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word: venom word_type: noun expansion: venom (countable and uncountable, plural venoms) forms: form: venoms tags: plural wikipedia: venom etymology_text: From Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum (“...
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word: venom word_type: verb expansion: venom (third-person singular simple present venoms, present participle venoming, simple past and past participle venomed) forms: form: venoms tags: present singular third-person form: venoming tags: participle present form: venomed ...
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word: venom word_type: adj expansion: venom (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: venom etymology_text: From Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum (“drug; poison; a charm”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-Euro...
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word: dream word_type: noun expansion: dream (plural dreams) forms: form: dreams tags: plural wikipedia: dream etymology_text: From Middle English drem, from Old English drēam (“music, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz, from earlier *draugmaz, from Proto-Indo-Eur...
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word: dream word_type: verb expansion: dream (third-person singular simple present dreams, present participle dreaming, simple past and past participle dreamed or dreamt) forms: form: dreams tags: present singular third-person form: dreaming tags: participle present form: ...
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word: dream word_type: adj expansion: dream (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: dream etymology_text: From Middle English drem, from Old English drēam (“music, joy”), from Proto-West Germanic *draum, from Proto-Germanic *draumaz, from earlier *draugmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrowgʰ-mos, from *dʰrewgʰ- (“...
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word: care word_type: noun expansion: care (countable and uncountable, plural cares) forms: form: cares tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English care, from Old English caru, ċearu (“care, concern, anxiety, sorrow, grief, trouble”), from Proto-West Germanic *karu, from Proto-Ger...
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word: care word_type: verb expansion: care (third-person singular simple present cares, present participle caring, simple past and past participle cared) forms: form: cares tags: present singular third-person form: caring tags: participle present form: cared tags: p...
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word: lil word_type: adj expansion: lil forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of li'l senses_topics:
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word: lil word_type: noun expansion: lil (plural lils) forms: form: lils tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: [H]e'll have quite enough to do in writing his own lils, and telling the world how handsome and clever he was; and who can blame him? Not I. If I could wr...
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word: orthodoxia word_type: noun expansion: orthodoxia (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Correct praise; correct faith. senses_topics:
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word: violin word_type: noun expansion: violin (plural violins) forms: form: violins tags: plural wikipedia: violin etymology_text: From Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino (“forming diminutives”). senses_examples: text: When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it...
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word: violin word_type: verb expansion: violin (third-person singular simple present violins, present participle violining, simple past and past participle violined) forms: form: violins tags: present singular third-person form: violining tags: participle present form: vi...
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word: else word_type: adj expansion: else (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), ...
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word: else word_type: adv expansion: else (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), ...
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word: else word_type: conj expansion: else forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-...
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word: everyone word_type: pron expansion: everyone forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English everichon. By surface analysis, every + one. senses_examples: text: Hello, everyone! Audio (US): (file) ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain), archived from the original on 2017-09-...
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word: Bosnia-Herzegovina word_type: name expansion: Bosnia-Herzegovina forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital ...
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word: roebuck word_type: noun expansion: roebuck (plural roebucks) forms: form: roebucks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok. senses_examples: text: From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The start...
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word: collar word_type: noun expansion: collar (plural collars) forms: form: collars tags: plural wikipedia: collar etymology_text: From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Go...
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word: collar word_type: verb expansion: collar (third-person singular simple present collars, present participle collaring, simple past and past participle collared) forms: form: collars tags: present singular third-person form: collaring tags: participle present form: co...
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word: rooster word_type: noun expansion: rooster (plural roosters) forms: form: roosters tags: plural wikipedia: rooster etymology_text: From roost + -er. In the regions where it is used, displaced cock through taboo avoidance. senses_examples: text: Their other dish […] contain'd a number o...
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word: sit word_type: verb expansion: sit (third-person singular simple present sits, present participle sitting, simple past sat or (dated, poetic) sate, past participle sat or (archaic, dialectal) sitten) forms: form: sits tags: present singular third-person form: sitting tags: pa...
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word: sit word_type: noun expansion: sit (plural sits) forms: form: sits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English ...
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word: sit word_type: noun expansion: sit (plural sits) forms: form: sits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare. […] In mid-afternoon at...
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word: filed word_type: verb expansion: filed forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: simple past and past participle of file senses_topics:
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word: falcon word_type: noun expansion: falcon (plural falcons) forms: form: falcons tags: plural wikipedia: falcon etymology_text: From Middle English faucoun, falcon, faulcon, from Old French falcun, from Late Latin falcō (“falcon”), of Germanic origin, probably via Frankish *falkō (“falcon, haw...
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word: falcon word_type: verb expansion: falcon (third-person singular simple present falcons, present participle falconing, simple past and past participle falconed) forms: form: falcons tags: present singular third-person form: falconing tags: participle present form: fa...
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word: broad word_type: adj expansion: broad (comparative broader, superlative broadest) forms: form: broader tags: comparative form: broadest tags: superlative wikipedia: broad etymology_text: From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacio...
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word: broad word_type: noun expansion: broad (plural broads) forms: form: broads tags: plural wikipedia: broad etymology_text: From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English brād (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-West Germanic *braid, from Proto-German...
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word: broad word_type: noun expansion: broad (plural broads) forms: form: broads tags: plural wikipedia: broad etymology_text: Early 20th century, from American English. Perhaps from broad hips. Or from abroadwife (“woman who lives or travels without her husband, often a slave”). There may also ha...
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word: guitar word_type: noun expansion: guitar (plural guitars) forms: form: guitars tags: plural wikipedia: guitar etymology_text: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā)bor. Aramaic קיתראbor. Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor. Spanish guitarrabor. English guitar From Spanish guitarra, from Ara...
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word: guitar word_type: verb expansion: guitar (third-person singular simple present guitars, present participle guitaring, simple past and past participle guitared) forms: form: guitars tags: present singular third-person form: guitaring tags: participle present form: gu...
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word: control word_type: verb expansion: control (third-person singular simple present controls, present participle controlling, simple past and past participle controlled) forms: form: controls tags: present singular third-person form: controlling tags: participle present fo...
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word: control word_type: noun expansion: control (countable and uncountable, plural controls) forms: form: controls tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify acc...
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word: cattle word_type: noun expansion: cattle pl (normally plural, singular cattle) forms: form: cattle tags: singular wikipedia: Indian English cattle etymology_text: From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old...
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word: USA word_type: name expansion: USA or the USA forms: form: USA tags: canonical form: the USA tags: canonical wikipedia: USA etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The Defense Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to GEN Martin Dempsey, USA. type: example senses_c...
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word: USA word_type: noun expansion: USA (plural USAs) forms: form: USAs tags: plural wikipedia: USA etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of United States Attorney. senses_topics:
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word: otter word_type: noun expansion: otter (plural otters) forms: form: otters tags: plural wikipedia: otter etymology_text: From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-West Germanic *otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, w...
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word: otter word_type: noun expansion: otter (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: otter etymology_text: Corruption of annotto. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: annatto (dye) senses_topics:
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word: otter word_type: noun expansion: otter (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: otter etymology_text: senses_examples: text: […] the precious perfume called otter of roses. ref: 1809, William Jones, A Grammar of the Persian Language, page 8 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: blackbird word_type: noun expansion: blackbird (plural blackbirds) forms: form: blackbirds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A...
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word: blackbird word_type: verb expansion: blackbird (third-person singular simple present blackbirds, present participle blackbirding, simple past and past participle blackbirded) forms: form: blackbirds tags: present singular third-person form: blackbirding tags: participle p...
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word: sovereign word_type: adj expansion: sovereign (comparative more sovereign, superlative most sovereign) forms: form: more sovereign tags: comparative form: most sovereign tags: superlative wikipedia: sovereign etymology_text: From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain ...
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word: sovereign word_type: noun expansion: sovereign (plural sovereigns) forms: form: sovereigns tags: plural wikipedia: sovereign etymology_text: From Middle English sovereyn, from Old French soverain (whence also modern French souverain), from Vulgar Latin *superānus (compare Italian sovrano, Sp...
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word: sovereign word_type: verb expansion: sovereign (third-person singular simple present sovereigns, present participle sovereigning, simple past and past participle sovereigned) forms: form: sovereigns tags: present singular third-person form: sovereigning tags: participle p...
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word: royal we word_type: noun expansion: royal we (plural royal we's or (rare) royal wes) forms: form: royal we's tags: plural form: royal wes tags: plural rare wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Queen Victoria is the monarch most commonly associated with th...
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word: cheese word_type: noun expansion: cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cheeses or (archaic) cheesen) forms: form: cheeses tags: plural form: cheesen tags: archaic plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīe...
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word: cheese word_type: verb expansion: cheese (third-person singular simple present cheeses, present participle cheesing, simple past and past participle cheesed) forms: form: cheeses tags: present singular third-person form: cheesing tags: participle present form: chees...
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word: cheese word_type: intj expansion: cheese! forms: form: cheese! tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Perhaps an alteration of cheers. senses_examples: text: Say "cheese"! ... and there we are! type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Said while being photographed...
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word: cheese word_type: noun expansion: cheese (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Though commonly claimed to be a borrowing of Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”), the term does not occur earliest in Anglo-Indian sources, but instead is "well recorded in British and Australian sources from the 1840s onw...
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word: cheese word_type: verb expansion: cheese (third-person singular simple present cheeses, present participle cheesing, simple past and past participle cheesed) forms: form: cheeses tags: present singular third-person form: cheesing tags: participle present form: chees...
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word: cheese word_type: verb expansion: cheese (third-person singular simple present cheeses, present participle cheesing, simple past and past participle cheesed) forms: form: cheeses tags: present singular third-person form: cheesing tags: participle present form: chees...
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word: sog word_type: noun expansion: sog (plural sogs) forms: form: sogs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Of uncertain origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin (compare Icelandic söggur (“moist”), dialectal Norwegian søgg (“moist”), dialectal Swedish sögg, sygg (“something moist”)), from ...
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word: sog word_type: verb expansion: sog (third-person singular simple present sogs, present participle sogging, simple past and past participle sogged) forms: form: sogs tags: present singular third-person form: sogging tags: participle present form: sogged tags: p...
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word: plenum word_type: noun expansion: plenum (plural plenums or plena) forms: form: plenums tags: plural form: plena tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin plēnum, noun use of neuter of plēnus (“full”). The sense of "legislative meeting" is a semantic loan from Russian п...
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word: lightning word_type: noun expansion: lightning (usually uncountable, plural lightnings) forms: form: lightnings tags: plural wikipedia: Lightning (disambiguation) lightning etymology_text: From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening. senses_examples: text: Although we did not see th...
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word: lightning word_type: adj expansion: lightning (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Lightning (disambiguation) lightning etymology_text: From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening. senses_examples: text: The insurgents then began their lightning advance along the Euphrates in the Sunni heartland...
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word: lightning word_type: verb expansion: lightning (third-person singular simple present lightnings, present participle lightninging, simple past and past participle lightninged) forms: form: lightnings tags: present singular third-person form: lightninging tags: participle p...
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word: dairy word_type: noun expansion: dairy (countable and uncountable, plural dairies) forms: form: dairies tags: plural wikipedia: dairy etymology_text: Origin 1250–1300 (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) + -ery. senses_examples: text: Go and fetch the butter...
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word: dairy word_type: adj expansion: dairy (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: dairy etymology_text: Origin 1250–1300 (Middle English daierie and other forms), from dey (“dairymaid”) + -ery. senses_examples: text: Is this milk dairy or soy? senses_categories: senses_glosses: Referring to produ...
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word: kral word_type: noun expansion: kral (plural krals) forms: form: krals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Archaic form of kraal. senses_topics:
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word: cause word_type: noun expansion: cause (countable and uncountable, plural causes) forms: form: causes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: * From Middle English cause (also with the sense of “a thing”), borrowed from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), borrowed from Latin causa (“reas...
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word: cause word_type: verb expansion: cause (third-person singular simple present causes, present participle causing, simple past and past participle caused) forms: form: causes tags: present singular third-person form: causing tags: participle present form: caused tag...
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word: cause word_type: conj expansion: cause forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: * From Middle English cause (also with the sense of “a thing”), borrowed from Old French cause (“a cause, a thing”), borrowed from Latin causa (“reason, sake, cause”), from Proto-Italic *kaussā, which is of unknown origin. Double...
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word: strike word_type: verb expansion: strike (third-person singular simple present strikes, present participle striking, simple past struck or (see usage notes) striked or (all obsolete) strook or stroke or strake, past participle struck or (see usage notes) stricken or (both obsolete) strucken or strook) forms...
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word: strike word_type: noun expansion: strike (plural strikes) forms: form: strikes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub,...
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word: difference word_type: noun expansion: difference (countable and uncountable, plural differences) forms: form: differences tags: plural wikipedia: difference etymology_text: From Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“dif...
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word: difference word_type: verb expansion: difference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced) forms: form: differences tags: present singular third-person form: differencing tags: participle ...
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word: Rom word_type: name expansion: Rom forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cogna...
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word: Rom word_type: noun expansion: Rom (plural Roms or Roma) forms: form: Roms tags: plural form: Roma tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). ...
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word: Rom word_type: adj expansion: Rom (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. The other major categories of words for th...
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word: Rom word_type: name expansion: Rom forms: wikipedia: River Rom etymology_text: Back-formation from Romford. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames. senses_topics:
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word: loss word_type: noun expansion: loss (countable and uncountable, plural losses) forms: form: losses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo...
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word: loss word_type: verb expansion: loss forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Pronunciation spelling of lost, representing African-American Vernacular English. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of lost senses_topics:
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word: pay word_type: verb expansion: pay (third-person singular simple present pays, present participle paying, simple past and past participle paid or (obsolete) payed) forms: form: pays tags: present singular third-person form: paying tags: participle present form: paid...
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word: pay word_type: noun expansion: pay (countable and uncountable, plural pays) forms: form: pays tags: plural wikipedia: Modern English pay etymology_text: From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacif...
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word: pay word_type: adj expansion: pay (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Modern English pay etymology_text: From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay...
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word: pay word_type: verb expansion: pay (third-person singular simple present pays, present participle paying, simple past and past participle payed or paid) forms: form: pays tags: present singular third-person form: paying tags: participle present form: payed tags: ...
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word: jewel word_type: noun expansion: jewel (plural jewels) forms: form: jewels tags: plural wikipedia: jewel etymology_text: From Middle English juel, jewel, juwel, jeuel, jowel, from Anglo-Norman juel, from Old French jouel, joel, joiel, hence French joyau, of uncertain origin. Perhaps based ul...
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word: jewel word_type: verb expansion: jewel (third-person singular simple present jewels, present participle jewelling or jeweling, simple past and past participle jewelled or jeweled) forms: form: jewels tags: present singular third-person form: jewelling tags: participle pre...
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word: butter word_type: noun expansion: butter (usually uncountable, plural butters) forms: form: butters tags: plural wikipedia: butter etymology_text: From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (bo...
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word: butter word_type: verb expansion: butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered) forms: form: butters tags: present singular third-person form: buttering tags: participle present form: bu...
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word: butter word_type: noun expansion: butter (plural butters) forms: form: butters tags: plural wikipedia: butter etymology_text: From butt + -er. senses_examples: text: […] these animals lacked self-correcting mechanisms of the kind seen in modern head-butters such as goats and big-horn s...
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word: spit word_type: noun expansion: spit (plural spits) forms: form: spits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is from Middle English spit, spite, spete, spette, spyte, spytte (“rod on which meat is cooked; rod used as a torture instrument; short spear; point of a spear; spine in t...
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word: spit word_type: verb expansion: spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spitted) forms: form: spits tags: present singular third-person form: spitting tags: participle present form: spitted tag...
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word: spit word_type: verb expansion: spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spat or spit) forms: form: spits tags: present singular third-person form: spitting tags: participle present form: spat t...
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word: spit word_type: noun expansion: spit (countable and uncountable, plural spits) forms: form: spits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The verb is from Middle English spē̆ten, spete (“to spit (blood, phlegm, saliva, venom, etc.); of a fire: to emit sparks”), from Old English spǣtan (“to ...
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word: spit word_type: noun expansion: spit (plural spits) forms: form: spits tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: The noun is from Middle Dutch speet, spit, Middle Low German spêdt, spit (Low German spit); the word is cognate with Dutch spit, North Frisian spatt, spet, West Frisian spit. The v...
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word: spit word_type: verb expansion: spit (third-person singular simple present spits, present participle spitting, simple past and past participle spitted) forms: form: spits tags: present singular third-person form: spitting tags: participle present form: spitted tag...
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word: Occitan word_type: name expansion: Occitan forms: wikipedia: Occitan language etymology_text: From French occitan; see there for more. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of Europe that includes Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, an...
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word: Occitan word_type: noun expansion: Occitan (plural Occitans) forms: form: Occitans tags: plural wikipedia: Occitan language etymology_text: From French occitan; see there for more. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Someone of the regional culture that speaks this langua...
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word: Occitan word_type: adj expansion: Occitan (comparative more Occitan, superlative most Occitan) forms: form: more Occitan tags: comparative form: most Occitan tags: superlative wikipedia: Occitan language etymology_text: From French occitan; see there for more. senses_examples: s...
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word: nobody word_type: pron expansion: nobody forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”). senses_examples: text: I asked several people, but nobody knew how. type: exampl...
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word: nobody word_type: noun expansion: nobody (plural nobodies) forms: form: nobodies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”). senses_examples: text: ‘The n...
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word: pawn word_type: noun expansion: pawn (plural pawns) forms: form: pawns tags: plural wikipedia: Pawn Pawn (chess) etymology_text: From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived fom Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon. sen...
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word: pawn word_type: noun expansion: pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns) forms: form: pawns tags: plural wikipedia: Pawn Pawnbroker etymology_text: From Middle French pan (“pledge, security”), apparently from a Germanic language (compare Middle Dutch pant, Old High German pfant). sen...
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word: pawn word_type: verb expansion: pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned) forms: form: pawns tags: present singular third-person form: pawning tags: participle present form: pawned tags: ...
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word: pawn word_type: noun expansion: pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns) forms: form: pawns tags: plural wikipedia: Pawn etymology_text: senses_examples: text: A tray filled with pawns, prepared with the usual ingredients, as lime cuttie (a bitter gum), betel-nut, tobacco, spice...
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word: pawn word_type: noun expansion: pawn (plural pawns) forms: form: pawns tags: plural wikipedia: Pawn etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A gallery. senses_topics: