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word: so far word_type: adv expansion: so far forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Compound of so + far. Compare Dutch zo ver. senses_examples: text: So far, nothing unusual has happened. type: example text: How are your driving lessons? So far, pretty good. type: example text: Do...
19801
word: nona- word_type: prefix expansion: nona- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin nonus (“ninth”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: nine senses_topics:
19802
word: anthropomorphic word_type: adj expansion: anthropomorphic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From anthropo- + -morphic. senses_examples: text: The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deist...
19803
word: bubble team word_type: noun expansion: bubble team (plural bubble teams) forms: form: bubble teams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The Knights are everybody's favorite bubble team this year. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A te...
19804
word: bubble position word_type: noun expansion: bubble position (plural bubble positions) forms: form: bubble positions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Smith is in the bubble position, having barely beaten out Jones for the last spot. type: example sen...
19805
word: shark word_type: noun expansion: shark (plural sharks) forms: form: sharks tags: plural wikipedia: Thomas Beckington shark etymology_text: From Middle English shark (used by Thomas Beckington in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish), of uncertain origin. Most likely from a semantic extension of...
19806
word: shark word_type: verb expansion: shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked) forms: form: sharks tags: present singular third-person form: sharking tags: participle present form: sharked ...
19807
word: shark word_type: noun expansion: shark (plural sharks) forms: form: sharks tags: plural wikipedia: shark etymology_text: From German Schurke (“scoundrel”); compare Dutch schurk. senses_examples: text: In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira ...
19808
word: shark word_type: verb expansion: shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked) forms: form: sharks tags: present singular third-person form: sharking tags: participle present form: sharked ...
19809
word: shark word_type: verb expansion: shark (third-person singular simple present sharks, present participle sharking, simple past and past participle sharked) forms: form: sharks tags: present singular third-person form: sharking tags: participle present form: sharked ...
19810
word: softball word_type: noun expansion: softball (countable and uncountable, plural softballs) forms: form: softballs tags: plural wikipedia: en:softball en:softball (disambiguation) etymology_text: 1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
19811
word: qualifying position word_type: noun expansion: qualifying position (plural qualifying positions) forms: form: qualifying positions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The position given at the start of a race, ranked from most fav...
19812
word: insecticide word_type: noun expansion: insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides) forms: form: insecticides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French insecticide, as insect + -icide. senses_examples: text: The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squa...
19813
word: ancient word_type: adj expansion: ancient (comparative ancienter or more ancient, superlative ancientest or most ancient) forms: form: ancienter tags: comparative form: more ancient tags: comparative form: ancientest tags: superlative form: most ancient tags: ...
19814
word: ancient word_type: noun expansion: ancient (plural ancients) forms: form: ancients tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English auncyen, from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus, composed of Latin ante (“before”) + -ānus (adjective-forming suffix). The non-etymolog...
19815
word: ancient word_type: noun expansion: ancient (plural ancients) forms: form: ancients tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Corruption of ensign. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A flag, banner, standard or ensign. The bearer of a flag; ensign. senses_topics: gov...
19816
word: heterosexuality word_type: noun expansion: heterosexuality (usually uncountable, plural heterosexualities) forms: form: heterosexualities tags: plural wikipedia: heterosexuality etymology_text: From heterosexual + -ity or hetero- + sexuality. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_gl...
19817
word: appealing word_type: adj expansion: appealing (comparative more appealing, superlative most appealing) forms: form: more appealing tags: comparative form: most appealing tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Her housecoat had fallen open. She...
19818
word: appealing word_type: verb expansion: appealing forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of appeal senses_topics:
19819
word: appealing word_type: noun expansion: appealing (plural appealings) forms: form: appealings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The fair creature abandoned her position, and in the midst of her bitter tears and pathetic appealings, which my sense of duty alo...
19820
word: septum word_type: noun expansion: septum (plural septa or septums) forms: form: septa tags: plural form: septums tags: plural wikipedia: septum etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin sēptum (“enclosure, wall, fence”). senses_examples: text: Deviated septum, a shift from the mi...
19821
word: meow word_type: intj expansion: meow forms: wikipedia: meow etymology_text: Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low...
19822
word: meow word_type: noun expansion: meow (countable and uncountable, plural meows) forms: form: meows tags: plural wikipedia: meow etymology_text: Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to m...
19823
word: meow word_type: verb expansion: meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed) forms: form: meows tags: present singular third-person form: meowing tags: participle present form: meowed tags: ...
19824
word: ornament word_type: noun expansion: ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments) forms: form: ornaments tags: plural wikipedia: Ornament (music) etymology_text: From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trapping...
19825
word: ornament word_type: verb expansion: ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented) forms: form: ornaments tags: present singular third-person form: ornamenting tags: participle present ...
19826
word: phisher word_type: noun expansion: phisher (plural phishers) forms: form: phishers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From phish + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who engages in phishing. senses_topics:
19827
word: botanophobia word_type: noun expansion: botanophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The fear of plants. senses_topics:
19828
word: on the bubble word_type: prep_phrase expansion: on the bubble forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: US, late 20th century, from Indiana motor racing. senses_examples: text: Smith was on the bubble but lost out when Jones was faster by a tenth of a second. type: example text: Most players...
19829
word: cornucopia word_type: noun expansion: cornucopia (countable and uncountable, plural cornucopias or cornucopiae or (archaic) cornucopiæ) forms: form: cornucopias tags: plural form: cornucopiae tags: plural form: cornucopiæ tags: archaic plural wikipedia: etymology_t...
19830
word: fungicidal word_type: adj expansion: fungicidal forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From fungi- + -cidal. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, or relating to fungicide. Having the ability to destroy or control fungus. senses_topics:
19831
word: fungicidal word_type: noun expansion: fungicidal (plural fungicidals) forms: form: fungicidals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From fungi- + -cidal. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A fungicide. senses_topics:
19832
word: AWOL word_type: adj expansion: AWOL (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military. senses_examples: text: The Army had a lot of AWOL soldiers. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Ab...
19833
word: AWOL word_type: noun expansion: AWOL (plural AWOLs) forms: form: AWOLs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Acronym of absent without official leave, originally used in the United States military. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Absence without proper author...
19834
word: brontophobia word_type: noun expansion: brontophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From bronto- + -phobia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The fear of thunder and lightning. senses_topics:
19835
word: achluophobia word_type: noun expansion: achluophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀχλύς (akhlús, “darkness”) and -phobia. senses_examples: text: If you have a severe case of achluophobia (fear of the dark), for instance, you may want to wait at the mouth of ...
19836
word: urinary word_type: adj expansion: urinary (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Latin ūrīnārius. senses_examples: text: The objective is to make life easier for male colleagues and customers with urinary incontinence. ref: 2024 July 10, “Network News: 'Boys Need Bins'...
19837
word: urinary word_type: noun expansion: urinary (plural urinaries) forms: form: urinaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Latin ūrīnārius. senses_examples: text: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purpose...
19838
word: cacophobia word_type: noun expansion: cacophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From caco- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós) + φόβος (phóbos). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The fear of ugliness or ugly people. senses_topics:
19839
word: apparition word_type: noun expansion: apparition (plural apparitions) forms: form: apparitions tags: plural wikipedia: apparition etymology_text: From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo. senses_examples: text: The attic is haunted by the ghostly apparition o...
19840
word: catagelophobia word_type: noun expansion: catagelophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In response to the other July/August request, for a word to describe a "fear of inadvertently throwing something valuable out with the garbage," many, many phobias arr...
19841
word: hoplophobia word_type: noun expansion: hoplophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Firearms authority and writer Colonel Jeff Cooper claims to have coined the word in 1962: hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phobia (“fear”). senses_examples: text: Gun control laws are proposed to control...
19842
word: ablutophobia word_type: noun expansion: ablutophobia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin ablutio (“a washing”) + Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pathological fear of washing or bathing. senses_topics:
19843
word: taunt word_type: verb expansion: taunt (third-person singular simple present taunts, present participle taunting, simple past and past participle taunted) forms: form: taunts tags: present singular third-person form: taunting tags: participle present form: taunted ...
19844
word: taunt word_type: noun expansion: taunt (plural taunts) forms: form: taunts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt. senses_examples: text: The attacks and the failure to ca...
19845
word: taunt word_type: adj expansion: taunt (comparative more taunt, superlative most taunt) forms: form: more taunt tags: comparative form: most taunt tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare Old French tant (“so great”), French tant (“so much”), Latin tantus (“of such s...
19846
word: episcopalian word_type: adj expansion: episcopalian (comparative more episcopalian, superlative most episcopalian) forms: form: more episcopalian tags: comparative form: most episcopalian tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From episcopal + -ian. senses_examples: text...
19847
word: episcopalian word_type: noun expansion: episcopalian (plural episcopalians) forms: form: episcopalians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From episcopal + -ian. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Episcopalian senses_topics:
19848
word: green party word_type: noun expansion: green party (plural green parties) forms: form: green parties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A political party whose principal concern is the protection of the environment. senses_topics...
19849
word: bunyip word_type: noun expansion: bunyip (plural bunyips) forms: form: bunyips tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Wathaurong ban-yib. senses_examples: text: The bunyip here was considered to have a magical power over humans, causing them considerable misfortune. Pla...
19850
word: infant word_type: noun expansion: infant (plural infants) forms: form: infants tags: plural wikipedia: infant etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English infaunt, borrowed from Latin īnfantem, accusative masculine singular of īnfāns, nominal use of the adjective meaning 'not able to speak'...
19851
word: infant word_type: verb expansion: infant (third-person singular simple present infants, present participle infanting, simple past and past participle infanted) forms: form: infants tags: present singular third-person form: infanting tags: participle present form: in...
19852
word: cainophobia word_type: noun expansion: cainophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the Ancient Greek roots καινός (kainós, “new”) or καινότης (kainótēs, “newness”) + -phobia. senses_examples: text: It is not by means of a social xenophobia and cainophobia that we shall succe...
19853
word: Chaubunagungamaug word_type: name expansion: Chaubunagungamaug forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a Nipmuck (Loup A) word, translated by Ives Goddard as "fishing place at the boundary" or "lake divided by islands". Chaubunagungamaug is the form used by the US government and it occurs in the earlie...
19854
word: bacillophobia word_type: noun expansion: bacillophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From bacillo- + -phobia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The fear of microbes. senses_topics:
19855
word: sexual orientation word_type: noun expansion: sexual orientation (countable and uncountable, plural sexual orientations) forms: form: sexual orientations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined by New Zealand American psychologist, sexologist, and college professor John Money. senses...
19856
word: applicant word_type: noun expansion: applicant (plural applicants) forms: form: applicants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply. senses_examples: text: Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants. type: quo...
19857
word: acarophobia word_type: noun expansion: acarophobia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From acaro- + -phobia. senses_examples: text: His acarophobia was obvious from his reaction when I told him he had lice. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: The fear of itchin...
19858
word: guide word_type: noun expansion: guide (plural guides) forms: form: guides tags: plural wikipedia: guide etymology_text: c. 1325–75. From Middle English guide, from the Old French guide, from Old Occitan guida, from guidar, from Frankish *wītan (“to show the way, lead”), from Proto-Germanic ...
19859
word: guide word_type: verb expansion: guide (third-person singular simple present guides, present participle guiding, simple past and past participle guided) forms: form: guides tags: present singular third-person form: guiding tags: participle present form: guided tag...
19860
word: uterine word_type: adj expansion: uterine (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. senses_examples: text: uterine siblings type:...
19861
word: uterine word_type: noun expansion: uterine (plural uterines) forms: form: uterines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French utérin, from Latin uterinus (“pertaining to the womb; born of the same mother”), from Latin uterus (“womb”). Related to English uterus. senses_exampl...
19862
word: flotsam and jetsam word_type: noun expansion: flotsam and jetsam (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: flotsam and jetsam etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The flotsam and jetsam of society were at the night club. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: The remains of a sh...
19863
word: alumna word_type: noun expansion: alumna (plural alumnae or (archaic) alumnæ, masculine alumnus) forms: form: alumnae tags: plural form: alumnæ tags: archaic plural form: alumnus tags: masculine wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin alumna. senses_examples: sen...
19864
word: evenly word_type: adv expansion: evenly (comparative more evenly, superlative most evenly) forms: form: more evenly tags: comparative form: most evenly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English evenly, evenliche, from Old English efenlīċe (“evenly, alike, ...
19865
word: graphic word_type: adj expansion: graphic (comparative more graphic, superlative most graphic) forms: form: more graphic tags: comparative form: most graphic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Gree...
19866
word: graphic word_type: noun expansion: graphic (plural graphics) forms: form: graphics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of...
19867
word: imperial system word_type: noun expansion: the imperial system (plural imperial systems) forms: form: the imperial system tags: canonical form: imperial systems tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A system of measureme...
19868
word: rival word_type: noun expansion: rival (plural rivals) forms: form: rivals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”). senses_examples: text: Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-...
19869
word: rival word_type: adj expansion: rival (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”), from rīvus (“small stream, brook”). senses_examples: text: rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions senses_categories: senses_gloss...
19870
word: rival word_type: verb expansion: rival (third-person singular simple present rivals, present participle rivalling or rivaling, simple past and past participle rivalled or rivaled) forms: form: rivals tags: present singular third-person form: rivalling tags: participle pre...
19871
word: pleonasm word_type: noun expansion: pleonasm (countable and uncountable, plural pleonasms) forms: form: pleonasms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), ...
19872
word: WC word_type: noun expansion: WC (plural WCs) forms: form: WCs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the ...
19873
word: hot cross bun word_type: noun expansion: hot cross bun (plural hot cross buns) forms: form: hot cross buns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A bun, made with yeast and containing spices, currants and candied fruit, with a cross ...
19874
word: nerf word_type: verb expansion: nerf (third-person singular simple present nerfs, present participle nerfing, simple past and past participle nerfed) forms: form: nerfs tags: present singular third-person form: nerfing tags: participle present form: nerfed tags: ...
19875
word: nerf word_type: verb expansion: nerf (third-person singular simple present nerfs, present participle nerfing, simple past and past participle nerfed) forms: form: nerfs tags: present singular third-person form: nerfing tags: participle present form: nerfed tags: ...
19876
word: nerf word_type: noun expansion: nerf (plural nerfs) forms: form: nerfs tags: plural wikipedia: Nerf en:nerf (disambiguation) etymology_text: From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a cha...
19877
word: append word_type: verb expansion: append (third-person singular simple present appends, present participle appending, simple past and past participle appended) forms: form: appends tags: present singular third-person form: appending tags: participle present form: ap...
19878
word: append word_type: noun expansion: append (plural appends) forms: form: appends tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspen...
19879
word: irritable bowel syndrome word_type: noun expansion: irritable bowel syndrome (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A functional disorder causing the nerves and muscles of the large intestine to be oversensitive, leading to symptoms suc...
19880
word: appalling word_type: verb expansion: appalling forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of appall senses_topics:
19881
word: appalling word_type: adj expansion: appalling (comparative more appalling, superlative most appalling) forms: form: more appalling tags: comparative form: most appalling tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: That was an appalling waste of mon...
19882
word: key off word_type: verb expansion: key off (third-person singular simple present keys off, present participle keying off, simple past and past participle keyed off) forms: form: keys off tags: present singular third-person form: keying off tags: participle present form:...
19883
word: apparent word_type: adj expansion: apparent (comparative more apparent, superlative most apparent) forms: form: more apparent tags: comparative form: most apparent tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French apparent, Old French aparent, aparant, in ...
19884
word: bicephalous word_type: adj expansion: bicephalous (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From bi- + -cephalous. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having two heads. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences zoology
19885
word: discuss word_type: verb expansion: discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed) forms: form: discusses tags: present singular third-person form: discussing tags: participle present for...
19886
word: pole position word_type: noun expansion: pole position (countable and uncountable, plural pole positions) forms: form: pole positions tags: plural wikipedia: pole position etymology_text: See pole position § Origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia senses_examples: text: Smith once again enjoys t...
19887
word: new pence word_type: noun expansion: new pence forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of new penny senses_topics:
19888
word: apostolic word_type: adj expansion: apostolic forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”) (compare French apostolique). senses_examples: text: an apostolic mission type: example text: Amply shall I ...
19889
word: weltanschauung word_type: noun expansion: weltanschauung (plural weltanschauungs or weltanschauungen) forms: form: weltanschauungs tags: plural form: weltanschauungen tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from German Weltanschauung. senses_examples: text:...
19890
word: glass ceiling word_type: noun expansion: glass ceiling (plural glass ceilings) forms: form: glass ceilings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: A metaphor using ceiling to suggest a barrier to upward mobility, and glass to allude to the often unacknowledged or “invisible” nature of this ...
19891
word: apparel word_type: noun expansion: apparel (countable and uncountable, plural apparels) forms: form: apparels tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel. senses_examples: text: And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or ...
19892
word: apparel word_type: verb expansion: apparel (third-person singular simple present apparels, present participle appareling or apparelling, simple past and past participle appareled or apparelled) forms: form: apparels tags: present singular third-person form: appareling tags: p...
19893
word: phish word_type: verb expansion: phish (third-person singular simple present phishes, present participle phishing, simple past and past participle phished) forms: form: phishes tags: present singular third-person form: phishing tags: participle present form: phished...
19894
word: phish word_type: noun expansion: phish (plural phishes) forms: form: phishes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from phishing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A phishing attack. senses_topics:
19895
word: strap word_type: noun expansion: strap (countable and uncountable, plural straps) forms: form: straps tags: plural wikipedia: strap etymology_text: From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stropp, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong,...
19896
word: strap word_type: verb expansion: strap (third-person singular simple present straps, present participle strapping, simple past and past participle strapped) forms: form: straps tags: present singular third-person form: strapping tags: participle present form: strapp...
19897
word: Tanya word_type: name expansion: Tanya forms: wikipedia: Tanya (name) etymology_text: Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”). senses_examples: text: “Did Tanya... why, by the way, was she named Tanya? It's not a Southern name, i...
19898
word: Tanya word_type: name expansion: Tanya forms: wikipedia: Tanya etymology_text: From Hebrew תַּנְיָא (tanyā), the first word in the book, from Aramaic תַּנְיָא (tanyā, “it was taught [in a Baraita]”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: the main work of Chabad Hassidic philosophy, fo...
19899
word: jetsam word_type: noun expansion: jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams) forms: form: jetsams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison. senses_examples: text: There she was, floating amongst the j...