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3000 | word:
yegg
word_type:
verb
expansion:
yegg (third-person singular simple present yeggs, present participle yegging, simple past and past participle yegged)
forms:
form:
yeggs
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
yegging
tags:
participle
present
form:
yegged
tags:
... |
3001 | word:
president
word_type:
noun
expansion:
president (plural presidents, feminine presidentess)
forms:
form:
presidents
tags:
plural
form:
presidentess
tags:
feminine
wikipedia:
president
etymology_text:
From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, lead... |
3002 | word:
president
word_type:
adj
expansion:
president (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
president
etymology_text:
From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesi... |
3003 | word:
president
word_type:
verb
expansion:
president (third-person singular simple present presidents, present participle presidenting, simple past and past participle presidented)
forms:
form:
presidents
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
presidenting
tags:
participle
p... |
3004 | word:
ordinal number
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ordinal number (plural ordinal numbers)
forms:
form:
ordinal numbers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
ordinal number
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
First, second and third are the ordinal numbers corresponding to one, two and three.
type:
... |
3005 | word:
sausage
word_type:
noun
expansion:
sausage (countable and uncountable, plural sausages)
forms:
form:
sausages
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From late Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Sicilian sausizza,... |
3006 | word:
sausage
word_type:
verb
expansion:
sausage (third-person singular simple present sausages, present participle sausaging, simple past and past participle sausaged)
forms:
form:
sausages
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
sausaging
tags:
participle
present
form:
... |
3007 | word:
cast
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cast (third-person singular simple present casts, present participle casting, simple past and past participle cast or (nonstandard) casted)
forms:
form:
casts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
casting
tags:
participle
present
form... |
3008 | word:
cast
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cast (plural casts)
forms:
form:
casts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
cast
etymology_text:
From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin.
Cognate with Scots cast (“to ... |
3009 | word:
cast
word_type:
adj
expansion:
cast (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
cast
etymology_text:
From Middle English casten, from Old Norse kasta (“to throw, cast, overturn”), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), of unknown origin.
Cognate with Scots cast (“to cast, throw”), Danish kaste (“to th... |
3010 | word:
poison
word_type:
noun
expansion:
poison (countable and uncountable, plural poisons)
forms:
form:
poisons
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English poisoun, poyson, poysone, puyson, puisun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtio, pōtiōnis (“drink, a draught, a po... |
3011 | word:
poison
word_type:
verb
expansion:
poison (third-person singular simple present poisons, present participle poisoning, simple past and past participle poisoned)
forms:
form:
poisons
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
poisoning
tags:
participle
present
form:
po... |
3012 | word:
cow
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cow (countable and uncountable, plural cows or cattle or kine)
forms:
form:
cows
tags:
plural
form:
cattle
tags:
plural
form:
kine
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:cow
en:cow (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From Middle English cou, cu, from... |
3013 | word:
cow
word_type:
verb
expansion:
cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)
forms:
form:
cows
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
cowing
tags:
participle
present
form:
cowed
tags:
parti... |
3014 | word:
cow
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cow (plural cows)
forms:
form:
cows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:cow (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could contin... |
3015 | word:
cow
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cow (plural cows)
forms:
form:
cows
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:AT2018cow
en:cow (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
Clipping of AT2018cow. From the name of the archetypal event, AT2018cow, an LFBOT. From being an astronomical transient (AT) occurring in 2018, wi... |
3016 | word:
duenna
word_type:
noun
expansion:
duenna (plural duennas)
forms:
form:
duennas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Old Spanish duenna or dueña, from Vulgar Latin donna, from Latin domina (“Lady”). Doublet of dame.
senses_examples:
text:
Then he placed her in a house and shut ... |
3017 | word:
BX
word_type:
noun
expansion:
BX (plural BXes)
forms:
form:
BXes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:BX
etymology_text:
Abbreviation
senses_examples:
text:
Despite the reduced price of goods at the BX, everything is of high quality.
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of base excha... |
3018 | word:
BX
word_type:
noun
expansion:
BX
forms:
wikipedia:
en:BX
etymology_text:
Former trademark of General Electric Company.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A flexible, metal-armored electrical cable.
senses_topics:
|
3019 | word:
handsome
word_type:
adj
expansion:
handsome (comparative more handsome or handsomer, superlative most handsome or handsomest)
forms:
form:
more handsome
tags:
comparative
form:
handsomer
tags:
comparative
form:
most handsome
tags:
superlative
form:
handsomest
tags... |
3020 | word:
handsome
word_type:
verb
expansion:
handsome (third-person singular simple present handsomes, present participle handsoming, simple past and past participle handsomed)
forms:
form:
handsomes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
handsoming
tags:
participle
present
f... |
3021 | word:
Hungarian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Hungarian (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Hungarian
etymology_text:
From Hungary + -an.
senses_examples:
text:
The Hungarian prefix used in this book for a GroupBox control is “grp”.
ref:
2009, Michael Ekedahl, Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic... |
3022 | word:
Hungarian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Hungarian (countable and uncountable, plural Hungarians)
forms:
form:
Hungarians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Hungarian
etymology_text:
From Hungary + -an.
senses_examples:
text:
The qualifier is the descriptive part of the name that would probably ma... |
3023 | word:
one eighty out
word_type:
adj
expansion:
one eighty out
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I read you loud and clear but it's still 180-out.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
incorrect; false
senses_topics:
government
military
politics
war |
3024 | word:
floor exercise
word_type:
noun
expansion:
floor exercise (plural floor exercises)
forms:
form:
floor exercises
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A performance on a mat-covered floor using no apparatus.
senses_topics:
gymnastic... |
3025 | word:
myriad
word_type:
noun
expansion:
myriad (plural myriads)
forms:
form:
myriads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
myriad
etymology_text:
From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countl... |
3026 | word:
myriad
word_type:
adj
expansion:
myriad (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
myriad
etymology_text:
From French myriade, from Late Latin mȳriadem (accusative of mȳrias), from Ancient Greek μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μυρίος (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”).
senses_examples:
tex... |
3027 | word:
pom
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pom (plural poms)
forms:
form:
poms
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Alternative words for British
etymology_text:
A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the... |
3028 | word:
Amy
word_type:
name
expansion:
Amy (plural Amys)
forms:
form:
Amys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Anglicized form of Old French Amee,
which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).
senses_examples:
text:
The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contempo... |
3029 | word:
buy
word_type:
verb
expansion:
buy (third-person singular simple present buys, present participle buying, simple past bought, past participle bought or (archaic, rare, dialectal) boughten)
forms:
form:
buys
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
buying
tags:
participle
... |
3030 | word:
buy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
buy (plural buys)
forms:
form:
buys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English byen, from Old English bycġan (“to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom, procure, get done, sell”), from Proto-West Germanic *buggjan, from Proto-Germanic *bugjaną... |
3031 | word:
xylophone
word_type:
noun
expansion:
xylophone (plural xylophones)
forms:
form:
xylophones
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
xylophone
etymology_text:
From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).
senses_examples:
text:
All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you l... |
3032 | word:
xylophone
word_type:
verb
expansion:
xylophone (third-person singular simple present xylophones, present participle xylophoning, simple past and past participle xylophoned)
forms:
form:
xylophones
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
xylophoning
tags:
participle
pres... |
3033 | word:
four one one
word_type:
noun
expansion:
four one one (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
The number 411 dialed in North America reaches directory assistance.
senses_examples:
text:
Can you give me the four one one on their next concert?
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_... |
3034 | word:
four oh four
word_type:
noun
expansion:
four oh four (plural four oh fours)
forms:
form:
four oh fours
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From the Internet HTTP error code 404 (Not Found).
senses_examples:
text:
Yup, clueless in Seattle, a 404 if I ever saw one.
type:
examp... |
3035 | word:
fifty six
word_type:
noun
expansion:
fifty six (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Among policemen, "time off from work."
senses_topics:
|
3036 | word:
symbol
word_type:
noun
expansion:
symbol (plural symbols)
forms:
form:
symbols
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Symbol (disambiguation)
etymology_text:
From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon... |
3037 | word:
symbol
word_type:
verb
expansion:
symbol (third-person singular simple present symbols, present participle symboling or symbolling, simple past and past participle symboled or symbolled)
forms:
form:
symbols
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
symboling
tags:
participle... |
3038 | word:
yanqui
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yanqui (plural yanquis)
forms:
form:
yanquis
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Spanish, in turn from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry). Dated to 1914.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A citizen of the Unit... |
3039 | word:
bit of crumpet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
bit of crumpet (plural bits of crumpet)
forms:
form:
bits of crumpet
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
She's a bit of crumpet, that one.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A very sexually de... |
3040 | word:
give
word_type:
verb
expansion:
give (third-person singular simple present gives, present participle giving, simple past gave, past participle given)
forms:
form:
gives
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
giving
tags:
participle
present
form:
gave
tags:
... |
3041 | word:
give
word_type:
noun
expansion:
give (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
give
etymology_text:
From Middle English given, from Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”). Merged with native Middle English yiven, ȝeven, from Old English ġiefan, from the same Proto-Germanic source (co... |
3042 | word:
give
word_type:
noun
expansion:
give (plural gives)
forms:
form:
gives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
give
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of gyve
senses_topics:
|
3043 | word:
a hundred and ten percent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
a hundred and ten percent (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Based on the metaphor of operating a machine at higher than its rated capacity or exceeding the normal maximum of some rated parameter such as speed or temperature.
senses_exa... |
3044 | word:
piece of crumpet
word_type:
noun
expansion:
piece of crumpet (plural pieces of crumpet)
forms:
form:
pieces of crumpet
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
She's a piece of crumpet, that one.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A very s... |
3045 | word:
dative
word_type:
adj
expansion:
dative (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Noting the case of a no... |
3046 | word:
dative
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dative (plural datives)
forms:
form:
datives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glo... |
3047 | word:
ask
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ask (third-person singular simple present asks, present participle asking, simple past and past participle asked)
forms:
form:
asks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
asking
tags:
participle
present
form:
asked
tags:
parti... |
3048 | word:
ask
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ask (plural asks)
forms:
form:
asks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate ... |
3049 | word:
ask
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ask (plural asks)
forms:
form:
asks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
table
From Middle English aske, arske, ascre, from Old English āþexe (“lizard, newt”), from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (“lizard”), a compound of *agiz (“snake, lizard”) + *þahsuz ... |
3050 | word:
tenth
word_type:
adj
expansion:
tenth (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
tenth
etymology_text:
From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal ... |
3051 | word:
tenth
word_type:
noun
expansion:
tenth (plural tenths)
forms:
form:
tenths
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
tenth
etymology_text:
From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English spea... |
3052 | word:
tenth
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tenth (third-person singular simple present tenths, present participle tenthing, simple past and past participle tenthed)
forms:
form:
tenths
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tenthing
tags:
participle
present
form:
tenthed
... |
3053 | word:
dual
word_type:
adj
expansion:
dual (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Dual (grammatical number)
Duality
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin dualis (“two”), from duo (“two”) + adjective suffix -alis.
senses_examples:
text:
a dual-motor vehicle
type:
example
text:
du... |
3054 | word:
dual
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dual (plural duals)
forms:
form:
duals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Dual (grammatical number)
Duality
etymology_text:
PIE word
*dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin dualis (“two”), from duo (“two”) + adjective suffix -alis.
senses_examples:
text:
The octahedron is t... |
3055 | word:
dual
word_type:
verb
expansion:
dual (third-person singular simple present duals, present participle (UK) dualling or (US) dualing, simple past and past participle (UK) dualled or (US) dualed)
forms:
form:
duals
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
dualling
tags:
UK
... |
3056 | word:
quantitate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
quantitate (third-person singular simple present quantitates, present participle quantitating, simple past and past participle quantitated)
forms:
form:
quantitates
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
quantitating
tags:
participle
... |
3057 | word:
knight
word_type:
noun
expansion:
knight (plural knights)
forms:
form:
knights
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
knight
etymology_text:
From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.
senses_examples:
text:
King Arthu... |
3058 | word:
knight
word_type:
verb
expansion:
knight (third-person singular simple present knights, present participle knighting, simple past and past participle knighted)
forms:
form:
knights
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
knighting
tags:
participle
present
form:
kn... |
3059 | word:
antecedent
word_type:
adj
expansion:
antecedent (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
antecedent
etymology_text:
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
senses_examples:
text:
an antece... |
3060 | word:
antecedent
word_type:
noun
expansion:
antecedent (plural antecedents)
forms:
form:
antecedents
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
antecedent
etymology_text:
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; su... |
3061 | word:
MIA
word_type:
adj
expansion:
MIA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
When his patrol didn't come back from the front, he and all his buddies were listed as MIA.
type:
example
text:
My friends have been MIA today.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_... |
3062 | word:
MIA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
MIA (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Mutual Improvement Association.
Initialism of missing in action., a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the fiel... |
3063 | word:
MIA
word_type:
name
expansion:
MIA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992.
ref:
1996, Marty Strasen, Basketball Almanac, 1996-97, page 415
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Middle Ind... |
3064 | word:
Turkish
word_type:
name
expansion:
Turkish
forms:
wikipedia:
Turkish
etymology_text:
From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
senses_examples:
text:
This dictionary for Chaghatay Turkish (although it also contains much material for what the author calls 'Rūmī', i.e. south-western Turkish, above a... |
3065 | word:
Turkish
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Turkish (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Turkish
etymology_text:
From Turk + -ish. Doublet of turquoise.
senses_examples:
text:
When a question was asked, would put on a mysterious look. Shake his head. Smoke in silence. Observe, at length, he had doubts. Presi... |
3066 | word:
prisoner of war
word_type:
noun
expansion:
prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)
forms:
form:
prisoners of war
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre (obsolete).
senses_examples:
text:
As a prisoner of war, he was interro... |
3067 | word:
gringo
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gringo (plural gringos or gringoes)
forms:
form:
gringos
tags:
plural
form:
gringoes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Spanish gringo, from griego (“Greek”), used for anyone who spoke an unintelligible language. Doublet of Gr... |
3068 | word:
balance beam
word_type:
noun
expansion:
balance beam (plural balance beams)
forms:
form:
balance beams
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
balance beam
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gy... |
3069 | word:
yacht
word_type:
noun
expansion:
yacht (plural yachts)
forms:
form:
yachts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
en:yacht
etymology_text:
Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jacht (“yacht; hunt”), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (“light s... |
3070 | word:
yacht
word_type:
verb
expansion:
yacht (third-person singular simple present yachts, present participle yachting, simple past and past participle yachted)
forms:
form:
yachts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
yachting
tags:
participle
present
form:
yachted
... |
3071 | word:
polyglot
word_type:
adj
expansion:
polyglot (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Book of Genesis
Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Targum Onkelos
etymology_text:
PIE word
*glōgʰs
Borrowed from Koine Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “speaking many languages, multilingual”), Attic Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglō... |
3072 | word:
polyglot
word_type:
noun
expansion:
polyglot (plural polyglots)
forms:
form:
polyglots
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Book of Genesis
Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Targum Onkelos
etymology_text:
PIE word
*glōgʰs
Borrowed from Koine Greek πολύγλωττος (polúglōttos, “speaking many languages, multi... |
3073 | word:
next
word_type:
adj
expansion:
next (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
next
etymology_text:
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), correspondin... |
3074 | word:
next
word_type:
det
expansion:
next
forms:
wikipedia:
next
etymology_text:
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-German... |
3075 | word:
next
word_type:
adv
expansion:
next (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
next
etymology_text:
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), correspondin... |
3076 | word:
next
word_type:
prep
expansion:
next
forms:
wikipedia:
next
etymology_text:
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding to Proto-Germa... |
3077 | word:
next
word_type:
noun
expansion:
next (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
next
etymology_text:
From Middle English nexte, nexste, nixte, from Old English nīehsta, nīehste, etc., inflected forms of nīehst (“nearest, next”), superlative form of nēah (“nigh”) (the comparative would become near), corresponding ... |
3078 | word:
amontillado
word_type:
noun
expansion:
amontillado (countable and uncountable, plural amontillados)
forms:
form:
amontillados
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Spanish amontillado.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
senses_to... |
3079 | word:
cold day in Hell
word_type:
noun
expansion:
cold day in Hell (plural cold days in Hell)
forms:
form:
cold days in Hell
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
It'll be a cold day in hell when that happens.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:... |
3080 | word:
Swedish
word_type:
name
expansion:
Swedish (countable and uncountable, plural Swedishes)
forms:
form:
Swedishes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.
senses_examples:
text:
For quotations using this term, see Citations... |
3081 | word:
Swedish
word_type:
adj
expansion:
Swedish (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Of or pertaining to Sweden.
Of or pertaining to the Swedish language.
senses_topics:... |
3082 | word:
league
word_type:
noun
expansion:
league (countable and uncountable, plural leagues)
forms:
form:
leagues
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
league
etymology_text:
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, ... |
3083 | word:
league
word_type:
verb
expansion:
league (third-person singular simple present leagues, present participle leaguing, simple past and past participle leagued)
forms:
form:
leagues
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
leaguing
tags:
participle
present
form:
leagu... |
3084 | word:
league
word_type:
noun
expansion:
league (plural leagues)
forms:
form:
leagues
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
league
etymology_text:
From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breto... |
3085 | word:
ate
word_type:
verb
expansion:
ate
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
I have a very good appetite, have ate some excellent melons, and they have served me up some quails, the fattest and tenderest I have ever ate.
ref:
1805, Maximilien de Béthune duc de Sully, Memoi... |
3086 | word:
ate
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ate (plural ates)
forms:
form:
ates
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Tagalog ate (“elder sister”), from Hokkien 阿姊 (á-ché, “eldest sister”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An elder sister
A respectful title or ... |
3087 | word:
eleven
word_type:
num
expansion:
eleven
forms:
wikipedia:
eleven
etymology_text:
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo... |
3088 | word:
eleven
word_type:
noun
expansion:
eleven (plural elevens)
forms:
form:
elevens
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
eleven
etymology_text:
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted ... |
3089 | word:
nominative
word_type:
adj
expansion:
nominative (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
nominative
etymology_text:
From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).
senses_examples:
text:
nominative fair use
type:
... |
3090 | word:
nominative
word_type:
noun
expansion:
nominative (plural nominatives)
forms:
form:
nominatives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
nominative
etymology_text:
From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).
senses_exa... |
3091 | word:
chess
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chess (usually uncountable, plural chesses)
forms:
form:
chesses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
chess
etymology_text:
From Middle English ches, chesse, from Old French eschés, plural of eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), ... |
3092 | word:
chess
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chess (plural chesses)
forms:
form:
chesses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
chess
etymology_text:
Uncertain; perhaps linked to Etymology 1, above, from the sense of being arranged in rows or lines.
senses_examples:
text:
Hobbled, loudly gourmandizing the dry ch... |
3093 | word:
chess
word_type:
noun
expansion:
chess (plural chesses)
forms:
form:
chesses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
chess
etymology_text:
Compare French châssis (“a framework of carpentry”).
senses_examples:
text:
the balks are laid and covered with chesses to within 1 foot of the trestle
ref:
... |
3094 | word:
karoshi
word_type:
noun
expansion:
karoshi (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi), from 過労 (karō, “overwork”) + 死 (shi, “death”). Doublet of guolaosi.
senses_examples:
text:
For a while he began to speak Japanese, rather slangy, never having seemed t... |
3095 | word:
twenty-four seven
word_type:
adv
expansion:
twenty-four seven (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Shortened from "twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week".
senses_examples:
text:
They're open twenty-four seven; you can go there any time you want.
type:
example
text:
... |
3096 | word:
silver
word_type:
noun
expansion:
silver (countable and uncountable, plural silvers)
forms:
form:
silvers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
silver
etymology_text:
From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from Proto-West Germanic *silubr, from Proto-Germanic *silubrą (“silv... |
3097 | word:
silver
word_type:
adj
expansion:
silver (comparative more silver, superlative most silver)
forms:
form:
more silver
tags:
comparative
form:
most silver
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
silver
etymology_text:
From Middle English silver, selver, sulver, from Old English seolfor, from P... |
3098 | word:
silver
word_type:
verb
expansion:
silver (third-person singular simple present silvers, present participle silvering, simple past and past participle silvered)
forms:
form:
silvers
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
silvering
tags:
participle
present
form:
si... |
3099 | word:
ostrich
word_type:
noun
expansion:
ostrich (plural ostriches)
forms:
form:
ostriches
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English ostrich, ostriche, ostryche, ostrige, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ostrige and Old French ostruce, from Vulgar Latin *austruthio, from Latin avis (“... |
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