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20500 | 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... |
20501 | 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... |
20502 | 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... |
20503 | 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... |
20504 | 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
... |
20505 | 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:
|
20506 | 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... |
20507 | 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:
|
20508 | 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... |
20509 | 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:
|
20510 | 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... |
20511 | 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 (... |
20512 | 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... |
20513 | 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... |
20514 | 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... |
20515 | 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... |
20516 | 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:
... |
20517 | 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... |
20518 | 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... |
20519 | 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... |
20520 | 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:
... |
20521 | 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:
|
20522 | 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... |
20523 | 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... |
20524 | 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... |
20525 | 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... |
20526 | 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:
|
20527 | 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:
|
20528 | 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... |
20529 | 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... |
20530 | 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 |
20531 | 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 |
20532 | 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... |
20533 | 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... |
20534 | 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... |
20535 | 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... |
20536 | 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... |
20537 | 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:
... |
20538 | 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:
|
20539 | 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:
|
20540 | 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... |
20541 | 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.
... |
20542 | 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:
... |
20543 | 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:
|
20544 | 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:
|
20545 | 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... |
20546 | 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... |
20547 | 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... |
20548 | 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... |
20549 | 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... |
20550 | 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 ... |
20551 | 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# […]... |
20552 | 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... |
20553 | word:
ng
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ng
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of newsgroup; also NG.
senses_topics:
|
20554 | 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 ... |
20555 | 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... |
20556 | 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... |
20557 | 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... |
20558 | 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... |
20559 | 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:... |
20560 | 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... |
20561 | 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... |
20562 | 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... |
20563 | 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... |
20564 | 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:
|
20565 | 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... |
20566 | 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 |
20567 | 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... |
20568 | 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... |
20569 | 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... |
20570 | 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... |
20571 | 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:
... |
20572 | 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... |
20573 | 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:
|
20574 | 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... |
20575 | 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_... |
20576 | 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... |
20577 | 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... |
20578 | 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
... |
20579 | 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... |
20580 | 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:
|
20581 | 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:
|
20582 | 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... |
20583 | 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... |
20584 | 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... |
20585 | 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:
|
20586 | 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... |
20587 | 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:
|
20588 | 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... |
20589 | 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... |
20590 | 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:
|
20591 | 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:
|
20592 | 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... |
20593 | 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... |
20594 | 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”).... |
20595 | 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:
... |
20596 | 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:
|
20597 | 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... |
20598 | 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:... |
20599 | 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”)... |
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