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trammel
[[English]]
ipa :-æməl[Etymology]
From French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum.
[Noun]
trammel (plural trammels)
1.Something that impedes activity, freedom, or progress.
2.1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 332:
The men who came here were able to throw off all the trammels of tradition and established doctrine.
3.A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
4.A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc.[edit] TranslationsSomething that impedes activity, freedom, or progressdevice to suspend cooking pots over a fire
[Verb]
trammel (third-person singular simple present trammels, present participle trammelling, simple past and past participle trammelled) (UK) trammel (third-person singular simple present trammels, present participle trammeling, simple past and past participle trammeled) (US)
1.To entangle, as in a net.
2.1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, lines 9-10
the scarce-snatched hours
Which deepening pain left to his lordliest powers: —
Heaven lost through spider-trammelled prison-bars.
3.(transitive) To hamper.[edit] TranslationsTo entangle, as in a netTo hamper
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delegation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology]
Latin delegatio: confer French délégation.
[Noun]
delegation (plural delegations)
1.An act of delegating.
2.A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
3.(computing): A method dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
4.(law): A contract whereby the original debtor substitutes a new debtor in his stead, with the creditor’s permission.
[See also]
- consultation link
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
delegera + -ation
[Noun]
delegation c.
1.a delegation
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scabrous
[[English]]
[Adjective]
scabrous (comparative more scabrous, superlative most scabrous)
1.covered with scales or scabs, or otherwise extremely rough
After the incident with the gasoline, Noel's burnt arm remained scabrous, and was susceptible to infections.
2.having indecent sexual content or connotation, rough
The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.
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15376
exude
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪɡˈzud/[Verb]
exude (third-person singular simple present exudes, present participle exuding, simple past and past participle exuded)
1.To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
exude (infinitive exudar)
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of exudar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of exudar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of exudar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of exudar.
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15377
perfunctory
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈfʌŋk.tɹɪ/[Adjective]
perfunctory (comparative more perfunctory, superlative most perfunctory)
1.Done merely to discharge a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; aspiring only to minimum standards.
He did a perfunctory job cleaning his dad's car, finishing quickly but leaving a few spots still dirty.
2.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VIII
I caught the gist of what he was saying--which in effect was that he had found and captured this Galu, that she was his and that he defied anyone to question his right of possession. It appeared to me, as I afterward learned was the fact, that I was witnessing the most primitive of marriage ceremonies. The assembled members of the tribe looked on and listened in a sort of dull and perfunctory apathy, for the speaker was by far the mightiest of the clan.
3.1992, Peter Bowbrick, The Economics of Quality, Grades, and Brands, p. 55,
Alternatively it may mean that a perfunctory search is enough to ensure that a purchase is acceptable, so less search is carried out.
[Antonyms]
- thoughtful
[Etymology]
Late Latin perfunctorius, from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct- (“perform, carry through”), from per- + fungor
[See also]
- pro forma
[Synonyms]
- (performed out of routine): automatic, cursory, dutiful, mechanical, obligatory, slipshod, token, unthinking
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chivalrous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹʌs/[Adjective]
chivalrous (comparative more chivalrous, superlative most chivalrous)
1.(of a man) honourable, especially to women.
2.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII and XXI:
It was a lovely afternoon, replete with blue sky, beaming sun, buzzing insects and what not, an afternoon that seemed to call to one to be out in the open with God's air playing on one's face and something cool in a glass at one's side, and here was I, just to oblige Bobbie Wickham, tooling along a corridor indoors on my way to search a comparative stranger's bedroom, this involving crawling on floors and routing under beds and probably getting covered with dust and fluff. The thought was a bitter one, and I don't suppose I have ever come closer to saying “Faugh!” It amazed me that I could have allowed myself to be let in for a binge of this description simply because a woman wished it. Too bally chivalrous for our own good, we Woosters, and always have been. [...] Whether I would or would not at this juncture have taken her in an iron grasp and shaken her till she frothed is a point on which I can make no definite announcement. The chivalrous spirit of the Woosters would probably have restrained me, much as I resented that merry laughter, but as it happened the matter was not put to the test, for at this moment Jeeves entered [...]
3.involving chivalry
[Etymology]
From Middle English from the Old French chevalerous; see chivalry
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15379
batman
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbatmən/[Anagrams]
- bantam, Bantam
[Etymology 1]
bat (“packsaddle”) + man bat from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of bastāre (“to carry”), from Late Greek *bastân, from Ancient Greek bastázein (“to lift, carry”).[1]
[Etymology 2]
From Turkish batman.[2]
[References]
1.^ "batman." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.
2.^ "batman." Dictionary.com. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. MICRA, Inc. 2009.
[[Tatar]]
[Noun]
batman
1.A unit of volume: 1 batman = 4 pot (archaic) [1]
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/bɑtmɑn/[Etymology]
From Middle Turkic batmān, from Old Turkic batman, from Proto-Turkic.
[Noun]
batman (definite accusative batmanı)
1.(archaic) A unit of weight formerly used in the Ottoman period.
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Batman
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- bantam, Bantam
[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
Originally the Bat-Man.
[[Swedish]]
[Proper noun]
Batman
1.Batman
[Synonyms]
- Läderlappen
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15383
chirped
[[English]]
[Verb]
chirped
1.Simple past tense and past participle of chirp.
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15384
chirp
[[English]]
ipa :/tʃɜː(ɹ)p/[Noun]
chirp (plural chirps)
1.A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.
[Verb]
chirp (third-person singular simple present chirps, present participle chirping, simple past and past participle chirped)
1.(intransitive) to make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets
2.(intransitive) to speak in a high-pitched staccato
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15385
prancing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹæn.sɪŋ/[Adjective]
prancing (not comparable)
1.(dated, now rare) that prances
at the sign of the prancing pony
2.1860, James Payn, The Bateman household, page 301:
when great Aunt Ryder was exhausted with carrying her little nephews pick-a-back, Aunt Ellen was always willing to become a 'gee-gee' or riding-horse in her place, although certainly one of no very prancing and fiery temperament.
3.1920, Anthony Hope, Lucinda, page 273:
But what was the good of saying that to him when he was on his high horse — a very prancing steed?
4.1974, Max Brand, South of Rio Grande, page 316:
he jammed his second-best sword into the empty scabbard; he ordered out his wildest, tallest, most prancing and dancing parade horse
[Verb]
prancing
1.Present participle of prance.
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prance
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹæn(t)s/[Etymology]
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance", literally, "to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”). Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). More at prank.
[Noun]
prance (plural prances)
1.(rare) The act of prancing.
[Verb]
prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)
1.(of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
2.(colloquial, figuratively) To strut about.
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15387
保健
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
保健 (hiragana ほけん, romaji hoken)
1.(medicine) health care
[[Mandarin]]
ipa :[ pao˨˩tɕiɛn˥˩ ][Noun]
保健 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bǎojiàn)
1.(Advanced Mandarin, medicine) health protection; health care
[References]
- 1985, Wu, Jingrong (ed.), The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
- 2000, Shao, Jingmin (ed.), HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
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15388
reminiscence
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Late Latin reminīscentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin reminīscēns, present active participle of reminīscor (“remember”); see reminiscent.
[Noun]
reminiscence (plural reminiscences)
1.An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly.
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15389
hermaphrodite
[[English]]
[Adjective]
hermaphrodite (comparative more hermaphrodite, superlative most hermaphrodite)
1.Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads, in one individual or organism.
2.Combining two opposing qualities.
[Etymology]
From Hermaphroditos, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, possessing both male and female qualities.
[Noun]
hermaphrodite (plural hermaphrodites)
1.An individual or organism possessing gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads. [from late 14th c.]
An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
2.A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
3.(nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.
[Synonyms]
- androgyne
- gynandromorph
- morphodite
- androgynous
- hermaphroditic
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛʁ.ma.fʁɔ.dit/[Adjective]
hermaphrodite (masculine and feminine, plural hermaphrodites)
1.hermaphrodite
[Noun]
hermaphrodite m. and f. (plural hermaphrodites)
1.hermaphrodite
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15390
boring
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːrɪŋ[Adjective]
boring (comparative more boring, superlative most boring)
1.That which incites boredom in a person.
[Anagrams]
- orbing
- robing
[Noun]
boring (plural borings)
1.A pit or hole which has been bored.
2.1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, p. 191:
It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.
[Synonyms]
- dull, mind-numbing (colloquial), tedious
- See also Wikisaurus:boring
[Verb]
boring
1.Present participle of bore.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
From bor (“stem of boren”) + -ing.
[Noun]
boring f. (??? please provide the plural!, diminutive borinkje)
1.drilling
offshoreboring — offshore drilling
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Bor
[[Translingual]]
[Abbreviation]
Bor
1.A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Norman Loftus Bor (1893-1972).
[External links]
- Author query of the International Plant Names Index
[[German]]
ipa :/boːɐ̯/[Noun]
Bor n.
1.boron
[[Luxembourgish]]
[Noun]
Bor (uncountable)
1.boron
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15392
flinched
[[English]]
[Verb]
flinched
1.Simple past tense and past participle of flinch.
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15393
flinch
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪntʃ[Etymology]
Compare Gothic 𐍆̷̹̻̰̽ (filhan), Icelandic fela (“to hide”)[1]
[Noun]
flinch (plural flinches)
1.A reflexive jerking away.
My eye doctor hates the flinch I have every time he tries to get near my eyes.
[References]
1.^ flinch in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
flinch (third-person singular simple present flinches, present participle flinching, simple past and past participle flinched)
1.To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus.
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15394
habituating
[[English]]
[Verb]
habituating
1.Present participle of habituate.
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habituate
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
- accustom
- inure
[Verb]
habituate (third-person singular simple present habituates, present participle habituating, simple past and past participle habituated)
1.To turn into a habit, to make habitual.
He would eventually habituate his use of opiates.
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15397
cerulean
[[English]]
ipa :/səˈɹuːliən/[Adjective]
cerulean (comparative more cerulean, superlative most cerulean)
1.Of a deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
[Alternative forms]
- cærulean
[Anagrams]
- Laurence
[Etymology]
From Latin caeruleus (“dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- (“grey”). Cognate with Old English hār (“grey”). More at hoar.
[Noun]
cerulean (uncountable)
1.A deep blue colour, like the sky on a fine day.
[See also]
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues) [edit]
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15398
氷
[[Translingual]]
[Alternative forms]
- 冫 (when used as a left Chinese radical)
[Han character]
氷 (radical 85 水+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈水 (IE))
1.ice, frost, icicles
2.cold
[[Japanese]]
ipa :/koːri/[Etymology 1]
kopori > koɸori > kowori > koori > koːri.
[Etymology 2]
pi > ɸi > hi.
[References]
1.Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
- 1968 June 10 [931-938], Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
氷 (hangeul 빙, revised bing, McCune-Reischauer ping, Yale ping)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
氷 (pinyin bīng (bing1), Wade-Giles ping1)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
氷 (băn, băng, phăng)
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pretender
[[English]]
[Etymology]
to pretend + -er
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:Pretender (claimant)Wikipedia pretender (plural pretenders)
1.A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
2.A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.
[Synonyms]
- dissembler
- hypocrite
- phoney
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
pretender (first-person sg present pretendo, first-person sg preterite pretendín, past participle pretendido)
1.to pretend
2.first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of pretender
3.first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of pretender
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
pretender (first-person singular present pretendo, first-person singular preterite pretendí, past participle pretendido)
1.to pretend
Juan pretendió estar muerto para evitar que el oso lo atacara.
Juan pretended to be dead so the bear wouldn't attack him.
2.to intend
Juan pretende tener su casa propia en tres años.
Juan intends to have his own house in three years.
3.to woo, to court
Juan pretende a Fernanda porque él siempre le lleva rosas y chocolates
Juan courts Fernanda, so he always gives her roses and chocolates.
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15403
fumble
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌmbəl[Etymology]
Origin uncertain; perhaps from a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse falma, Swedish fumla, Danish fumle, German fummeln.
[Noun]
fumble (plural fumbles)
1.(sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped
[Verb]
fumble (third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
2.Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie
3.He fumbled the key into the lock
4.2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, BBC:
Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.
5.(transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
6.He fumbled for his keys
7.He fumbled his way to the light-switch
8.(intransitive) To blunder uncertainly
9.He fumbled through his prepared speech
10.(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
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15404
surreal
[[English]]
ipa :-iːl[Adjective]
surreal (comparative more surreal, superlative most surreal)
1.Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous
[Etymology]
Back-formation from surrealism.
[[German]]
[Adjective]
surreal (comparative surrealer, superlative am surrealsten)
1.surreal
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15405
repetition
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- petitioner
[Etymology]
From Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio).
[Noun]
repetition (plural repetitions)
1.The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
2.(weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group of repetitions is a set.
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
repetition c.
1.repetition; the act of repeating
2.rehearsal
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15407
grocer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹəʊsə/[Noun]
grocer (plural grocers)
1.A person who sells groceries (foodstuffs and household items) retail from a grocery
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0
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15408
morbid
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɔː.bɪd/[Adjective]
morbid (comparative more morbid, superlative most morbid)
1.(originally) Of, or relating to disease.
2.Unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically: mentally ill
3.Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
4.Grisly or gruesome.
[Etymology]
From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morior (“die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).
[Synonyms]
- (of or relating to disease): pathological
- (unhealthy or unwholesome): sick, twisted, unhealthy, unwholesome, warped
- (suggesting the horror of death): black, ghoulish, grim, macabre
- (grisly, gruesome): bloody, disgusting, gory, grisly, gruesome, sickening
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morbi
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- rombi
[Noun]
morbi m.
1.Plural form of morbo.
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
morbī
1.nominative plural of morbus
2.genitive singular of morbus
3.vocative plural of morbus
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平
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
平 (radical 51 干+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一火十 (MFJ), four-corner 10409, composition ⿻干丷)
1.flat, level, even
2.peaceful
3.A family name, number 95 of the Baijiaxing
4.A given name
5.cheap (Cantonese)Note: The two dots 丷 sometimes appear in inverted form like 八 in some old printings.
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
平 (Yale ping4, peng4)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
平 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Proper noun]
平 (hiragana たいら, romaji Taira)
1.A male given name
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
平 (hangeul 평, 편, revised pyeong, pyeon, McCune-Reischauer p'yŏng, p'yŏn)
1.(평평하다, pyeongpyeong-hada) to be flat, level, plane
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
平 (pinyin bīng (bing1), píng (ping2, Píng (Ping2), Wade-Giles ping1, p'ing2, P'ing2)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
平 (*bhiæng)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
平 (bình, bằng, biền)
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15411
epicycle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛpɪsaɪkəl/[Etymology]
From Latin epicyclus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκυκλος, from ἐπί (“upon”) + κύκλος (“circle”).
[Noun]
epicycle (plural epicycles)
1.(astronomy) A small circle whose centre is on the circumference of a larger circle; in Ptolemaic astronomy it was seen as the basis of revolution of the "seven planets", given a fixed central Earth.
2.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 155:
Is it not [Philosophie], that [...] teacheth miserie, famine and sicknesse to laugh? Not by reason of some imaginarie Epicicles, but by naturall and palpable reasons.
3.(mathematics) Any circle whose circumference rolls around that of another circle, thus creating a hypocycloid or epicycloid.
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15412
absconded
[[English]]
[Verb]
absconded
1.Simple past tense and past participle of abscond.
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0
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abscond
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈskɒnd/[Etymology]
- First attested in 1565.
- Either from Middle French abscondre or directly from Latin abscondere, present active infinitive of abscondō (“hide”); formed from abs, ab (“away”) + condō (“put together, store”), from con (“together”) + dō (“put”)[1].
- Cognate with sconce (“a type of light fixture”).
[References]
1.^ 2004 [1998], Dobbie, Elliott K.; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 4:
[Verb]
abscond (third-person singular simple present absconds, present participle absconding, simple past and past participle absconded)
1.(intransitive) To hide; to withdraw; to be concealed :
2.The rabbit absconds to avoid detection from predators
3.(intransitive) To depart secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution :
4.1848: Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England, Ch. 13
... that very homesickness which, in regular armies, drives so many recruits to abscond at the risk of stripes and of death.
5.1911: Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Spring beckons! All things to the call respond;
The trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
6.(intransitive) To withdraw from, to leave from; to hide from :
7.She absconded the feast.
8.The captain absconded his responsibility.
9.(transitive, obsolete) To hide [something], to conceal [something]; to take away [something] :
10.“They try to abscond his wages [...]” — National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Inc, 15 February 2005 news release [1].
[[French]]
[Verb]
abscond
1.third-person singular present indicative of abscondre
il abscond — he hides
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depravity
[[English]]
ipa :/dəˈprævɪti/[Noun]
depravity (plural depravities)
1.(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
2.1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War, ch. 34,
Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
3.(countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
4.1914, Julian Hawthorne, The Subterranean Brotherhood, ch. 16,
There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
5.(uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
6.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Scarlet Letter, ch. 8,
Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!
[References]
- “depravity” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- depravity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “depravity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "depravity" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
- "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
- "depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
[Synonyms]
- wickedness
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probity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹəʊbɪti/[Antonyms]
- wickedness
[Etymology]
From French probité, from Latin probitas (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”); see probe, prove.
[Noun]
probity (plural probities)
1.integrity
2.1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals, London: Oxford University Press, 1973, § 1,
… they can but bend our hearts to the love of probity and true honour, …
[Synonyms]
- honesty
- goodness
- decency
- honor
- virtue
- godliness
- saintliness
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15420
inquired
[[English]]
[Verb]
inquired
1.Simple past tense and past participle of inquire.
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15421
inquire
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈkwaɪɹ/[Alternative forms]
- enquire (chiefly British)
[See also]
- inquest
- inquisition
- inquisitive
- inquisitor
[Synonyms]
- frain
[Verb]
inquire (third-person singular simple present inquires, present participle inquiring, simple past and past participle inquired) (intransitive or transitive)
1.(US) To ask (about something).
2.To make an inquiry or an investigation.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
inquīre
1.second-person singular present active imperative of inquīrō
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15422
apprising
[[English]]
[Verb]
apprising
1.Present participle of apprise.
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15423
apprise
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈə.praɪz/[Anagrams]
- sappier
[Etymology]
From French appris, apprise, past participle of apprendre, from Latin apprehendere, present active infinitive of apprehendō. Cognate to apprehend.
[See also]
- appraise
[Synonyms]
- keep (someone) abreast, up to date/up-to-date
[Verb]
apprise (third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)
1.(transitive) To notify, or to make aware; to inform.
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- papiers
[Verb]
apprise f.
1.feminine past participle of apprendre
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15424
dithering
[[English]]
[Verb]
dithering
1.Present participle of dither.
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15425
dither
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪðə(r)[Anagrams]
- drieth
- rideth
[Etymology]
From didder from Middle English didderen, meaning "to tremble".
[Verb]
dither (third-person singular simple present dithers, present participle dithering, simple past and past participle dithered)
1.(obsolete) To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
2.To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something.
3.To do something nervously.
4.(computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
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spotted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
spotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)
1.Discoloured by spots; stained.
2.(no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
the spotted hyena
[Synonyms]
- (discoloured by spots): blotched, blotchy, stained, spotty
[Verb]
spotted
1.Simple past tense and past participle of spot.
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15432
dissatisfied
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈsætəsˌfaɪd/[Adjective]
dissatisfied (comparative more dissatisfied, superlative most dissatisfied)
1.Feeling or displaying disappointment or a lack of contentment
2.Not satisfied (with the quality of something)
[Etymology]
from Latin dis- (apart) + satis (enough) + facere (to make).
[Verb]
dissatisfied
1.Simple past tense and past participle of dissatisfy.
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15434
かける
[[Japanese]]
[Conjunction]
かける (kanji 掛ける, romaji kakeru)
1.(mathematics) times
[Verb]
かける (ichidan conjugation, romaji kakeru)
1.掛ける: to lock; to hang, to suspend; to cover; to spend (time, money)
2.賭ける: to gamble
3.欠ける: to be incomplete, to wane (moon)
4.書ける: to be able to write; potential form of 書く
5.描ける: to be able to draw; potential form of 描くかける (godan conjugation, romaji kakeru)
1.駆ける: to run
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15436
かく
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
かく (romaji kaku)
1.佳句: beautiful passage of literature
2.各: each, every
3.核: nucleus, kernel
4.画: stroke
5.格: status, character, case
6.角: angle, bishop (shogi)
7.劃: divide
[Proper noun]
かく (romaji Kaku)
1.格: A male given name
2.郭: A Chinese surname.
[Verb]
かく (godan conjugation, romaji kaku)
1.書く: to write
2.掻く: to scratch, to perspire
3.描く: to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe
4.欠く: to lack, to break, to crack, to chip
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15437
さだまる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
さだまる (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji sadamaru)
1.定まる: settle, become settled
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15438
さだめる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
さだめる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, romaji sadameru)
1.定める: establish, determine
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15439
ばかり
[[Japanese]]
[Particle]
ばかり (romaji bakari)
1.just (recently completed action) – 〜たばかり
食べたばかりだ。
たべたばかりだ。
Tabeta bakari da.
I just ate.
2.full of – Noun＋ばかり
東京は人ばかりだ。
とうきょうはひとばかりだ。
Tōkyō wa hito bakari da.
Tokyo is just full of people.
3.only, always – 〜てばかり
彼は食べてばかり居る。
かれはたべてばかりいる。
Kare wa tabete bakari iru.
He's always eating.
[Synonyms]
- ばかし
- ばっか (informal, speech)
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15440
クラブ
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
From English club.
[Noun]
クラブ (romaji kurabu)
1.倶楽部: a club , a social association
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15441
遣
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
遣 (radical 162 辵+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜中一口 (YLMR), four-corner 35307)
1.send, dispatch
2.send off, exile
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
遣 (Yale hin2)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
遣 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
遣 (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune-Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
遣 (pinyin qiǎn (qian3), Wade-Giles ch'ien3)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
遣 (khiển, khiến)
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