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23500 | word:
motion
word_type:
verb
expansion:
motion (third-person singular simple present motions, present participle motioning, simple past and past participle motioned)
forms:
form:
motions
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
motioning
tags:
participle
present
form:
mo... |
23501 | word:
ergo
word_type:
adv
expansion:
ergo (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
ergo
etymology_text:
From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō.
senses_examples:
text:
The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell; ergo, they are not his allies.
ref:
2003, Pirates of the Caribbean... |
23502 | word:
ergo
word_type:
conj
expansion:
ergo
forms:
wikipedia:
ergo
etymology_text:
From Middle English ergo, from Latin ergō.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
therefore (especially in syllogisms)
senses_topics:
|
23503 | word:
ergo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ergo (plural ergos)
forms:
form:
ergos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ergo
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Clipping of ergometer (rowing machine).
senses_topics:
hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports |
23504 | word:
ergo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ergo (plural ergos)
forms:
form:
ergos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ergo
etymology_text:
Clipping of ergonomic
senses_examples:
text:
I just love the ergos on this knife. It just feels great and carries so well.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_... |
23505 | word:
exactly
word_type:
adv
expansion:
exactly (comparative more exactly, superlative most exactly)
forms:
form:
more exactly
tags:
comparative
form:
most exactly
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From exact + -ly.
senses_examples:
text:
Measure exactly so we can be ... |
23506 | word:
exactly
word_type:
intj
expansion:
exactly
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From exact + -ly.
senses_examples:
text:
So you're saying that we have only three days left? — Yes, exactly!
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Signifies agreement or recognition.
senses_topics:
|
23507 | word:
chacun à son goût
word_type:
phrase
expansion:
chacun à son goût
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Mutation of the French à chacun son goût (“to each his own taste”), typically heard amongst Laurentian, Quebecois and Louisiana Francophones. The well-known aria by this name in the Strauss opera Die Fle... |
23508 | word:
orangery
word_type:
noun
expansion:
orangery (plural orangeries)
forms:
form:
orangeries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French orangerie; equivalent to orange + -ery.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A greenhouse in which orange trees are grown.
A ga... |
23509 | word:
coup d'œil
word_type:
noun
expansion:
coup d'œil (plural coups d'œil)
forms:
form:
coups d'œil
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French coup d’œil.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative spelling of coup d'oeil
senses_topics:
|
23510 | word:
kegger
word_type:
noun
expansion:
kegger (plural keggers)
forms:
form:
keggers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From keg + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
raging kegger
type:
example
text:
In March, Bryan went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Spring Break … Here to Pa... |
23511 | word:
dracaena
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dracaena (plural dracaenas)
forms:
form:
dracaenas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the genus name Dracaena, from Latin dracaena, from Ancient Greek δράκαινᾰ (drákaina, “she-dragon”).
senses_examples:
text:
“Again with this?” I groaned t... |
23512 | word:
greenhouse effect
word_type:
noun
expansion:
greenhouse effect (plural greenhouse effects)
forms:
form:
greenhouse effects
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First used in this sense by Swedish meteorologist Nils Gustaf Ekholm in 1901.
senses_examples:
text:
It is time to stop wa... |
23513 | word:
jab
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jab (plural jabs)
forms:
form:
jabs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
jab
etymology_text:
Originally a Scottish (unclear if Scots or Scottish English) form of English job (“peck, poke, thrust”), from Middle English jobben.
senses_examples:
text:
He tore in for the ... |
23514 | word:
jab
word_type:
verb
expansion:
jab (third-person singular simple present jabs, present participle jabbing, simple past and past participle jabbed)
forms:
form:
jabs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
jabbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
jabbed
tags:
p... |
23515 | word:
credence
word_type:
noun
expansion:
credence (countable and uncountable, plural credences)
forms:
form:
credences
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Credence
etymology_text:
From Middle English credence, from Old French credence, from Medieval Latin crēdentia (“belief, faith”), from Latin crēdēns, pres... |
23516 | word:
credence
word_type:
verb
expansion:
credence (third-person singular simple present credences, present participle credencing, simple past and past participle credenced)
forms:
form:
credences
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
credencing
tags:
participle
present
f... |
23517 | word:
album
word_type:
noun
expansion:
album (plural albums or alba)
forms:
form:
albums
tags:
plural
form:
alba
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
album
album (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”).
senses_examples:
te... |
23518 | word:
much
word_type:
det
expansion:
much (comparative more, superlative most)
forms:
form:
more
tags:
comparative
form:
most
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, m... |
23519 | word:
much
word_type:
adj
expansion:
much (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much... |
23520 | word:
much
word_type:
adv
expansion:
much (comparative more, superlative most)
forms:
form:
more
tags:
comparative
form:
most
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, m... |
23521 | word:
much
word_type:
pron
expansion:
much
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-I... |
23522 | word:
hooter
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hooter (plural hooters)
forms:
form:
hooters
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From hoot + -er.
senses_examples:
text:
Suddenly, far down and beyond the toun there came a screech as the morning grew, a screech like an hungered beast in pain. T... |
23523 | word:
olim
word_type:
noun
expansion:
olim
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Hebrew עולים (olím).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of oleh
senses_topics:
|
23524 | word:
try
word_type:
verb
expansion:
try (third-person singular simple present tries, present participle trying, simple past and past participle tried)
forms:
form:
tries
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
trying
tags:
participle
present
form:
tried
tags:
par... |
23525 | word:
try
word_type:
noun
expansion:
try (plural tries)
forms:
form:
tries
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Try (rugby)
Trésor de la langue française informatisé
etymology_text:
From Middle English trien (“to try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier (“to try a case”), Old French trier (“to choose, pic... |
23526 | word:
try
word_type:
adj
expansion:
try (comparative more try, superlative most try)
forms:
form:
more try
tags:
comparative
form:
most try
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Probably from Old French trié.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Fine, excelle... |
23527 | word:
tout le monde
word_type:
pron
expansion:
tout le monde
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French tout le monde.
senses_examples:
text:
And when the aura of sports reaches the stratospheric level of a Michael Jordan, tout le monde takes notice.
ref:
1991 November 20, Chicago Tr... |
23528 | word:
hover
word_type:
verb
expansion:
hover (third-person singular simple present hovers, present participle hovering, simple past and past participle hovered)
forms:
form:
hovers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
hovering
tags:
participle
present
form:
hovered
... |
23529 | word:
hover
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hover (plural hovers)
forms:
form:
hovers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States Coast Guard
etymology_text:
The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a b... |
23530 | word:
rejoice
word_type:
verb
expansion:
rejoice (third-person singular simple present rejoices, present participle rejoicing, simple past and past participle rejoiced)
forms:
form:
rejoices
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
rejoicing
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
23531 | word:
dirigiste
word_type:
adj
expansion:
dirigiste (comparative more dirigiste, superlative most dirigiste)
forms:
form:
more dirigiste
tags:
comparative
form:
most dirigiste
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct... |
23532 | word:
dirigiste
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dirigiste (plural dirigistes)
forms:
form:
dirigistes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French dirigiste, from diriger (“to run, to direct”), from Latin dirigere, present active infinitive of dīrigō (“I direct, I steer”).
senses_examp... |
23533 | word:
format
word_type:
noun
expansion:
format (plural formats)
forms:
form:
formats
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
format
etymology_text:
Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“I shape, fashion”).
senses_examples:
text:
The older manuscr... |
23534 | word:
format
word_type:
verb
expansion:
format (third-person singular simple present formats, present participle formatting, simple past and past participle formatted)
forms:
form:
formats
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
formatting
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
23535 | word:
saint
word_type:
noun
expansion:
saint (plural saints)
forms:
form:
saints
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Francis of Assisi
saint
saint (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English saint, seint, sainct, seinct, sanct, senct, partly from Old English sanct (“saint”) and confluence with Ol... |
23536 | word:
saint
word_type:
verb
expansion:
saint (third-person singular simple present saints, present participle sainting, simple past and past participle sainted)
forms:
form:
saints
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
sainting
tags:
participle
present
form:
sainted
... |
23537 | word:
saint
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
saint
forms:
wikipedia:
saint (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From the pattern of naming various parishes and other places for Christian saints.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Capitalized and placed before another term, particularly personal ... |
23538 | word:
scion
word_type:
noun
expansion:
scion (plural scions)
forms:
form:
scions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from Frankish *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (“sprout”), from... |
23539 | word:
superfluous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
superfluous (comparative more superfluous, superlative most superfluous)
forms:
form:
more superfluous
tags:
comparative
form:
most superfluous
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English superfluous, from Latin superflu... |
23540 | word:
kine
word_type:
noun
expansion:
kine
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English kie, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of cow
senses_topics:
|
23541 | word:
kine
word_type:
noun
expansion:
kine (plural kines)
forms:
form:
kines
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
It may be well to note that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines […]
ref:
1890... |
23542 | word:
love at first sight
word_type:
noun
expansion:
love at first sight (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
an instantaneous attraction
senses_topics:
|
23543 | word:
perceive
word_type:
verb
expansion:
perceive (third-person singular simple present perceives, present participle perceiving, simple past and past participle perceived)
forms:
form:
perceives
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
perceiving
tags:
participle
present
f... |
23544 | word:
lido
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lido (plural lidos)
forms:
form:
lidos
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Lido di Venezia
Venetian Pool
lido
etymology_text:
After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian li... |
23545 | word:
justification
word_type:
noun
expansion:
justification (countable and uncountable, plural justifications)
forms:
form:
justifications
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
justification
etymology_text:
From Middle English justificacioun, justification, from Middle French justification, from Late Latin ius... |
23546 | word:
coup de foudre
word_type:
noun
expansion:
coup de foudre (plural coups de foudre)
forms:
form:
coups de foudre
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French coup de foudre (“lightning strike”).
senses_examples:
text:
The encounter with Laura that Good Friday was a coup ... |
23547 | word:
murex
word_type:
noun
expansion:
murex (plural murexes or murices)
forms:
form:
murexes
tags:
plural
form:
murices
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin murex.
senses_examples:
text:
The bank of crushed murex shell that Professor Bosanquet found here, and agai... |
23548 | word:
foremost
word_type:
adj
expansion:
foremost (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old English formest, fyrmest (“earliest, first, most prominent”), from Proto-Germanic *frumistaz, from the locative stem *fur-, *fr- + the superlative suffix *-umistaz, stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-E... |
23549 | word:
foremost
word_type:
adv
expansion:
foremost (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old English formest, fyrmest (“earliest, first, most prominent”), from Proto-Germanic *frumistaz, from the locative stem *fur-, *fr- + the superlative suffix *-umistaz, stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-E... |
23550 | word:
soon
word_type:
adj
expansion:
soon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest)
forms:
form:
sooner
tags:
comparative
form:
soonest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
soon
etymology_text:
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *... |
23551 | word:
soon
word_type:
adv
expansion:
soon (comparative sooner, superlative soonest)
forms:
form:
sooner
tags:
comparative
form:
soonest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
soon
etymology_text:
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *... |
23552 | word:
softcore
word_type:
noun
expansion:
softcore (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Pornography that does not contain depictions of explicit sexual penetration.
senses_topics:
|
23553 | word:
softcore
word_type:
adj
expansion:
softcore (comparative more softcore, superlative most softcore)
forms:
form:
more softcore
tags:
comparative
form:
most softcore
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Distinct from hardcore punks, softcore p... |
23554 | word:
evolve
word_type:
verb
expansion:
evolve (third-person singular simple present evolves, present participle evolving, simple past and past participle evolved)
forms:
form:
evolves
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
evolving
tags:
participle
present
form:
evolv... |
23555 | word:
cyning
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cyning (plural cynings)
forms:
form:
cynings
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Old English cyning. Doublet of king and knez.
senses_examples:
text:
The firſt cynings of the Anglo Saxons ſeem to have been their war-kings, c... |
23556 | word:
stag party
word_type:
noun
expansion:
stag party (plural stag parties)
forms:
form:
stag parties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A bachelor party; a party held for a man who is about to be married.
senses_topics:
|
23557 | word:
hen party
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hen party (plural hen parties)
forms:
form:
hen parties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A bachelorette party; a party held for a woman who is about to be married.
senses_topics:
|
23558 | word:
vapour
word_type:
noun
expansion:
vapour (countable and uncountable, plural vapours)
forms:
form:
vapours
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
vapour
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
British standard spelling of vapor.
senses_topics:
|
23559 | word:
vapour
word_type:
verb
expansion:
vapour (third-person singular simple present vapours, present participle vapouring, simple past and past participle vapoured)
forms:
form:
vapours
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
vapouring
tags:
participle
present
form:
va... |
23560 | word:
snitch
word_type:
verb
expansion:
snitch (third-person singular simple present snitches, present participle snitching, simple past and past participle snitched)
forms:
form:
snitches
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
snitching
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
23561 | word:
snitch
word_type:
noun
expansion:
snitch (plural snitches)
forms:
form:
snitches
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English snacche (“a trap, snare”), snacchen (“to seize (prey)”, whence modern English snatch). Compare also Middle Engli... |
23562 | word:
occhio
word_type:
noun
expansion:
occhio (plural occhios)
forms:
form:
occhios
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Italian occhio (“eye”). Doublet of oculus.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A sound hole
senses_topics:
|
23563 | word:
metro
word_type:
noun
expansion:
metro (plural metros)
forms:
form:
metros
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the ... |
23564 | word:
metro
word_type:
noun
expansion:
metro (plural metros)
forms:
form:
metros
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of metropolitan.
senses_examples:
text:
In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy—grooming them, s... |
23565 | word:
metro
word_type:
adj
expansion:
metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)
forms:
form:
more metro
tags:
comparative
form:
most metro
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Clipping of metropolitan.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
metrop... |
23566 | word:
Odessa
word_type:
name
expansion:
Odessa
forms:
wikipedia:
en:Odessa
en:Odessa (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Russian Оде́сса (Odéssa), named after an Ancient Greek settlement thought to have been located nearby. Ancient Greek Ὀδησσός (Odēssós). Compare Ukrainian Оде́са (Odésa). The c... |
23567 | word:
tedious
word_type:
adj
expansion:
tedious (comparative more tedious, superlative most tedious)
forms:
form:
more tedious
tags:
comparative
form:
most tedious
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
English tedi(um) + -ous, from Old French tedieus, from Late Latin taediōsus,... |
23568 | word:
sphere of influence
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sphere of influence (plural spheres of influence)
forms:
form:
spheres of influence
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in 1885. In reference to Anglo-German colonial rivalry in Africa.
senses_examples:
text:
[…]it does... |
23569 | word:
glurge
word_type:
noun
expansion:
glurge (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Imitative of the retching that might be induced by stories of this kind. Coined by Patricia Chapin, a member of the urban legends discussion mailing list of the Snopes website.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:... |
23570 | word:
indigenous
word_type:
adj
expansion:
indigenous (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Late Latin indigenus (“native, born in a country”), from indi- (indu-), an old derivative of in (“in”), gen- the root of gignō (“give birth to”), and English -ous. Compare indigene, Ancient... |
23571 | word:
trou
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trou (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From trousers.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Trousers.
Rowing spandex shorts.
senses_topics:
|
23572 | word:
logic bomb
word_type:
noun
expansion:
logic bomb (plural logic bombs)
forms:
form:
logic bombs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious functio... |
23573 | word:
definitely
word_type:
adv
expansion:
definitely (comparative more definitely, superlative most definitely)
forms:
form:
more definitely
tags:
comparative
form:
most definitely
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From definite + -ly.
senses_examples:
text:
Joe defi... |
23574 | word:
anticipointment
word_type:
noun
expansion:
anticipointment (countable and uncountable, plural anticipointments)
forms:
form:
anticipointments
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of anticippointment
senses_topics:
|
23575 | word:
gristmill
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gristmill (plural gristmills)
forms:
form:
gristmills
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From grist + mill.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A mill that grinds grain, especially grain brought by a farmer to be exchanged for th... |
23576 | word:
première
word_type:
noun
expansion:
première (plural premières)
forms:
form:
premières
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
At yet another première, she watches William file out of the theatre with Agnes at his side.
ref:
2002, Michel Faber, The Crimso... |
23577 | word:
première
word_type:
verb
expansion:
première (third-person singular simple present premières, present participle premièring, simple past and past participle premièred)
forms:
form:
premières
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
premièring
tags:
participle
present
f... |
23578 | word:
falafel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
falafel (countable and uncountable, plural falafels or falafel)
forms:
form:
falafels
tags:
plural
form:
falafel
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
falafel
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Arabic فَلَافِل (falāfil). Doublet of peepul and pepper.
senses_exampl... |
23579 | word:
doux
word_type:
adj
expansion:
doux (comparative more doux, superlative most doux)
forms:
form:
more doux
tags:
comparative
form:
most doux
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from French doux. Doublet of douce, dolce, and dulce.
senses_examples:
senses_catego... |
23580 | word:
office
word_type:
noun
expansion:
office (plural offices)
forms:
form:
offices
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Microsoft Office
office (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium (“personal, official, or moral duty; official position; fu... |
23581 | word:
office
word_type:
verb
expansion:
office (third-person singular simple present offices, present participle officing, simple past and past participle officed)
forms:
form:
offices
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
officing
tags:
participle
present
form:
offic... |
23582 | word:
bachelorette party
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bachelorette party (plural bachelorette parties)
forms:
form:
bachelorette parties
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A party held for a woman who is about to be married.
senses_topic... |
23583 | word:
hippocampus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
hippocampus (plural hippocampi or hippocampuses)
forms:
form:
hippocampi
tags:
plural
form:
hippocampuses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Late Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos, from ῐ̔́ππος (híppos,... |
23584 | word:
oral sex
word_type:
noun
expansion:
oral sex (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
The Beard’s climactic scene, an oral sex act, is not as startling or fresh as McClure apparently thinks. It is a continuation of the second act curtain of Albee's Tiny Alice, in w... |
23585 | word:
on the piss
word_type:
prep_phrase
expansion:
on the piss
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang piss (“any alcoholic drink”).
senses_examples:
text:
Life is meaningless, when I've been on the piss.
ref:
2008, Colin Shaddick, Isn't Sex Noisy, page 50
... |
23586 | word:
dab
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dab (third-person singular simple present dabs, present participle dabbing, simple past and past participle dabbed)
forms:
form:
dabs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dabbing
tags:
participle
present
form:
dabbed
tags:
p... |
23587 | word:
dab
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dab (plural dabs)
forms:
form:
dabs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English dabben (“to strike”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Old Icelandic dabba (“to tap, slap”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare also with Middle Dut... |
23588 | word:
dab
word_type:
adv
expansion:
dab (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English dabben (“to strike”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Old Icelandic dabba (“to tap, slap”), perhaps ultimately imitative. Compare also with Middle Dutch dabben (“to pinch, knead, fumb... |
23589 | word:
dab
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dab (plural dabs)
forms:
form:
dabs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Perhaps corrupted from adept.
senses_examples:
text:
c. 1759-1770?, Oliver Goldsmith, Essay
One excels at a plan or the title page, another works away at the body of the book, an... |
23590 | word:
dab
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dab (plural dabs)
forms:
form:
dabs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Late Middle English dabbe, of unknown origin; perhaps related to sense 1 (“to press against lightly”) as in "a soft mass dabbed down."
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_gl... |
23591 | word:
dab
word_type:
adj
expansion:
dab (comparative more dab, superlative most dab)
forms:
form:
more dab
tags:
comparative
form:
most dab
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Back slang for bad.
senses_examples:
text:
Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar st... |
23592 | word:
counsel
word_type:
noun
expansion:
counsel (countable and uncountable, plural counsels or counsel)
forms:
form:
counsels
tags:
plural
form:
counsel
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English counseil, conseil, from Old French conseil, from Latin cōnsilium; akin ... |
23593 | word:
counsel
word_type:
verb
expansion:
counsel (third-person singular simple present counsels, present participle counselling or counseling, simple past and past participle counselled or counseled)
forms:
form:
counsels
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
counselling
tags:
... |
23594 | word:
wait
word_type:
verb
expansion:
wait (third-person singular simple present waits, present participle waiting, simple past and past participle waited)
forms:
form:
waits
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
waiting
tags:
participle
present
form:
waited
tags:
... |
23595 | word:
wait
word_type:
noun
expansion:
wait (plural waits)
forms:
form:
waits
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Wait (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, gu... |
23596 | word:
wait
word_type:
intj
expansion:
wait
forms:
wikipedia:
Wait (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch... |
23597 | word:
pancreatitis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pancreatitis (plural pancreatitises or pancreatitides)
forms:
form:
pancreatitises
tags:
plural
form:
pancreatitides
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From pancreas + -itis.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Inf... |
23598 | word:
ess
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ess (plural esses)
forms:
form:
esses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone
these esses / change... |
23599 | word:
ess
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed)
forms:
form:
esses
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
essing
tags:
participle
present
form:
essed
tags:
par... |
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