dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/aq_mw.json

{
  "aqua vitae":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a strong alcoholic liquor (such as brandy)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cca-kw\u0259-\u02c8v\u012b-t\u0113",
      "\u02ccak-w\u0259-\u02c8v\u012bt-\u0113, \u02cc\u00e4k-",
      "\u02cc\u00e4-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "alcohol",
      "ardent spirits",
      "booze",
      "bottle",
      "drink",
      "firewater",
      "grog",
      "hooch",
      "inebriant",
      "intoxicant",
      "John Barleycorn",
      "juice",
      "liquor",
      "lush",
      "moonshine",
      "potable",
      "rum",
      "sauce",
      "spirits",
      "stimulant",
      "strong drink",
      "tipple"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "aqua vitae has been part of human culture since ancient times"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin, literally, water of life":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225337"
  },
  "aquiver":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by trembling or quivering":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8kwi-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "atremble",
      "quaking",
      "quavery",
      "quivering",
      "shaking",
      "shaky",
      "shuddering",
      "shuddery",
      "tottering",
      "tottery",
      "trembling",
      "trembly",
      "tremulous",
      "wobbling",
      "wabbling",
      "wobbly",
      "wabbly"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He was all aquiver with excitement.",
      "a puppy aquiver with anticipation as his owner held out a treat"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012239"
  },
  "aqueduct":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a structure for conveying a canal over a river or hollow":[],
      ": a canal or passage in a part or organ":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-kw\u0259-\u02ccd\u0259kt",
      "\u02c8ak-w\u0259-\u02ccd\u0259kt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "canal",
      "channel",
      "conduit",
      "course",
      "flume",
      "racecourse",
      "raceway",
      "watercourse",
      "waterway"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "marveled at the ancient Roman aqueducts that still carry water to distant villages",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the early 1900s, Los Angeles, growing fast and running out of water, bought land along either side of the Owens River, then built an aqueduct diverting the river\u2019s water 230 miles south to Los Angeles. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
      "The torrent would have swept away piers supporting the aqueduct had a passing train on the island railroad not gone off its tracks and partly plugged the gap. \u2014 David Owen, The New Yorker , 11 May 2022",
      "The city has permission to use alum this fall when work on a tunnel under the Hudson River will require the temporary disconnection of the aqueduct for the neighboring Delaware watershed. \u2014 Michael Hill, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Archaeologists announced the discovery, at the Armenian archaeological site of Artashat-Artaxata, of the easternmost Roman aqueduct . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Stefanie Smallhouse, a rancher who heads the Arizona Farm Bureau, said Arizona farmers who rely on water from the aqueduct , known as the Central Arizona Project, may have to fallow up to 40 percent of their acreage. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Aug. 2021",
      "The interchange project also would include the relocation of a portion of the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District aqueduct , between the Utah and Salt Lake Canal and the South Jordan Canal, the study states. \u2014 Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Each diver could only go beneath the surface for about 30 minutes at a time and could not touch the bottom of the aqueduct as the disruption of silt on the bottom obscured visibility, Mims explained. \u2014 Cheri Mossburg, CNN , 18 Jan. 2022",
      "Workers have been spraying a biodegradable neutralizer into the Dominguez Channel, a 15.7-mile aqueduct in southern Los Angeles County, but applying it during high tide allowed much of the chemical to wash away. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin aquaeductus , from aquae (genitive of aqua ) + ductus act of leading \u2014 more at duct":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-015323"
  }
}