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7900	word: kestrel word_type: noun expansion: kestrel (plural kestrels) forms: form: kestrels tags: plural wikipedia: kestrel etymology_text: From Middle English castrel (“staniel, bird of prey”), from Middle French cresserelle, crecerelle (“bird of prey”), usually assumed to be from crecelle (“rattle,...
7901	word: bol word_type: noun expansion: bol (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of bolognese senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: bolognese senses_topics:
7902	word: impose word_type: verb expansion: impose (third-person singular simple present imposes, present participle imposing, simple past and past participle imposed) forms: form: imposes tags: present singular third-person form: imposing tags: participle present form: impos...
7903	word: impose word_type: noun expansion: impose (plural imposes) forms: form: imposes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The verb is derived from Late Middle English imposen (“to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”), borrowed from Middle French imposer, and Old French emposer, enposer (“to ...
7904	word: vertebrate word_type: adj expansion: vertebrate (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vertebra (“joint”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having a backbone. senses_topics:
7905	word: vertebrate word_type: noun expansion: vertebrate (plural vertebrates) forms: form: vertebrates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vertebra (“joint”). senses_examples: text: Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate ref: ...
7906	word: applaud word_type: noun expansion: applaud (plural applauds) forms: form: applauds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English applauden, from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”). senses_examples: senses_c...
7907	word: applaud word_type: verb expansion: applaud (third-person singular simple present applauds, present participle applauding, simple past and past participle applauded) forms: form: applauds tags: present singular third-person form: applauding tags: participle present form:...
7908	word: swing word_type: verb expansion: swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swung or (archaic or dialectal) swang, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen) forms: form: swings tags: present singular third-person form: swinging ...
7909	word: swing word_type: noun expansion: swing (countable and uncountable, plural swings) forms: form: swings tags: plural wikipedia: swing etymology_text: From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic swingan, from Proto-Germanic swinganą (compare Low German swin...
7910	word: wild boar word_type: noun expansion: wild boar (plural wild boars or wild boar) forms: form: wild boars tags: plural form: wild boar tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where...
7911	word: cloth word_type: noun expansion: cloth (countable and uncountable, plural cloths or (obsolete) clothes) forms: form: cloths tags: plural form: clothes tags: obsolete plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English cloth, clath, from Old English clāþ (“cloth, clothes, c...
7912	word: kritik word_type: noun expansion: kritik (plural kritiks) forms: form: kritiks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Kritik. senses_examples: text: Too much debate theory is based on power rather than reason. Kritiks are used as big sticks to avoid one of the duties clos...
7913	word: syllable word_type: noun expansion: syllable (plural syllables) forms: form: syllables tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (su...
7914	word: syllable word_type: verb expansion: syllable (third-person singular simple present syllables, present participle syllabling, simple past and past participle syllabled) forms: form: syllables tags: present singular third-person form: syllabling tags: participle present f...
7915	word: upset word_type: adj expansion: upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset) forms: form: more upset tags: comparative form: most upset tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English ...
7916	word: upset word_type: noun expansion: upset (countable and uncountable, plural upsets) forms: form: upsets tags: plural wikipedia: aircraft upset upset etymology_text: From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. C...
7917	word: upset word_type: verb expansion: upset (third-person singular simple present upsets, present participle upsetting, simple past and past participle upset) forms: form: upsets tags: present singular third-person form: upsetting tags: participle present form: upset t...
7918	word: goggles word_type: noun expansion: goggles pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer. senses_examples: text: Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool. type: example text: We had to put on our goggles as it was sn...
7919	word: goggles word_type: noun expansion: goggles forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of goggle senses_topics:
7920	word: goggles word_type: verb expansion: goggles forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle senses_topics:
7921	word: linacs word_type: noun expansion: linacs forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of linac senses_topics:
7922	word: beautiful word_type: adj expansion: beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful) forms: form: more beautiful tags: comparative form: most beautiful tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye...
7923	word: beautiful word_type: noun expansion: beautiful (plural beautifuls) forms: form: beautifuls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (...
7924	word: dormouse word_type: noun expansion: dormouse (plural dormice) forms: form: dormice tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár (“benumbed”) + mous (“mouse”). More at doze, mouse. The word is so...
7925	word: acoustic word_type: adj expansion: acoustic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Know Your Meme etymology_text: Borrowed from Medieval Latin acousticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστῐκός (akoustikós, “of or for hearing”), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, adjectival suffix). Sense 4 ("autistic") ...
7926	word: acoustic word_type: noun expansion: acoustic (plural acoustics) forms: form: acoustics tags: plural wikipedia: Know Your Meme etymology_text: Borrowed from Medieval Latin acousticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστῐκός (akoustikós, “of or for hearing”), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -ῐκός (-ikós...
7927	word: starling word_type: noun expansion: starling (plural starlings) forms: form: starlings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinc...
7928	word: crush word_type: noun expansion: crush (countable and uncountable, plural crushes) forms: form: crushes tags: plural wikipedia: crush etymology_text: From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to brush”...
7929	word: crush word_type: verb expansion: crush (third-person singular simple present crushes, present participle crushing, simple past and past participle crushed) forms: form: crushes tags: present singular third-person form: crushing tags: participle present form: crushed...
7930	word: then word_type: adv expansion: then (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative ma...
7931	word: then word_type: adj expansion: then (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative ma...
7932	word: then word_type: noun expansion: then forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, accusative masculine of só (...
7933	word: then word_type: conj expansion: then forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier þam, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, accusative masculine of só (...
7934	word: split word_type: verb expansion: split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split) forms: form: splits tags: present singular third-person form: splitting tags: participle present form: split t...
7935	word: split word_type: adj expansion: split (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Split split exact sequence etymology_text: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form...
7936	word: split word_type: noun expansion: split (plural splits) forms: form: splits tags: plural wikipedia: Split Split weight training etymology_text: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West ...
7937	word: cough word_type: verb expansion: cough (third-person singular simple present coughs, present participle coughing, simple past and past participle coughed) forms: form: coughs tags: present singular third-person form: coughing tags: participle present form: coughed ...
7938	word: cough word_type: noun expansion: cough (plural coughs) forms: form: coughs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from Middle English cough (“a cough; illness causing coughing”) [and other forms], from coughen (verb): see etymology 1. The interjection is probably derive...
7939	word: cough word_type: intj expansion: cough forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from Middle English cough (“a cough; illness causing coughing”) [and other forms], from coughen (verb): see etymology 1. The interjection is probably derived from the noun. senses_examples: text: He was—...
7940	word: acorn word_type: noun expansion: acorn (plural acorns) forms: form: acorns tags: plural wikipedia: Acorn (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-Germanic akraną, from Pro...
7941	word: lynx word_type: noun expansion: lynx (plural lynxes or lynx) forms: form: lynxes tags: plural form: lynx tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white;...
7942	word: muskrat word_type: noun expansion: muskrat (plural muskrats) forms: form: muskrats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under ...
7943	word: turtle dove word_type: noun expansion: turtle dove (plural turtle doves) forms: form: turtle doves tags: plural wikipedia: turtle dove etymology_text: From Middle English turtildove, turteldoufe (cognate with Old High German turtultūba, turtulatūba, turtiltūba, Middle High German turteltūbe,...
7944	word: ibex word_type: noun expansion: ibex (plural ibex or ibexes or ibices) forms: form: ibex tags: plural form: ibexes tags: plural form: ibices tags: plural wikipedia: ibex etymology_text: From Latin ībex (“chamois”), possibly from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Span...
7945	word: distribution word_type: noun expansion: distribution (countable and uncountable, plural distributions) forms: form: distributions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to' (from...
7946	word: chin word_type: noun expansion: chin (plural chins) forms: form: chins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low G...
7947	word: chin word_type: verb expansion: chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned) forms: form: chins tags: present singular third-person form: chinning tags: participle present form: chinned tag...
7948	word: chin word_type: noun expansion: chin (plural chins) forms: form: chins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of chinchilla. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A chinchilla. senses_topics:
7949	word: straight word_type: adj expansion: straight (comparative straighter, superlative straightest) forms: form: straighter tags: comparative form: straightest tags: superlative wikipedia: straight etymology_text: From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of s...
7950	word: straight word_type: adv expansion: straight (comparative more straight, superlative most straight) forms: form: more straight tags: comparative form: most straight tags: superlative wikipedia: straight etymology_text: From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past parti...
7951	word: straight word_type: noun expansion: straight (plural straights) forms: form: straights tags: plural wikipedia: straight etymology_text: From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestr...
7952	word: straight word_type: verb expansion: straight (third-person singular simple present straights, present participle straighting, simple past and past participle straighted) forms: form: straights tags: present singular third-person form: straighting tags: participle present ...
7953	word: rood word_type: noun expansion: rood (plural roods) forms: form: roods tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic rōdō, rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European rōt-, reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”...
7954	word: dromedary word_type: noun expansion: dromedary (plural dromedaries) forms: form: dromedaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dromedari, dromedarie (“dromedary; any camel”) [and other forms], from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”...
7955	word: why word_type: adv expansion: why (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: why etymology_text: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, instrumental case of kʷis (“who”), kʷid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why...
7956	word: why word_type: noun expansion: why (plural whys or why's) forms: form: whys tags: plural form: why's tags: plural wikipedia: why etymology_text: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, instr...
7957	word: why word_type: intj expansion: why forms: wikipedia: why etymology_text: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European kʷey, instrumental case of kʷis (“who”), kʷid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; ...
7958	word: why word_type: verb expansion: why (third-person singular simple present whies, present participle whying, simple past and past participle whied) forms: form: whies tags: present singular third-person form: whying tags: participle present form: whied tags: par...
7959	word: why word_type: noun expansion: why (plural whies) forms: form: whies tags: plural wikipedia: why etymology_text: senses_examples: text: At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull. ref: 1796, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Y...
7960	word: why word_type: noun expansion: why forms: wikipedia: why etymology_text: senses_examples: text: ee, why, ee, ess, eyes ref: 1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spel...
7961	word: nin word_type: noun expansion: nin (plural nins) forms: form: nins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Affectionate name for a grand...
7962	word: basket word_type: noun expansion: basket (countable and uncountable, plural baskets) forms: form: baskets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman bascat, of obscure origin. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-v...
7963	word: basket word_type: verb expansion: basket (third-person singular simple present baskets, present participle basketing, simple past and past participle basketed) forms: form: baskets tags: present singular third-person form: basketing tags: participle present form: ba...
7964	word: branch word_type: noun expansion: branch (plural branches) forms: form: branches tags: plural wikipedia: branch etymology_text: From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High Ge...
7965	word: branch word_type: verb expansion: branch (third-person singular simple present branches, present participle branching, simple past and past participle branched) forms: form: branches tags: present singular third-person form: branching tags: participle present form: ...
7966	word: pheasant word_type: noun expansion: pheasant (countable and uncountable, plural pheasants) forms: form: pheasants tags: plural wikipedia: pheasant etymology_text: From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meanin...
7967	word: ride word_type: verb expansion: ride (third-person singular simple present rides, present participle riding, simple past rode or (obsolete) rade or (obsolete) rid, past participle ridden or (now colloquial and nonstandard) rode) forms: form: rides tags: present singular third-person fo...
7968	word: ride word_type: noun expansion: ride (plural rides) forms: form: rides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reyH...
7969	word: spin word_type: verb expansion: spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past spun or (uncommon) span or (nonstandard) spinned, past participle spun or (nonstandard) spinned) forms: form: spins tags: present singular third-person form: s...
7970	word: spin word_type: noun expansion: spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins) forms: form: spins tags: plural wikipedia: en:spin etymology_text: From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spin...
7971	word: spin word_type: noun expansion: spin (plural spins) forms: form: spins tags: plural wikipedia: en:spin etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “Frank!” Joe yelled. “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!” ref: 2021 22 April, “jdale” (username), Cour...
7972	word: spin word_type: noun expansion: spin (plural spins) forms: form: spins tags: plural wikipedia: en:spin etymology_text: Shortening of special interest. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Special interest of an autistic person. senses_topics:
7973	word: authority word_type: noun expansion: authority (countable and uncountable, plural authorities) forms: form: authorities tags: plural wikipedia: authority etymology_text: From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctori...
7974	word: expletive word_type: adj expansion: expletive (comparative more expletive, superlative most expletive) forms: form: more expletive tags: comparative form: most expletive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin e...
7975	word: expletive word_type: noun expansion: expletive (plural expletives) forms: form: expletives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely...
7976	word: throw word_type: verb expansion: throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw or (nonstandard) throwed, past participle thrown or (nonstandard) throwed or (nonstandard) threw) forms: form: throws tags: present singular third-person ...
7977	word: throw word_type: noun expansion: throw (plural throws) forms: form: throws tags: plural wikipedia: throw etymology_text: From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Pro...
7978	word: throw word_type: noun expansion: throw (plural throws) forms: form: throws tags: plural wikipedia: throw etymology_text: From Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg (“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”). sense...
7979	word: throw word_type: noun expansion: throw (plural throws) forms: form: throws tags: plural wikipedia: throw etymology_text: See throe. senses_examples: text: [W]e never know the full force of parental affection till our children are about to be taken from us. It is then that we discover h...
7980	word: throw word_type: verb expansion: throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown) forms: form: throws tags: present singular third-person form: throwing tags: participle present form: threw ...
7981	word: agreement word_type: noun expansion: agreement (countable and uncountable, plural agreements) forms: form: agreements tags: plural wikipedia: Agreement (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Morphologically agree + -ment...
7982	word: certain word_type: adj expansion: certain (comparative more certain or certainer, superlative most certain or certainest) forms: form: more certain tags: comparative form: certainer tags: comparative form: most certain tags: superlative form: certainest tags: ...
7983	word: certain word_type: det expansion: certain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past par...
7984	word: certain word_type: pron expansion: certain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past pa...
7985	word: sot word_type: noun expansion: sot (plural sots) forms: form: sots tags: plural wikipedia: Nicoline van der Sijs etymology_text: From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expres...
7986	word: sot word_type: verb expansion: sot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted) forms: form: sots tags: present singular third-person form: sotting tags: participle present form: sotted tags: p...
7987	word: thunder word_type: noun expansion: thunder (countable and uncountable, plural thunders) forms: form: thunders tags: plural wikipedia: thunder etymology_text: From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *...
7988	word: thunder word_type: verb expansion: thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders, present participle thundering, simple past and past participle thundered) forms: form: thunders tags: present singular third-person form: thundering tags: participle present form:...
7989	word: crisis word_type: noun expansion: crisis (plural crises) forms: form: crises tags: plural wikipedia: Crisis (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρί...
7990	word: shrew word_type: noun expansion: shrew (plural shrews) forms: form: shrews tags: plural wikipedia: The Taming of the Shrew shrew etymology_text: From Middle English schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European...
7991	word: shrew word_type: verb expansion: shrew (third-person singular simple present shrews, present participle shrewing, simple past and past participle shrewed) forms: form: shrews tags: present singular third-person form: shrewing tags: participle present form: shrewed ...
7992	word: bankrupt word_type: adj expansion: bankrupt (comparative more bankrupt, superlative most bankrupt) forms: form: more bankrupt tags: comparative form: most bankrupt tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Partial calque of Italian banca rotta, which refers to an out-of-busin...
7993	word: bankrupt word_type: verb expansion: bankrupt (third-person singular simple present bankrupts, present participle bankrupting, simple past and past participle bankrupted) forms: form: bankrupts tags: present singular third-person form: bankrupting tags: participle present ...
7994	word: bankrupt word_type: noun expansion: bankrupt (plural bankrupts) forms: form: bankrupts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Partial calque of Italian banca rotta, which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken. When a moneylender in Northern Italy became inso...
7995	word: southern word_type: adj expansion: southern (comparative more southern, superlative most southern) forms: form: more southern tags: comparative form: most southern tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþ...
7996	word: southern word_type: noun expansion: southern (plural southerns) forms: form: southerns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *su...
7997	word: balance word_type: noun expansion: balance (countable and uncountable, plural balances) forms: form: balances tags: plural wikipedia: balance etymology_text: PIE word dwóh₁ From Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bil...
7998	word: balance word_type: verb expansion: balance (third-person singular simple present balances, present participle balancing, simple past and past participle balanced) forms: form: balances tags: present singular third-person form: balancing tags: participle present form: ...
7999	word: decline word_type: noun expansion: decline (countable and uncountable, plural declines) forms: form: declines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English declinen, and ultimately Latin declīnō (“to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”, from de (“down”) + clīnō (“I be...

7900

word: kestrel word_type: noun expansion: kestrel (plural kestrels) forms: form: kestrels tags: plural wikipedia: kestrel etymology_text: From Middle English castrel (“staniel, bird of prey”), from Middle French cresserelle, crecerelle (“bird of prey”), usually assumed to be from crecelle (“rattle,...

7901

word: bol word_type: noun expansion: bol (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Clipping of bolognese senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: bolognese senses_topics:

7902

word: impose word_type: verb expansion: impose (third-person singular simple present imposes, present participle imposing, simple past and past participle imposed) forms: form: imposes tags: present singular third-person form: imposing tags: participle present form: impos...

7903

word: impose word_type: noun expansion: impose (plural imposes) forms: form: imposes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The verb is derived from Late Middle English imposen (“to place, set; to impose (a duty, etc.)”), borrowed from Middle French imposer, and Old French emposer, enposer (“to ...

7904

word: vertebrate word_type: adj expansion: vertebrate (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vertebra (“joint”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having a backbone. senses_topics:

7905

word: vertebrate word_type: noun expansion: vertebrate (plural vertebrates) forms: form: vertebrates tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin vertebra (“joint”). senses_examples: text: Under the white chalk, drawn on the blackboard / Under the x-ray, I'm just a vertebrate ref: ...

7906

word: applaud word_type: noun expansion: applaud (plural applauds) forms: form: applauds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English applauden, from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”). senses_examples: senses_c...

7907

word: applaud word_type: verb expansion: applaud (third-person singular simple present applauds, present participle applauding, simple past and past participle applauded) forms: form: applauds tags: present singular third-person form: applauding tags: participle present form:...

7908

word: swing word_type: verb expansion: swing (third-person singular simple present swings, present participle swinging, simple past swung or (archaic or dialectal) swang, past participle swung or (archaic) swungen) forms: form: swings tags: present singular third-person form: swinging ...

7909

word: swing word_type: noun expansion: swing (countable and uncountable, plural swings) forms: form: swings tags: plural wikipedia: swing etymology_text: From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swin...

7910

word: wild boar word_type: noun expansion: wild boar (plural wild boars or wild boar) forms: form: wild boars tags: plural form: wild boar tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where...

7911

word: cloth word_type: noun expansion: cloth (countable and uncountable, plural cloths or (obsolete) clothes) forms: form: cloths tags: plural form: clothes tags: obsolete plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English cloth, clath, from Old English clāþ (“cloth, clothes, c...

7912

word: kritik word_type: noun expansion: kritik (plural kritiks) forms: form: kritiks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Kritik. senses_examples: text: Too much debate theory is based on power rather than reason. Kritiks are used as big sticks to avoid one of the duties clos...

7913

word: syllable word_type: noun expansion: syllable (plural syllables) forms: form: syllables tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English syllable, sillable, syllabylle, sylabul, from Anglo-Norman sillable, from Old French sillebe, from Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (su...

7914

word: syllable word_type: verb expansion: syllable (third-person singular simple present syllables, present participle syllabling, simple past and past participle syllabled) forms: form: syllables tags: present singular third-person form: syllabling tags: participle present f...

7915

word: upset word_type: adj expansion: upset (comparative more upset, superlative most upset) forms: form: more upset tags: comparative form: most upset tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English ...

7916

word: upset word_type: noun expansion: upset (countable and uncountable, plural upsets) forms: form: upsets tags: plural wikipedia: aircraft upset upset etymology_text: From Middle English upset (“the act of setting up; establishment”), from Middle English upsetten, corresponding to up- + set. C...

7917

word: upset word_type: verb expansion: upset (third-person singular simple present upsets, present participle upsetting, simple past and past participle upset) forms: form: upsets tags: present singular third-person form: upsetting tags: participle present form: upset t...

7918

word: goggles word_type: noun expansion: goggles pl (plural only) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably from goggle, from the appearance it gives the wearer. senses_examples: text: Goggles must be worn in the swimming pool. type: example text: We had to put on our goggles as it was sn...

7919

word: goggles word_type: noun expansion: goggles forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of goggle senses_topics:

7920

word: goggles word_type: verb expansion: goggles forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goggle senses_topics:

7921

word: linacs word_type: noun expansion: linacs forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: plural of linac senses_topics:

7922

word: beautiful word_type: adj expansion: beautiful (comparative more beautiful, superlative most beautiful) forms: form: more beautiful tags: comparative form: most beautiful tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye...

7923

word: beautiful word_type: noun expansion: beautiful (plural beautifuls) forms: form: beautifuls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English bewteful, beautefull (“attractive to the eye, beautiful”), equivalent to beauty + -ful. In this sense, largely displaced Old English fæġer (...

7924

word: dormouse word_type: noun expansion: dormouse (plural dormice) forms: form: dormice tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár (“benumbed”) + mous (“mouse”). More at doze, mouse. The word is so...

7925

word: acoustic word_type: adj expansion: acoustic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Know Your Meme etymology_text: Borrowed from Medieval Latin acousticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστῐκός (akoustikós, “of or for hearing”), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, adjectival suffix). Sense 4 ("autistic") ...

7926

word: acoustic word_type: noun expansion: acoustic (plural acoustics) forms: form: acoustics tags: plural wikipedia: Know Your Meme etymology_text: Borrowed from Medieval Latin acousticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκουστῐκός (akoustikós, “of or for hearing”), from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) + -ῐκός (-ikós...

7927

word: starling word_type: noun expansion: starling (plural starlings) forms: form: starlings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English starling, sterling, sterlinge, from Old English stærling, from stær (“starling”) + -ling (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch sterlinc...

7928

word: crush word_type: noun expansion: crush (countable and uncountable, plural crushes) forms: form: crushes tags: plural wikipedia: crush etymology_text: From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to brush”...

7929

word: crush word_type: verb expansion: crush (third-person singular simple present crushes, present participle crushing, simple past and past participle crushed) forms: form: crushes tags: present singular third-person form: crushing tags: participle present form: crushed...

7930

word: then word_type: adv expansion: then (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative ma...

7931

word: then word_type: adj expansion: then (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative ma...

7932

word: then word_type: noun expansion: then forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (...

7933

word: then word_type: conj expansion: then forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English then(ne), than(ne), from Old English þonne, þanne, þænne (“then, at that time”), from Proto-Germanic *þan (“at that (time), then”), from earlier *þam, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative masculine of *só (...

7934

word: split word_type: verb expansion: split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split) forms: form: splits tags: present singular third-person form: splitting tags: participle present form: split t...

7935

word: split word_type: adj expansion: split (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Split split exact sequence etymology_text: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form...

7936

word: split word_type: noun expansion: split (plural splits) forms: form: splits tags: plural wikipedia: Split Split weight training etymology_text: Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West ...

7937

word: cough word_type: verb expansion: cough (third-person singular simple present coughs, present participle coughing, simple past and past participle coughed) forms: form: coughs tags: present singular third-person form: coughing tags: participle present form: coughed ...

7938

word: cough word_type: noun expansion: cough (plural coughs) forms: form: coughs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from Middle English cough (“a cough; illness causing coughing”) [and other forms], from coughen (verb): see etymology 1. The interjection is probably derive...

7939

word: cough word_type: intj expansion: cough forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is derived from Middle English cough (“a cough; illness causing coughing”) [and other forms], from coughen (verb): see etymology 1. The interjection is probably derived from the noun. senses_examples: text: He was—...

7940

word: acorn word_type: noun expansion: acorn (plural acorns) forms: form: acorns tags: plural wikipedia: Acorn (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English acorn, an alteration (after corn) of earlier *akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-Germanic *akraną, from Pro...

7941

word: lynx word_type: noun expansion: lynx (plural lynxes or lynx) forms: form: lynxes tags: plural form: lynx tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English lynx, linx, lenx, lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white;...

7942

word: muskrat word_type: noun expansion: muskrat (plural muskrats) forms: form: muskrats tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under ...

7943

word: turtle dove word_type: noun expansion: turtle dove (plural turtle doves) forms: form: turtle doves tags: plural wikipedia: turtle dove etymology_text: From Middle English turtildove, turteldoufe (cognate with Old High German turtultūba, turtulatūba, turtiltūba, Middle High German turteltūbe,...

7944

word: ibex word_type: noun expansion: ibex (plural ibex or ibexes or ibices) forms: form: ibex tags: plural form: ibexes tags: plural form: ibices tags: plural wikipedia: ibex etymology_text: From Latin ībex (“chamois”), possibly from Iberian or Aquitanian; akin to Old Span...

7945

word: distribution word_type: noun expansion: distribution (countable and uncountable, plural distributions) forms: form: distributions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old French, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to' (from...

7946

word: chin word_type: noun expansion: chin (plural chins) forms: form: chins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low G...

7947

word: chin word_type: verb expansion: chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned) forms: form: chins tags: present singular third-person form: chinning tags: participle present form: chinned tag...

7948

word: chin word_type: noun expansion: chin (plural chins) forms: form: chins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of chinchilla. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A chinchilla. senses_topics:

7949

word: straight word_type: adj expansion: straight (comparative straighter, superlative straightest) forms: form: straighter tags: comparative form: straightest tags: superlative wikipedia: straight etymology_text: From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of s...

7950

word: straight word_type: adv expansion: straight (comparative more straight, superlative most straight) forms: form: more straight tags: comparative form: most straight tags: superlative wikipedia: straight etymology_text: From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past parti...

7951

word: straight word_type: noun expansion: straight (plural straights) forms: form: straights tags: plural wikipedia: straight etymology_text: From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestr...

7952

word: straight word_type: verb expansion: straight (third-person singular simple present straights, present participle straighting, simple past and past participle straighted) forms: form: straights tags: present singular third-person form: straighting tags: participle present ...

7953

word: rood word_type: noun expansion: rood (plural roods) forms: form: roods tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English rode, rood (“cross”), from Old English rōd (“cross”), from Proto-Germanic *rōdō, *rōdǭ (“rod, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *rōt-, *reh₁t- (“bar, beam, stem”...

7954

word: dromedary word_type: noun expansion: dromedary (plural dromedaries) forms: form: dromedaries tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dromedari, dromedarie (“dromedary; any camel”) [and other forms], from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”...

7955

word: why word_type: adv expansion: why (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: why etymology_text: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why...

7956

word: why word_type: noun expansion: why (plural whys or why's) forms: form: whys tags: plural form: why's tags: plural wikipedia: why etymology_text: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instr...

7957

word: why word_type: intj expansion: why forms: wikipedia: why etymology_text: From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷis (“who”), *kʷid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; ...

7958

word: why word_type: verb expansion: why (third-person singular simple present whies, present participle whying, simple past and past participle whied) forms: form: whies tags: present singular third-person form: whying tags: participle present form: whied tags: par...

7959

word: why word_type: noun expansion: why (plural whies) forms: form: whies tags: plural wikipedia: why etymology_text: senses_examples: text: At two years old, also, the HEIFERS - provincially, “whies,” are generally put to the bull. ref: 1796, William Marshall, The Rural Economy of Y...

7960

word: why word_type: noun expansion: why forms: wikipedia: why etymology_text: senses_examples: text: ee, why, ee, ess, eyes ref: 1881 April, J. B. Rundell, “The Irregularities of English Spelling: what they Cost and what they are Worth”, in The Spelling Reformer, and Journal of the English Spel...

7961

word: nin word_type: noun expansion: nin (plural nins) forms: form: nins tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Affectionate name for a grand...

7962

word: basket word_type: noun expansion: basket (countable and uncountable, plural baskets) forms: form: baskets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English basket, from Anglo-Norman bascat, of obscure origin. One theory is that it derives from Late Latin bascauda (“kettle, table-v...

7963

word: basket word_type: verb expansion: basket (third-person singular simple present baskets, present participle basketing, simple past and past participle basketed) forms: form: baskets tags: present singular third-person form: basketing tags: participle present form: ba...

7964

word: branch word_type: noun expansion: branch (plural branches) forms: form: branches tags: plural wikipedia: branch etymology_text: From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High Ge...

7965

word: branch word_type: verb expansion: branch (third-person singular simple present branches, present participle branching, simple past and past participle branched) forms: form: branches tags: present singular third-person form: branching tags: participle present form: ...

7966

word: pheasant word_type: noun expansion: pheasant (countable and uncountable, plural pheasants) forms: form: pheasants tags: plural wikipedia: pheasant etymology_text: From Middle English fesaunt, fesant, from Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φᾱσιανός (phāsianós), meanin...

7967

word: ride word_type: verb expansion: ride (third-person singular simple present rides, present participle riding, simple past rode or (obsolete) rade or (obsolete) rid, past participle ridden or (now colloquial and nonstandard) rode) forms: form: rides tags: present singular third-person fo...

7968

word: ride word_type: noun expansion: ride (plural rides) forms: form: rides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH...

7969

word: spin word_type: verb expansion: spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past spun or (uncommon) span or (nonstandard) spinned, past participle spun or (nonstandard) spinned) forms: form: spins tags: present singular third-person form: s...

7970

word: spin word_type: noun expansion: spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins) forms: form: spins tags: plural wikipedia: en:spin etymology_text: From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spin...

7971

word: spin word_type: noun expansion: spin (plural spins) forms: form: spins tags: plural wikipedia: en:spin etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “Frank!” Joe yelled. “Run the spin halyard to the cabin-top winch and pass me the free end!” ref: 2021 22 April, “jdale” (username), Cour...

7972

word: spin word_type: noun expansion: spin (plural spins) forms: form: spins tags: plural wikipedia: en:spin etymology_text: Shortening of special interest. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Special interest of an autistic person. senses_topics:

7973

word: authority word_type: noun expansion: authority (countable and uncountable, plural authorities) forms: form: authorities tags: plural wikipedia: authority etymology_text: From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctori...

7974

word: expletive word_type: adj expansion: expletive (comparative more expletive, superlative most expletive) forms: form: more expletive tags: comparative form: most expletive tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin e...

7975

word: expletive word_type: noun expansion: expletive (plural expletives) forms: form: expletives tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely...

7976

word: throw word_type: verb expansion: throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw or (nonstandard) throwed, past participle thrown or (nonstandard) throwed or (nonstandard) threw) forms: form: throws tags: present singular third-person ...

7977

word: throw word_type: noun expansion: throw (plural throws) forms: form: throws tags: plural wikipedia: throw etymology_text: From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to twist, turn”), from Pro...

7978

word: throw word_type: noun expansion: throw (plural throws) forms: form: throws tags: plural wikipedia: throw etymology_text: From Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg (“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þragjan, “to run”). sense...

7979

word: throw word_type: noun expansion: throw (plural throws) forms: form: throws tags: plural wikipedia: throw etymology_text: See throe. senses_examples: text: [W]e never know the full force of parental affection till our children are about to be taken from us. It is then that we discover h...

7980

word: throw word_type: verb expansion: throw (third-person singular simple present throws, present participle throwing, simple past threw, past participle thrown) forms: form: throws tags: present singular third-person form: throwing tags: participle present form: threw ...

7981

word: agreement word_type: noun expansion: agreement (countable and uncountable, plural agreements) forms: form: agreements tags: plural wikipedia: Agreement (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Morphologically agree + -ment...

7982

word: certain word_type: adj expansion: certain (comparative more certain or certainer, superlative most certain or certainest) forms: form: more certain tags: comparative form: certainer tags: comparative form: most certain tags: superlative form: certainest tags: ...

7983

word: certain word_type: det expansion: certain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past par...

7984

word: certain word_type: pron expansion: certain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English certeyn, certein, certain, borrowed from Old French certain, from a Vulgar Latin unattested form *certānus, extended form of Latin certus (“fixed, resolved, certain”), of the same origin as cretus, past pa...

7985

word: sot word_type: noun expansion: sot (plural sots) forms: form: sots tags: plural wikipedia: Nicoline van der Sijs etymology_text: From Middle English sot, from Old English sot, sott (“foolish, stupid”), from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of obscure origin and relation. Possibly an expres...

7986

word: sot word_type: verb expansion: sot (third-person singular simple present sots, present participle sotting, simple past and past participle sotted) forms: form: sots tags: present singular third-person form: sotting tags: participle present form: sotted tags: p...

7987

word: thunder word_type: noun expansion: thunder (countable and uncountable, plural thunders) forms: form: thunders tags: plural wikipedia: thunder etymology_text: From Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), from Proto-West Germanic *...

7988

word: thunder word_type: verb expansion: thunder (third-person singular simple present thunders, present participle thundering, simple past and past participle thundered) forms: form: thunders tags: present singular third-person form: thundering tags: participle present form:...

7989

word: crisis word_type: noun expansion: crisis (plural crises) forms: form: crises tags: plural wikipedia: Crisis (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from κρί...

7990

word: shrew word_type: noun expansion: shrew (plural shrews) forms: form: shrews tags: plural wikipedia: The Taming of the Shrew shrew etymology_text: From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European...

7991

word: shrew word_type: verb expansion: shrew (third-person singular simple present shrews, present participle shrewing, simple past and past participle shrewed) forms: form: shrews tags: present singular third-person form: shrewing tags: participle present form: shrewed ...

7992

word: bankrupt word_type: adj expansion: bankrupt (comparative more bankrupt, superlative most bankrupt) forms: form: more bankrupt tags: comparative form: most bankrupt tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Partial calque of Italian banca rotta, which refers to an out-of-busin...

7993

word: bankrupt word_type: verb expansion: bankrupt (third-person singular simple present bankrupts, present participle bankrupting, simple past and past participle bankrupted) forms: form: bankrupts tags: present singular third-person form: bankrupting tags: participle present ...

7994

word: bankrupt word_type: noun expansion: bankrupt (plural bankrupts) forms: form: bankrupts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Partial calque of Italian banca rotta, which refers to an out-of-business bank, having its bench physically broken. When a moneylender in Northern Italy became inso...

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word: southern word_type: adj expansion: southern (comparative more southern, superlative most southern) forms: form: more southern tags: comparative form: most southern tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþ...

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word: southern word_type: noun expansion: southern (plural southerns) forms: form: southerns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English southerne, sothern, sutherne, from Old English sūþerne (“southern, southerly, coming from the south; of southern make”), from Proto-Germanic *su...

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word: balance word_type: noun expansion: balance (countable and uncountable, plural balances) forms: form: balances tags: plural wikipedia: balance etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English balaunce, from Old French balance, from Late Latin *bilancia, from (accusative form of) Latin bil...

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word: balance word_type: verb expansion: balance (third-person singular simple present balances, present participle balancing, simple past and past participle balanced) forms: form: balances tags: present singular third-person form: balancing tags: participle present form: ...

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word: decline word_type: noun expansion: decline (countable and uncountable, plural declines) forms: form: declines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English declinen, and ultimately Latin declīnō (“to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”, from de (“down”) + clīnō (“I be...