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22800 | word:
frankenword
word_type:
noun
expansion:
frankenword (plural frankenwords)
forms:
form:
frankenwords
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From franken- + word.
senses_examples:
text:
But what's noteworthy is the smorgasbord of new vocabulary, including 'frankenwords' (words joined to... |
22801 | word:
expire
word_type:
verb
expansion:
expire (third-person singular simple present expires, present participle expiring, simple past and past participle expired)
forms:
form:
expires
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
expiring
tags:
participle
present
form:
expir... |
22802 | word:
scanlation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
scanlation (countable and uncountable, plural scanlations)
forms:
form:
scanlations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
scanlation
etymology_text:
Blend of scan + translation
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The process of scanning and trans... |
22803 | word:
drunkard
word_type:
noun
expansion:
drunkard (plural drunkards)
forms:
form:
drunkards
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From earlier droncarde, from Middle English *druncard (attested as a surname, Druncard), possibly from Middle Low German drunkert, equivalent to drunk + -ard (“pejo... |
22804 | word:
zed
word_type:
noun
expansion:
zed (plural zeds)
forms:
form:
zeds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English zed, zedde, zede, from Old French zede, from Late Latin zeta, from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), from Hebrew ז (zayin) with influence from beta, eta and theta. Letter ... |
22805 | word:
zed
word_type:
verb
expansion:
zed (third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded)
forms:
form:
zeds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
zedding
tags:
participle
present
form:
zedded
tags:
p... |
22806 | word:
pareidolia
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pareidolia (countable and uncountable, plural pareidolias)
forms:
form:
pareidolias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Pareidolie, constructed from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “alongside”) + εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image”) + -ία (-í... |
22807 | word:
toki
word_type:
noun
expansion:
toki (plural tokis)
forms:
form:
tokis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki).
senses_examples:
text:
The Toki or Japanese crested ibis (ibis nippon) is an almost extinct kind of bird resembling the heron.
ref:
1934, Frede... |
22808 | word:
pernicious
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)
forms:
form:
more pernicious
tags:
comparative
form:
most pernicious
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin... |
22809 | word:
pernicious
word_type:
adj
expansion:
pernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)
forms:
form:
more pernicious
tags:
comparative
form:
most pernicious
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Analyzable as pernīx ("swift") + -ious.
senses_examples:
... |
22810 | word:
Capella
word_type:
name
expansion:
Capella
forms:
wikipedia:
Capella (star)
etymology_text:
From Latin capella (“she-goat; kid”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.
senses_topics:
astronomy
natural-sciences |
22811 | word:
Capella
word_type:
name
expansion:
Capella (plural Capellas)
forms:
form:
Capellas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Capella (star)
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Catalan Capella.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A surname from Catalan.
senses_topics:
|
22812 | word:
braggadocio
word_type:
noun
expansion:
braggadocio (countable and uncountable, plural braggadocios or braggadocioes or braggadocii)
forms:
form:
braggadocios
tags:
plural
form:
braggadocioes
tags:
plural
form:
braggadocii
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Edmund Spenser
The Fae... |
22813 | word:
facsimile
word_type:
noun
expansion:
facsimile (countable and uncountable, plural facsimiles or facsimilia)
forms:
form:
facsimiles
tags:
plural
form:
facsimilia
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
facsimile
etymology_text:
From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative o... |
22814 | word:
facsimile
word_type:
verb
expansion:
facsimile (third-person singular simple present facsimiles, present participle facsimileing or facsimiling, simple past and past participle facsimiled or facsimilied)
forms:
form:
facsimiles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
facsimileing... |
22815 | word:
media
word_type:
noun
expansion:
media (plural medias or mediae)
forms:
form:
medias
tags:
plural
form:
mediae
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Pro... |
22816 | word:
media
word_type:
noun
expansion:
media
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted as singular or mass noun, from Latin media, neuter plural form of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from... |
22817 | word:
media
word_type:
noun
expansion:
media (countable and uncountable, plural media or medias)
forms:
form:
media
tags:
plural
form:
medias
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Latinate plural of medium, particularly as a clipping of communications media and often reinterpreted a... |
22818 | word:
media
word_type:
adj
expansion:
media (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortening from multimedia, from multi- + media (“forms of communication”).
senses_examples:
text:
I have media files stored on an external hard drive.
type:
example
text:
Adjust media sound in m... |
22819 | word:
starveling
word_type:
noun
expansion:
starveling (plural starvelings)
forms:
form:
starvelings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From starve + -ling.
senses_examples:
text:
As for the starveling rebels of our region, they soon began to reappear in town, more starved and abject, ... |
22820 | word:
starveling
word_type:
adj
expansion:
starveling (comparative more starveling, superlative most starveling)
forms:
form:
more starveling
tags:
comparative
form:
most starveling
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From starve + -ling.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:... |
22821 | word:
guesstimate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
guesstimate (plural guesstimates)
forms:
form:
guesstimates
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Blend of guess + estimate.
senses_examples:
text:
I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.
type:
ex... |
22822 | word:
guesstimate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
guesstimate (third-person singular simple present guesstimates, present participle guesstimating, simple past and past participle guesstimated)
forms:
form:
guesstimates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
guesstimating
tags:
parti... |
22823 | word:
vanquish
word_type:
verb
expansion:
vanquish (third-person singular simple present vanquishes, present participle vanquishing, simple past and past participle vanquished)
forms:
form:
vanquishes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vanquishing
tags:
participle
presen... |
22824 | word:
ut
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ut (plural uts)
forms:
form:
uts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyr... |
22825 | word:
Hawaiʻi
word_type:
name
expansion:
Hawaiʻi
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
If confine your Hawaiʻi vacation to resort areas such as Waikiki, Kaʻanapali, or Kona, you are unlikely to see a native honey-creeper. But birds are always around (even sometimes on your breakfas... |
22826 | word:
perineal
word_type:
adj
expansion:
perineal (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
His bicycle seat produced a great deal of perineal discomfort.
type:
example
text:
Many mothers find the use of perineal massage eases their childbirth.
type:
... |
22827 | word:
papal
word_type:
adj
expansion:
papal (comparative more papal, superlative most papal)
forms:
form:
more papal
tags:
comparative
form:
most papal
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).
s... |
22828 | word:
bishopric
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bishopric (plural bishoprics)
forms:
form:
bishoprics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich).
senses_examples:
text:
Later that year,... |
22829 | word:
toothsome
word_type:
adj
expansion:
toothsome (comparative more toothsome, superlative most toothsome)
forms:
form:
more toothsome
tags:
comparative
form:
most toothsome
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From tooth + -some.
senses_examples:
text:
In 1919 he had... |
22830 | word:
stain
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stain (plural stains)
forms:
form:
stains
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
stain
etymology_text:
From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral... |
22831 | word:
stain
word_type:
verb
expansion:
stain (third-person singular simple present stains, present participle staining, simple past and past participle stained)
forms:
form:
stains
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
staining
tags:
participle
present
form:
stained
... |
22832 | word:
cap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cap (plural caps)
forms:
form:
caps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cap
etymology_text:
Inherited from Middle English cappe, from Old English cæppe, from Late Latin cappa, itself from Latin caput. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *káput- and Proto-Indo-European *kap... |
22833 | word:
cap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)
forms:
form:
caps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
capping
tags:
participle
present
form:
capped
tags:
p... |
22834 | word:
cap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cap (plural caps)
forms:
form:
caps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cap
etymology_text:
Various clippings.
senses_examples:
text:
Parasitic caps.
type:
example
text:
I had to replace the caps in that thing to get it to work again.
type:
exampl... |
22835 | word:
cap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cap (third-person singular simple present caps, present participle capping, simple past and past participle capped)
forms:
form:
caps
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
capping
tags:
participle
present
form:
capped
tags:
p... |
22836 | word:
cap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cap (plural caps)
forms:
form:
caps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cap
etymology_text:
From Scots cap, an alteration of earlier cop, from Middle English cop, from Old English copp (“a cup, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.
senses_e... |
22837 | word:
spot market
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spot market (plural spot markets)
forms:
form:
spot markets
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The price on the futures market depends in part on the price on the spot market.
type:
example
senses_categories:
s... |
22838 | word:
bulwark
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bulwark (plural bulwarks)
forms:
form:
bulwarks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
bulwark
etymology_text:
From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Boll... |
22839 | word:
bulwark
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bulwark (third-person singular simple present bulwarks, present participle bulwarking, simple past and past participle bulwarked)
forms:
form:
bulwarks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bulwarking
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
22840 | word:
filth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
filth (usually uncountable, plural filths)
forms:
form:
filths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
filth
etymology_text:
From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th.
senses_examples:
text:
Before we ... |
22841 | word:
filth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
the filth (uncountable)
forms:
form:
the filth
tags:
canonical
wikipedia:
filth
etymology_text:
From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th.
senses_examples:
text:
We were in the middle o... |
22842 | word:
horsey
word_type:
adj
expansion:
horsey (comparative horsier, superlative horsiest)
forms:
form:
horsier
tags:
comparative
form:
horsiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From horse + -ey.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling o... |
22843 | word:
horsey
word_type:
noun
expansion:
horsey (plural horseys)
forms:
form:
horseys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From horse + -ey.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of horsy.
senses_topics:
|
22844 | word:
fons
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fons
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of fon
senses_topics:
|
22845 | word:
fons
word_type:
verb
expansion:
fons
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of fon
senses_topics:
|
22846 | word:
sesquipedal
word_type:
adj
expansion:
sesquipedal (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin sesquipedalis; equivalent to sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedal (“foot, of the foot”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Measuring or containing a foot and a h... |
22847 | word:
sesquipedal
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sesquipedal (plural sesquipedals)
forms:
form:
sesquipedals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin sesquipedalis; equivalent to sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedal (“foot, of the foot”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_... |
22848 | word:
bricolage
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bricolage (countable and uncountable, plural bricolages)
forms:
form:
bricolages
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
bricolage
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French bricolage.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Construction using whatever was av... |
22849 | word:
corned beef
word_type:
noun
expansion:
corned beef (countable and uncountable, plural corned beefs)
forms:
form:
corned beefs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From corn (“to preserve (meat) in grains and brine”, verb); (chief officer): rhyming slang for chief.
senses_examples:
te... |
22850 | word:
wordy
word_type:
adj
expansion:
wordy (comparative wordier, superlative wordiest)
forms:
form:
wordier
tags:
comparative
form:
wordiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordiġ (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word ... |
22851 | word:
ballistics
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ballistics (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From ballista + -ics.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with det... |
22852 | word:
antique
word_type:
adj
expansion:
antique (comparative antiquer, superlative antiquest)
forms:
form:
antiquer
tags:
comparative
form:
antiquest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, anci... |
22853 | word:
antique
word_type:
noun
expansion:
antique (plural antiques)
forms:
form:
antiques
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.
senses_examples... |
22854 | word:
antique
word_type:
verb
expansion:
antique (third-person singular simple present antiques, present participle antiquing, simple past and past participle antiqued)
forms:
form:
antiques
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
antiquing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
22855 | word:
dismount
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dismount (third-person singular simple present dismounts, present participle dismounting, simple past and past participle dismounted)
forms:
form:
dismounts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dismounting
tags:
participle
present
... |
22856 | word:
dismount
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dismount (plural dismounts)
forms:
form:
dismounts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
senses_examples:
text:
Nice dismount!
type:
example
text:
It was a stylish routine, ... |
22857 | word:
has
word_type:
verb
expansion:
has
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English has, haes, hafs, haves, equivalent to have + -s. Compare hath.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of have
senses_topics:
|
22858 | word:
blaze
word_type:
noun
expansion:
blaze (plural blazes)
forms:
form:
blazes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-In... |
22859 | word:
blaze
word_type:
verb
expansion:
blaze (third-person singular simple present blazes, present participle blazing, simple past and past participle blazed)
forms:
form:
blazes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
blazing
tags:
participle
present
form:
blazed
tag... |
22860 | word:
blaze
word_type:
verb
expansion:
blaze (third-person singular simple present blazes, present participle blazing, simple past and past participle blazed)
forms:
form:
blazes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
blazing
tags:
participle
present
form:
blazed
tag... |
22861 | word:
blaze
word_type:
noun
expansion:
blaze (plural blazes)
forms:
form:
blazes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.
senses_e... |
22862 | word:
cross country
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cross country (countable and uncountable, plural cross countries or cross countrys)
forms:
form:
cross countries
tags:
plural
form:
cross countrys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_g... |
22863 | word:
bowdlerize
word_type:
verb
expansion:
bowdlerize (third-person singular simple present bowdlerizes, present participle bowdlerizing, simple past and past participle bowdlerized)
forms:
form:
bowdlerizes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
bowdlerizing
tags:
participle
... |
22864 | word:
cynocephalus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cynocephalus (plural cynocephali)
forms:
form:
cynocephali
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin cynocephalus.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and human body.
An ape ... |
22865 | word:
scatter
word_type:
verb
expansion:
scatter (third-person singular simple present scatters, present participle scattering, simple past and past participle scattered)
forms:
form:
scatters
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
scattering
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
22866 | word:
scatter
word_type:
noun
expansion:
scatter (countable and uncountable, plural scatters)
forms:
form:
scatters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
scatter
etymology_text:
From Middle English scateren, skateren, (also schateren, see shatter), from Old English *sceaterian, probably from a dialect of Old No... |
22867 | word:
externality
word_type:
noun
expansion:
externality (countable and uncountable, plural externalities)
forms:
form:
externalities
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From external + -ity.
senses_examples:
text:
But according to the theory of the externality of relations, terms acqui... |
22868 | word:
Amazon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Amazon (plural Amazons)
forms:
form:
Amazons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Amazon
etymology_text:
From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn); perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of Old Persian *hamazan- (“warrior”), as the Amazon women were... |
22869 | word:
Amazon
word_type:
name
expansion:
the Amazon
forms:
form:
the Amazon
tags:
canonical
wikipedia:
Amazon
etymology_text:
From Spanish, Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women fought ... |
22870 | word:
Amazon
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Amazon (plural Amazons)
forms:
form:
Amazons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Amazon
etymology_text:
From Spanish, Río Amazonas. It is common belief that the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana fought a battle against a tribe of Tapuya natives, in which the women ... |
22871 | word:
Amazon
word_type:
name
expansion:
Amazon
forms:
wikipedia:
Amazon
Jeff Bezos
etymology_text:
Chosen by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a word beginning with 'A' which had existing connotations (see meanings listed in etymologies 1 & 2) of being exotic, different, and (as the Amazon River) the largest of its ki... |
22872 | word:
Amazon
word_type:
verb
expansion:
Amazon (third-person singular simple present Amazons, present participle Amazoning, simple past and past participle Amazoned)
forms:
form:
Amazons
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
Amazoning
tags:
participle
present
form:
Am... |
22873 | word:
madder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
madder (countable and uncountable, plural madders)
forms:
form:
madders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
madder
etymology_text:
From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish madra, Old ... |
22874 | word:
madder
word_type:
adj
expansion:
madder (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
madder
etymology_text:
From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish madra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cogna... |
22875 | word:
madder
word_type:
verb
expansion:
madder (third-person singular simple present madders, present participle maddering, simple past and past participle maddered)
forms:
form:
madders
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
maddering
tags:
participle
present
form:
ma... |
22876 | word:
madder
word_type:
adj
expansion:
madder
forms:
wikipedia:
madder
etymology_text:
Inflected forms.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
comparative form of mad: more mad
senses_topics:
|
22877 | word:
madder
word_type:
noun
expansion:
madder (plural madders)
forms:
form:
madders
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
madder
etymology_text:
From Irish meadar.
senses_examples:
text:
Usequebaugh to our feast - In pails was brought up,
A hundred at least, - And the madder our cup,
O there is the sport... |
22878 | word:
madder
word_type:
verb
expansion:
madder (third-person singular simple present madders, present participle maddering, simple past and past participle maddered)
forms:
form:
madders
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
maddering
tags:
participle
present
form:
ma... |
22879 | word:
logorrhoea
word_type:
noun
expansion:
logorrhoea (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From logo- + -rrhoea; see logorrhea.
senses_examples:
text:
The baritone is angry, but still controlled: he does not indulge in compulsive over-rapid spurts of logorrhoeas but keeps to a 'chopped, sh... |
22880 | word:
yay
word_type:
intj
expansion:
yay
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
senses_examples:
text:
Yay! I have finally finished my work!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An expression of happiness.
Misspelling of ... |
22881 | word:
yay
word_type:
adv
expansion:
yay (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
senses_examples:
text:
See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
ref:
2018 October 30, CGP Grey, 5:29 from th... |
22882 | word:
yay
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yay (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.
senses_examples:
text:
In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up ... |
22883 | word:
catoblepas
word_type:
noun
expansion:
catoblepas (plural catoblepae or catoblepones)
forms:
form:
catoblepae
tags:
plural
form:
catoblepones
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin catōblepās, from Ancient Greek κᾰτῶβλεψ (katôbleps), κᾰτωβλέπων (katōblépōn), ... |
22884 | word:
howler
word_type:
noun
expansion:
howler (plural howlers)
forms:
form:
howlers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From howl + -er. Some senses are derivatives of the intensifier "howling", as in "howling wilderness", (Deuteronomy 32:10)
senses_examples:
text:
Given what we know... |
22885 | word:
touring car
word_type:
noun
expansion:
touring car (plural touring cars)
forms:
form:
touring cars
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A large open car seating four or more people and having a folding top. An automobile designed... |
22886 | word:
placenta
word_type:
noun
expansion:
placenta (plural placentae or placentas)
forms:
form:
placentae
tags:
plural
form:
placentas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
placenta
etymology_text:
Elision for phrases such as New Latin placenta uterī (“womb cake”), placenta uterina (“uterine cake”),... |
22887 | word:
gong
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gong (plural gongs)
forms:
form:
gong ]
tags:
canonical
form:
gongs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
gong
etymology_text:
From Malay gong, possibly onomatopoeic.
senses_examples:
text:
This grooming of the national mindset explains the retention of 9... |
22888 | word:
gong
word_type:
verb
expansion:
gong (third-person singular simple present gongs, present participle gonging, simple past and past participle gonged)
forms:
form:
gongs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
gonging
tags:
participle
present
form:
gonged
tags:
... |
22889 | word:
gong
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gong (plural gongs)
forms:
form:
gongs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
table
From Middle English gong, from Old English gong, where it was originally a variant of the noun gang (“a going, walk, journey, way, etc.”), derived from the verb gangan (“to g... |
22890 | word:
gong
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gong (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Mandarin 功 (gōng, “merit; achievement”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A kind of cultivation energy, more powerful than qi.
An advanced practice that cultivates such energy.
senses_t... |
22891 | word:
corvus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
corvus (plural corvuses or corvi)
forms:
form:
corvuses
tags:
plural
form:
corvi
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin corvus.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A hooked ram for destroying walls.
A grapplin... |
22892 | word:
brave
word_type:
adj
expansion:
brave (comparative braver or more brave, superlative bravest or most brave)
forms:
form:
braver
tags:
comparative
form:
more brave
tags:
comparative
form:
bravest
tags:
superlative
form:
most brave
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
... |
22893 | word:
brave
word_type:
noun
expansion:
brave (plural braves)
forms:
form:
braves
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle French brave, borrowed from Italian bravo, itself of uncertain origin (see there). Doublet of bravo.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A N... |
22894 | word:
brave
word_type:
verb
expansion:
brave (third-person singular simple present braves, present participle braving, simple past and past participle braved)
forms:
form:
braves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
braving
tags:
participle
present
form:
braved
tag... |
22895 | word:
donation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
donation (plural donations)
forms:
form:
donations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
donation
etymology_text:
From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorde... |
22896 | word:
abbreviates
word_type:
verb
expansion:
abbreviates
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of abbreviate
senses_topics:
|
22897 | word:
abbreviating
word_type:
verb
expansion:
abbreviating
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of abbreviate
senses_topics:
|
22898 | word:
abbreviations
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abbreviations
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of abbreviation
senses_topics:
|
22899 | word:
abdicated
word_type:
verb
expansion:
abdicated
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
simple past and past participle of abdicate
senses_topics:
|
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