dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nug_MW.json

{
  "nugatory":{
    "antonyms":[
      "binding",
      "good",
      "valid"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having no force : inoperative":[
        "The law was unenforced and thus rendered nugatory ."
      ],
      ": of little or no consequence : trifling , inconsequential":[
        "comments too nugatory to merit attention"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the congressional resolution has symbolic value only, as it relates to a matter governed by the states and is thus nugatory",
      "the book is entertaining, but its contributions to Shakespearean scholarship are nugatory",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But the benefits to Russia longer term could be nugatory . \u2014 W. James Antle Iii, The Week , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "It could be used to rationalize stealing the pennies from a dead man\u2019s eyes, true, even considering the nugatory value of the contemporary penny. \u2014 Marilynne Robinson, The New York Review of Books , 27 May 2020",
      "Yet all of these questions seem, increasingly, merely nostalgic, nugatory , in the face of the dissolution of the common solidarity of principles that had once made the liberation happen. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 6 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin nugatorius , from nugari to trifle, from nugae trifles":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00fc-g\u0259-\u02cct\u022fr-\u0113",
      "\u02c8n\u00fc-g\u0259-\u02cct\u014dr-\u0113, \u02c8ny\u00fc-",
      "\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for nugatory vain , nugatory , otiose , idle , empty , hollow mean being without worth or significance. vain implies either absolute or relative absence of value. vain promises nugatory suggests triviality or insignificance. a monarch with nugatory powers otiose suggests that something serves no purpose and is either an encumbrance or a superfluity. a film without a single otiose scene idle suggests being incapable of worthwhile use or effect. idle speculations empty and hollow suggest a deceiving lack of real substance or soundness or genuineness. an empty attempt at reconciliation a hollow victory",
    "synonyms":[
      "bad",
      "inoperative",
      "invalid",
      "nonbinding",
      "nonvalid",
      "null",
      "null and void",
      "void"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070458",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "nugget":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small usually rounded piece of food":[
        "chicken nuggets"
      ],
      ": tidbit sense 2":[
        "nuggets of wisdom"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "nuggets of beef in the chow mein",
      "a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "One nugget in the consumer sentiment report could carry particular weight for markets. \u2014 Alex Veiga, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "The grand prize for the heaviest fish is a roughly 1 ounce gold nugget and $1,000. \u2014 Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News , 14 June 2022",
      "Nivola stored that gold nugget during production and used it as motivation when needed. \u2014 Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
      "Most of the food, from Impossible chicken nugget meals to rockfish ceviche, is served on aluminum trays. \u2014 Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle , 18 May 2022",
      "The nugget was first served in December 2020 at a Singaporean restaurant. \u2014 Tim Carman, Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The Women in American History Award was presented to Elizabeth Jane Wimmer who identified the first gold nugget that launched the famed California Gold Rush, and Agnes White, who portrayed the fictional cooking icon Betty Crocker. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Tokyo chicken still gets its kicks from soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sake \u2014 a long list of flavoring agents applied a day before the thigh meat is served, each nugget crisp from a dusting of tapioca and cornstarch. \u2014 Washington Post , 18 May 2022",
      "Out of every disaster comes at least one gold nugget . \u2014 Greg Coticchia, Forbes , 17 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u0259-g\u0259t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bite",
      "morsel",
      "mouthful",
      "nibble",
      "taste",
      "tidbit",
      "titbit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055542",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nuggety":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": short and thickset : compact":[
        "a sardonic nuggety old prospector",
        "\u2014 George Farwell"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-g\u0259t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113447",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}