dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/luk_MW.json

{
  "Luke":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Gentile physician and companion of the apostle Paul traditionally identified as the author of the third Gospel in the New Testament and of the book of Acts":[],
      ": the third Gospel in the New Testament \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin Lucas , from Greek Loukas":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130731",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Lukiko":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a native legislative and judicial council in various African provinces":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "native name in Uganda":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "l\u00fc\u02c8k\u0113(\u02cc)k\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180906",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lukewarm":{
    "antonyms":[
      "chilled",
      "coldish",
      "cool",
      "cooled",
      "coolish",
      "refrigerated",
      "unheated"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking conviction : half-hearted":[
        "gave them only lukewarm support",
        "a lukewarm review",
        "lukewarm applause"
      ],
      ": moderately warm : tepid":[
        "a lukewarm bath",
        "lukewarm coffee"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I hate drinking lukewarm coffee.",
      "Our plan got a lukewarm reception.",
      "The producer was lukewarm about her script.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ladapo gave vaccines only a lukewarm endorsement, even though they are widely understood to prevent more deaths and hospitalizations than any other tool. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "Amid the lukewarm notes and contempt of lying for hire, this wryly equivocal review says something genuinely important: Feeling, in a poet, is the source of others\u2019 feeling. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
      "But, while Cobain\u2019s songs of celebrity angst conjured real fury and fragility through gravelly, uncompromising vocals, Post\u2019s music tends toward the languid, lukewarm , stupefying. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Dinner is always lukewarm canned soup, a cold sandwich, fruit or dessert, and milk. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "Many offer only lukewarm rewards rates, and with the volatility of cryptocurrency, there\u2019s big potential opportunity cost in forgoing guaranteed points or cash back redemptions that come with regular old rewards cards. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Nothing gives me greater pleasure than being charmed by a place that once left me lukewarm . \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Fill the sink with water \u2014 lukewarm or warm, depending on your garment's care labels. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
      "There's nothing that ruins a morning faster than sipping on a lukewarm cup of coffee. \u2014 Samantha Costantino, Forbes , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from luke lukewarm + warm ; probably akin to Old High German l\u0101o lukewarm \u2014 more at lee":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fck-\u02c8w\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "heated",
      "hottish",
      "tepid",
      "toasty",
      "warm",
      "warmed",
      "warmish"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034556",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lukewarmish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": somewhat lukewarm":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234951",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "lukewarmness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "chilled",
      "coldish",
      "cool",
      "cooled",
      "coolish",
      "refrigerated",
      "unheated"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking conviction : half-hearted":[
        "gave them only lukewarm support",
        "a lukewarm review",
        "lukewarm applause"
      ],
      ": moderately warm : tepid":[
        "a lukewarm bath",
        "lukewarm coffee"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I hate drinking lukewarm coffee.",
      "Our plan got a lukewarm reception.",
      "The producer was lukewarm about her script.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ladapo gave vaccines only a lukewarm endorsement, even though they are widely understood to prevent more deaths and hospitalizations than any other tool. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "Amid the lukewarm notes and contempt of lying for hire, this wryly equivocal review says something genuinely important: Feeling, in a poet, is the source of others\u2019 feeling. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
      "But, while Cobain\u2019s songs of celebrity angst conjured real fury and fragility through gravelly, uncompromising vocals, Post\u2019s music tends toward the languid, lukewarm , stupefying. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Dinner is always lukewarm canned soup, a cold sandwich, fruit or dessert, and milk. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "Many offer only lukewarm rewards rates, and with the volatility of cryptocurrency, there\u2019s big potential opportunity cost in forgoing guaranteed points or cash back redemptions that come with regular old rewards cards. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Nothing gives me greater pleasure than being charmed by a place that once left me lukewarm . \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Fill the sink with water \u2014 lukewarm or warm, depending on your garment's care labels. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
      "There's nothing that ruins a morning faster than sipping on a lukewarm cup of coffee. \u2014 Samantha Costantino, Forbes , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from luke lukewarm + warm ; probably akin to Old High German l\u0101o lukewarm \u2014 more at lee":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fck-\u02c8w\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "heated",
      "hottish",
      "tepid",
      "toasty",
      "warm",
      "warmed",
      "warmish"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223720",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lukewarmth":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lukewarmness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223813",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lukewarmly":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": moderately warm : tepid":[
        "a lukewarm bath",
        "lukewarm coffee"
      ],
      ": lacking conviction : half-hearted":[
        "gave them only lukewarm support",
        "a lukewarm review",
        "lukewarm applause"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fck-\u02c8w\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "heated",
      "hottish",
      "tepid",
      "toasty",
      "warm",
      "warmed",
      "warmish"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "chilled",
      "coldish",
      "cool",
      "cooled",
      "coolish",
      "refrigerated",
      "unheated"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I hate drinking lukewarm coffee.",
      "Our plan got a lukewarm reception.",
      "The producer was lukewarm about her script.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Ladapo gave vaccines only a lukewarm endorsement, even though they are widely understood to prevent more deaths and hospitalizations than any other tool. \u2014 Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
      "Amid the lukewarm notes and contempt of lying for hire, this wryly equivocal review says something genuinely important: Feeling, in a poet, is the source of others\u2019 feeling. \u2014 Susan J. Wolfson, The Atlantic , 18 June 2022",
      "But, while Cobain\u2019s songs of celebrity angst conjured real fury and fragility through gravelly, uncompromising vocals, Post\u2019s music tends toward the languid, lukewarm , stupefying. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
      "Dinner is always lukewarm canned soup, a cold sandwich, fruit or dessert, and milk. \u2014 Keri Blakinger, Rolling Stone , 5 June 2022",
      "Many offer only lukewarm rewards rates, and with the volatility of cryptocurrency, there\u2019s big potential opportunity cost in forgoing guaranteed points or cash back redemptions that come with regular old rewards cards. \u2014 Bill Hardekopf, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
      "Nothing gives me greater pleasure than being charmed by a place that once left me lukewarm . \u2014 Tom Sietsema, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
      "Fill the sink with water \u2014 lukewarm or warm, depending on your garment's care labels. \u2014 Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping , 18 May 2022",
      "There's nothing that ruins a morning faster than sipping on a lukewarm cup of coffee. \u2014 Samantha Costantino, Forbes , 16 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from luke lukewarm + warm ; probably akin to Old High German l\u0101o lukewarm \u2014 more at lee":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081138"
  }
}