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18700 | word:
alpine
word_type:
adj
expansion:
alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)
forms:
form:
more alpine
tags:
comparative
form:
most alpine
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.
senses... |
18701 | word:
alpine
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alpine (plural alpines)
forms:
form:
alpines
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.
senses_examples:
text:
There can be little doubt that the autumn-flowering gentians are th... |
18702 | word:
amiability
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amiability (usually uncountable, plural amiabilities)
forms:
form:
amiabilities
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From amiable + -ability.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Friendliness, especially easy approachability owing ... |
18703 | word:
bok
word_type:
adj
expansion:
bok
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck.
senses_examples:
text:
"Do you want to go to the movies?" "Ja, I'm bok."
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
keen or willing.
senses_topics:
|
18704 | word:
bok
word_type:
intj
expansion:
bok
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Imitative
senses_examples:
text:
And he says, "Chicken! Bok bok bok bok!" One time I got up and put the controller down and we started fighting.
ref:
2000, William S Pollack, Todd Shuster, Real boys' voices
type:
qu... |
18705 | word:
Laurel and Hardy
word_type:
name
expansion:
Laurel and Hardy
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the name of a famous American comedy duo from the 1920s and 1930s.
senses_examples:
text:
We put a Laurel and Hardy thing together. With ordinary actors I've tried this, and it's like playing musi... |
18706 | word:
tor
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tor (plural tors)
forms:
form:
tors
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
tor
etymology_text:
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin tur... |
18707 | word:
tor
word_type:
adj
expansion:
tor (comparative more tor, superlative most tor)
forms:
form:
more tor
tags:
comparative
form:
most tor
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
tor
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficu... |
18708 | word:
diamond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
diamond (countable and uncountable, plural diamonds)
forms:
form:
diamonds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond... |
18709 | word:
diamond
word_type:
adj
expansion:
diamond (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English dyamaunt, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, from Latin adamas, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “diamond”). Doublet of adamant. The printing sense is a calque of Dutch diam... |
18710 | word:
diamond
word_type:
verb
expansion:
diamond (third-person singular simple present diamonds, present participle diamonding, simple past and past participle diamonded)
forms:
form:
diamonds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
diamonding
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
18711 | word:
desire
word_type:
verb
expansion:
desire (third-person singular simple present desires, present participle desiring, simple past and past participle desired)
forms:
form:
desires
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
desiring
tags:
participle
present
form:
desir... |
18712 | word:
desire
word_type:
noun
expansion:
desire (usually uncountable, plural desires)
forms:
form:
desires
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin dēsīderō (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, m... |
18713 | word:
ague
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ague (countable and uncountable, plural agues)
forms:
form:
agues
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“... |
18714 | word:
ague
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ague (third-person singular simple present agues, present participle aguing, simple past and past participle agued)
forms:
form:
agues
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
aguing
tags:
participle
present
form:
agued
tags:
p... |
18715 | word:
omen
word_type:
noun
expansion:
omen (plural omens)
forms:
form:
omens
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
omen
etymology_text:
From Latin ōmen (“foreboding, omen”).
senses_examples:
text:
The ghost's appearance was an ill omen.
type:
example
text:
A rise in imports might be an omen of... |
18716 | word:
omen
word_type:
verb
expansion:
omen (third-person singular simple present omens, present participle omening, simple past and past participle omened)
forms:
form:
omens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
omening
tags:
participle
present
form:
omened
tags:
... |
18717 | word:
impeller
word_type:
noun
expansion:
impeller (plural impellers)
forms:
form:
impellers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From impel + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: turbine (extracts power rather than adding it)
text:
screw impeller
type:
example
tex... |
18718 | word:
goose-step
word_type:
noun
expansion:
goose-step (plural goose-steps)
forms:
form:
goose-steps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
goose-step
etymology_text:
An intentionally disparaging alternative name for the "balance step" (German Stechschritt, "cut step") from a fancied resemblance to the waddling ... |
18719 | word:
goose-step
word_type:
verb
expansion:
goose-step (third-person singular simple present goose-steps, present participle goose-stepping, simple past and past participle goose-stepped)
forms:
form:
goose-steps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
goose-stepping
tags:
partic... |
18720 | word:
amazement
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amazement (countable and uncountable, plural amazements)
forms:
form:
amazements
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From amaze + -ment.
senses_examples:
text:
Were believers thoroughly persuaded of what God meaneth, by these things, they woul... |
18721 | word:
amyl nitrate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amyl nitrate (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The ester of amyl alcohol (pentanol) and nitric acid, C₅H₁₁NO₃, used to control angina and as an antidote to cyanide poisoning.
senses_topics:
... |
18722 | word:
aloud
word_type:
adv
expansion:
aloud (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).
senses_examples:
text:
Try speaking aloud rather than whispering.
type:
example
text:
speaking aloud... |
18723 | word:
aloud
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aloud (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).
senses_examples:
text:
When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent
ref:
2004, ... |
18724 | word:
amenities
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amenities
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of amenity
senses_topics:
|
18725 | word:
amenities
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amenities pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
When we got to Sullivan Street Mrs. Ricci was waiting in front with a glare in her eye that made me decide not to stop for any amenities.
ref:
1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-L... |
18726 | word:
amply
word_type:
adv
expansion:
amply (comparative more amply, superlative most amply)
forms:
form:
more amply
tags:
comparative
form:
most amply
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From ample + -ly.
senses_examples:
text:
If, during his long persecution by Presid... |
18727 | word:
impel
word_type:
verb
expansion:
impel (third-person singular simple present impels, present participle impelling, simple past and past participle impelled)
forms:
form:
impels
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
impelling
tags:
participle
present
form:
impell... |
18728 | word:
analytically
word_type:
adv
expansion:
analytically (comparative more analytically, superlative most analytically)
forms:
form:
more analytically
tags:
comparative
form:
most analytically
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From analytical + -ly.
senses_examples:
sense... |
18729 | word:
alteration
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alteration (countable and uncountable, plural alterations)
forms:
form:
alterations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō.
Morphologically alter + -ation
senses_examples:
... |
18730 | word:
Jesus
word_type:
name
expansion:
Jesus (plural (of male given name) Jesuses or Jesi)
forms:
form:
Jesuses
tags:
plural
raw_tags:
of male given name
form:
Jesi
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Jesus
etymology_text:
From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Gre... |
18731 | word:
Jesus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Jesus (plural Jesuses or Jesusses or Jesi or Jesii)
forms:
form:
Jesuses
tags:
plural
form:
Jesusses
tags:
plural
form:
Jesi
tags:
plural
form:
Jesii
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Jesus
etymology_text:
From Middle English Jhesus,... |
18732 | word:
Jesus
word_type:
intj
expansion:
Jesus
forms:
wikipedia:
Jesus
etymology_text:
From Middle English Jhesus, Iesus, from Latin Iēsūs, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ), a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”). The form יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) is attested ... |
18733 | word:
Jesus
word_type:
verb
expansion:
Jesus (third-person singular simple present Jesuses, present participle Jesusing, simple past and past participle Jesused)
forms:
form:
Jesuses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
Jesusing
tags:
participle
present
form:
Jesused... |
18734 | word:
ken
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kenned)
forms:
form:
kens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
kenning
tags:
participle
present
form:
kenned
tags:
p... |
18735 | word:
ken
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ken (third-person singular simple present kens, present participle kenning, simple past and past participle kenned or kent)
forms:
form:
kens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
kenning
tags:
participle
present
form:
kenned
tag... |
18736 | word:
ken
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ken (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Northern and Scottish dialects from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan (“make known, declare, acknowledge”) originally “to make known”, causative of cunnan (“to become acquainted with, to know”), from Proto-... |
18737 | word:
ken
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ken (plural kens)
forms:
form:
kens
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Perhaps from kennel.
senses_examples:
text:
Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you ... |
18738 | word:
ken
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ken (plural kenim)
forms:
form:
kenim
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hebrew קֵן (“nest”).
senses_examples:
text:
Gilboa and Habonim Dror also run year-round programming, holding regional reunions (called kenim) up and down the state
ref:
... |
18739 | word:
ken
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ken (plural kens or ken)
forms:
form:
kens
tags:
plural
form:
ken
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Japanese 間.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A Japanese unit of length equal to six shakus.
senses_topics:
|
18740 | word:
ken
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ken (plural ken)
forms:
form:
ken
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Japanese 剣.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The tsurugi (type of sword).
senses_topics:
|
18741 | word:
da
word_type:
noun
expansion:
da (plural das)
forms:
form:
das
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From child language; compare dad and dada.
senses_examples:
text:
Oh where is yer da son? The man said it to me and was grumpy. Is yer da here?
ref:
2008, James Kelman, Kieron ... |
18742 | word:
da
word_type:
noun
expansion:
da (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowing from Russian да (da, “yes”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Yes; an affirmative response.
senses_topics:
|
18743 | word:
da
word_type:
intj
expansion:
da
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowing from Russian да (da, “yes”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Yes.
senses_topics:
|
18744 | word:
da
word_type:
article
expansion:
da
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Representing pronunciation of the in informal speech.
senses_examples:
text:
Da New York Times
type:
example
text:
Da Bears
type:
example
text:
"So I catch you. You stealer! Ho! Ho!" He seized the girl'... |
18745 | word:
da
word_type:
intj
expansion:
da
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Imitative.
senses_examples:
text:
You know that tune that goes "da da da di-dum di-dum"?
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm.
senses_top... |
18746 | word:
Alexandrian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)
forms:
form:
more Alexandrian
tags:
comparative
form:
most Alexandrian
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Alexandria + -n.
senses_examples:
text:
t... |
18747 | word:
Alexandrian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)
forms:
form:
Alexandrians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Alexandria + -n.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A native or inhabitant of Alexandria.
A practitioner of Alexandrian Wi... |
18748 | word:
Alexandrian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)
forms:
form:
more Alexandrian
tags:
comparative
form:
most Alexandrian
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Alexander + -ian. The noun and sense 1 of the a... |
18749 | word:
Alexandrian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Alexandrian (plural Alexandrians)
forms:
form:
Alexandrians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Alexander + -ian. The noun and sense 1 of the adjective are a variant or alteration of alexandrine, from Middle French alexandrin.
senses_examples:... |
18750 | word:
Alexandrian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Alexandrian (comparative more Alexandrian, superlative most Alexandrian)
forms:
form:
more Alexandrian
tags:
comparative
form:
most Alexandrian
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Alexandra + -ian.
senses_examples:
senses_cate... |
18751 | word:
jam
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jam (countable and uncountable, plural jams)
forms:
form:
jams
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in the early 18th c. as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. Compare dialectal jammock (“to press, squeeze, crush into a soft ... |
18752 | word:
jam
word_type:
verb
expansion:
jam (third-person singular simple present jams, present participle jamming, simple past and past participle jammed)
forms:
form:
jams
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
jamming
tags:
participle
present
form:
jammed
tags:
p... |
18753 | word:
jam
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jam (plural jams)
forms:
form:
jams
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Persian or Hindi, meaning "garment, robe;" see جامه (“garment”). Related to pajamas.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A kind of frock for children.
senses_t... |
18754 | word:
jam
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jam (plural jams)
forms:
form:
jams
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of jamb
senses_topics:
business
mining |
18755 | word:
analytical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
analytical (comparative more analytical, superlative most analytical)
forms:
form:
more analytical
tags:
comparative
form:
most analytical
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Compare with French analytique. See analysis.
senses_examp... |
18756 | word:
horology
word_type:
noun
expansion:
horology (usually uncountable, plural horologies)
forms:
form:
horologies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
horology
etymology_text:
From Latin horologia, from horo- + -logia, equivalent to Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “period of time, hour”) + -λογία (-logía, “-ology: ... |
18757 | word:
agreeable
word_type:
adj
expansion:
agreeable (comparative more agreeable, superlative most agreeable)
forms:
form:
more agreeable
tags:
comparative
form:
most agreeable
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivale... |
18758 | word:
agreeable
word_type:
noun
expansion:
agreeable (plural agreeables)
forms:
form:
agreeables
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable. Equivalent to agree + -able.
senses_examples:
text:
The disagreeables of travelling are necessary ... |
18759 | word:
sneeze
word_type:
verb
expansion:
sneeze (third-person singular simple present sneezes, present participle sneezing, simple past sneezed or (obsolete or humorous) snoze, past participle sneezed or (obsolete or humorous) snozen)
forms:
form:
sneezes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
f... |
18760 | word:
sneeze
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sneeze (plural sneezes)
forms:
form:
sneezes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
sneeze
sneeze (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English snesen (“to sneeze”), alteration of earlier fnesen (“to sneeze”), from Old English fnēosan (“to sneeze, snort”), from Pr... |
18761 | word:
amidst
word_type:
prep
expansion:
amidst
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”... |
18762 | word:
pays
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pays
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of pay
senses_topics:
|
18763 | word:
pays
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pays
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of pay
senses_topics:
|
18764 | word:
allied
word_type:
verb
expansion:
allied
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of ally
senses_topics:
|
18765 | word:
allied
word_type:
adj
expansion:
allied (comparative more allied, superlative most allied)
forms:
form:
more allied
tags:
comparative
form:
most allied
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
bacteriology and allied subjects
type:
exampl... |
18766 | word:
amazingly
word_type:
adv
expansion:
amazingly (comparative more amazingly, superlative most amazingly)
forms:
form:
more amazingly
tags:
comparative
form:
most amazingly
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From amazing + -ly.
senses_examples:
text:
That violin sol... |
18767 | word:
akimbo
word_type:
adj
expansion:
akimbo (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
akimbo
etymology_text:
From Middle English in kenebowe, in kene bowe (“in a keen bow”, i.e. “in a sharp bend or angle”), from in (“in”) + keen, kene (“brave, keen, sharp”) + bowe (“bow, bend”). Alternately, possibly from Old Nor... |
18768 | word:
akimbo
word_type:
adv
expansion:
akimbo (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
akimbo
etymology_text:
From Middle English in kenebowe, in kene bowe (“in a keen bow”, i.e. “in a sharp bend or angle”), from in (“in”) + keen, kene (“brave, keen, sharp”) + bowe (“bow, bend”). Alternately, possibly from Old Nor... |
18769 | word:
aft
word_type:
noun
expansion:
aft (usually uncountable, plural afts)
forms:
form:
afts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The stern port... |
18770 | word:
aft
word_type:
adv
expansion:
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
forms:
form:
further aft
tags:
comparative
form:
more aft
tags:
comparative
form:
furthest aft
tags:
superlative
form:
most aft
tags:
superlative
wiki... |
18771 | word:
aft
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aft (comparative further aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or most aft)
forms:
form:
further aft
tags:
comparative
form:
more aft
tags:
comparative
form:
furthest aft
tags:
superlative
form:
most aft
tags:
superlative
wiki... |
18772 | word:
aft
word_type:
noun
expansion:
aft (plural afts)
forms:
form:
afts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of afternoon.
senses_examples:
text:
A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language ... |
18773 | word:
whey
word_type:
noun
expansion:
whey (usually uncountable, plural wheys)
forms:
form:
wheys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
whey
etymology_text:
From Middle English whey, wheye, whei, from Old English hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwæġ, hweġ (“whey”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwaij (“whey”) (compare Saterland Frisi... |
18774 | word:
whey
word_type:
intj
expansion:
whey
forms:
wikipedia:
whey
etymology_text:
Onomatopoeic, variation on wahey.
senses_examples:
text:
He swayed over to the door, peered out, shouted "whey!" and came back, looking severe.
ref:
1928, Ruth Manning-Sanders, Waste Corner
type:
quotation
t... |
18775 | word:
admiral
word_type:
noun
expansion:
admiral (plural admirals)
forms:
form:
admirals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Amir_al-umara#In_Norman_Sicily
Chester Nimitz
Eighth Crusade
Florent de Varennes
George of Antioch
Gervase Alard
Horatio Nelson
Louis IX
Nelson's Column
Norman Sicily
... |
18776 | word:
Blackfoot
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Blackfoot (plural Blackfoots or Blackfoot or Blackfeet)
forms:
form:
Blackfoots
tags:
plural
form:
Blackfoot
tags:
plural
form:
Blackfeet
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Blackfoot (disambiguation)
Blackfoot Confederacy
etymology_text:
s... |
18777 | word:
Blackfoot
word_type:
name
expansion:
Blackfoot
forms:
wikipedia:
Blackfoot (disambiguation)
Blackfoot Confederacy
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Algonquian language of these people.
A city, the county seat of Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
sens... |
18778 | word:
concubine
word_type:
noun
expansion:
concubine (plural concubines)
forms:
form:
concubines
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
concubinage
etymology_text:
From Middle English concubine (first attested 1250–1300), from Anglo-Norman concubine, from Latin concubīna, equivalent to concub- (variant stem of c... |
18779 | word:
abyssus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abyssus (plural abyssi)
forms:
form:
abyssi
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin abyssus.
senses_examples:
text:
He was, when there were yet no Abyssi, no depths, nor no mountaines vpon the Earth, nor the Earth it selfe […]
r... |
18780 | word:
OFries
word_type:
name
expansion:
OFries
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of Old Frisian.
senses_topics:
|
18781 | word:
allowance
word_type:
noun
expansion:
allowance (countable and uncountable, plural allowances)
forms:
form:
allowances
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
allowance
etymology_text:
From Middle English allouance, from Old French alouance.
Morphologically allow + -ance.
senses_examples:
text:
her m... |
18782 | word:
allowance
word_type:
verb
expansion:
allowance (third-person singular simple present allowances, present participle allowancing, simple past and past participle allowanced)
forms:
form:
allowances
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
allowancing
tags:
participle
pres... |
18783 | word:
phantasmophobia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
phantasmophobia (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Based on the Ancient Greek roots φάντασμα (phántasma, “ghost”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An abnormal or irrational fear of ghosts and phant... |
18784 | word:
akin
word_type:
adj
expansion:
akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)
forms:
form:
more akin
tags:
comparative
form:
most akin
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
akin
etymology_text:
From a corruption of of kin, from Middle English of kyn (“related, of kin”), equivalent to... |
18785 | word:
anaemic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
anaemic (comparative more anaemic, superlative most anaemic)
forms:
form:
more anaemic
tags:
comparative
form:
most anaemic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The educated man of the twentieth century is n... |
18786 | word:
anaemic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
anaemic (plural anaemics)
forms:
form:
anaemics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of anemic
senses_topics:
|
18787 | word:
anatomical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
anatomical (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin anatomicus. Cognate to French anatomique. Equivalent to anatomy + -ical.
senses_examples:
text:
The two species have some anatomical similarities.
type:
example
senses_categories:
... |
18788 | word:
exclude
word_type:
verb
expansion:
exclude (third-person singular simple present excludes, present participle excluding, simple past and past participle excluded)
forms:
form:
excludes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
excluding
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18789 | word:
lovechild
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lovechild (plural lovechildren)
forms:
form:
lovechildren
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From love + child.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of love child
senses_topics:
|
18790 | word:
agency
word_type:
noun
expansion:
agency (countable and uncountable, plural agencies)
forms:
form:
agencies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Medieval Latin agentia, from Latin agēns (present participle of agere (“to act”)), agentis (cognate with French agence, see also agent).
s... |
18791 | word:
caterpillar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
caterpillar (plural caterpillars)
forms:
form:
caterpillars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
caterpillar
etymology_text:
From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from ... |
18792 | word:
caterpillar
word_type:
verb
expansion:
caterpillar (third-person singular simple present caterpillars, present participle caterpillaring, simple past and past participle caterpillared)
forms:
form:
caterpillars
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
caterpillaring
tags:
pa... |
18793 | word:
agreed
word_type:
verb
expansion:
agreed
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of agree
senses_topics:
|
18794 | word:
agreed
word_type:
adj
expansion:
agreed (comparative more agreed, superlative most agreed)
forms:
form:
more agreed
tags:
comparative
form:
most agreed
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
We are much more agreed on goals than on methods.
... |
18795 | word:
agreed
word_type:
intj
expansion:
agreed
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Totally agreed!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Indicates agreement on the part of the speaker.
senses_topics:
|
18796 | word:
pipis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pipis
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of pipi
senses_topics:
|
18797 | word:
ratshit
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ratshit (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From rat + shit.
senses_examples:
text:
“Do you think they have ratshit in them?” Wynkyn asked. “Swan says most hamburgers have ratshit in them.”
ref:
1978, Larry McMurtry, Somebody′s Darling, publis... |
18798 | word:
ratshit
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ratshit (comparative more ratshit, superlative most ratshit)
forms:
form:
more ratshit
tags:
comparative
form:
most ratshit
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From rat + shit.
senses_examples:
text:
In the morning I was ratshit, ... |
18799 | word:
cold fusion
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cold fusion (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Cold fusion (disambiguation)
cold fusion
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hypothetical form of nuclear fusion not requiring the usual immensely high temperatures; nuclear fus... |
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