dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ona_MW.json

{
  "onager":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Asian wild ass ( Equus hemionus onager synonym E. onager ) that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is related to the kiang":[],
      ": a heavy catapult used in ancient and medieval times":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u00e4-ni-j\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Now, analysis of DNA extracted from the bones buried at Umm el-Marra has revealed the animal was a cross between a donkey, which was domesticated at the time, and the now-extinct Syrian wild ass, sometimes called hemippe or an onager . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
      "Researchers have uncovered thousands of bone fragments at the site, including remains from horses, extinct wild oxen known as aurochs, and donkey relatives called onagers . \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic , 24 July 2019",
      "The two of them once passed two very happy weekends of courtship in attempts to reconstruct an ancient catapult called an onager . \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED , 18 June 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros , from onos ass + agros field \u2014 more at acre":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182533"
  },
  "onanism":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": masturbation":[],
      ": coitus interruptus":[],
      ": self-gratification":[
        "the kind of intellectual onanism to which he was dedicated",
        "\u2014 Esther P. Shiverick"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
      "\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from New Latin onanismus , from Onan , son of Judah (Genesis 38:9)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231041"
  },
  "Onagraceae":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales having an inferior ovary, 2 or 4 petals, 1 to 8 stamens, and a simple style":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8gr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Onagra + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044713"
  }
}