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word: fortnightly word_type: adv expansion: fortnightly (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From fortnight + -ly. senses_examples: text: That's where my column appears, in the Greenville Herald, fortnightly. ref: 1970, Lee Smith, "Between the Lines", as reprinted in, 2010, Mrs. Da...
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word: fortnightly word_type: noun expansion: fortnightly (plural fortnightlies) forms: form: fortnightlies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From fortnight + -ly. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks). senses_topics:
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word: adze word_type: noun expansion: adze (plural adzes) forms: form: adzes tags: plural wikipedia: adze etymology_text: From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs...
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word: adze word_type: verb expansion: adze (third-person singular simple present adzes, present participle adzing, simple past and past participle adzed) forms: form: adzes tags: present singular third-person form: adzing tags: participle present form: adzed tags: p...
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word: Caesarean section word_type: noun expansion: Caesarean section (countable and uncountable, plural Caesarean sections) forms: form: Caesarean sections tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Likely corruption of the Latin phrase a caesō mātris uterō (“[born] from a cut in the mother’s womb”)...
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word: rosemary word_type: noun expansion: rosemary (usually uncountable, plural rosemaries) forms: form: rosemaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From rose + Mary. From Middle English rosmary, rosemarye, alteration (based on rose + Mary) of earlier Middle English rosmarine, rosemaryn, p...
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word: panic word_type: adj expansion: panic (comparative more panic, superlative most panic) forms: form: more panic tags: comparative form: most panic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancien...
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word: panic word_type: noun expansion: panic (countable and uncountable, plural panics) forms: form: panics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Gree...
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word: panic word_type: verb expansion: panic (third-person singular simple present panics, present participle panicking, simple past and past participle panicked) forms: form: panics tags: present singular third-person form: panicking tags: participle present form: panick...
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word: panic word_type: noun expansion: panic (countable and uncountable, plural panics) forms: form: panics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Middle English panik, panyk (“plant of the genus Panicum”), borrowed from Latin pānicum, pānīcum (“foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setari...
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word: Caesarean word_type: adj expansion: Caesarean (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Caesarea + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to Caesarea. senses_topics:
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word: Caesarean word_type: noun expansion: Caesarean (plural Caesareans) forms: form: Caesareans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Caesarea + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An inhabitant/citizen of Caesarea. senses_topics:
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word: Caesarean word_type: adj expansion: Caesarean (comparative more Caesarean, superlative most Caesarean) forms: form: more Caesarean tags: comparative form: most Caesarean tags: superlative wikipedia: Caesarean_section#Etymology etymology_text: From Caesar + -ean, but see also Caes...
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word: Caesarean word_type: noun expansion: Caesarean (plural Caesareans) forms: form: Caesareans tags: plural wikipedia: Caesarean_section#Etymology etymology_text: Shortening of Caesarean section; see also Caesarean section § Etymology. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Ca...
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word: webmail word_type: noun expansion: webmail (usually uncountable, plural webmails) forms: form: webmails tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From web + mail. senses_examples: text: Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail are well-known webmail services. type: example text: I'm g...
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word: last but not least word_type: adv expansion: last but not least forms: form: last but not least often followed by a comma tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Rhetoric: A possible/common pattern to arrange a speech or essay suggests putting your strongest and thus most important argum...
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word: programme word_type: noun expansion: programme (plural programmes) forms: form: programmes tags: plural wikipedia: programme etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Our programme for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging. type: example text: The programme abo...
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word: programme word_type: verb expansion: programme (third-person singular simple present programmes, present participle programming, simple past and past participle programmed) forms: form: programmes tags: present singular third-person form: programming tags: participle pres...
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word: junction word_type: noun expansion: junction (plural junctions) forms: form: junctions tags: plural wikipedia: junction etymology_text: From Latin iūnctiō (“union, joining, uniting”), from iungō (“join, attach together”). Equivalent to join + -tion. senses_examples: text: In the mid-...
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word: junction word_type: verb expansion: junction (third-person singular simple present junctions, present participle junctioning, simple past and past participle junctioned) forms: form: junctions tags: present singular third-person form: junctioning tags: participle present ...
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word: correctly word_type: adv expansion: correctly (comparative more correctly, superlative most correctly) forms: form: more correctly tags: comparative form: most correctly tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From correct + -ly. senses_examples: text: Most people cou...
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word: chateau word_type: noun expansion: chateau (plural chateaus or chateaux) forms: form: chateaus tags: plural form: chateaux tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of château senses_topics:
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word: hatter word_type: noun expansion: hatter (plural hatters) forms: form: hatters tags: plural wikipedia: hatter etymology_text: From Middle English hatter; equivalent to hat + -er. senses_examples: text: Lonely hut where drought’s eternal, suffocating atmosphere Where the God-forgotten ...
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word: hatter word_type: verb expansion: hatter (third-person singular simple present hatters, present participle hattering, simple past and past participle hattered) forms: form: hatters tags: present singular third-person form: hattering tags: participle present form: ha...
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word: teaspoon word_type: noun expansion: teaspoon (plural teaspoons) forms: form: teaspoons tags: plural wikipedia: teaspoon etymology_text: From tea + spoon. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass. A unit of measure, ...
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word: teaspoon word_type: verb expansion: teaspoon (third-person singular simple present teaspoons, present participle teaspooning, simple past and past participle teaspooned) forms: form: teaspoons tags: present singular third-person form: teaspooning tags: participle present ...
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word: finite word_type: adj expansion: finite (comparative more finite, superlative most finite) forms: form: more finite tags: comparative form: most finite tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, pe...
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word: finite word_type: noun expansion: finite (plural finites) forms: form: finites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The ...
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word: Tigris word_type: name expansion: the Tigris forms: form: the Tigris tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^(ÍD)Idiqlat), from S...
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word: iced cream word_type: noun expansion: iced cream (countable and uncountable, plural iced creams) forms: form: iced creams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Dated form of ice cream. senses_topics:
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word: ambidexterity word_type: noun expansion: ambidexterity (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Dating from the 17th century C.E.; ambidexter + -ity, from Medieval Latin adjective ambidexter (“utilising both hands normally”), from Latin ambi- + dexter (“right, handy, opportune”). senses_example...
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word: atomic word_type: adj expansion: atomic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: en:Atomic commit etymology_text: From atom + -ic. senses_examples: text: A stream of atomic hydrogen is emitted. type: example text: atomic energy; atomic bombs type: example text: Some nutjob once ...
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word: atomic word_type: noun expansion: atomic (plural atomics) forms: form: atomics tags: plural wikipedia: en:Atomic commit etymology_text: From atom + -ic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An atomic operation. senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics natur...
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word: racism word_type: noun expansion: racism (usually uncountable, plural racisms) forms: form: racisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French racisme. See race, -ism for more. senses_examples: text: It is altogether inaccurate to suggest that Europe is being indoctrinated wi...
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word: politically word_type: adv expansion: politically (comparative more politically, superlative most politically) forms: form: more politically tags: comparative form: most politically tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From political + -ly. senses_examples: text: t...
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word: dactylography word_type: noun expansion: dactylography (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From dactylo- + -graphy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify people. The study of finger rings. senses_topics:
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word: ecto- word_type: prefix expansion: ecto- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektós, “outside”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: outside ghost related (from ectoplasm) senses_topics:
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word: queue word_type: noun expansion: queue (plural queues) forms: form: queues tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle Fren...
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word: queue word_type: verb expansion: queue (third-person singular simple present queues, present participle queueing or queuing, simple past and past participle queued) forms: form: queues tags: present singular third-person form: queueing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: big toe word_type: noun expansion: big toe (plural big toes) forms: form: big toes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: big + toe senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The largest toe (usually) on each human foot (i.e. the toe closest to the other foot when the feet are...
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word: shah word_type: noun expansion: shah (plural shahs) forms: form: shahs tags: plural wikipedia: shah etymology_text: From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess. senses_examples: text: We had a cordi...
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word: shah word_type: noun expansion: shah (plural shahs or shahy or shahiv) forms: form: shahs tags: plural form: shahy tags: plural form: shahiv tags: plural wikipedia: Ukrainian shah etymology_text: From Ukrainian шаг (šah). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_g...
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word: possessive adjective word_type: noun expansion: possessive adjective (plural possessive adjectives) forms: form: possessive adjectives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: "My", "its" and "his" are possessive adjectives. type: example senses_categories...
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word: Cali word_type: name expansion: Cali forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of California. Compare Vietnamese Ca Li. senses_examples: text: We drove to Cali / And got drunk on the beach ref: 2010, “Teenage Dream”, performed by Katy Perry type: quotation text: "Why do I have...
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word: Cali word_type: name expansion: Cali forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish Cali, from Calima. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A city in western Colombia, southwest of Bogotá. A river in Colombia which flows by the city. senses_topics:
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word: Cali word_type: name expansion: Cali forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Archaic form of Kali (“Hindu goddess”). senses_topics:
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word: move word_type: verb expansion: move (third-person singular simple present moves, present participle moving, simple past and past participle moved) forms: form: moves tags: present singular third-person form: moving tags: participle present form: moved tags: p...
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word: move word_type: noun expansion: move (plural moves) forms: form: moves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French m...
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word: equi- word_type: prefix expansion: equi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From equ- + -i-, by anaptyxis, to ease pronunciation, especially between consonants. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Equal. senses_topics:
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word: Socrates word_type: name expansion: Socrates forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs). Doublet of Sokratis. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use, known after a Greek philosopher. senses_top...
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word: pornographically word_type: adv expansion: pornographically (comparative more pornographically, superlative most pornographically) forms: form: more pornographically tags: comparative form: most pornographically tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From pornographic + -a...
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word: oaken word_type: adj expansion: oaken (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”),...
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word: constellation word_type: noun expansion: constellation (plural constellations) forms: form: constellations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *ḱóm From Middle English constellacioun, constillacioun (“(astrology) position of the moon or a planet in relation to the ascendant si...
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word: fluor- word_type: prefix expansion: fluor- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of fluoro- used before a vowel. senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences
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word: dachshund word_type: noun expansion: dachshund (plural dachshunds or dachshunde) forms: form: dachshunds tags: plural form: dachshunde tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”). senses_examples: text: We h...
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word: gastr- word_type: prefix expansion: gastr- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: gastrectomy type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of gastro-. senses_topics:
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word: plenoptic word_type: adj expansion: plenoptic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined circa 1991, Latin plenus (“full”) + optic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to all the light, travelling in every direction, in a given space. senses_topics: ...
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word: treasure trove word_type: noun expansion: treasure trove (countable and uncountable, plural treasure troves or treasures trove) forms: form: treasure troves tags: plural form: treasures trove tags: plural wikipedia: treasure trove etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman tresor trové (“...
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word: apprehend word_type: verb expansion: apprehend (third-person singular simple present apprehends, present participle apprehending, simple past and past participle apprehended) forms: form: apprehends tags: present singular third-person form: apprehending tags: participle p...
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word: apprehension word_type: noun expansion: apprehension (countable and uncountable, plural apprehensions) forms: form: apprehensions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend. senses_examples: text...
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word: syllogism word_type: noun expansion: syllogism (plural syllogisms) forms: form: syllogisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French silogisme (“syllogism”), from Latin syllogismus, from Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”). Doublet of syllogismus. ...
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word: use word_type: noun expansion: use (countable and uncountable, plural uses) forms: form: uses tags: plural wikipedia: use etymology_text: Noun from Middle English use, from Old French us, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from past participle stem of ūtor (“use”). Displaced nati...
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word: use word_type: verb expansion: use (third-person singular simple present uses, present participle using, simple past and past participle used) forms: form: uses tags: present singular third-person form: using tags: participle present form: used tags: participl...
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word: radically word_type: adv expansion: radically (comparative more radically, superlative most radically) forms: form: more radically tags: comparative form: most radically tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From radical + -ly or radix (“root”) + -ally. senses_examples: ...
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word: approaching word_type: adj expansion: approaching (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: the approaching armies senses_categories: senses_glosses: That approaches or approach. senses_topics:
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word: approaching word_type: adv expansion: approaching (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The evacuation of approaching 200,000 people, along with reports of high radiation levels, of burning spent fuel, and apocalyptic footage of plumes of debris erupting from...
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word: approaching word_type: verb expansion: approaching forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The army was approaching from the north. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of approach senses_topics:
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word: approaching word_type: noun expansion: approaching (plural approachings) forms: form: approachings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings...
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word: nap word_type: noun expansion: nap (plural naps) forms: form: naps tags: plural wikipedia: nap etymology_text: From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (...
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word: nap word_type: verb expansion: nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped) forms: form: naps tags: present singular third-person form: napping tags: participle present form: napped tags: p...
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word: nap word_type: noun expansion: nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps) forms: form: naps tags: plural wikipedia: nap etymology_text: From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”...
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word: nap word_type: verb expansion: nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped) forms: form: naps tags: present singular third-person form: napping tags: participle present form: napped tags: p...
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word: nap word_type: noun expansion: nap (countable and uncountable, plural naps) forms: form: naps tags: plural wikipedia: nap etymology_text: From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France. senses_examples: text: 4. Races run on English, Welsh or Scottish racecourses. This criter...
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word: nap word_type: verb expansion: nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped) forms: form: naps tags: present singular third-person form: napping tags: participle present form: napped tags: p...
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word: nap word_type: verb expansion: nap (third-person singular simple present naps, present participle napping, simple past and past participle napped) forms: form: naps tags: present singular third-person form: napping tags: participle present form: napped tags: p...
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word: nap word_type: noun expansion: nap (plural naps) forms: form: naps tags: plural wikipedia: nap etymology_text: From Middle English nap (“a bowl”), from Old English hnæpp (“a cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“a cup, bowl”). Cognate with Dutch nap (“d...
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word: fluoro- word_type: prefix expansion: fluoro- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: containing fluorine fluorescent senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences
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word: -gamous word_type: suffix expansion: -gamous forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “union, marriage”), equivalent to -gamy + -ous. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having the specified number or form of marriage. Having the specified form of repr...
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word: eur- word_type: prefix expansion: eur- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Eurasian senses_categories: senses_glosses: Form of Euro- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: submarine word_type: adj expansion: submarine (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From sub- + marine. senses_examples: text: […] a Chorus of Sea-nymphs, who[…] arrive, in a winged car, from the submarine palace of their father Oceanus. ref: 1908, Edmund Doidge Anderson Morsh...
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word: submarine word_type: noun expansion: submarine (plural submarines) forms: form: submarines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From sub- + marine. senses_examples: text: Me: *staring out window* looks like rain Submarine captain: what Me: but like more ref: 2020 January 23, ...
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word: submarine word_type: verb expansion: submarine (third-person singular simple present submarines, present participle submarining, simple past and past participle submarined) forms: form: submarines tags: present singular third-person form: submarining tags: participle pres...
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word: château word_type: noun expansion: château (plural châteaus or châteaux) forms: form: châteaus tags: plural form: châteaux tags: plural wikipedia: château etymology_text: Originated 1730–40. Unadapted borrowing from French château, from Old French chastel, from Latin castellum. D...
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word: 'til word_type: conj expansion: 'til forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a reinterpretation of till as an aphetic form of until. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of till; until. senses_topics:
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word: 'til word_type: prep expansion: 'til forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From a reinterpretation of till as an aphetic form of until. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of till; until. senses_topics:
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word: shakuhachi word_type: noun expansion: shakuhachi (plural shakuhachis) forms: form: shakuhachis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese 尺八 (しゃくはち, shakuhachi), from 尺 (t͡ɕʰiᴇk̚, an archaic measure of length approximately equal to 30 centimeters) + 八 (pˠɛt̚, “eight”), c...
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word: author word_type: noun expansion: author (plural authors) forms: form: authors tags: plural wikipedia: author (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English auctour, from Anglo-Norman autour, from Old French autor, from Latin auctor, from augeō (“to increase, originate”). The h, also f...
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word: author word_type: verb expansion: author (third-person singular simple present authors, present participle authoring, simple past and past participle authored) forms: form: authors tags: present singular third-person form: authoring tags: participle present form: au...
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word: ethno- word_type: prefix expansion: ethno- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company, later a people, nation”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: race; ethnicity (in the sense of classification of human beings). senses_topics:
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word: genito- word_type: prefix expansion: genito- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Relating to the genitals. senses_topics:
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word: George word_type: noun expansion: George forms: wikipedia: George George Pullman etymology_text: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgios), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- ...
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word: George word_type: name expansion: George (plural Georges) forms: form: Georges tags: plural wikipedia: George George Pullman etymology_text: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgios), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, eart...
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word: George word_type: noun expansion: George (plural Georges) forms: form: Georges tags: plural wikipedia: George George Pullman etymology_text: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgios), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, eart...
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word: combine word_type: verb expansion: combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined) forms: form: combines tags: present singular third-person form: combining tags: participle present form: ...
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word: combine word_type: noun expansion: combine (plural combines) forms: form: combines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre, present active infinitive of combīnō (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + b...
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word: flash mob word_type: noun expansion: flash mob (plural flash mobs) forms: form: flash mobs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story about cheap teleportation in the future. senses_examples: text: Call...
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word: -gamy word_type: suffix expansion: -gamy forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage. Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction. s...
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word: Atkins word_type: name expansion: Atkins (countable and uncountable, plural Atkinses) forms: form: Atkinses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Atkin + -s. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname transferred from the given name meaning "son...
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word: Atkins word_type: name expansion: Atkins forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Atkin + -s. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of Atkin senses_topics:
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word: maj word_type: noun expansion: maj (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of maj. senses_topics: