dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/sop_MW.json

{
  "sop":{
    "antonyms":[
      "drench",
      "drown",
      "impregnate",
      "macerate",
      "saturate",
      "soak",
      "sodden",
      "souse",
      "steep"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or gesture":[],
      ": a piece of food dipped or steeped in a liquid":[],
      ": mop sense 1":[],
      ": to steep or dip in or as if in liquid":[],
      ": to wet thoroughly : soak":[],
      "standard operating procedure; standing operating procedure":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement",
      "Verb",
      "sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously",
      "my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Mayor Bill de Blasio just moved to significantly crimp the city\u2019s gifted programs, disproportionately utilized by white and Asian-American kids, in a sop to racialist bean-counters. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 12 Oct. 2021",
      "The new economic framework is not a trade pact aimed at reducing tariffs, a sop to grumbling in the U.S. that trade with Asia costs American jobs. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 24 May 2022",
      "And perhaps this audit is merely a sop to activist students and diversity administrators. \u2014 Faith Bottum, WSJ , 19 Jan. 2022",
      "The cap has always been a sop to unions frightened of competition from charters, which are public schools without the suffocating rules imposed by collective union bargaining. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 23 Aug. 2021",
      "Legal conservatives responded by consolidating around the view that religious exemptions were necessary to protect religious liberty, not a sop to liberal protection of minorities. \u2014 Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune , 27 July 2021",
      "Critics saw the bonus as a sop to drivers who might resent that the IPO meant a windfall for Lyft executives and the staff classified as employees. \u2014 Lauren Smiley, Wired , 22 June 2021",
      "If Kerry can be painted as soft on Iran and detrimental toward Israeli policy, the logic seems to go, then the entire Iran deal is suspect, a diplomatic sop to our enemies. \u2014 Jacob Silverman, The New Republic , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "What initially seemed a cost-free sop to conservatives in the rural and religiously devout Polish borderlands next to Ukraine, the May 2019 decision has become a costly embarrassment for the town of Krasnik. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "The overnight reverse repurchase agreement, or reverse repo, facility has allowed the Fed to sop up excess liquidity from the economy by giving banks or big money managers a way to park cash and earn a return. \u2014 Telis Demos, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
      "Skyrocketing inflation is forcing Fed Chair Jay Powell to sop up his flood of money. \u2014 Brett Owens, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
      "As the loan limit increased over time\u2014now $57,500 a year for independent undergrads and $31,000 for those dependent on their parents\u2014colleges raised their prices to sop up more federal largesse. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Sourdough bread, another San Francisco staple, made the perfect accompaniment to sop up the remnants at the bottom of a bowl and was commonly served alongside the dish after a long day spent at sea. \u2014 Magdalena O'neal, Sunset Magazine , 7 Feb. 2022",
      "But no level of herculean effort from DeRozan was enough to sop up the mess of a sloppy Bulls performance. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "The Best of Beauty-winning Hask Charcoal Purifying Dry Shampoo is one of the most affordable and effective ways to sop up excess grease, oil, and sweat from your scalp in a pinch. \u2014 Sarah Han, Allure , 24 Sep. 2021",
      "Serve this with plenty of crusty bread to sop up all the delicious juices that mingle at the bottom of the bowl. \u2014 Star Tribune , 18 June 2021",
      "Serve this big salad with hunks of rough whole-wheat bread to sop up all the wonderful tidbits left in the bowl. \u2014 Beth Dooley Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune , 5 May 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English soppe , from Old English sopp ; akin to Old English s\u016bpan to swallow \u2014 more at sup":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u00e4p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backhander",
      "boodle",
      "bribe",
      "cumshaw",
      "fix"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014430",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sophisticate":{
    "antonyms":[
      "city slicker",
      "cosmopolitan",
      "cosmopolite",
      "metropolitan",
      "slicker"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sophisticated person":[],
      ": to make complicated or complex":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity",
      "vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup",
      "Noun",
      "sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Nor was Ashley the only Bridgerton sophisticate gracing the Met Gala red carpet. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 3 May 2022",
      "The movie starred Jill Clayburgh as Erica Benton, an Upper West Side sophisticate whose comfortable life unravels when her husband moves out during a midlife crisis. \u2014 Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "As for the clothes, the look is a touch \u201980s sophisticate through the Chanel lens. \u2014 Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR , 10 Jan. 2022",
      "In these books, French women are boiled down to one reductive stereotype: the thin, white, rich Parisian sophisticate in a striped shirt, trench coat and Herm\u00e8s scarf. \u2014 Rory Satran, WSJ , 27 Nov. 2021",
      "Intensive care units have sophisticated equipment, such as bedside machines to monitor a patient\u2019s heart rate and ventilators to help them breathe. \u2014 USA TODAY , 20 Mar. 2020",
      "Both sides, after all, rely on these tools, and there is an argument to be made that Democrats need them in order to close the gap with Mr. Trump\u2019s sophisticated digital operation. \u2014 Kevin Roose, New York Times , 10 Jan. 2020",
      "The technology from [blockchain analytics] firms such as Elliptic and Chainanalysis is sophisticated as well. \u2014 Matthew De Silva, Quartz , 5 Dec. 2019",
      "In terms of hair, Turner opted to wear it down in loose waves with a middle part \u2014 simple, sweet, and sophisticated all at once. \u2014 Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure , 5 July 2019",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "There is Maurice the sophisticate \u2014a collector of vintage timepieces and museum-quality ancient Chinese ceramics, a lover of fine perfumes\u2014but also a Maurice who was goofy and sweet, sometimes even childlike. \u2014 Chris Wiley, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
      "When the sophisticate \u2019s string of pearls is mysteriously stolen en route, the mood goes from civilized sitting to human bondage in a matter of seconds. \u2014 Joe Hsieh, The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "The vibe is decidedly \u2018urban- sophisticate \u2019 at its most polished. \u2014 Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "And back at the Eye of the World, Rand matches wits with the Dark One, who abandons his fire-eyed guise and takes the form of a handsome sophisticate , played by actor Fares Fares. \u2014 Sean T. Collins, Vulture , 24 Dec. 2021",
      "Gomez was every inch the sophisticate during her appearance, pairing a black skirt and black cardigan with bright red lips. \u2014 Elizabeth Loga, Glamour , 8 Sep. 2021",
      "This palette is a true sophisticate , using colors once thought to be the prerogative of decorators. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 23 July 2021",
      "Working from their studio in Saint Petersburg, their team of artisans cut, fold and stitch the finest of Italian textiles to craft sophisticate silhouettes that celebrate women. \u2014 Bianca Salonga, Forbes , 21 May 2021",
      "Witherspoon plays Melanie Smooter, a woman from Alabama who\u2019s become a New York sophisticate . \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 14 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticatus , past participle of sophisticare , from Latin sophisticus sophistic, from Greek sophistikos , from sophist\u0113s sophist":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8fi-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "s\u0259-\u02c8fi-sti-k\u0259t",
      "s\u0259-\u02c8fis-t\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
      "-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "complex",
      "complexify",
      "complicate",
      "embarrass",
      "entangle",
      "perplex"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074620",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "sophisticated":{
    "antonyms":[
      "guileless",
      "ingenuous",
      "innocent",
      "naive",
      "na\u00efve",
      "unsophisticated",
      "untutored",
      "unworldly",
      "wide-eyed"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": deprived of native or original simplicity: such as":[],
      ": devoid of grossness: such as":[],
      ": finely experienced and aware":[
        "a sophisticated columnist"
      ],
      ": having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience":[
        "a sophisticated lady"
      ],
      ": highly complicated or developed : complex":[
        "sophisticated electronic devices"
      ],
      ": intellectually appealing":[
        "a sophisticated novel"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Puck's mix of casual and sophisticated elements has become the most prevalent style of L.A. dining today. \u2014 Harvey Steiman , Wine Spectator , 31 Mar. 2009",
      "Sophisticated investors took Moody's and S&P's word for it, and it turned out that the agencies didn't know what they were doing. \u2014 Andy Serwer et al. , Time , 29 Sept. 2008",
      "\"These students want the amenities they grew up with at home\u2014their own rooms, their own baths, along with some of the finer things in life. They're a more sophisticated consumer.\" \u2014 Camille Sweeney , New York Times Real Estate Magazine , Spring 2007",
      "Sonar devices can locate an enemy's sophisticated , almost-silent diesel submarines by, ironically, making a deafening noise\u2014sometimes above 230 decibels, as loud as a Saturn V rocket blasting off. \u2014 Dick Russell , Mother Jones , March & April 2006",
      "She was a sophisticated and well-traveled woman.",
      "a swank and sophisticated restaurant",
      "Her knitting technique is more sophisticated than mine.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Try out every styling approach\u2014the understated, the sophisticated , and the everyday\u2014on the 19 flowy summer dresses ahead. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 June 2022",
      "Ukraine still holds potent advantages of its own, according to a senior administration official: a fierce will to fight, firm command and control of its forces and increasingly sophisticated Western weapons. \u2014 Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "In any conventional war with the West, Russia would be quickly defeated owing to its lack of sophisticated weapons and economic resources. \u2014 Loren Thompson, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "The government is losing control of swaths of land, particularly in the Center North and Sahel regions, as jihadis have increased their use of roadside bombs and use more sophisticated weapons. \u2014 Sam Mednick, ajc , 13 June 2022",
      "The arrival of ever more sophisticated and powerful Western weapons could soon alter the dynamic on the battlefield. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
      "Blinken noted that Biden had warned Moscow that the United States would provide Kyiv with more- sophisticated weapons if Russia invaded. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 2 June 2022",
      "The systems, the most sophisticated weapons the U.S. has sent to Ukraine since Russia invaded Feb. 24, require advanced training to fire and maintain. \u2014 Vivian Salama, WSJ , 1 June 2022",
      "Blinken noted that Biden had warned Moscow that the United States would provide Kyiv with more- sophisticated weapons if Russia invaded. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1601, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin sophisticat us":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02c8fi-st\u0259-\u02cck\u0101-t\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for sophisticated sophisticated , worldly-wise , blas\u00e9 mean experienced in the ways of the world. sophisticated often implies refinement, urbanity, cleverness, and cultivation. guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated worldly-wise suggests a close and practical knowledge of the affairs and manners of society and an inclination toward materialism. a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence blas\u00e9 implies a lack of responsiveness to common joys as a result of a real or affected surfeit of experience and cultivation. blas\u00e9 travelers who claimed to have been everywhere",
    "synonyms":[
      "cosmopolitan",
      "smart",
      "worldly",
      "worldly-wise"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033729",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "sophistication":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the use of sophistry : sophistic reasoning":[],
      ": sophism , quibble":[],
      ": the process or result of becoming more complex, developed, or subtle":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "s\u0259-\u02ccfi-st\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
      "s\u0259-\u02ccfis-t\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "complexity",
      "complexness",
      "complicacy",
      "complicatedness",
      "complication",
      "elaborateness",
      "intricacy",
      "intricateness",
      "involution",
      "knottiness"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "plainness",
      "simpleness",
      "simplicity"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the engine's sophistication requires that all repairs be done by an experienced mechanic",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The final price increase is expected to be linked to sophistication of the components being manufactured, but that still means vendors will end up paying between 15-20% more for chips. \u2014 Matthew Humphries, PCMAG , 13 May 2022",
      "The faster cadence and sophistication of the violence could mean that militants are exploiting public divide after the junta\u2019s takeover, say conflict analysts. \u2014 Sam Mednick, ajc , 6 May 2022",
      "Multiple factors prolong the pre-trial period of newer death penalty cases, including the sophistication of forensic evidence and mountains of case law outlining mistakes to avoid for lawyers and judges. \u2014 Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel , 3 May 2022",
      "But the new space still has sophistication in spades. \u2014 Rachel Cormack, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "The shoes looked amazing and the new heels and soles had a sophistication and style that made my nearly ten-year-old shoes feel like a new pair. \u2014 David Hochman, Forbes , 22 Oct. 2021",
      "All-white daffodils add sophistication and are effective companions for other delicate early-spring plants, such as snowflake, scilla, muscari, phlox, bluebells, foamflower and epimediums. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "The abstract paintings by Laurie Fisher (top) and Julie Hansen (bottom), both acquired through art consultant Libby Silvia, add sophistication without feeling out of place, thanks to the playful shapes and colors. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2021",
      "Lighter stains can help give the room a more airy feeling and allow the wood grain to shine through, while darker stains can make the floors the focal point of the room and add sophistication . \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 15 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161900"
  },
  "sophy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a sovereign of Persia":[],
      ": knowledge : wisdom : science":[
        "anthropo sophy"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1534, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French -sophie , from Latin -sophia , from Greek, from sophia wisdom, from sophos":"Noun combining form",
      "Persian Saf\u012b":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u014d-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115022",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "noun combining form"
    ]
  },
  "sopite":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to put an end to (as a claim) : settle":[],
      ": to put to sleep : lull":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin sopitus , past participle of sopire to put to sleep, from sopor":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u014d\u02ccp\u012bt",
      "\u02c8s\u00e4\u02ccp-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062851",
    "type":[
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "soporific":{
    "antonyms":[
      "stimulant"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing or tending to cause sleep":[
        "soporific drugs"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy":[],
      ": tending to dull awareness or alertness":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the soporific heat of summer",
      "this medication is soporific , so do not drive after taking it",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Time was, city council meetings in minor American burgs were sleepy, if not downright soporific affairs. \u2014 Charles Isherwood, WSJ , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "If the comfort of the chili sauce took the form of catharsis\u2014heart-racing heat and its attendant sweat\u2014the comfort of the tomato soup was soporific , more soothing than Campbell\u2019s. \u2014 Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker , 6 May 2022",
      "The soporific Reagan era made the music and lyrics SST trafficked in seem an active threat. \u2014 Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times , 12 Apr. 2022",
      "His music has been described as bland and soporific -- like an aural hit of Ambien. \u2014 John Blake, CNN , 5 Dec. 2021",
      "The \u014cura app even provides recordings of boring stories, read by someone with a wonderfully soporific voice, to help her fall asleep. \u2014 John Horgan, Scientific American , 30 Sep. 2021",
      "No other season lends itself so readily to daytime lounging as summer, with its soporific heat, slowed-down pace, and somnolent rhythms. \u2014 Vogue , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "On this show, what happens after dinner usually arrives in soporific glimpses. \u2014 Amanda Whiting, Vulture , 15 Aug. 2021",
      "Relevance, though, often covers a multitude of aesthetic faults \u2014 the soporific dullness of being earnest, relentless sentimentality or even a covert didacticism, typically stressing the myriad derelictions to which human beings are all prey. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 June 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Despite the vicious\u2014and mostly ineffective\u2014GOP attacks on Biden\u2019s mental acuity, the former vice president gave listeners a level of detail Thursday night that bordered on the soporific . \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 15 Oct. 2020",
      "The filmmakers hit the reset button again, to find new conflict-laden places to go, new soporific curses to do. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 17 Oct. 2019",
      "And education\u2019s soporific wonkitude works in its favor: Negotiations fly under the radar. \u2014 Roger Sollenberger, The New Republic , 5 Aug. 2019",
      "Norton, who has already completed the 12-hour sleep-coaching program with his own Tier X trainer, takes me up to the hotel\u2019s penthouse suite to watch the sunset over the Hudson and sample a line of soporific CBD chocolates. \u2014 Howie Kahn, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2019",
      "Like at night, when the soft beds and gentle rhythms of the train become a potent soporific . \u2014 Jo Rodgers, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 7 Sep. 2018",
      "After a soporific first 45 minutes ended scoreless, more than 40,000 spectators at the Rostov Arena had little reason to expect the remarkable, rollicking second half that awaited them. \u2014 Tariq Panja, New York Times , 4 July 2018",
      "This never made sense anyway, though for the gullible few, inflamed rhetoric has apparently served as an effective soporific . \u2014 Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com , 3 Jan. 2018",
      "The flow is further evident in the variety of tracks, which span the gamut from lush deep house rhythms to soporific electronica and ambient compositions. \u2014 Michael Sundius, Billboard , 30 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective",
      "circa 1727, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from French soporifique , from Latin sopor deep sleep; akin to Latin somnus sleep \u2014 more at somnolent":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccs\u00e4-p\u0259-\u02c8ri-fik",
      "-\u02c8rif-ik"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "drowsy",
      "hypnotic",
      "narcotic",
      "opiate",
      "sleepy",
      "slumberous",
      "slumbrous",
      "somniferous",
      "somnolent"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052700",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "soporifical":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": soporific":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-f\u0113k-",
      "-f\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203527",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "soporose":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": full of sleep : characterized by or manifesting morbid sleep or sleepiness":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "sopor + -ose":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082139",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "sopper":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that sops":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u00e4p\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191506",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "soppiness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arid",
      "dry",
      "unwatered",
      "waterless"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": sentimental , mawkish":[],
      ": soaked through : saturated":[],
      ": very wet":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "trudging over soppy ground at the county fair",
      "scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The lyrics are soppy , but Jacques delivers the maternal sentiment with a thunderous passion worthy of Jennifer Holliday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Based on the comic book series by Charles Forsman, this coming-of-age, misfit tale is the true outsider\u2019s answer to the soppy teen drama dilemma. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Their engineering is suitably serious, though: The rubber shell, which is made of a biodegradable polymer, is lined with cozy cotton so your feet will stay dry, warm and comfortable in all sorts of soppy circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2021",
      "Brother claims that he is being levelheaded and sensible about a difficult topic, and that disposition of a deceased relative's estate is a matter of business and there is no room for my soppy sentiment. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2020",
      "One element is the soppy sentimentality that Britons have toward the National Health Service. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 4 June 2020",
      "What follows here is not as soppy as all that, but hopefully as helpful and illuminating. \u2014 Sarah Menkedick, Longreads , 24 July 2019",
      "Suitably soppy and predictably emoji-filled, most of the Tweets have come from players declaring their love for their wives and girlfriends. \u2014 SI.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
      "The funny thing is that for all the complaints about NBC's coverage \u2014 soppy sentimentality, jingoism, etc. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u00e4-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "awash",
      "bathed",
      "bedraggled",
      "doused",
      "dowsed",
      "drenched",
      "dripping",
      "logged",
      "saturate",
      "saturated",
      "soaked",
      "soaking",
      "sodden",
      "soggy",
      "sopping",
      "soused",
      "washed",
      "water-soaked",
      "watered",
      "waterlogged",
      "watery",
      "wet"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074314",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "sopping":{
    "antonyms":[
      "arid",
      "dry",
      "unwatered",
      "waterless"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wet through : soaking":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "His clothes were sopping from the rain.",
      "my hair and clothes were absolutely sopping after the unexpected downpour",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With rainy running, having the right gear can turn a sopping , uncomfortable run into an epic adventure. \u2014 Shauna Harrison, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "The Ducks should have used the final play of sopping -wet regulation to send a message on Saturday night. \u2014 John Canzano, oregonlive , 7 Nov. 2021",
      "Bay Area takes brunt of PG&E outages: Nearly 148,000 Bay Area households and businesses had no power as of Sunday evening as heavy rain continued to fall at the end of a sopping , stormy day. \u2014 Rita Beamish, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2021",
      "In one scene, a sopping wet, half-naked underling hands Claire a document. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 27 July 2021",
      "Portland has emerged from a weather system that made for a sopping -wet end to the workweek. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Dec. 2020"
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      "1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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      "scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The lyrics are soppy , but Jacques delivers the maternal sentiment with a thunderous passion worthy of Jennifer Holliday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Jan. 2022",
      "Based on the comic book series by Charles Forsman, this coming-of-age, misfit tale is the true outsider\u2019s answer to the soppy teen drama dilemma. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
      "Their engineering is suitably serious, though: The rubber shell, which is made of a biodegradable polymer, is lined with cozy cotton so your feet will stay dry, warm and comfortable in all sorts of soppy circumstances. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 27 Mar. 2021",
      "Brother claims that he is being levelheaded and sensible about a difficult topic, and that disposition of a deceased relative's estate is a matter of business and there is no room for my soppy sentiment. \u2014 Judith Martin, Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2020",
      "One element is the soppy sentimentality that Britons have toward the National Health Service. \u2014 Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books , 4 June 2020",
      "What follows here is not as soppy as all that, but hopefully as helpful and illuminating. \u2014 Sarah Menkedick, Longreads , 24 July 2019",
      "Suitably soppy and predictably emoji-filled, most of the Tweets have come from players declaring their love for their wives and girlfriends. \u2014 SI.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
      "The funny thing is that for all the complaints about NBC's coverage \u2014 soppy sentimentality, jingoism, etc. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Feb. 2018"
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      "1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "wet"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222222",
    "type":[
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      "noun"
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      ": a musical instrument (such as a recorder or saxophone) higher in pitch than the soprano":[]
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, diminutive of soprano":""
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      "\u02ccs\u00e4-",
      "\u02ccs\u014d-pr\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113950",
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "soprano entry 1 + -ist":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140959",
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      "noun"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Such economic sophistry has become a trend under President Biden. \u2014 Brian Riedl, National Review , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "Ascribing causality to any one tactic is sophistry . \u2014 WSJ , 23 Dec. 2021",
      "Notice FDR\u2019s painstaking enumeration of the elements of his program, and his puncturing of his opponents\u2019 sophistry . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 3 Nov. 2021",
      "The sophistry of their cringe-inducing lexicon is dangerous. \u2014 Kenin M. Spivak, National Review , 16 Sep. 2021",
      "And blunt is the racial preference, the explicit segregation, the insulting assumption-making and the overall intellectual sophistry that is anti-racist ideology in action. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 30 June 2021",
      "And blunt is the racial preference, the explicit segregation, the insulting assumption-making and the overall intellectual sophistry that is anti-racist ideology in action. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 30 June 2021",
      "And blunt is the racial preference, the explicit segregation, the insulting assumption-making and the overall intellectual sophistry that is anti-racist ideology in action. \u2014 The New York Times, Arkansas Online , 30 June 2021",
      "The central irony of U2\u2019s career might be that, having become sophisticated critics of media sophistry , the band simplified its outlook just before 9/11. \u2014 Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker , 8 Aug. 2021"
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163617"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204439"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212528"
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      "noun"
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      ": relating to or having the range or part of a soprano":[],
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      "-\u02c8pr\u00e4-",
      "s\u0259-\u02c8pra-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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      "Noun",
      "She sings in a high soprano .",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Backstage, Marina Najmytenko, a soprano who played Juliet, brimmed with pride and emotion. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
      "This is a classic musical, and Marian in the past has usually been played by a soprano , and there\u2019s an idea of who should play her. \u2014 Julie Vadnal, Vogue , 10 June 2022",
      "In her role debut on Thursday, the usually superb soprano Joyce El-Khoury sounded somewhat misaligned here. \u2014 Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "The superb soprano Julia Bullock tested positive for Covid just before flying to California. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "At Nissan Stadium, Pearce\u2019s pure soprano was solid match with Judd\u2019s show-stopping, soulful growl. \u2014 Jessica Nicholson, Billboard , 11 June 2022",
      "Khodara, who trained at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and studied classical opera under renowned Italian soprano and opera director Renata Scotto, is known for a voice which is soulful and full of power. \u2014 Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
      "Among the singers scheduled to perform here next season are mezzo- soprano Stephanie Blythe, soprano Michelle Bradley and bass-baritone Greer Grimsley. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "For example, the mezzo- soprano Rihab Chaieb, the cast\u2019s newcomer, as Nefertiti, Akhnaten\u2019s wife. \u2014 New York Times , 20 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, adjective & noun, from sopra above, from Latin supra \u2014 more at supra-":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1730, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1738, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-230935"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000426"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": the C clef when placed on the musical staff to indicate that middle C is on the bottom line of the staff \u2014 see clef illustration":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1786, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013118"
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      ": any of a class of ancient Greek teachers of rhetoric, philosophy, and the art of successful living prominent about the middle of the fifth century b.c. for their adroit subtle and allegedly often specious reasoning":[],
      ": a captious or fallacious reasoner":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Plato\u2019s most famous dialogue, the Republic, Socrates falls into conversation with the bold and intimidating Thrasymachus, who is a sophist \u2014that is, one who offers instructions on how to argue a case, no matter its merit. \u2014 Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, WSJ , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "Not even the most shameless sophist will argue that anything like that happened. \u2014 Hugh Hewitt, The Denver Post , 10 Mar. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin sophista , from Greek sophist\u0113s , literally, expert, wise man, from sophizesthai to become wise, deceive, from sophos clever, wise":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054940"
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      "sophio- (from sophia ) + -logy":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063258"
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      "adverb"
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      "Late Latin sophicus , from Greek sophos skilled, clever, wise + Latin -icus -ic, -ical":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132110"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174137"
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      "Middle English, from Middle French sophistre , from Latin sophista":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174944"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201916"
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