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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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.
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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.
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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)
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19379
whining
[[English]]
[Verb]
whining
1.Present participle of whine.
2.gerund of whine
Stop your whining!
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0
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19380
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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19381
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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19382
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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19383
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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19386
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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19387
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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19388
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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19389
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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19390
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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19391
trampling
[[English]]
[Verb]
trampling
1.Present participle of trample.
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0
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19393
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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19394
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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19396
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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0
2013/03/10 16:36
19399
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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ACE
[[English]]
[Acronym]
ACE
1.angiotensin converting enzyme
2.American Cinema Editors, or designating a member of this society
3.(military) (NATO) air combat element
4.analysis and control element
5.(military) (USMC) aviation combat element
6.American Council on Education
7.Advanced Composition Explorer – a NASA spacecraft
[Anagrams]
- AEC
- CEA
[[German]]
[Acronym]
ACE
1.A+C+E(-Saft "ACE juice", from the vitamins A,C, and E. A fruit juice mixture of orange and carrot juice)
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Ace
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- AEC
- CEA
[Proper noun]
Ace (countable and uncountable; plural Aces)
1.A male given name.
2.A common nickname suggesting skill, particularly among airplane pilots.
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19403
sequitur
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- non sequitur
[Etymology]
From the Latin sequitur ("it follows"), the third person form of sequor ("I follow").
[Noun]
sequitur (plural sequiturs or sequuntur)
1.A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
sequitur
1.third-person singular present active indicative of sequor
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aphorism
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæ.fə.ɹɪzm̩/[Etymology]
From Middle French aphorisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός (aphorismos, "pithy phrase containing a general truth"), from ἀφορίζω (aphorizō, "I define, mark off or determine"), from ἀπό (apo, "off") + ὁρίζω (horizō, "I divide, bound"), from ὅρος (horos, "boundary").
[External links]
- aphorism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- aphorism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- aphorism at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
aphorism (plural aphorisms)
1.An original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:saying
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enfeoff
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- infeft
- infeoff
[Verb]
enfeoff (third-person singular simple present enfeoffs, present participle enfeoffing, simple past and past participle enfeoffed)
1.(transitive) To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to.
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19409
scrooge
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.
[Noun]
scrooge (countable and uncountable; plural scrooges)
1.A miserly, selfish person.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:miser
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Scrooge
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Scrooge
1.The fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
[Synonyms]
- Ebenezer Scrooge
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dotes
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- doest
[Noun]
dotes
1.Plural form of dote.
[Verb]
dotes
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dote.
[[French]]
ipa :/dɔt/[Verb]
dotes
1.second-person singular present indicative of doter
2.second-person singular present subjunctive of doter
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
dōtēs
1.nominative plural of dōs
2.accusative plural of dōs
3.vocative plural of dōs
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
dotes f pl
1.Plural form of dote.
2.talent
[Verb]
dotes (infinitive dotar)
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of dotar.
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inelegantly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
inelegantly (comparative more inelegantly, superlative most inelegantly)
1.In an inelegant manner.
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19414
crib
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹɪb/[Anagrams]
- BRIC
- CBIR
[Etymology]
From Old English cribb ("manger, stall"), from West Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Dutch krib, German Krippe ("rack, crib"). The sense of ‘stealing, taking notes, plagiarize’ seems to have developed out of the verb.
[Noun]
crib (plural cribs)
1.(US) A baby’s bed (British and Australasian cot) with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
2.1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
In two minutes I was kneeling by the child’s crib, and Sandy was dispatching servants here, there, and everywhere, all over the palace. I took in the situation almost at a glance -- membranous croup!
3.(UK) A bed for a child older than a baby.
4.1848, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre.
a day or two afterwards I learned that Miss Temple, on returning to her own room at dawn, had found me laid in the little crib; my face against Helen Burns’s shoulder, my arms round her neck. I was asleep, and Helen was -- dead.
5.(nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
6.A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
7.A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
8.The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or Nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
9.A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
10.1835, Washington Irving, A Tour on the Prairies, Chapter 35.
I began to think of my horse. He, however, like an old campaigner, had taken good care of himself. I found him paying assiduous attention to the crib of Indian corn, and dexterously drawing forth and munching the ears that protruded between the bars.
11.A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
12.1871, Richard Malcolm Johnston, Dukesborough Tales.
A kitchen, a meat-house, a dairy, a crib with two stalls in the rear, one for the horse the other for the cow, were the out-buildings
13.1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1] Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
14.A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
15.1846, Charles Dickens, Pictures from Italy.
The singers were in a crib of wirework (like a large meat-safe or bird-cage) in one corner
16.(obsolete) A job, a position; (British), an appointment.
17.1904, Forrest Crissey, Tattlings of a Retired Politician.
He had seen so many lean years of faithful service when the enemy held the corner on all the official cribs that, now in the days of his party’s fatness and of his own righteous reward, the habit of good, honest hustling stuck to him, and he lined up an array of pulls and indorsements that made him swell with happiness every time he went over the list.
18.1893,— Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk”.
but if I have lost my crib and get nothing in exchange I shall feel what a soft Johnny I have been.
19.A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
20.(slang) One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out.
21.A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
22.(usually plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
These cribs are taken from a Google on “foobar”.
23.(obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
24.(cribbage): Short for the card game cribbage.
25.1913 D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers.
“May we play crib, Mrs. Radford?” he asked.
26.(cribbage): The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
27.1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Chapter 2.1.
“And that makes thirty-one; -- four in hand and eight in crib. -- You are to deal, ma’am; shall I deal for you?”
28.(cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
29.(New Zealand, southern) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
30.(Australia, New Zealand) A packed lunch taken to work.
[Synonyms]
- (holiday home): bach (New Zealand, northern)
[Verb]
crib (third-person singular simple present cribs, present participle cribbing, simple past and past participle cribbed)
1.(transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
2.(intransitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
I cribbed the recipe from the Food Network site, but made a few changes of my own.
3.(intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
4.(transitive, obsolete) To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of: petty thieving.
It was very easy, Briggs said, to make a galley-slave of a boy all the half-year, and then score him up idle; and to crib two dinners a-week out of his board, and then score him up greedy; but that wasn’t going to be submitted to, he believed, was it? — Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, 1848, Chapter 14.
5.(India) To complain, to grumble
6.1957, L.P.Hartley, “xi”, in Hireling, page 90:
She calls on the neighbours, she's out half the time and doesn't answer the telephone, and when I start cribbing she just laughs.
7.To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
8.Gauden
Who sought to make […] bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed.
9.(intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
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surreptitiously
[[English]]
ipa :/sʌrəpˈtɪʃəsli/[Adverb]
surreptitiously (comparative more surreptitiously, superlative most surreptitiously)
1.In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.
[Etymology]
From surreptitious + -ly.
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humidor
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- rhodium
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:HumidorWikipedia humidor (plural humidors)
1.A container designed to keep its contents at a constant humidity; especially such a box for storing cigars
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solidity
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- fluidity
- hollowness
- instability
- openness
- weakness
[Etymology]
From Latin soliditās
[Noun]
solidity (countable and uncountable; plural solidities)
1.The state or quality of being solid.
2.Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.
3.(geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
[Synonyms]
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- compactness
- consistency
- density
- fullness
- hardness
- massiveness
- solidness
- soundness
- strength
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19419
earned
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- earnt (UK, rare)
[Anagrams]
- endear, neared, readen
[Verb]
earned
1.Simple past tense and past participle of earn.
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habitually
[[English]]
[Adverb]
habitually (not comparable)
1.By habit; in a habitual manner.
He is habitually inattentive of time.
2.Occurring regularly or usually.
Professor Franklein is habitually pessimistic.
[Etymology]
habitual + -ly
[Synonyms]
- customarily
- usually
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19422
cartoonist
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- scortation
[Etymology]
cartoon + -ist
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:CartoonistWikipedia cartoonist (plural cartoonists)
1.(comics) Person who creates a cartoon or strip cartoons.
2.(comics) Person who both writes and illustrates comic books or graphic novels.
[Synonyms]
- comics artist , comic artist
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19424
tactless
[[English]]
[Adjective]
tactless (comparative more tactless, superlative most tactless)
1.having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings
It was tactless of you not to attend your sister's wedding.
[Antonyms]
- tactful
[Etymology]
tact + -less
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19430
bailiwick
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbeɪ.lɪ.wɪk/[Etymology]
From bailie ("bailiff") and wick ("dwelling"), from Old English wīc.
[Noun]
bailiwick (plural bailiwicks)
1.the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
The Bailiwick of Jersey.
2.a person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.
3.1961, Eleanor Roosevelt, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt:
I established the fairly well-understood pattern that affairs of state were not in my bailiwick.
[References]
- bailiwick in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- (area or subject of authority or involvement): domain, department, jurisdiction, sphere, territory, turf.
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2013/03/11 20:52
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19431
gumption
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈgʌmpʃən/[Noun]
gumption (uncountable)
1.Energy of mind and body, enthusiasm.
2.1974, Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, page 272:
A person filled with gumption doesn't sit around dissipating and stewing about things. He's at the front of the train of his own awareness, watching to see what's up the track and meeting it when it comes. That's gumption.
3.Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness, guts; spunk; initiative.
[Synonyms]
- gumph
- chutzpah
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19432
incredulity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪn.kɹəˈdjuːl.ɪ.ti/[Antonyms]
- credulity
[Etymology]
Attested since 1430. From Old French incredulité, from Latin incredulitas, from incredulus ("unbelieving") + -itas ("-ity")
[Noun]
incredulity (uncountable)
1.Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
2.1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, ch. 24:
Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.
3.(rare) Religious disbelief, lack of faith.
[Synonyms]
- incredulousness
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2013/03/11 21:36
19433
stipend
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈstʌɪpɛnd/[Etymology]
From Middle French stipende.
[Noun]
stipend (plural stipends)
1.a fixed payment, generally small and occurring at regular intervals; a modest allowance
My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.
[Synonyms]
- allowance
[Verb]
stipend (third-person singular simple present stipends, present participle stipending, simple past and past participle stipended)
1.(now rare) To provide (someone) with a stipend.
2.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 122:
As well as enjoying links in the royal court, he was said to stipend some 200 individuals in the city of Paris to spread favourable news stories about himself.
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2013/03/11 21:47
19434
incompetent
[[English]]
[Adjective]
incompetent
1.Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability, Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal Project like see ombudsmans report.
Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
2.Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
[Noun]
incompetent (plural incompetents)
1.A person who is incompetent.
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2013/03/12 05:14
19435
depressing
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ(g)/[Adjective]
depressing (comparative more depressing, superlative most depressing)
1.Causing depression or sadness.
The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.
[Verb]
depressing
1.Present participle of depress.
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2013/03/12 07:40
19436
depress
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈprɛs/[Anagrams]
- pressed
[Etymology]
From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin depressus, perfect participle of dēprimō ("to press down"), from de ("down") + premere ("to press").
[Synonyms]
- downbear
[Verb]
depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)
1.To press down on
Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
2.To make depressed, sad or bored.
Winter depresses me.
3.To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
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2013/03/12 07:40
19441
PV
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
PV
1.(metrology) Symbol for the petavolt, an SI unit of electromotive force equal to 1015 volts.
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- VP
[Initialism]
PV
1.probation violation
[[French]]
[Abbreviation]
PV m
1.(law) Abbreviation of procès-verbal
[[German]]
[Abbreviation]
PV
1.(apartment listing) Abbreviation of Provision
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
PV
1.promotional video
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2013/03/12 14:00
19442
senci
[[Latvian]]
[Noun]
senci m
1.vocative singular form of sencis
2.accusative singular form of sencis
3.instrumental singular form of sencissenci f
1.accusative singular form of sence
2.instrumental singular form of sence
[[Lojban]]
ipa :/ˈsenʃi/[Etymology]
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: penti — 噴嚏 (喷嚏) [pēn tì]
- English: sniz — sneeze
- Hindi: cik — छींक [chīṅka]
- Russian: cix — чихать [čihatʹ]
[Gismu]
senci (rafsi sec)
1.sneeze; x1 sneezes (intransitive verb).
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