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{
"Cacajao":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the genus consisting of the ouakaris":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1821, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Portuguese cacaj\u00e3o , from Tupi cacajao":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cckak\u0259\u02c8j\u0101(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u00a6kak\u0259\u00a6jau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112100",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacalia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of tall smooth herbs (family Compositae) with alternate often petioled leaves and large heads in flat corymbs \u2014 see mesadenia":[],
": any plant of the genus Emilia":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, a plant, from Greek kakalia, kakkalia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259\u02c8k\u0101ly\u0259",
"-l\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105525",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacao":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a dried, fermented, fatty seed of the fruit of a South American evergreen tree ( Theobroma cacao of the family Sterculiaceae) that is used in making cocoa, chocolate, and cocoa butter : cocoa bean":[
"\u2026 polyphenols also make cacao beans taste astringent and bitter.",
"\u2014 Patricia Gadsby"
],
": a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods from which cacao is obtained":[
"Chocolate starts as the seeds in the fruits of the cacao tree , a tropical plant that produces flowers and fruit not at the tips of branches but on the trunk.",
"\u2014 Kenneth Chang",
"The cacao tree is native to the tropical countries of South America, but now grows in other parts of the world, notably Africa, the West Indies, and Central America.",
"\u2014 Joanna Morris"
]
},
"examples":[
"a farmer who grows cacao",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Navitas is famous for its unprocessed raw cacao , a staple in many healthy pantries these days around the country. \u2014 Esha Chhabra, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Key ingredient cacao is an antioxidant powerhouse, containing loads of Vitamin C, as well as omega-6 fatty acids for cellular healing. \u2014 Margaux Lushing, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"The velvety chicken mole sings with both fruitiness and bitterness from Chiapas cacao beans. \u2014 Jackie Tran, Bon App\u00e9tit , 18 Feb. 2022",
"This cacao -lovin\u2019 company exists solely to find ways to employ the whole seed\u2014shell, pulp, and beans\u2014in a suite of snacks. \u2014 Maggie Lange, Bon App\u00e9tit , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The company ethically sources high-quality cacao beans from Colombia and its production facility runs on 100 percent renewable wind energy. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 27 Nov. 2021",
"Oodalolly\u2019s small batch chocolate, made with Filipino cacao , is infused with Kasama\u2019s small batch rum, which is distilled in the Philippines from local sugar cane. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 15 Nov. 2021",
"The Livener energizes with schisandra berry and guayusa, the Social Elixir pairs cacao , molasses, tea and yerba mate in a dark brew that warms even when served cold. \u2014 Aleksandra Crapanzano, Bon App\u00e9tit , 22 Nov. 2021",
"The company was named after the Theobroma cacao tree, also known as the cocoa tree\u2014Theo for short. \u2014 Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes , 26 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuatl":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"k\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-\u014d",
"k\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"k\u0259-\u02c8kau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103635",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacao brown":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a strong brown that is paler and slightly yellower than rust, rust brown, or average russet and very slightly paler and redder than gold brown":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111446",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cache":{
"antonyms":[
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"definitions":{
": a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data":[],
": a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements":[],
": a secure place of storage":[
"discovered a cache of weapons"
],
": something hidden or stored in a cache":[
"The cache consisted of documents and private letters."
],
": to place (instructions or data) in cache memory for temporary storage":[
"caching websites to speed up future retrieval"
],
": to place (something) in a cache: such as":[],
": to place or store (something) in a hidden or secure place for safety or concealment":[
"cache camp supplies by a lake",
"coins cached in a teapot"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a weapons cache used by terrorists",
"Police found a cache of stolen cars in the woods.",
"Her new laptop has one megabyte of cache .",
"Verb",
"an eccentric who cached money in odd places, such as under the boards of the floor",
"cached the fugitive slaves in their cellar until they could make their way to Canada",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Adjacent to the Board Room is the cozy Lounge Room, where a cache of rare scotch and Irish whisky is kept amidst bookshelves. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Forbes , 29 May 2022",
"Police searched Rockhill\u2019s home and car with warrants and found a cache of firearms and neo-Nazi materials, including a large red flag featuring a swastika, officials said. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 May 2022",
"Give yours a thorough cleanup by clearing the cache . \u2014 Kim Komando, USA TODAY , 14 Jan. 2022",
"Boston police confiscated 6 loaded handguns, a cache of illicit drugs and over $6,000 in two separate drug investigations in Allston and Dorchester Thursday morning, the department said. \u2014 Christine Mui, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Feb. 2021",
"While surveying the coins with a CT scan, the archaeologists spotted a piece of cowhide dividing the cache in two, indicating the money may have belonged to two different people or groups. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
"The broadcasting cache and some of the other notable spoils were obtained by a small hacktivist group formed as the war began looking inevitable, called Network Battalion 65. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 May 2022",
"Enlarge / Copper-to-copper bonding is used to fuse the CCD and the additional cache together. \u2014 Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Cuban also said a potential Twitter sale won\u2019t be limited to tech types as filthy-rich foreign investors may also be interested in the global and cultural cache Twitter provides. \u2014 Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY , 14 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"However, this can be overcome by selecting technologies that can cache and automatically synchronize data to the cloud. \u2014 Jiang Li, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
"If all goes according to plan, Perseverance will amass dozens of rock samples from throughout Jezero Crater over the next couple years, then cache them for a future sample return mission to pick up. \u2014 Ramin Skibba, Wired , 2 Sep. 2021",
"Eventually, the Perseverance rover will collect and cache the rock and regolith to be returned in a joint mission with the ESA (European Space Agency). \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 21 July 2021",
"The rover will cache soil samples for eventual return to Earth by a series of retrieval missions carried out jointly by NASA and the European Space Agency. \u2014 Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2021",
"His followers should cache weapons, ammunition, hydrogen peroxide, kitchen matches. \u2014 Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker , 8 Mar. 2021",
"Even more significant, Perseverance will cache the most intriguing Mars samples so that they can eventually be collected and brought back to Earth as early as 2031. \u2014 Popular Science , 7 Jan. 2021",
"These middens are where the Mount Graham red squirrels cache their cones. \u2014 Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Wolves also will cache parts of a kill to eat later. \u2014 Star Tribune , 24 Oct. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1805, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from North American French, from French, \"hiding place,\" noun derivative of cacher \"to hide, conceal,\" going back to Old French cachier, quaichier \"to put away, lock up, cover, remove from view, conceal\" (also Middle French cacher \"to press, crush\"), going back to Vulgar Latin *co\u0101ctic\u0101re \"to press, constrict,\" from Latin co\u0101ct\u0101re \"to compel\" (frequentative of c\u014dgere \"to drive together, collect, compress, compel\") + -ic\u0101re, verb formative \u2014 more at cogent":"Noun",
"verbal derivative of cache entry 1":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kash"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"deposit",
"hoard",
"reserve",
"store"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081355",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cachinnation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to laugh loudly or immoderately":[
"cachinnated till his sides must have ached",
"\u2014 John Burroughs"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin cachinnatus , past participle of cachinnare , of imitative origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ka-k\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110340",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cack-handed":{
"antonyms":[
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"sure-handed"
],
"definitions":{
": clumsy , awkward":[],
": left-handed sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"English dialect cack, keck awkward":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kak-\u02cchan-d\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"butterfingered",
"clumsy",
"graceless",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"left-handed",
"maladroit",
"unhandy"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003800",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cackle":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": chatter":[],
": to laugh especially in a harsh or sharp manner":[
"Shakespeare's crones cackled of evil deeds",
"\u2014 Scott McMurray"
],
": to make the sharp broken noise or cry characteristic of a hen especially after laying":[]
},
"examples":[
"The hens were cackling in the henhouse.",
"Geese cackled by the pond in the park.",
"I could hear my aunts cackling in the next room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most important, Rogen understands the value of the unexpected laugh, when a sentence takes such a startling turn that the reader can only cackle . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2021",
"Amalia\u2019s serial killer is a deranged Touched woman named Maladie (Amy Manson), who has mysterious plans and turns up occasionally to cackle and grimace. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"As the camera rolls, and his wife asks him to hold back, the father transforms into a goofy monster that dives face first into the cake, destroying it, while his daughters cackle in glee. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Many from both parties, and the South, found Lincoln\u2019s smutty frontier jokes and cackling enjoyment of lowbrow humor grotesquely unpresidential\u2014never mind his uncombable hair and tendency to throw one leg over an arm of his chair. \u2014 Edward Achorn, Time , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Ever since the emperor first cackled in the trailer, fans have been wondering how Palpatine managed to return. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 Dec. 2019",
"That brings us to the film\u2019s depiction of Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs (played as an inhuman, cackling harpie by Olivia Wilde), whose stories were among the earliest to name Jewell as a suspect. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Then give them something to cackle about at this year\u2019s Witches of Delray Bike Ride from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 through downtown Delray Beach guided by the Delray Beach Police Department. \u2014 Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Matt Talansky, an exiled Mets fan living in Los Angeles, practically cackled at Mr. Brady\u2019s legal fumble. \u2014 Jesse Mckinley, New York Times , 23 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cakelen , of imitative origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ka-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071317",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cackler":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": chatter":[],
": to laugh especially in a harsh or sharp manner":[
"Shakespeare's crones cackled of evil deeds",
"\u2014 Scott McMurray"
],
": to make the sharp broken noise or cry characteristic of a hen especially after laying":[]
},
"examples":[
"The hens were cackling in the henhouse.",
"Geese cackled by the pond in the park.",
"I could hear my aunts cackling in the next room.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Most important, Rogen understands the value of the unexpected laugh, when a sentence takes such a startling turn that the reader can only cackle . \u2014 Washington Post , 9 May 2021",
"Amalia\u2019s serial killer is a deranged Touched woman named Maladie (Amy Manson), who has mysterious plans and turns up occasionally to cackle and grimace. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 9 Apr. 2021",
"As the camera rolls, and his wife asks him to hold back, the father transforms into a goofy monster that dives face first into the cake, destroying it, while his daughters cackle in glee. \u2014 Melissa Locker, Time , 16 Apr. 2020",
"Many from both parties, and the South, found Lincoln\u2019s smutty frontier jokes and cackling enjoyment of lowbrow humor grotesquely unpresidential\u2014never mind his uncombable hair and tendency to throw one leg over an arm of his chair. \u2014 Edward Achorn, Time , 16 Feb. 2020",
"Ever since the emperor first cackled in the trailer, fans have been wondering how Palpatine managed to return. \u2014 Eliana Dockterman, Time , 20 Dec. 2019",
"That brings us to the film\u2019s depiction of Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs (played as an inhuman, cackling harpie by Olivia Wilde), whose stories were among the earliest to name Jewell as a suspect. \u2014 Isaac Feldberg, Fortune , 13 Dec. 2019",
"Then give them something to cackle about at this year\u2019s Witches of Delray Bike Ride from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 through downtown Delray Beach guided by the Delray Beach Police Department. \u2014 Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
"Matt Talansky, an exiled Mets fan living in Los Angeles, practically cackled at Mr. Brady\u2019s legal fumble. \u2014 Jesse Mckinley, New York Times , 23 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cakelen , of imitative origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ka-k\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babble",
"blab",
"chaffer",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin",
"converse",
"gab",
"gabble",
"gas",
"jabber",
"jaw",
"kibitz",
"kibbitz",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"prate",
"prattle",
"rap",
"rattle",
"run on",
"schmooze",
"shmooze",
"talk",
"twitter",
"visit"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083948",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cackling goose":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a goose of a western variety ( Branta canadensis minima ) of the Canada goose resembling but much smaller than the white-cheeked goose":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1886, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015447",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caco-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bad":[
"caco graphy",
"caco phonous"
],
": unpleasant":[
"caco graphy",
"caco phonous"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Greek, combining form from kak\u00f3s \"bad, of poor quality, worthless, low-born, unsightly,\" of uncertain origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023030",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"cacochymy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an unhealthy condition of the humors of the body, especially of the blood":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1541, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin cacochymia , from Greek kakochymia , from kak- cac- + -chymia (from chymos juice, from chein to pour)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kak\u014d\u02cck\u012bm\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201059",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacodemon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": demon":[]
},
"examples":[
"he'd often wrestle with his conscience, but inevitably the cacodemons would win",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fat and floaty cacodemons vomit onto the streets, turning the pavement to rubble. \u2014 Matthew Gault, Time , 21 Jan. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1538, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin cacodaem\u014dn \"calamitous,\" borrowed from Greek kakoda\u00edm\u014dn \"possessed by a malevolent spirit, ill-fated, (as noun) malevolent spirit,\" from kako- caco- + da\u00edm\u014dn \"personal spirit, bringing luck or ill, that accompanies an individual\" \u2014 more at demon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccka-k\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183412",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"cacodemonic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": demon":[]
},
"examples":[
"he'd often wrestle with his conscience, but inevitably the cacodemons would win",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fat and floaty cacodemons vomit onto the streets, turning the pavement to rubble. \u2014 Matthew Gault, Time , 21 Jan. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1538, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin cacodaem\u014dn \"calamitous,\" borrowed from Greek kakoda\u00edm\u014dn \"possessed by a malevolent spirit, ill-fated, (as noun) malevolent spirit,\" from kako- caco- + da\u00edm\u014dn \"personal spirit, bringing luck or ill, that accompanies an individual\" \u2014 more at demon":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccka-k\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051437",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"cacodoxy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": perverse teachings : heterodoxy":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1716, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Greek kakodoxia heretical opinion, from Greek kak- cac- + -doxia (from doxa opinion, from dokein to seem)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8kak\u0259\u02ccd\u00e4ks\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030236",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacodyl oxide":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a heavy oily liquid (AsC 2 H 6 ) 2 O that has a repulsive odor and is obtained by distilling arsenic trioxide with potassium acetate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1842, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary cacodyl + oxide ; originally formed as German kakodyloxyd":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204458",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacodylic acid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a toxic crystalline compound of arsenic C 2 H 7 AsO 2 used especially as an herbicide":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1840, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"German Kakodyl, the radical (CH 3 ) 2 As + -ic entry 1 ; Kakodyl from Greek kak\u1e53d\u0113s \"foul-smelling\" (from kak\u00f3s \"bad, ill, foul\" + -\u014dd\u0113s \"having a given smell,\" adjective derivative from od-, the base of \u00f3zein \"to smell, give off odor\") + German -yl -yl \u2014 more at caco- , odor":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccka-k\u0259-\u02c8di-lik-",
"\u02cckak-\u0259-\u02ccdil-ik-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002751",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacoepy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": bad pronunciation":[
"\u2014 opposed to orthoepy"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"cac- + -epy (as in orthoepy )":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"ka\u02c8k\u014d\u0259p\u0113",
"\u02c8kak\u0259\u02ccwep\u0113",
"k\u0259-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185833",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacophonous":{
"antonyms":[
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical"
],
"definitions":{
": marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding":[
"like an old battlefield, once cacophonous with the clash of steel, the roar of cannon, the screams of wounded and dying men",
"\u2014 Brian Moore"
]
},
"examples":[
"the cacophonous chaos on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These references, and the relentless assault of \u201870s needle drops, are fun, to a point, but the movie itself is 87 minutes of pure chaos, a hallucinatory, cacophonous fever dream of nonsensical subplots and Minion gibberish. \u2014 Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times , 29 June 2022",
"Tribune critic Nina Metz writes that the show is able to richly and lovingly portray the sweaty, cacophonous kitchen dynamics of a modest neighborhood joint. \u2014 Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"But the hearings were also television, fighting for attention in a cacophonous media environment. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
"As a place to be, the Elizabeth Line is nothing like the Tube, which is brisk, hot, cacophonous \u2014a realm of unsolicited bodily intimacy, bottlenecks, and sudden winds. \u2014 Sam Knight, The New Yorker , 27 May 2022",
"Given how often solitude figured as a theme in Bowie\u2019s lyrics, the haunting loneliness of that character provides a welcome moment of reflection in a film more often consumed with a nonstop, cacophonous churn of sound and images. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
"But in the Met\u2019s much larger theater, Neil Armfield\u2019s intimate production receded while Mr. Dean\u2019s cacophonous orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Carter, expanded into a barrage of sound. \u2014 Heidi Waleson, WSJ , 18 May 2022",
"The early political work, crowded with cacophonous forms, is uneven but can be sensationally good. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
"Bay specializes in making brash, cacophonous , high-calorie, low-nutrition fast-food cinema. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin cacoph\u014dnus (borrowed from Greek kak\u00f3ph\u014dnos \"disagreeable-sounding,\" from kako- caco- + -ph\u014dnos \"having a sound [of the kind specified],\" adjective derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"sound made by something living, voice, speech\") + -ous \u2014 more at phono-":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8k\u022f-",
"also -\u02c8ka-",
"ka-\u02c8k\u00e4-f\u0259-n\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"discordant",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"unvocal"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075539",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"cacophony":{
"antonyms":[
"quiet",
"silence",
"silentness",
"still",
"stillness"
],
"definitions":{
": an incongruous or chaotic mixture : a striking combination":[
"a cacophony of color",
"a cacophony of smells"
]
},
"examples":[
"The cacophony of phlegmatic and tubercular lungs was punctuated here and there by a moan or a scream of someone terrified, thrashing in the throes of a nightmare. \u2014 Ronald Gearles , Undoing Time , 2001",
"Seething gas just beneath the sun's visible surface generates a cacophony of sound waves that ring the sun like a giant bell. \u2014 R. Cowen , Science News , 18 Mar. 2000",
"Shell casings littered the highway, where a cacophony of car alarms and sobbing rent the winter air. \u2014 Jeff Stein , GQ , December 1997",
"\u2026 no matter how forbearing he might have been, there were times when he simply needed to escape that cacophony of piping voices \u2026 \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle , The Road to Wellville , 1993",
"The sounds of barking dogs and sirens added to the cacophony on the streets.",
"the cacophony of a pet store full of animals",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Taken together, these perspective-shifting passages recreate the cacophony not just of New York City but of modern life more generally, by the ever-growing glut of information and secondhand experience the average person must metabolize. \u2014 Alice Mcdermott, New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"The cacophony and oppressive heat were the same for the woman who had packed her meager possessions in a tenement on the Lower East Side and the one who had directed her maid to prepare her trunks in the parlor of a Fifth Avenue mansion. \u2014 April White, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"His amp on the album, in desperate need of new tubes, would spark with a harsh blue light when things got too heated, creating a cacophony of feedback and noise. \u2014 Niko Stratis, SPIN , 14 June 2022",
"Once the focus is on the potential lovers, a cacophony of voices and the twilight hues coming through the window enrapture us. \u2014 Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"For the past several years, Youssef Sherif, 28, and Nehal Ezz, 26, have wandered the Egyptian capital in search of the cries of street vendors, the tap tap tap of metal workers in their shops, the cacophony of chaotic traffic. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"Fertility, mortality, and blasphemy mingle, with an eerie fetus peeking from the lower left, a cacophony of imagery and themes that drew shock and outrage in the late nineteenth century. \u2014 Natasha Gural, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"In a dense neighborhood like Silver Lake, where helicopters, traffic and residents create the cacophony of urban living, the architect admits the couple is more sensitive to noise than most. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 May 2022",
"Retina-searing coords jostle for attention next to floral jacquard suiting and delightfully ruffled dresses \u2013 each a cacophony of textures and prints. \u2014 Vogue , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French & New Latin; French cacophonie, going back to Middle French, borrowed from New Latin cacoph\u014dnia, borrowed from Greek kakoph\u014dn\u00eda, from kak\u00f3ph\u014dnos \"disagreeable-sounding, cacophonous \" + -ia -ia entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"also -\u02c8ka-",
"-\u02c8k\u022f-",
"ka-\u02c8k\u00e4-f\u0259-n\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"bowwow",
"brawl",
"bruit",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"decibel(s)",
"din",
"discordance",
"katzenjammer",
"noise",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162436",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caco\u00ebthes":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an insatiable desire : mania":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1587, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin caco\u0113thes \"malignant tumor at an early stage, disease of character,\" borrowed from Greek kak\u00f3\u0113thes \"malignancy, wickedness,\" noun derivative from neuter of kako\u1e17th\u0113s \"ill-disposed, malicious, (of things) abominable, (of tumors, fevers, etc.) malignant,\" from kako- caco- + -\u0113th\u0113s, adjective derivative of \u00eathos \"custom, disposition, character\" \u2014 more at ethos":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-k\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-",
"\u02ccka-k\u0259-\u02c8w\u0113-(\u02cc)th\u0113z"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-130328",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cacao butter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pale vegetable fat with a low melting point obtained from cacao beans":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162823"
},
"Cacahuamilpa":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"caverns in the state of Guerrero, southern Mexico, north-northeast of Taxco":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u00e4-k\u00e4-w\u00e4-\u02c8m\u0113l-p\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002650"
},
"cacafuego":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a swaggering braggart or boaster":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-fw\u0101(-",
"\u02cckak\u0259\u02c8fy\u00fc(\u02cc)g\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish Cacafuego , name of a ship captured in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake, from Latin cacare to void as excrement + Spanish fuego fire, from Latin focus hearth":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1625, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-040743"
},
"caca":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": excrement":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4-\u02cck\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"baby talk":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1879, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041447"
},
"cacao moth":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tobacco moth":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201925"
},
"cacao nib":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a piece of a cacao bean that has been roasted, dried, dehusked, and degermed":[
"\u2014 usually used in plural"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1802, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025202"
}
}
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