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21300 | word:
composing
word_type:
verb
expansion:
composing
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of compose
senses_topics:
|
21301 | word:
composing
word_type:
adj
expansion:
composing (comparative more composing, superlative most composing)
forms:
form:
more composing
tags:
comparative
form:
most composing
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Conduci... |
21302 | word:
Schatz
word_type:
name
expansion:
Schatz (plural Schatzes)
forms:
form:
Schatzes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
* As a German and Jewish surname, from Schatz (“treasure”).
* Also as a Jewish surname, from an acronym derived from Hebrew שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr), "congregation's ... |
21303 | word:
forehead
word_type:
noun
expansion:
forehead (countable and uncountable, plural foreheads)
forms:
form:
foreheads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
forehead
etymology_text:
From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + ... |
21304 | word:
moist
word_type:
adj
expansion:
moist (comparative moister or more moist, superlative moistest or most moist)
forms:
form:
moister
tags:
comparative
form:
more moist
tags:
comparative
form:
moistest
tags:
superlative
form:
most moist
tags:
superlative
wikipedi... |
21305 | word:
moist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
moist (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The adjective is derived from Middle English moist, moiste (“damp, humid, moist, wet; well-irrigated, well-watered; made up of water or other fluids, fluid; of ale: fresh; (figuratively) carnal, lascivious; undiscip... |
21306 | word:
moist
word_type:
verb
expansion:
moist (third-person singular simple present moists, present participle moisting, simple past and past participle moisted)
forms:
form:
moists
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
moisting
tags:
participle
present
form:
moisted
... |
21307 | word:
debris
word_type:
noun
expansion:
debris (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French débris, itself from dé- (“de-”) + bris (“broken, crumbled”), or from Middle French debriser (“to break apart”), from Old French debrisier, itself from de- + brisier (“to break apart, shatter, ... |
21308 | word:
racist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
racist (plural racists)
forms:
form:
racists
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892).
Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist.
senses_examples:
... |
21309 | word:
racist
word_type:
adj
expansion:
racist (comparative more racist, superlative most racist)
forms:
form:
more racist
tags:
comparative
form:
most racist
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French racis... |
21310 | word:
schism
word_type:
noun
expansion:
schism (plural schisms)
forms:
form:
schisms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:schism
etymology_text:
From Middle English scisme, from Old French cisme or scisme, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”). Doublet of schisma.
T... |
21311 | word:
necrophilia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)
forms:
form:
necrophilias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
necrophilia
etymology_text:
From necro- + -philia.
From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία ... |
21312 | word:
wanna
word_type:
contraction
expansion:
wanna
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Contractions. Attested as early as 1824.
senses_examples:
text:
I wanna go home!
type:
example
text:
'Pair of shoes for you at last.' I picked one up. It was weathered, with a split heel and no laces. 'To... |
21313 | word:
und
word_type:
noun
expansion:
und (plural unds)
forms:
form:
unds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”). Doublet of water, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
21314 | word:
fletcher
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fletcher (plural fletchers)
forms:
form:
fletchers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English fleccher, from Old French flechier; equivalent to fletch + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
In order that distant countries should be... |
21315 | word:
runner
word_type:
noun
expansion:
runner (plural runners)
forms:
form:
runners
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
runner
etymology_text:
From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Displaced earlier Middle English runel (“r... |
21316 | word:
determiner
word_type:
noun
expansion:
determiner (plural determiners)
forms:
form:
determiners
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From determine + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
Definite articles and indefinite articles are types of determiners.
type:
example
text:
In q... |
21317 | word:
librarian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
librarian (plural librarians)
forms:
form:
librarians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
librarian
etymology_text:
From library + -an. First attested around 1710.
senses_examples:
text:
The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library... |
21318 | word:
punctuation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
punctuation (countable and uncountable, plural punctuations)
forms:
form:
punctuations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
punctuation
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark wi... |
21319 | word:
helluva
word_type:
adj
expansion:
helluva (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Written form of a reduction (relaxed pronunciation) of hell of a.
senses_examples:
text:
They had a helluva row over where to spend the weekend.
type:
example
text:
Where were you? - Lost in ... |
21320 | word:
helluva
word_type:
adv
expansion:
helluva (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Written form of a reduction (relaxed pronunciation) of hell of a.
senses_examples:
text:
We had a helluva good time at the party.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
; (expletive) (... |
21321 | word:
reincarnation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)
forms:
form:
reincarnations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From reincarnate + -ion.
senses_examples:
text:
He is believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus.
type:
ex... |
21322 | word:
Jura
word_type:
name
expansion:
Jura
forms:
wikipedia:
Jura
etymology_text:
From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin.
senses_examples:
text:
1862, Author not identified, The Fir-Tree of the Jura, The Fir-Tree of the Jura and Other Stories, Oliphants Juvenile Series, page 7,
On one of the wester... |
21323 | word:
Jura
word_type:
name
expansion:
Jura
forms:
wikipedia:
Jura
etymology_text:
From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”).
senses_examples:
text:
1839, Jura, entry in Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia, page 275,
Between the north end of Jura and the s... |
21324 | word:
porn
word_type:
noun
expansion:
porn (usually uncountable, plural porns)
forms:
form:
porns
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of pornography. Attested from mid-20th century.
senses_examples:
text:
I just delete the porn before someone else uses the computer.
type:
... |
21325 | word:
terve
word_type:
verb
expansion:
terve (third-person singular simple present terves, present participle terving, simple past and past participle terved)
forms:
form:
terves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
terving
tags:
participle
present
form:
terved
tag... |
21326 | word:
gastro-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
gastro-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Coined based on Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”).
senses_examples:
text:
gastroenteritis
type:
example
text:
gastrointestinal
type:
example
text:
gastronomy
type:
example
senses_c... |
21327 | word:
weeping willow
word_type:
noun
expansion:
weeping willow (plural weeping willows)
forms:
form:
weeping willows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A willow of species Salix babylonica, with pendulous branches, native to China.
... |
21328 | word:
dinheiro
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dinheiro (plural dinheiros)
forms:
form:
dinheiros
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Portuguese dinheiro. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinar, and dinero.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A coin used from the 12th t... |
21329 | word:
enteric
word_type:
adj
expansion:
enteric (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
enteric coating
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestines, innards”) + -ic.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines
Staying intact... |
21330 | word:
Macau
word_type:
name
expansion:
Macau
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from a southern seaward variety of Chinese, possibly Hokkien, possibly either 媽閣／妈阁 (Má Koh) or 媽港／妈港 (Má Káng), short for 阿媽港／阿妈港 (A-má Káng), from 阿媽／阿妈 (a-má, “grandma Mazu, patron goddess of sa... |
21331 | word:
dystopia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dystopia (countable and uncountable, plural dystopia or dystopias or dystopiae)
forms:
form:
dystopia
tags:
plural
form:
dystopias
tags:
plural
form:
dystopiae
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dystopia
etymology_text:
From dys- + -topia, as ... |
21332 | word:
tattoo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tattoo (plural tattoos or (uncommon) tattooes)
forms:
form:
tattoos
tags:
plural
form:
tattooes
tags:
plural
uncommon
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo... |
21333 | word:
tattoo
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed)
forms:
form:
tattoos
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tattooing
tags:
participle
present
form:
ta... |
21334 | word:
tattoo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tattoo (countable and uncountable, plural tattoos)
forms:
form:
tattoos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.
senses_examples:
text:... |
21335 | word:
tattoo
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tattoo (third-person singular simple present tattoos, present participle tattooing, simple past and past participle tattooed)
forms:
form:
tattoos
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tattooing
tags:
participle
present
form:
ta... |
21336 | word:
tattoo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tattoo (plural tattoos)
forms:
form:
tattoos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A pony of a certain breed from India.
senses_topics:
|
21337 | word:
gotta
word_type:
contraction
expansion:
gotta
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Contraction of got to.
senses_examples:
text:
I gotta learn this for my exam.
type:
example
text:
If there's beer, dude, you don't even gotta ask.
type:
example
text:
“All right, let’s go. The... |
21338 | word:
gotta
word_type:
contraction
expansion:
gotta
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night
ref:
2009, The Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Contraction of got a.
sen... |
21339 | word:
procurement
word_type:
noun
expansion:
procurement (countable and uncountable, plural procurements)
forms:
form:
procurements
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
procurement
etymology_text:
From Old French procurement, from procurer.
senses_examples:
text:
He was responsible for the procurement o... |
21340 | word:
nuke
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nuke (plural nukes)
forms:
form:
nukes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.
senses_examples:
text:
"Mini-nukes" are "among the active unresolved nuclear issues in NATO at the moment," acc... |
21341 | word:
nuke
word_type:
verb
expansion:
nuke (third-person singular simple present nukes, present participle nuking, simple past and past participle nuked)
forms:
form:
nukes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
nuking
tags:
participle
present
form:
nuked
tags:
p... |
21342 | word:
nuke
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nuke (plural nukes)
forms:
form:
nukes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of nuc(leus)
senses_examples:
text:
As a further experiment, I placed a very weak over-wintered nuke over the queenless colony. In bee strength, this little nuke was... |
21343 | word:
nuke
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nuke (plural nukes)
forms:
form:
nukes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See nucha.
senses_examples:
text:
The organ of amativeness is placed in the nuke of the neck as a protuberance of the cerebellum.
ref:
1836 February, T. C., “On Phrenol... |
21344 | word:
nuke
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nuke (plural nukes)
forms:
form:
nukes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See nook.
senses_examples:
text:
The ancient bounds of the cow paſture of Penrith, [...] and then from the ſaid Old Dyke end, alongſt Plumpton Dyke Eaſt over Petterel unto Pl... |
21345 | word:
bistro
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bistro (plural bistros)
forms:
form:
bistros
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:bistro
etymology_text:
Attested from c. 1920, from the French bistro(t) with the original meaning "proprietor of a tavern" (1880s), of unknown origin, presumably regional French dialect.... |
21346 | word:
bistro
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bistro (third-person singular simple present bistros, present participle bistroing, simple past and past participle bistroed)
forms:
form:
bistros
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bistroing
tags:
participle
present
form:
bi... |
21347 | word:
New Year
word_type:
noun
expansion:
New Year (plural New Years)
forms:
form:
New Years
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From new + year.
senses_examples:
text:
We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.
senses_categories:
sense... |
21348 | word:
squick
word_type:
noun
expansion:
squick (countable and uncountable, plural squicks)
forms:
form:
squicks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Seemingly phonaesthetic, formed of squ- as in squirm and -ick as in ick. Originated in the Usenet newsgroup alt.sex.bondage; popularized primaril... |
21349 | word:
squick
word_type:
verb
expansion:
squick (third-person singular simple present squicks, present participle squicking, simple past and past participle squicked)
forms:
form:
squicks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
squicking
tags:
participle
present
form:
sq... |
21350 | word:
defect
word_type:
noun
expansion:
defect (plural defects)
forms:
form:
defects
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
defect
etymology_text:
From Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“pri... |
21351 | word:
defect
word_type:
verb
expansion:
defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)
forms:
form:
defects
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
defecting
tags:
participle
present
form:
de... |
21352 | word:
Geneva
word_type:
name
expansion:
Geneva
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Mentioned in Latin texts as Genava. Probably via a Proto-Celtic *genwā from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a derivative of *ǵónu in the sense of a bending river or estuary, possibly akin to Genoa.
senses_examples:
... |
21353 | word:
Geneva
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Geneva (countable and uncountable, plural Genevas)
forms:
form:
Genevas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative letter-case form of geneva (gin, jenever)
senses_topics:
|
21354 | word:
-ee
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ee
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.
senses_examples:
text:
... |
21355 | word:
-ee
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ee
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y
senses_examples:
text:
boot + -ee → bootee
type:
example
text:
goat + -ee → goatee
type:
example
text:
settle + -ee → settee
type:
example
senses_categories:
se... |
21356 | word:
-ee
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ee
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
"No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.
ref:
1897, The Outlook, volume 56, page 1044
type:
quotation
text:
A Chinaman had a toothache, and phone... |
21357 | word:
an-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
an-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English an-, from Old English an-, on- (“on-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on”). More at on.
senses_examples:
text:
ancome, aneal, anent
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alter... |
21358 | word:
an-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
an-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-). Doublet of un- and in- .
senses_examples:
text:
anoxia (without oxygen), anandrous (without male parts)
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
not; used to make words that ha... |
21359 | word:
arrive
word_type:
verb
expansion:
arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)
forms:
form:
arrives
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
arriving
tags:
participle
present
form:
arriv... |
21360 | word:
Thomas
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Thomas (plural Thomases)
forms:
form:
Thomases
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Thomas of Bayeux
Thomas the Presbyter
Thomas the Slav
en:Thomas
etymology_text:
From Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās (as in the Vulgate), from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs),... |
21361 | word:
Thomas
word_type:
name
expansion:
Thomas (countable and uncountable, plural Thomases)
forms:
form:
Thomases
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Thomas of Bayeux
Thomas the Presbyter
Thomas the Slav
en:Thomas
etymology_text:
From Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās (as in the Vulgate), from An... |
21362 | word:
health
word_type:
noun
expansion:
health (usually uncountable, plural healths)
forms:
form:
healths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
health
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English helthe, from Old English hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic... |
21363 | word:
health
word_type:
noun
expansion:
health (plural healths)
forms:
form:
healths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
health
etymology_text:
From Middle English heleð (“man, hero, fighter”), from Old English hæleþ (“man, hero, fighter”), from Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz (“man, ... |
21364 | word:
coma
word_type:
noun
expansion:
coma (plural comas)
forms:
form:
comas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
coma
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).
senses_examples:
text:
go into a coma
type:
example
text:
slip into a coma
type:
example
text:
... |
21365 | word:
coma
word_type:
noun
expansion:
coma (plural comae)
forms:
form:
comae
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
coma
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair of the head”), from Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē, “hair”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A cloud of dust surrounding t... |
21366 | word:
swarf
word_type:
noun
expansion:
swarf (countable and uncountable, plural swarfs)
forms:
form:
swarfs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English *swarf, *swerf, from Old English ġeswearf, ġesweorf (“iron filings; rust”) and/or Old Norse svarf (“metallic dust”), both from Pr... |
21367 | word:
swarf
word_type:
verb
expansion:
swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)
forms:
form:
swarfs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
swarfing
tags:
participle
present
form:
swarfed
... |
21368 | word:
swarf
word_type:
verb
expansion:
swarf (third-person singular simple present swarfs, present participle swarfing, simple past and past participle swarfed)
forms:
form:
swarfs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
swarfing
tags:
participle
present
form:
swarfed
... |
21369 | word:
swarf
word_type:
noun
expansion:
swarf (plural swarfs)
forms:
form:
swarfs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English swarven, swerven (“to go; to deviate, turn aside; to stagger, be unsteady; to swerve”), from Old English sweorfan (“to wipe; to polish; to rub, scour; to fi... |
21370 | word:
-fold
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-fold
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -fold, -fald, -fauld, from Old English -feald (“-fold”), from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *-poltos (“-fold”), from *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Dutch -voud, Swedish -faldig... |
21371 | word:
binoculars
word_type:
noun
expansion:
binoculars pl (normally plural, singular binocular)
forms:
form:
binocular
tags:
singular
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Abbreviation of "binocular glass".
senses_examples:
text:
He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising coll... |
21372 | word:
outside
word_type:
noun
expansion:
outside (plural outsides)
forms:
form:
outsides
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
outside
etymology_text:
From out + side.
senses_examples:
text:
He's repainting the outside of his house.
type:
example
text:
Silenes of old swere little boxes, like t... |
21373 | word:
outside
word_type:
adj
expansion:
outside (comparative more outside, superlative most outside)
forms:
form:
more outside
tags:
comparative
form:
most outside
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
outside
etymology_text:
From out + side.
senses_examples:
text:
The outside surface loo... |
21374 | word:
outside
word_type:
adv
expansion:
outside (comparative more outside, superlative most outside)
forms:
form:
more outside
tags:
comparative
form:
most outside
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
outside
etymology_text:
From out + side.
senses_examples:
text:
I am going outside.
t... |
21375 | word:
outside
word_type:
prep
expansion:
outside
forms:
wikipedia:
outside
etymology_text:
From out + side.
senses_examples:
text:
1919 June 28, the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, Treaty of Versailles, Part IV—German Rights and Interests outside Germany,
In territory outside her European fro... |
21376 | word:
outside
word_type:
verb
expansion:
outside (third-person singular simple present outsides, present participle outsiding, simple past and past participle outsided)
forms:
form:
outsides
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
outsiding
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
21377 | word:
stoic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stoic (plural stoics)
forms:
form:
stoics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where ... |
21378 | word:
stoic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
stoic (comparative more stoic, superlative most stoic)
forms:
form:
more stoic
tags:
comparative
form:
most stoic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Stoicism
etymology_text:
From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊ... |
21379 | word:
outa
word_type:
noun
expansion:
outa (plural outas)
forms:
form:
outas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Afrikaans outa.
senses_examples:
text:
As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”
ref:
1978, André Brink, Rumours of ... |
21380 | word:
outa
word_type:
prep
expansion:
outa
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Variant forms.
senses_examples:
text:
[…] and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]
ref:
1965, Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels, page 101
type:
quota... |
21381 | word:
treasury
word_type:
noun
expansion:
treasury (plural treasuries)
forms:
form:
treasuries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
treasury
etymology_text:
From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsauró... |
21382 | word:
-ette
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ette
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English -ette, a borrowing from Old French -ette, from Latin -itta, the feminine form of Latin -ittus.
senses_examples:
text:
cigar + -ette → cigarette
type:
example
text:
kitchen + -ette... |
21383 | word:
whiskey
word_type:
noun
expansion:
whiskey (countable and uncountable, plural whiskeys or whiskies)
forms:
form:
whiskeys
tags:
plural
form:
whiskies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
whiskey
etymology_text:
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of M... |
21384 | word:
whiskey
word_type:
noun
expansion:
whiskey (plural whiskeys)
forms:
form:
whiskeys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
whiskey
etymology_text:
From whisk + -ey.
senses_examples:
text:
Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride,
Or, pair’d in Witch Whiskeys, aslant the Moon slide;
ref:
1772, G... |
21385 | word:
didaskaleinophobia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
didaskaleinophobia (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek διδασκαλεῖον (didaskaleîon, “school”) + -phobia.
senses_examples:
text:
As well as claustrophobia, I also suffer from a condition that I can't even pronounce: Didas... |
21386 | word:
determine
word_type:
verb
expansion:
determine (third-person singular simple present determines, present participle determining, simple past and past participle determined)
forms:
form:
determines
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
determining
tags:
participle
pres... |
21387 | word:
politically correct
word_type:
adj
expansion:
politically correct (comparative more politically correct, superlative most politically correct)
forms:
form:
more politically correct
tags:
comparative
form:
most politically correct
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Karen DeCrow
Mao Zedo... |
21388 | word:
politically correct
word_type:
verb
expansion:
politically correct (third-person singular simple present politically corrects, present participle politically correcting, simple past and past participle politically corrected)
forms:
form:
politically corrects
tags:
present
singular
third-... |
21389 | word:
rebirth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rebirth (plural rebirths)
forms:
form:
rebirths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From re- + birth.
senses_examples:
text:
A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares... |
21390 | word:
rebirth
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rebirth (third-person singular simple present rebirths, present participle rebirthing, simple past and past participle rebirthed)
forms:
form:
rebirths
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rebirthing
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
21391 | word:
pap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pap (countable and uncountable, plural paps)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English pap. Related to Middle Low German pappe, Dutch pap, German Pappe (“pap, porridge; wheatpaste; cardboard”), Old French papa/pape, Latin pa... |
21392 | word:
pap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
papping
tags:
participle
present
form:
papped
tags:
p... |
21393 | word:
pap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pap (plural paps)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English pappe, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin papilla; or perhaps compare Old Swedish papp (“breast, nipple”), from Proto-Germanic *pap- (“nipple”), of imitative o... |
21394 | word:
pap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pap (plural paps)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Ellipsis of Pap smear.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative letter-case form of Pap (“Pap smear”).
senses_topics:
|
21395 | word:
pap
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pap (comparative more pap, superlative most pap)
forms:
form:
more pap
tags:
comparative
form:
most pap
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Rhodes University
etymology_text:
From Afrikaans pap (“porridge”). Cognate with etymology 1.
senses_examples:
text:... |
21396 | word:
pap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pap (plural paps)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of paparazzo.
senses_examples:
text:
As he made his way from the London hotel to his car, the singer threatened to beat up a pap who got in his way.
ref:
2015, “Ju... |
21397 | word:
pap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
papping
tags:
participle
present
form:
papped
tags:
p... |
21398 | word:
pap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pap (plural paps)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Compare pa, papa, pop.
senses_examples:
text:
Pap he hadn't been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn't want to see him no more. He used to always w... |
21399 | word:
pap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pap (third-person singular simple present paps, present participle papping, simple past and past participle papped)
forms:
form:
paps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
papping
tags:
participle
present
form:
papped
tags:
p... |
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