17469
admire
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪə(r)
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-us-admire.ogg
[Etymology]
From Old French amirer, later from French admirer or Latin admirari, which comes from ad- + mirari "to wonder".
[Verb]
to admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)
1.(transitive) To regard with wonder and delight;
2.(transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
3.(transitive) to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[adˈmire][Verb]
admire
1.third-person singular subjunctive form of admira.
2.third-person plural subjunctive form of admira.
0
1
2009/05/05 12:14
2012/10/26 12:20
17474
acorn
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- caron, Coran, narco, racon
[Etymology]
Middle English acorne, an alteration (after corn) of earlier akern, from Old English æcern (“acorn, oak-mast”), from Proto-Germanic *akranan, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂- (“berry”). Cognate with East Frisian äkkene, Flemish aker, Danish agern; and with Irish áirne (“sloe”), Lithuanian úoga, Russian ягода (jágoda, “berry”).
[Noun]
acorn (plural acorns)
1.The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
2.(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
3.(zoology) See acorn-shell.
[See also]
- Acorn on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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0
2012/10/26 22:00
17476
ambiguity
[[English]]
ipa :/æmbɪɡˈjuɪtiː/[Antonyms]
- unambiguity
[Etymology]
From Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from Latin ambiguitas.
[Noun]
ambiguity (countable and uncountable; plural ambiguities)
1.(countable) Something liable to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.
2.(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
[Synonyms]
- (state of being ambiguous): ambiguousness, imprecision
0
0
2010/08/26 18:20
2012/10/27 08:38
17478
dangle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/[Anagrams]
- angled
- Glenda
[Etymology]
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Danish dingle.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:DangleWikipedia dangle (plural dangles)
1.An agent of one intelligence agency or group who pretends to be interested in defecting or turning to another intelligence agency or group.
2.(slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of dangling; a series of complex stick tricks and fakes in order to defeat the defender in style.
That was a sick dangle for a great goal!
[Verb]
dangle (third-person singular simple present dangles, present participle dangling, simple past and past participle dangled)
1.(intransitive) to hang loosely with the ability to swing
His feet would dangle in the water
2.(intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) the action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie. Probably from It looks like he's dangling the puck on a string.
He dangled around three players and the goalie to score.
3.(transitive) to hang or trail something loosely
I like to sit on the edge and dangle my feet in the water.
0
0
2009/05/26 17:50
2012/10/27 08:38
TaN
17480
sinuous
[[English]]
[Adjective]
Sinuous riversinuous
1.Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
2.Moving gracefully and supplely.
We were entranced by her sinuous dance.
[Antonyms]
- (having curves): straight, linear
- (moving gracefully): abrupt, broken
[Synonyms]
- (having curves): anfractuous, flexuous, serpentine
- (moving gracefully): fluid
0
0
2012/10/27 08:40
17481
tribunal
[[English]]
ipa :-uːnəl[Anagrams]
- turbinal
[Etymology]
From Old French tribunal, from Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”)
[Noun]
tribunal (plural tribunals)
1.An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”).
[Noun]
tribunal m. (plural tribunaux)
1.tribunal
[[Latin]]
ipa :/triˈbuː.nal/[Etymology]
From tribūnus (“tribune”), from tribus (“tribe”).
[Noun]
tribūnal (genitive tribūnālis); n, third declension
1.a raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat
2.(metonymically) a court of law, tribunal; judgment
3.(by extension) any platform used for purposes other than above
4.(by extension) mound, dam, embankment
5.(figuratively) height, greatness
[References]
- tribunal in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
tribunal m.
1.of or relating to a tribunal
[Noun]
tribunal m. (oblique plural tribuaus, nominative singular tribunaus, nominative plural tribunal)
1.tribunal
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Etymology]
From Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”).
[Noun]
tribùnāl m. (Cyrillic spelling трибунал)
1.tribunal
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
From Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”).
[Noun]
tribunal m. (plural tribunales)
1.tribunal
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
tribunal c.
1.a tribunal
2.(European Union) the General Court
I stadgan får det föreskrivas att tribunalen skall biträdas av generaladvokater.
The Statute may provide for the General Court to be assisted by Advocates-General.
en ledamot av tribunalen
a member of the General Court
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0
2009/07/14 17:42
2012/10/27 11:59
TaN
17482
shills
[[English]]
[Noun]
shills
1.Plural form of shill.
[Verb]
shills
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shill.
0
0
2012/10/27 12:00
17483
shill
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃɪl/[Anagrams]
- hills
[Etymology]
Unknown; attested as verb 1914, as noun 1916.[1][2] Perhaps an abbreviation of shillaber, attested 1913. The word entered English via carny, originally denoting a carnival worker who pretends to be a member of the audience in an attempt to elicit interest in an attraction.Speculatively cognate with German Schieber (“black marketeer, profiteer”) via *shi-la-ber.[3]There are some suggestions that it originates in the surname Shilaber or Shillibeer, especially George Shillibeer,[4] but proposed origins are dubious as the word is first attested in North America in the 20th century, while proposed models are 19th century British.
[Noun]
shill (plural shills)
1.A person paid to endorse a product favourably, while pretending to be impartial.
2.1983, Robert Anton Wilson, Prometheus Rising,
Witnesses have testified that Jim Jones (like a few other professional faith-healers) used shills part of the time....
3.An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game.
4.1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing,
The pitchman swept his cane in a slow acceleration over the heads of the crowd and then suddenly pointed the silver cap toward Billy and the shill.
[References]
1.^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884-1928, and First Supplement, 1933
2.^ “shill” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
3.^ Studies in the history of the English language II: unfolding conversations, by Anne Curzan, Kimberly Emmons, p. 90
4.^ The name's familiar II, by Laura Lee, p. 294
[Verb]
shill (third-person singular simple present shills, present participle shilling, simple past and past participle shilled)
1.(pejorative) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly.
2.1996, Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World,
Today there are even commercials in which real scientists, some of considerable distinction, shill for corporations. They teach that scientists too will lie for money. As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils.
3.To put under cover; to sheal.
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0
2012/10/27 12:00
17485
distorting
[[English]]
[Adjective]
distorting (comparative more distorting, superlative most distorting)
1.That distorts.
2.2001 Karel Jan Vollers, Twist & build: creating non-orthogonal architecture, page 86
It's like looking in a distorting mirror at the fair.
3.2008, House of Commons: Children, Schools and Families Committee, “Cambridge Assessment”, in Testing and Assessment: Oral and written evidence, volume 2, page 215:
However, the procedure has been applied only to those below the threshold and who might move up, and not to those just above, who might move down. This has had a very distorting effect on the distributions.
4.2010, Ross McKitrick, Economic Analysis of Environmental Policy, page 187:
This is somewhat counter-intuitive, and indeed goes against the double-dividend argument that in economies with very distorting tax systems we should raise pollution taxes and lower other taxes.
[Verb]
distorting
1.Present participle of distort.
0
0
2012/10/27 12:03
17486
distort
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈtɔː(ɹ)t/[Etymology]
From Latin distortum, past participle of distorquēre (“to twist, torture, distort”)
[Verb]
distort (third-person singular simple present distorts, present participle distorting, simple past and past participle distorted)
1.(transitive) To bring something out of shape.
2.(intransitive, ergative) To become misshapen.
3.(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of
In their articles, journalists sometimes distort the truth.
0
0
2012/10/27 12:03
17487
interrogation
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˌter.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/[Noun]
interrogation (plural interrogations)
1.The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
2.A question put; an inquiry.
3.A point, mark, or sign, thus ?, indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point.
[[French]]
[Noun]
interrogation f. (plural interrogations)
1.questioning, interrogation
2.(grammar) interrogative, question
3.(computing) query
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0
2012/06/30 22:34
2012/10/27 12:23
17489
screw
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- crews
[Antonyms]
- unscrew
[Etymology]
From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning, from Old French escroue (“nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”), of uncertain origin. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; > Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)), which probably influenced or conflated with the aforementioned resulting in the Middle English word.more on the etymology of screw
[Noun]
screw (plural screws)
1.A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
2.A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
3.(nautical) A ship's propeller.
4.An Archimedes screw.
5.A prisonguard.
6.(slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
have a good screw
7.(slang) Salary, wages.
8.1888, Rudyard Kipling, "In the Pride of His Youth"
A certain amount of "screw" is as necessary for a man as for a billiard-ball.
9.(billiards) Backspin.
[References]
1.^ Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edn., s.v. "screw".
2.^ A new English dictionary on historical principles, Vol. 8, "screw"
[Synonyms]
- Wikisaurus:sexual intercourse (2)
- fuck (taboo slang) (2, 3)
- (Australia) root (2)
- (British) shag (2)
[Verb]
screw (third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past and past participle screwed)
1.(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
2.(transitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
3.(transitive, slang) To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation. Sometimes used in the form "screw over".
4.(transitive) To apply pressure on; to put the screws on.
5.(transitive) To contort
6.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen.
7.(soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
8.2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, BBC:
The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker.
9.(billiard, snooker, pool) To screw back.
0
0
2012/10/27 12:33
17491
cofferdam
[[English]]
[Noun]
cofferdam (plural cofferdams)
1.A temporary watertight structure that is pumped dry to enclose an area underwater and allow construction work on a ship, bridge, or rig to be carried out; a caisson.
2.(nautical) An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship.
0
0
2012/10/27 12:48
17492
wielder
[[English]]
[Noun]
wielder (plural wielders)
1.A person who wields something, especially power
2.(obsolete) A manager
0
0
2012/10/27 12:57
17494
mugger
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌɡə(r)[Noun]
mugger (plural muggers)
1.A street robber.
2.A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
A mugger crocodile
3.A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
0
0
2012/10/27 13:04
17496
serf
[[English]]
ipa :/sɜːf/[Anagrams]
- ESRF, f***ers, refs
[Etymology]
From Old French serf, from Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”), perhaps of Etruscan originWikipedia has an article on:SerfWikipedia
[Noun]
serf (plural serfs)
1.A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
2.A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
3.(strategy games) A worker unit.
[See also]
- slave
[Synonyms]
- (strategy games): peasant, peon, villager
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
From French, from Latin servus 'slave, serf, servant', perhaps of Etruscan origin
[Noun]
serf m. (plural serven, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
1.A serf, semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him
[Synonyms]
- horige
- laat
- lijfeigene
[[French]]
[Adjective]
serf m. (f. serve, m. plural serfs, f. plural serves)
1.being or like a serf, semifree
[Anagrams]
- fers
[Etymology]
Latin servus (“slave, serf, servant”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.
[Noun]
serf m. (plural serfs; feminine serve, plural serves)
1.A serf, semifree peasant obliged to remain on the lord's land and to perform extensive chores for him
[[Mauritian Creole]]
[Etymology]
French cerf.
[Noun]
serf
1.deer
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
serf m. (plural serfs)
1.serf (semifree peasant)
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
serf m. (oblique plural sers, nominative singular sers, nominative plural serf)
1.serf (semifree peasant)
0
0
2012/10/27 15:07
17497
unfeigned
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unfeigned (comparative more unfeigned, superlative most unfeigned)
1.Not feigned
2.Genuine
3.Not false or hypocritical
[Etymology]
From un- + feigned
[References]
- unfeigned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
0
0
2012/10/27 17:39
17499
loathed
[[English]]
[Verb]
loathed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of loathe.
0
0
2012/10/27 17:40
17500
loathe
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈləʊð/[Etymology]
From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast ) (all reflexive), German leiden.
[Synonyms]
- hate
- detest
- See also Wikisaurus:hate
[Verb]
loathe (third-person singular simple present loathes, present participle loathing, simple past and past participle loathed)
1.To hate, detest, revile.
I loathe scrubbing toilets.
I absolutely loathe hydrangeas.
2.1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portugese:
Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe
3.2003 13 Oct, The New Yorker:
This movie is a historical achievement: Clint Eastwood, an icon of violence, has made us loathe violence as an obscenity. “Mystic River” hurts the way sad stories always hurt, but the craft and love with which it has been made transfigure pain into a moviegoer’s rapture
0
0
2012/10/27 17:40
17501
loath
[[English]]
ipa :/ləʊθ/[Adjective]
loath (comparative loather, superlative loathest)
1.unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined
I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
2.(obsolete) hostile, angry, loathsome, unpleasant
[Alternative forms]
- loth (mostly UK)
[Anagrams]
- altho, lotah, tolah
[Etymology]
From loth, from Middle English loth (“disinclined"; "loathsome”), from Old English lāþ (“loathsome", "evil”)
[Synonyms]
- unwilling, reluctant, averse, disinclined
0
0
2012/10/27 17:40
17503
incredulously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
incredulously (comparative more incredulously, superlative most incredulously)
1.In an incredulous manner; tending to disbelieve: skeptically.
[Etymology]
incredulous + -ly
0
0
2012/10/27 18:18
17505
renegotiate
[[English]]
[Verb]
renegotiate (third-person singular simple present renegotiates, present participle renegotiating, simple past and past participle renegotiated)
1.To negotiate new terms to replace old ones.
0
0
2012/10/27 18:34
17506
craftsman
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- craftswoman
[Etymology]
craft's + -man
[Noun]
craftsman (plural craftsmen)
1.A male artisan.
2.2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 232d.
And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
0
0
2012/10/27 19:39
17507
ladling
[[English]]
[Verb]
ladling
1.Present participle of ladle.
0
0
2012/10/27 19:42
17508
ladle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈleɪ.dəl/[Anagrams]
- Della
[Etymology]
From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel[1][2]
[Noun]
ladle (plural ladles)
1.A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
2.A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
[References]
1.^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ladle
2.^ http://www.yourdictionary.com/ladle
[Synonyms]
- (deep-bowled spoon): dipper
[Verb]
ladle (third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)
1.(transitive) to serve something with a ladle
0
0
2012/10/27 19:42
17510
congenial
[[English]]
[Adjective]
congenial (comparative more congenial, superlative most congenial)
1.having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests
2.friendly or sociable
The congenial bartender makes the Hog’s Head an inviting place to hang out during the weekends.
3.suitable to one's needs
4.1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 453--468.
What was it that made this notion of mimesis, in spite of its inherent difficulties that only the dialectical method enables him to avoid, seem so useful and congenial to Plato?
[Anagrams]
- conga line
[Etymology]
con- + genial
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0
2012/10/27 19:54
17511
alla
[[Finnish]]
ipa :[ˈɑlːɑ][Adverb]
alla
1.beneath, underneath, below
[Antonyms]
- (under) yllä, yläpuolella
[Etymology]
From Proto-Finnic *alla (cf. Estonian all), from older *alna, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (cf. the essive suffix -na) of ala-.
[Postposition]
alla (+ genitive)
1.(static) under, underneath.
Pallo on pöydän alla.
The ball is under the table.
[[French]]
[Verb]
alla
1.third-person singular past historic of aller
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
alla
1.Romanization of 𐌰̻̻̰
[[Icelandic]]
[Pronoun]
alla
1.feminine accusative singular of allur
2.masculine accusative plural of allur
[[Italian]]
[Contraction]
alla
1.at the, to the (+ a feminine noun in singular).
[Etymology]
From preposition a, "at" or "to", from Latin ad, "to", + article la, "the", from Latin demonstrative adjective illa, "that", f. of ille.
[[Old Dutch]]
[Adjective]
alla
1.all; plural of al
[Alternative forms]
- olla
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/ˈalˌa/[Pronoun]
alla
1.everyone
Alla fick en kopp kaffe
Everyone got a cup of coffee
2.all (about countable nouns)
Har du plockat upp alla leksakerna från golvet?
Have you picked up all the toys from the floor?
[Synonyms]
- allihop
- all
- allt
[[Turkish]]
[Adverb]
alla
1.with the red
[Etymology]
al + la (from al and ile)
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0
2012/10/27 20:05
17512
obsessive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
obsessive (comparative more obsessive, superlative most obsessive)
1.Prone to cause obsession
The idea is too tempting, it's obsessive
2.Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.
Hardcore fans' obsessive behavior may take over their lives
3.Excessive, as results from obsession.
A workaholic's obsessive zeal may lead to success or burnout
[Etymology]
obsess + -ive
[Noun]
obsessive (plural obsessives)
1.A person who is obsessed, who has an obsession
[Synonyms]
- (Having one thought or pursuing one activity) unrelenting, unyielding, headstrong
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0
2012/07/12 04:56
2012/10/27 20:55
17514
discombobulate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɪs.kəmˈbɒb.jəˌleɪt/[Antonyms]
- recombobulate
[Etymology]
A 19th-century US coinage, probably based on discompose, discomfit, etc.
[Verb]
discombobulate (third-person singular simple present discombobulates, present participle discombobulating, simple past and past participle discombobulated)
1.(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
0
0
2012/10/27 21:07
17519
figment
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/[Etymology]
From Late Latin figmentum ("anything made, a fiction"), from fingō ("make, form, feign"); see fiction, feign.
[Noun]
figment (plural figments)
1.A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
2.1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.
3.1999, Martin Gardner, The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener, page 12
Perhaps, dear reader, you are only a figment in the dream of some god, as Sherlock Holmes was a figment in the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4.2004, Daniel C. Noel, In a Wayward Mood: Selected Writings 1969-2002, page 256
Jung's implication here is clearly that one should try to forget that this is only a figment or fantasy, merely make-believe—or perhaps that one should forget the “only,” the “merely”—and indeed take the fantasy seriously as a reality.
[References]
- figment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- figment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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0
2012/10/28 20:37
17521
unbecoming
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ/[Adjective]
unbecoming (comparative more unbecoming, superlative most unbecoming)
1.Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
She wore a rather unbecoming hairstyle.
2.Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.
He was accused of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
[Antonyms]
- becoming
- befitting
- suiting
[Etymology]
un- + becoming
[External links]
- unbecoming in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- unbecoming in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- unbecoming at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
- unsuitable
- unfit
- indecent
- indecorous
- improper
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0
2012/10/28 21:06
17522
unbecome
[[English]]
[Etymology]
un- + become
[Verb]
unbecome (third-person singular simple present unbecomes, present participle unbecoming, simple past unbecame, past participle unbecome)
1.(obsolete, transitive) To misbecome.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Sherlock to this entry?)Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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expectancy
[[English]]
[Noun]
expectancy (plural expectancies)
1.expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
2.the state of being expected, or something expected
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catamount
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkætəmaʊnt/[Etymology]
Shortened from catamountain, from cat o' mountain, cat of the mountain.
[Noun]
catamount (plural catamounts)
1.A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially cougar, puma or lynx.
2.1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints
With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews
With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them
Than pard, or cat o' mountain.
3.1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter VIII
Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. “Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired.”
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17532
Church
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Church
1.(Mormonism) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: used with preceding the.
2.2008 November, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Lift Where You Stand”, Liahona, page 53–56:
John was a convert to the Church who left his home in England and traveled to the Salt Lake Valley as part of a handcart company.
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commentaries
[[English]]
[Noun]
commentaries
1.Plural form of commentary.
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cotton
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒt.ən/[Etymology 1]
Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, from Old Italian (Genoa) cotone, from Arabic (Egypt) قطن (qúţun), (Hispano-Arab) quṭūn, variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn), from root *qţn, possibly originally from Ancient Egyptian.Cognate to Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Italian cotone, Spanish algodón, and Portuguese algodão.[1]
[Etymology 2]
1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.[1][2][3]
[References]
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “cotton” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
2.^ Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2
3.^ Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, Abram Smythe Palmer, G. Bell and Sons, 1882, p. 76
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Cotton
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
Old English cot-tūn ("cottage farmstead"), from cot ("cottage") + tūn ("homestead")
[Etymology 2]
Hebrew קָתָן (katan, "small")
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council
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaʊn.səl/[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman cuncile, from Old French concile, from Latin concilium
[Noun]
council (plural councils)
1.A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council)
2.discussion or deliberation
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17541
fiendishly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
fiendishly (comparative more fiendishly, superlative most fiendishly)
1.In a fiendish manner
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hearsay
[[English]]
[Etymology]
1525–35; from phrase by hear say, translation of Middle French par ouïr dire.
[Noun]
hearsay (usually uncountable; plural hearsays)
1.information that was heard by one person about another
2.(law) evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath
3.(law) evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions
[Synonyms]
- report
- rumor
- common talk
- gossip
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17544
dragon
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdræɡən/[Etymology]
From Old French dragon, from Latin dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drakōn, "a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon"), probably from δρακεῖν (drakein), aorist active infinitive of δέρκομαι (derkomai, "I see clearly").
[Noun]
dragon (plural dragons)
1.A legendary, serpentine or reptilian creature.
1.(Western) A gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a serpent-like body, often a monster with fiery breath.
2.circa 1900, Edith Nesbit, The Last of the Dragons:
But as every well-brought-up prince was expected to kill a dragon, and rescue a princess, the dragons grew fewer and fewer till it was often quite hard for a princess to find a dragon to be rescued from.
3.(Eastern) A large, snake-like monster with the eyes of a hare, the horns of a stag and the claws of a tiger, usually beneficent
4.1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, chapter XIII:
These tapestries were magnificently figured with golden dragons; and as the serpentine bodies gleamed and shimmered in the increasing radiance, each dragon, I thought, intertwined its glittering coils more closely with those of another.(zoology) An animal of various species that resemble a dragon in appearance:
1.(obsolete) A very large snake; a python.
2.Any of various agamid lizards of the genera Draco, Physignathus or Pogona.
3.A Komodo dragon.(astronomy, with definite article, often capitalized) The constellation Draco.
- 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act I, Scene 2:
My father compounded with my mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my nativity was vnder Vrsa Maior.(pejorative) An unpleasant woman; a harridan.
She’s a bit of a dragon.(with definite article, often capitalized) The (historical) Chinese empire or the People's Republic of China.
Napoleon already warned of the awakening of the Dragon.(figuratively) Something very formidable or dangerous.
[Synonyms]
- (legendary creature): drake, monster, serpent, wyrm, wyvern, lindworm
- (unpleasant woman): battle-axe, bitch, harridan, shrew, termagant, virago
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology 1]
From Arabic
[Etymology 2]
French (see below)
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- gardon
- gronda
[Etymology]
From Latin draco
[Noun]
dragon m. (plural dragons; feminine dragonne, plural dragonnes)
1.A dragon, creature or person
2.A dragoon
[[Middle English]]
[Alternative forms]
- dragun
[Noun]
dragon
1.A dragon.
2.1382 — Wyclif's Bible, Daniel 14:26
Therfor Daniel took pitch, and talow, and heeris, and sethide togidere; and he made gobetis, and yaf in to the mouth of the dragun; and the dragun was al to-brokun.
3.1380-1399 — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Parson's Tale
For God seith thus by Moyses: they shul been wasted with hunger, and the briddes of helle shul devouren hem with bitter deeth, and the galle of the dragon shal been hire drynke, and the venym of the dragon hire morsels.
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
dragon m. (oblique plural dragons, nominative singular dragons, nominative plural dragon)
1.dragon (mythical animal)
[[Old Welsh]]
[Noun]
dragon
1.commander, war leader
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/draˈɡuːn/[Noun]
dragon c.
1.The perennial herb tarragon
2.The leaves of that plant, used as seasoning
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Dragon
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Dragon
1.the Devil. [1]
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- gardon
- gronda
[Proper noun]
Dragon m.
1.(astronomy) Draco (a constellation)
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17547
Fallen
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈfalən/[Noun]
Fallen
1.Plural form of Falle.
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Fleming
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Middle English flameng, from late Old English Flæmingi, from Old Norse Flǽmingr, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Old Frisian (unattested) (cf. West Frisian Flaming), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz ‘flowing, current (water)’ and the patronymic suffix -ing ‘belonging to, descended from’. More at Flanders.
[Noun]
Fleming (plural Flemings)
1.A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.
2.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12, The Cyclops
--And our eyes are on Europe, says the citizen. We had our trade with Spain and the French and with the Flemings before those mongrels were pupped, Spanish ale in Galway, the winebark on the winedark waterway.
[Proper noun]
Fleming
1.An English surname.
2.Ian Fleming, English writer.
3.Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist.
[See also]
- Walloon
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17551
offal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɒf.əl/[Etymology]
From Middle English offal ("offal, refuse, scrap waste"), possibly from Old Norse affall ("offal"), or from Middle English of- + fal(l), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Danish affald ("waste, refuse"), Swedish avfall ("waste, refuse"), Dutch afval ("waste, refuse"), German Abfall ("waste, refuse"), Old English offeallan ("to cut off"). More at off, fall.
[Noun]
offal (uncountable)
1.The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
2.The internal organs of an animal other than a bird, these organs being used as food.
3.A dead body.
4.Carrion.
5.That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
[See also]
- giblets
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carrion
[[English]]
[Etymology]
[Noun]
carrion (uncountable)
1.Dead flesh; carcasses.
Vultures feed on carrion.
2.1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 119
Perhaps the Purple Emperor is feasting, as Morris says, upon a mass of putrid carrion at the base of an oak tree.
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17554
operation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɒpəˈɹeɪʃən/[Anagrams]
- petronoia
[Etymology]
From Latin operari ("to work"), from opus, operis ("work")
[Noun]
operation (plural operations)
1.The method by which a device performs its function.
It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation.
2.The method or practice by which actions are done.
3.A planned undertaking.
The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets.
The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.
4.A business or organization.
We run our operation from a storefront.
They run a multinational produce-supply operation.
5.(medicine) a surgical procedure.
She had an operation to remove her appendix.
6.(mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands; the value for any particular operands is unique)
7.(military) a military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
[Synonyms]
- (mathematics): function
- (mathematics): transformation
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
operation f. (plural operations)
1.function; role
2.1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
C'est tesmoignage de crudité et indigestion que de regorger la viande comme on l'a avallée. L'estomac n'a pas faict son operation, s'il n'a faict changer la façon et la forme a ce qu'on luy avoit donné à cuire.
It's testament of rawness and indigestion when one regurgitates meat in the same state as one swallowed it. The stomach hasn't done its function if it hasn't change the shape and the form of what one has given it to cook.
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Operation
[[German]]
[Noun]
Operation f. (genitive Operation, plural Operationen)
1.(surgery or military or mathematics or computing science) operation
[Synonyms]
- (military): Unternehmen
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17556
pasquale
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
pasquale m. and f. (m and f plural pasquali)
1.Easter (attribute), paschal
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17557
Pasquale
[[Italian]]
[Proper noun]
Pasquale m.
1.A male given name, cognate to Pascal.
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