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word: unmask word_type: verb expansion: unmask (third-person singular simple present unmasks, present participle unmasking, simple past and past participle unmasked) forms: form: unmasks tags: present singular third-person form: unmasking tags: participle present form: un...
4901
word: bronze word_type: noun expansion: bronze (countable and uncountable, plural bronzes) forms: form: bronzes tags: plural wikipedia: Matthew Prior bronze etymology_text: From French bronze (1511), from Italian bronzo (13th cent.), of uncertain origin; see it for more. First use appears c. 172...
4902
word: bronze word_type: adj expansion: bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze) forms: form: more bronze tags: comparative form: most bronze tags: superlative wikipedia: Matthew Prior bronze etymology_text: From French bronze (1511), from Italian bronzo (13th cent.),...
4903
word: bronze word_type: verb expansion: bronze (third-person singular simple present bronzes, present participle bronzing, simple past and past participle bronzed) forms: form: bronzes tags: present singular third-person form: bronzing tags: participle present form: bronz...
4904
word: gun word_type: noun expansion: gun (plural guns) forms: form: guns tags: plural wikipedia: gun etymology_text: From Middle English gunne, gonne, possibly from Gunnhild, a female given name formerly used as a nickname for engines of war. The name is composed of the Norse elements gunnr and hi...
4905
word: gun word_type: verb expansion: gun (third-person singular simple present guns, present participle gunning, simple past and past participle gunned) forms: form: guns tags: present singular third-person form: gunning tags: participle present form: gunned tags: p...
4906
word: gun word_type: noun expansion: gun (plural guns) forms: form: guns tags: plural wikipedia: gun etymology_text: Related to ganef. senses_examples: text: To discover […] how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “gun,” it is necessary to visit the...
4907
word: gun word_type: verb expansion: gun forms: wikipedia: gun etymology_text: From gunna, from gonna, from going to. senses_examples: text: I'm gun go get my coat from da closet. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Nonstandard spelling of going to. senses_topics:
4908
word: credendum word_type: noun expansion: credendum (plural credenda) forms: form: credenda tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin credendum. senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: agendum senses_categories: senses_glosses: Something to be believed; an article of faith. sen...
4909
word: Nagaland word_type: name expansion: Nagaland forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Naga + -land. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in northeastern India. Capital: Kohima. senses_topics:
4910
word: pedant word_type: noun expansion: pedant (plural pedants) forms: form: pedants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant...
4911
word: pedant word_type: adj expansion: pedant (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French pedant, pedante, from Italian pedante (“a teacher, schoolmaster, pedant”), associated with Italian pedagogo (“teacher, pedagogue”). Compare French pédant. senses_examples: senses_categories: ...
4912
word: Andaman and Nicobar Islands word_type: name expansion: Andaman and Nicobar Islands forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An archipelago and union territory of India, in the Bay of Bengal. Capital: Port Blair senses_topics:
4913
word: -able word_type: suffix expansion: -able forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -able, borrowed from Old French -able, from Latin -ābilis, from -a- or -i- + -bilis (“capable or worthy of being acted upon”), from Proto-Indo-European i-stem form *-dʰli- of *-dʰlom (“instrumental suffix”)....
4914
word: Lakshadweep word_type: name expansion: Lakshadweep forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Sanskrit लक्षद्वीप (lakṣadvīpa, “hundred thousand islands”), from लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”) (compare lakh) + द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Indian union te...
4915
word: bucket word_type: noun expansion: bucket (plural buckets) forms: form: buckets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English buket, boket, partly from Old English bucc ("bucket, pitcher"; mod. dialectal buck), equivalent to bouk + -et; and partly from Anglo-Norman buket, buque...
4916
word: bucket word_type: verb expansion: bucket (third-person singular simple present buckets, present participle bucketing, simple past and past participle bucketed) forms: form: buckets tags: present singular third-person form: bucketing tags: participle present form: bu...
4917
word: Dadra and Nagar Haveli word_type: name expansion: Dadra and Nagar Haveli forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A former union territory and now a district in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Capital: Silvassa senses_t...
4918
word: Haryana word_type: name expansion: Haryana forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Hindi हरियाणा (hariyāṇā). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in northern India. Capital: Chandigarh. Faridabad is its biggest city. senses_topics:
4919
word: West Bengal word_type: name expansion: West Bengal forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in eastern India. Capital: Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). senses_topics:
4920
word: benzule word_type: noun expansion: benzule (plural benzules) forms: form: benzules tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: benzoyl senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences organic-chemistry physical-sciences
4921
word: yellow word_type: adj expansion: yellow (comparative yellower or more yellow, superlative yellowest or most yellow) forms: form: yellower tags: comparative form: more yellow tags: comparative form: yellowest tags: superlative form: most yellow tags: superlativ...
4922
word: yellow word_type: noun expansion: yellow (plural yellows) forms: form: yellows tags: plural wikipedia: yellow etymology_text: From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz, from Proto-...
4923
word: yellow word_type: verb expansion: yellow (third-person singular simple present yellows, present participle yellowing, simple past and past participle yellowed) forms: form: yellows tags: present singular third-person form: yellowing tags: participle present form: ye...
4924
word: Tripura word_type: name expansion: Tripura forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रिपुर (tripura), from त्रि (tri, “three”) + पुर (pura, “city”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in northeastern India. Capital: Agartala. senses_topics:
4925
word: Bihar word_type: name expansion: Bihar forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Hindi बिहार (bihār), from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “temple; monastery”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in eastern India. Capital: Patna. senses_topics:
4926
word: Chandigarh word_type: name expansion: Chandigarh forms: wikipedia: Chandigarh etymology_text: From Chandi + Garh. Chandi refers to a Hindu Goddess, the warrior avatar of Goddess Parvati, while Garh means "fort". The name is derived from Chandi Mandir, an ancient temple devoted to this goddess, near the...
4927
word: Arunachal Pradesh word_type: name expansion: Arunachal Pradesh forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Transliteration of Hindi अरुणाचल प्रदेश (aruṇācal pradeś, literally “Land of the dawn-lit mountains”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in northeastern India. Capital: Itanag...
4928
word: handi-craftsman word_type: noun expansion: handi-craftsman (plural handi-craftsmen) forms: form: handi-craftsmen tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of handicraftsman senses_topics:
4929
word: Daman and Diu word_type: name expansion: Daman and Diu forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A former union territory of India. Capital: Daman, now part of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. senses_topics:
4930
word: sanction word_type: noun expansion: sanction (countable and uncountable, plural sanctions) forms: form: sanctions tags: plural wikipedia: en:sanction etymology_text: From Middle French sanction, from Latin sanctio. senses_examples: text: The whalers had been operating in the contested ...
4931
word: sanction word_type: verb expansion: sanction (third-person singular simple present sanctions, present participle sanctioning, simple past and past participle sanctioned) forms: form: sanctions tags: present singular third-person form: sanctioning tags: participle present ...
4932
word: unvisible word_type: adj expansion: unvisible (comparative more unvisible, superlative most unvisible) forms: form: more unvisible tags: comparative form: most unvisible tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From un- + visible. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses...
4933
word: upbuoyance word_type: noun expansion: upbuoyance (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Me rather, bright guests! with your wings of upbuoyance, Bear aloft to your homes, to your banquets of joyance ref: c. 1799, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Visit of the Go...
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word: hallucinator word_type: noun expansion: hallucinator (plural hallucinators) forms: form: hallucinators tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hallucinate + -or. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one wh...
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word: hi word_type: intj expansion: hi forms: wikipedia: hi etymology_text: American English. First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hey, hy (circa 1475). Also an exclamation to call attention. See hey. senses_exa...
4936
word: hi word_type: noun expansion: hi (plural his) forms: form: his tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: American English. First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hey, hy (circa 1475). Also an excla...
4937
word: hi word_type: adj expansion: hi forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From high. senses_examples: text: Get hi-quality videos here! type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Informal spelling of high, often in hyphenated terms. senses_topics:
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word: hamshackle word_type: verb expansion: hamshackle (third-person singular simple present hamshackles, present participle hamshackling, simple past and past participle hamshackled) forms: form: hamshackles tags: present singular third-person form: hamshackling tags: participle ...
4939
word: Jharkhand word_type: name expansion: Jharkhand forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Hindi झारखंड (jhārkhaṇḍ): elements meaning "forest region" or "bushland". senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in eastern India. Capital: Ranchi. senses_topics:
4940
word: benzoyl word_type: noun expansion: benzoyl (plural benzoyls) forms: form: benzoyls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From benzoic + -yl. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C₆H₅CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl ...
4941
word: São Paulo word_type: name expansion: São Paulo forms: wikipedia: Saint Paul São Paulo São Paulo (state) Tietê River etymology_text: From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul. Doublet of Saint Paul. The city was originally named "São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga" meaning "Saint Paul of the fields...
4942
word: polydipsia word_type: noun expansion: polydipsia (usually uncountable, plural polydipsias) forms: form: polydipsias tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From poly- + -dipsia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Excessive and constant thirst caused by disease. senses_t...
4943
word: father word_type: noun expansion: father (plural fathers) forms: form: fathers tags: plural wikipedia: father (disambiguation) etymology_text: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr? Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Germanic *fadēr Proto-West Germanic *fader Ol...
4944
word: father word_type: verb expansion: father (third-person singular simple present fathers, present participle fathering, simple past and past participle fathered) forms: form: fathers tags: present singular third-person form: fathering tags: participle present form: fa...
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word: Saskatchewan word_type: name expansion: Saskatchewan forms: wikipedia: Saskatchewan etymology_text: From Cree ᑭᓯᐢᑳᒋᐘᓂ ᓰᐱᕀ (kisiskaaciwani siipiy, “swift-flowing river”)/kisiskāciwani-sīpiy. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A river in Canada. Prairie province in western Canada...
4946
word: moon word_type: name expansion: moon forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). cognates and doub...
4947
word: moon word_type: noun expansion: moon (plural moons) forms: form: moons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), pro...
4948
word: moon word_type: verb expansion: moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned) forms: form: moons tags: present singular third-person form: mooning tags: participle present form: mooned tags: ...
4949
word: Tamil Nadu word_type: name expansion: Tamil Nadu forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Transliteration of Tamil தமிழ் நாடு (tamiḻ nāṭu, literally “Tamil country”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in southern India. Capital: Chennai. senses_topics:
4950
word: Manipur word_type: name expansion: Manipur forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Bengali মণিপুর (monipur), from Sanskrit मणिपूर (maṇipūra, literally “abundance of jewels”), composed of मणि (maṇi, “jewel”) + पूर (pūra, “abundance”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in no...
4951
word: basin word_type: noun expansion: basin (plural basins) forms: form: basins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English basyn, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”). senses_examples: text: Everybody had washed before going to bed, apparently, ...
4952
word: basin word_type: verb expansion: basin (third-person singular simple present basins, present participle (US) basining or basinning, simple past and past participle (US) basined or basinned) forms: form: basins tags: present singular third-person form: basining tags: US pa...
4953
word: Paraná word_type: name expansion: Paraná forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A river in central and southern South America. A state of the South Region, Brazil. ...
4954
word: Mizoram word_type: name expansion: Mizoram forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Mizo Mizoram, from mizo (“the Mizo people”) + ram (“land; jungle”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in northeastern India. Capital: Aizawl. senses_topics:
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word: Meghalaya word_type: name expansion: Meghalaya forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “abode of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong. sen...
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word: Maharashtra word_type: name expansion: Maharashtra forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Sanskrit महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra), derived from महा- (mahā-), combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”) + राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), a dynasty that once ruled the area. In Sanskrit, the word राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) means “nation” o...
4957
word: Karnataka word_type: name expansion: Karnataka forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from Kannada ಕರು (karu, “elevated”) and ನಾಡು (nāḍu, “land”). ಕರುನಾಡು (karunāḍu) may also be re...
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word: Chhattisgarh word_type: name expansion: Chhattisgarh forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Hindi छत्तीस (chattīs, “thirty-six”) + गढ़ (gaṛh, “fort”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in central India. Capital: Raipur. senses_topics:
4959
word: breathe word_type: verb expansion: breathe (third-person singular simple present breathes, present participle breathing, simple past and past participle breathed) forms: form: breathes tags: present singular third-person form: breathing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: Madhya Pradesh word_type: name expansion: Madhya Pradesh forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Transliteration of Hindi मध्य प्रदेश (madhya pradeś, literally “middle province”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in central India. Capital: Bhopal. senses_topics:
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word: hadj word_type: noun expansion: hadj (plural hadjes) forms: form: hadjes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of hajj senses_topics:
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word: emerald word_type: noun expansion: emerald (countable and uncountable, plural emeralds) forms: form: emeralds tags: plural wikipedia: emerald etymology_text: From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Lati...
4963
word: emerald word_type: adj expansion: emerald (comparative more emerald, superlative most emerald) forms: form: more emerald tags: comparative form: most emerald tags: superlative wikipedia: emerald etymology_text: From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, fro...
4964
word: emerald word_type: verb expansion: emerald (third-person singular simple present emeralds, present participle emeralding, simple past and past participle emeralded) forms: form: emeralds tags: present singular third-person form: emeralding tags: participle present form:...
4965
word: bran word_type: noun expansion: bran (countable and uncountable, plural brans) forms: form: brans tags: plural wikipedia: bran etymology_text: From Middle English bran, branne, bren, from Old French bren, bran (“bran, filth”), from Gaulish brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“rot...
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word: bran word_type: noun expansion: bran (plural brans) forms: form: brans tags: plural wikipedia: bran etymology_text: From Welsh brân or Cornish bran? senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The European carrion crow. senses_topics: biology natural-sciences ornithology
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word: rat word_type: noun expansion: rat (plural rats) forms: form: rats tags: plural wikipedia: rat etymology_text: From Middle English ratte, rat, rotte, from Old English rætt, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, *rattō (compare West Frisian rôt, Dutch rat), of uncertain...
4968
word: rat word_type: verb expansion: rat (third-person singular simple present rats, present participle ratting, simple past and past participle ratted) forms: form: rats tags: present singular third-person form: ratting tags: participle present form: ratted tags: p...
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word: rat word_type: noun expansion: rat (plural rats) forms: form: rats tags: plural wikipedia: rat etymology_text: From Middle English ratten, further etymology unknown. Compare Middle High German ratzen (“to scratch; rasp; tear”). Could be related to write. See also rit. senses_examples: sens...
4970
word: rat word_type: verb expansion: rat (third-person singular simple present rats, present participle ratting, simple past and past participle ratted) forms: form: rats tags: present singular third-person form: ratting tags: participle present form: ratted tags: p...
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word: rat word_type: noun expansion: rat (plural rats) forms: form: rats tags: plural wikipedia: rat etymology_text: senses_examples: text: With regards to the testing of his product, the initial blood analysis had come back confirming huge, distinctive nutritional superiority for Stewart's...
4972
word: coral word_type: noun expansion: coral (countable and uncountable, plural corals) forms: form: corals tags: plural wikipedia: Pliny the Elder etymology_text: From Old French coral (French corail), from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”). Probably ultimately of...
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word: coral word_type: adj expansion: coral (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Pliny the Elder etymology_text: From Old French coral (French corail), from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”). Probably ultimately of Semitic origin, compare Hebrew גּוֹרָל (goral, “small pebble”),...
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word: Kerala word_type: name expansion: Kerala forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Malayalam കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ) which is of uncertain origin. One popular theory derives the name from Malayalam കേരം (kēraṁ, “coconut tree”) and Malayalam അളം (aḷaṁ, “land”), thus "land of coconuts", which is also the ...
4975
word: Rio de Janeiro word_type: name expansion: Rio de Janeiro forms: wikipedia: Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro etymology_text: From Portuguese Rio de Janeiro (“River of January”). The city was named after the Guanabara Bay (the word rio, which in modern Portuguese means "river", could also mean other water ...
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word: peace word_type: noun expansion: peace (usually uncountable, plural peaces) forms: form: peaces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh...
4977
word: peace word_type: intj expansion: peace forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipul...
4978
word: peace word_type: verb expansion: peace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced) forms: form: peaces tags: present singular third-person form: peacing tags: participle present form: peaced tag...
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word: Nova Scotia word_type: name expansion: forms: wikipedia: Nova Scotia etymology_text: From Latin, literally “New Scotland”, from nova, feminine of novus (“new”) + Scōtia (“Scotland”). senses_examples: text: Holonyms: Maritimes, Maritime provinces text: Meronyms: Nova Scotia peninsula, Cape ...
4980
word: twit word_type: verb expansion: twit (third-person singular simple present twits, present participle twitting, simple past and past participle twitted) forms: form: twits tags: present singular third-person form: twitting tags: participle present form: twitted tag...
4981
word: twit word_type: noun expansion: twit (plural twits) forms: form: twits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *h₂éd The verb is an aphetic form of atwite (“(obsolete) to blame, reproach”), from Middle English atwiten (“to attribute (something) to someone; to blame (something) on ...
4982
word: twit word_type: intj expansion: twit forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Imitative of a bird’s call. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Used to represent the short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else: cheep, tweet. senses_topics:
4983
word: twit word_type: noun expansion: twit (plural twits) forms: form: twits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Imitative of a bird’s call. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A short, high-pitched call of a small bird, or a similar sound made by something else; a cheep, ...
4984
word: twit word_type: noun expansion: twit (plural twits) forms: form: twits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of twitter. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Chiefly in the form in a twit: clipping of twitter (“a state of excitement or nervousness”). senses_top...
4985
word: twit word_type: noun expansion: twit (plural twits) forms: form: twits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of twitter. senses_examples: text: [I]s't a cursed wab o' yarn / That winna work, for knots and twits, / Spun by some thoughtless drabby sluts, / Whase minds on naet...
4986
word: handicraft word_type: noun expansion: handicraft (countable and uncountable, plural handicrafts) forms: form: handicrafts tags: plural wikipedia: handicraft etymology_text: For handcraft, influenced by handiwork; Old English handcræft. senses_examples: text: his men were all baſe han...
4987
word: Gujarat word_type: name expansion: Gujarat forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Gujarati ગુજરાત (gujrāt). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A state in western India. Capital: Gandhinagar. senses_topics:
4988
word: ai word_type: noun expansion: ai (plural ais or ai) forms: form: ais tags: plural form: ai tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of three-toed sloth,...
4989
word: ai word_type: contraction expansion: ai forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Contraction of aight (which itself is a contraction of all right). senses_examples: text: Ai, let's go. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: All right. senses_topics:
4990
word: vernacular word_type: noun expansion: vernacular (plural vernaculars) forms: form: vernaculars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's hou...
4991
word: vernacular word_type: adj expansion: vernacular (comparative more vernacular, superlative most vernacular) forms: form: more vernacular tags: comparative form: most vernacular tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertai...
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word: bruit word_type: noun expansion: bruit (countable and uncountable, plural bruits) forms: form: bruits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from Middle English bruit (“commotion, tumult; fame, renown; collective noun for a group of barons”) [and other forms], from Angl...
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word: bruit word_type: verb expansion: bruit (third-person singular simple present bruits, present participle bruiting, simple past and past participle bruited) forms: form: bruits tags: present singular third-person form: bruiting tags: participle present form: bruited ...
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word: bruit word_type: noun expansion: bruit (plural bruits) forms: form: bruits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French bruit (“noise; report, rumour”), from Old French bruit (“noise; sounds”); see further at etymology 1. senses_examples: text: Gentlemen,—At the close ...
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word: duck word_type: verb expansion: duck (third-person singular simple present ducks, present participle ducking, simple past and past participle ducked) forms: form: ducks tags: present singular third-person form: ducking tags: participle present form: ducked tags: ...
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word: duck word_type: noun expansion: duck (plural ducks) forms: form: ducks head_nr: 1 tags: plural wikipedia: duck etymology_text: From Middle English ducken, duken, douken (“to duck, plunge under water, submerge”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *...
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word: duck word_type: noun expansion: duck (countable and uncountable, plural ducks or duck) forms: form: ducks tags: plural form: duck tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke, from Old English duce, dūce (“duck”, literally “d...
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word: duck word_type: noun expansion: duck (countable and uncountable, plural ducks) forms: form: ducks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doeck, doec (“linen cloth”), from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, r...
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word: duck word_type: noun expansion: duck (plural ducks) forms: form: ducks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Potteries dialect, Black Country dialect and dialects of the former territory of Mercia (central England). Compare Danish dukke (“doll”), Swedish docka (“baby; doll”), dialectal En...