19323
revenge
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/[Anagrams]
- genever
[Noun]
revenge (usually uncountable; plural revenges)
1.Any form of personal retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some perceived harm or injustice.
Indifference is the sweetest revenge.
[See also]
- vendetta
- avenge
- vengeance
- get one's own back
- get back at somebody
- retaliate
[Synonyms]
- payback
- See also Wikisaurus:revenge
[Verb]
revenge (third-person singular simple present revenges, present participle revenging, simple past and past participle revenged)
1.(reflexive) To take one's revenge (on or upon) someone.
I will revenge myself upon you!
2.(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action), to avenge.
Arsenal revenged its loss to Manchester United last time with a 5-0 drubbing this time.
3.(intransitive) To take vengeance.
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19325
null
[[English]]
ipa :/nʌl/[Adjective]
null (comparative more null, superlative most null)
1.Having no validity, "null and void"
2.insignificant
3.1924, Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove:
In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.
4.absent or non-existent
5.(mathematics) of the null set
6.(mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
7.(genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.
[Etymology]
From Middle French nul, from Latin nullus.
[Noun]
null (plural nulls)
1.A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
2.Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
3.(computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
4.(computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.
5.One of the beads in nulled work.
[Related terms]
- annul
[See also]
- nil
[Verb]
null (third-person singular simple present nulls, present participle nulling, simple past and past participle nulled)
1.(transitive) to nullify
[[Estonian]]
[Numeral]
null
1.(cardinal) zero
[[German]]
ipa :/nʊl/[Adjective]
null (not comparable)
1.(slang) no, zero (absolutely none)
[Numeral]
null
1.(cardinal) zero
[Synonyms]
- kein
- überhaupt kein
[[Norwegian]]
[Noun]
null
1.zero (numeric symbol of zero)
2.zero (derogatory about a person)
[Numeral]
null
1.(cardinal) zero
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0
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19326
trundled
[[English]]
[Verb]
trundled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of trundle.
0
0
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19330
countervailing
[[English]]
[Verb]
countervailing
1.Present participle of countervail.
0
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19331
countervail
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaʊntəveɪl/[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman countrevaloir ( = Old French contrevaloir), from Latin contrā valēre ("to be worth against").
[Verb]
countervail (third-person singular simple present countervails, present participle countervailing, simple past and past participle countervailed)
1.(obsolete) To have the same value as.
2.To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
3.To compensate for.
4.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.38:
I am one of those who thinke their fruit can no way countervaile this losse.
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19333
jest
[[English]]
ipa :/dʒest/[Anagrams]
- jets, Jets
[Etymology]
From Middle English geste ("idle tale"), from Old French geste ("acts, exploits"), from Latin gesta ("acts, deeds")
[Noun]
jest (plural jests)
1.(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
I shall not succumb to your jests!
2.(obsolete) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
[Synonyms]
- (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
- See also Wikisaurus:joke
- (to joke): banter, kid, mock, tease
[Verb]
jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
1.To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
Surely you jest!
[[Polish]]
ipa :/jɛst/[Verb]
jest
1.is, 3rd person singular present tense of być (to be)
2.usage with adjectives
Ona jest ładna — She's pretty
3.usage with noun complements: takes the instrumental case
Agnieszka jest studentką — Agnieszka is a student.
4.(mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
dwa plus dwa jest cztery — Two plus two is four
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19335
ｊ
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
EE
1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Estonia.
[[English]]
[Initialism]
EE
1.(academic philosophy) Eudemian Ethics
[See also]
- EN
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19336
j'
[[French]]
ipa :/ʒ/[Pronoun]
j’
1.Clitic form of je.
J’ai sommeil - I am sleepy (literally "I have sleepiness").
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0
2012/01/18 15:14
2013/03/10 10:54
19339
restitution
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɹɛstɪˈtjuʃən/[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:RestitutionWikipedia restitution (countable and uncountable; plural restitutions)
1.(law) A process of compensation for losses.
2.The act of making good or compensating for loss or injury.
3.Spenser
A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown.
4.Sandys
He restitution to the value makes.
5.A return or restoration to a previous condition or position.
the restitution of an elastic body
6.2011, Evangelos Tsotsas; Arun S. Mujumdar, Modern Drying Technology, Experimental Techniques - Page 314:
The force–displacement curve of perfectly plastic contact partners does not show elastic restitution.
7.That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroyed; compensation.
8.(medicine) The movement of rotation which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labour.
[Synonyms]
- (act of compensating): recompense, indemnification
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19342
bleak
[[English]]
ipa :/bliːk/[Anagrams]
- Blake
- Kaleb
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English bleke (also bleche > English bleach ("pale, bleak")), and bleike (due to Old Norse), and earlier Middle English blak, blac ("pale, wan"), from Old English blǣc, blǣċ, blāc ("bleak, pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing") and Old Norse bleikr ("pale, whitish")[1], from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale, shining”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē-, *bʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch bleek ("pale, wan, pallid"), Low German blek ("pale"), German bleich ("pale, wan, sallow"), Danish bleg ("pale"), Swedish blek ("pale, pallid"), Faroese bleikur ("pale"), Icelandic bleikur ("pale, pink").
[Etymology 2]
Probably from Old Norse bleikja.
[References]
1.^ “bleak” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
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19343
plunder
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈplʌndə(r)/[Etymology]
Recorded since 1632 (during the Thirty Years War, native British use since the Cromwellian Civil War), from Hutterisch plunderen ("to plunder, originally "to take away household furniture"") (Dutch plunderen) from plunder ("household goods, clothes ("lumber, baggage," 14c.)"); akin to Middle Dutch plunder ("household goods"), West Frisian plunje and Dutch plunje ("clothes").
[Noun]
plunder (uncountable)
1.An instance of plundering
2.The loot attained by plundering
The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.
3.(slang, dated) baggage; luggage
[Verb]
plunder (third-person singular simple present plunders, present participle plundering, simple past and past participle plundered)
1.(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
The mercenaries plundered the small town.
2.(intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
"Now to plunder, mateys!" screamed a buccaneer, to cries of "Arrgh!" and "Aye!" all around.
The shopkeep was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.
3.(transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology 1]
Germanic, from Middle Dutch, cognate with the other etymology, English to plunder, German plündern and Swedish plundra
[Etymology 2]
cognate with the above and English to plunder
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0
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2013/03/10 10:54
19345
malfeasance
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌmælˈfiːsəns/[Etymology]
From Old French malfaisance, derived from malfaire, maufaire (“do evil”), from Latin malefaciō ("I do evil"), from male ("evilly") + faciō ("do, make").
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:MalfeasanceWikipedia malfeasance (plural malfeasances)
1.wrongdoing
2.(law) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official that causes damage.
[Synonyms]
- (wrongdoing): misconduct, wrongdoing
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0
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19349
obsolete
[[English]]
ipa :/ɒbsəˈliːt/[Adjective]
obsolete (comparative more obsolete, superlative most obsolete)
1.(of words, equipment, etc.) no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
In several years, it is speculated that the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete.
2.(biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
[Etymology]
From Latin obsoletus ("worn out, gone out of use"), past participle of obsolescere ("to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay"); see obsolesce.
[External links]
- obsolete in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- obsolete in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- obsolete at OneLook Dictionary Search
[References]
1.^ Oxford Dictionary
[Synonyms]
- (no longer in use): ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, disused, neglected, old, old-fashioned, out of date
- (in biology: imperfectly developed): abortive, obscure, rudimental
[Verb]
obsolete (third-person singular simple present obsoletes, present participle obsoleting, simple past and past participle obsoleted)
1.(US)[1] To perform some action that causes, or attempts to cause, something to become obsolete.
This software component has been obsoleted.
We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
obsolete f pl (feminine plural form of obsoleto)
1.Feminine plural form of obsoleto
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
obsolēte
1.vocative masculine singular of obsolētus
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19350
nepotism
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɛp.ə.tɪ.zəm/[Anagrams]
- pimentos
[Antonyms]
- meritocracy
- merit system
[Etymology]
From Italian nepotismo, from Latin nepōs ("nephew"), a reference to the practice of popes appointing relatives (most often nephews) as cardinals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
[Noun]
nepotism (countable and uncountable; plural nepotisms)
1.The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
Nepotism can get you very far in the world if you've got the right connections.
2.2006 September 27, “China airbrushes Chen”, Financial Times:
Mr Chen - a member of the national politburo as well as the Shanghai boss - is accused of nepotism and corruption on a grand scale: protecting political allies, granting preferment to his family and looting Shanghai's pension fund.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
Latin nepos
[Noun]
nepotism n
1.nepotism
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19351
chamberlain
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc ("chamberlain"), from Frankish *kamerling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling ("chamberlain"). More at chamber, -ling.
[Noun]
chamberlain (plural chamberlains)
1.An officer in charge of managing the household of a sovereign, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
2.A high officer of state, as currently with the papal camerlengo, but normally now a mainly honorary title.
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19352
bestowed
[[English]]
[Verb]
bestowed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of bestow.
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19353
bestow
[[English]]
ipa :bɪˈstoʊ[Etymology]
From Middle English bestowen, bistowen, equivalent to be- (“on, over, about”) + stow.
[Verb]
bestow (third-person singular simple present bestows, present participle bestowing, simple past and past participle bestowed)
1.(transitive) To lay up in store; deposit for safe keeping; stow; place.
2.1611, King James Bible, Luke 12:17:
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.
3.1977, J.R.R. Tolkien, "Of the Rings of Power", HarperCollins, page 358:
Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were bestowed.
4.(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; provide with accommodation.
5.1838, Ben Jonson, The works of Ben Jonson:
Well, my masters, I'll leave him with you; now I see him bestowed, I'll go look for my goods, and Numps.
6.(transitive) To dispose of.
7.1810, Robert Dodsley, Sir Walter Scott, The Ancient British drama:
Here are blank warrants of all dispositions; give me but the name and nature of your malefactor, and I'll bestow him according to his merits.
8.(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
Medals were bestowed on the winning team.
9.2008, Illiad, Userfriendly.org, “The Large Hadron Collider Game”
CERN bestows slush fund on the LHC. Take all pennies from the CERN space.
10.1831, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Soft tears again bedewed my cheeks, and I even raised my humid eyes with thankfulness towards the blessed sun which bestowed such joy upon me.
11.(transitive) To give in marriage.
12.(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
13.1887, John Marston, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of John Marston:
[...] I determine to bestow Some time in learning languages abroad; [...]
14.(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
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19354
indisputable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
indisputable (comparative more indisputable, superlative most indisputable)
1.Not disputable; not open to question; obviously true
[Etymology]
in- + disputable
[Synonyms]
- unchallengeable
- undisputable
[[French]]
[Adjective]
indisputable (masculine and feminine, plural indisputables)
1.indisputable
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
indisputable m and f (plural indisputables)
1.indisputable
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0
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19355
premiership
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From premier + -ship.
[Noun]
premiership (plural premierships)
1.The office of a premier or prime minister.
[Synonyms]
- prime ministership
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0
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19359
steeliness
[[English]]
[Noun]
steeliness (uncountable)
1.Referring to properties of toughness, hardness or durability resembling (or likened to) that of steel.
He had a steeliness of eye that tended to cow people who acted tough.
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0
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19360
renewed
[[English]]
[Verb]
renewed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of renew.
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0
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19361
renew
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈnjuː/[Anagrams]
- newer
[Etymology]
From re- + new, after Latin renovare.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:repair
[Verb]
renew (third-person singular simple present renews, present participle renewing, simple past and past participle renewed)
1.(transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. [from 14th c.]
2.c.1596-98, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene i,
In such a night / Medea gather’d the enchanted herbs / That did renew old AEson.
3.(transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of. [from 14th c.]
4.(theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate. [from 14th c.]
5.1526, William Tyndale, Bible (Tyndale), Romans 12:2,
And fassion not youre selves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre shape by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good yt acceptable and perfaycte will of god is.
6.(now rare, intransitive) To become new, or as new; to revive. [15th-18th c.]
7.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy[1], II.2.6.ii,
... to such as are in fear they strike a great impression, renew many times, and recal such chimeras and terrible fictions into their minds.
8.1997 July, “Seeking Christian interiority: An interview with Louis Dupre”, Christian Century, volume 114, number 21, page 654:
But Christianity was a new religious force in Augustine's day. Today, as you say, its power to integrate culture has all but disappeared. Does Christianity still have the capacity to renew ?
9.2010 September, Michael Allen, "St. Louis Preservation Fund", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 74,
Renewing neighborhoods dealing with vacant buildings badly need options other than demolition or dangerous vacant spaces.
10.(transitive) To begin again; to recommence. [from 16th c.]
11.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
Then gan he all this storie to renew, / And tell the course of his captivitie […].
12.1660, John Dryden, translating Virgil, (apparently from Eclogue 4), a snippet of translation used to introduce Dryden's Astræa Redux: A poem on the happy restoration and return of His Sacred Majesty Charles II., 1660,
The last great age, foretold by sacred rhymes, / Renews its finished course ; Saturnian times / Roll round again.
13.(rare) To repeat. [from 17th c.]
14.1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds / Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
15.(transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.
I'd like to renew these three books.
Did you know that you can renew online?
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19363
afresh
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌˈfɹɛʃ/[Adverb]
afresh (comparative more afresh, superlative most afresh)
1.Anew; again; once more; newly.
[Anagrams]
- ferash
- freash
[Etymology]
a- + fresh
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19364
decimation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/[Anagrams]
- medication
[Etymology]
From Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep order in their military. Compare septimation and vicesimation.
[Noun]
decimation (plural decimations)
1.The killing or destruction of a large portion of a population.
2.1702: Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana - And the whole army had cause to enquire into their own rebellions, when they saw the Lord of Hosts, with a dreadful decimation, taking off so many of our brethren by the worst of executioners.
3.A tithing.
4.A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
5.1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, V-v - By decimation and a tithed death, / ... take thou the destin'd tenth.
6.(mathematics) The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of the original sequence.
7.(telecommunications) A digital signal processing technique for reducing the number of samples in a discrete-time signal.
[References]
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914Wikipedia has articles on:DecimationWikipedia
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19365
nibbling
[[English]]
[Verb]
nibbling
1.Present participle of nibble.
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0
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19366
nibble
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪbəl[Etymology 1]
Perhaps from Middle Low German nibbelen ("to gnaw").
[Etymology 2]
English Wikipedia has an article on:NibbleWikipedia enFrom nibble, punning on the homophony of byte and bite
[References]
1.^ http://foldoc.org/nibble
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2013/03/10 10:54
19371
treaty
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtriː.ti/[Anagrams]
- yatter
[Etymology]
From Old French traité, from Latin tractatus, from tractare.
[External links]
- treaty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- treaty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- treaty at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
treaty (plural treaties)
1.(international law) A binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations.
[Synonyms]
- international agreement
- protocol
- covenant
- convention
- exchange of letters
- exchange of note
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2013/03/10 10:54
19372
xenophobic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
xenophobic (comparative more xenophobic, superlative most xenophobic)
1.Suffering from xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
2."Residents of Plettenberg Bay this week launched violent xenophobic attacks on foreign Africans living in informal settlements, beating them and ransacking their houses" Weekend Argus May 13/14 2006.
[Etymology]
xeno- + -phobic, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xenos, "foreign, strange") + φόβος (phobos, "fear")
[Noun]
xenophobic (plural xenophobics)
1.A xenophobe.
2.2008 April 16, “Don’t Give Up on the Games, or Olympic Ideals”, New York Times:
So Buzz Bissinger sees fit that we give up on the ideal of Olympism and give in to xenophobics, terrorists, drug abusers, profiteers and human rights abusers?
[See also]
- racist
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19373
worshiped
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- worshipped
[Verb]
worshiped
1.(US) Simple past tense and past participle of worship.
0
0
2013/03/10 10:57
19375
meritocracy
[[English]]
ipa :/mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/[Etymology]
merit, from Latin mereō ("earn") + -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος (kratos, "strength, power").Coined in 1958 by Michael Young, in his book Rise of the Meritocracy.[1]
[Noun]
meritocracy (plural meritocracies)
1.Rule by merit, and talent. By extension, now often used to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.
[References]
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Down with meritocracy, by Michael Young, in The Guardian, June 29, 2001.
2.^ Meritocracy's Lab Rat, by Timothy Noah
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19376
wherewithal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌwɛə.wɪˈðl/[Adverb]
wherewithal (not comparable)
1.(archaic) In what way; how.
2.1662, Book of Common Prayer, Psalm 119:9,
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
[Noun]
wherewithal (countable and uncountable; plural wherewithals)
1.The ability and means required to accomplish some task.
2.I would like to help your project, but I do not have the wherewithal.
3.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, Guardian:
Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.
4.1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, Penguin, paperback edition, page 67:
"I just can't imagine," Philip said, "having that kind of self-knowledge, that kind of...wherewithal at fifteen.[...]"
[Related terms]
- wherewith
- withal
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19377
javascript
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
javascript
1.Alternative spelling of JavaScript.
0
0
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19378
JavaScript
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- Javascript
- javascript
[Etymology]
From Java ("a programming language") + script, although the language is not closely related to Java and was originally to be called LiveScript.
[Proper noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:JavaScriptWikipediaJavaScript
1.A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.
[See also]
- ECMAScript
- Java
- JScript
[Synonyms]
- JS
- LiveScript (obsolete)
- Mocha (obsolete)
0
0
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19379
whining
[[English]]
[Verb]
whining
1.Present participle of whine.
2.gerund of whine
Stop your whining!
0
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whin
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Middle English whynne, from Old Norse hvein ("gorse, furze") (compare Norwegian kvein ("bent grass"), Swedish ven ("bent grass"), dialectal hven ("swamp")).
[Noun]
whin (plural whins)
1.Gorse; furze.
2.Burns
Through the whins, and by the cairn.
3.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 47:
And sometimes they clambered down […] and saw the whin bushes climb black the white hills beside them and far and away the blink of lights across the moors where folk lay happed and warm.
4.The plant woad-waxen.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
5.whinstone
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whine
[[English]]
ipa :/waɪn/[Etymology]
From Middle English hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan ("to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine") from Proto-Germanic *hwīnanan. Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian hvine, Swedish hvina and Danish hvine.
[Noun]
whine (plural whines)
1.a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
2.2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, The Onion AV Club:
The 18-year-old Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.
3.a complaint or criticism
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:complain
[Verb]
whine (third-person singular simple present whines, present participle whining, simple past and past participle whined)
1.(intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
2.(intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.
The jet engines whined at take off.
3.(intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
4.(intransitive) To move with a whining sound.
The jet whined into the air.
5.(transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.
The child whined all his complaints.
Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.
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effrontery
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/[Etymology]
From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté ("shameless, insolent"), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus, from Latin exfrōns ("barefaced"), from prefix ex- ("from") + frōns ("forehead").
[Noun]
effrontery (countable and uncountable; plural effronteries)
1.Insolent and shameless audacity.
We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.
2.An act of insolent and shameless audacity.
Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.
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rabidness
[[English]]
[Noun]
rabidness (uncountable)
1.The property of being rabid.
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jingoistic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
jingoistic (comparative more jingoistic, superlative most jingoistic)
1.Overly patriotic or nationalistic.
My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.
2.1915, Joseph McCabe, The War and the Churches,
The truth is that all classes—Christian and non-Christian—have yielded fatally to the pernicious interpretation which interested politicians, soldiers, manufacturers, and Jingoistic writers have put on the real economic needs of the country.
3.1921, [1919], H. L. Mencken, The American Language: An inquiry into the development of English in the United States, 2nd Edition,
All this jingoistic bombast, however, was directed toward defending, not so much the national vernacular as the national belles lettres.
4.1980, Robert A. Freitas, Jr., William P. Gilbreath (editors), Advanced Automation for Space Missions, final report of the 1980 NASA/ASEE Summer Study,
If we continue to be limited to our exceedingly fragile existence on spaceship Earth, a natural disaster or our own jingoistic or ecological foolhardiness is almost certain to terminate our existence perhaps centuries or millennia from today.
[Etymology]
jingo + -istic
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savage
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsævɪdʒ/[Adjective]
savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)
1.wild; not cultivated
2.barbaric; not civilized
3.1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
...I observed a place where there had been a fire made, and a circle dug in the earth, like a cockpit, where I supposed the savage wretches had sat down to their human feastings upon the bodies of their fellow-creatures.
4.fierce and ferocious
5.brutal, vicious, or merciless
The woman was killed in a savage manner.
6.(UK, slang) unpleasant or unfair
I'll see you in detention.
Ah, savage!
[Anagrams]
- agaves
[Etymology]
From Old French sauvage, salvage ("wild, savage, untamed"), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus ("wild"; literally, "of the woods"), from silva ("forest", "grove").
[Noun]
savage (plural savages)
1.(pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
2.1847, Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred: or The New Crusade, page 251
'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages.'
'They are not savages, Freeman.'
'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.'
3.(figuratively) A defiant person.
[Verb]
savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)
1.To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
2.(figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
3.(of an animal) To attack with the teeth
4.(obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
5.South
Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
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despoil
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈspɔɪl/[Anagrams]
- diploës
- dipoles
- elopids
- peloids
- spoiled
[Etymology]
From Old French despoiller ( > French dépouiller), from Latin dēspoliō.
[Noun]
despoil (plural despoils)
1.(obsolete) Plunder; spoliation.
[References]
- despoil in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- despoil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
despoil (third-person singular simple present despoils, present participle despoiling, simple past and past participle despoiled)
1.(transitive) To deprive for spoil; to take spoil from; to plunder; to rob; to pillage.
2.2010, The Economist, 17 Jul 2010, p. 53:
To dreamers in the West, Tibet is a Shangri-La despoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity.
3.(transitive) To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
4.1614, Sir Walter Raleigh, History of the World
The Earl of March, following the plain path which his father had trodden out, despoiled Henry the father, and Edward the son, both of their lives and kingdom.
5.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 9, 410-11
To intercept thy way, or send thee back / Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.
6.1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 20
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled.
7.(obsolete, transitive or reflexive) To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
8.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VI:
So Sir Persauntis doughter dud as her fadir bade hir, and so she yode unto Sir Bewmaynes bed and pryvyly she dispoyled hir and leyde hir downe by hym.
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prima
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹiːmə/[Adjective]
prima (not comparable)
1.most important
[Anagrams]
- Pamir, Priam
[[Asturian]]
ipa :[ˈpɾima][Noun]
prima f (plural primes)
1.cousin, feminine form of primu
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈpɾimə/[Adjective]
prima f sg
1.feminine form of prim
[Noun]
prima f (plural primes)
1.bonus
[[Czech]]
[Adjective]
prima
1.(informal) nice, great
[Interjection]
prima
1.nice
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- parmi
- Priam
[Verb]
prima
1.third-person singular past historic of primer
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈpriː.ma/[Adjective]
prima f
1.feminine form of primo
[Adverb]
prima
1.before
prima di — “before” (as a preposition)
2.once, formerly
3.beforehand, in advance
4.sooner
[Alternative forms]
- (abbreviation) 1ª
[Noun]
prima f (plural prime)
1.the first
2.an opening night; a premier
3.the first year at school
[Related terms]
- di prima
- il prima possibile
- prima del tempo
- prima di tutto
- primadonna
- prima o poi
- primatista
- primato
- quanto prima
[[Latin]]
[Ordinal number]
prima f (masculine primus, neuter primum, cardinal una)
1.first
[[Occitan]]
ipa :[ˈprimo][Etymology]
Latin prima vera
[Noun]
prima m (plural primas)
1.spring
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈpri.ma][Adjective]
prima
1.definite feminine singular nominative form of prim
2.definite feminine singular accusative form of prim
[Antonyms]
- ultima (ultimul)
[Synonyms]
- întâia (întâiul)
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
prima f (plural primas, masculine singular primo, masculine plural primos)
1.feminine form of primo (female) cousin prima f (plural primas)
1.bonus
[Verb]
prima (infinitive primar)
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of primar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of primar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of primar.
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
prima (not inflected)
1.excellent; top quality
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prima facie
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpraɪmə ˈfeɪʃiː, -ʃə/[Adjective]
prima facie (not comparable)
1.(law) apparently correct; not needing proof unless evidence to the contrary is shown
[Adverb]
Wikipedia has an article on:Prima facieWikipediaprima facie (comparative more prima facie, superlative most prima facie)
1.(law) at first sight; on the face of it
[Etymology]
Latin
[Usage notes]
In common usage, often used to mean that the conclusion is obvious. In more narrow legal usage, it means rather that there is a case to answer – that the question is clear, but the conclusion is not necessarily obvious – with an obvious conclusion rather being referred to as res ipsa loquitur ("the thing speaks for itself"). However, res ipsa loquitur is rarely used in common speech, instead referred to as an open and shut case. See prima facie: res ipsa loquitur and res ipsa loquitur: contrast to prima facie for details.
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hereditary
[[English]]
[Adjective]
hereditary (comparative more hereditary, superlative most hereditary)
1.which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate
2.(of a title, honor or right) legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
3.(of a person) holding a legally hereditary title or rank
hereditary rulers
4.(of a disease or trait) passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.
[Etymology]
From Latin hereditarius, from hereditas 'inheritance', from heres 'heir'
[Noun]
hereditary (plural hereditaries)
1.A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
[See also]
- congenital
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trampling
[[English]]
[Verb]
trampling
1.Present participle of trample.
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aborigines
[[English]]
[Etymology]
- From Latin Aborīginēs, possible from ab orīgine ("from the beginning")[1].
[Noun]
aborigines
1.Plural form of aborigine.
2.The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][2]
3.Indigenous flora and fauna. [First attested in the late 17th century.][2]
4.(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred. [First attested in the early 18th century.][2]
[References]
1.^ 2004 [1998], Elliott K. Dobbie; Dunmore, C. William, et al., Barnhart, Robert K. editor, Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Edinburgh, Scotland: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, ISBN 0550142304, page 4:
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6:
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
aboriginēs
1.nominative plural of aborigō
2.accusative plural of aborigō
3.vocative plural of aborigō
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aborigine
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ə.ni/[Etymology]
- Back-formation from aborigines.
[Noun]
aborigine (countable and uncountable; plural aborigines)
1.An native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
2.(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
[References]
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 6:
[Usage notes]
- Should be capitalized in Australian contexts.
- Fowler's 3rd edition considers this singular to be "etymologically indefensible" notwithstanding its having become the established form in Australia since 1829. This is in reference to its inflection from 'Aborigines', not actually originally an S-addition pluralization (see Aborigine/Aborigines/Aboriginal entries in Oxford Dictionary).
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
aborigine
1.Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
aborigine
1.ablative singular of aborigō
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Aborigine
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ə.ni/[Etymology]
Back-formation from Aborigines.
[Proper noun]
Aborigine
1.An individual aboriginal Australian.
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jarhead
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Due to the regulation high and tight haircut of the marines.
[Noun]
jarhead (plural jarheads)
1.(slang) A US marine.
[Synonyms]
- devil dog
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ace
[[English]]
ipa :/eɪs/[Adjective]
ace (comparative more ace, superlative most ace)
1.(UK, slang) Excellent.
[Anagrams]
- AEC
- CEA
[Etymology]
Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis, unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage. Compare as
[Noun]
ace (plural aces)
1.A single point or spot on a playing card or die.
2.A card or die face so marked.
I have the ace of diamonds.
3.A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
4.(Can we date this quote?) John Dryden
I'll not wag an ace further.
5.c. 1658 Dr. Henry More, Government of the Tongue :
He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.
6.(tennis) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
7.(baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
8.(baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
9.(golf) A hole in one.
10.An expert at something.
11.2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, BBC Sport:
Mexican ace Dos Santos smashed home the third five minutes later after good work from Defoe.
12.A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft.
13.A perfect score on a school exam.
[Synonyms]
- (single point or spot): pip
- (to pass a test): pass with flying colours
- excellent
- first-rate
- outstanding
[Verb]
ace (third-person singular simple present aces, present participle acing, simple past and past participle aced)
1.To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
2.(tennis) To win a point by an ace.
3.(golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
[[French]]
ipa :/eɪs/[Noun]
ace m (plural aces)
1.(tennis) ace
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
acē
1.second-person singular present active imperative of aceō
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ace up one's sleeve
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From the game of poker, from the dishonest hiding of a high-value Ace card for use during play.
[Noun]
ace up one's sleeve (plural aces up one's sleeve)
1.(idiomatic) A surprise advantage of which others are not aware.
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