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word: vicissitude word_type: noun expansion: vicissitude (plural vicissitudes) forms: form: vicissitudes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whe...
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word: roost word_type: noun expansion: roost (plural roosts) forms: form: roosts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōsta...
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word: roost word_type: verb expansion: roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted) forms: form: roosts tags: present singular third-person form: roosting tags: participle present form: roosted ...
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word: roost word_type: noun expansion: roost (plural roosts) forms: form: roosts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old Norse róst. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A tidal race. senses_topics:
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word: roost word_type: verb expansion: roost (third-person singular simple present roosts, present participle roosting, simple past and past participle roosted) forms: form: roosts tags: present singular third-person form: roosting tags: participle present form: roosted ...
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word: achroödextrin word_type: noun expansion: achroödextrin (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek privative ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + dextrin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Dextrin not colorable by iodine. senses_topics: biochemistry...
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word: ani word_type: noun expansion: ani (plural anis) forms: form: anis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowing from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. sen...
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word: ani word_type: noun expansion: ani forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of anus senses_topics:
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word: censorship word_type: noun expansion: censorship (countable and uncountable, plural censorships) forms: form: censorships tags: plural wikipedia: censorship etymology_text: From censor + -ship. senses_examples: text: […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censo...
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word: north and south word_type: noun expansion: north and south (plural north and souths) forms: form: north and souths tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He's grassing me up; he could never keep his north and south shut, the huge toe rag that he is. ref: ...
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word: certitude word_type: noun expansion: certitude (countable and uncountable, plural certitudes) forms: form: certitudes tags: plural wikipedia: Certainty etymology_text: From Middle French certitude, from Late Latin certitūdō, from Latin certus. senses_examples: text: I have absolute cer...
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word: romanize word_type: verb expansion: romanize (third-person singular simple present romanizes, present participle romanizing, simple past and past participle romanized) forms: form: romanizes tags: present singular third-person form: romanizing tags: participle present f...
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word: agiotage word_type: noun expansion: agiotage (countable and uncountable, plural agiotages) forms: form: agiotages tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French agiotage, from agioter (“to practice stockjobbing”), from agio. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Stock...
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word: timorous word_type: adj expansion: timorous (comparative more timorous, superlative most timorous) forms: form: more timorous tags: comparative form: most timorous tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French temoros, from Mediev...
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word: gook word_type: noun expansion: gook (plural gooks) forms: form: gooks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: First attested in the 1890s in reference to Filipinos (in particular, it is defined in an 1893 citation in Slang and Its Analogues as referring to prostitutes who followed army cam...
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word: gook word_type: noun expansion: gook (countable and uncountable, plural gooks) forms: form: gooks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Possible blend of goop + gunk, or related to gobbledygook. senses_examples: text: "Roost No More" was a yellow gook that Joe's people would spread ...
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word: gook word_type: noun expansion: gook (plural gooks) forms: form: gooks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: the poor old gook was spitting blood ref: 1949, P.G. Wodehouse, The Mating Season type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A ...
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word: object word_type: noun expansion: object (plural objects) forms: form: objects tags: plural wikipedia: object etymology_text: From Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“I throw against”), ...
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word: object word_type: verb expansion: object (third-person singular simple present objects, present participle objecting, simple past and past participle objected) forms: form: objects tags: present singular third-person form: objecting tags: participle present form: ob...
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word: inveigh word_type: verb expansion: inveigh (third-person singular simple present inveighs, present participle inveighing, simple past and past participle inveighed) forms: form: inveighs tags: present singular third-person form: inveighing tags: participle present form:...
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word: psyche word_type: noun expansion: psyche (plural psyches) forms: form: psyches tags: plural wikipedia: psyche etymology_text: Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”). senses_examples: text: I've been driving in L.A. / And the wor...
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word: psyche word_type: noun expansion: psyche (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: psyche etymology_text: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”) senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: psyche word_type: intj expansion: psyche forms: wikipedia: psyche etymology_text: Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”) senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative f...
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word: psyche word_type: verb expansion: psyche (third-person singular simple present psyches, present participle psyching, simple past and past participle psyched) forms: form: psyches tags: present singular third-person form: psyching tags: participle present form: psych...
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word: Wi-Fi word_type: noun expansion: Wi-Fi (countable and uncountable, plural Wi-Fis) forms: form: Wi-Fis tags: plural wikipedia: en:Wi-Fi Alliance etymology_text: Coined in analogy to Hi-Fi as a trade name developed for the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (later Wi-Fi Alliance). Often ...
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word: Wi-Fi word_type: verb expansion: Wi-Fi (third-person singular simple present Wi-Fis, present participle Wi-Fi-ing, simple past and past participle Wi-Fied) forms: form: Wi-Fis tags: present singular third-person form: Wi-Fi-ing tags: participle present form: Wi-Fied...
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word: dens word_type: noun expansion: dens forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of den senses_topics:
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word: dens word_type: verb expansion: dens forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of den. senses_topics:
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word: dens word_type: noun expansion: dens (plural dentes) forms: form: dentes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin dens (“a tooth”). Doublet of dent and tooth. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of t...
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word: adrenal word_type: adj expansion: adrenal (comparative more adrenal, superlative most adrenal) forms: form: more adrenal tags: comparative form: most adrenal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“ki...
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word: adrenal word_type: noun expansion: adrenal (plural adrenals) forms: form: adrenals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From ad- (“near”) + renal (“pertaining to the kidneys”), from Latin rēn (“kidney”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An adrenal gland. senses_top...
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word: cognate word_type: adj expansion: cognate (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: false cognate false friend etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from com- + gnātus (“born”). Doublet of connate and cognatus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Allied b...
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word: cognate word_type: noun expansion: cognate (plural cognates) forms: form: cognates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from com- + gnātus (“born”). Doublet of connate and cognatus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glos...
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word: aggravation word_type: noun expansion: aggravation (countable and uncountable, plural aggravations) forms: form: aggravations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French aggravation. senses_examples: text: A little less conversation, a little more action please / All...
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word: stub word_type: noun expansion: stub (plural stubs) forms: form: stubs tags: plural wikipedia: stub etymology_text: From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stu...
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word: stub word_type: verb expansion: stub (third-person singular simple present stubs, present participle stubbing, simple past and past participle stubbed) forms: form: stubs tags: present singular third-person form: stubbing tags: participle present form: stubbed tag...
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word: contralto word_type: noun expansion: contralto (plural contraltos or contralti) forms: form: contraltos tags: plural form: contralti tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Contraction of contratenor alto, from Latin contratenor altus. senses_examples: text: Out in the yar...
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word: major scale word_type: noun expansion: major scale (plural major scales) forms: form: major scales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: {c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c} ref: In the key of C Major, the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C form a major scale senses_cate...
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word: assuage word_type: verb expansion: assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged) forms: form: assuages tags: present singular third-person form: assuaging tags: participle present form: ...
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word: yummy word_type: adj expansion: yummy (comparative yummier, superlative yummiest) forms: form: yummier tags: comparative form: yummiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From yum + -y. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Delicious. senses_topics:
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word: yummy word_type: noun expansion: yummy (plural yummies) forms: form: yummies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From yum + -y. senses_examples: text: The Yummies were the women who, next to the Starlets and Professional Have-It-Alls, Meredith envied most, and therefore half-despi...
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word: agere word_type: noun expansion: agere forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of age regression. senses_topics:
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word: radical word_type: adj expansion: radical (comparative more radical, superlative most radical) forms: form: more radical tags: comparative form: most radical tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English radical, from Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaini...
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word: radical word_type: noun expansion: radical (plural radicals) forms: form: radicals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Inherited from Middle English radical, from Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”). senses_examples: text: The boy recognised...
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word: saintly word_type: adj expansion: saintly (comparative saintlier, superlative saintliest) forms: form: saintlier tags: comparative form: saintliest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English *saintli (suggested by seyntly (adverb)), equivalent to saint + -l...
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word: Red Cross word_type: name expansion: Red Cross forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: ‘De Red Cross is doinʼ all dat kin be done otherwise fuh de sick and de ʼfflicted.’ ref: 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Virago Press (2018), page 193 type: ...
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word: quicksand word_type: noun expansion: quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands) forms: form: quicksands tags: plural wikipedia: quicksand etymology_text: From Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with...
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word: nomen word_type: noun expansion: nomen (plural nomina or nomens) forms: form: nomina tags: plural form: nomens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun. senses_examples: text: G...
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word: liminal word_type: adj expansion: liminal (comparative more liminal, superlative most liminal) forms: form: more liminal tags: comparative form: most liminal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin līminālis, from līmen (“doorstep, threshold; doorway, entrance; b...
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word: under word_type: prep expansion: under forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). ...
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word: under word_type: adv expansion: under (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁en...
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word: under word_type: adj expansion: under (comparative more under, superlative most under) forms: form: more under tags: comparative form: most under tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence al...
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word: under word_type: noun expansion: under (plural unders) forms: form: unders tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-E...
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word: Brithenig word_type: name expansion: Brithenig forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare with Breton brezhoneg and Welsh Brythoneg. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An invented language created by Andrew Smith in 1996, based on the premise of Latin being influenced by Old Celtic...
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word: fiancée word_type: noun expansion: fiancée (plural fiancées, masculine fiancé) forms: form: fiancées tags: plural form: fiancé tags: masculine wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French fiancée. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A woman who is engaged ...
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word: aliment word_type: noun expansion: aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments) forms: form: aliments tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”). senses_examples: text: In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment...
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word: aliment word_type: verb expansion: aliment (third-person singular simple present aliments, present participle alimenting, simple past and past participle alimented) forms: form: aliments tags: present singular third-person form: alimenting tags: participle present form:...
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word: German shepherd word_type: noun expansion: German shepherd (plural German shepherds) forms: form: German shepherds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: A more commonly used shortening of German Shepherd Dog. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A large-sized breed of d...
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word: try-hard word_type: noun expansion: try-hard (plural try-hards) forms: form: try-hards tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of tryhard senses_topics:
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word: untenable word_type: adj expansion: untenable (comparative more untenable, superlative most untenable) forms: form: more untenable tags: comparative form: most untenable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From un- + tenable. senses_examples: text: The theory of c...
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word: affiliation word_type: noun expansion: affiliation (countable and uncountable, plural affiliations) forms: form: affiliations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French affiliation, from Latin affiliatiō, noun of action from verb affiliō, from af- (form of ad- (“to”) before an f) +...
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word: ubiquitous word_type: adj expansion: ubiquitous (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From ubiquity + -ous, from Medieval Latin ubīquitās, from Latin ubīque (“everywhere”), from ubī̆ (“where”) + -que (“each, ever”). senses_examples: text: To Christians, Hindus, Jews, and Muslims, Go...
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word: till word_type: prep expansion: till forms: wikipedia: till (disambiguation) etymology_text: table From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a...
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word: till word_type: conj expansion: till forms: wikipedia: till (disambiguation) etymology_text: table From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”). Not a...
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word: till word_type: noun expansion: till (plural tills) forms: form: tills tags: plural wikipedia: till (disambiguation) etymology_text: table From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lu...
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word: till word_type: verb expansion: till (third-person singular simple present tills, present participle tilling, simple past and past participle tilled) forms: form: tills tags: present singular third-person form: tilling tags: participle present form: tilled tags: ...
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word: till word_type: noun expansion: till forms: wikipedia: till till (disambiguation) etymology_text: Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay,...
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word: till word_type: noun expansion: till (plural tills) forms: form: tills tags: plural wikipedia: till (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English tylle; shortened from lentile (English lentil). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A vetch; a tare. senses_topics:
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word: being word_type: verb expansion: being forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: present participle and gerund of be senses_topics:
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word: being word_type: noun expansion: being (countable and uncountable, plural beings) forms: form: beings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing. senses_examples: text: 1608-1634, John Webster (and perhaps Thomas Heywood), Ap...
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word: being word_type: conj expansion: being forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing. senses_examples: text: ’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […]. ref: , New York Review Books 2001, p.280 sens...
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word: mandragoras word_type: noun expansion: mandragoras forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of mandragora senses_topics:
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word: agglomeration word_type: noun expansion: agglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural agglomerations) forms: form: agglomerations tags: plural wikipedia: agglomeration etymology_text: From agglomerate + -ion. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The act or proces...
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word: Muslimize word_type: verb expansion: Muslimize (third-person singular simple present Muslimizes, present participle Muslimizing, simple past and past participle Muslimized) forms: form: Muslimizes tags: present singular third-person form: Muslimizing tags: participle pres...
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word: staccato word_type: noun expansion: staccato (plural staccatos or staccati) forms: form: staccatos tags: plural form: staccati tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian staccato (“detached, disconnected”), past participle of staccare (“to detach, separate”), ...
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word: staccato word_type: adv expansion: staccato (comparative more staccato, superlative most staccato) forms: form: more staccato tags: comparative form: most staccato tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian staccato (“detached, disconnected”), past partic...
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word: staccato word_type: adj expansion: staccato (comparative more staccato, superlative most staccato) forms: form: more staccato tags: comparative form: most staccato tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian staccato (“detached, disconnected”), past partic...
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word: patient word_type: adj expansion: patient (comparative more patient, superlative most patient) forms: form: more patient tags: comparative form: most patient tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pac...
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word: patient word_type: noun expansion: patient (plural patients) forms: form: patients tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pacient, from Middle French patient, from Old French pacient, from Latin patiens, present participle of patior (“to suffer, endure”), from Proto-Ind...
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word: great-grandfather word_type: noun expansion: great-grandfather (plural great-grandfathers) forms: form: great-grandfathers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From great- + grandfather. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The father of one's grandparent. senses_topic...
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word: mendacious word_type: adj expansion: mendacious (comparative more mendacious, superlative most mendacious) forms: form: more mendacious tags: comparative form: most mendacious tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendāci...
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word: arcanum word_type: noun expansion: arcanum (plural arcana or arcanums) forms: form: arcana tags: plural form: arcanums tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin arcānum. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A mystery or deep secret. An elixir or s...
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word: Jim Crow word_type: name expansion: Jim Crow forms: wikipedia: Jump Jim Crow Thomas D. Rice etymology_text: From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance. senses_examples: text: Texas stands for segregation—for Jim Crow ca...
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word: Jim Crow word_type: noun expansion: Jim Crow forms: wikipedia: Jump Jim Crow Thomas D. Rice etymology_text: From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance. senses_examples: text: … flying cannon equipped Spitfires V’s mainly...
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word: Jim Crow word_type: adj expansion: Jim Crow (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Jump Jim Crow Thomas D. Rice etymology_text: From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance. senses_examples: text: A Jim Crow audience type: ...
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word: Jim Crow word_type: verb expansion: Jim Crow (third-person singular simple present Jim Crows, present participle Jim Crowing, simple past and past participle Jim Crowed) forms: form: Jim Crows tags: present singular third-person form: Jim Crowing tags: participle present ...
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word: allegretto word_type: adv expansion: allegretto (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To be played rather fast and lively. senses_topics: entertainment lifestyle mus...
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word: allegretto word_type: noun expansion: allegretto (plural allegrettos) forms: form: allegrettos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro. senses_examples: text: It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, an...
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word: sol-fa word_type: noun expansion: sol-fa (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (...
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word: sol-fa word_type: verb expansion: sol-fa (third-person singular simple present sol-fas, present participle sol-faing, simple past and past participle sol-faed) forms: form: sol-fas tags: present singular third-person form: sol-faing tags: participle present form: so...
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word: Wasser word_type: name expansion: Wasser (plural Wassers) forms: form: Wassers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname. senses_topics:
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word: kit out word_type: verb expansion: kit out (third-person singular simple present kits out, present participle kitting out, simple past and past participle kitted out) forms: form: kits out tags: present singular third-person form: kitting out tags: participle present fo...
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word: miscible word_type: adj expansion: miscible (comparative more miscible, superlative most miscible) forms: form: more miscible tags: comparative form: most miscible tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English miscible, from Late Latin miscibilis (“that can be...
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word: tong word_type: noun expansion: tong (plural tongs) forms: form: tongs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). ...
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word: tong word_type: verb expansion: tong (third-person singular simple present tongs, present participle tonging, simple past and past participle tonged) forms: form: tongs tags: present singular third-person form: tonging tags: participle present form: tonged tags: ...
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word: tong word_type: noun expansion: tong (plural tongs) forms: form: tongs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴). senses_examples: text: An Ordinance to provide for the termination of the Block Crown Lease of Cheung Chau granted to Wong Wai Tsak Tong and for sub...
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word: tong word_type: noun expansion: tong (plural tongs) forms: form: tongs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp o...
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word: great-grandmother word_type: noun expansion: great-grandmother (plural great-grandmothers) forms: form: great-grandmothers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From great- + grandmother. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The mother of one's grandparent. senses_topic...
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word: hat word_type: noun expansion: hat (plural hats) forms: form: hats tags: plural wikipedia: hat (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English hat, from Old English hætt, from Proto-Germanic *hattuz (“hat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to guard, cover, care for, protect”). Cognate...
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word: hat word_type: verb expansion: hat (third-person singular simple present hats, present participle hatting, simple past and past participle hatted) forms: form: hats tags: present singular third-person form: hatting tags: participle present form: hatted tags: p...