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23100 | word:
zee
word_type:
article
expansion:
zee
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French or German accented English.
senses_topics:
|
23101 | word:
gizzard
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gizzard (plural gizzards)
forms:
form:
gizzards
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
gizzard
etymology_text:
From Middle English gyser, geser, from Old French gesier, giser et al. (French gésier), from Latin gigēria.
senses_examples:
text:
As fortune has it, kingb... |
23102 | word:
vociferous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
vociferous (comparative more vociferous, superlative most vociferous)
forms:
form:
more vociferous
tags:
comparative
form:
most vociferous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin vōcifer + -ous.
senses_examples:
text:
Th... |
23103 | word:
eliminate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)
forms:
form:
eliminates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
eliminating
tags:
participle
pres... |
23104 | word:
thrall
word_type:
noun
expansion:
thrall (countable and uncountable, plural thralls)
forms:
form:
thralls
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English thral, thralle, threl, threlle, from Old English þrǣl (“thrall, slave, servant”), from Old Norse þræll (“slave”), from Proto-... |
23105 | word:
thrall
word_type:
adj
expansion:
thrall (comparative more thrall, superlative most thrall)
forms:
form:
more thrall
tags:
comparative
form:
most thrall
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English thral, thralle, threl, threlle, from Old English þrǣl (“thrall... |
23106 | word:
thrall
word_type:
verb
expansion:
thrall (third-person singular simple present thralls, present participle thralling, simple past and past participle thralled)
forms:
form:
thralls
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
thralling
tags:
participle
present
form:
th... |
23107 | word:
gent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gent (plural gents)
forms:
form:
gents
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Short for gentleman.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A gentleman.
senses_topics:
|
23108 | word:
gent
word_type:
adj
expansion:
gent (comparative more gent, superlative most gent)
forms:
form:
more gent
tags:
comparative
form:
most gent
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English gent, from Old French gent, ultimately from Latin genitum (“born”).
senses... |
23109 | word:
gent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gent (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Short for gentamicin.
senses_topics:
medicine
sciences |
23110 | word:
absurdist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
absurdist (plural absurdists)
forms:
form:
absurdists
head_nr:
2
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
absurdism
etymology_text:
From absurd + -ist.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd... |
23111 | word:
absurdist
word_type:
adj
expansion:
absurdist (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From absurd + -ist.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of, or relating to absurdism.
senses_topics:
|
23112 | word:
email
word_type:
noun
expansion:
email (countable and uncountable, plural emails)
forms:
form:
emails
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”).
senses_examples... |
23113 | word:
email
word_type:
verb
expansion:
email (third-person singular simple present emails, present participle emailing, simple past and past participle emailed)
forms:
form:
emails
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
emailing
tags:
participle
present
form:
emailed
... |
23114 | word:
email
word_type:
noun
expansion:
email (plural emails)
forms:
form:
emails
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Middle French email, from Old French esmal (“enamel”) (modern French émail (“enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze (coating on pottery)”)), from Medieval Latin smaltum (... |
23115 | word:
public policy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
public policy (countable and uncountable, plural public policies)
forms:
form:
public policies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
1993 Henry H. Perritt, Jr. "Knowbots, Permissions Headers and Contract Law", paper fo... |
23116 | word:
bromide
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bromide (plural bromides)
forms:
form:
bromides
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Gelett Burgess
etymology_text:
From brom- + -ide. First used in the sense “dull person” by Gelett Burgess.
Figurative sense ("platitude") by extending the medicating sense through the m... |
23117 | word:
bijection
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bijection (plural bijections)
forms:
form:
bijections
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From French bijection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique.
senses_examples:
text:
The present text... |
23118 | word:
ackee
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ackee (countable and uncountable, plural ackees)
forms:
form:
ackees
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Akan akye.
senses_examples:
text:
The beautiful Akee (Blighia sapida), originally brought from the West Coast of Africa by slave ships, is... |
23119 | word:
elixir
word_type:
noun
expansion:
elixir (plural elixirs)
forms:
form:
elixirs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Medieval Latin elixir, from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “medicinal powder”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
senses_examples:
text... |
23120 | word:
Abbeville
word_type:
name
expansion:
Abbeville
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A town and commune of the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
A townland in Ormond Lower, County... |
23121 | word:
cyclopean
word_type:
adj
expansion:
cyclopean (comparative more cyclopean, superlative most cyclopean)
forms:
form:
more cyclopean
tags:
comparative
form:
most cyclopean
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Cyclopean image
Cyclopean masonry
etymology_text:
From cyclops + -ean.
senses_e... |
23122 | word:
unique
word_type:
adj
expansion:
unique (comparative uniquer or more unique, superlative uniquest or most unique)
forms:
form:
uniquer
tags:
comparative
form:
more unique
tags:
comparative
form:
uniquest
tags:
superlative
form:
most unique
tags:
superlative
wi... |
23123 | word:
unique
word_type:
noun
expansion:
unique (plural uniques)
forms:
form:
uniques
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French unique. Piecewise doublet of any.
senses_examples:
text:
The phoenix, the unique of birds.
ref:
a. 1859, Thomas De Quincey, Language
type... |
23124 | word:
galaxias
word_type:
noun
expansion:
galaxias
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the genus name.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of the fish of the genus Galaxias.
senses_topics:
|
23125 | word:
logorrhea
word_type:
noun
expansion:
logorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural logorrheas)
forms:
form:
logorrheas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From logo- (prefix meaning ‘word; speech’) + -rrhea (suffix meaning ‘flowing’), probably modelled after verbal diarrhea. logo- is der... |
23126 | word:
z-variant
word_type:
noun
expansion:
z-variant (plural z-variants)
forms:
form:
z-variants
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
z (axis) + variant; from the three dimensions visualized for the character space. The x-axis separates characters by semantics (function and meaning, e.g. A fro... |
23127 | word:
Limburgian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Limburgian (plural Limburgians)
forms:
form:
Limburgians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A native or resident from Limburg.
senses_topics:
|
23128 | word:
Limburgian
word_type:
name
expansion:
Limburgian
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The Limburgish language.
senses_topics:
|
23129 | word:
lez
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lez (plural lezzes)
forms:
form:
lezzes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of lesbian.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Lesbian.
senses_topics:
|
23130 | word:
cmavo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cmavo (plural cmavo)
forms:
form:
cmavo
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Lojban.
senses_examples:
text:
Cmavo are connective, syncategorematic words. They are roughly comparable to English conjunctions, prepositions, articles, numerals, and... |
23131 | word:
abounding
word_type:
adj
expansion:
abounding (comparative more abounding, superlative most abounding)
forms:
form:
more abounding
tags:
comparative
form:
most abounding
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
abounding food
type:
example... |
23132 | word:
abounding
word_type:
verb
expansion:
abounding
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
present participle and gerund of abound
senses_topics:
|
23133 | word:
abounding
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abounding (plural aboundings)
forms:
form:
aboundings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul: it must be from the aboundings of grace... |
23134 | word:
surjection
word_type:
noun
expansion:
surjection (plural surjections)
forms:
form:
surjections
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French surjection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique.
Ultimately borrowed from Latin superiectiō (“a throwing o... |
23135 | word:
monas
word_type:
noun
expansion:
monas
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of mona
senses_topics:
|
23136 | word:
med
word_type:
adj
expansion:
med (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I'm in med school.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Clipping of medical.
senses_topics:
|
23137 | word:
med
word_type:
noun
expansion:
med (countable and uncountable, plural meds)
forms:
form:
meds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.
type:
example
text:
Shepard: What's wrong with y... |
23138 | word:
med
word_type:
verb
expansion:
med
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pronunciation spelling of might.
senses_topics:
|
23139 | word:
Beelzebul
word_type:
name
expansion:
Beelzebul
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of Beelzebub
senses_topics:
|
23140 | word:
theodicy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
theodicy (plural theodicies)
forms:
form:
theodicies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French théodicée, from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”), coined by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm ... |
23141 | word:
ensconce
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ensconce (third-person singular simple present ensconces, present participle ensconcing, simple past and past participle ensconced)
forms:
form:
ensconces
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ensconcing
tags:
participle
present
f... |
23142 | word:
transcend
word_type:
verb
expansion:
transcend (third-person singular simple present transcends, present participle transcending, simple past and past participle transcended)
forms:
form:
transcends
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
transcending
tags:
participle
p... |
23143 | word:
flaunt
word_type:
verb
expansion:
flaunt (third-person singular simple present flaunts, present participle flaunting, simple past and past participle flaunted)
forms:
form:
flaunts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
flaunting
tags:
participle
present
form:
fl... |
23144 | word:
flaunt
word_type:
noun
expansion:
flaunt (plural flaunts)
forms:
form:
flaunts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Of North Germanic origin. Perhaps related to Norwegian flanta (“to show off, wander about”), Icelandic flana (“to rush about, act rashly or heedlessly”) and then also to Fr... |
23145 | word:
flaunt
word_type:
verb
expansion:
flaunt (third-person singular simple present flaunts, present participle flaunting, simple past and past participle flaunted)
forms:
form:
flaunts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
flaunting
tags:
participle
present
form:
fl... |
23146 | word:
emcee
word_type:
noun
expansion:
emcee (plural emcees)
forms:
form:
emcees
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).
senses_examples:
text:
"I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program."
ref:
1943, "... |
23147 | word:
emcee
word_type:
verb
expansion:
emcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)
forms:
form:
emcees
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
emceeing
tags:
participle
present
form:
emceed
t... |
23148 | word:
draconic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
draconic (comparative more draconic, superlative most draconic)
forms:
form:
more draconic
tags:
comparative
form:
most draconic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin draco (“dragon”) + -ic.
senses_examples:
text:
There ... |
23149 | word:
draconic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
draconic (comparative more draconic, superlative most draconic)
forms:
form:
more draconic
tags:
comparative
form:
most draconic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Draco (lawgiver)
etymology_text:
From the Athenian lawmaker Draco, known for making har... |
23150 | word:
commons
word_type:
noun
expansion:
commons
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of common
senses_topics:
|
23151 | word:
commons
word_type:
noun
expansion:
commons
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.
type:
example
text:
The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the ch... |
23152 | word:
commons
word_type:
verb
expansion:
commons
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of common
senses_topics:
|
23153 | word:
epistrophe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
epistrophe (plural epistrophes)
forms:
form:
epistrophes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin epistrophē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιστροφή (epistrophḗ).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The re... |
23154 | word:
oculus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
oculus (plural oculi)
forms:
form:
oculi
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio.
senses_examples:
text:
One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.
type:
ex... |
23155 | word:
sepulchral
word_type:
adj
expansion:
sepulchral (comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral)
forms:
form:
more sepulchral
tags:
comparative
form:
most sepulchral
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin sepulcralis.
senses_examples:
text:
Over... |
23156 | word:
celibate
word_type:
adj
expansion:
celibate (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably from the noun (“celibacy”) or from celibacy on the model of privacy/private, etc. Alternatively, from Latin caelebs (“unmarried”) + -ate.
senses_examples:
text:
Members of religious communiti... |
23157 | word:
celibate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
celibate (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably from the noun (“celibacy”) or from celibacy on the model of privacy/private, etc. Alternatively, from Latin caelebs (“unmarried”) + -ate.
senses_examples:
text:
Even during the ages that priestl... |
23158 | word:
celibate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
celibate (third-person singular simple present celibates, present participle celibating, simple past and past participle celibated)
forms:
form:
celibates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
celibating
tags:
participle
present
f... |
23159 | word:
celibate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
celibate (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French célibat (“celibacy”), from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy”), from caelebs (“unmarried”); compare German Zölibat (“celibacy”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A celibate state; ... |
23160 | word:
acalephe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
acalephe
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The acalephe passes through both the infusorial stage and the polype stage...
ref:
1853, William GiffordJohn Taylor ColeridgeJohn Gibson Lockhartet al., The Quarterly Review, volume 93
... |
23161 | word:
gormless
word_type:
adj
expansion:
gormless (comparative more gormless, superlative most gormless)
forms:
form:
more gormless
tags:
comparative
form:
most gormless
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From dialectal English gaum (“heed, attention”) + -less (“without”), f... |
23162 | word:
sciomachy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sciomachy (countable and uncountable, plural sciomachies)
forms:
form:
sciomachies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of sciamachy
senses_topics:
|
23163 | word:
gigantic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)
forms:
form:
more gigantic
tags:
comparative
form:
most gigantic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gíg... |
23164 | word:
palus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
palus (plural pali)
forms:
form:
pali
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin pālus (“stake, post”). Doublet of pole, peel, and pale.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a cora... |
23165 | word:
palus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
palus (plural paludes)
forms:
form:
paludes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin palūs (“marsh, swamp”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A small plain (compared to mare) on the surface of a planet or satellite.
senses_to... |
23166 | word:
alto
word_type:
noun
expansion:
alto (plural altos or alti)
forms:
form:
altos
tags:
plural
form:
alti
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian alto (“high”). Doublet of old.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A musical part or secti... |
23167 | word:
permute
word_type:
verb
expansion:
permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted)
forms:
form:
permutes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
permuting
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
23168 | word:
reave
word_type:
verb
expansion:
reave (third-person singular simple present reaves, present participle reaving, simple past and past participle reaved or reft)
forms:
form:
reaves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
reaving
tags:
participle
present
form:
reav... |
23169 | word:
reave
word_type:
verb
expansion:
reave (third-person singular simple present reaves, present participle reaving, simple past and past participle reft)
forms:
form:
reaves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
reaving
tags:
participle
present
form:
reft
tags:
... |
23170 | word:
seeker
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seeker (plural seekers)
forms:
form:
seekers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
seeker
etymology_text:
From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), equivalent to seek + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säiker (“seeker”), West Frisian syker (“seeker”), Dutch ... |
23171 | word:
cable length
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cable length (plural cable lengths)
forms:
form:
cable lengths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
One tenth of a nautical mile.
senses_topics:
|
23172 | word:
spruce
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spruce (countable and uncountable, plural spruces or spruce)
forms:
form:
spruces
tags:
plural
form:
spruce
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Hanseatic League
etymology_text:
From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval Lat... |
23173 | word:
spruce
word_type:
adj
expansion:
spruce (comparative sprucer, superlative sprucest)
forms:
form:
sprucer
tags:
comparative
form:
sprucest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
Hanseatic League
etymology_text:
From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval La... |
23174 | word:
spruce
word_type:
verb
expansion:
spruce (third-person singular simple present spruces, present participle sprucing, simple past and past participle spruced)
forms:
form:
spruces
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
sprucing
tags:
participle
present
form:
spruc... |
23175 | word:
coupe
word_type:
noun
expansion:
coupe (plural coupes)
forms:
form:
coupes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French coupe. Doublet of cup, hive, and keeve.
senses_examples:
text:
These are champagne glasses, says Peggy.
No, I mean the tall ones, Jamie says.
You'r... |
23176 | word:
sitzkrieg
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sitzkrieg (plural sitzkriegs)
forms:
form:
sitzkriegs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from German Sitzkrieg (“sitting war”), a pun on Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Warfare without a... |
23177 | word:
Frankenstein
word_type:
name
expansion:
Frankenstein (countable and uncountable, plural Frankensteins)
forms:
form:
Frankensteins
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
etymology_text:
From German Frankenstein, various places named for Franken (“Franks, Frankish”) + Stein (“ston... |
23178 | word:
Frankenstein
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Frankenstein (plural Frankensteins)
forms:
form:
Frankensteins
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From German Frankenstein, various places named for Franken (“Franks, Frankish”) + Stein (“stone”). The use of referencing mad scientists derives fro... |
23179 | word:
Frankenstein
word_type:
verb
expansion:
Frankenstein (third-person singular simple present Frankensteins, present participle Frankensteining, simple past and past participle Frankensteined)
forms:
form:
Frankensteins
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
Frankensteining
tags:... |
23180 | word:
tabnab
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tabnab (plural tabnabs)
forms:
form:
tabnabs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Nautical slang of obscure origin. Attested from the 20th century. Compare nab and possibly table.
senses_examples:
text:
He comes outside when weather's fine / To han... |
23181 | word:
somniloquous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
somniloquous (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Coined based on Latin somnus (“sleep”) + loquor (“to talk”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Talking while asleep.
senses_topics:
|
23182 | word:
seeksorrow
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seeksorrow (plural seeksorrows)
forms:
form:
seeksorrows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From seek + sorrow.
senses_examples:
text:
In a bicentennial comment for Newsweek, he took issue with those who played the role of Seeksorrow. The Yal... |
23183 | word:
spelunc
word_type:
noun
expansion:
spelunc (plural speluncs)
forms:
form:
speluncs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of spelunk
senses_topics:
|
23184 | word:
forty-five
word_type:
num
expansion:
forty-five
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Cardinal number after forty-four and before forty-six.
senses_topics:
|
23185 | word:
forty-five
word_type:
noun
expansion:
forty-five (plural forty-fives)
forms:
form:
forty-fives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The robber brandished a forty-five at the cashier to make her empty the till for him.
type:
example
senses_categories:
... |
23186 | word:
schesis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
schesis (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek σχέσις (skhésis, “state, condition, attitude”). See scheme.
senses_examples:
text:
For if that Mind which has Existing in it self from all Eternity, all the Simple Essences of Things , a... |
23187 | word:
sophomania
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sophomania (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise”) + -mania.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A delusion of having superior intelligence.
senses_topics:
|
23188 | word:
flighty
word_type:
adj
expansion:
flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)
forms:
form:
flightier
tags:
comparative
form:
flightiest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From flight + -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüch... |
23189 | word:
tirailleur
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tirailleur (plural tirailleurs)
forms:
form:
tirailleurs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French tirailler (“to skirmish”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An infantry soldier.
senses_topics:
|
23190 | word:
Diaspora
word_type:
name
expansion:
the Diaspora
forms:
form:
the Diaspora
tags:
canonical
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See diaspora.
senses_examples:
text:
According to the still common Israeli definition of a Zionist as one who views the Diaspora negatively and considers the settlemen... |
23191 | word:
stan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stan (plural stans)
forms:
form:
stans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Dido (singer)
Eminem
Stan (song)
The Marshall Mathers LP
etymology_text:
From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song Stan by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an ov... |
23192 | word:
stan
word_type:
verb
expansion:
stan (third-person singular simple present stans, present participle stanning, simple past and past participle stanned)
forms:
form:
stans
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
stanning
tags:
participle
present
form:
stanned
tag... |
23193 | word:
stan
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stan (plural stans)
forms:
form:
stans
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Back-formation from -stan.
senses_examples:
text:
This is a stan with a plan. Unlike Uzbekistan[…].
ref:
2015 July 30, Jules Boykoff, “Beijing and Almaty contest Winter... |
23194 | word:
pyjamas
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pyjamas pl (plural only)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).
senses_examples:
text:
The performer opens one of the small drawers and... |
23195 | word:
rentier
word_type:
noun
expansion:
rentier (plural rentiers)
forms:
form:
rentiers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French rentier.
senses_examples:
text:
If today’s capitalists are mere lazy rentiers who contribute nothing to the production process, don’t they de... |
23196 | word:
abates
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abates
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of abate
senses_topics:
|
23197 | word:
abates
word_type:
verb
expansion:
abates
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
third-person singular simple present indicative of abate
senses_topics:
|
23198 | word:
delete
word_type:
verb
expansion:
delete (third-person singular simple present deletes, present participle deleting, simple past and past participle deleted)
forms:
form:
deletes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
deleting
tags:
participle
present
form:
delet... |
23199 | word:
delete
word_type:
noun
expansion:
delete (plural deletes)
forms:
form:
deletes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin dēlētus, past participle of dēlēre (“destroy, blot out, efface”), from dēlēvī, originally perf. tense of dēlinere (“to daub, erase by smudging”), from dē- (“from... |
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