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18900 | word:
sketchy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
sketchy (comparative sketchier, superlative sketchiest)
forms:
form:
sketchier
tags:
comparative
form:
sketchiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From sketch + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
The first draft included a sketchy desi... |
18901 | word:
candlepower
word_type:
noun
expansion:
candlepower (usually uncountable, plural candlepowers)
forms:
form:
candlepowers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From candle + power.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal ... |
18902 | word:
altogether
word_type:
adv
expansion:
altogether (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
George du Maurier
Trilby (novel)
etymology_text:
From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether... |
18903 | word:
altogether
word_type:
noun
expansion:
altogether (plural altogethers)
forms:
form:
altogethers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
George du Maurier
Trilby (novel)
etymology_text:
From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogeth... |
18904 | word:
matrices
word_type:
noun
expansion:
matrices
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of matrix
senses_topics:
|
18905 | word:
matrices
word_type:
noun
expansion:
matrices
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of matrice
senses_topics:
|
18906 | word:
alluring
word_type:
verb
expansion:
alluring
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of allure
senses_topics:
|
18907 | word:
alluring
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alluring (plural allurings)
forms:
form:
allurings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Was this poor breast, from Love's allurings free, / Cruel to all, and gentle unto thee ?
ref:
1615, George Wither, Fidelia
typ... |
18908 | word:
alluring
word_type:
adj
expansion:
alluring (comparative more alluring, superlative most alluring)
forms:
form:
more alluring
tags:
comparative
form:
most alluring
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Having the po... |
18909 | word:
maneuver
word_type:
noun
expansion:
maneuver (plural maneuvers)
forms:
form:
maneuvers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manouvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labor”), from Medieval Latin manope... |
18910 | word:
maneuver
word_type:
verb
expansion:
maneuver (third-person singular simple present maneuvers, present participle maneuvering, simple past and past participle maneuvered)
forms:
form:
maneuvers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
maneuvering
tags:
participle
present
... |
18911 | word:
instrument
word_type:
noun
expansion:
instrument (plural instruments)
forms:
form:
instruments
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
instrument
etymology_text:
From Middle English instrument, from Old French instrument, from Latin īnstrūmentum (“an implement, tool”),
From īnstruō (“build, construct; arran... |
18912 | word:
instrument
word_type:
verb
expansion:
instrument (third-person singular simple present instruments, present participle instrumenting, simple past and past participle instrumented)
forms:
form:
instruments
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
instrumenting
tags:
participl... |
18913 | word:
numpty
word_type:
noun
expansion:
numpty (plural numpties)
forms:
form:
numpties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Scots numpty (“fool, idiot”).
senses_examples:
text:
Trust me, he's Pakistani, because that's the average numpty's shorthand for Muslim.
ref:
20... |
18914 | word:
sketchbook
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sketchbook (plural sketchbooks)
forms:
form:
sketchbooks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From sketch + book.
senses_examples:
text:
This compact sketchbook displays every style of blinds imaginable, from rollers to Romans and from London ... |
18915 | word:
amends
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amends
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of amend
senses_topics:
|
18916 | word:
amends
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amends
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
senses_examples:
text:
Amends were made for the damage and no charges were filed.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Compensation for an i... |
18917 | word:
amends
word_type:
verb
expansion:
amends
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French amendes, plural of amende. Compare with amende.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of amend
senses_topics:
|
18918 | word:
incense
word_type:
noun
expansion:
incense (countable and uncountable, plural incenses)
forms:
form:
incenses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
incense
etymology_text:
From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “... |
18919 | word:
incense
word_type:
verb
expansion:
incense (third-person singular simple present incenses, present participle incensing, simple past and past participle incensed)
forms:
form:
incenses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
incensing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18920 | word:
amendment
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amendment (countable and uncountable, plural amendments)
forms:
form:
amendments
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
amendment
etymology_text:
From French amendement, from Late Latin amendamentum, equivalent to amend + -ment.
senses_examples:
text:
Arrests and... |
18921 | word:
miraculous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
miraculous (comparative more miraculous, superlative most miraculous)
forms:
form:
more miraculous
tags:
comparative
form:
most miraculous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle French miraculeux. Displaced native Old Englis... |
18922 | word:
candelabra
word_type:
noun
expansion:
candelabra
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of candelabrum
senses_topics:
|
18923 | word:
candelabra
word_type:
noun
expansion:
candelabra (plural candelabras)
forms:
form:
candelabras
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
[…] his head was like a sturdy candelabra holding his eyes transfixed as hers sparked amber crystals for this man.
ref:
... |
18924 | word:
perambulator
word_type:
noun
expansion:
perambulator (plural perambulators)
forms:
form:
perambulators
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
perambulator
etymology_text:
From perambulate + -or.
senses_examples:
text:
"That will be all this afternoon," he said to the nurse, who got up with the baby a... |
18925 | word:
crocodile tear
word_type:
noun
expansion:
crocodile tear (plural crocodile tears)
forms:
form:
crocodile tears
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the ancient belief that crocodiles shed tears while consuming their prey.
senses_examples:
text:
And in all her letters since, s... |
18926 | word:
telephone
word_type:
noun
expansion:
telephone (countable and uncountable, plural telephones)
forms:
form:
telephones
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Alexander Graham Bell
etymology_text:
First used by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 to refer to the modern instrument, but previous devices had been giv... |
18927 | word:
telephone
word_type:
verb
expansion:
telephone (third-person singular simple present telephones, present participle telephoning, simple past and past participle telephoned)
forms:
form:
telephones
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
telephoning
tags:
participle
pres... |
18928 | word:
hardy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
hardy (comparative hardier, superlative hardiest)
forms:
form:
hardier
tags:
comparative
form:
hardiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
Old French... |
18929 | word:
hardy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hardy (plural hardies)
forms:
form:
hardies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be ... |
18930 | word:
migrate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
migrate (third-person singular simple present migrates, present participle migrating, simple past and past participle migrated)
forms:
form:
migrates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
migrating
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18931 | word:
overall
word_type:
adj
expansion:
overall (comparative more overall, superlative most overall)
forms:
form:
more overall
tags:
comparative
form:
most overall
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle ... |
18932 | word:
overall
word_type:
adv
expansion:
overall (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“everywhere”), West Frisian oeral (“everywhere”), Dut... |
18933 | word:
overall
word_type:
noun
expansion:
overall (plural overalls)
forms:
form:
overalls
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
overall
etymology_text:
From Middle English overall, overal, from Old English ofer eall, ofer ealle (“over all”), equivalent to over + all. Compare Saterland Frisian oural, uural (“ever... |
18934 | word:
Amoy
word_type:
name
expansion:
Amoy
forms:
wikipedia:
Amoy
etymology_text:
From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門／厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect.
senses_examples:
text:
Passing one or two headlands to the northeastward of this place, we reach the harbor of Amoy, as p... |
18935 | word:
America
word_type:
name
expansion:
America (plural Americas)
forms:
form:
Americas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Amerigo Vespucci
Martin Waldseemüller
Naming of the Americas
Richard Amerike
etymology_text:
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *amalaz
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European ... |
18936 | word:
active
word_type:
adj
expansion:
active (comparative more active, superlative most active)
forms:
form:
more active
tags:
comparative
form:
most active
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin activus, from agere (... |
18937 | word:
active
word_type:
noun
expansion:
active (plural actives)
forms:
form:
actives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin activus, from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.
Morphologically act + -ive... |
18938 | word:
joker
word_type:
noun
expansion:
joker (plural jokers)
forms:
form:
jokers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
joker
etymology_text:
From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
18939 | word:
croc
word_type:
noun
expansion:
croc (plural crocs)
forms:
form:
crocs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of crocodile.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A crocodile.
senses_topics:
|
18940 | word:
croc
word_type:
noun
expansion:
croc (plural crocs)
forms:
form:
crocs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the name of the American shoe company, Crocs, Inc. Apparently, this name came to the founders’ mind when they looked at their clogs from the side, and they resembled them a cr... |
18941 | word:
amuse
word_type:
verb
expansion:
amuse (third-person singular simple present amuses, present participle amusing, simple past and past participle amused)
forms:
form:
amuses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
amusing
tags:
participle
present
form:
amused
tag... |
18942 | word:
lobo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lobo (plural lobos)
forms:
form:
lobos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf.
senses_examples:
text:
We used to pay a $20.00 bounty a head on lobos for a good many years, but stopped it be... |
18943 | word:
so-so
word_type:
adj
expansion:
so-so (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
senses_examples:
text:
The dessert was pretty g... |
18944 | word:
so-so
word_type:
adv
expansion:
so-so (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
senses_examples:
text:
He performed so-so durin... |
18945 | word:
rhythm
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rhythm (countable and uncountable, plural rhythms)
forms:
form:
rhythms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
rhythm
etymology_text:
First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέ... |
18946 | word:
balian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
balian (plural balians or balian)
forms:
form:
balians
tags:
plural
form:
balian
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Balinese ᬩᬮ᭄ᬬᬦ᭄ (balian).
senses_examples:
text:
A balian may be consulted in order to determine the location of ... |
18947 | word:
intensive
word_type:
adj
expansion:
intensive (comparative more intensive, superlative most intensive)
forms:
form:
more intensive
tags:
comparative
form:
most intensive
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Middle English
etymology_text:
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English ... |
18948 | word:
intensive
word_type:
noun
expansion:
intensive (plural intensives)
forms:
form:
intensives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Middle English
etymology_text:
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English intensive (“fervent, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intensif, intensive (modern Fren... |
18949 | word:
lung
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lung (plural lungs)
forms:
form:
lungs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
lung
etymology_text:
From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ... |
18950 | word:
panoramic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
panoramic (comparative more panoramic, superlative most panoramic)
forms:
form:
more panoramic
tags:
comparative
form:
most panoramic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From panorama + -ic.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
sense... |
18951 | word:
panoramic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
panoramic (plural panoramics)
forms:
form:
panoramics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From panorama + -ic.
senses_examples:
text:
Scenic panoramics were not the best sellers. All commercial panoramic photographers specialized in pictures of... |
18952 | word:
altercation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
altercation (countable and uncountable, plural altercations)
forms:
form:
altercations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Late Middle English altercacioun (“quarrelling, wrangling; argument or discussion about a controversy, debate, disputati... |
18953 | word:
frog
word_type:
noun
expansion:
frog (plural frogs)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk fraug (“frog”), Old Norse frauki. Related also to Eng... |
18954 | word:
frog
word_type:
verb
expansion:
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
frogging
tags:
participle
present
form:
frogged
tag... |
18955 | word:
frog
word_type:
noun
expansion:
frog (plural frogs, feminine frogette)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
plural
form:
frogette
tags:
feminine
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare French rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, correspond... |
18956 | word:
frog
word_type:
noun
expansion:
frog (plural frogs)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
senses_examples:
text:
The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one... |
18957 | word:
frog
word_type:
verb
expansion:
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
frogging
tags:
participle
present
form:
frogged
tag... |
18958 | word:
frog
word_type:
verb
expansion:
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
frogging
tags:
participle
present
form:
frogged
tag... |
18959 | word:
frog
word_type:
verb
expansion:
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
forms:
form:
frogs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
frogging
tags:
participle
present
form:
frogged
tag... |
18960 | word:
craic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
craic (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Irish craic, itself borrowed from Northern English crack, inherited from Middle English crak (“loud conversation, bragging talk”). Doublet of crack.
senses_examples:
text:
He nursed bottled water... |
18961 | word:
readable
word_type:
adj
expansion:
readable (comparative more readable, superlative most readable)
forms:
form:
more readable
tags:
comparative
form:
most readable
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From read + -able.
senses_examples:
text:
If that sign were stil... |
18962 | word:
advise
word_type:
verb
expansion:
advise (third-person singular simple present advises, present participle advising, simple past and past participle advised)
forms:
form:
advises
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
advising
tags:
participle
present
form:
advis... |
18963 | word:
advise
word_type:
noun
expansion:
advise
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō, from Latin videō (“to see”), visum (“past participle of videō”). See also advice.
sense... |
18964 | word:
study
word_type:
verb
expansion:
study (third-person singular simple present studies, present participle studying, simple past and past participle studied)
forms:
form:
studies
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
studying
tags:
participle
present
form:
studied... |
18965 | word:
study
word_type:
noun
expansion:
study (countable and uncountable, plural studies)
forms:
form:
studies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Study
etymology_text:
From Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto... |
18966 | word:
shackle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
shackle (plural shackles)
forms:
form:
shackles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Oxford English Dictionary
etymology_text:
From Middle English shakel, schakkyl, schakle (“a fetter, shackle; coupling used to connect a plough or wagon to a draft chain”), from Old Engl... |
18967 | word:
shackle
word_type:
verb
expansion:
shackle (third-person singular simple present shackles, present participle shackling, simple past and past participle shackled)
forms:
form:
shackles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
shackling
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18968 | word:
shackle
word_type:
noun
expansion:
shackle (plural shackles)
forms:
form:
shackles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From shack (“variant of shake”), shake (verb) + -le (suffix forming agent nouns; frequentative suffix forming verbs).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glo... |
18969 | word:
shackle
word_type:
verb
expansion:
shackle (third-person singular simple present shackles, present participle shackling, simple past and past participle shackled)
forms:
form:
shackles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
shackling
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18970 | word:
mos
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mos (plural mores)
forms:
form:
mores
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
singular of mores (“moral norms or customs”)
senses_topics:
|
18971 | word:
mos
word_type:
noun
expansion:
mos
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of mo (“month; molester”)
senses_topics:
|
18972 | word:
ambitious
word_type:
adj
expansion:
ambitious (comparative ambitiouser or more ambitious, superlative ambitiousest or most ambitious)
forms:
form:
ambitiouser
tags:
comparative
form:
more ambitious
tags:
comparative
form:
ambitiousest
tags:
superlative
form:
most am... |
18973 | word:
callus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
callus (plural calluses or calli)
forms:
form:
calluses
tags:
plural
form:
calli
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
callus
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”).
senses_examples:
text:
Sylvanshine had once been on a first date with ... |
18974 | word:
callus
word_type:
verb
expansion:
callus (third-person singular simple present calluses, present participle callusing, simple past and past participle callused)
forms:
form:
calluses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
callusing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18975 | word:
agape
word_type:
adj
expansion:
agape (comparative more agape, superlative most agape)
forms:
form:
more agape
tags:
comparative
form:
most agape
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
John Milton
Paradise Lost
etymology_text:
From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lo... |
18976 | word:
agape
word_type:
adv
expansion:
agape (comparative more agape, superlative most agape)
forms:
form:
more agape
tags:
comparative
form:
most agape
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
John Milton
Paradise Lost
etymology_text:
From a- + gape. First known use by John Milton in Paradise Lo... |
18977 | word:
agape
word_type:
noun
expansion:
agape (countable and uncountable, plural agapae or agapai)
forms:
form:
agapae
tags:
plural
form:
agapai
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
agape
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Th... |
18978 | word:
caw
word_type:
noun
expansion:
caw (plural caws)
forms:
form:
caws
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Onomatopoeic
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The harsh cry of a crow.
senses_topics:
|
18979 | word:
caw
word_type:
verb
expansion:
caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)
forms:
form:
caws
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
cawing
tags:
participle
present
form:
cawed
tags:
parti... |
18980 | word:
caw
word_type:
intj
expansion:
caw
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Onomatopoeic
senses_examples:
text:
"Amen," said M., in a grave and solemn tone. "Caw," croaked the jackdaw immediately, and with such a sonorous effect, that it disturbed our pious mien and upset our gravity.
ref:
1887, ... |
18981 | word:
beauty
word_type:
noun
expansion:
beauty (countable and uncountable, plural beauties)
forms:
form:
beauties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
beauty
etymology_text:
From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar... |
18982 | word:
beauty
word_type:
intj
expansion:
beauty
forms:
wikipedia:
beauty
etymology_text:
From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old French beauté (early Old French spelling biauté), from Vulgar Latin *bellitātem (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”); see beau. In t... |
18983 | word:
beauty
word_type:
adj
expansion:
beauty (comparative more beauty, superlative most beauty)
forms:
form:
more beauty
tags:
comparative
form:
most beauty
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
beauty
etymology_text:
From Middle English bewty, bewte, beaute, bealte, from Anglo-Norman and Old ... |
18984 | word:
beauty
word_type:
verb
expansion:
beauty (third-person singular simple present beauties, present participle beautying, simple past and past participle beautied)
forms:
form:
beauties
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
beautying
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
18985 | word:
migration
word_type:
noun
expansion:
migration (countable and uncountable, plural migrations)
forms:
form:
migrations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
migration
etymology_text:
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrō (“I migrate”).
Morphologicall... |
18986 | word:
aggressive
word_type:
adj
expansion:
aggressive (comparative more aggressive, superlative most aggressive)
forms:
form:
more aggressive
tags:
comparative
form:
most aggressive
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From aggress + -ive. Compare with French agressif.
senses_... |
18987 | word:
aggressive
word_type:
noun
expansion:
aggressive (plural aggressives)
forms:
form:
aggressives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From aggress + -ive. Compare with French agressif.
senses_examples:
text:
[...]; usually the femme is the ho [at the costume party], and the butch/ag... |
18988 | word:
Luganda
word_type:
name
expansion:
Luganda
forms:
wikipedia:
Luganda
etymology_text:
Luganda Oluganda (“Luganda”)
senses_examples:
text:
Then it dawned on her. He did not know any Luganda. All along he had not understood a word she had said.
ref:
2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First ... |
18989 | word:
Luganda
word_type:
name
expansion:
Luganda
forms:
wikipedia:
Luganda
etymology_text:
table
Portmanteau of Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk) or Russian Луганск (Lugansk) + Uganda. Alternatively borrowed directly from either Russian Луга́нда (Lugánda) or Ukrainian Луга́нда (Luhánda).
senses_examples:
text... |
18990 | word:
philately
word_type:
noun
expansion:
philately (countable and uncountable, plural philatelies)
forms:
form:
philatelies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
1865, borrowed from French philatélie, coined by French stamp collector Georges Herpin (in Le Collectionneur de Timbres-poste, Nov.... |
18991 | word:
hangar
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hangar (plural hangars)
forms:
form:
hangars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French hangar (“shed, hangar”), from Middle French hanghart (“enclosure near a house”), from Old French hangart, *hamgart, from Old Frankish *haimgard (“fence... |
18992 | word:
hangar
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hangar (third-person singular simple present hangars, present participle hangaring, simple past and past participle hangared)
forms:
form:
hangars
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hangaring
tags:
participle
present
form:
ha... |
18993 | word:
ammonia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ammonia (countable and uncountable, plural ammonias)
forms:
form:
ammonias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin sal ammoniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Amm... |
18994 | word:
unorthodox
word_type:
adj
expansion:
unorthodox (comparative more unorthodox, superlative most unorthodox)
forms:
form:
more unorthodox
tags:
comparative
form:
most unorthodox
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From un- + orthodox.
senses_examples:
text:
November... |
18995 | word:
gnomon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gnomon (plural gnomons)
forms:
form:
gnomons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Taganrog
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French gnomon, or directly from its etymon Latin gnōmōn, or directly from its etymon Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “discerner, interpreter; carpenter’... |
18996 | word:
amiable
word_type:
adj
expansion:
amiable (comparative more amiable, superlative most amiable)
forms:
form:
more amiable
tags:
comparative
form:
most amiable
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin amīcāb... |
18997 | word:
smorgasbord
word_type:
noun
expansion:
smorgasbord (plural smorgasbords)
forms:
form:
smorgasbords
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Swedish smörgåsbord (“buffet with many small dishes; smorgasbord”), from smörgås (“sandwich”) + bord (“table”). Smörgås is from Swedish sm... |
18998 | word:
Provencal
word_type:
name
expansion:
Provencal
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Misspelling of Provençal.
senses_topics:
|
18999 | word:
influenza
word_type:
noun
expansion:
influenza (countable and uncountable, plural influenzas or influenze)
forms:
form:
influenzas
tags:
plural
form:
influenze
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Italian influenza (“influence”), from Latin influentia. Doublet of influen... |
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