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{
"ochlocracy":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": government by the mob : mob rule":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4-\u02c8kl\u00e4-kr\u0259-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More commonly, ochlocracy functions through the legitimate organs of the state or through other entities, such as businesses and professional associations. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 6 June 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek & Middle French; Middle French ochlocratie , from Greek ochlokratia , from ochlos mob + -kratia -cracy":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150946"
},
"ocher brown":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a moderate orange that is yellower and deeper than honeydew, yellower and darker than Persian orange, and duller than mikado orange":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163605"
},
"ocher":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The animals painted in ocher in Colombia may include giant ground sloths and other creatures that vanished from the Americas. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"If that's the case, the archaeologists say, then the people who made the bladelets and stained the ground with ocher may have been part of the first wave of our species to reach eastern Asia. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Another housing project from the same period, Walden 7, outside Barcelona, consists of 22 towers grouped around five courtyards, their outer facades painted an earthy ocher and their courtyard facades a dark aqua. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The researchers analyzed samples of the red residues and concluded that the ocher , a natural pigment found in clay, used to make them was brought to the cave from somewhere else -- although the study did not determine exactly from where. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Among the unique objects at Blombos are a number of pieces of ocher . \u2014 Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
"Natural materials \u2014 feathers, shells, ocher , oil \u2014 were talismans to help ward off ills. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2021",
"Centuries of paint, layer upon layer, peel away, a palimpsest of fine intentions measured in the warm earth tones of the south\u2014terra-cotta, russet, rose madder, ocher ; colors that were the latest thing in Caesar's day. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Mar. 2021",
"We were surrounded by space and air and skyscraper-size monoliths of constantly changing texture and color; the light taupe of the Kaibab giving way to the ocher of sandstone. \u2014 Jamie Quatro, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English oker , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ocre , from Latin ochra , from Greek \u014dchra , from feminine of \u014dchros yellow":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165325"
},
"ocherish":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": resembling or suggesting ocher (as in color) : somewhat like ocher":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171305"
},
"ochidore":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": shore crab":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4k\u0259\u02ccd\u014d(\u0259)r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190058"
},
"ocher yellow":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": yellow ocher":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190211"
},
"ochery":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": ocherous":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014dk(\u0259)r\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ocher entry 1 + -y":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-194607"
},
"ocherous":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an earthy usually red or yellow and often impure iron ore used as a pigment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u014d-k\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The animals painted in ocher in Colombia may include giant ground sloths and other creatures that vanished from the Americas. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Mar. 2022",
"If that's the case, the archaeologists say, then the people who made the bladelets and stained the ground with ocher may have been part of the first wave of our species to reach eastern Asia. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Another housing project from the same period, Walden 7, outside Barcelona, consists of 22 towers grouped around five courtyards, their outer facades painted an earthy ocher and their courtyard facades a dark aqua. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Jan. 2022",
"The researchers analyzed samples of the red residues and concluded that the ocher , a natural pigment found in clay, used to make them was brought to the cave from somewhere else -- although the study did not determine exactly from where. \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 2 Aug. 2021",
"Among the unique objects at Blombos are a number of pieces of ocher . \u2014 Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine , 20 July 2021",
"Natural materials \u2014 feathers, shells, ocher , oil \u2014 were talismans to help ward off ills. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2021",
"Centuries of paint, layer upon layer, peel away, a palimpsest of fine intentions measured in the warm earth tones of the south\u2014terra-cotta, russet, rose madder, ocher ; colors that were the latest thing in Caesar's day. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Mar. 2021",
"We were surrounded by space and air and skyscraper-size monoliths of constantly changing texture and color; the light taupe of the Kaibab giving way to the ocher of sandstone. \u2014 Jamie Quatro, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English oker , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ocre , from Latin ochra , from Greek \u014dchra , from feminine of \u014dchros yellow":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224108"
},
"ochlophobist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who is afflicted with ochlophobia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-b\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin ochlophob ia + English -ist":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002437"
},
"oche":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the line in the game of darts behind which a player must stand when throwing":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"of obscure origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034123"
},
"och":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4\u1e35"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Scottish Gaelic & Irish Gaelic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133947"
},
"ocher orange":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong orange that is yellower and stronger than pumpkin, deeper and slightly redder than cadmium orange, and redder and deeper than cadmium yellow":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-144205"
},
"ocher red":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dark reddish orange that is yellower, less strong, and slightly darker than average lacquer and redder and slightly darker than burnt sienna":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171703"
}
}