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word: poly word_type: noun expansion: poly forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A whitish woolly plant (Teucrium polium) of the family Labiatae, found throughout the Mediterranean. senses_to...
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word: random number word_type: noun expansion: random number (plural random numbers) forms: form: random numbers tags: plural wikipedia: random number etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 1975, Gregory Chaitin, "Randomness and Mathematical Proof", Scientific American, (232), May 1975, p...
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word: anti- word_type: prefix expansion: anti- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Doublet of and- and ante-. senses_examples: text: anti- + abortion → antiabortion type: example text: anti- + racism → antiracism type: example text: an...
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word: crotchet word_type: noun expansion: crotchet (plural crotchets) forms: form: crotchets tags: plural wikipedia: crotchet etymology_text: From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note wa...
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word: crotchet word_type: verb expansion: crotchet (third-person singular simple present crotchets, present participle crotcheting, simple past and past participle crotcheted) forms: form: crotchets tags: present singular third-person form: crotcheting tags: participle present ...
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word: -logist word_type: suffix expansion: -logist forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From -logy (“study of”) + -ist (“(agent)”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy. senses_topics:
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word: -gon word_type: suffix expansion: -gon forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”). senses_examples: text: A pentagon has five sides. text: a 17-gon senses_categories: senses_glosses: Forms the names of pla...
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word: get knotted word_type: intj expansion: get knotted forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: You want me to go to the party with you? Get knotted! type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A mildly offensive expression of refusal. senses_topics:
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word: -phobe word_type: suffix expansion: -phobe forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Attic Greek -φόβος (-phóbos), combining form of φόβος (phóbos), ablaut variant of φέβεσθαι (phébesthai), middle infinitive of φέβομαι (phébomai), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ. C...
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word: cor- word_type: prefix expansion: cor- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the Latin cor-, the prerhotic form of con-. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: prerhotic form of con- senses_topics:
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word: drunkenness word_type: noun expansion: drunkenness (usually uncountable, plural drunkennesses) forms: form: drunkennesses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From drunken + -ness. senses_examples: text: But presently the fumes of the wine rising to his head, he became helplessly d...
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word: plenty word_type: noun expansion: plenty (countable and uncountable, plural plenties) forms: form: plenties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (...
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word: plenty word_type: pron expansion: plenty forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“fu...
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word: plenty word_type: adv expansion: plenty (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-Europea...
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word: plenty word_type: det expansion: plenty forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“ful...
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word: plenty word_type: adj expansion: plenty (comparative more plenty, superlative most plenty) forms: form: more plenty tags: comparative form: most plenty tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old F...
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word: -ology word_type: suffix expansion: -ology forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From -o- (interconsonantal vowel) + -logy. senses_examples: text: Qell, he knows all about mineralogy, and geology, and astrology, and every thing a'most, except what he ought to know, and that is dollar-ology. ref: ...
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word: dwell upon word_type: verb expansion: dwell upon (third-person singular simple present dwells upon, present participle dwelling upon, simple past dwelt upon or dwelled upon, past participle dwelt upon) forms: form: dwells upon tags: present singular third-person form: dwelling upon...
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word: whatchamacallit word_type: noun expansion: whatchamacallit (plural whatchamacallits) forms: form: whatchamacallits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of what-you-may-call-it. United States, 20th century (recorded in 1921). senses_examples: text: The Thingamajig and the W...
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word: miracle word_type: noun expansion: miracle (plural miracles) forms: form: miracles tags: plural wikipedia: miracle etymology_text: From Middle English miracle, from Old French miracle, from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Prot...
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word: miracle word_type: verb expansion: miracle (third-person singular simple present miracles, present participle miracling, simple past and past participle miracled) forms: form: miracles tags: present singular third-person form: miracling tags: participle present form: ...
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word: multi- word_type: prefix expansion: multi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin multī, from multus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: More than one; pertaining to more than one thing. Many; pertaining to many things. senses_topics:
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word: bar chart word_type: noun expansion: bar chart (plural bar charts) forms: form: bar charts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A graph in the form of boxes of different heights, with each box representing a different value or cate...
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word: roe word_type: noun expansion: roe (countable and uncountable, plural roes) forms: form: roes tags: plural wikipedia: roe etymology_text: From Middle English rowe, rowne, roun, rawne, from Old English *hrogn (“spawn, fish eggs, roe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, *hrugną (“spawn, roe”), fro...
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word: roe word_type: noun expansion: roe (plural roe or roes) forms: form: roe tags: plural form: roes tags: plural wikipedia: Roe Deer etymology_text: From Middle English ro, roa, from Old English rā, rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą, from *róy...
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word: apportion word_type: verb expansion: apportion (third-person singular simple present apportions, present participle apportioning, simple past and past participle apportioned) forms: form: apportions tags: present singular third-person form: apportioning tags: participle p...
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word: col- word_type: prefix expansion: col- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of co- / con- (before l). senses_topics:
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word: col- word_type: prefix expansion: col- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of colo- (before a vowel). senses_topics:
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word: -eth word_type: suffix expansion: -eth forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -eth, -th, -ith, from Old English -eþ, -aþ, -þ, from Proto-Germanic *-þi, *-di, from Proto-Indo-European *-ti. senses_examples: text: Pride goeth before a fall... The good Lord giveth and the good Lord t...
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word: -eth word_type: suffix expansion: -eth forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -th, -eth, -the, -ethe, from Old English -þa, -þe, -oþa, from Proto-Germanic *-þô, *-tô, *-udô, *-dô, from Proto-Indo-European *-tós. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: used to create ordi...
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word: excessive number word_type: noun expansion: excessive number (plural excessive numbers) forms: form: excessive numbers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An abundant number. senses_topics: mathematics number-theory sciences
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word: defective number word_type: noun expansion: defective number (plural defective numbers) forms: form: defective numbers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A deficient number. senses_topics: mathematics number-theory sciences
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word: fall pregnant word_type: verb expansion: fall pregnant (third-person singular simple present falls pregnant, present participle falling pregnant, simple past fell pregnant, past participle fallen pregnant) forms: form: falls pregnant tags: present singular third-person form: fallin...
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word: muscle word_type: noun expansion: muscle (countable and uncountable, plural muscles) forms: form: muscles tags: plural wikipedia: muscle etymology_text: From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mo...
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word: muscle word_type: verb expansion: muscle (third-person singular simple present muscles, present participle muscling, simple past and past participle muscled) forms: form: muscles tags: present singular third-person form: muscling tags: participle present form: muscl...
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word: cucumber word_type: noun expansion: cucumber (plural cucumbers) forms: form: cucumbers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English cucumer, cucumber, from Old French cocombre, ultimately from Latin cucumis, cucumerem (possibly through an Old Occitan intermediate). Probably o...
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word: deficient number word_type: noun expansion: deficient number (plural deficient numbers) forms: form: deficient numbers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The factors of 22 are 1, 2 and 11 and 22, and 1 + 2 + 11 = 14, which is less than 22, so 22 is a defic...
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word: lone word_type: adj expansion: lone (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortened from alone. senses_examples: text: a lone traveler or watcher type: example text: When I have on those pathless wilds appeared, / And the lone wanderer with my presence cheered. ref: ...
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word: sai word_type: noun expansion: sai (plural sai) forms: form: sai tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Japanese 釵 (sai). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts. senses_topics:
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word: sai word_type: noun expansion: sai forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A sajou; a capuchin (monkey). senses_topics:
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word: sai word_type: noun expansion: sai (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Hokkien 屎 (sái, “excrement; poop”). senses_examples: text: […]the employer of the unfortunate maid that was forced to makan sai are indonesians. ref: 1998 February 10, Thye Hoon Lin, “SM Lee wa...
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word: fiat word_type: noun expansion: fiat (countable and uncountable, plural fiats) forms: form: fiats tags: plural wikipedia: Fiat (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Latin fīat (“let it be done”). senses_examples: text: A royal fiat. type: example text: A presidential fiat. ...
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word: fiat word_type: verb expansion: fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated) forms: form: fiats tags: present singular third-person form: fiating tags: participle present form: fiated tags: ...
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word: uppercase word_type: adj expansion: uppercase (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From upper + case. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Written in upper case; capital. senses_topics:
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word: uppercase word_type: noun expansion: uppercase forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From upper + case. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of upper case senses_topics:
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word: uppercase word_type: verb expansion: uppercase (third-person singular simple present uppercases, present participle uppercasing, simple past and past participle uppercased) forms: form: uppercases tags: present singular third-person form: uppercasing tags: participle pres...
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word: counter- word_type: prefix expansion: counter- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English counter-, cownter-, countre-, from Anglo-Norman countre-, from Old French contre, ultimately from Latin contra (“against”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In opposition to. sen...
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word: Malay word_type: adj expansion: Malay (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Malay etymology_text: Recorded in English since 1598; from Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (136...
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word: Malay word_type: noun expansion: Malay (countable and uncountable, plural Malays) forms: form: Malays tags: plural wikipedia: Malay etymology_text: Recorded in English since 1598; from Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese M...
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word: Malay word_type: name expansion: Malay forms: wikipedia: Malay etymology_text: Recorded in English since 1598; from Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) dynastie...
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word: cliff word_type: noun expansion: cliff (plural cliffs) forms: form: cliffs tags: plural wikipedia: cliff etymology_text: From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klibą. senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: bluff senses_categories: senses_glosses: A ...
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word: cliff word_type: noun expansion: cliff (plural cliffs) forms: form: cliffs tags: plural wikipedia: cliff etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Suppose a Person hath learnt to sing in the Treble Cliff only, and would sing Notes prick'd in the Tenor Cliff on the middle tine with F# […]...
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word: you can't get a quart into a pint pot word_type: proverb expansion: you can't get a quart into a pint pot forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: They've asked me to get from London to New York by five o'clock, but it's half past four now, and you can't get a quart into a pint...
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word: ng word_type: noun expansion: ng forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of newsgroup; also NG. senses_topics:
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word: lowercase word_type: noun expansion: lowercase (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to make its syntactical function clearer/simpler, it is written as a single word or ...
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word: lowercase word_type: adj expansion: lowercase (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the noun phrase lower case, which itself consists of an adjective modifying a noun; when used as a noun adjunct then, to make its syntactical function clearer/simpler, it is written as a single word o...
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word: lowercase word_type: verb expansion: lowercase (third-person singular simple present lowercases, present participle lowercasing, simple past and past participle lowercased) forms: form: lowercases tags: present singular third-person form: lowercasing tags: participle pres...
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word: glider word_type: noun expansion: glider (plural gliders) forms: form: gliders tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er. senses_examples: text: The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surfac...
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word: penta- word_type: prefix expansion: penta- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *pénkʷe Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte, “five”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج, Northern Kurdish pênc, Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñca...
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word: dass word_type: verb expansion: dass (third-person singular simple present dasses, present participle dassing, simple past and past participle dassed) forms: form: dasses tags: present singular third-person form: dassing tags: participle present form: dassed tags:...
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word: tee word_type: noun expansion: tee (plural tees) forms: form: tees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: * From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin te (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions. senses...
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word: tee word_type: verb expansion: tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed) forms: form: tees tags: present singular third-person form: teeing tags: participle present form: teed tags: partici...
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word: tee word_type: noun expansion: tee (plural tees) forms: form: tees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the 17th century as teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural. senses_examples: text: Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the...
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word: tee word_type: verb expansion: tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed) forms: form: tees tags: present singular third-person form: teeing tags: participle present form: teed tags: partici...
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word: tee word_type: noun expansion: tee (plural tees) forms: form: tees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries. senses_topics:
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word: andro- word_type: prefix expansion: andro- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr). senses_examples: text: android type: example text: androgyny type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: human man, male senses_t...
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word: kidney stone word_type: noun expansion: kidney stone (plural kidney stones) forms: form: kidney stones tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A calculus in the kidney. senses_topics: medicine sciences
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word: capacitor word_type: noun expansion: capacitor (plural capacitors) forms: form: capacitors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From capacity + -or. Capacitor replaced the term condenser (coined by Alessandro Volta in 1782) to disambiguate it from steam condenser. The coiner is unknown b...
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word: third person word_type: noun expansion: third person (countable and uncountable, plural third persons) forms: form: third persons tags: plural wikipedia: third person etymology_text: senses_examples: text: In English, the third person consists of pronouns such as he, she, it, and they...
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word: imperial word_type: adj expansion: imperial (comparative more imperial, superlative most imperial) forms: form: more imperial tags: comparative form: most imperial tags: superlative wikipedia: imperial etymology_text: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from L...
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word: imperial word_type: noun expansion: imperial (countable and uncountable, plural imperials) forms: form: imperials tags: plural wikipedia: imperial etymology_text: From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperi...
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word: perfect number word_type: noun expansion: perfect number (plural perfect numbers) forms: form: perfect numbers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Calque of Latin numerus perfectus, with this use of perfectus itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek τέλειος (téleios). senses_examples: ...
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word: you-know-who word_type: pron expansion: you-know-who forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From you + know + who. senses_examples: text: And 'St—'st—'st and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who / The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you. ref: 1885, “The Mikado”, W. S. Gilber...
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word: teapot word_type: noun expansion: teapot (plural teapots) forms: form: teapots tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From tea + pot. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A vessel for brewing and serving tea. senses_topics:
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word: Holy Grail word_type: name expansion: the Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails) forms: form: the Holy Grail tags: canonical form: Holy Grails tags: plural wikipedia: Holy Grail etymology_text: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally di...
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word: Holy Grail word_type: noun expansion: Holy Grail (plural Holy Grails) forms: form: Holy Grails tags: plural wikipedia: Holy Grail etymology_text: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. senses_...
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word: millibar word_type: noun expansion: millibar (plural millibars) forms: form: millibars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From milli- + bar. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100 pascals, used primarily to report atmospheric pres...
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word: meme word_type: noun expansion: meme (plural memes) forms: form: memes tags: plural wikipedia: Mike Godwin The Selfish Gene etymology_text: Shortened from mimeme, equivalent to mime + -eme. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Shortened (after g...
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word: meme word_type: verb expansion: meme (third-person singular simple present memes, present participle meming or memeing, simple past and past participle memed) forms: form: memes tags: present singular third-person form: meming tags: participle present form: memeing ...
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word: meme word_type: noun expansion: meme (plural memes) forms: form: memes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French mémé (“granny”). senses_examples: text: When my parents got a divorce my dad washed his hands of my mom and me. He just pretended neither she nor I existed. If it...
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word: contra- word_type: prefix expansion: contra- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin contra (“against”). Doublet of counter-. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: against; in opposition to senses_topics:
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word: ish word_type: verb expansion: ish forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From is. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pronunciation spelling of is. senses_topics:
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word: ish word_type: adv expansion: ish (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from -ish. senses_examples: text: The exam went well... mostly... ish. type: example text: "Was the film any good?" – "Ish." type: example text: This is where I started. Do...
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word: ish word_type: noun expansion: ish (plural ishes) forms: form: ishes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish. senses_examples...
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word: ish word_type: noun expansion: ish (plural ishes) forms: form: ishes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Phonetic spelling of the clipping of issue. senses_examples: text: "A LITTLE UNPLEASANTNESS" DEPT: Fantasy Digest says in it's latest ish: Quote: Some unpleasantness was caused...
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word: ish word_type: intj expansion: ish (comparative more ish, superlative most ish) forms: form: more ish tags: comparative form: most ish tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ick, yuck senses_topics:
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word: ish word_type: noun expansion: ish (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From earlier isht, a minced oath metathetic alteration of shit. senses_examples: text: Anyone, really, but seriously, you'd think that people whose very passion depends on their lungs would want to cut that ish ou...
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word: confused word_type: verb expansion: confused forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of confuse senses_topics:
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word: confused word_type: adj expansion: confused (comparative more confused, superlative most confused) forms: form: more confused tags: comparative form: most confused tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: unabl...
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word: Danube word_type: name expansion: Danube forms: wikipedia: Danube (disambiguation) etymology_text: Attested since at least 1598 (also note Middle English Danby (“Danube”) att. in 15th c. Mandeville's Travels). Borrowed from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube, from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-C...
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word: com- word_type: prefix expansion: com- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin com (“with”), an archaic form of cum (“with”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The form of con- used before b, m, and p senses_topics:
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word: cyber- word_type: prefix expansion: cyber- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From cybernetic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Relating to the Internet or cyberspace, or to computers more generally. senses_topics:
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word: first person word_type: noun expansion: first person (countable and uncountable, plural first persons) forms: form: first persons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Calque of Latin prīma persōna, itself a calque of Ancient Greek πρῶτον πρόσωπον (prôton prósōpon). senses_examples: tex...
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word: anus word_type: noun expansion: anus (plural anuses or ani) forms: form: anuses tags: plural form: ani tags: plural wikipedia: anus human anus etymology_text: First attested in 1658, borrowed from Middle French anus or its etymon Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-Europ...
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word: roof word_type: noun expansion: roof (plural roofs or rooves) forms: form: roofs tags: plural form: rooves tags: plural wikipedia: roof etymology_text: From Middle English rof, from Old English hrōf (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”)....
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word: roof word_type: verb expansion: roof (third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed) forms: form: roofs tags: present singular third-person form: roofing tags: participle present form: roofed tags: ...
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word: eg word_type: adv expansion: eg (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of e.g. senses_topics:
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word: semi- word_type: prefix expansion: semi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin semi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi/*sēmi-. Cognate to English sam, and to hemi- (via Ancient Greek). senses_examples: text: Nothing like a nice hot ethnic dish before you go to see that s...
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word: appoint word_type: verb expansion: appoint (third-person singular simple present appoints, present participle appointing, simple past and past participle appointed) forms: form: appoints tags: present singular third-person form: appointing tags: participle present form:...
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word: jolly word_type: adj expansion: jolly (comparative jollier, superlative jolliest) forms: form: jollier tags: comparative form: jolliest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”)...