alacrity

noun

[mass noun]

brisk and cheerful readiness.

Origin: late Middle English: from Latin alacritas, from alacer 'brick'

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word

a compact weapon of many varieties, each comprising sharp edges and barbs, with an entirely inadequate grip.

paean

noun

1. a song of praise or triumph

2. a creative work expressing enthusiastic praise

Origin: late 16th century: via Latin from Greek paian 'hymn of thanksgiving to Apollo' (invoked by the name Paian, originally the Homeric name for the physician of the gods).

canoodle

verb

informal

kiss and cuddle amorously

Origin: mid 19th century (originally US): of unknown origin

bellicose

adj.

demonstrating aggression and a willingness to fight

Origin: Late Middle English: from Latin  bellicosus 'warlike', from bellum 'war'

parse

verb

[with object]

1. resolve (a sentence) into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles

2. computing analyse (a string or text) into logical syntactic components

noun
computing

an act of parsing a string or a text

Origin: Mid 16th century: perhaps from Middle English pars 'parts of speech', from Old French pars 'parts' (influenced by Latin pars 'part')