word_type: verb expansion: agitated forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of agitate senses_topics:
18507
word: agitated word_type: adj expansion: agitated (comparative more agitated, superlative most agitated) forms: form: more agitated tags: comparative form: most agitated tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: By quarter to six all this had me so awa...
18508
word: monasticism word_type: noun expansion: monasticism (countable and uncountable, plural monasticisms) forms: form: monasticisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From monastic (“relating to monks”) + -ism. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The practice of renouncin...
18509
word: airs word_type: noun expansion: airs forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of air An affected manner intended to impress others. senses_topics:
18510
word: airs word_type: verb expansion: airs forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of air senses_topics:
18511
word: admit word_type: verb expansion: admit (third-person singular simple present admits, present participle admitting, simple past and past participle admitted) forms: form: admits tags: present singular third-person form: admitting tags: participle present form: admitt...
18512
word: adapt word_type: verb expansion: adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted) forms: form: adapts tags: present singular third-person form: adapting tags: participle present form: adapted ...
18513
word: adapt word_type: adj expansion: adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt) forms: form: more adapt tags: comparative form: most adapt tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre ...
18514
word: apiarist word_type: noun expansion: apiarist (plural apiarists) forms: form: apiarists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From apiary + -ist. senses_examples: text: Some late and very curious experiments, however, of M. Huber, one of the most celebrated apiarists in Europe, have ...
18515
word: snare word_type: noun expansion: snare (plural snares) forms: form: snares tags: plural wikipedia: snare snare drum etymology_text: From Middle English snare, from Old English snearu, sneare (“a string; cord”), from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse sn...
18516
word: snare word_type: verb expansion: snare (third-person singular simple present snares, present participle snaring, simple past and past participle snared) forms: form: snares tags: present singular third-person form: snaring tags: participle present form: snared tag...
18517
word: neve word_type: noun expansion: neve (plural neves) forms: form: neves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts....
18518
word: silly goose word_type: noun expansion: silly goose (plural silly geese) forms: form: silly geese tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A silly person; a simpleton. senses_topics:
18519
word: agonize word_type: verb expansion: agonize (third-person singular simple present agonizes, present participle agonizing, simple past and past participle agonized) forms: form: agonizes tags: present singular third-person form: agonizing tags: participle present form: ...
18520
word: acetones word_type: noun expansion: acetones forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of acetone senses_topics:
18521
word: tapioca word_type: noun expansion: tapioca (countable and uncountable, plural tapiocas) forms: form: tapiocas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Portuguese tapioca, from Old Tupi tapi'oka. senses_examples: text: Fish eyes and glue we used to call the half-cooked, la...
18522
word: reluctant word_type: adj expansion: reluctant (comparative more reluctant, superlative most reluctant) forms: form: more reluctant tags: comparative form: most reluctant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Latin reluctāns, present participle of re...
18523
word: empty word_type: adj expansion: empty (comparative emptier, superlative emptiest) forms: form: emptier tags: comparative form: emptiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmar...
18524
word: empty word_type: verb expansion: empty (third-person singular simple present empties, present participle emptying, simple past and past participle emptied) forms: form: empties tags: present singular third-person form: emptying tags: participle present form: emptied...
18525
word: empty word_type: noun expansion: empty (plural empties) forms: form: empties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-German...
18526
word: afraid word_type: adj expansion: afraid (comparative more afraid, superlative most afraid) forms: form: more afraid tags: comparative form: most afraid tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English affrayed, affraied, past participle of afraien (“to affray”), ...
18527
word: Holy Spirit word_type: name expansion: the Holy Spirit forms: form: the Holy Spirit tags: canonical wikipedia: Holy Spirit etymology_text: From Late Middle English Holy Speryte, holy spiriet, holy spyryt, an alteration of earlier Middle English Holygost, Haliȝ Gast, holy goost (see Holy Ghos...
18528
word: Holy Spirit word_type: name expansion: Holy Spirit forms: wikipedia: Holy Spirit etymology_text: A calque of Arabic رُوح الْقُدُس (rūḥ al-qudus, “Spirit of Holiness”), a calque of the Ancient Greek and Hebrew senses above. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The spirit of God, esp...
18529
word: op word_type: noun expansion: op (plural ops) forms: form: ops tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: My mother's going in for her knee op today. type: example text: Even given the same direction, two camera ops will see and shoot somewhat differ...
18530
word: op word_type: verb expansion: op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped) forms: form: ops tags: present singular third-person form: opping tags: participle present form: opped tags: participl...
18531
word: op word_type: noun expansion: op (plural ops) forms: form: ops tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OP. senses_topics:
18532
word: op word_type: adj expansion: op (comparative more op, superlative most op) forms: form: more op tags: comparative form: most op tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative letter-case form of OP. senses_topics...
18533
word: op word_type: noun expansion: op (plural ops) forms: form: ops tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”). senses_topics:
18534
word: op word_type: verb expansion: op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped) forms: form: ops tags: present singular third-person form: opping tags: participle present form: opped tags: participl...
18535
word: airy word_type: adj expansion: airy (comparative airier, superlative airiest) forms: form: airier tags: comparative form: airiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From air + -y. senses_examples: text: an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies text: an a...
18536
word: Aaron word_type: name expansion: Aaron (plural Aarons) forms: form: Aarons tags: plural wikipedia: Aaron (given name) Aron (name) etymology_text: From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or ...
18537
word: Aaron word_type: noun expansion: Aaron (plural Aarons) forms: form: Aarons tags: plural wikipedia: Aaron (given name) Aron (name) etymology_text: From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or ...
18538
word: instant coffee word_type: noun expansion: instant coffee (usually uncountable, plural instant coffees) forms: form: instant coffees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated ...
18539
word: overalls word_type: noun expansion: overalls pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them. Loose-fitting pants with supporting cross-straps and a panel of material in ...
18540
word: overalls word_type: noun expansion: overalls forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of overall senses_topics:
18541
word: wild-goose chase word_type: noun expansion: wild-goose chase (plural wild-goose chases) forms: form: wild-goose chases tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Early recorded use refers to a type of 16th century horse race where everyone had to try to follow the erratic course of the lead ho...
18542
word: advent word_type: noun expansion: advent (plural advents) forms: form: advents tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”). senses_examples: text: At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my em...
18543
word: advent word_type: verb expansion: advent (third-person singular simple present advents, present participle adventing, simple past and past participle advented) forms: form: advents tags: present singular third-person form: adventing tags: participle present form: ad...
18544
word: administration word_type: noun expansion: administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations) forms: form: administrations tags: plural wikipedia: administration etymology_text: From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from admin...
18545
word: fils word_type: adj expansion: fils (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From French fils (“son”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father....
18546
word: fils word_type: noun expansion: fils (plural fils) forms: form: fils tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French fils (“son”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The son referred to in the manner of the adjective above. senses_topics:
18547
word: fils word_type: noun expansion: fils (plural fulus) forms: form: fulus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Arabic فلس. Doublet of fool. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Subdivision of currency used in many Arab countries. senses_topics: hobbies lifestyle ...
18548
word: vandal word_type: noun expansion: vandal (plural vandals) forms: form: vandals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: 1660s, “willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable”, from Vandal, referring to a member of an ancient Germanic people, the Vandals, who are associated with sensele...
18549
word: overbearing word_type: verb expansion: overbearing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of overbear senses_topics:
18550
word: overbearing word_type: adj expansion: overbearing (comparative more overbearing, superlative most overbearing) forms: form: more overbearing tags: comparative form: most overbearing tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From overbear (“to bear down (on)”) + -ing. senses_e...
18551
word: som word_type: noun expansion: som (plural soms) forms: form: soms tags: plural wikipedia: Kyrgyzstani som Som (currency) Uzbekistani sum etymology_text: From Kyrgyz сом (som) and Uzbek сўм (soʻm) (Cyrillic) / soʻm (Roman), both of which come from the Turkic root *som ("pure [gold]"). se...
18552
word: som word_type: pron expansion: som forms: wikipedia: Kyrgyzstani som Som (currency) Uzbekistani sum etymology_text: senses_examples: text: U cared to try som of my snax ref: (Can we date this quote?), Kimberly Kubus (K.Okkerstrøm), Airport Manager type: quotation senses_categorie...
18553
word: som word_type: det expansion: som forms: wikipedia: Kyrgyzstani som Som (currency) Uzbekistani sum etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete spelling of some. senses_topics:
18554
word: neighbour word_type: noun expansion: neighbour (plural neighbours) forms: form: neighbours tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English neyghebour, neighebor, neighbour, neihebur, from Old English nēahġebūr (“neighbour”), from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (“neighbour”, literal...
18555
word: neighbour word_type: verb expansion: neighbour (third-person singular simple present neighbours, present participle neighbouring, simple past and past participle neighboured) forms: form: neighbours tags: present singular third-person form: neighbouring tags: participle p...
18556
word: guile word_type: noun expansion: guile (countable and uncountable, plural guiles) forms: form: guiles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English gile, from Anglo-Norman gile, from Old French guile (“deception”), from Frankish *wigila (“ruse”), from Proto-Germanic *wīlą, fro...
18557
word: guile word_type: verb expansion: guile (third-person singular simple present guiles, present participle guiling, simple past and past participle guiled) forms: form: guiles tags: present singular third-person form: guiling tags: participle present form: guiled tag...
18558
word: guile word_type: noun expansion: guile forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Variant forms. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of gold. Alternative form of gyle senses_topics:
18559
word: hasten word_type: verb expansion: hasten (third-person singular simple present hastens, present participle hastening, simple past and past participle hastened) forms: form: hastens tags: present singular third-person form: hastening tags: participle present form: ha...
18560
word: ticket word_type: noun expansion: ticket (plural tickets) forms: form: tickets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ticket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, e...
18561
word: ticket word_type: verb expansion: ticket (third-person singular simple present tickets, present participle ticketing, simple past and past participle ticketed) forms: form: tickets tags: present singular third-person form: ticketing tags: participle present form: ti...
18562
word: materialism word_type: noun expansion: materialism (countable and uncountable, plural materialisms) forms: form: materialisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French matérialisme. By surface analysis, material + -ism. senses_examples: text: We accept that a third ...
18563
word: vermin word_type: noun expansion: vermin (countable and uncountable, plural vermin or vermins) forms: form: vermin tags: plural form: vermins tags: plural wikipedia: Vermin (disambiguation) vermin etymology_text: From Middle English vermyn, vermyne, from Old French vermine, fro...
18564
word: allude word_type: verb expansion: allude (third-person singular simple present alludes, present participle alluding, simple past and past participle alluded) forms: form: alludes tags: present singular third-person form: alluding tags: participle present form: allud...
18565
word: dyad word_type: noun expansion: dyad (plural dyads) forms: form: dyads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek δυάς (duás), δυάδ- (duád-) from δύο (dúo, “two”), from Proto-Indo-European *duwó, *duwéh₃ (*dwóh₁). The mathematics sense was coined by American scientist Josiah...
18566
word: vellum word_type: noun expansion: vellum (countable and uncountable, plural vellums) forms: form: vellums tags: plural wikipedia: vellum etymology_text: From Old French velin (French vélin), from Latin vitulinus (“of a calf”), as if derived from Old French veel (“veal”). senses_examples: t...
18567
word: tripod word_type: noun expansion: tripod (plural tripods) forms: form: tripods tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy. senses_examples: te...
18568
word: tripod word_type: verb expansion: tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded) forms: form: tripods tags: present singular third-person form: tripoding tags: participle present form: tr...
18569
word: kid word_type: noun expansion: kid (countable and uncountable, plural kids) forms: form: kids tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English kide, from Old Norse kið (“young goat”), from Proto-Germanic *kidją, *kittīną (“goatling, kid”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydn...
18570
word: kid word_type: verb expansion: kid (third-person singular simple present kids, present participle kidding, simple past and past participle kidded) forms: form: kids tags: present singular third-person form: kidding tags: participle present form: kidded tags: p...
18571
word: kid word_type: noun expansion: kid (plural kids) forms: form: kids tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare Welsh cidysen. senses_examples: text: Now, for as much as this Fowle is a great deſtruction vnto the young Spawne or Frie of Fiſh, it ſhall bee good for the preſeruation ...
18572
word: ocean word_type: noun expansion: ocean (countable and uncountable, plural oceans) forms: form: oceans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, from Old French occean (later reborrowed or reinforced by Middle French ocean), from Latin Ōceanu...
18573
word: aggravate word_type: verb expansion: aggravate (third-person singular simple present aggravates, present participle aggravating, simple past and past participle aggravated) forms: form: aggravates tags: present singular third-person form: aggravating tags: participle pres...
18574
word: Yucatán word_type: name expansion: Yucatán forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish Yucatán. Several etymologies for this name have been proposed: * Perhaps the most well-known is where it is said to derive from Tabasco Chontal Yokot'an, being either tectetan, meaning “I do not understa...
18575
word: desert word_type: noun expansion: desert (plural deserts) forms: form: deserts tags: plural wikipedia: desert (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English desert, deseert, from Old French deserte, from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin dēserviō (“to gain or merit by giving s...
18576
word: desert word_type: noun expansion: desert (countable and uncountable, plural deserts) forms: form: deserts tags: plural wikipedia: desert (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to aba...
18577
word: desert word_type: adj expansion: desert (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: desert (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to abandon”). Generally displaced native Old English wēsten. senses_exam...
18578
word: desert word_type: verb expansion: desert (third-person singular simple present deserts, present participle deserting, simple past and past participle deserted) forms: form: deserts tags: present singular third-person form: deserting tags: participle present form: de...
18579
word: desert word_type: noun expansion: desert (countable and uncountable, plural deserts) forms: form: deserts tags: plural wikipedia: desert (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Francis, besides being an excellent Cook, knowing how to provide genteel Dinners, and giving...
18580
word: scale word_type: noun expansion: scale (plural scales) forms: form: scales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English scale, from Latin scāla, usually in plural scālae (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder”), for *skand-slā, from scandō (“I climb”); see scan, ascen...
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word: scale word_type: verb expansion: scale (third-person singular simple present scales, present participle scaling, simple past and past participle scaled) forms: form: scales tags: present singular third-person form: scaling tags: participle present form: scaled tag...
18582
word: scale word_type: noun expansion: scale (countable and uncountable, plural scales) forms: form: scales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English scale, from Old French escale, from Frankish and/or Old High German skala, from Proto-Germanic *skalō. Cognate with Old English s...
18583
word: scale word_type: verb expansion: scale (third-person singular simple present scales, present participle scaling, simple past and past participle scaled) forms: form: scales tags: present singular third-person form: scaling tags: participle present form: scaled tag...
18584
word: scale word_type: noun expansion: scale (plural scales) forms: form: scales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English scale, from Old Norse skál (“bowl”) from Proto-Germanic *skēlō. Compare Danish skål (“bowl, cup”), Dutch schaal, German Schale, Old High German scāla, Old E...
18585
word: luxurious word_type: adj expansion: luxurious (comparative more luxurious, superlative most luxurious) forms: form: more luxurious tags: comparative form: most luxurious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English luxurious, from Old French luxurios (modern ...
18586
word: minivet word_type: noun expansion: minivet (plural minivets) forms: form: minivets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: 1862. Unknown senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of about 13 species of passerine birds in the genus Pericrocotus of the cuckooshrike family of...
18587
word: almoner word_type: noun expansion: almoner (plural almoners) forms: form: almoners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old English aumener, aulmener, from Old French almosnier, from almosne (“alms”), from Latin eleemosyna. See alms, Almosen. senses_examples: text: the almone...
18588
word: alienist word_type: noun expansion: alienist (plural alienists) forms: form: alienists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French aliéniste, from aliéné (“insane”). senses_examples: text: A trial for poisoning means an exhaustive study not only of analytic chemistry,...
18589
word: SSBM word_type: name expansion: SSBM forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Super Smash Bros. Melee. senses_topics: video-games
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word: fine-structure constant word_type: noun expansion: fine-structure constant (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The fundamental physical value α, presumed to be constant, that characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic force. E...
18591
word: agonizing word_type: adj expansion: agonizing (comparative more agonizing, superlative most agonizing) forms: form: more agonizing tags: comparative form: most agonizing tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: It was an agonizing twenty-minute ...
18592
word: agonizing word_type: verb expansion: agonizing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of agonize senses_topics:
18593
word: agonizing word_type: noun expansion: agonizing (plural agonizings) forms: form: agonizings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I never breathed a word of my doubts and mental agonizings to my mother; I spoke to her only of my bodily sufferings; yet she knew...
18594
word: -est word_type: suffix expansion: -est forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -est, from Old English -st, -est, from Proto-Germanic *-istaz, *-ōstaz, related to comparative -er. Cognate of Afrikaans -ste, Dutch -st, German -(e)st, Danish -(e)st, Swedish -(a)st. senses_examples: text: ...
18595
word: -est word_type: suffix expansion: -est forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -est, -st, from Old English -est, -ast, -st, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-zi, from Proto-Indo-European *-si. The -t was by transfer from inverted order where thou followed the verb, which also occurred in ...
18596
word: nunnery word_type: noun expansion: nunnery (plural nunneries) forms: form: nunneries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun + -ery. senses_examples: text: [To] some one Gentleman generally acquainted, they giue... free priuil...
18597
word: afterwards word_type: adv expansion: afterwards (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English [Term?], from Old English æfteweard (“behind”) + -s (“(adverbial genitive)”). By surface analysis, after + -wards. senses_examples: text: Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini...
18598
word: sphinx word_type: noun expansion: sphinx (plural sphinxes or sphinges) forms: form: sphinxes tags: plural form: sphinges tags: plural wikipedia: sphinx etymology_text: From Middle English Spynx, from Latin Sphinx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps either from σφίγγω (sph...
18599
word: sphinx word_type: verb expansion: sphinx (third-person singular simple present sphinxes, present participle sphinxing, simple past and past participle sphinxed) forms: form: sphinxes tags: present singular third-person form: sphinxing tags: participle present form: ...