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900 | word:
jiffy
word_type:
noun
expansion:
jiffy (plural jiffies)
forms:
form:
jiffies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Hanhart
Jiffy (time)
etymology_text:
Origin unknown; said to have been thieves’ cant for “lightning”. Also formerly written "giffy", to which a connection with gliff has been proposed. As a... |
901 | word:
woodwind
word_type:
noun
expansion:
woodwind (plural woodwinds)
forms:
form:
woodwinds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From wood + wind.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into i... |
902 | word:
achievement
word_type:
noun
expansion:
achievement (countable and uncountable, plural achievements)
forms:
form:
achievements
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle French achevement (compare Modern French achèvement), from Old French achevement, from the verb achever, achiever... |
903 | word:
pond
word_type:
noun
expansion:
pond (plural ponds)
forms:
form:
ponds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
pond
etymology_text:
From Middle English pond, ponde (“pond, pool”), probably from Old English *pond, *pand (attested in placenames), a variant of *pund (“enclosure”). Doublet of pound.
senses_exam... |
904 | word:
pond
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)
forms:
form:
ponds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ponding
tags:
participle
present
form:
ponded
tags:
... |
905 | word:
pond
word_type:
verb
expansion:
pond (third-person singular simple present ponds, present participle ponding, simple past and past participle ponded)
forms:
form:
ponds
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
ponding
tags:
participle
present
form:
ponded
tags:
... |
906 | word:
qualitative
word_type:
adj
expansion:
qualitative (comparative more qualitative, superlative most qualitative)
forms:
form:
more qualitative
tags:
comparative
form:
most qualitative
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Eq... |
907 | word:
qualitative
word_type:
noun
expansion:
qualitative (plural qualitatives)
forms:
form:
qualitatives
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus. Equivalent to quality + -ative.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Something qual... |
908 | word:
accord
word_type:
noun
expansion:
accord (countable and uncountable, plural accords)
forms:
form:
accords
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre... |
909 | word:
accord
word_type:
verb
expansion:
accord (third-person singular simple present accords, present participle according, simple past and past participle accorded)
forms:
form:
accords
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
according
tags:
participle
present
form:
ac... |
910 | word:
World Exposition
word_type:
noun
expansion:
World Exposition (plural World Expositions)
forms:
form:
World Expositions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Any of various large international expositions held since the mid 19th cent... |
911 | word:
brassière
word_type:
noun
expansion:
brassière (plural brassières)
forms:
form:
brassières
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of brassiere
senses_topics:
|
912 | word:
computer science
word_type:
noun
expansion:
computer science (usually uncountable, plural computer sciences)
forms:
form:
computer sciences
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The study of computers and their architecture, languag... |
913 | word:
osteo-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
osteo-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Combining form of Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
bone
senses_topics:
|
914 | word:
abroad
word_type:
adv
expansion:
abroad (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
senses_examples:
text:
A closer look at North Ko... |
915 | word:
abroad
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abroad
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
senses_examples:
text:
I hate abroad, abroad’s bloody.
ref:
... |
916 | word:
abroad
word_type:
prep
expansion:
abroad
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Throughout, ov... |
917 | word:
abroad
word_type:
adj
expansion:
abroad (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in mid 13th century. From Middle English abrood (“broadly widely scattered”), from a- (“on, in”) + brood (“broad”). Equivalent to a- + broad.
senses_examples:
text:
[...] much shorter than a... |
918 | word:
YWHA
word_type:
name
expansion:
YWHA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Young Women's Hebrew Association.
senses_topics:
|
919 | word:
YMHA
word_type:
name
expansion:
YMHA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Young Men's Hebrew Association.
senses_topics:
|
920 | word:
flatulent
word_type:
adj
expansion:
flatulent (comparative more flatulent, superlative most flatulent)
forms:
form:
more flatulent
tags:
comparative
form:
most flatulent
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle French flatulent.
senses_examples:
text:
Sorry... |
921 | word:
PVA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
PVA (countable and uncountable, plural PVAs)
forms:
form:
PVAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of patterned vertical alignment.
Initialism of polyvinyl acetate.
Initialism of p... |
922 | word:
seme
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seme (plural semes or semata)
forms:
form:
semes
tags:
plural
form:
semata
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Anything which serves for ... |
923 | word:
seme
word_type:
verb
expansion:
seme (third-person singular simple present semes, present participle seming, simple past and past participle semed)
forms:
form:
semes
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
seming
tags:
participle
present
form:
semed
tags:
p... |
924 | word:
seme
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seme (plural semes)
forms:
form:
semes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Obsolete form of seam.
senses_topics:
|
925 | word:
seme
word_type:
adj
expansion:
seme
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Obsolete form of semé.
senses_topics:
|
926 | word:
seme
word_type:
noun
expansion:
seme (plural semes or seme)
forms:
form:
semes
tags:
plural
form:
seme
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”).
senses_examples:
text:
[…] BL manga readers cho... |
927 | word:
biblical
word_type:
adj
expansion:
biblical (comparative more biblical, superlative most biblical)
forms:
form:
more biblical
tags:
comparative
form:
most biblical
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Medieval Latin biblicus + -al, equivalent to bible + -ical.
sense... |
928 | word:
YWCA
word_type:
name
expansion:
YWCA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Letʼs go and see if the YWCA is open.
ref:
2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 158
type:
quotation
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of Young Women's... |
929 | word:
transitive verb
word_type:
noun
expansion:
transitive verb (plural transitive verbs)
forms:
form:
transitive verbs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Coined between 1580 and 1590.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or impl... |
930 | word:
odd
word_type:
adj
expansion:
odd (not generally comparable, comparative odder, superlative oddest)
forms:
form:
odder
tags:
comparative
form:
oddest
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”),... |
931 | word:
odd
word_type:
noun
expansion:
odd (plural odds)
forms:
form:
odds
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”),... |
932 | word:
abnormal
word_type:
adj
expansion:
abnormal (comparative more abnormal, superlative most abnormal)
forms:
form:
more abnormal
tags:
comparative
form:
most abnormal
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
abnormal
etymology_text:
From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earli... |
933 | word:
abnormal
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abnormal (plural abnormals)
forms:
form:
abnormals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
abnormal
etymology_text:
From ab- + normal. First attested in 1835, replacing the earlier anormal and even earlier abnormous, from Latin abnormis (“departing from normal”), from eit... |
934 | word:
lol
word_type:
intj
expansion:
lol
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of LOL
senses_topics:
|
935 | word:
lol
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lol (plural lols)
forms:
form:
lols
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative letter-case form of LOL
senses_topics:
|
936 | word:
lol
word_type:
verb
expansion:
lol (third-person singular simple present lols, present participle loling or lolling, simple past and past participle loled or lol'd or lolled or lold)
forms:
form:
lols
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
loling
tags:
participle
prese... |
937 | word:
lol
word_type:
particle
expansion:
lol
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Are you really that bad lol?
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Neutralises the tone of a message; denotes that a message is light-hearted or casual.
senses_topics:
|
938 | word:
lol
word_type:
intj
expansion:
lol
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Used in song as a nonsense syllable.
senses_topics:
|
939 | word:
POSSLQ
word_type:
noun
expansion:
POSSLQ (plural POSSLQs)
forms:
form:
POSSLQs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
c. 1981, Charles Osgood
You live with me, and I with you / And you will be my POSSLQ / I’ll be your friend and so much more / That’s what a PO... |
940 | word:
poppycock
word_type:
noun
expansion:
poppycock (usually uncountable, plural poppycocks)
forms:
form:
poppycocks
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses... |
941 | word:
epizootic
word_type:
noun
expansion:
epizootic (plural epizootics)
forms:
form:
epizootics
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
epizootic
etymology_text:
From French épizootique, animal equivalent of epidemic, from épizootie, irregularly formed from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
By su... |
942 | word:
epizootic
word_type:
adj
expansion:
epizootic (comparative more epizootic, superlative most epizootic)
forms:
form:
more epizootic
tags:
comparative
form:
most epizootic
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
epizootic
etymology_text:
From French épizootique, animal equivalent of epidemic,... |
943 | word:
Roman numerals
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Roman numerals
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of Roman numeral
senses_topics:
|
944 | word:
Roman numerals
word_type:
noun
expansion:
Roman numerals (uncountable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Roman numerals is the system used on some clocks.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
The system of numerals using Roman numerals.
senses_topics:... |
945 | word:
dls
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dls
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
plural of dl
senses_topics:
|
946 | word:
DOD
word_type:
noun
expansion:
DOD
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of date of death.
Initialism of displacement-on-demand (a type of engine that can shut down cylinders when not needed).
Initialism of drop-on-demand.
I... |
947 | word:
NASA
word_type:
name
expansion:
NASA
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Acronym of National Auto Sport Association.
senses_topics:
NASA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural... |
948 | word:
trade union
word_type:
noun
expansion:
trade union (plural trade unions or trades unions)
forms:
form:
trade unions
tags:
plural
form:
trades unions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
When the first wave of postwar immigrants arrived in Britain... |
949 | word:
arietta
word_type:
noun
expansion:
arietta (plural ariettas)
forms:
form:
ariettas
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Italian arietta (“breeze”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
a short aria.
senses_topics:
entertainment
lifestyle
music |
950 | word:
abacus
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abacus (plural abaci or abacuses)
forms:
form:
abaci
tags:
plural
form:
abacuses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Harvard University
Houghton Library
Roman abacus
etymology_text:
From Late Middle English abacus, abagus, agabus (“abacus; art of countin... |
951 | word:
grok
word_type:
verb
expansion:
grok (third-person singular simple present groks, present participle grokking or groking, simple past and past participle grokked or groked)
forms:
form:
groks
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
grokking
tags:
participle
present
fo... |
952 | word:
December
word_type:
name
expansion:
December (plural Decembers)
forms:
form:
Decembers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
December
December Murders
December Revolution
Decembrist Revolt
etymology_text:
From Middle English December, Decembre, from Old French decembre, from Latin december (“tenth m... |
953 | word:
-ity
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ity
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English -ite, -itee, from Old French -ite, -ete, -eteit (“-ity”), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Old High German -ida (“-th”), Ol... |
954 | word:
-ity
word_type:
suffix
expansion:
-ity
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Variant of -ety, likely an alteration of -edy, equivalent to -ed + -y.
senses_examples:
text:
hip + -ity → hippity, hippity-hop
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Alternative form of -ety
senses_topic... |
955 | word:
uncountable
word_type:
adj
expansion:
uncountable (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From un- + countable.
senses_examples:
text:
The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.
type:
example
text:
Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that... |
956 | word:
uncountable
word_type:
noun
expansion:
uncountable (plural uncountables)
forms:
form:
uncountables
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From un- + countable.
senses_examples:
text:
But inherent uncountables such as 'stuffs' can be conceptualized in two different ways, depending on ... |
957 | word:
pseudo-
word_type:
prefix
expansion:
pseudo-
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
False, not genuine, fake
senses_topics:
|
958 | word:
etymology
word_type:
noun
expansion:
etymology (countable and uncountable, plural etymologies)
forms:
form:
etymologies
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology
etymology_text:
From Middle English ethymologie, from Old French ethimologie, from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumol... |
959 | word:
leap
word_type:
verb
expansion:
leap (third-person singular simple present leaps, present participle leaping, simple past leaped or leapt or (archaic) lept or (archaic) lope, past participle leaped or leapt or (archaic) lept or (archaic) lopen)
forms:
form:
leaps
tags:
present
singular
t... |
960 | word:
leap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
leap (plural leaps)
forms:
form:
leaps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
leap
etymology_text:
From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, a... |
961 | word:
leap
word_type:
adj
expansion:
leap (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
leap
etymology_text:
From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
Cognate with West Frisian ... |
962 | word:
leap
word_type:
noun
expansion:
leap (plural leaps)
forms:
form:
leaps
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
leap
etymology_text:
From Middle English lep, from Old English lēap (“basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”). Cognate with Icelandic laupur (“ba... |
963 | word:
SpA
word_type:
noun
expansion:
SpA (countable and uncountable, plural SpAs)
forms:
form:
SpAs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Abbreviation of spondyloarthritis.
senses_topics:
medicine
sciences |
964 | word:
July
word_type:
name
expansion:
July (plural Julies or Julys)
forms:
form:
Julies
tags:
plural
form:
Julys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Julius Caesar
July
etymology_text:
From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius... |
965 | word:
July
word_type:
name
expansion:
July (plural Julys)
forms:
form:
Julys
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
July
etymology_text:
A translation of the French surname Juillet.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
A surname from French.
senses_topics:
|
966 | word:
quotidian
word_type:
adj
expansion:
quotidian (comparative more quotidian, superlative most quotidian)
forms:
form:
more quotidian
tags:
comparative
form:
most quotidian
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, co... |
967 | word:
quotidian
word_type:
noun
expansion:
quotidian (plural quotidians)
forms:
form:
quotidians
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb co... |
968 | word:
occultation
word_type:
noun
expansion:
occultation (countable and uncountable, plural occultations)
forms:
form:
occultations
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Latin occultātiōnem, accusative singular of occultātiō (“concealment; insinuation”), from occultāre, present active infi... |
969 | word:
google
word_type:
verb
expansion:
google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)
forms:
form:
googles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
googling
tags:
participle
present
form:
googl... |
970 | word:
google
word_type:
noun
expansion:
google (plural googles)
forms:
form:
googles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Google Search
etymology_text:
From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”).
senses_examples:
text:
Each night I allowed myself one desultory google before leaping to my feet f... |
971 | word:
google
word_type:
verb
expansion:
google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)
forms:
form:
googles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
googling
tags:
participle
present
form:
googl... |
972 | word:
google
word_type:
num
expansion:
google
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
See googol.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Misspelling of googol.
senses_topics:
|
973 | word:
DOS
word_type:
name
expansion:
DOS
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Coordinate term: CP/M
text:
Next, using your word processor or the DOS text editor, you can edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
ref:
1993, Kris A. Jamsa, DOS: The Complete Reference, McGraw–Hill Osb... |
974 | word:
DOS
word_type:
noun
expansion:
DOS (plural DOSes)
forms:
form:
DOSes
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Alternative form: DoS
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of date of service.
Initialism of date of separation.
Initialism of d... |
975 | word:
accidental
word_type:
adj
expansion:
accidental (comparative more accidental, superlative most accidental)
forms:
form:
more accidental
tags:
comparative
form:
most accidental
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accident... |
976 | word:
accidental
word_type:
noun
expansion:
accidental (plural accidentals)
forms:
form:
accidentals
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding... |
977 | word:
lifetime job
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lifetime job (plural lifetime jobs)
forms:
form:
lifetime jobs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
So, while choice of military service as a lifetime-job preference should be indicative of an orientation to military l... |
978 | word:
tighten
word_type:
verb
expansion:
tighten (third-person singular simple present tightens, present participle tightening, simple past and past participle tightened)
forms:
form:
tightens
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
tightening
tags:
participle
present
form:... |
979 | word:
accordion
word_type:
noun
expansion:
accordion (plural accordions)
forms:
form:
accordions
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
accordion
etymology_text:
First attested in 1831. From German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tu... |
980 | word:
accordion
word_type:
verb
expansion:
accordion (third-person singular simple present accordions, present participle accordioning, simple past and past participle accordioned)
forms:
form:
accordions
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
accordioning
tags:
participle
p... |
981 | word:
AFAIK
word_type:
adv
expansion:
AFAIK (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of as far as I know.
senses_topics:
|
982 | word:
dialect
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dialect (plural dialects)
forms:
form:
dialects
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
dialect
etymology_text:
From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a n... |
983 | word:
lexicographer
word_type:
noun
expansion:
lexicographer (plural lexicographers)
forms:
form:
lexicographers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grap... |
984 | word:
amoral
word_type:
adj
expansion:
amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)
forms:
form:
more amoral
tags:
comparative
form:
most amoral
tags:
superlative
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
From a- (“not”) + moral.
senses_examples:
text:
If free will is a myth, and ... |
985 | word:
IME
word_type:
noun
expansion:
IME (plural IMEs)
forms:
form:
IMEs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
Input method editor
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
text:
Japanese IMEs can work with both QWERTY keyboards and Japanese keyboards.
type:
example
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Ini... |
986 | word:
IME
word_type:
prep_phrase
expansion:
IME
forms:
wikipedia:
Input method editor
etymology_text:
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of in my experience.
senses_topics:
|
987 | word:
feist
word_type:
noun
expansion:
feist (countable and uncountable, plural feists)
forms:
form:
feists
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
feist
etymology_text:
Earliest sense is “fart”, and later “stink” as abbreviation for fysting cur “stinking dog” (1520s). From Middle English fysten (mid-15th century... |
988 | word:
parole
word_type:
noun
expansion:
parole (usually uncountable, plural paroles)
forms:
form:
paroles
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
parole
etymology_text:
Borrowed from Middle French parole (“word, formal promise”), from Old French parole, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Ancient Greek παρα... |
989 | word:
parole
word_type:
verb
expansion:
parole (third-person singular simple present paroles, present participle paroling, simple past and past participle paroled)
forms:
form:
paroles
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
paroling
tags:
participle
present
form:
parol... |
990 | word:
gnosis
word_type:
noun
expansion:
gnosis (countable and uncountable, plural gnoses)
forms:
form:
gnoses
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
gnosis
etymology_text:
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”).
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
An immanent form of knowledge or... |
991 | word:
BC
word_type:
adv
expansion:
BC (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
Before Christ
etymology_text:
Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
senses_examples:
text:
The Han Dynasty ruled China from 206 BC to AD 220.... |
992 | word:
BC
word_type:
name
expansion:
BC
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
British Columbia, a Canadian province.
Baja Ca... |
993 | word:
BC
word_type:
noun
expansion:
BC (countable and uncountable, plural BCs)
forms:
form:
BCs
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
senses_examples:
text:
Th... |
994 | word:
BC
word_type:
adj
expansion:
BC (not comparable)
forms:
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
Calque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
senses_examples:
senses_categories:
senses_glosses:
Initialism of board-certified.
sense... |
995 | word:
abrupt
word_type:
adj
expansion:
abrupt (comparative more abrupt or abrupter, superlative most abrupt or abruptest)
forms:
form:
more abrupt
tags:
comparative
form:
abrupter
tags:
comparative
form:
most abrupt
tags:
superlative
form:
abruptest
tags:
superlativ... |
996 | word:
abrupt
word_type:
verb
expansion:
abrupt (third-person singular simple present abrupts, present participle abrupting, simple past and past participle abrupted)
forms:
form:
abrupts
tags:
present
singular
third-person
form:
abrupting
tags:
participle
present
form:
ab... |
997 | word:
abrupt
word_type:
noun
expansion:
abrupt (plural abrupts)
forms:
form:
abrupts
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
etymology_text:
First attested in 1583. Borrowed from Latin abruptus (“broken off”), perfect passive participle of abrumpō (“break off”), formed from ab (“from, away from”) + rumpō (“to br... |
998 | word:
dickhead
word_type:
noun
expansion:
dickhead (plural dickheads)
forms:
form:
dickheads
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
glans penis
etymology_text:
From dick + head. Attested since the 1960s, with the jerk sense appearing earliest.
senses_examples:
text:
...down, down, sinking down faster than ... |
999 | word:
September
word_type:
name
expansion:
September (plural Septembers)
forms:
form:
Septembers
tags:
plural
wikipedia:
September
September Group
September Massacres
etymology_text:
From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin september (“seventh month”), from ... |
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