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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...
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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: ...
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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 ...
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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...