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word: outstanding word_type: verb expansion: outstanding forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of outstand senses_topics:
19401
word: outstanding word_type: adj expansion: outstanding (comparative more outstanding, superlative most outstanding) forms: form: more outstanding tags: comparative form: most outstanding tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From outstand, equivalent to out- + standing. senses...
19402
word: ambush word_type: noun expansion: ambush (plural ambushes) forms: form: ambushes tags: plural wikipedia: ambush etymology_text: From Middle English enbuschen, from Old French enbuscier, anbuchier (verb) (whence Middle French embusche (noun)), from Old French en- + Vulgar Latin boscus (“wood”...
19403
word: ambush word_type: verb expansion: ambush (third-person singular simple present ambushes, present participle ambushing, simple past and past participle ambushed) forms: form: ambushes tags: present singular third-person form: ambushing tags: participle present form: ...
19404
word: anglo word_type: noun expansion: anglo (plural anglos) forms: form: anglos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-. senses_examples: text: Back when we went to the World Cup in South Africa, we saw many anglos waving English flags. type: example text: I'm not a...
19405
word: buffet word_type: noun expansion: buffet (plural buffets) forms: form: buffets tags: plural wikipedia: Jean-Louis Forain etymology_text: table Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronu...
19406
word: buffet word_type: noun expansion: buffet (countable and uncountable, plural buffets) forms: form: buffets tags: plural wikipedia: Jean-Louis Forain etymology_text: table From Middle English buffet (“buffet”), from Old French buffet, diminutive of buffe, cognate with Italian buffetto. See buf...
19407
word: buffet word_type: verb expansion: buffet (third-person singular simple present buffets, present participle buffeting or buffetting, simple past and past participle buffeted or buffetted) forms: form: buffets tags: present singular third-person form: buffeting tags: participle...
19408
word: heretic word_type: noun expansion: heretic (plural heretics) forms: form: heretics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able...
19409
word: heretic word_type: adj expansion: heretic (comparative more heretic, superlative most heretic) forms: form: more heretic tags: comparative form: most heretic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Mediev...
19410
word: goalkeeper word_type: noun expansion: goalkeeper (plural goalkeepers) forms: form: goalkeepers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From goal + keeper. senses_examples: text: Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Po...
19411
word: yin word_type: noun expansion: yin (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: yin etymology_text: From early romanizations of Chinese 陰/阴 (yīn), originally used in reference to shaded areas, as of a mountain or home. senses_examples: text: "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup and even mushrooms are ...
19412
word: yin word_type: num expansion: yin forms: wikipedia: yin etymology_text: From ān. Doublet of yan, yen, ane and one. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The number one, primarily used in Scotland and Ulster senses_topics:
19413
word: escape word_type: verb expansion: escape (third-person singular simple present escapes, present participle escaping, simple past and past participle escaped) forms: form: escapes tags: present singular third-person form: escaping tags: participle present form: escap...
19414
word: escape word_type: noun expansion: escape (plural escapes) forms: form: escapes tags: plural wikipedia: escape etymology_text: From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, literal...
19415
word: annihilation word_type: noun expansion: annihilation (countable and uncountable, plural annihilations) forms: form: annihilations tags: plural wikipedia: annihilation etymology_text: From Middle French annihilation, from Latin annihilātiō. Surface analysis: annihilate + -ion. senses_examples...
19416
word: chap word_type: noun expansion: chap (plural chaps) forms: form: chaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English. senses_examples: text: Who’s that chap over there? type: example text: If you have Blacks of any...
19417
word: chap word_type: verb expansion: chap (third-person singular simple present chaps, present participle chapping, simple past and past participle chapped) forms: form: chaps tags: present singular third-person form: chapping tags: participle present form: chapped tag...
19418
word: chap word_type: noun expansion: chap (plural chaps) forms: form: chaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chappen (“to split open, burst, chap”), of uncertain origin. Compare Middle English choppen (“to chop”), Dutch kappen (“to cut, chop, hack”). Perhaps related to...
19419
word: chap word_type: noun expansion: chap (plural chaps) forms: form: chaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Northern English chafts (“jaws”). Compare also Middle English cheppe (“one side of the jaw, chap”). senses_examples: text: His chaps were all besmear'd with crimson bloo...
19420
word: chap word_type: noun expansion: chap (plural chaps) forms: form: chaps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Clipping of chapter (“division of a text”). senses_topics:
19421
word: antiquarian word_type: adj expansion: antiquarian (comparative more antiquarian, superlative most antiquarian) forms: form: more antiquarian tags: comparative form: most antiquarian tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From antiquary + -an. senses_examples: text: a...
19422
word: antiquarian word_type: noun expansion: antiquarian (plural antiquarians) forms: form: antiquarians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From antiquary + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques. senses_t...
19423
word: alarm word_type: noun expansion: alarm (countable and uncountable, plural alarms) forms: form: alarms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English alarme, alarom, borrowed from Middle French alarme, itself from Old Italian all'arme! (“to arms!, to the weapons!”), ultimately f...
19424
word: alarm word_type: verb expansion: alarm (third-person singular simple present alarms, present participle alarming, simple past and past participle alarmed) forms: form: alarms tags: present singular third-person form: alarming tags: participle present form: alarmed ...
19425
word: aperture word_type: noun expansion: aperture (plural apertures) forms: form: apertures tags: plural wikipedia: aperture (disambiguation) etymology_text: From late Middle English, from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) + -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suf...
19426
word: trench word_type: noun expansion: trench (plural trenches) forms: form: trenches tags: plural wikipedia: trench etymology_text: Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche. senses_examples: text: The trenches for installing the underground cables were dug with a trencher. ty...
19427
word: trench word_type: verb expansion: trench (third-person singular simple present trenches, present participle trenching, simple past and past participle trenched) forms: form: trenches tags: present singular third-person form: trenching tags: participle present form: ...
19428
word: omena word_type: noun expansion: omena (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The women grow maize, beans, peas and sorghum, and are particularly happy with weaning foods taught by the Agricultural Extension staff because these foods are within their reach physic...
19429
word: Manx word_type: adj expansion: Manx (comparative more Manx, superlative most Manx) forms: form: more Manx tags: comparative form: most Manx tags: superlative wikipedia: Bunscoill Ghaelgagh etymology_text: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of...
19430
word: Manx word_type: noun expansion: Manx (countable and uncountable, plural Manx or Manxes) forms: form: Manx tags: plural form: Manxes tags: plural wikipedia: Bunscoill Ghaelgagh etymology_text: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle o...
19431
word: Manx word_type: name expansion: Manx forms: wikipedia: Bunscoill Ghaelgagh etymology_text: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk. Also influenced by Manx Manninagh, an adjectival form of ...
19432
word: ancestral word_type: adj expansion: ancestral (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”). senses_examples: text: an ancestral estate type: example text: one’s ancestral home type: example senses_categories: senses...
19433
word: ancestral word_type: noun expansion: ancestral (plural ancestrals) forms: form: ancestrals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”). senses_examples: text: Some big cheese bein' grought back to his native island to get planted wit...
19434
word: anon word_type: adv expansion: anon (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English anoon, anon, anan (literally “in one (moment)”), from on (“in”) + ān (“one”). See on and one. senses_examples: text: The dead man answered thus: “What good gift shall God give us?”, The boa...
19435
word: anon word_type: noun expansion: anon (plural anons) forms: form: anons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of anonymous. senses_examples: text: Indeed they did all they could to avoid it, coyly hiding their identities behind initials, asterisks, and anons ref: 1904,...
19436
word: anon word_type: adj expansion: anon (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of anonymous. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Short for anonymous. senses_topics:
19437
word: animation word_type: noun expansion: animation (countable and uncountable, plural animations) forms: form: animations tags: plural wikipedia: animation etymology_text: From Latin animatio, from animare, equivalent to animate + -ion. senses_examples: text: […] by the animation of the sa...
19438
word: wallpaper word_type: noun expansion: wallpaper (countable and uncountable, plural wallpapers) forms: form: wallpapers tags: plural wikipedia: wallpaper etymology_text: From wall + paper. senses_examples: text: He is letting her select the wallpapers for the whole house. type: e...
19439
word: wallpaper word_type: verb expansion: wallpaper (third-person singular simple present wallpapers, present participle wallpapering, simple past and past participle wallpapered) forms: form: wallpapers tags: present singular third-person form: wallpapering tags: participle p...
19440
word: regicide word_type: noun expansion: regicide (plural regicides) forms: form: regicides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”) senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: reginicide senses_categories: senses_glosses: The...
19441
word: regicide word_type: noun expansion: regicide (plural regicides) forms: form: regicides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”). senses_examples: text: The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and ...
19442
word: rhythmic unit word_type: noun expansion: rhythmic unit (plural rhythmic units) forms: form: rhythmic units tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A durational pattern which occupies a period of time equal to a pulse or pulses on an u...
19443
word: constructivist word_type: adj expansion: constructivist (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From constructive + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to constructivism. senses_topics:
19444
word: constructivist word_type: noun expansion: constructivist (plural constructivists) forms: form: constructivists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From constructive + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An advocate of constructivism. senses_topics:
19445
word: Nordic countries word_type: noun expansion: Nordic countries forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “It is completely improper to equate the excessive consumption of spirits, typical of the Nordic countries, to the moderate and conscious consumption of quality products with lo...
19446
word: chip word_type: noun expansion: chip (plural chips) forms: form: chips tags: plural wikipedia: chip etymology_text: Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċipp...
19447
word: chip word_type: verb expansion: chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped) forms: form: chips tags: present singular third-person form: chipping tags: participle present form: chipped tag...
19448
word: chip word_type: verb expansion: chip (third-person singular simple present chips, present participle chipping, simple past and past participle chipped) forms: form: chips tags: present singular third-person form: chipping tags: participle present form: chipped tag...
19449
word: triclavianism word_type: noun expansion: triclavianism (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From tri- + Latin clavus (“nail”) + -ian + -ism, coined by George Stanley Faber in 1838. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The belief that three nails were used in the crucifixi...
19450
word: announce word_type: verb expansion: announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced) forms: form: announces tags: present singular third-person form: announcing tags: participle present f...
19451
word: triclavianist word_type: noun expansion: triclavianist (plural triclavianists) forms: form: triclavianists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who believes that three nails were used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. senses_...
19452
word: attic word_type: noun expansion: attic (plural attics) forms: form: attics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikó...
19453
word: symmetry word_type: noun expansion: symmetry (countable and uncountable, plural symmetries) forms: form: symmetries tags: plural wikipedia: symmetry etymology_text: From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with...
19454
word: skinny word_type: adj expansion: skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest) forms: form: skinnier tags: comparative form: skinniest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associa...
19455
word: skinny word_type: noun expansion: skinny (plural skinnies) forms: form: skinnies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones...
19456
word: skinny word_type: verb expansion: skinny (third-person singular simple present skinnies, present participle skinnying, simple past and past participle skinnied) forms: form: skinnies tags: present singular third-person form: skinnying tags: participle present form: ...
19457
word: anxious word_type: adj expansion: anxious (comparative more anxious or anxiouser, superlative most anxious or anxiousest) forms: form: more anxious tags: comparative form: anxiouser tags: comparative form: most anxious tags: superlative form: anxiousest tags: ...
19458
word: always word_type: adv expansion: always (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: always etymology_text: From Middle English alwayes, allwayes, allweyes, a variant of Middle English allwaye, alwey, alle wey (“always”), from Old English ealneġ, ealneweġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way, all the w...
19459
word: agent noun word_type: noun expansion: agent noun (plural agent nouns) forms: form: agent nouns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The agent noun "cutter" means a person who cuts, or a thing that is made to or is able to cut something. type: example s...
19460
word: trichotillomania word_type: noun expansion: trichotillomania (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) (genitive: τριχός (trikhós)) + τίλλω (tíllō, “I pull out, pluck”) + μανία (manía, “madness”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A m...
19461
word: bride word_type: noun expansion: bride (plural brides) forms: form: brides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride...
19462
word: bride word_type: verb expansion: bride (third-person singular simple present brides, present participle briding, simple past and past participle brided) forms: form: brides tags: present singular third-person form: briding tags: participle present form: brided tag...
19463
word: bride word_type: noun expansion: bride (plural brides) forms: form: brides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework senses_top...
19464
word: Rauma word_type: name expansion: Rauma forms: wikipedia: Rauma, Norway etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A city in Finland A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway senses_topics:
19465
word: alias word_type: adv expansion: alias (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien. senses_examples: text: When indeed a Popish monarch may fill our throne, and the s...
19466
word: alias word_type: noun expansion: alias (plural aliases) forms: form: aliases tags: plural wikipedia: alias etymology_text: From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
19467
word: alias word_type: verb expansion: alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased) forms: form: aliases tags: present singular third-person form: aliasing tags: participle present form: aliased...
19468
word: gene word_type: noun expansion: gene (plural genes) forms: form: genes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm ...
19469
word: ditch word_type: noun expansion: ditch (plural ditches) forms: form: ditches tags: plural wikipedia: Ditch Witch ditch etymology_text: From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”),...
19470
word: ditch word_type: verb expansion: ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched) forms: form: ditches tags: present singular third-person form: ditching tags: participle present form: ditched...
19471
word: ditch word_type: verb expansion: ditch (third-person singular simple present ditches, present participle ditching, simple past and past participle ditched) forms: form: ditches tags: present singular third-person form: ditching tags: participle present form: ditched...
19472
word: ditch word_type: noun expansion: ditch (usually uncountable, plural ditches) forms: form: ditches tags: plural wikipedia: ditch etymology_text: From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech. senses_examples: senses_categori...
19473
word: Fuchs word_type: name expansion: Fuchs forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Fuchs. Doublet of Fox and Vos. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname from German. senses_topics:
19474
word: driving rain word_type: noun expansion: driving rain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The driving rain stung the runner's face. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Rain propelled by a driving wind. senses_topics:
19475
word: driving wind word_type: noun expansion: driving wind (plural driving winds) forms: form: driving winds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Wind strong enough to push (i.e., drive) substantial objects around. senses_topics:
19476
word: Tahitian word_type: noun expansion: Tahitian (plural Tahitians) forms: form: Tahitians tags: plural wikipedia: Tahitian language etymology_text: From Tahiti + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A native or inhabitant of Tahiti. A person from Tahiti or of Tahitia...
19477
word: Tahitian word_type: name expansion: Tahitian forms: wikipedia: Tahitian language etymology_text: From Tahiti + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Polynesian language of Tahiti. senses_topics:
19478
word: Tahitian word_type: adj expansion: Tahitian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Tahitian language etymology_text: From Tahiti + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to Tahiti, or to its people or language. senses_topics:
19479
word: drain the lizard word_type: verb expansion: drain the lizard (third-person singular simple present drains the lizard, present participle draining the lizard, simple past and past participle drained the lizard) forms: form: drains the lizard tags: present singular third-person form: ...
19480
word: muka word_type: noun expansion: muka (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Maori. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving. senses_topics:
19481
word: Anglican word_type: adj expansion: Anglican (not generally comparable, comparative more Anglican, superlative most Anglican) forms: form: more Anglican tags: comparative form: most Anglican tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Medieval Latin anglicānus, from...
19482
word: Anglican word_type: noun expansion: Anglican (plural Anglicans) forms: form: Anglicans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Medieval Latin anglicānus, from anglicus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A member of an Anglican Church. senses_topics:
19483
word: alone word_type: adj expansion: alone (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: alone etymology_text: From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (“alone”, literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane ...
19484
word: alone word_type: adv expansion: alone (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: alone etymology_text: From Middle English allone, from earlier all oon (“alone”, literally “all one”), contracted from the Old English phrase eall ān (“completely alone”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + one. Cognate with Scots alane ...
19485
word: impress word_type: verb expansion: impress (third-person singular simple present impresses, present participle impressing, simple past and past participle impressed) forms: form: impresses tags: present singular third-person form: impressing tags: participle present for...
19486
word: impress word_type: noun expansion: impress (plural impresses) forms: form: impresses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”...
19487
word: multilingual word_type: adj expansion: multilingual (comparative more multilingual, superlative most multilingual) forms: form: more multilingual tags: comparative form: most multilingual tags: superlative wikipedia: Hampton Court railway station multilingualism etymology_text: ...
19488
word: multilingual word_type: noun expansion: multilingual (plural multilinguals) forms: form: multilinguals tags: plural wikipedia: Hampton Court railway station multilingualism etymology_text: From multi- + lingual. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A polyglot. senses_top...
19489
word: trimaran word_type: noun expansion: trimaran (plural trimarans) forms: form: trimarans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of tri- + catamaran. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of boat with three parallel hulls. senses_topics:
19490
word: kluski word_type: noun expansion: kluski pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Polish kluski. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Noodles prepared in an ethnic Polish manner; specifically, thin strips of dough, as opposed to filled shells. senses_topics:
19491
word: infanticide word_type: noun expansion: infanticide (countable and uncountable, plural infanticides) forms: form: infanticides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From infant + -cide. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The murder of an infant. The murder of...
19492
word: yang word_type: noun expansion: yang (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: yin and yang etymology_text: From early romanizations of Chinese 陽/阳 (yáng), originally in reference to the sunny side of areas such as mountains and dwellings. senses_examples: text: "Steamed fish and chicken and vegetable soup...
19493
word: yang word_type: noun expansion: yang (plural yangs) forms: form: yangs tags: plural wikipedia: yin and yang etymology_text: From Korean 양(兩) (yang, “yang, tael”). Doublet of liang. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The monetary unit of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided i...
19494
word: yang word_type: verb expansion: yang (third-person singular simple present yangs, present participle yanging, simple past and past participle yanged) forms: form: yangs tags: present singular third-person form: yanging tags: participle present form: yanged tags: ...
19495
word: yang word_type: noun expansion: yang (plural yangs) forms: form: yangs tags: plural wikipedia: yin and yang etymology_text: Imitative. senses_examples: text: Hangs is a false word, — a Northern corruption of the negro dialect yang, — an onomatopœian word, representing the "far heard cl...
19496
word: African word_type: adj expansion: African (comparative more African, superlative most African) forms: form: more African tags: comparative form: most African tags: superlative wikipedia: Latin etymology_text: Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), M...
19497
word: African word_type: noun expansion: African (plural Africans) forms: form: Africans tags: plural wikipedia: Latin etymology_text: Attested as a noun in early New English Aphricane, Africans (plural), Middle English as Affrican, Aufrican and Old English as Africanas (“Africans”) (only plural)....
19498
word: lapsi word_type: noun expansion: lapsi pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Apostates who renounced their faith under persecution by the Ancient Roman authorities. senses_topics: Christianity
19499
word: stuff word_type: noun expansion: stuff (usually uncountable, plural stuffs) forms: form: stuffs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from...