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22200	word: hat word_type: verb expansion: hat forms: wikipedia: hat (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of hit senses_topics:
22201	word: baritone word_type: noun expansion: baritone (plural baritones) forms: form: baritones tags: plural wikipedia: en:baritone etymology_text: From Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”). Doublet of baryton and barytone. se...
22202	word: Middle East word_type: name expansion: Middle East forms: wikipedia: en:Middle East etymology_text: Compound of middle + east formed in English, modeled on Far East and Near East. Attested from the latter 19th century. senses_examples: text: Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there...
22203	word: affirmation word_type: noun expansion: affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations) forms: form: affirmations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio. senses_examples: senses_categories:...
22204	word: human being word_type: noun expansion: human being (plural human beings) forms: form: human beings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He began to reflect that in a few Minutes he might possibly deprive a human Being of Life, or might lose his own. ref: ...
22205	word: toga word_type: noun expansion: toga (plural togas or togae or togæ) forms: form: togas tags: plural form: togae tags: plural form: togæ tags: plural wikipedia: toga etymology_text: Borrowed directly from Latin toga, from tegō (“I clothe”). Doublet of toge. The Philip...
22206	word: crescendo word_type: noun expansion: crescendo (plural crescendos or crescendi or crescendoes) forms: form: crescendos tags: plural form: crescendi tags: plural form: crescendoes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian crescendo, gerund of cresc...
22207	word: crescendo word_type: verb expansion: crescendo (third-person singular simple present crescendoes, present participle crescendoing, simple past and past participle crescendoed) forms: form: crescendoes tags: present singular third-person form: crescendoing tags: participle ...
22208	word: crescendo word_type: adv expansion: crescendo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian crescendo, gerund of crescere (“to grow, to increase”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Gradually increasing in force or loudness. senses_topics: entertainme...
22209	word: chillun word_type: noun expansion: chillun forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Spelling representing a Black or Southern U.S. pronunciation of children. senses_examples: text: [Pogo, to kids:] All right, chillun! The Sunday school lesson is on page 4. ref: 1960 April 3, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sun...
22210	word: cynosure word_type: noun expansion: cynosure (plural cynosures) forms: form: cynosures tags: plural wikipedia: cynosure etymology_text: From French cynosure (“Ursa Minor; Polaris”), from Latin Cynosūra (“Ursa Minor”), from Ancient Greek Κυνόσουρα (Kunósoura, “Ursa Minor”, literally “dog’s ta...
22211	word: hic word_type: intj expansion: hic forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: text: This wine - hic! - tasted good. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness. senses_topics:
22212	word: meteorology word_type: noun expansion: meteorology (countable and uncountable, plural meteorologies) forms: form: meteorologies tags: plural wikipedia: meteorology etymology_text: From French météorologie, from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”) + -λογία (-logía). By surfac...
22213	word: turnip word_type: noun expansion: turnip (plural turnips) forms: form: turnips tags: plural wikipedia: Turnip (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the r...
22214	word: turnip word_type: verb expansion: turnip (third-person singular simple present turnips, present participle turniping or turnipping, simple past and past participle turniped or turnipped) forms: form: turnips tags: present singular third-person form: turniping tags: participle...
22215	word: arsed word_type: verb expansion: arsed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of arse. senses_topics:
22216	word: arsed word_type: adj expansion: arsed (comparative more arsed, superlative most arsed) forms: form: more arsed tags: comparative form: most arsed tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I can’t be arsed to get out of bed today. type: exam...
22217	word: aggregation word_type: noun expansion: aggregation (countable and uncountable, plural aggregations) forms: form: aggregations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”). senses_examples: text: The difference between an association an...
22218	word: frock word_type: noun expansion: frock (plural frocks) forms: form: frocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“sk...
22219	word: frock word_type: verb expansion: frock (third-person singular simple present frocks, present participle frocking, simple past and past participle frocked) forms: form: frocks tags: present singular third-person form: frocking tags: participle present form: frocked ...
22220	word: frock word_type: noun expansion: frock (plural frocks) forms: form: frocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English frock, froke, from Old Norse frauki (“frog”), related to Old English frocga (“frog”). More at frog. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
22221	word: Islamic word_type: adj expansion: Islamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic) forms: form: more Islamic tags: comparative form: most Islamic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Islam + -ic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of...
22222	word: Islamic word_type: noun expansion: Islamic (plural Islamics) forms: form: Islamics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Islam + -ic. senses_examples: text: This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics. ref: 2008, John Hagee, Financial Armage...
22223	word: palabra word_type: noun expansion: palabra (plural palabras) forms: form: palabras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish palabra (“word”). Doublet of parable. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word; idle talk. senses_topics:
22224	word: manus word_type: noun expansion: manus (plural manus) forms: form: manus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”). Doublet of mano. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, ...
22225	word: manus word_type: noun expansion: manus forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of manu senses_topics:
22226	word: legato word_type: adv expansion: legato (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate. senses_examples: text: Play this passage le...
22227	word: legato word_type: noun expansion: legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos) forms: form: legatos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Do...
22228	word: filial word_type: adj expansion: filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial) forms: form: more filial tags: comparative form: most filial tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“dau...
22229	word: bucolic word_type: adj expansion: bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic) forms: form: more bucolic tags: comparative form: most bucolic tags: superlative wikipedia: bucolic etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukoli...
22230	word: bucolic word_type: noun expansion: bucolic (plural bucolics) forms: form: bucolics tags: plural wikipedia: bucolic etymology_text: From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A pastoral poem. A rustic, peasant. senses_top...
22231	word: nowhere word_type: adv expansion: nowhere (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too sma...
22232	word: nowhere word_type: adj expansion: nowhere (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too sma...
22233	word: nowhere word_type: noun expansion: nowhere (plural nowheres) forms: form: nowheres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the...
22234	word: slob word_type: noun expansion: slob (plural slobs) forms: form: slobs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin. senses_examples: text: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have just begun our gradual descent into the Indianapolis are...
22235	word: slob word_type: verb expansion: slob (third-person singular simple present slobs, present participle slobbing, simple past and past participle slobbed) forms: form: slobs tags: present singular third-person form: slobbing tags: participle present form: slobbed tag...
22236	word: clef word_type: noun expansion: clef (plural clefs) forms: form: clefs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches ...
22237	word: Beeb word_type: name expansion: the Beeb forms: form: the Beeb tags: canonical wikipedia: Peter Sellers The Goon Show etymology_text: Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. senses_...
22238	word: Beeb word_type: noun expansion: Beeb (plural Beebs) forms: form: Beebs tags: plural wikipedia: Peter Sellers The Goon Show etymology_text: Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. se...
22239	word: eject word_type: verb expansion: eject (third-person singular simple present ejects, present participle ejecting, simple past and past participle ejected) forms: form: ejects tags: present singular third-person form: ejecting tags: participle present form: ejected ...
22240	word: eject word_type: noun expansion: eject (countable and uncountable, plural ejects) forms: form: ejects tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin ēiectum (“(that which is) thrown out”), from ēiciō (“to throw out”) (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject an...
22241	word: parsimony word_type: noun expansion: parsimony (usually uncountable, plural parsimonies) forms: form: parsimonies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsimōnia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past partici...
22242	word: agglutination word_type: noun expansion: agglutination (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinations) forms: form: agglutinations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16...
22243	word: clavis word_type: noun expansion: clavis (plural clavises or claves) forms: form: clavises tags: plural form: claves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clef. senses_examples: text: Iron clavis, the solid web-shaped at the edges ...
22244	word: diabolus word_type: noun expansion: diabolus (plural diaboluses) forms: form: diaboluses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of tritone senses_topics: entertainme...
22245	word: bravery word_type: noun expansion: bravery (usually uncountable, plural braveries) forms: form: braveries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery...
22246	word: Agnus Dei word_type: noun expansion: Agnus Dei (plural Agnus Deis or Agnus Dei) forms: form: Agnus Deis tags: plural form: Agnus Dei tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin Agnus Deī (“Lamb of God”). senses_examples: text: Matilda continued her incant...
22247	word: morning wood word_type: noun expansion: morning wood (countable and uncountable, plural morning woods) forms: form: morning woods tags: plural wikipedia: morning wood etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An erection of the penis upon waking up, usually u...
22248	word: pastie word_type: noun expansion: pastie (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: Pasties etymology_text: From paste + -ie. First use appears c. 1954, in the publications of E. J. Abbot. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An item worn (often by strip...
22249	word: pastie word_type: noun expansion: pastie (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: 13th century. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of seasoned meat pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. A circular, battered ...
22250	word: layman word_type: noun expansion: layman (plural laymen) forms: form: laymen tags: plural wikipedia: layman etymology_text: From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with Old Frisian lēkmann, lēkmonn (“layman”), obsolete Dutch leekeman (“layman”), O...
22251	word: diet word_type: noun expansion: diet (plural diets) forms: form: diets tags: plural wikipedia: diet etymology_text: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita)...
22252	word: diet word_type: adj expansion: diet (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: diet etymology_text: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita). senses_examples: text: diet...
22253	word: diet word_type: verb expansion: diet (third-person singular simple present diets, present participle dieting, simple past and past participle dieted) forms: form: diets tags: present singular third-person form: dieting tags: participle present form: dieted tags: ...
22254	word: diet word_type: noun expansion: diet (plural diets) forms: form: diets tags: plural wikipedia: diet etymology_text: From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (d...
22255	word: incipient word_type: adj expansion: incipient (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). senses_examples: text: After 500 years, incipient towns appeared. type: example text: Employees shall be familiariz...
22256	word: incipient word_type: noun expansion: incipient (plural incipients) forms: form: incipients tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A beginner. A verb tense of ...
22257	word: interval cycle word_type: noun expansion: interval cycle (plural interval cycles) forms: form: interval cycles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That which unfolds a single recurrent interval in a series that closes with a retur...
22258	word: tautology word_type: noun expansion: tautology (countable and uncountable, plural tautologies) forms: form: tautologies tags: plural wikipedia: Tautology (logic) etymology_text: From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (l...
22259	word: morality word_type: noun expansion: morality (countable and uncountable, plural moralities) forms: form: moralities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis...
22260	word: kike word_type: noun expansion: kike (plural kikes) forms: form: kikes tags: plural wikipedia: kike etymology_text: Thought to be from Yiddish קײַקל (kaykl, “circle”). In the early 20th century, non-English-speaking Jews that immigrated to the United States would sign papers with a circle as...
22261	word: kike word_type: verb expansion: kike (third-person singular simple present kikes, present participle kiking, simple past and past participle kiked) forms: form: kikes tags: present singular third-person form: kiking tags: participle present form: kiked tags: p...
22262	word: agio word_type: noun expansion: agio (plural agios) forms: form: agios tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian aggio. senses_examples: text: 1989, Isaac Levy, translator, The Pentateuch (translation of, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Der Pentateuch, ubersetzt und erlaute...
22263	word: sanctus word_type: name expansion: sanctus forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Egypt, however, developed its own unique supplicatory use of the sanctus. ref: 1991, Bryan D. Spinks, The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer, page 116 type: quotation senses_categories...
22264	word: print word_type: adj expansion: print (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”)...
22265	word: print word_type: verb expansion: print (third-person singular simple present prints, present participle printing, simple past and past participle printed) forms: form: prints tags: present singular third-person form: printing tags: participle present form: printed ...
22266	word: print word_type: noun expansion: print (countable and uncountable, plural prints) forms: form: prints tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prent...
22267	word: tsunami word_type: noun expansion: tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis) forms: form: tsunami tags: plural form: tsunamis tags: plural wikipedia: tsunami etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese 津(つ)波(なみ) (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”). senses_examples: tex...
22268	word: padlock word_type: noun expansion: padlock (plural padlocks) forms: form: padlocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate...
22269	word: padlock word_type: verb expansion: padlock (third-person singular simple present padlocks, present participle padlocking, simple past and past participle padlocked) forms: form: padlocks tags: present singular third-person form: padlocking tags: participle present form:...
22270	word: barf word_type: noun expansion: barf (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Vomit. senses_topics:
22271	word: barf word_type: verb expansion: barf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed) forms: form: barfs tags: present singular third-person form: barfing tags: participle present form: barfed tags: ...
22272	word: barf word_type: intj expansion: forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. senses_examples: text: 2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you. Rigby: Oh, barf. senses_categories: senses_gl...
22273	word: aggressor word_type: noun expansion: aggressor (plural aggressors) forms: form: aggressors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”). senses_examples: text: Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when t...
22274	word: digital camera word_type: noun expansion: digital camera (plural digital cameras) forms: form: digital cameras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The good thing about digital cameras and digital backs is that they allow you to change ISO in the middle of s...
22275	word: stern word_type: adj expansion: stern (comparative sterner, superlative sternest) forms: form: sterner tags: comparative form: sternest tags: superlative wikipedia: Stern (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, ...
22276	word: stern word_type: noun expansion: stern (plural sterns) forms: form: sterns tags: plural wikipedia: Stern (disambiguation) stern etymology_text: Most likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”), related to stýra (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, whence also English steer...
22277	word: stern word_type: verb expansion: stern (third-person singular simple present sterns, present participle sterning, simple past and past participle sterned) forms: form: sterns tags: present singular third-person form: sterning tags: participle present form: sterned ...
22278	word: stern word_type: noun expansion: stern (plural sterns) forms: form: sterns tags: plural wikipedia: Stern (disambiguation) etymology_text: From a variant of tern. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A bird, the black tern. senses_topics:
22279	word: until word_type: prep expansion: until forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto. See unto. senses_examples: text: If you can wait ...
22280	word: until word_type: conj expansion: until forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto. See unto. senses_examples: text: Imagine a countr...
22281	word: yonks word_type: noun expansion: yonks pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks. senses_examples: text: Haven’t seen him in yonks! ...
22282	word: zucchino word_type: noun expansion: zucchino (plural zucchini) forms: form: zucchini tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian zucchino, singular of zucchini. senses_examples: text: After a prolonged session with a cookbook, she selected two or three recipes she considered ...
22283	word: Purmerend word_type: name expansion: Purmerend forms: wikipedia: Purmerend etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A city in North Holland, Netherlands. A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands. senses_topics:
22284	word: agoraphobia word_type: noun expansion: agoraphobia (plural agoraphobias) forms: form: agoraphobias tags: plural wikipedia: agoraphobia etymology_text: From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (gathering of people or place of gathering)”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). Analy...
22285	word: pace word_type: noun expansion: pace (plural paces) forms: form: paces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear. senses_e...
22286	word: pace word_type: adj expansion: pace (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear. senses_examples: senses_categories: sense...
22287	word: pace word_type: verb expansion: pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced) forms: form: paces tags: present singular third-person form: pacing tags: participle present form: paced tags: p...
22288	word: pace word_type: prep expansion: pace forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”). senses_examples: text: She is marvelous here, but he (pace many critics) is no bumpkin ref: 1998, Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human typ...
22289	word: pace word_type: noun expansion: pace (plural paces) forms: form: paces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Alteration of archaic Pasch. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Easter. senses_topics:
22290	word: protein word_type: noun expansion: protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins) forms: form: proteins tags: plural wikipedia: Gerardus Johannes Mulder Jöns Jacob Berzelius etymology_text: Suggested by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in a letter to Gerardus Johannes Mulder, from French protéin...
22291	word: wolf down word_type: verb expansion: wolf down (third-person singular simple present wolfs down, present participle wolfing down, simple past and past participle wolfed down) forms: form: wolfs down tags: present singular third-person form: wolfing down tags: participle p...
22292	word: dominus word_type: noun expansion: dominus (plural domini) forms: form: domini tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin dominus (“master”). Doublet of dan, dom, domine, dominie, and don. senses_examples: text: The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini we...
22293	word: conclave word_type: noun expansion: conclave (plural conclaves) forms: form: conclaves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclāve (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + clāvis (“key”). senses_examples: t...
22294	word: babe word_type: noun expansion: babe (plural babes) forms: form: babes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English baba (“boy, child”), from Proto-West Germanic babō, from Proto-Germanic *babô, reduplicated variant...
22295	word: novel word_type: adj expansion: novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel) forms: form: more novel tags: comparative form: most novel tags: superlative wikipedia: novel etymology_text: From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently mad...
22296	word: novel word_type: noun expansion: novel (plural novels) forms: form: novels tags: plural wikipedia: Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes novel etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella. senses_examples: senses_categories: se...
22297	word: novel word_type: noun expansion: novel (plural novels) forms: form: novels tags: plural wikipedia: novel etymology_text: From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. senses_examples: text: Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvel...
22298	word: novel word_type: noun expansion: novel (plural novels) forms: form: novels tags: plural wikipedia: novel etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. senses_examples: text: The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in ...
22299	word: coup d'état word_type: noun expansion: coup d'état (plural coups d'état or coup d'états) forms: form: coups d'état tags: plural form: coup d'états tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French coup d’État (literally “stroke (or blow) of state”). senses_...

22200

word: hat word_type: verb expansion: hat forms: wikipedia: hat (disambiguation) etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past of hit senses_topics:

22201

word: baritone word_type: noun expansion: baritone (plural baritones) forms: form: baritones tags: plural wikipedia: en:baritone etymology_text: From Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”). Doublet of baryton and barytone. se...

22202

word: Middle East word_type: name expansion: Middle East forms: wikipedia: en:Middle East etymology_text: Compound of middle + east formed in English, modeled on Far East and Near East. Attested from the latter 19th century. senses_examples: text: Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there...

22203

word: affirmation word_type: noun expansion: affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations) forms: form: affirmations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio. senses_examples: senses_categories:...

22204

word: human being word_type: noun expansion: human being (plural human beings) forms: form: human beings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: He began to reflect that in a few Minutes he might possibly deprive a human Being of Life, or might lose his own. ref: ...

22205

word: toga word_type: noun expansion: toga (plural togas or togae or togæ) forms: form: togas tags: plural form: togae tags: plural form: togæ tags: plural wikipedia: toga etymology_text: Borrowed directly from Latin toga, from tegō (“I clothe”). Doublet of toge. The Philip...

22206

word: crescendo word_type: noun expansion: crescendo (plural crescendos or crescendi or crescendoes) forms: form: crescendos tags: plural form: crescendi tags: plural form: crescendoes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian crescendo, gerund of cresc...

22207

word: crescendo word_type: verb expansion: crescendo (third-person singular simple present crescendoes, present participle crescendoing, simple past and past participle crescendoed) forms: form: crescendoes tags: present singular third-person form: crescendoing tags: participle ...

22208

word: crescendo word_type: adv expansion: crescendo (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian crescendo, gerund of crescere (“to grow, to increase”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Gradually increasing in force or loudness. senses_topics: entertainme...

22209

word: chillun word_type: noun expansion: chillun forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Spelling representing a Black or Southern U.S. pronunciation of children. senses_examples: text: [Pogo, to kids:] All right, chillun! The Sunday school lesson is on page 4. ref: 1960 April 3, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Sun...

22210

word: cynosure word_type: noun expansion: cynosure (plural cynosures) forms: form: cynosures tags: plural wikipedia: cynosure etymology_text: From French cynosure (“Ursa Minor; Polaris”), from Latin Cynosūra (“Ursa Minor”), from Ancient Greek Κυνόσουρα (Kunósoura, “Ursa Minor”, literally “dog’s ta...

22211

word: hic word_type: intj expansion: hic forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Onomatopoeic. senses_examples: text: This wine - hic! - tasted good. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness. senses_topics:

22212

word: meteorology word_type: noun expansion: meteorology (countable and uncountable, plural meteorologies) forms: form: meteorologies tags: plural wikipedia: meteorology etymology_text: From French météorologie, from Ancient Greek μετέωρος (metéōros, “high in the sky”) + -λογία (-logía). By surfac...

22213

word: turnip word_type: noun expansion: turnip (plural turnips) forms: form: turnips tags: plural wikipedia: Turnip (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the r...

22214

word: turnip word_type: verb expansion: turnip (third-person singular simple present turnips, present participle turniping or turnipping, simple past and past participle turniped or turnipped) forms: form: turnips tags: present singular third-person form: turniping tags: participle...

22215

word: arsed word_type: verb expansion: arsed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of arse. senses_topics:

22216

word: arsed word_type: adj expansion: arsed (comparative more arsed, superlative most arsed) forms: form: more arsed tags: comparative form: most arsed tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I can’t be arsed to get out of bed today. type: exam...

22217

word: aggregation word_type: noun expansion: aggregation (countable and uncountable, plural aggregations) forms: form: aggregations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aggregātiō, from aggregō (“aggregate”). senses_examples: text: The difference between an association an...

22218

word: frock word_type: noun expansion: frock (plural frocks) forms: form: frocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“sk...

22219

word: frock word_type: verb expansion: frock (third-person singular simple present frocks, present participle frocking, simple past and past participle frocked) forms: form: frocks tags: present singular third-person form: frocking tags: participle present form: frocked ...

22220

word: frock word_type: noun expansion: frock (plural frocks) forms: form: frocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English frock, froke, from Old Norse frauki (“frog”), related to Old English frocga (“frog”). More at frog. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...

22221

word: Islamic word_type: adj expansion: Islamic (comparative more Islamic, superlative most Islamic) forms: form: more Islamic tags: comparative form: most Islamic tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Islam + -ic. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of...

22222

word: Islamic word_type: noun expansion: Islamic (plural Islamics) forms: form: Islamics tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Islam + -ic. senses_examples: text: This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics. ref: 2008, John Hagee, Financial Armage...

22223

word: palabra word_type: noun expansion: palabra (plural palabras) forms: form: palabras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish palabra (“word”). Doublet of parable. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A word; idle talk. senses_topics:

22224

word: manus word_type: noun expansion: manus (plural manus) forms: form: manus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”). Doublet of mano. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, ...

22225

word: manus word_type: noun expansion: manus forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of manu senses_topics:

22226

word: legato word_type: adv expansion: legato (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate. senses_examples: text: Play this passage le...

22227

word: legato word_type: noun expansion: legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos) forms: form: legatos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Do...

22228

word: filial word_type: adj expansion: filial (comparative more filial, superlative most filial) forms: form: more filial tags: comparative form: most filial tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English filial, from Latin fīliālis, from filius (“son”) / filia (“dau...

22229

word: bucolic word_type: adj expansion: bucolic (comparative more bucolic, superlative most bucolic) forms: form: more bucolic tags: comparative form: most bucolic tags: superlative wikipedia: bucolic etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin būcolicus, from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (boukoli...

22230

word: bucolic word_type: noun expansion: bucolic (plural bucolics) forms: form: bucolics tags: plural wikipedia: bucolic etymology_text: From Latin būcolicum, neuter substantive of būcolicus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A pastoral poem. A rustic, peasant. senses_top...

22231

word: nowhere word_type: adv expansion: nowhere (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too sma...

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word: nowhere word_type: adj expansion: nowhere (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the map (signifying the location was too sma...

22233

word: nowhere word_type: noun expansion: nowhere (plural nowheres) forms: form: nowheres tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where. Adjective usage is taken from phrases like nowhere on the...

22234

word: slob word_type: noun expansion: slob (plural slobs) forms: form: slobs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Irish slaba. Compare slobber, which is of Germanic origin. senses_examples: text: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have just begun our gradual descent into the Indianapolis are...

22235

word: slob word_type: verb expansion: slob (third-person singular simple present slobs, present participle slobbing, simple past and past participle slobbed) forms: form: slobs tags: present singular third-person form: slobbing tags: participle present form: slobbed tag...

22236

word: clef word_type: noun expansion: clef (plural clefs) forms: form: clefs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches ...

22237

word: Beeb word_type: name expansion: the Beeb forms: form: the Beeb tags: canonical wikipedia: Peter Sellers The Goon Show etymology_text: Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. senses_...

22238

word: Beeb word_type: noun expansion: Beeb (plural Beebs) forms: form: Beebs tags: plural wikipedia: Peter Sellers The Goon Show etymology_text: Clipping of BBC; possibly popularised by Peter Sellers, who is said to have called the corporation the Beeb Beeb Ceeb on The Goon Show in the 1950s. se...

22239

word: eject word_type: verb expansion: eject (third-person singular simple present ejects, present participle ejecting, simple past and past participle ejected) forms: form: ejects tags: present singular third-person form: ejecting tags: participle present form: ejected ...

22240

word: eject word_type: noun expansion: eject (countable and uncountable, plural ejects) forms: form: ejects tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin ēiectum (“(that which is) thrown out”), from ēiciō (“to throw out”) (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject an...

22241

word: parsimony word_type: noun expansion: parsimony (usually uncountable, plural parsimonies) forms: form: parsimonies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English parcimonie, from Middle French parsimonie, from Latin parsimōnia (“frugality, sparingness”), from pars-, past partici...

22242

word: agglutination word_type: noun expansion: agglutination (countable and uncountable, plural agglutinations) forms: form: agglutinations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Multiple origins. The oldest usage, in relation to tissues adhering or healing in medical contexts, appears in the 16...

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word: clavis word_type: noun expansion: clavis (plural clavises or claves) forms: form: clavises tags: plural form: claves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clef. senses_examples: text: Iron clavis, the solid web-shaped at the edges ...

22244

word: diabolus word_type: noun expansion: diabolus (plural diaboluses) forms: form: diaboluses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin diabolus. Doublet of devil, diable, and diablo. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Synonym of tritone senses_topics: entertainme...

22245

word: bravery word_type: noun expansion: bravery (usually uncountable, plural braveries) forms: form: braveries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French braverie, from braver (“to brave”), or Italian braveria, from bravare (“to brave”). By surface analysis, brave + -ery...

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word: Agnus Dei word_type: noun expansion: Agnus Dei (plural Agnus Deis or Agnus Dei) forms: form: Agnus Deis tags: plural form: Agnus Dei tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin Agnus Deī (“Lamb of God”). senses_examples: text: Matilda continued her incant...

22247

word: morning wood word_type: noun expansion: morning wood (countable and uncountable, plural morning woods) forms: form: morning woods tags: plural wikipedia: morning wood etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An erection of the penis upon waking up, usually u...

22248

word: pastie word_type: noun expansion: pastie (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: Pasties etymology_text: From paste + -ie. First use appears c. 1954, in the publications of E. J. Abbot. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An item worn (often by strip...

22249

word: pastie word_type: noun expansion: pastie (plural pasties) forms: form: pasties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: 13th century. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of seasoned meat pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape. A circular, battered ...

22250

word: layman word_type: noun expansion: layman (plural laymen) forms: form: laymen tags: plural wikipedia: layman etymology_text: From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with Old Frisian lēkmann, lēkmonn (“layman”), obsolete Dutch leekeman (“layman”), O...

22251

word: diet word_type: noun expansion: diet (plural diets) forms: form: diets tags: plural wikipedia: diet etymology_text: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita)...

22252

word: diet word_type: adj expansion: diet (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: diet etymology_text: From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita). senses_examples: text: diet...

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word: diet word_type: verb expansion: diet (third-person singular simple present diets, present participle dieting, simple past and past participle dieted) forms: form: diets tags: present singular third-person form: dieting tags: participle present form: dieted tags: ...

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word: diet word_type: noun expansion: diet (plural diets) forms: form: diets tags: plural wikipedia: diet etymology_text: From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (d...

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word: incipient word_type: adj expansion: incipient (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). senses_examples: text: After 500 years, incipient towns appeared. type: example text: Employees shall be familiariz...

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word: incipient word_type: noun expansion: incipient (plural incipients) forms: form: incipients tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A beginner. A verb tense of ...

22257

word: interval cycle word_type: noun expansion: interval cycle (plural interval cycles) forms: form: interval cycles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: That which unfolds a single recurrent interval in a series that closes with a retur...

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word: tautology word_type: noun expansion: tautology (countable and uncountable, plural tautologies) forms: form: tautologies tags: plural wikipedia: Tautology (logic) etymology_text: From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (l...

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word: morality word_type: noun expansion: morality (countable and uncountable, plural moralities) forms: form: moralities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis...

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word: kike word_type: noun expansion: kike (plural kikes) forms: form: kikes tags: plural wikipedia: kike etymology_text: Thought to be from Yiddish קײַקל (kaykl, “circle”). In the early 20th century, non-English-speaking Jews that immigrated to the United States would sign papers with a circle as...

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word: kike word_type: verb expansion: kike (third-person singular simple present kikes, present participle kiking, simple past and past participle kiked) forms: form: kikes tags: present singular third-person form: kiking tags: participle present form: kiked tags: p...

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word: agio word_type: noun expansion: agio (plural agios) forms: form: agios tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian aggio. senses_examples: text: 1989, Isaac Levy, translator, The Pentateuch (translation of, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Der Pentateuch, ubersetzt und erlaute...

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word: sanctus word_type: name expansion: sanctus forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Egypt, however, developed its own unique supplicatory use of the sanctus. ref: 1991, Bryan D. Spinks, The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer, page 116 type: quotation senses_categories...

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word: print word_type: adj expansion: print (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prenten (“to imprint”), Middle Low German prenten (“to print; write”)...

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word: print word_type: verb expansion: print (third-person singular simple present prints, present participle printing, simple past and past participle printed) forms: form: prints tags: present singular third-person form: printing tags: participle present form: printed ...

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word: print word_type: noun expansion: print (countable and uncountable, plural prints) forms: form: prints tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English *printen, prenten, preenten, an apheretic form of emprinten, enprinten (“to impress; imprint”) (see imprint). Compare Dutch prent...

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word: tsunami word_type: noun expansion: tsunami (plural tsunami or tsunamis) forms: form: tsunami tags: plural form: tsunamis tags: plural wikipedia: tsunami etymology_text: Borrowed from Japanese 津(つ)波(なみ) (tsunami), from 津 (tsu, “harbour”) + 波 (nami, “wave”). senses_examples: tex...

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word: padlock word_type: noun expansion: padlock (plural padlocks) forms: form: padlocks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate...

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word: padlock word_type: verb expansion: padlock (third-person singular simple present padlocks, present participle padlocking, simple past and past participle padlocked) forms: form: padlocks tags: present singular third-person form: padlocking tags: participle present form:...

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word: barf word_type: noun expansion: barf (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Vomit. senses_topics:

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word: barf word_type: verb expansion: barf (third-person singular simple present barfs, present participle barfing, simple past and past participle barfed) forms: form: barfs tags: present singular third-person form: barfing tags: participle present form: barfed tags: ...

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word: barf word_type: intj expansion: forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin. senses_examples: text: 2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you. Rigby: Oh, barf. senses_categories: senses_gl...

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word: aggressor word_type: noun expansion: aggressor (plural aggressors) forms: form: aggressors tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”). senses_examples: text: Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when t...

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word: digital camera word_type: noun expansion: digital camera (plural digital cameras) forms: form: digital cameras tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The good thing about digital cameras and digital backs is that they allow you to change ISO in the middle of s...

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word: stern word_type: adj expansion: stern (comparative sterner, superlative sternest) forms: form: sterner tags: comparative form: sternest tags: superlative wikipedia: Stern (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, ...

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word: stern word_type: noun expansion: stern (plural sterns) forms: form: sterns tags: plural wikipedia: Stern (disambiguation) stern etymology_text: Most likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”), related to stýra (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, whence also English steer...

22277

word: stern word_type: verb expansion: stern (third-person singular simple present sterns, present participle sterning, simple past and past participle sterned) forms: form: sterns tags: present singular third-person form: sterning tags: participle present form: sterned ...

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word: stern word_type: noun expansion: stern (plural sterns) forms: form: sterns tags: plural wikipedia: Stern (disambiguation) etymology_text: From a variant of tern. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A bird, the black tern. senses_topics:

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word: until word_type: prep expansion: until forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto. See unto. senses_examples: text: If you can wait ...

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word: until word_type: conj expansion: until forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till. Perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto. See unto. senses_examples: text: Imagine a countr...

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word: yonks word_type: noun expansion: yonks pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Unknown. First seen in print around 1960. One theory is that it comes from donkey's ears; another is that it is an abbreviation of years, months and weeks. senses_examples: text: Haven’t seen him in yonks! ...

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word: zucchino word_type: noun expansion: zucchino (plural zucchini) forms: form: zucchini tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian zucchino, singular of zucchini. senses_examples: text: After a prolonged session with a cookbook, she selected two or three recipes she considered ...

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word: Purmerend word_type: name expansion: Purmerend forms: wikipedia: Purmerend etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A city in North Holland, Netherlands. A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands. senses_topics:

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word: agoraphobia word_type: noun expansion: agoraphobia (plural agoraphobias) forms: form: agoraphobias tags: plural wikipedia: agoraphobia etymology_text: From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (gathering of people or place of gathering)”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). Analy...

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word: pace word_type: noun expansion: pace (plural paces) forms: form: paces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear. senses_e...

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word: pace word_type: adj expansion: pace (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear. senses_examples: senses_categories: sense...

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word: pace word_type: verb expansion: pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced) forms: form: paces tags: present singular third-person form: pacing tags: participle present form: paced tags: p...

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word: pace word_type: prep expansion: pace forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”). senses_examples: text: She is marvelous here, but he (pace many critics) is no bumpkin ref: 1998, Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human typ...

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word: pace word_type: noun expansion: pace (plural paces) forms: form: paces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Alteration of archaic Pasch. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Easter. senses_topics:

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word: protein word_type: noun expansion: protein (countable and uncountable, plural proteins) forms: form: proteins tags: plural wikipedia: Gerardus Johannes Mulder Jöns Jacob Berzelius etymology_text: Suggested by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in a letter to Gerardus Johannes Mulder, from French protéin...

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word: wolf down word_type: verb expansion: wolf down (third-person singular simple present wolfs down, present participle wolfing down, simple past and past participle wolfed down) forms: form: wolfs down tags: present singular third-person form: wolfing down tags: participle p...

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word: dominus word_type: noun expansion: dominus (plural domini) forms: form: domini tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin dominus (“master”). Doublet of dan, dom, domine, dominie, and don. senses_examples: text: The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini we...

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word: conclave word_type: noun expansion: conclave (plural conclaves) forms: form: conclaves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclāve (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + clāvis (“key”). senses_examples: t...

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word: babe word_type: noun expansion: babe (plural babes) forms: form: babes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English babe, a variant of earlier baban, perhaps from Old English *baba (“boy, child”), from Proto-West Germanic *babō, from Proto-Germanic *babô, reduplicated variant...

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word: novel word_type: adj expansion: novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel) forms: form: more novel tags: comparative form: most novel tags: superlative wikipedia: novel etymology_text: From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently mad...

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word: novel word_type: noun expansion: novel (plural novels) forms: form: novels tags: plural wikipedia: Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes novel etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella. senses_examples: senses_categories: se...

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word: novel word_type: noun expansion: novel (plural novels) forms: form: novels tags: plural wikipedia: novel etymology_text: From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. senses_examples: text: Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvel...

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word: novel word_type: noun expansion: novel (plural novels) forms: form: novels tags: plural wikipedia: novel etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. senses_examples: text: The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in ...

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word: coup d'état word_type: noun expansion: coup d'état (plural coups d'état or coup d'états) forms: form: coups d'état tags: plural form: coup d'états tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Unadapted borrowing from French coup d’État (literally “stroke (or blow) of state”). senses_...