": a confection of nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Originally created in a Scottish chip shop -- supposedly as a dare -- a frozen Mars Bar (a chocolate, nougat and caramel candy bar) is dipped in thick batter and fried just until the chocolate is gooey and slightly melted. \u2014 Casey Barber, CNN , 18 May 2022",
"That tango between the sweet and woody notes brought out the rich sensations of honey, chocolate and nougat . \u2014 Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal , 4 May 2022",
"The house has honoured Joseph Krug\u2019s vision of creating a \u2018best champagne\u2019 every year since the mid 1800s, and this vivacious citrus-meets- nougat Cuv\u00e9e is no different. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Some of the unique flavor notes include candy corn, honey nougat , and sweet corn bread biscuits. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Also available, of course, is Stuckey\u2019s grandmother\u2019s pecan log roll, a cylinder of nougat and maraschino cherries coated with caramel and pecan pieces. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Feb. 2022",
"Most Americans think of nougat as the cloying center of a Three Musketeers bar, but Sugoi\u2019s is elevated \u2014 and complicated. \u2014 Lisa Futterman, chicagotribune.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The consistency of the candy should be between a caramel and a nougat . \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Distilled three times in a copper pot using Alpine water and four rye varieties, this smooth Austrian vodka has a nougat flavor that develops to tasty spice. \u2014 Betsy Andrews, WSJ , 18 Dec. 2021"
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"especially British -\u02ccg\u00e4",
"\u02c8n\u00fc-g\u0259t"
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"It was all for naught ."
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"There are two nouns in this sentence."
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There is even a funny but mean collective noun for them: a consternation of mothers-in-law. \u2014 Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al , 4 May 2022",
"Halachah is not a noun but a verb, a pathway to infuse all our actions with kedushah \u2013 observing not only the letter of the law but the holy higher purpose of the law. \u2014 Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel , 2 May 2022",
"Clich\u00e9 is a noun and its adjective form has traditionally been clich\u00e9d, though today clich\u00e9 itself is often used as an adjective too. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 21 Feb. 2022",
"As a noun : a person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined. \u2014 Deborah Lovich, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
"By 2012, when Oxford Dictionaries named GIF the U.S. word of the year, the term was being used as a verb, not just as a noun . \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Mar. 2022",
"So what\u2019s the correct collective noun for butterflies",
"The word \u2018wrong\u2019 can be an adjective, a noun and a verb. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Nov. 2021",
"As a noun , traverses are crosspieces that extend from one side to the other, including ceiling rafters, door lintels, and so on. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Dec. 2021"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Middle English nowne , from Anglo-French nom, noun name, noun, from Latin nomen \u2014 more at name":""
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"\u02c8nau\u0307n"
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"In the sentence \u201cI found the owner of the dog,\u201d \u201cthe owner of the dog\u201d is a noun phrase .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Meanwhile, a two-year-old child tested alongside Kanzi quickly intuits that two nouns can make up a noun phrase , tucked as a direct object into a verb phrase, which in turn is part of a sentence. \u2014 The Economist , 22 Aug. 2019"
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"\u2014 Beverly Smith"
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"\u2014 L. O. Coxe",
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"needed to nourish his spiritual life"
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"Vitamins are added to the shampoo to nourish the hair.",
"a friendship nourished by trust",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One mom curates the best constructive playdates to stimulate the children\u2019s intellect and nourish their bodies with healthy snacks. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 4 May 2022",
"To nourish their massive bodies, some of planet\u2019s biggest whales use a technique called lunge feeding. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Oribe Serene Scalp Anti-Dandruff Shampoo combines salicylic acid to treat flakes and the Oribe Signature Complex to nourish strands. \u2014 ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"Nourish is an age-defying moisturizer with the perfect formulation to nourish and restore dry skin richly. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, three antioxidant-rich plums (Kakadu, Illawarra and Burdekin) work to nourish and renew your skin\u2019s appearance immediately after application, as well as slowly throughout the day. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Products like Soothe & Cool Me Scalp Potion and Get Honey Hair and Scalp Serum nourish the scalp and prevent itching. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"But the culture that takes hold during what promises to be lean years either could nourish the rebuild or prove poisonous. \u2014 Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Here, find 19 incredible wave-boosting products to nourish , boost, and protect your wavy hair. \u2014 ELLE , 21 May 2022"
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"an Oxford don who was long on erudition but a little short on everyday nous",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"He's credited Pep Guardiola for his tactical nous in the past, but that doesn't explain away Sevilla. \u2014 SI.com , 2 Oct. 2019",
"While John Stones is equally good in possession, the 25-year-old has not yet developed Alderweireld's defensive nous , which should come with age and experience. \u2014 SI.com , 15 Aug. 2019",
"His defensive nous allows the creativity to flow freely from virtuoso talents such as Eden Hazard and Luka Modric. \u2014 SI.com , 5 Sep. 2019",
"The 37-year-old has built a strong reputation for his tactical nous since retiring from playing. \u2014 SI.com , 24 June 2019",
"The industry will have to use its considerable commercial nous to hit its growth targets if Brexit provokes a deep rupture with the EU. \u2014 The Economist , 3 May 2018",
"Some creative nous , some flair \u2013 something to get England fans off their bloody seats for the first time in years. \u2014 SI.com , 21 Mar. 2018",
"The nous of captain Lee Wallace, the longest serving current Rangers player at seven years, was sorely missed today. \u2014 SI.com , 30 Apr. 2018",
"His establishment nous notwithstanding, Mr Pompeo is not playing Mr Trump so much as finding common cause with him. \u2014 The Economist , 15 Mar. 2018"
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"wit"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"\u02ccn\u00fc-\u02ccv\u014d-\u02c8r\u0113sh"
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"examples":[
"a nouveau riche who is reportedly using his money to buy his way into Palm Beach society",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is a show about hustlers, businessmen, crime bosses, and the nouveau riche of the jet-set who are hungry for money and hunting for the Next Big Thing. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 26 May 2022",
"Blockchain snafu aside, lavish parties were thrown left and right in the best traditions of the nouveau riche . \u2014 Nina Bambysheva, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"This is the story of the Trenchard family, who are part of the nouveau riche in London\u2019s upper class. \u2014 ELLE , 30 Oct. 2021",
"By the turn of the 20th century, the nouveau riche Vanderbilts had taken over the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 51st and 57th streets by building colossal palaces. \u2014 Leena Kim, Town & Country , 21 Mar. 2022",
"The occasional Ferrari or Lamborghini always looks freshly delivered in the loud yet basic color schemes beloved of the Gangnam nouveau riche . \u2014 Colin Marshall, The New Yorker , 11 Feb. 2022",
"Patrick is navigating these fast-changing waters in New York City with this wealth that's coming in, this nouveau riche stuff, and balancing it with the old money. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Beverly Crest, home to the prestigious 90210 code, is home to celebrities, old money and the nouveau riche . \u2014 Brenda Richardson, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Gucci\u2019s history is wondrously democratic and marvelously nouveau riche . \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 15 Nov. 2021"
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"borrowed from French, literally, \"newly rich\"":""
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"These children are suffering because they lack proper nourishment .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This formulation will provide the nourishment and hydration that eczema-prone skin often craves. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 June 2022",
"Naturally London's Hydrating Cuticle Oil, for some nail nourishment and shine. \u2014 Jennet Jusu, Allure , 27 May 2022",
"This water was a form of nourishment and quenched thirst and hunger. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 7 May 2022",
"Enter the CBDerma-Repair Nano-Fiber Mask, a first-of-its-kind dry face mask balanced with vitamin C, vitamin E, hyaluronic acid, and PHA (gluconolactone) to provide the ultimate skin nourishment and protection against wrinkles. \u2014 Katie Shapiro, Forbes , 3 May 2022",
"Now, your hair needs that extra nourishment and that shine support. \u2014 Adam Hurly, Robb Report , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Thrust down the Atlantic coast by warm-air currents, the voyaging monarchs sought plants along the way for nourishment and rest, including nectar-producing perennials such as smooth blue asters or seaside goldenrods. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Food quickly becomes a source of stress and shame, rather than nourishment and pleasure. \u2014 Christine Byrne, Outside Online , 22 Jan. 2021",
"The jojoba oil brings an impressive blend of vitamins A, E and D, along with antioxidants and fatty acids that will deeply penetrate your strands and deliver maximum nourishment . \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"examples":[
"milk should be part of a nourishing breakfast",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Briogeo's sudser is loaded with ultra- nourishing rosehip, argan, and coconut oils that transform dull, lifeless, wiry tresses into luscious locks. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
"If your hair dry or damaged, a toning product that is more nourishing (like conditioners or masks) will be the most beneficial. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
"Blu Atlas created their Aftershave to support and soothe the skin post-shaving with ultra- nourishing ingredients like shea butter, aloe vera leaf juice, and rose water. \u2014 Rolling Stone , 20 May 2022",
"The aromas of parsley and dill hung over each sip of the consomm\u00e9, making the whole dish an evocative and nourishing experience. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In the dead of an increasingly cold and frigid winter, applying Korres Santorini Grape Poreless Skin Cream in the mornings feels like a nourishing and nostalgic flashback into happy memories. \u2014 Tamim Alnuweiri, Travel + Leisure , 5 Jan. 2022",
"It's always felt like a nourishing and wonderful thing. \u2014 Michelle Ruiz, Vogue , 29 Sep. 2021",
"To maximize moisturizing power, swap in an extra- nourishing overnight face mask weekly in place of night cream. \u2014 Paige Stables, Good Housekeeping , 25 June 2021",
"Soup is perhaps the most nourishing , most economical and most satisfying food. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ , 27 Feb. 2021"
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"-\u0113ch-",
"-\u02ccchu\u0307(\u0259)r",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In 2016, straight out of Carnegie Mellon drama school, Chant\u00e9 Adams landed the lead in the Netflix biopic Roxanne Roxanne\u2014and a starring role in the nouveau Black Love classic The Photograph shortly thereafter. \u2014 Rivea Ruff, Essence , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Pinot noir-lovers might like to know that Rahn recently made a refreshing nouveau -style pinot for New Seasons Market. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 18 Jan. 2022",
"From the nouveau -style tempranillo to their late harvest pinot gris, there is never a dull moment at their winery and tasting room in the scenic hills above Amity. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 16 Nov. 2021",
"Large open spaces, high ceilings and a nouveau gothic aesthetic serve to enhance the looming presence of an aging building and the spirits which haunt it. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 2 Nov. 2021",
"In 1921, movie stardom had upended the traditional social hierarchy, and Arbuckle\u2019s celebrated spending turned into a cautionary tale of nouveau -riche decadence. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
"For nouveau Cajun cuisine, try Caf\u00e9 Sydnie Mae, in Breaux Bridge. \u2014 Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure , 19 July 2021",
"And at 65, the California native seems to have found a new niche as the king of the nouveau Western, winning a lead-actor Emmy for 2012's Hatfields & McCoys and starring for three seasons on the flinty drama series Yellowstone. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 5 Nov. 2020",
"Unlike typical, nouveau food-trucks, the taco bus is parked semi-permanently. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 9 Oct. 2020"
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"borrowed from French, \"new,\" going back to Middle French (back-formation from the plural nouveaulx, nouveaux ), going back to Old French novel, going back to Latin novellus \"young, tender (of plants or animals),\" from novus \"new\" + -ellus, diminutive suffix \u2014 more at new entry 1":""
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Cuisine here is often tapas style, but portions are hardly nouvelle . \u2014 Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Mar. 2021",
"For one, the cooking trends of nouvelle and molecular gastronomy are, well, no longer trendy. \u2014 Josie Sexton, The Denver Post , 6 Dec. 2019",
"Lameloise\u2019s food was traditional Burgundian haute cuisine updated with nouvelle touches. \u2014 Adam Shatz, The New Yorker , 18 Nov. 2019",
"There\u2019s nothing ordinary about a meal at Jeune et Jolie, the chic and charming nouvelle French restaurant in Carlsbad that\u2019s on everyone\u2019s short list for best new restaurant of the year. \u2014 Michele Parente, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Aug. 2019",
"Nous sommes avec le peuple am\u00e9ricain, une nouvelle fois endeuill\u00e9. \u2014 Alex Ward, Vox , 27 Oct. 2018",
"This trendy bar still believes in the nouvelle style of molecular pizzazz. \u2014 Seth Shezi, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 13 Sep. 2018",
"Ella Brennan, who was credited with creating nouvelle Creole cuisine at her Commander\u2019s Palace restaurant and was the matriarch of a New Orleans family that owns more than a dozen restaurants, died May 31 at her home in New Orleans. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 June 2018",
"La France paye une nouvelle fois le prix du sang mais ne c\u00e8de pas un pouce aux ennemis de la libert\u00e9 (2/2). \u2014 Paulina Dedaj, Fox News , 13 May 2018"
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"after nouvelle cuisine":""
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"1650, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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"\u2014 Shakespeare"
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"\u2014 L. O. Coxe",
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"\u2014 Beverly Smith"
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"\u02c8n\u0259r-ish"
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"Vitamins are added to the shampoo to nourish the hair.",
"a friendship nourished by trust",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One mom curates the best constructive playdates to stimulate the children\u2019s intellect and nourish their bodies with healthy snacks. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 4 May 2022",
"To nourish their massive bodies, some of planet\u2019s biggest whales use a technique called lunge feeding. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Oribe Serene Scalp Anti-Dandruff Shampoo combines salicylic acid to treat flakes and the Oribe Signature Complex to nourish strands. \u2014 ELLE , 11 June 2022",
"Nourish is an age-defying moisturizer with the perfect formulation to nourish and restore dry skin richly. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, three antioxidant-rich plums (Kakadu, Illawarra and Burdekin) work to nourish and renew your skin\u2019s appearance immediately after application, as well as slowly throughout the day. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"Products like Soothe & Cool Me Scalp Potion and Get Honey Hair and Scalp Serum nourish the scalp and prevent itching. \u2014 Jasmine Washington, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"But the culture that takes hold during what promises to be lean years either could nourish the rebuild or prove poisonous. \u2014 Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Here, find 19 incredible wave-boosting products to nourish , boost, and protect your wavy hair. \u2014 ELLE , 21 May 2022"
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"Middle English nurishen , from Anglo-French nuriss- , stem of nurrir, norrir , from Latin nutrire to suckle, nourish; akin to Greek nan to flow, noteros damp, Sanskrit snauti it drips":""
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"One of nouvelle cuisine \u2019s most divisive gastronomes would soon have thousands upon thousands of kitchens operating as her laboratory. \u2014 Rebecca Alter, Vulture , 16 Aug. 2021",
"Rebelling against the rich, heavy French sauces that had dominated the world's fine-dining scene, nouvelle cuisine practitioners emphasized fresh herbs and vegetables, faster cooking times and acidic additives such as lemon juice and vinegar. \u2014 Bill Ward Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 2 July 2021",
"In the 1980s, French nouvelle cuisine reigned, and chefs started paying attention to more exotic mushrooms\u2014the button\u2019s sexier wild cousins. \u2014 Cathy Whims, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2020",
"But in 1965, Mr. Daguin, an experimenter enthralled with nouvelle cuisine , created a green peppercorn sauce for his duck. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Dec. 2019",
"But not every flavor beloved in the trickle-down years has retained its aura; some, particularly those associated with nouvelle cuisine , quickly soured. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Apr. 2018",
"An upper-middle-class background gave them the means to fly to Europe and stumble into restaurants where nouvelle cuisine was being hammered out. \u2014 New York Times , 30 May 2018",
"Image Ella Brennan, the exacting matriarch of a New Orleans restaurant family whose flagship, Commander\u2019s Palace, is renowned for serving a blend of Louisiana and nouvelle cuisines with generous, dramatic flair, died on Thursday in New Orleans. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, New York Times , 1 June 2018",
"Paul Bocuse, Lyon\u2019s epicurean patron saint, who died in January at the age of 91, opened a new chapter in French cooking in his city 40 years ago as a founding father of la nouvelle cuisine . \u2014 Jay Cheshes, WSJ , 24 July 2018"
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"borrowed from French, literally, \"new cuisine\"":""
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"Middle English, from nurishen + -able":""
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"noun"
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"n\u00fc-\u02c8vel-\u02c8v\u00e4g"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Black rollnecks now feel nouvelle vague ; prairie dresses look all the more saccharine; blouses with eccentric necklines have their time to shine now that my hair isn't concealing the main event. \u2014 Georgia Murray, refinery29.com , 15 Apr. 2020"
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"borrowed from French":""
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"1959, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"definitions":{
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from Greek nooumenon that which is apprehended by thought, from neuter of present passive participle of noein to think, conceive, from nous mind":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040757"
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"definitions":{
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"-\u02ccliz\u0259m"
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"\u02c8n\u00fcm\u0113\u02cc\u012bt"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"definitions":{
"city, port on the Pacific, and capital of New Caledonia population 99,000":[]
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"Middle English nolde , from Old English, 1st & 3d singular past indicative of nillan to be unwilling":""
