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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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: ...
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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,...
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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: ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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_...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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:...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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: ...
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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...
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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]”), ...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 (“...