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18800 | word:
ambuscade
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ambuscade (plural ambuscades)
forms:
form:
ambuscades
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French embuscade, from Italian imboscata from the past participle of imboscare (“to ambush”), from Vulgar Latin *imbosco (“I hide, ambush”) (see there for ... |
18801 | word:
ambuscade
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ambuscade (third-person singular simple present ambuscades, present participle ambuscading, simple past and past participle ambuscaded)
forms:
form:
ambuscades
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ambuscading
tags:
participle
pres... |
18802 | word:
agricultural
word_type:
adj
expansion:
agricultural (comparative more agricultural, superlative most agricultural)
forms:
form:
more agricultural
tags:
comparative
form:
most agricultural
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From agriculture + -al.
senses_examples:
tex... |
18803 | word:
agricultural
word_type:
noun
expansion:
agricultural (plural agriculturals)
forms:
form:
agriculturals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From agriculture + -al.
senses_examples:
text:
In what follows we divide commodities into three group—energy, metals, and agriculturals—and us... |
18804 | word:
tape
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tape (countable and uncountable, plural tapes)
forms:
form:
tapes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English tape, tappe, from Old English tæppa, tæppe (“ribbon, tape”). Probably akin to Old Frisian tapia (“to pull, rip, tear”), Middle Low Ge... |
18805 | word:
tape
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tape (third-person singular simple present tapes, present participle taping, simple past and past participle taped)
forms:
form:
tapes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
taping
tags:
participle
present
form:
taped
tags:
p... |
18806 | word:
table
word_type:
noun
expansion:
table (plural tables)
forms:
form:
tables
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabul... |
18807 | word:
table
word_type:
verb
expansion:
table (third-person singular simple present tables, present participle tabling, simple past and past participle tabled)
forms:
form:
tables
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tabling
tags:
participle
present
form:
tabled
tag... |
18808 | word:
alike
word_type:
adj
expansion:
alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)
forms:
form:
more alike
tags:
comparative
form:
most alike
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective comes from a conflation of several different terms:
* Middle English alich... |
18809 | word:
alike
word_type:
adv
expansion:
alike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)
forms:
form:
more alike
tags:
comparative
form:
most alike
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective comes from a conflation of several different terms:
* Middle English alich... |
18810 | word:
bulldozer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bulldozer (plural bulldozers)
forms:
form:
bulldozers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:bulldozer
etymology_text:
Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US); bulldoze + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
The bulldozer is a caterpillar tractor on the front of whi... |
18811 | word:
bulldozer
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bulldozer (third-person singular simple present bulldozers, present participle bulldozering, simple past and past participle bulldozered)
forms:
form:
bulldozers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bulldozering
tags:
participle
p... |
18812 | word:
breadth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
breadth (countable and uncountable, plural breadths)
forms:
form:
breadths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English bredthe, alteration (due to nouns ending in -th: length, strength, wrength, etc.) of brede ("breadth"; see bread). Equiva... |
18813 | word:
extensive
word_type:
adj
expansion:
extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive)
forms:
form:
more extensive
tags:
comparative
form:
most extensive
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, f... |
18814 | word:
gnome
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gnome (plural gnomes)
forms:
form:
gnomes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Gnome (disambiguation)
Paracelsus
etymology_text:
From French gnome (“gnome”), from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).
senses_examples:
text:
He a... |
18815 | word:
gnome
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gnome (plural gnomae or gnomai or gnomes)
forms:
form:
gnomae
tags:
plural
form:
gnomai
tags:
plural
form:
gnomes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Gnome (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, opinion”), from... |
18816 | word:
actual
word_type:
adj
expansion:
actual (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to ac... |
18817 | word:
actual
word_type:
noun
expansion:
actual (countable and uncountable, plural actuals)
forms:
form:
actuals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from L... |
18818 | word:
red herring
word_type:
noun
expansion:
red herring (plural red herrings or red herring)
forms:
form:
red herrings
tags:
plural
form:
red herring
tags:
plural
form:
always "red herrings" for all senses except the literal fish
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Michael Quinion
etymo... |
18819 | word:
haste
word_type:
noun
expansion:
haste (usually uncountable, plural hastes)
forms:
form:
hastes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“ha... |
18820 | word:
haste
word_type:
verb
expansion:
haste (third-person singular simple present hastes, present participle hasting, simple past and past participle hasted)
forms:
form:
hastes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hasting
tags:
participle
present
form:
hasted
tag... |
18821 | word:
Farsi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Farsi (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian فارسی (fârsi), meaning "relating to Fars", the Arabicized form of the name of the province of Pars (Early Classical Persian پارس... |
18822 | word:
Farsi
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Farsi (comparative more Farsi, superlative most Farsi)
forms:
form:
more Farsi
tags:
comparative
form:
most Farsi
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian ف... |
18823 | word:
euphemisms
word_type:
noun
expansion:
euphemisms
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of euphemism
senses_topics:
|
18824 | word:
love child
word_type:
noun
expansion:
love child (plural love children)
forms:
form:
love children
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From love + child.
senses_examples:
text:
Nobody ever came to see her, nobody spoke of her, nobody cared about her. Mr Brass had said once, that h... |
18825 | word:
fussy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
fussy (comparative fussier, superlative fussiest)
forms:
form:
fussier
tags:
comparative
form:
fussiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From fuss + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
The internal decor of the SR-built Bulleid corridor... |
18826 | word:
maniple
word_type:
noun
expansion:
maniple (plural maniples)
forms:
form:
maniples
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Late Middle English maniple, manyple (“scarf worn as vestment, maniple”), borrowed from Middle French, Old French maniple, manipule (“handful; troop of soldiers; s... |
18827 | word:
maniple
word_type:
noun
expansion:
maniple (plural maniples)
forms:
form:
maniples
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably from Late Latin manipulus (“bundle, handful; drachm”) (see further at etymology 1), modelled on Ancient Greek δράγμα (drágma, “bundle, handful; sheaf”) which w... |
18828 | word:
marigold
word_type:
noun
expansion:
marigold (plural marigolds)
forms:
form:
marigolds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English marigolde, marygoldye, from Mary (“referring to the Virgin Mary”) + golde (“marigold”).
senses_examples:
text:
A piece of marigold or bay ... |
18829 | word:
marigold
word_type:
adj
expansion:
marigold (comparative more marigold, superlative most marigold)
forms:
form:
more marigold
tags:
comparative
form:
most marigold
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English marigolde, marygoldye, from Mary (“referring to th... |
18830 | word:
agile
word_type:
adj
expansion:
agile (comparative agiler or more agile, superlative agilest or most agile)
forms:
form:
agiler
tags:
comparative
form:
more agile
tags:
comparative
form:
agilest
tags:
superlative
form:
most agile
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
... |
18831 | word:
agile
word_type:
noun
expansion:
agile (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier agil, borrowed from Latin agilis (“agile, nimble”), from agō (“do, act; move”). See agent.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Agile software development.
senses_topics:
computing
... |
18832 | word:
hen
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hen (plural hens)
forms:
form:
hens
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”).
Cognat... |
18833 | word:
hen
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hen (third-person singular simple present hens, present participle henning, simple past and past participle henned)
forms:
form:
hens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
henning
tags:
participle
present
form:
henned
tags:
p... |
18834 | word:
hen
word_type:
adv
expansion:
hen (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from Old English heonan, hionan, heonane, heonone (“hence, from here, away, from how”), from Proto-Germanic *hina, *hinanō (“from here”),... |
18835 | word:
hen
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hen (third-person singular simple present hens, present participle henning, simple past and past participle henned)
forms:
form:
hens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
henning
tags:
participle
present
form:
henned
tags:
p... |
18836 | word:
semiotics
word_type:
noun
expansion:
semiotics (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
semiotics
etymology_text:
Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from σημειόω (sēmeióō, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, ... |
18837 | word:
groom
word_type:
noun
expansion:
groom (plural grooms)
forms:
form:
grooms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
1604, short for bridegroom (“husband-to-be”), from Middle English brydgrome, alteration (with intrusive r) of earlier bridegome (“bridegroom”), from Old English brȳdguma (“brid... |
18838 | word:
groom
word_type:
noun
expansion:
groom (plural grooms)
forms:
form:
grooms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English grom, grome (“man-child, boy, youth”), of uncertain origin. Apparently related to Middle Dutch grom (“boy”), Old Icelandic grómr, gromr (“man, manservant, b... |
18839 | word:
groom
word_type:
verb
expansion:
groom (third-person singular simple present grooms, present participle grooming, simple past and past participle groomed)
forms:
form:
grooms
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
grooming
tags:
participle
present
form:
groomed
... |
18840 | word:
Adi
word_type:
name
expansion:
Adi
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in India and Tibet.
A diminutive of the male given names Aditya or Adit
A diminutive of the female given name Aditi
senses_topics:
|
18841 | word:
alongside
word_type:
adv
expansion:
alongside (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189)
USS Harry S. Truman
etymology_text:
From along + side; compare alongsides.
senses_examples:
text:
Ahoy! Bring your boat alongside.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosse... |
18842 | word:
alongside
word_type:
prep
expansion:
alongside
forms:
wikipedia:
USNS John Lenthall (T-AO-189)
USS Harry S. Truman
etymology_text:
From along + side; compare alongsides.
senses_examples:
text:
The nurse worked alongside the doctor.
type:
example
text:
The Italian opted for Bolton's... |
18843 | word:
burrow
word_type:
noun
expansion:
burrow (plural burrows)
forms:
form:
burrows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
burrow
etymology_text:
From Middle English borowe, borewe, borwȝ, burȝe, burh, burye (“refuge for an animal, lair, burrow”), apparently a variant of Middle English burgh (“fortified dwellin... |
18844 | word:
burrow
word_type:
verb
expansion:
burrow (third-person singular simple present burrows, present participle burrowing, simple past and past participle burrowed)
forms:
form:
burrows
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
burrowing
tags:
participle
present
form:
bu... |
18845 | word:
sham
word_type:
adj
expansion:
sham
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
senses_examples:
text:
It was only a sham wedding: they didn't care much for one another, but wanted their parents to stop hassling them.
type:
example
text:
For the subject-citi... |
18846 | word:
sham
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sham (countable and uncountable, plural shams)
forms:
form:
shams
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably a dialectal form of shame.
senses_examples:
text:
The time-share deal was a sham.
type:
example
text:
A con-man must be skille... |
18847 | word:
sham
word_type:
verb
expansion:
sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)
forms:
form:
shams
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
shamming
tags:
participle
present
form:
shammed
tag... |
18848 | word:
sham
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sham (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Clipping of champagne.
senses_topics:
|
18849 | word:
allure
word_type:
noun
expansion:
allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)
forms:
form:
allures
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
allure
etymology_text:
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.
senses_exam... |
18850 | word:
allure
word_type:
verb
expansion:
allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)
forms:
form:
allures
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
alluring
tags:
participle
present
form:
allur... |
18851 | word:
allure
word_type:
noun
expansion:
allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)
forms:
form:
allures
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
allure
etymology_text:
From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.
senses_examples:
text:
Ha... |
18852 | word:
amyl
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amyl (plural amyls)
forms:
form:
amyls
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
amyl
etymology_text:
From Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”) from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”).
senses_examples:
text:
We had two bags of gra... |
18853 | word:
amyl
word_type:
adj
expansion:
amyl (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
amyl
etymology_text:
From Latin amylum (“starch”), from Ancient Greek ἄμυλον (ámulon, “starch”) from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μύλη (múlē, “mill”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of or pertaining to starch
sens... |
18854 | word:
numismatist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
numismatist (plural numismatists)
forms:
form:
numismatists
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From numismatics + -ist.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One who studies and/or collects coins and/or currencies.
senses_topics:... |
18855 | word:
alkaloid
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alkaloid (plural alkaloids)
forms:
form:
alkaloids
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
alkaloid
etymology_text:
From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that oc... |
18856 | word:
alkaloid
word_type:
adj
expansion:
alkaloid (comparative more alkaloid, superlative most alkaloid)
forms:
form:
more alkaloid
tags:
comparative
form:
most alkaloid
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
alkaloid
etymology_text:
From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.
senses_examples:... |
18857 | word:
herpetologist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
herpetologist (plural herpetologists)
forms:
form:
herpetologists
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake”) + -ologist.
senses_examples:
text:
Already, Griffith... |
18858 | word:
cattleman
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cattleman (plural cattlemen)
forms:
form:
cattlemen
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From cattle + man.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A man who raises or tends cattle, as:
A cattle rancher.
A man who raises or tends... |
18859 | word:
yeh
word_type:
intj
expansion:
yeh
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of yeah; yes.
senses_topics:
|
18860 | word:
yeh
word_type:
pron
expansion:
yeh
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pronunciation spelling of you.
senses_topics:
|
18861 | word:
expel
word_type:
verb
expansion:
expel (third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled)
forms:
form:
expels
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
expelling
tags:
participle
present
form:
expell... |
18862 | word:
administrator
word_type:
noun
expansion:
administrator (plural administrators)
forms:
form:
administrators
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One who a... |
18863 | word:
Chamorro
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Chamorro (plural Chamorros or Chamorro)
forms:
form:
Chamorros
tags:
plural
form:
Chamorro
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Chamorro
etymology_text:
From Chamorro Chamorro.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An indigenous native isl... |
18864 | word:
Chamorro
word_type:
name
expansion:
Chamorro
forms:
wikipedia:
Chamorro
etymology_text:
From Chamorro Chamorro.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous native islanders of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
senses_topics:
|
18865 | word:
Chamorro
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Chamorro (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Chamorro
etymology_text:
From Chamorro Chamorro.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pertaining to the indigenous native islanders of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam, Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
sens... |
18866 | word:
apian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
apian (comparative more apian, superlative most apian)
forms:
form:
more apian
tags:
comparative
form:
most apian
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
19th century, from Latin apiānus, from apis (“bee”).
senses_examples:
text:
In fac... |
18867 | word:
apian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
apian (plural apians)
forms:
form:
apians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
19th century, from Latin apiānus, from apis (“bee”).
senses_examples:
text:
The largest of all the apians is the humble-bee, or humming-bee (Bombus).
ref:
1858, Fri... |
18868 | word:
advantage
word_type:
noun
expansion:
advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)
forms:
form:
advantages
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with ... |
18869 | word:
advantage
word_type:
verb
expansion:
advantage (third-person singular simple present advantages, present participle advantaging, simple past and past participle advantaged)
forms:
form:
advantages
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
advantaging
tags:
participle
pres... |
18870 | word:
discordant
word_type:
adj
expansion:
discordant (comparative more discordant, superlative most discordant)
forms:
form:
more discordant
tags:
comparative
form:
most discordant
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old French descordant, from descorder.
senses_example... |
18871 | word:
toadstool
word_type:
noun
expansion:
toadstool (plural toadstools)
forms:
form:
toadstools
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad + stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”).
senses_examples:
senses_cate... |
18872 | word:
amplify
word_type:
verb
expansion:
amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)
forms:
form:
amplifies
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
amplifying
tags:
participle
present
for... |
18873 | word:
amass
word_type:
verb
expansion:
amass (third-person singular simple present amasses, present participle amassing, simple past and past participle amassed)
forms:
form:
amasses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
amassing
tags:
participle
present
form:
amassed... |
18874 | word:
amass
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amass (plural amasses)
forms:
form:
amasses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English *amassen (found only as Middle English massen (“to amass”)), from Anglo-Norman amasser, from Medieval Latin amassāre, from ad + massa (“lump, mass”). See ... |
18875 | word:
adventure
word_type:
noun
expansion:
adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)
forms:
form:
adventures
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
adventure
etymology_text:
From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (... |
18876 | word:
adventure
word_type:
verb
expansion:
adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)
forms:
form:
adventures
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
adventuring
tags:
participle
pres... |
18877 | word:
thrush
word_type:
noun
expansion:
thrush (plural thrushes)
forms:
form:
thrushes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
thrush
etymology_text:
From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and ... |
18878 | word:
thrush
word_type:
noun
expansion:
thrush (plural thrushes)
forms:
form:
thrushes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
thrush
etymology_text:
Uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
senses_examples:
text:
Cervical ... |
18879 | word:
Inuktitut
word_type:
name
expansion:
Inuktitut
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Transliteration of Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ (inoktitot, “like the Inuit”).
senses_examples:
text:
I can hear a swell of laughter and boisterous merriment in Inuktitut.
ref:
2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other St... |
18880 | word:
analyse
word_type:
verb
expansion:
analyse (third-person singular simple present analyses, present participle analysing, simple past and past participle analysed)
forms:
form:
analyses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
analysing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18881 | word:
Papiamento
word_type:
name
expansion:
Papiamento
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Papiamentu Papiamento. Compare Portuguese papeamento (“chatter”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of Papiamentu (“creole language”)
senses_topics:
|
18882 | word:
Papago
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Papago (plural Papagos or Papago)
forms:
form:
Papagos
tags:
plural
form:
Papago
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish Pápago, itself from O'odham Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa (“they eat tepary beans”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories... |
18883 | word:
luxury
word_type:
noun
expansion:
luxury (countable and uncountable, plural luxuries)
forms:
form:
luxuries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
luxury
etymology_text:
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“rankness, luxury”), from luxus (“extravagance, luxury”).
sense... |
18884 | word:
luxury
word_type:
adj
expansion:
luxury (comparative more luxury, superlative most luxury)
forms:
form:
more luxury
tags:
comparative
form:
most luxury
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
luxury
etymology_text:
From Middle English luxurie, from Old French luxurie, from Latin luxuria (“r... |
18885 | word:
diversion
word_type:
noun
expansion:
diversion (countable and uncountable, plural diversions)
forms:
form:
diversions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
diversion
etymology_text:
From French diversion, from Medieval Latin diversiō, from Latin divertō (“to divert”); see divert.
senses_examples:
text:... |
18886 | word:
analogous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
analogous (comparative more analogous, superlative most analogous)
forms:
form:
more analogous
tags:
comparative
form:
most analogous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin analogus, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́λογος (análogos); I... |
18887 | word:
allay
word_type:
verb
expansion:
allay (third-person singular simple present allays, present participle allaying, simple past and past participle allayed)
forms:
form:
allays
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
allaying
tags:
participle
present
form:
allayed
... |
18888 | word:
allay
word_type:
noun
expansion:
allay (plural allays)
forms:
form:
allays
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress,... |
18889 | word:
tracing
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tracing (plural tracings)
forms:
form:
tracings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The reproduction of an image made by copying it t... |
18890 | word:
tracing
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tracing
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English tracyng; equivalent to trace + -ing.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of trace
senses_topics:
|
18891 | word:
Buddhist
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Buddhist (comparative more Buddhist, superlative most Buddhist)
forms:
form:
more Buddhist
tags:
comparative
form:
most Buddhist
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Buddha + -ist.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_gloss... |
18892 | word:
Buddhist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Buddhist (plural Buddhists)
forms:
form:
Buddhists
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Buddha + -ist.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.
A follower of the Indian ... |
18893 | word:
interval
word_type:
noun
expansion:
interval (plural intervals)
forms:
form:
intervals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English interval, intervalle, from Old French intervalle, entreval, from Latin intervallum (“space between, interval, distance, interval of time, pause,... |
18894 | word:
od
word_type:
noun
expansion:
od
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Alteration of God.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
(Euphemistic form of) God.
senses_topics:
|
18895 | word:
od
word_type:
noun
expansion:
od
forms:
wikipedia:
Carl Reichenbach
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Od, arbitrarily coined by the German scientist and philosopher Carl Reichenbach (1788–1869).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hypothetical force or natural power, which was ... |
18896 | word:
depiction
word_type:
noun
expansion:
depiction (countable and uncountable, plural depictions)
forms:
form:
depictions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō.
senses_examples:
text:
If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the Germa... |
18897 | word:
amiss
word_type:
adj
expansion:
amiss (comparative more amiss, superlative most amiss)
forms:
form:
more amiss
tags:
comparative
form:
most amiss
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From a- + miss.
senses_examples:
text:
He suspected something was amiss.
type:
... |
18898 | word:
amiss
word_type:
adv
expansion:
amiss (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From a- + miss.
senses_examples:
text:
We shall not do amiss to notice, also, that in ordinary conversation, a few words are used as Turkish singulars, which are, in reality, Arabic plurals; but this is not ... |
18899 | word:
amiss
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amiss (plural amisses)
forms:
form:
amisses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From a- + miss.
senses_examples:
text:
Yet Love, thou'rt blinder then thy self in this, / To vex my Dove-like friend for my amiss[…].
ref:
1635, John Donne, His p... |
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