dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/yen_MW.json

{
  "Yenisei":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Uralic language of the Yeniseian people":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Yenisei river, western Siberia":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6yen\u0259\u00a6s\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181944",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Yenisei-Ostyak":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": ket":[],
      ": yeniseian":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yenisei river + English ostyak":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084227",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Yeniseian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a language family spoken in the valley of the Middle Yenisei river in Siberia of which Ket is the only member still spoken":[],
      ": a member of one of a group of peoples in the Yenisei river country including the Sagai":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yenisei river, western Siberia + English -an":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0101\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062652",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Yenisey":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "river over 2500 miles (4022 kilometers) long in Russia in Asia flowing north into the Arctic Ocean":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccyi-ni-\u02c8s\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065448",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "yen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to have an intense desire : long":[],
      "the basic monetary unit of Japan \u2014 see Money Table":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1875, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "circa 1919, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Japanese en":"Noun",
      "obsolete English argot yen-yen craving for opium, from Chin (Guangdong) y\u012bn-y\u00e1hn , from y\u012bn opium + y\u00e1hn craving":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yen"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091852",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yen-shee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the residue formed in the bowl of an opium pipe by smoking":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1882, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Chinese (Guangdong) y\u012bn-s\u00ed , from y\u012bn opium + s\u00ed excrement, filth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yen-\u02c8sh\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162111",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "yeni":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a showy tanager ( Calospiza chilensis synonym C. yeni ) of eastern Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin (specific epithet of Calospiza yeni ), of American Indian origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yen\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115117",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "yenta":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Abzug is the pushy yenta of the Senate, a pragmatist willing to make concessions to secure male allies. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "This Tinder-esque development allows users to create separate profiles to pursue romantic connections, with Facebook acting as an algorithmic yenta . \u2014 Steven Levy, WIRED , 1 May 2018",
      "Meanwhile, amidst adapting to their new status, Mrs. Jha overcomes her Gurgaon disorientation long enough to play yenta for her closest Mayur Palli friend, a too-young widow, and Mr. Chopra\u2019s older brother. \u2014 Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor , 26 June 2017",
      "Listening to her must have given him a thrill: Here was one very big-time yenta whispering advice and encouragement into the wide-open ear of a less important one. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, SI.com , 21 June 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1923, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Yiddish yente , from the name Yente":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yen-t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "circulator",
      "gossip",
      "gossiper",
      "gossipmonger",
      "newsmonger",
      "quidnunc",
      "tale-teller",
      "talebearer",
      "telltale"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000837",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}