dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/elv_MW.json

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{
"elvish":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": mischievous":[],
": of or relating to elves":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But there are other, darker incarnations of elvish creatures in folklore from around the world. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 24 Dec. 2021",
"Geddy Lee impression toward something like an elvish Bon Scott. \u2014 Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone , 16 Apr. 2021",
"And don\u2019t forget about the scene in Fellowship where Galadriel gives everyone a personalized elvish gift on their way out of Lothlorien. \u2014 Megan Mccluskey, Time , 22 Dec. 2020",
"Her astonishing business skills earn her a reputation for being able to spin silver into gold \u2014 and thereby catches the eye of the king of the Staryk, the elvish personification of winter in the story\u2019s Lithuanian-analogue fantasy world. \u2014 Constance Grady, Vox , 20 July 2018",
"Piece-y and slightly elvish , the look played well with EmRata's trademark pout and power brow, all while forcing followers to imagine the ensemble that this trompe-l'\u0153il look could have accompanied. \u2014 Calin Van Paris, Vogue , 7 May 2018",
"The highway department has been known to route new roads around rocks that are thought to be elvish residences. \u2014 Richard Mcgill Murphy, Town & Country , 18 Jan. 2013",
"The sounds were quickly recorded and put into an Elvish translator. \u2014 Rebecca Angel, WIRED , 1 Apr. 2011"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8el-vish"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"devilish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054800",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}