": any of several small spiny central African citrus trees (genus Citropsis ) with leathery unequally pinnate leaves and small sweet bright orange fruits growing in clusters":[]
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"1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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": a smooth-skinned, tongueless frog ( Xenopus laevis ) native to sub-Saharan Africa that has webbed feet with sharp black claws on the inner three toes and is often used in biological research (as in the study of genetics and animal development)":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a parrot ( Psittacus erithacus ) native to equatorial Africa that has gray plumage, a red tail, and a whitish face and is commonly domesticated especially for its ability in learning to talk":[]
},
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"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
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": any of several large coarse-furred ground-dwelling squirrels of Xerus and related genera often conspicuously marked with white and widely distributed in drier parts of Africa":[]
},
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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"And speaking of fun prints, don't be afraid of mixing them, as Studio DB boldly did in this bedroom. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
"Only jacket\u2013is afraid of a trendy food sweeping California: sushi. \u2014 Ellen Gamerman, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
"What the filmmakers discovered was that after seeing those big spiders, the audience was not afraid of King Kong. \u2014 David Marchese, New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"Stewart wasn\u2019t afraid of gender-bending looks, including chiffon blouses and marabou trim tops. \u2014 Laird Borrelli-persson, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
"The mood is serious, but nobody is afraid of the long odds. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 10 June 2022",
"TMZThe Week Sony apparently ain't afraid of exhausting the Ghostbusters IP. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 9 June 2022",
"Two-thirds of customers are not afraid of having XR technologies augment their shopping experience. \u2014 Ilya Gandzeichuk, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
"Curiel and others who stopped to eat tacos during their trip to the grocery store said some community members are afraid of the police. \u2014 David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022"
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"scary",
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"spooked",
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"terrorized"
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"They were afraid for their lives.",
"He's afraid for his job."
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": from a fresh beginning : anew , again":[]
},
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"the shooting broke out afresh when the bandits reappeared at the crest of the hill",
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"While firms are traditionally run as partnerships, many who are looking to start afresh are thinking more about the options available to them as a limited company. \u2014 Alice Stephenson, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"All of them were familiar, and yet, as performed by the chorus and the superb guest soprano Jacqueline Echols, even the most frequently sung hit home afresh . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 5 June 2022",
"To mitigate these risks, the researchers urge policy makers to think afresh about bolstering the social safety net, especially in areas such as unemployment benefits and Medicaid. \u2014 Adi Gaskell, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"Then came the coronavirus, decimating bricks-and-mortar markets afresh . \u2014 WSJ , 25 Dec. 2021",
"There are some within the league who believe that, having sat out all of last season during his spat with Texans management and lost a sizable sum in endorsements, Watson already has paid his price and should start afresh without a suspension. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Vailea said the people of Mango Island are split, with some wanting to return and others happy to start life afresh in Nuku\u2019alofa or elsewhere. \u2014 Nick Perry, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Vailea said the people of Mango Island are split, with some wanting to return and others happy to start life afresh in Nuku'alofa or elsewhere. \u2014 Nick Perry, ajc , 24 Feb. 2022",
"In November, Yadav decided to leave Indore to start his comedy career afresh in India's capital Delhi. \u2014 Rhea Mogul, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022"
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"first_known_use":{
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"noun"
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": a copaibalike oleoresin supposedly derived from an African tree ( Hardwick iamanii )":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143252"
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"noun"
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": a slender-tailed wildcat ( Felis silvestris lybica ) of Africa and the Middle East that has a usually buff, gray, or brown coat and is typically considered to be the ancestor of the domestic cat":[
"Most people seeing an African wildcat would indeed think \"pussycat.\"",
"\u2014 Stephen Budiansky , Atlantic Monthly , June 2002",
"A variant of the African wildcat , domestic cats probably first cozied up to humans in Egypt several thousand years ago. They populated the globe by riding the coattails of trade and empire.",
"\u2014 Bruce Barcott , New York Times , 2 Dec. 2007"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145655"
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": the yellowish wood of the African walnut having the grain and figure of mahogany":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152935"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": a Canadian of African and especially of black African descent":[
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"\u2014 Sharon Lem , Toronto Star , 25 Apr. 2009"
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"\u00a6a-fri-k\u0259n-k\u0259-\u00a6n\u0101-d\u0113-\u0259n also \u00a6\u00e4-"
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162227"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163712"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several tropical African gesneriads (especially Saintpaulia ionantha ) widely grown as houseplants for their velvety fleshy leaves and showy purple, pink, or white flowers":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171819"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172616"
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"African Burial Ground National Monument":{
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"site in lower Manhattan, New York City, where free and enslaved Africans were buried in the late 17th and 18th centuries":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a plant of the genus Ixia":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1897, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185607"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": materials (such as books, documents, or artifacts) relating to African history and culture":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8k\u00e4-",
"-\u02c8k\u0101-",
"also \u02cc\u00e4-",
"\u02cca-fri-\u02c8ka-n\u0259"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"africa + -ana":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192418"
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"African American English":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a variety of American English spoken chiefly by African Americans":[
"Like all other dialects of English, with their own histories of how they came to be, African American English (AAE) is a systematic and complete language that operates under a set of rules \u2026",
"\u2014 Ren\u00e9e Blake and Kimberley Baxter",
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"first_known_use":{
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201832"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": cape buffalo":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204844"
},
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"type":[
"geographical name"
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"continent of the eastern hemisphere straddling the Equator, separated from Europe by the Strait of Gibraltar, and adjoining Asia at the Sinai Peninsula area 11,677,239 square miles (30,244,049 square kilometers)":[]
": a dark grayish brown that is very slightly redder, lighter, and stronger than average chocolate brown and paler and very slightly redder than Chippendale":[],
": a very dark chocolate brown":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1914, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233321"
},
"Africanized bee":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a honeybee that originated in Brazil as an accidental hybrid between an aggressive African subspecies ( Apis mellifera scutellata ) and previously established European honeybees and has spread to Mexico and the southernmost U.S. by breeding with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccaf-ri-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bzd-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234837"
},
"African cubeb":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the fruit of a tropical African shrub ( Piper clusii ) tasting like black pepper and used to adulterate it":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001422"
},
"Africanize":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause to acquire a distinctively African trait":[],
": to bring under the influence, control, or cultural or civil supremacy of Africans and especially Black Africans":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-fri-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz",
"also \u02c8\u00e4-"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"african entry 2 + -ize":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001514"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a stout branching annual herb ( Tagetes erecta ) with flower heads two to four inches across and yellow to orange in color":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002045"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
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": african":[]
},
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"\u02c8a-frik",
"\u02c8afrik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin \u0100fricus \"of the Roman province of Africa (present-day northern Tunisia), of the continent of Africa,\" from \u0100fr-, \u0100fer \"of Africa, inhabitant of North Africa (other than Egypt)\" (of unknown origin) + -icus -ic entry 1":"Adjective",
"derivative of afric":"Noun"
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"circa 1529, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010653"
},
"African valerian":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an herb ( Fedia cornucopiae ) of the family Valerianaceae cultivated for its red flowers or for use as a salad":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012435"
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"African locust":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014740"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tropical African tree ( Dalbergia melanoxylon ) with hard purple wood used especially in the manufacture of musical instruments":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025910"
},
"African Methodist Episcopal":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or being a Methodist church organized by African-Americans in 1816":[
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"first_known_use":{
"1823, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031633"
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"African":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a native or inhabitant of Africa":[],
": a person and especially a Black person of African ancestry":[],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the continent of Africa or its people":[]
},
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"also \u02c8\u00e4-",
"\u02c8a-fri-k\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English Aufrican, Affrican, going back to Old English Africanas (plural), borrowed from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus african entry 2":"Noun",
"borrowed from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus, from \u0100frica (short for \u0100frica terra, literally, \"African land,\" from feminine of \u0100fricus \"of the Roman province of Africa [present-day northern Tunisia], of the continent of Africa,\" from \u0100fr-, \u0100fer \"of Africa, inhabitant of North Africa [other than Egypt]\" \u2014of unknown origin\u2014 + -icus -ic entry 1 ) + -\u0101nus -an entry 2":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1548, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035520"
},
"African swine fever":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": swine fever sense 2":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042923"
},
"african american english":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a variety of American English spoken chiefly by African Americans":[
"Like all other dialects of English, with their own histories of how they came to be, African American English (AAE) is a systematic and complete language that operates under a set of rules \u2026",
"\u2014 Ren\u00e9e Blake and Kimberley Baxter",
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"first_known_use":{
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053901"
},
"African milkbush":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a shrub ( Synadenium grantii ) of the family Euphorbiaceae that is cultivated for its red flowers":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
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"borrowed from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus, from \u0100frica (short for \u0100frica terra, literally, \"African land,\" from feminine of \u0100fricus \"of the Roman province of Africa [present-day northern Tunisia], of the continent of Africa,\" from \u0100fr-, \u0100fer \"of Africa, inhabitant of North Africa [other than Egypt]\" \u2014of unknown origin\u2014 + -icus -ic entry 1 ) + -\u0101nus -an entry 2":"Adjective"
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"definitions":{
": a powerful evil jinni, demon, or monstrous giant in Arabic mythology":[]
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"\u0259-\u02c8fr\u0113t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-091819"
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"definitions":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1731, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1765, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155810"
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"African juniper":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a tall evergreen tree ( Juneperus procera ) of the mountains of eastern Africa":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173146"
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"noun"
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": Latin of the style and idiom found in the earliest Latin version of the Bible":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173827"
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"African elephant":{
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"noun"
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": elephant sense 1a(1)":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1607, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175923"
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"\u02c8a-fri-k\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English Aufrican, Affrican, going back to Old English Africanas (plural), borrowed from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus african entry 2":"Noun",
"borrowed from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus, from \u0100frica (short for \u0100frica terra, literally, \"African land,\" from feminine of \u0100fricus \"of the Roman province of Africa [present-day northern Tunisia], of the continent of Africa,\" from \u0100fr-, \u0100fer \"of Africa, inhabitant of North Africa [other than Egypt]\" \u2014of unknown origin\u2014 + -icus -ic entry 1 ) + -\u0101nus -an entry 2":"Adjective"
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"1548, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181054"
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": any of several cypress pines of southern Africa that vary in size from moderate shrubs to tall trees and include some that produce a fragrant yellowish to brown wood suitable for cabinetwork and a resin that is used locally":[]
": a honeybee that originated in Brazil as an accidental hybrid between an aggressive African subspecies ( Apis mellifera scutellata ) and previously established European honeybees and has spread to Mexico and the southernmost U.S. by breeding with local bees producing populations retaining most of the African bee's traits":[]
},
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"\u02ccaf-ri-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bzd-"
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"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070156"
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": any of a breed of tall red large-horned humped southern African cattle used chiefly for meat or draft":[]
},
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"earlier, \"Afrikaner,\" borrowed from early Afrikaans Africaander, from Dutch Africa \"Africa\" + -aander, by-form (with intrusive nasal) of -aner \"one inhabiting\" (from -aan -an entry 1 \u2014after Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus \u2014 + -er -er entry 2 )":""
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": an early ante-Nicene school of patristic philosophy developed in northern Africa of which Tertullian and Arnobius were chief representatives":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-091234"
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"African golf":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-093806"
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"definitions":{
": cape box":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1886, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114350"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a genus of extinct Pleistocene hominids known from several skull fragments found near Lake Eyasi in Tanzania and now typically regarded as an early type of Homo sapiens":[]
"New Latin, from Africa + -anthropus (as in Pithecanthropus )":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121631"
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": an arborescent woolly-stemmed biennial herb ( Solanum giganteum ) that is native to India but is grown in many warm regions as an ornamental for its large leaves with silky-white undersurface, clusters of showy blue or lilac flowers, and bright red fruits resembling holly berries":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-103826"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": mahogany sense 1b(2)":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-131018"
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"borrowed from Afrikaans & Dutch, literally, \"African\" \u2014 more at africander":""
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"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133919"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": bubinga":[],
": iroko":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-135101"
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"African boxthorn":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a tall shrub ( Lycium tetrandrum ) with spiny branchlets, rather thick leaves, and orange-red berries":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1764, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-142752"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": an African shrub ( Lyciumafrum ) having spiny branches, small linear leaves, and solitary purple flowers":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-145655"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an Old World weedy annual plant ( Erysimum repandum ) that is related to the mustards, has bright yellow flowers, and is an adventive weed in much of North America":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-161448"
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"african entry 1 + -ist entry 1":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-165902"
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"definitions":{
": any of several shrubby composite plants (genus Tarchonanthus ) having stalked leathery leaves, small flower heads in axillary or terminal clusters, and usually an odor like that of balsam":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1739, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172936"
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": a language developed from 17th century Dutch that is one of the official languages of the Republic of South Africa":[],
": of or relating to Afrikaners or Afrikaans":[]
},
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"-\u02c8k\u00e4nz",
"\u02cc\u00e4-",
"-\u02cck\u00e4nz",
"\u02c8\u00e4-",
"\u02cca-fri-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)s",
"\u02c8a-fri-\u02cck\u00e4n(t)s"
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"borrowed from Afrikaans & Dutch, literally, \"of Africa, African,\" going back to earlier Africaansch, Africaensch, from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus african entry 2 + Dutch -sch, adjective suffix of appurtenance, going back to Middle Dutch -sc -ish":"Noun",
"borrowed from Afrikaans & Dutch \u2014 more at afrikaans entry 1":"Adjective"
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"1914, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201015"
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": a characteristic feature of Afrikaans occurring in another language especially in South Africa":[]
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"first_known_use":{
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-205251"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a southern African shrub ( Podalyria sericea ) grown for its silvery foliage and rosy purple pealike flowers":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1884, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-021450"
},
"African bowstring hemp":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a bowstring hemp ( Sansevieria guineensis ) of tropical Africa":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-022537"
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"African American Language":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a variety of American English spoken chiefly by African Americans":[
"Like all other dialects of English, with their own histories of how they came to be, African American English (AAE) is a systematic and complete language that operates under a set of rules \u2026",
"\u2014 Ren\u00e9e Blake and Kimberley Baxter",
"\u2014 abbreviation AAE , AAL"
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"first_known_use":{
"1973, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024333"
},
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": an African timber tree ( Oldfieldia africana ) of the family Euphorbiaceae that yields a very heavy hard teaklike reddish brown or purplish brown timber":[],
": the wood of this tree":[],
": ekki":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1804, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-043005"
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"type":[
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"definitions":{
": any of a breed of tall red large-horned humped southern African cattle used chiefly for meat or draft":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier, \"Afrikaner,\" borrowed from early Afrikaans Africaander, from Dutch Africa \"Africa\" + -aander, by-form (with intrusive nasal) of -aner \"one inhabiting\" (from -aan -an entry 1 \u2014after Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus \u2014 + -er -er entry 2 )":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-052626"
},
"African incense":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a fragrant oleoresin that is obtained from an Arabian tree ( Boswellia freeriana )":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-061215"
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"African snail":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a large pulmonate land mollusk ( Achatina fulica ) introduced from the western coast of Africa into Ceylon, the East Indian region, and the Pacific Islands \u2014 compare achatina":[]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-065126"
},
"Afridi":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a Pashtun tribe occupying the hilly country about the Khyber Pass and found on both sides of the frontier between Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan":[],
": a member of the Afridi tribe":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8fr\u0113-d\u0113",
"a-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Persian & Urdu afr\u012bd\u012b , corresponding to Pashto apr\u012bd\u012b (singular apr\u012bday )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-073052"
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"African ginger":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": white ginger":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1807, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-075106"
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": a South African of European descent whose native language is Afrikaans":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085130"
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"Afro":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hairstyle of tight curls in a full evenly rounded shape":[],
": African":[
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"Afro- Asiatic"
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": African and":[
"Afro- American",
"Afro- Asiatic"
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},
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"\u02c8a-(\u02cc)fr\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"derivative of afro- , taken as adjective":"Noun",
"Latin \u0100fr-, \u0100fer \"of Africa\" + -o- \u2014 more at african entry 2":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095617"
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"Africanoid":{
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": resembling or having characteristics of the peoples of Africa or their artifacts or cultures":[
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"African entry 1 + -oid entry 2":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100540"
},
"African saffron":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a product formed by adulterating the true saffron with the flowers of other plants (as Carthamus tinctorius and Calendula officinalis )":[],
": a shrub ( Lyperia crocea ) of southern Africa":[],
": an orange dye obtained from the flowers of this shrub":[]
": of, relating to, or being a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and Africa including the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic subfamilies":[]
"Mujib appealed Friday to the United Nations and Afro-Asian nations for help in the struggle.",
"\u2014 Milwaukee Journal , 27 May 1971"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-fr\u014d-\u0259-\u02c8\u0101-zh\u0259n also -sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-121247"
},
"Afro-America":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": African-Americans considered collectively as a social and cultural entity":[
"At the heart of the African-based Oral Tradition, which has survived in Afro-America for centuries, lies the belief that the spoken word can give man mastery over natural events and men.",
"\u2014 Geneva Smitherman , English Journal , February 1976",
"In May Black Enterprise , the venerable periodical of Afro-America's business class, announced that Wal-Mart would be a sponsor of its 10th Annual Entrepreneur's Conference.",
"\u2014 Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates , Time , 1 Sept. 2005"
": a language developed from 17th century Dutch that is one of the official languages of the Republic of South Africa":[],
": of or relating to Afrikaners or Afrikaans":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-fri-\u02cck\u00e4n(t)s",
"\u02cc\u00e4-",
"\u02cca-fri-\u02c8k\u00e4n(t)s",
"\u02c8\u00e4-",
"-\u02c8k\u00e4nz",
"-\u02cck\u00e4nz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Afrikaans & Dutch, literally, \"of Africa, African,\" going back to earlier Africaansch, Africaensch, from Latin \u0100fric\u0101nus african entry 2 + Dutch -sch, adjective suffix of appurtenance, going back to Middle Dutch -sc -ish":"Noun",
"borrowed from Afrikaans & Dutch \u2014 more at afrikaans entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1914, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-150820"
},
"Afrikaner":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a South African of European descent whose native language is Afrikaans":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-fri-\u02c8k\u00e4-n\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Afrikaans & Dutch, literally, \"African\" \u2014 more at africander":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1820, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152741"
},
"afropavo":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of bronzy green and brown African birds that are about the size of the ring-necked pheasant but closely related to the peacocks though lacking the distinctive tail of the latter":[],
": a bird of the genus Afropavo":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8p\u00e4-",
"\u02cca-fr\u014d-\u02c8p\u0101-(\u02cc)v\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Afr- + Latin pavo peacock":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205034"
},
"Afro-":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hairstyle of tight curls in a full evenly rounded shape":[],
": African":[
"Afro- American",
"Afro- Asiatic"
],
": African and":[
"Afro- American",
"Afro- Asiatic"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-(\u02cc)fr\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"derivative of afro- , taken as adjective":"Noun",
"Latin \u0100fr-, \u0100fer \"of Africa\" + -o- \u2014 more at african entry 2":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210228"
},
"African oil palm":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tall pinnate-leaved palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) with fruits yielding palm oil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224604"
},
"Afro-Asiatic languages":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of languages widely distributed over southwestern Asia and northern Africa, comprising the Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, and Chad subfamilies \u2014 see hamitic languages":[]
": urban popular music originating in Nigeria in the late 1960s that emphasizes percussion rhythms and features elements of jazz and funk and lyrics which are often strongly political":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-fr\u014d-\u02ccb\u0113t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"afro- + beat entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233849"
},
"African rue":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an African plant ( Peganum harmala ) yielding harmine and harmaline":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1844, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002639"
},
"Afroplanorbis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of African pulmonate freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) including important intermediate hosts of the blood fluke ( Schistosomamansoni )":[]
": of or relating to the African Orthodox Church, an independent church of black Episcopalians formed in 1921 under the leadership of the Rev. George A. McGuire":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-033148"
},
"afront":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": abreast":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from a- entry 1 + front , noun":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040537"
},
"Afrogaean":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": ethiopian":[
"\u2014 used in biogeographic description"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6a-fr\u014d-\u00a6j\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Afrogaea the Ethiopian region of Africa (from Afr- + -gaea ) + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041809"
},
"Afropop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": African popular music":[
"Soulful, funky Afropop is Benin-born singer Angelique Kidjo's forte.",
"\u2014 Erin Taylor Monroney"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-fr\u014d-\u02ccp\u00e4p"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"afro- + pop entry 6":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1974, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-042010"
},
"African bladdernut":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small evergreen tree ( Royena lucida ) of southern Africa with downy shoots, solitary pale yellow or white flowers, and small somewhat fleshy red or purple fruits":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1754, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044112"
},
"afroth":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": in a state of lively or angry excitement":[
"Last Saturday, the day before the Oscars, when the entire fashion world was afroth about which starlet was planning to wear what the next night, a small item in The New York Times caught our eye.",
"\u2014 Lynn Yaeger , Village Voice , 1 Mar. 2005",
"\u2026 has provoked incendiary political speeches \u2026 and has AM's scrum of right-wing radio brawlers all afroth with indignation.",
"\u2014 Grand Rapids (Michigan) Press , 20 Dec. 2005"
": a characteristic feature of African culture":[],
": a characteristic feature of an African language occurring in a non-African language":[],
": allegiance to the traditions, interests, or ideals of Africa":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-fri-k\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
"also \u02c8\u00e4-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"african entry 2 + -ism":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084726"
},
"Afro-Caribbean":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person of African descent born or living in a Caribbean nation":[
"In Louisiana, the Acadians reestablished their culture and absorbed other ethnic groups around them\u2014French Creoles, Germans, Americans, and Afro-Caribbeans \u2014to form a society called Cajun, which, of course, is a corruption of Acadian.",
": of or relating to Cubans of African and especially black African descent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-fr\u014d-\u02c8ky\u00fc-b\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"afro- + cuban":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104836"
},
"Afrocentric":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": centered on or derived from Africa or the Africans":[],
": emphasizing or promoting emphasis on African culture and the contributions of Africans to the development of Western civilization":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-fr\u014d-\u02c8sen-trik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"afro- + -centric":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121812"
},
"African rosewood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an African tree ( Lingoum erinaceum )":[],
": the close-grained fine-textured smooth and quite lustrous hard wood of the African rosewood":[],
": bubinga":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1860, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130258"
},
"African polecat":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": muishond":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1834, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130746"
},
"african clawed frog":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a smooth-skinned, tongueless frog ( Xenopus laevis ) native to sub-Saharan Africa that has webbed feet with sharp black claws on the inner three toes and is often used in biological research (as in the study of genetics and animal development)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1906, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151525"
},
"African padauk":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an African tree ( Pterocarpus soyauxii ) that yields a close-grained reddish brown wood important especially as a source of red dyestuff \u2014 compare redwood":[],
