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36902 Lieu [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - euil, liue [Etymology] editAs a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”). [Further reading] edit - Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lieu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN [Proper noun] editLieu (plural Lieus) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Lieu is the 9045th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3612 individuals. Lieu is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.1%) individuals. 0 0 2017/09/26 14:36 2021/10/19 09:12 TaN
36904 would-be [[English]] [Adjective] editwould-be (not comparable) 1.Attempting or desiring something. Would-be marines have to get through a rigorous examination. 2.2019 May 9, Edward Helmore, “Anna Sorokin: fake German heiress sentenced to up to 12 years in prison”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Sorokin, a would-be art collector, planned to open a members-only arts club but became known as the “Soho grifter” after her deception upon New York’s glitzy social scene came to light. 3.Unfulfilled; frustrated in realizing a goal, ambition, etc. Would-be film stars often become waitresses. 4.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 27: It was not till the rays of the sun had absorbed the young stranger's retreating figure on the hill that she shook off her temporary sadness and answered her would-be partner in the affirmative. [Noun] editwould-be (plural would-bes) 1.One who aspires to something. Synonym: wannabe 2.1912, Elbert Hubbard, Hollyhocks and Goldenglow The would-bes are very sure that the managers have it in for them; just as most young writers regard publishers as being in conspiracy against budding genius. 0 0 2019/11/20 16:42 2021/10/19 09:13 TaN
36911 supervillain [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - super-villain [Antonyms] edit - superhero [Etymology] editsuper- +‎ villain [Noun] editsupervillain (plural supervillains) 1.A fantasy-fiction criminal or evil-doer, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature who can present a credible challenge for a superhero. 0 0 2021/10/19 09:15 TaN
36912 nemeses [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Messene [Noun] editnemeses 1.plural of nemesis [[Latin]] [Noun] editnemesēs 1.nominative plural of nemesis 2.accusative plural of nemesis 3.vocative plural of nemesis 0 0 2021/10/19 09:15 TaN
36913 nemesis [[English]] ipa :/ˈnɛməsɪs/[Anagrams] edit - Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens [Etymology] editFrom the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis. [Noun] editnemesis (plural nemeses) 1.(chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy Batman is in constant conflict with his nemesis, The Joker. 2.(chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character. 3.The principle of retributive justice. 4.(usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided. 5.The polar opposite of a character. 6.A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈne.me.sis/[Noun] editnemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemeseōs or nemesios); third declension 1.nemesis 0 0 2021/10/19 09:16 TaN
36914 Nemesis [[English]] ipa :/ˈnɛməsɪs/[Anagrams] edit - Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”). [Further reading] edit - Nemesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - 128 Nemesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Nemesis (hypothetical star) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Proper noun] editNemesis 1.(Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution. Coordinate term: Invidia 2.(astronomy) 128 Nemesis, a main belt asteroid. 3.(astronomy) A hypothetical star postulated to be orbiting the Sun to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record. [[German]] [Proper noun] editNemesis f (genitive Nemesis) 1.(Greek mythology) Nemesis [[Latin]] [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis). [Proper noun] editNemesis f sg (genitive Nemesis or Nemeseōs); third declension 1.Nemesis 0 0 2021/10/19 09:16 TaN
36916 arms [[English]] ipa :/ɑɹmz/[Anagrams] edit - ASMR, ASRM, M.R.A.S., MARS, MRAs, MRSA, MSAR, Mars, Masr, RAMs, Rams, SARM, SRAM, mars, mas'r, rams, rasm [Etymology 1] editSee arm. [Etymology 2] edit [[Afrikaans]] [Noun] editarms 1.plural of arm [[Danish]] [Noun] editarms c 1.indefinite genitive singular of arm [[Gothic]] [Romanization] editarms 1.Romanization of 𐌰̼͂̓ [[Icelandic]] [Noun] editarms 1.indefinite genitive singular of armur [[Swedish]] [Anagrams] edit - Mars, mars, rams [Noun] editarms 1.indefinite genitive singular of arm 0 0 2017/07/05 02:52 2021/10/19 09:17
36917 arms race [[English]] [Noun] editarms race (plural arms races) 1.A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology. 2.(figuratively) Any similar competition that involves competing developments. 3.2006, R.M. Kilner, “The evolution of egg colour and patterning in birds”, in Biological Reviews, volume 81, page 389, column 1: The cost of parasitism has provoked an evolutionary arms race between parasite and host, in which hosts evolve defences to avoid becoming victimized and parasites counterattack by evolving strategies to outwit their hosts. 0 0 2021/10/19 09:17 TaN
36918 race [[English]] ipa :/ɹeɪs/[Anagrams] edit - -care, Acre, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, acer, acre, care, e-car [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English race, from Old Norse rás (“a running, race”), from Proto-Germanic *rēsō (“a course”), from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁s- (“to flow, rush”). Akin to Old English rǣs (“a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset”), Middle Low German râs (“a strong current”), Dutch ras (“a strong whirling current”). Compare Danish ræs, Norwegian and Swedish ras, Norwegian rås. [Etymology 2] edit1560s, via Middle French race from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin.theories - Diez and some other scholars suggest derivation from Proto-Germanic *raitō (whence Old High German reiza (“line”) and Old Norse ríta (“to score, log, outline”)), perhaps via Lombardic *raiza (“line”), which Körting notes is a literal rendering of Latin linea sanguinis (“bloodline of descent”).[1] Anatoly Liberman says "the semantic fit is good" but the chronology falters; he says the Germanic word went out of use before the Italian word arose, and he says the intermediary is not attested.[2] - Some scholars suggest derivation from Old Spanish raza, rasa, from earlier ras, res (“head of cattle”), from Arabic رَأْس‎ (raʾs, “head”), but Italian razza predates the Spanish word according to Diez and Meyer-Lübke.[3][1] - Meyer-Lübke suggested Latin generatio as the root; Körting says "the disappearance of two initial syllables hardly seems credible", but Meyer-Lübke notes the Venetian form narazza and the Old Bellunesian form naraccia, positing that after the first syllable ge- was lost, the remaining (una) narazza came to be reanalysed as una razza.[1] - Gianfranco Contini suggests the Italian word comes from Old French haraz (“troop of horses”),[4] whence Modern French haras (“breeding farm for horses; stud farm”), from Old Norse hárr (“grey-haired; hoary”). Liberman considers this derivation the most likely.[2] - Other suggested Latin etyma: - radius (perhaps via Vulgar Latin *radia) (per Baist).[1] - radix (“root”) (per Ulrich);[1] Liberman says "the semantic match is excellent", and race (“rhizome of ginger”) (which definitely derives from radix) shows that the phonology is plausible.[2] - *raptiare (“breed falcons”) (per Körting).[1][2] - The nominative of ratio (perhaps via an unattested intermediate form *razzo), as opposed to ragione which derives from the accusative rationem.Other implausible suggestions include Slavic raz[2][1] and Basque arraca, supposedly meaning "stud animal"[2] (Basque arrazza, "race", derives from Spanish). [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle French [Term?], from Latin radix. [Etymology 4] edit [References] edit - race at OneLook Dictionary Search - race in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - race in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - Diez, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der romanischen Sprachen, "Razza." 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Eric Voegelin, The History of the Race Idea: From Ray to Carus, volume 3 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Anatoly Liberman, The Oxford Etymologist Looks at Race, Class and Sex (but not Gender), or, Beating a Willing Horse 3. ^ Diez, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der romanischen Sprachen, "Razza." 4. ^ Giacomo Devoto, Avviamento all'etimologia italiana, Mondadori [[Danish]] ipa :[ˈʁɑːsə][Etymology 1] editBorrowed from French race, from Italian razza. [Etymology 2] editBorrowed from English race. [Etymology 3] editBorrowed from English race. [Further reading] edit - race on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da [[Dutch]] ipa :/reːs/[Etymology 1] editBorrowed from English race. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[French]] ipa :/ʁas/[Anagrams] edit - acre, âcre, care, caré, créa, racé [Etymology] editAs Middle French rasse "entirety of ancestors and descendants of the same family or people", from ca. 1480,spelling Middle French race recorded in 1549, from Italian razza (13th century), of uncertain origin (more at razza). [Further reading] edit - “race” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editrace f (plural races) 1.race (classification) 2.kind Synonym: espèce 3.(zoology) breed [References] edit - “race” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Middle French]] [Etymology] edit16th century (spelling rasse from 1480), from Italian razza (early 14th century), of uncertain origin. [Noun] editrace f (plural races) 1.race; breed 2.1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 11: Je le doy plus à ma fortune qu’à ma raison : Elle m’a faict naistre d’une race fameuse en preud’hommie, et d’un tres-bon pere I owe more to my luck than to my intelligence. It was luck that meant I was born into a race famous for its gentlemanliness, and to a very good father [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈra.t͡sɛ/[Noun] editrace f 1.nominative/accusative/vocative plural of raca [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editFrom English race. [Noun] editrace n 1.race (competition) [References] edit - race in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) - race in Svensk ordbok (SO) 0 0 2021/10/19 09:17 TaN
36919 Race [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - -care, Acre, CERA, Care, Cera, Crea, acer, acre, care, e-car [Proper noun] editRace (plural Races) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Race is the 6632nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5108 individuals. Race is most common among White (92.19%) individuals. 0 0 2021/10/19 09:17 TaN
36920 wag [[English]] ipa :/wæɡ/[Anagrams] edit - AGW, AWG, GWA, Gaw, WGA, gaw [Etymology] editFrom Middle English waggen, probably from Old English wagian (“to wag, wave, shake”) with reinforcement from Old Norse vaga (“to wag, waddle”); both from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to wag”). Related to English way.The verb may be regarded as an iterative or emphatic form of waw (verb), which is often nearly synonymous; it was used, e.g., of a loose tooth. Parallel formations from the same root are the Old Norse vagga feminine, cradle (Swedish vagga, Danish vugge), Swedish vagga (“to rock a cradle”), Dutch wagen (“to move”), early modern German waggen (dialectal German wacken) to waver, totter. Compare waggle, verb [Noun] editwag (plural wags) 1.An oscillating movement. The wag of my dog's tail expresses happiness. 2.A witty person. 3.1922, Robert C. Benchley, chapter XXII, in Love Conquers All, Henry Holt & Company, page 111: “A nice, juicy steak,” he is said to have called for, “French fries, apple pie and a cup of coffee.” It is probable that he really said “a coff of cuppee,” however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king. 4.2019 December 8, Jason Farago, “A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana”, in The New York Times‎[1], ISSN 0362-4331: By Wednesday it had already won art-world notoriety, and on Saturday it achieved a public visibility that any artist would envy, after a self-promoting wag tore the banana off the wall and gobbled it up. 5.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 70: Many people can't work from home - as one wag observed: "Well, I would, but the wife doesn't like me laying tarmac in the front room!" [References] edit - The Oxford English Dictionary, (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, Accessed 23 Feb. 2006. - Jonathon Green, "wag," The Cassell Dictionary of Slang, (1998) p. 1257. [Verb] editwag (third-person singular simple present wags, present participle wagging, simple past and past participle wagged) 1.To swing from side to side, such as of an animal's tail, or someone's head, to express disagreement or disbelief. 2.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]: No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Bible Jeremiah:18–16: Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. 4. 5.(Britain, Australia, slang) To play truant from school. 6.1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, xxii "My misfortunes all began in wagging, Sir; but what could I do, exceptin' wag?" "Excepting what?" said Mr. Carker. "Wag, Sir. Wagging from school." "Do you mean pretending to go there, and not going?" said Mr. Carker. "Yes, Sir, that's wagging, Sir." 7.1901, William Sylvester Walker, In the Blood, i. 13 They had "wagged it" from school, as they termed it, which..meant truancy in all its forms. 8.2005, Arctic Monkeys, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, “Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts”: […] she wagged English and Science just to go in his car […] 9.(obsolete) To be in action or motion; to move; progress. 10.1623, William Shakespeare, As You Like It Act II "Thus we may see," quoth he, "how the world wags." 11.(obsolete) To go; to depart. 12.1623, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor: I will provoke him to 't, or let him wag. [[Afrikaans]] ipa :/vaχ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Dutch wacht, from Middle Dutch wachte, from Old Dutch wahta (“watch, sentry, guard”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“watch, vigil”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Dutch wachten, from Middle Dutch wachten (“to watch, guard, keep watch, wait”), from Old Dutch *wahton, derived from wahta. [[German]] ipa :/vaːk/[Verb] editwag 1.singular imperative of wagen 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of wagen [[Middle English]] [Noun] editwag 1.Alternative form of wage [[Old English]] ipa :/wɑːɡ/[Alternative forms] edit - wāh [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *waigaz. [Noun] editwāg m 1.wall (of a building or a house) [[Old Saxon]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *wēgaz. [Noun] editwāg m 1.wave 2.flood [References] edit - "wāg" in Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014) [[Polish]] ipa :/vak/[Noun] editwag f 1.genitive plural of waga 0 0 2021/01/26 10:02 2021/10/19 09:17 TaN
36921 thwarted [[English]] [Verb] editthwarted 1.simple past tense and past participle of thwart 0 0 2021/10/19 09:17 TaN
36926 unsightly [[English]] ipa :/ʌnˈsaɪtli/[Adjective] editunsightly (comparative more unsightly, superlative most unsightly) 1.Displeasing to the eye. 2.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252: For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive. [Antonyms] edit - beautiful - sightly [Etymology] editFrom un- +‎ sightly. [Further reading] edit - unsightly at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit - disgusting - ugly 0 0 2021/10/19 09:24 TaN
36929 trickery [[English]] ipa :/tɹɪ.kə.ɹi/[Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Old French tricherie?”) [Noun] edittrickery (countable and uncountable, plural trickeries) 1.(uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior. 2.1852, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House: In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good. 3.(uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture. 4.(uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems. 5.2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline. 6.(countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc. 7.1809, Washington Irving, chapter 47, in Knickerbocker's History of New York: [H]e did not wrap his rugged subject in silks and ermines, and other sickly trickeries of phrase. 8.1898, Bret Harte, "See UP" in Stories in Light and Shadow: The miners found diversions even in his alleged frauds and trickeries . . . and were fond of relating with great gusto his evasion of the Foreign Miners' Tax. [References] edit - trickery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Synonyms] edit - See Thesaurus:deception 0 0 2021/10/19 09:28 TaN
36930 soundbars [[English]] [Noun] editsoundbars 1.plural of soundbar 0 0 2021/10/19 09:28 TaN
36932 persuasion [[English]] ipa :/pəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n/[Alternative forms] edit - perswasion (obsolete) [Antonyms] edit - dissuasion [Etymology] editFrom French persuasion and its source, Latin persuāsiō, from persuādēre, from suādēre (“to advise, recommend”). [Noun] editpersuasion (countable and uncountable, plural persuasions) 1.The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. [from 14th c.] 2.2006, Rachel Morris, "Borderline Catastrophe", Washington Monthly, vol. 38:10: With the base unleashed, the White House was unable to broker a compromise, either by persuasion or by pressure. 3.An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone. [from 14th c.] 4.1928, "The New Pictures", Time, 13 Feb 1928: Sadie curses, weeps, then, infected by Mr. Hamilton's writhing persuasions, prays and becomes penitent. 5.A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief. [from 16th c.] It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned. 6.2010, "We don't need gay stereotypes", The Guardian, 6 Feb 2010: Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions. 7.One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness. [from 16th c.] 8.A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology. [from 17th c.] 9.2009, US Catholic (letter), May 2009: As a convert from the Baptist persuasion more than 40 years ago, I still feel like an outsider in the church despite the kindness and acceptance of Catholic friends. 10.(by extension, often humorous) Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature. 11.1871 February 14, J.J., "More Solution", Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star, page 105. Let us pray that the next generation be all of the male persuasion. 12.1890, The Illustrated American‎[1], volume 4, page 308: To say that a woman is of the female persuasion was originally meant for a joke. As such it might pass — once. You might, indeed, refuse to smile; still, you wouldn't feel like invoking the law. But the constant and persistent use of this unfunny bit of fun has frown to be something of a public calamity. It is matter or congratulation, however, that such linguistic lese-majesty is far more common in England than in America. 13.1919, Pere Marquette Magazine, Vol. 11, page 19. AND turning for tor the moment from National to local affairs, we note there is a chimpanzee of the female persuasion out at Lincoln Park, of whom it is said that she can do everything but talk. 14.1967, Taxes. The Tax Magazine, vol. 45, issue 2, page 698. This plainly implies that an equine animal either is of the feminine gender or is of the neuter persuasion. 15.1984, The Medical Journal of Australia, page 739. Being a discussion between a Swede and an Australian of the medical persuasion, conversation turned to Pehr Edman who, as a Swedish expatriate, spent many years in Australia heading up the School of Medical Research at St Vincent's Hospital. 16.2005, Lawrence Thomason, All the Sparks Fly Up!‎[2], page 78: The moonlight was bright this night; playing the part of a miniature sun as it reflected off the white faces of the Caucasian troops, but failing to reveal those of the darker persuasion. "One thing, Charlie can see them better than he can see me." 17.2015, Leslie Kelly, No More Bad Girls, in New Year's Resolution: Romance!: Say Yes\No More Bad Girls\Just a Fling, Harlequin, page 125. She searched for something to say, something other than, So will this New Year's kiss be of the French persuasion?, and then found herself mumbling, “Vive la France.” [[French]] ipa :/pɛʁ.sɥa.zjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Latin persuasio, from persuadere, from suadere (“to advise, recommend”). [Further reading] edit - “persuasion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editpersuasion f (plural persuasions) 1.persuasion 0 0 2012/04/30 18:59 2021/10/19 09:29
36933 subpar [[English]] [Adjective] editsubpar (not comparable) 1.Of less than a traditional or accepted standard Bob's grasp of English was subpar. 2.(golf) below par 3.(finance) Trading a price below face value. [Anagrams] edit - upbars [Antonyms] edit - up to par [Etymology] editsub- +‎ par 0 0 2021/07/01 18:40 2021/10/19 09:29 TaN
36936 journalist [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒɝnəlɪst/[Etymology] editFrom journal +‎ -ist. [Noun] editjournalist (plural journalists) 1.(originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly. 2.One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press. 3.A reporter, who professionally does living reporting on news and current events. 4.2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848: British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 5.2019, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “At Least 150 Detainees Have Died in One Xinjiang Internment Camp: Police Officer”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia‎[1]: A staff member of the Kuchar County Judiciary told RFA that he did not have the authority “to answer political questions of this magnitude,” when asked whether 150 people had died in No. 1 Camp, and whether the number included any government officials or other employees. “We have a county-wide directive—firstly, to never provide answers to pretend journalists, and secondly, to never take phone calls of unknown origin,” he said. [[Danish]] [Etymology] editjournal +‎ -ist [Noun] editjournalist c (singular definite journalisten, plural indefinite journalister) 1.(journalism) a journalist, a reporter (reporter on a newspaper) [[Dutch]] ipa :/ʒuːrnaːˈlɪst/[Etymology] editFrom journaal +‎ -ist. [Noun] editjournalist m (plural journalisten, diminutive journalistje n) 1.press journalist [Synonyms] edit - reporter - verslaggever [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Noun] editjournalist m (definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalister, definite plural journalistene) 1.a journalist [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/ʃurnalist/[Noun] editjournalist m (definite singular journalisten, indefinite plural journalistar, definite plural journalistane) 1.journalist [[Swedish]] ipa :/ɧʊrnaˈlɪst/[Etymology] editjournal +‎ -ist [Noun] editjournalist c 1.a journalist [References] edit - journalist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) 0 0 2018/06/12 09:22 2021/10/19 09:30 TaN
36937 inferior [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/[Adjective] editinferior (comparative more inferior, superlative most inferior) 1.Lower in rank, status, or quality. Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades. The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents. 2.1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415: Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge. 1.Of low rank, standard or quality. an inferior officer 2.(law) (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court. 3.(economics) Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.Located below: 1.(anatomy) Situated below another and especially another similar superior part of an upright body. 2.(zoology) Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body. 3.(botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx. 4.(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract. Synonym: anterior 5.(typography) Printed in subscript. an inferior figure or letter 6.(astronomy) Below the horizon. the inferior part of a meridian(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is. the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus [Alternative forms] edit - inferiour (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - fire iron, fireiron [Antonyms] edit - superior [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”). [Noun] editinferior (plural inferiors) 1.A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another. As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want. Antonym: superior 2.(printing) An inferior letter, figure, or symbol. [References] edit - “inferior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “inferior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. - inferior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - inferior at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:bad [[Catalan]] ipa :/im.fə.ɾiˈo/[Adjective] editinferior (masculine and feminine plural inferiors) 1.inferior 2.lower [Etymology] editFrom Latin īnferior. [Further reading] edit - “inferior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “inferior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “inferior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “inferior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[German]] [Adjective] editinferior (not comparable) 1.subordinate, secondary 2.(of people) inferior sich inferior fühlen ― to feel inferior 3.substandard, bad [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower, inferior”), the comparative of īnferus (“low, nether, underground”). [Further reading] edit - “inferior” in Duden online [[Latin]] ipa :/inˈfe.ri.or/[Adjective] editīnferior (neuter īnferius, positive īnferus); third declension 1.comparative degree of īnferus, lower in situation or place: 1.Subsequent, later, latter in time or succession. 2.Inferior in quality, rank, or number. [References] edit - inferior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - inferior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - inferior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. - later writers: scriptores aetate posteriores or inferiores - to gain a weak case by clever pleading: causam inferiorem dicendo reddere superiorem (λόγον κρείττω ποιειν) (Brut. 8. 30) - to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere - to come off victorious: superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere [[Occitan]] [Adjective] editinferior m (feminine singular inferiora, masculine plural inferiors, feminine plural inferioras) 1.inferior 2.lower [Etymology] editFrom Latin īnferior. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ĩ.fɨˈɾjoɾ/[Adjective] editinferior m or f (plural inferiores, comparable) 1.inferior Antonym: superior [Etymology] editFrom Latin inferior. [[Romanian]] ipa :/ˌin.fe.riˈor/[Adjective] editinferior m or n (feminine singular inferioară, masculine plural inferiori, feminine and neuter plural inferioare) 1.inferior [Antonyms] edit - superior [Etymology] editFrom French inférieur, from Latin inferior. [[Spanish]] ipa :/infeˈɾjoɾ/[Adjective] editinferior (plural inferiores) 1.inferior (of lower quality) 2.inferior (of lower rank) 3.inferior (below) [Antonyms] edit - superior [Etymology] editFrom Latin inferior. [Further reading] edit - “inferior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2010/01/05 09:33 2021/10/19 09:30 TaN
36938 suck [[English]] ipa :/sʌk/[Anagrams] edit - cusk [Antonyms] edit - (to bring something into the mouth by inhaling): to blow - (to be poor at): to rock, to rule [Etymology] editFrom Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), Limburgish zuken, zoeken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), German saugen (“to suck”), Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sugō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak. [Noun] editsuck (countable and uncountable, plural sucks) 1.An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling. 2.2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261 Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.” 3.(uncountable) Milk drawn from the breast. 4.2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green (page 202) The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly. 5.(Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser. 6.1999, Hiromi Goto, “Drift”, in Ms., v 9, n 3, p 82–6: “Why're you bothering to take her anywhere? I can't stand traveling with her. You're such a suck,” her sister said. Waved her smoke. “No fucking way I'm going.” 7.2008, Beth Hitchcock, “Parenting Pair”, in Today's Parent, v 25, n 5, p 64: I used to think she was such a suck! She'd cry when I took to the ice, whether I skated well or badly. She'd cry when I left the house. 8.A sycophant, especially a child. 9.1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press, p 23: You are McGlade's suck. 10.(slang, dated) A short drink, especially a dram of spirits. 11.(vulgar) An act of fellatio. 12.2012, Alex Carreras, Cruising with Destiny, page 12 Nate exhaled a long, slow breath. What the hell was he thinking? He couldn't cruise the steam room looking for married men looking for a quick suck. He needed to shoot his load, but was he really that desperate? [Synonyms] edit - (crybaby): sook - (crybaby): sooky babyedit The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates {{syn|en|...}} or {{ant|en|...}}. - To draw - To attract - (7, 8 above) To blow - See also Thesaurus:give head [Verb] editsuck (third-person singular simple present sucks, present participle sucking, simple past and past participle sucked) 1.(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.] 2.(intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. [from 11th c.] 3.(transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. [from 11th c.] 4.(transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something. [from 14th c.] 5.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i: That she may sucke their life, and drinke their blood, / With which she from her childhood had bene fed. 6.(transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth. [from 14th c.] 7.(transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact. [from 17th c.] 8.(transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio. [from 20th c.] 9.(chiefly Canada, US, intransitive, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.] 10.1969 November 2, Sid Moody; Jules Loh, Richard Meyer, “The USS Pueblo: 22: Panmunjom: General Pak Had One Last Trump”, in Charlotte Observer‎[1], page H-25: Schumacher recalls Bucher had also written 'Communism sucks' on the underside of his table 11.1970 January 8, Hunter S. Thompson, “[letter to Steve Geller]”, in Fear and Loathing in America‎[2], New York: Simon & Schuster, published 2000, →ISBN, page 251: it has a few very high points . . . but as a novel, it sucks [[Swedish]] ipa :/sɵk/[Interjection] editsuck 1.sigh [Noun] editsuck c 1.sigh; a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration 0 0 2012/01/24 14:12 2021/10/19 09:31
36941 gremlin [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹɛm.lɪn/[Anagrams] edit - merling, mingler [Etymology] editPossibly from Middle English gremly (“terrible”) (compare Old English gremman, gremian (“to provoke; irritate; anger; vex”)) +‎ -lin, -ling; related to German grämen, Swedish gräma (“to grieve”). Compare goblin. [Noun] editgremlin (plural gremlins) 1.A mythical creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery. 2.(by extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief, or the problem created thereby. We rechecked everything, and we suspect gremlins in the database. Synonyms: bug, glitch, hitch 3.(surfing, slang) A young inexperienced surfer. Synonyms: gremmie, gremmy, grommet [References] edit - “gremlin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2021/10/19 09:32 TaN
36942 lapel [[English]] ipa :/ləˈpɛl/[Anagrams] edit - Pella, lepal [Etymology] editFrom lap +‎ -el (“diminutive suffix”). [Noun] editlapel (plural lapels) 1.Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between. 2.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326: His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ “Phil !  You !  Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow !” recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands. [[Volapük]] [Noun] editlapel (nominative plural lapels) 1.appeal 0 0 2020/11/13 18:54 2021/10/19 09:36 TaN
36943 brittle [[English]] ipa :/ˈbɹɪtl̩/[Adjective] editbrittle (comparative brittler or more brittle, superlative brittlest or most brittle) 1.Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure. Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron. A diamond is hard but brittle. 2.1951, Geoffrey Chaucer; Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 329: 'Do you suppose our convent, and I too, / Are insufficient, then, to pray for you? / Thomas, that joke's not good. Your faith is brittle. 3.Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending. Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste. 4.(archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked. 5.Emotionally fragile, easily offended. What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck. 6.(informal, proscribed)[1] Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level. [Anagrams] edit - blitter, triblet [Etymology] editFrom Middle English britel, brutel, brotel (“brittle”), from Old English *brytel, *bryttol (“brittle, fragile”, literally “prone to or tending to break”); equivalent to brit +‎ -le. [Noun] editbrittle (usually uncountable, plural brittles) 1.A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts. As a child, my favorite candy was peanut brittle. 2.(by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc. [References] edit 1. ^ Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Merck manual - brittle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [See also] edit - break, breakable - short (adjective) [Synonyms] edit - brickle 0 0 2021/06/17 10:42 2021/10/19 09:38 TaN
36944 edgy [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛdʒi/[Adjective] editedgy (comparative edgier, superlative edgiest) 1.Nervous, apprehensive. 2.(entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge. 3.(entertainment, advertising) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué. 4.(dated) Irritable. an edgy temper 5.(art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. 6.1821, William Hazlitt, Table-Talk: A sculptor's ideas must, I should guess, be somewhat rigid and inflexible, like the materials in which he works. Besides, Nollekens's style was comparatively hard and edgy. 7.(of a knife or blade) Sharp. 8.(slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass. 9.2013, Leonard Bell & Kapka Kassabova, Marti Friedlander, →ISBN: His cool, somewhat edgy look is directed back at the photographer, as if she was too close, perhaps had seen too much. 10.2014, S. K. Collins, Crooked G's, →ISBN, page 265: This former aspiring rapper-turned author brings out the heartfelt emotion in his writing from an edgy street-life perspective that leaves the reader begging for more. 11.2015, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia, →ISBN: The full bar adds to the edgy attitude of the place, which stays open until midnight on weekends. 12.2015, Mark Ribowsky, Whiskey Bottles and Brand-New Cars, →ISBN: The country part came in with their piquant nativist themes, an edgy, don't-fuck-with-me pose and attitude, a gnawing male chauvinism undercut by sentimentality for women, kin, and the Lord. 13.2016, C. Desir, Other Broken Things, →ISBN: From the author of Bleed Like Me, which Booklist called “edgy, dark, and turbulent with passion” comes another compelling and gritty novel about addiction and forbidden romance—starring a fearless, unforgettable heroine. 14.(Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others. 15.2012, David Brown (18 March 2012), Richard Bacon on the online abuse he’s suffered for two years, Radio Times (retrieved 2017-11-09; archived from the original 2015-03-21): “These trolls think they’re being satirical and brave because they’re putting these dangerous, edgy so-called jokes on there, but in reality it’s cowardly. It’s the antithesis of bravery because they rarely identify themselves or give away personal information. That’s not courage.” 16.2015, Ellen Pao (16 July 2015), Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao: The trolls are winning the battle for the Internet, Washington Post (retrieved 2017-11-09; archived from the original 2017-10-20): A large portion of the Internet audience enjoys edgy content and the behavior of the more extreme users; it wants to see the bad with the good, so it becomes harder to get rid of the ugly. But to attract more mainstream audiences and bring in the big-budget advertisers, you must hide or remove the ugly. 17.2017, Matthew Sheffield (27 April 2017), Trolling for a race war: neo-Nazis are trying to bait leftist “antifa” activists into violence—and radicalize white people, Salon (retrieved 2017-11-09; archived from the original 2017-09-04): At first, trolling was simply an apolitical form of amusement — web posting as performance art. The image board 4chan soon became its mecca. Over time, however, the trolls began moving from joking about racism to advocating it in their desire to become ever more edgy. Andrew Anglin, creator of the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer and a longtime troll before that, described the transformation process in a lengthy post on his blog: “The sentiments behind the jokes slowly became serious, as people realized they were based on fact," he wrote. "Non-ironic Nazism [began] masquerading as ironic Nazism.” 18.2017, Jay Hathaway (25 May 2017), Are fidget spinners white supremacist now?, Daily Dot (retrieved 2017-11-09; archived from the original 2017-09-29): Dank meme communities love making fun of fidget spinners, especially because spinners are associated with autistic kids, a favorite target for mockery in “edgy” online spaces like 4chan and Reddit. There, spinners are considered emblematic of everything that’s wrong with society, and they’re used as a metaphor for anything unlikeable. [Etymology] editFrom edge +‎ -y. Compare German eckig (“angular, edgy”). 0 0 2021/10/19 09:38 TaN
36945 philosophical [[English]] ipa :/ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪkl̩/[Adjective] editphilosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical) 1.Of, or pertaining to, philosophy. 2.Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful. 3.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine, His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities. 4.Detached, calm, stoic. 5.1911, Hector Hugh Munro, "The Schartz-Metterklume Method," She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference. [Alternative forms] edit - philosophicall (obsolete) - phylosophical (nonstandard) - phylosophicall (obsolete) [Antonyms] edit - nonphilosophical [Etymology] editFrom philosophy +‎ -ical, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”) [Further reading] edit - philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Synonyms] edit - philosophic 0 0 2021/10/19 10:27 TaN
36948 rack up [[English]] [Verb] editrack up (third-person singular simple present racks up, present participle racking up, simple past and past participle racked up) 1.(snooker, billiards, cue sports) to arrange in a rack At the start of the game, the referee racks up the red balls. 2.(idiomatic) to gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate Chelsea racked up another 3 points at home to Bolton. 3.2013, Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille (in The Guardian, 26 November 2013)[1] In between, Mesut Özil's penalty was saved and Arsenal racked up more chances than they would probably want to remember. 4.(idiomatic) to acquire, to gather together. By the age of 18, he had already racked up thousands of dollars in debt. 5.(idiomatic) to defeat severely, to thrash 0 0 2018/09/11 09:42 2021/10/19 10:37 TaN
36949 racked [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - arcked, carked, craked [Verb] editracked 1.simple past tense and past participle of rack 0 0 2021/08/06 09:21 2021/10/19 10:37 TaN
36951 capping [[English]] ipa :/ˈkapɪŋ/[Etymology] editFrom cap +‎ -ing. [Noun] editcapping (countable and uncountable, plural cappings) 1.The act of removing one's hat as a token of respect. 2.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821: I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men soever, but I give them as good and as many as they bring, except he be some servant of mine. 3.(geology) the leached upper part of a body or rock that still contains disseminated sulphide mineral deposit. 4.The process of covering a borehole in order to seal an oil well. 5.The selling of a security etc. close to an expiry date. 6.(mathematics) The conversion of a polyhedron into a stellated polyhedron by raising a pyramid on each face. 7.(slang, from, African-American Vernacular) Lying or exaggerating. 8.(Internet slang) The recording of a television broadcast to one's computer. 9.(Internet slang) The method of capitalizing every other word in social media titling and tagging to improve readability over unmixed case. Example: #CAPPINGimprovesREADABILITY. [Verb] editcapping 1.present participle of cap 0 0 2021/05/11 08:33 2021/10/19 10:58 TaN
36953 iron [[English]] ipa :/ˈaɪ.ən/[Adjective] editiron (not comparable)English Wikipedia has an article on:Iron (metaphor)Wikipedia 1.(not comparable) Made of the metal iron. 2.(figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible. 3.1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 2, page 201: ...the fruit-garden, where every tree and walk had a remembrance—those iron links of affection. 4.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy: And it is symptomatic of the many paradoxes of Lederer's life that of all the people in the room, Brotherhood is the one whom he would most wish to serve, if ever he had the opportunity, even though — or perhaps because — his occasional efforts to ingratiate himself with his adopted hero have met with iron rebuff. She had an iron will. He held on with an iron grip. an iron constitution Iron men Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, brassbound [Anagrams] edit - Orin, RINO, Rion, inro, inrō, noir, nori, roin [Etymology] editFrom Middle English iren, from Old English īsern, īsærn, īren, īsen, from Proto-West Germanic *īsarn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną (“iron”), from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (“iron”), a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). [Further reading] edit - David Barthelmy (1997–2021), “Iron”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. - “iron”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021. [Noun] editiron (countable and uncountable, plural irons) 1. 2.(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. 3.(uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. 4.(uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron. wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron 5.(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus. 6.(usually plural, irons) Shackles. 7.(slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun. 8.1948, Treasure of the Sierra Madre Ah, throw that old iron over here! We'll pick it up and go on our way. 9.1959, Marty Robbins (lyrics and music), “Big Iron”: the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip 10.(uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver. 11.(Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive) A male homosexual. 12.(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots. 13.1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron opened out quite a new field of practice; […] 14. 15. (uncountable, figuratively) Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material. a will of iron He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron. 16.(weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training. He lifts iron on the weekends. 17.(countable, astronomy, geology) A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material. Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites. 18.A safety curtain in a theatre. 19.(military, slang) Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems. [See also] editSee also - cementite - colcothar - ferrate - ferratin - ferredoxin - ferretto - ferrimagnetism - ferrite - ferritin - ferronerie - ferronnerie - ferronière - ferronnière - Flores martis - haem - heme - haematite - hematite - haemochromatosis - hemochromatosis - magnetite - molysite - nife - Prussian blue - rust - steel - synthetic maghemite - wustite - wüstite [Synonyms] edit - (metallic chemical element): ferrum - (tool for pressing clothing): flatiron (old-fashioned), smoothing iron (old-fashioned), clothes iron - (shackles): shackles - (homosexual): poof, queer - (strength or power): energy, forceedit - (to pass an iron over): press [Verb] editiron (third-person singular simple present irons, present participle ironing, simple past and past participle ironed) 1.(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases. 2.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 30: Out of that tub had come the day before - Tess felt it with a dreadful sting of remorse - the very white frock upon her back which she had so carelessly greened about the skirt on the damping grass - which had been wrung up and ironed by her mother's own hands. 3.(transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. 4.1814, Walter Scott, Waverley: [...] is it he who is ironed like a malefactor—who is to be dragged on a hurdle to the common gallows—to die a lingering and cruel death, and to be mangled by the hand of the most outcast of wretches? 5.(transitive) To furnish or arm with iron. to iron a wagon [[Esperanto]] [Noun] editiron 1.accusative singular of iro [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editiron 1.Rōmaji transcription of いろん 0 0 2012/08/09 19:00 2021/10/19 16:33
36954 iron ore [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - iron-ore - ironore (rare) [Noun] editiron ore (countable and uncountable, plural iron ores) 1.(mining) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted. 0 0 2021/05/27 18:28 2021/10/19 16:33 TaN
36955 condensate [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɒndənseɪt/[Adjective] editcondensate (comparative more condensate, superlative most condensate) 1.(obsolete) Made dense; condensed. 2.1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman Water […] thickened or condensate.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. (See the entry for condensate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) [Etymology] editMorphologically condense +‎ -ate. [Noun] editcondensate (plural condensates) 1.(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam. 2.(chemistry) The product of a condensation reaction. 3.(physics) Any of various condensed quantum states. [Verb] editcondensate (third-person singular simple present condensates, present participle condensating, simple past and past participle condensated) 1.(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To condense. 2.a. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon As they say a little critical learning makes one proud; if there were more it would condensate and compact itself into less room [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - ascondente, nascondete, secondante, standocene [Verb] editcondensate 1.inflection of condensare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of condensato [[Latin]] [Verb] editcondēnsāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of condēnsō 0 0 2021/10/19 16:39 TaN
36956 parallelism [[English]] ipa :/ˈpaɹəlɛlɪz(ə)m/[Etymology] editFrom parallel +‎ -ism and from Late Latin parallelismus. [Noun] editparallelism (countable and uncountable, plural parallelisms) 1.The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character. 2.The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy. 3.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29: Plutarch (c. AD 46-120), in his Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, traced a parallelism between the most eminent men of the two countries. 4.A parallel position; the relation of parallels. 5.(rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect. 6.(philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind. 7.(law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so. 8.(biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor. 9.(computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time. [References] edit - parallelism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - parallelism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Parallelism" by J. J. Rolbiecki, p. 225. 0 0 2010/06/02 00:13 2021/10/19 16:49
36960 IMDb [[English]] [Further reading] edit - Internet Movie Database [Proper noun] editIMDb 1.(initialism) The Internet Movie Database, a website that documents movies and television shows. 0 0 2021/07/13 08:08 2021/10/19 21:21 TaN
36962 bad faith [[English]] [Etymology] editSense 3 is a semantic loan from French mauvaise foi, coined by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. [Noun] editbad faith (uncountable) 1.(law) Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold). 2.(law) A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit. This has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies. 3.(philosophy) The existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will. [References] edit - Bad faith on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Bad faith (existentialism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - "Bad Faith" Defined (The 'Lectric Law Library) [Synonyms] edit - Punic faith 0 0 2021/10/20 08:27 TaN
36965 misrepresentation [[English]] ipa :/mɪsˌɹɛpɹɨzɛnˈteɪʃən/[Anagrams] edit - representationism [Etymology] editmis- +‎ representation or misrepresent +‎ -ation [Noun] editmisrepresentation (countable and uncountable, plural misrepresentations) 1.Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as, to injure one's character by misrepresentations. 2.Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation. 3.In map-making, faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles. [References] edit - misrepresentation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. 0 0 2021/10/20 08:35 TaN
36967 serially [[English]] [Adverb] editserially (not comparable) 1.In series, one after the other, as opposed to in parallel. [Etymology] editserial +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/10/20 08:36 TaN
36973 back burner [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - back-burner, backburner [Noun] editback burner (plural back burners) 1.(countable) A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others. Antonym: front burner 2.2005, David Rosenwasser, Jill Stephen, Writing Analytically, Cengage Learning (→ISBN), page 38: In restaurants, the back burner is the place that chefs leave their sauces and soup stocks to simmer while they are engaged in other, more immediately pressing, and faster operations on the front burners. 3.2008, Frances E. Ruffin, Kitchen Smarts, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc (→ISBN), page 33: Also, avoid reaching across a lit burner in the front of the stove to stir a pot on a back burner. Turn the front burner off while you tend to food on a back burner. 4.(figuratively, uncountable) A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance. We'll put next year's Christmas party on the back burner until we deal with the current financial crisis. 5.2006, Guy Lawson, William Oldham, The Brotherhoods, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN) I kept cases on the back burner for years—just thinking about them, playing them out in my head, waiting for the time to work it, or a lucky break. 6.2006, Denise Richardson, Give Me Back My Credit!, Infinity Publishing (→ISBN), page 179: I made myself push those issues to the back burner after completing another dispute form. 0 0 2021/10/20 09:18 TaN
36974 back-burner [[English]] [Adjective] editback-burner (comparative more back-burner, superlative most back-burner) 1.(idiomatic) Having low urgency; not currently important. [Verb] editback-burner (third-person singular simple present back-burners, present participle back-burnering, simple past and past participle back-burnered) 1.Alternative form of backburner 2.2008, Linda Fairstein, Killer Heat, page 191: Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved. 0 0 2021/10/20 09:18 TaN
36977 dote [[English]] ipa :/dəʊt/[Alternative forms] edit - doat (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - tode, toed [Etymology] editFrom Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”) or Middle Dutch doten (“to be silly”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English). [Noun] editdote (plural dotes) 1.(Ireland) A darling, a cutie. 2.1922, Joyce, James, Ulysses, episode 13: But to be sure baby was as good as gold, a perfect little dote in his new fancy bib. 3.(obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard. (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?) [Synonyms] edit - (dotard): dobby, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard [Verb] editdote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted) 1.(intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. Synonyms: adore, love Little Bill's parents just keep doting on him. 2.(intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile. 3.1697, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432: Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. 4.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567: , "Ill-disposed Affections […] " He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. [[French]] ipa :/dɔt/[Verb] editdote 1.first-person singular present indicative of doter 2.third-person singular present indicative of doter 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of doter 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of doter 5.second-person singular imperative of doter [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈdɔ.te/[Etymology] editFrom Latin dōs, dotem. [Noun] editdote f (plural doti) 1.(law) dowry, dower 2.gift (2), talent (3) [[Latin]] [Noun] editdōte 1.ablative singular of dōs [References] edit - dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈdɔːt(ə)/[Etymology 1] editA back-formation from doten. [Etymology 2] edit [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin dos [Noun] editdote m (plural dotes) 1.foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity) 2.dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage) [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈdote/[Etymology] editFrom Latin dōs (genitive singular dōtis). Doublet of dosis. [Further reading] edit - “dote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editdote f (plural dotes) 1.dowry 2.talent [Verb] editdote 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dotar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dotar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dotar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dotar. [[Venetian]] [Noun] editdote 1.plural of dota 0 0 2013/03/10 17:22 2021/10/20 09:19
36984 grassroots [[English]] [Adjective] editgrassroots 1.Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots. Antonym: grass tops [Alternative forms] edit - grass-roots, grassroot 0 0 2021/08/02 10:44 2021/10/20 09:23 TaN
36991 constituent [[English]] ipa :/kənˈstɪtjuənt/[Adjective] editconstituent (not comparable) 1.being a part, or component of a whole 2.1695, John Dryden, transl., Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy: Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. 3.authorized to make a constitution 4.1769, Junius, letter on 19 December, 1769, (part of Letters of Junius) A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. [Etymology] editFrom Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”); see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute. [Further reading] edit - constituent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - constituent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Noun] editconstituent (plural constituents) 1.A part, or component of a whole 2.1865, John Tyndall, The Constitution of the Universe (1869), page 11 We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. 3.A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs 4.1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes. 5.A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official. 6.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 25, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323: To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. 7.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎[1]: But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online. 8.A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause. 9.(law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?) 10.(grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause 11.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 65: Thus, the postulation of a Noun Phrase constituent is justified on morphological grounds, since it is not obvious how we could describe the grammar of the genitive s inflection in English without saying that it's a Noun Phrase inflection. [[Catalan]] ipa :/kons.ti.tuˈent/[Adjective] editconstituent (masculine and feminine plural constituents) 1.constituent (being a part of a whole) [Etymology] editFrom Latin constituens. [Further reading] edit - “constituent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[French]] ipa :/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/[Verb] editconstituent 1.third-person plural present/subjunctive of constituer [[Latin]] ipa :/konˈsti.tu.ent/[Verb] editcōnstituent 1.third-person plural future active indicative of cōnstituō [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French constituant [Noun] editconstituent n (plural constituenți) 1.constituent 0 0 2021/09/15 09:07 2021/10/20 09:25 TaN
36998 stood [[English]] ipa :/stʊd/[Anagrams] edit - doots, to-dos, todos [Etymology] editFrom Middle English stod, from Old English stōd, from Proto-Germanic *stōþ, *stōd-, past tense of *standaną (“to stand”). [Verb] editstood 1.simple past tense and past participle of stand This morning a bloke stood next to me wearing nothing but sandals. 2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp: At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook. 0 0 2021/10/20 09:26 TaN
37004 rededicate [[English]] [Etymology] editre- +‎ dedicate [Verb] editrededicate (third-person singular simple present rededicates, present participle rededicating, simple past and past participle rededicated) 1.(transitive) To dedicate again. 2.2011, Amber K, How to Become a Witch: The Path of Nature, Spirit & Magick, page 44: It's a good time to clean out your house and your life—to refresh, renew, and rededicate yourself. 0 0 2021/10/20 09:30 2021/10/20 09:30 TaN
37008 epitomize [[English]] ipa :/əˈpɪt.əˌmaɪz/[Alternative forms] edit - epitomise [Etymology] editepitome +‎ -ize [Synonyms] edit - sum up [Verb] editepitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized) 1.To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense. 2.To be an epitome of. 3.1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99 The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture. [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editepitomize 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar 0 0 2012/03/25 09:08 2021/10/20 09:32
37009 elected [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈlɛktɪd/[Noun] editelected (plural electeds) 1.One who is elected. 2.2008 June 5, Diane Cardwell, “A Public Job Still Appeals to Bloomberg”, in New York Times‎[1]: “From the council people to the borough presidents to the citywide electeds, it would have an impact. [Verb] editelected 1.simple past tense and past participle of elect 0 0 2021/10/20 09:32 TaN
37010 elect [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈlɛkt/[Adjective] editelect (not comparable) 1.(postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. He is the President elect. 2.1811, Jane Austen, chapter 16, in Sense and Sensibility: She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect. 3.Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. 4.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto VII: colours quaint elect 5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Timothy 5:21: the elect angels [Antonyms] edit - reprobate [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex). [Noun] editelect (plural elects or elect) 1.One chosen or set apart. 2.(theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 42:1: Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. 4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 18:7: Shall not God avenge his won elect? [Verb] editelect (third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected) 1.(transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something) 2.(transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election 0 0 2012/12/04 18:06 2021/10/20 09:33
37023 first and foremost [[English]] [Adverb] editfirst and foremost 1.(set phrase) Primarily; most importantly. 2.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], OCLC 156123328: "There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?" 3.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎[1], page 2: First and foremost, there is currently lacking any single text which comes close to cataloguing the great variety of terms in use. [Synonyms] edit - above all; see also Thesaurus:above all 0 0 2020/05/07 10:31 2021/10/20 09:45 TaN
37024 foremost [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɔː.məʊst/[Adjective] editforemost (not comparable) 1.first, either in time or in space 2.Most forward; front 3.of a higher rank or position; paramount 4.(nautical) closest to the bow [Adverb] editforemost (not comparable) 1.in front 2.prominently forward 3.especially; particularly 4.2001, Chantel Laran Sawyer Lumpkin, The Influences of Assets on the Academic Achievement of African American College Students, p. 155: As dependent minors the foremost proximal system was family, followed by school and community. 5.2013, Robert Woods, Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture: Pop Goes the Gospel, p. XXIX: Lewis is the twentieth century's foremost popular writer and the most influential public intellectual for evangelicals. 6.2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[1] England head to Nice for Saturday’s third-place playoff after yet more semi-final disappointment but with heads held high having played their part in a wonderful game featuring some particularly harsh luck. Foremost among it was the marginal offside which saw an Ellen White goal disallowed and, later, a penalty miss by Steph Houghton. [Etymology] editFrom Old English formest, fyrmest (“earliest, first, most prominent”), from Proto-Germanic *frumistaz, from the locative stem *fur-, *fr- + the superlative suffix *-umistaz, stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr-. The suffix *-umistaz was a compound suffix, created from the rarer comparative suffix *-umô (as in Old English fruma) + the regular superlative suffix *-istaz (English -est); *-umô in turn is from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-.Cognate with Old Frisian formest, Gothic 𐍆̼̹͂̿̓̈́̓ (frumists). See for, first and Old English fruma for more. Partially cognate to primus, from Proto-Indo-European *pr- + Latin superlative suffix -imus, from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-.A comparative former was back-formed analogically, leaving the m from *-umô in place. Later the Old English suffix complex -(u)m-est was conflated with the word most through folk etymology, so that the word is now interpreted as fore +‎ -most. 0 0 2020/05/07 10:31 2021/10/20 09:45 TaN
37030 irrefutable [[English]] ipa :/ˌɪɹɪˈfjuːtəbəl/[Adjective] editirrefutable (comparative more irrefutable, superlative most irrefutable) 1.undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted Antonym: refutable [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”). [[Spanish]] ipa :/irefuˈtable/[Adjective] editirrefutable (plural irrefutables) 1.irrefutable [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin irrefūtābilis, from in- (“not”) + refūtābilis (“refutable”). [Further reading] edit - “irrefutable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2012/11/06 16:22 2021/10/20 09:49
37031 squid [[English]] ipa :/skwɪd/[Anagrams] edit - Qudsi, quids [Etymology 1] editUnknown. Perhaps related to squirt. [Etymology 2] editPossibly a blend of stupid and quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym. 0 0 2021/10/20 09:52 TaN
37032 lightning [[English]] ipa :/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/[Adjective] editlightning (not comparable) 1.Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning. 2.2018, Nader Uskowi, Temperature Rising (page 69) The insurgents then began their lightning advance along the Euphrates in the Sunni heartland toward Baghdad. [Etymology] editFrom light(e)n +‎ -ing. [Noun] editlightning (usually uncountable, plural lightnings) 1.A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth. Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 38:35: Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? 3.1901, E. L. Morris, The Child's Eden, page 16: It was the thought of hot July and August days, when the clouds piled up like woolly mountains, and lightnings streaked the sky. 4.A discharge of this kind. The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand. That tree was hit by lightning. 5.1881, Daniel Pierce Thompson, The Green Mountain Boys, page 281: The rain at length ceased; and the lightnings, as they played along the black parapet of clouds, that lay piled in the east, shone with less dazzling fierceness, […] 6.(figuratively) Anything that moves very fast. 7.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, chapter V: Nobs, though, was lightning by comparison with the slow thinking beast and dodged his opponent's thrust with ease. Then he raced to the rear of the tremendous thing and seized it by the tail. 8.The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.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. (See the entry for lightning in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.) [Verb] editlightning (third-person singular simple present lightnings, present participle lightninging, simple past and past participle lightninged) 1.(impersonal, childish or nonstandard, intransitive) To produce lightning. 2.1916, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy: Or if it thundered and lightninged, Aunt Frances always dropped everything she might be doing and held Elizabeth Ann tightly in her arms until it was all over. 3.1968, Dan Greenburg, Chewsday: a sex novel: The next day, though it is not only raining but thundering and lightninging as well, antiquing is seen by three-fourths of those present as a lesser evil than free play. 4.1987, Tricia Springstubb, Eunice Gottlieb and the unwhitewashed truth about life: "Hey!" yelled Reggie, pulling her back. "Get in here! It's lightninging. I don't want a charcoal-broiled friend!" 5.1988, Carlo Collodi, Roberto Innocenti, The adventures of Pinocchio I don't know, Father, but believe me, it has been a horrible night — one that I'll never forget. It thundered and lightninged, and I was very hungry. 0 0 2021/10/20 09:54 TaN

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