dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/aul_MW.json

{
  "auld lang syne":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the good old times":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u022fl(d)-",
      "\u02cc\u014dl(d)-\u02cc(l)a\u014b-\u02c8z\u012bn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "history",
      "past",
      "yesterday",
      "yesteryear",
      "yore"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "They drank a toast to auld lang syne .",
      "let us bid farewell to auld lang syne and welcome in the new year",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne ",
      "Happy New Year's Day everyone and auld lang syne too! \u2014 Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY , 30 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scots, literally, old long ago":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1666, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142302"
  },
  "Auld Licht":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of one of those parties in the Scottish Secession churches, both Burgher and Antiburgher, that continued to hold to the principle of the connection between church and state in opposition to the voluntarism of the New Lichts":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4l-",
      "\u02c8\u022fl\u02cc(d)li\u1e35t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scots, literally, old light":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163156"
  },
  "auld wife":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": old wife":[],
      ": a fussy nervous person":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170344"
  },
  "aulic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to a court : courtly":[
        "ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities",
        "\u2014 W. S. Landor"
      ],
      ": of or relating to the aula":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022flik",
      "\u02c8au\u0307l-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French aulique , from Latin aulicus , from Greek aulikos , from Greek aul\u0113 + -ikos -ic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175938"
  },
  "Auld Kirker":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of the established church of Scotland":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Auld Kirk + English -er":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191104"
  },
  "auld kirk":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": whiskey":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Auld Kirk , literally, old church, the established church of Scotland; probably from the more lenient attitude toward strong drink of Auld Kirkers compared with dissenters":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193149"
  },
  "auld-farrant":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wise beyond one's years : sagacious , cunning":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Scots auld + farrant, farran":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-193228"
  },
  "Aulis":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "harbor on the Evripos Strait in Boeotia , Greece":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022f-l\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131126"
  }
}