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word: Belgrade word_type: name expansion: Belgrade forms: wikipedia: Belgrade etymology_text: From French Belgrade, from Medieval Latin Belgradum and Belogradum, ultimately from South Slavic forms of Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) and *gȏrdъ (“fortress, city”), after the white walls of its medieval fortress. D...
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word: bastard word_type: noun expansion: bastard (countable and uncountable, plural bastards) forms: form: bastards tags: plural wikipedia: Trésor de la langue française informatisé etymology_text: From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate ...
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word: bastard word_type: adj expansion: bastard (comparative more bastard, superlative most bastard) forms: form: more bastard tags: comparative form: most bastard tags: superlative wikipedia: Trésor de la langue française informatisé etymology_text: From Middle English bastard, bastar...
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word: bastard word_type: intj expansion: bastard! forms: form: bastard! tags: canonical wikipedia: Trésor de la langue française informatisé etymology_text: From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Anglo-Norman bastard, Old French bastart (“illegitimate child”), perhaps via Medieval Latin basta...
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word: bastard word_type: verb expansion: bastard (third-person singular simple present bastards, present participle bastarding, simple past and past participle bastarded) forms: form: bastards tags: present singular third-person form: bastarding tags: participle present form:...
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word: refold word_type: verb expansion: refold (third-person singular simple present refolds, present participle refolding, simple past and past participle refolded) forms: form: refolds tags: present singular third-person form: refolding tags: participle present form: re...
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word: archer word_type: noun expansion: archer (plural archers) forms: form: archers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English s...
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word: archer word_type: adj expansion: archer forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: comparative form of arch: more arch senses_topics:
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word: batty boy word_type: noun expansion: batty boy (plural batty boys) forms: form: batty boys tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Caribbean slang batty (“buttocks”) + boy (“person”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A homosexual man. senses_topics:
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word: arsehole word_type: noun expansion: arsehole (countable and uncountable, plural arseholes) forms: form: arseholes tags: plural wikipedia: arsehole etymology_text: From Middle English arce-hoole, equivalent to arse + hole. Compare Old English ears-þyrel (“anus”, literally “arse-hole”). senses...
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word: blossom word_type: noun expansion: blossom (countable and uncountable, plural blossoms) forms: form: blossoms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; rela...
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word: blossom word_type: verb expansion: blossom (third-person singular simple present blossoms, present participle blossoming, simple past and past participle blossomed) forms: form: blossoms tags: present singular third-person form: blossoming tags: participle present form:...
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word: bi-curious word_type: adj expansion: bi-curious (comparative more bi-curious, superlative most bi-curious) forms: form: more bi-curious tags: comparative form: most bi-curious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From bi + curious. First appears c. 1984 in a personal ad ...
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word: shovel word_type: noun expansion: shovel (plural shovels) forms: form: shovels tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English shovele, schovel, showell, shoule, shole (> English dialectal shoul, shool), from Old English scofl (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, *skūflō (“s...
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word: shovel word_type: verb expansion: shovel (third-person singular simple present shovels, present participle shoveling or shovelling, simple past and past participle shoveled or shovelled) forms: form: shovels tags: present singular third-person form: shoveling tags: participle...
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word: snob word_type: noun expansion: snob (plural snobs) forms: form: snobs tags: plural wikipedia: The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray etymology_text: Late 18th century dialectal English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower statu...
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word: twelve-tone technique word_type: noun expansion: the twelve-tone technique forms: form: the twelve-tone technique tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of dodecaphony senses_topics:
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word: en- word_type: prefix expansion: en- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English en- (“en-, in-”). Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”); but also from an alteration of in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *in (...
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word: vicarious word_type: adj expansion: vicarious (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”), 17th century. senses_examples: text: People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television. type: example text: The p...
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word: boy band word_type: noun expansion: boy band (plural boy bands) forms: form: boy bands tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men. senses_topics: entertainment lifestyl...
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word: girl group word_type: noun expansion: girl group (plural girl groups) forms: form: girl groups tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: boy group senses_categories: senses_glosses: A pop group made up of (usually attractive) young women. sens...
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word: heavy water word_type: noun expansion: heavy water (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen (protium); used as a moderator in nuclear reactors. Denoted ²H₂O, or less correctly, D₂O. se...
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word: kapusta word_type: noun expansion: kapusta (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Polish kapusta, Russian капу́ста (kapústa), Slovak kapusta, Ukrainian капу́ста (kapústa). senses_examples: text: Fresh kiełbasa is made, center cut pork chops are trimmed just right, and the kapusta (...
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word: computability logic word_type: noun expansion: computability logic (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a formal theory of computability senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics natural-sciences physical-sciences s...
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word: mead word_type: noun expansion: mead (usually uncountable, plural meads) forms: form: meads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey win...
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word: mead word_type: noun expansion: mead (plural meads) forms: form: meads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made. senses_examples: text: Hither, hither, l...
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word: colonise word_type: verb expansion: colonise (third-person singular simple present colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle colonised) forms: form: colonises tags: present singular third-person form: colonising tags: participle present f...
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word: novelist word_type: noun expansion: novelist (plural novelists) forms: form: novelists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From novel + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An author of novels. An innovator; one who introduces something new; one who favours ...
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word: piss word_type: noun expansion: piss (countable and uncountable, plural pisses) forms: form: pisses tags: plural wikipedia: piss etymology_text: From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of echoic origin. Compa...
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word: piss word_type: verb expansion: piss (third-person singular simple present pisses, present participle pissing, simple past and past participle pissed) forms: form: pisses tags: present singular third-person form: pissing tags: participle present form: pissed tags:...
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word: piss word_type: intj expansion: piss forms: wikipedia: piss etymology_text: From Middle English pisse (noun) and pissen (verb), from Old French pissier, possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīssiāre, probably of echoic origin. Compare Old Norse pissa (“to urinate, piss”). senses_examples: text: At times h...
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word: Red Rectangle word_type: name expansion: the Red Rectangle forms: form: the Red Rectangle tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined by astronomers Martin Cohen and Mike Merrill in 1973 senses_examples: text: 1987, Beverly T. Lynds, “Optical observations of nebulae”, in A. Dalg...
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word: Liliana word_type: name expansion: Liliana forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A female given name from Latin, a Latinate form of Lilian, or borrowed from Italian or Spanish. senses_topics:
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word: in the closet word_type: prep_phrase expansion: in the closet forms: wikipedia: en:Closeted etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Was he in control of that narrative? Most likely not. If he’d had the choice, he would have stayed in the closet. ref: 2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double...
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word: fetishism word_type: noun expansion: fetishism (countable and uncountable, plural fetishisms) forms: form: fetishisms tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From fetish + -ism. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The belief that natural objects have supernatural pow...
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word: bubble butt word_type: noun expansion: bubble butt (plural bubble butts) forms: form: bubble butts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: But her skin was sallow, her face covered in pimples, and she never wore makeup. Then there was her bubble butt and her th...
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word: ipé word_type: noun expansion: ipé (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of ipe senses_topics:
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word: Jeopardy word_type: name expansion: Jeopardy forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined when Ed Vane, a skeptical producer, rejected an earlier concept of the show, claiming “it doesn’t have enough jeopardies”, according to creator Merv Griffin. senses_examples: text: 1986, Shane Black, Lethal Wea...
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word: malt word_type: noun expansion: malt (countable and uncountable, plural malts) forms: form: malts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English malt, from Old English mealt, from Proto-West Germanic *malt, from Proto-Germanic *maltą (“malt”), from *maltaz (“soft; nesh; weak; s...
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word: malt word_type: verb expansion: malt (third-person singular simple present malts, present participle malting, simple past and past participle malted) forms: form: malts tags: present singular third-person form: malting tags: participle present form: malted tags: ...
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word: enchanting word_type: verb expansion: enchanting forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of enchant senses_topics:
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word: enchanting word_type: adj expansion: enchanting (comparative more enchanting, superlative most enchanting) forms: form: more enchanting tags: comparative form: most enchanting tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Hearing voices calling, I lo...
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word: enchanting word_type: noun expansion: enchanting (plural enchantings) forms: form: enchantings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: […] by which the truth of the matter may the better be known of all felonies, murders, poisonings, enchantings, sorceries, mag...
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word: mozzie word_type: noun expansion: mozzie (plural mozzies) forms: form: mozzies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: 2012, John Basham, Caravan Survival Guide, Explore Australia Publishing, unnumbered page, As they can carry some dreadful diseases, mozzie def...
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word: puzzle word_type: noun expansion: puzzle (plural puzzles) forms: form: puzzles tags: plural wikipedia: puzzle etymology_text: Origin uncertain; originally pusle. Possibly from pose (“to perplex, puzzle, interrogate”) + -le (frequentative suffix). The verb (1590s) “to perplex” seems to predat...
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word: puzzle word_type: verb expansion: puzzle (third-person singular simple present puzzles, present participle puzzling, simple past and past participle puzzled) forms: form: puzzles tags: present singular third-person form: puzzling tags: participle present form: puzzl...
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word: ladle word_type: noun expansion: ladle (plural ladles) forms: form: ladles tags: plural wikipedia: Ladle (spoon) etymology_text: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same so...
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word: ladle word_type: verb expansion: ladle (third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled) forms: form: ladles tags: present singular third-person form: ladling tags: participle present form: ladled tag...
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word: come out of the closet word_type: verb expansion: come out of the closet (third-person singular simple present comes out of the closet, present participle coming out of the closet, simple past came out of the closet, past participle come out of the closet) forms: form: comes out of the closet tags: ...
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word: allegrissimo word_type: adv expansion: allegrissimo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrow from Italian allegrissimo, the superlative form of allegro. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A direction in musical notation indicating that the piece should be played v...
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word: kebab word_type: noun expansion: kebab (plural kebabs) forms: form: kebabs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Urdu, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more. senses_examples: text: Let's go to the ke...
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word: kebab word_type: verb expansion: kebab (third-person singular simple present kebabs, present participle kebabbing, simple past and past participle kebabbed) forms: form: kebabs tags: present singular third-person form: kebabbing tags: participle present form: kebabb...
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word: ineffable word_type: adj expansion: ineffable (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French ineffable (modern French ineffable), from Latin ineffābilis, from in- (“not”) + effor (“utter”) + -bilis (“-able”). senses_examples: text: Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to...
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word: overpriced word_type: adj expansion: overpriced (comparative more overpriced, superlative most overpriced) forms: form: more overpriced tags: comparative form: most overpriced tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The overpriced items would n...
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word: overpriced word_type: verb expansion: overpriced forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He overpriced the items to ensure they would not sell. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of overprice senses_topics:
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word: nowise word_type: adv expansion: nowise (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowyse, no-wyse, no wyse, equivalent to no (“none, not any”) + wise (“way, manner”). senses_examples: text: To raise the Sham-Noblest, and solemnly consecrate him by whatever method, ne...
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word: portato word_type: adv expansion: portato forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian portato, past participle of portare (“to bring, carry, bear”), from Latin portō. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In an unconnected manner, as opposed to legato, but not as short as...
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word: portato word_type: noun expansion: portato (plural portatos or portati) forms: form: portatos tags: plural form: portati tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian portato, past participle of portare (“to bring, carry, bear”), from Latin portō. senses_examples...
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word: puppet word_type: noun expansion: puppet (plural puppets) forms: form: puppets tags: plural wikipedia: puppet etymology_text: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately der...
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word: puppet word_type: verb expansion: puppet (third-person singular simple present puppets, present participle puppeting, simple past and past participle puppeted) forms: form: puppets tags: present singular third-person form: puppeting tags: participle present form: pu...
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word: President's Daily Briefing word_type: noun expansion: President's Daily Briefing (plural President's Daily Briefings) forms: form: President's Daily Briefings tags: plural form: PDB tags: abbreviation wikipedia: etymology_text: From president's + daily + briefing. senses_example...
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word: petard word_type: noun expansion: petard (plural petards) forms: form: petards tags: plural wikipedia: petard etymology_text: From Middle French petarder; see Modern French pétard (“firecracker”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A small, hat-shaped explosive devic...
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word: petard word_type: verb expansion: petard (third-person singular simple present petards, present participle petarding, simple past and past participle petarded) forms: form: petards tags: present singular third-person form: petarding tags: participle present form: pe...
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word: glebe word_type: noun expansion: glebe (plural glebes) forms: form: glebes tags: plural wikipedia: glebe etymology_text: From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba. senses_examples: text: 1768, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard O...
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word: jailbait word_type: noun expansion: jailbait (usually uncountable, plural jailbaits) forms: form: jailbaits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From jail + bait, from the fact that statutory rape can result, for the adult committing it, in incarceration. senses_examples: text: "Th...
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word: funnel cloud word_type: noun expansion: funnel cloud (plural funnel clouds) forms: form: funnel clouds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: When we saw the funnel cloud, we headed for the basement. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A ...
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word: ipe word_type: noun expansion: ipe (countable and uncountable, plural ipes) forms: form: ipes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Portuguese ipê. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of wood of the genus Tabebuia, similar to teak, used for outdoor...
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word: willy-willy word_type: noun expansion: willy-willy (plural willy-willies) forms: form: willy-willies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of willy willy. senses_topics:
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word: fry word_type: verb expansion: fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried) forms: form: fries tags: present singular third-person form: frying tags: participle present form: fried tags: par...
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word: fry word_type: noun expansion: fry (plural fries) forms: form: fries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: table From Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “I roa...
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word: fry word_type: noun expansion: fry (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: table From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-...
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word: fry word_type: noun expansion: fry (plural fries) forms: form: fries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence o...
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word: fry word_type: verb expansion: fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried) forms: form: fries tags: present singular third-person form: frying tags: participle present form: fried tags: par...
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word: pomfret word_type: noun expansion: pomfret (plural pomfret or pomfrets) forms: form: pomfret tags: plural form: pomfrets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps derived from Portuguese pampano, a kind of fish. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: Ecclesiastical Latin word_type: name expansion: Ecclesiastical Latin forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Latin language as spoken, written, and used in the Christian church and in church services. senses_topics:
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word: pop group word_type: noun expansion: pop group (plural pop groups) forms: form: pop groups tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Despite their artistic ambitions, they were never able to escape the label of a pop group. type: example senses_categories: ...
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word: dolente word_type: adv expansion: dolente (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian dolente, present participle of dolere (“to hurt, regret”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Sorrowfully, as if the player were mourning. senses_topics: entertainm...
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word: PDB word_type: noun expansion: PDB (plural PDBs) forms: form: PDBs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of protein data bank. Initialism of President's Daily Briefing or President's Daily Brief or President's Daily B...
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word: carnage word_type: noun expansion: carnage (usually uncountable, plural carnages) forms: form: carnages tags: plural wikipedia: carnage etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French carnage, from a Norman or Picard variant Old Northern French) of Old French charnage, from char (“flesh”), or fr...
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word: in person word_type: prep_phrase expansion: in person forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Have you ever seen a celebrity in person? type: example text: He had seen the burger on TV, but in person it looked so much juicier. type: example senses_categories: ...
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word: novella word_type: noun expansion: novella (plural novellas or novelle) forms: form: novellas tags: plural form: novelle tags: plural wikipedia: novella etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A sh...
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word: congruence word_type: noun expansion: congruence (countable and uncountable, plural congruences) forms: form: congruences tags: plural wikipedia: congruence etymology_text: From Middle English congruence, from Latin congruentia (“agreement”), from congruēns, present active participle of cong...
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word: aristocratic word_type: adj expansion: aristocratic (comparative more aristocratic, superlative most aristocratic) forms: form: more aristocratic tags: comparative form: most aristocratic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From French aristocratique, from Ancient Greek...
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word: rheology word_type: noun expansion: rheology (plural rheologies) forms: form: rheologies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined by American scientist Eugene C. Bingham in 1920, following a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner; inspired by aphorism πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everyth...
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word: prestissimo word_type: adj expansion: prestissimo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian prestissimo. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. senses_topics: entertainment lifestyle music
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word: prestissimo word_type: adv expansion: prestissimo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian prestissimo. senses_examples: text: A delegation of Norman gentry boldly requesting in 1771 the calling of the Normandy estates (which had been abolished in 1666) was despatched pres...
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word: photogenic word_type: adj expansion: photogenic (comparative more photogenic, superlative most photogenic) forms: form: more photogenic tags: comparative form: most photogenic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From photo- + -genic. senses_examples: text: The sun...
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word: rebarbative word_type: adj expansion: rebarbative (comparative more rebarbative, superlative most rebarbative) forms: form: more rebarbative tags: comparative form: most rebarbative tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From French rébarbatif, rébarbative (“repellent, dis...
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word: get lucky word_type: verb expansion: get lucky (third-person singular simple present gets lucky, present participle getting lucky, simple past got lucky, past participle (UK) got lucky or (US) gotten lucky) forms: form: gets lucky tags: present singular third-person form: getting l...
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word: alleluia word_type: intj expansion: alleluia forms: wikipedia: alleluia etymology_text: From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A liturgical or variant form of hallelujah. senses_top...
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word: alleluia word_type: noun expansion: alleluia (plural alleluias) forms: form: alleluias tags: plural wikipedia: alleluia etymology_text: From Latin allēlūia, from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούϊα (allēloúïa), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (“Praise Jah!”). senses_examples: text: Down at the corner, c...
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word: alleluia word_type: verb expansion: alleluia (third-person singular simple present alleluias, present participle alleluiaing, simple past and past participle alleluiaed) forms: form: alleluias tags: present singular third-person form: alleluiaing tags: participle present ...
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word: triad word_type: noun expansion: triad (plural triads) forms: form: triads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *tréyes From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás). Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to th...
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word: enchant word_type: verb expansion: enchant (third-person singular simple present enchants, present participle enchanting, simple past and past participle enchanted) forms: form: enchants tags: present singular third-person form: enchanting tags: participle present form:...
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word: enchant word_type: noun expansion: enchant (plural enchants) forms: form: enchants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English enchaunten, from Old French enchanter, from Latin incantāre, present active infinitive of incantō. Doublet of incant. senses_examples: text: T...
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word: rugby football word_type: noun expansion: rugby football (countable and uncountable, plural rugby footballs) forms: form: rugby footballs tags: plural wikipedia: rugby football etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The sport of rugby: either rugby league ...
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word: soda pop word_type: noun expansion: soda pop (countable and uncountable, plural soda pops) forms: form: soda pops tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: On a hot day, there's nothing I like more than soda pop. text: Could you bring me a soda pop? I'm par...
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word: sinh word_type: noun expansion: sinh (plural sinhs) forms: form: sinhs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Lao ສິ້ນ (sin) or Thai ซิ่น (sîn). senses_examples: text: These dancers with their graceful upright carriage, their dreamy distant expressions and their party s...
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word: wanton word_type: adj expansion: wanton (comparative more wanton, superlative most wanton) forms: form: more wanton tags: comparative form: most wanton tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestraine...
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word: wanton word_type: noun expansion: wanton (plural wantons) forms: form: wantons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English wantoun, wantowen, wantoȝen, wantowe (“uneducated; unrestrained; licentious; sportive; playful”), from wan- (“not, un-, mis-”) + towen, i-towen (“educat...