Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Insipid; tasteless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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name
A surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Numerous places in the United States
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Numerous places in the United States
An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Boone County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Alternative form of waff (“to bark”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
From Middle English walh, from Old English wealg. More at wallow (“tasteless, flat”).
Probably from Old English walh (“foreign”), perhaps applied originally to the Welsh-speaking Britons who survived in Scotland well into the Middle Ages.
