"Cabinet fronts in Benjamin Moore\u2019s Clay Beige or Templeton Gray, and oakwood\u2014as well as a lot of tawny brass hardware\u2014give the kitchen an established look. \u2014 Kelly Allen, House Beautiful , 31 May 2022",
"The tawny crust of Malta's sourdough gives way to a pillow-soft interior, ideal for rubbing with a fresh tomato or soaking up the islands' prized olive oils. \u2014 Jen Rose Smith, CNN , 4 May 2022",
"Over two decades ago, scientists made the unfortunate discovery that tawny crazy ants, a species native to the Caribbean coast of South America, had arrived in Houston, Texas. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Originally hailing from South America, tawny crazy ants (Nylanderia fulva) get their name because of their unpredictable movements. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Mar. 2022",
"To see how quickly the fungus would take down a colony of tawny crazy ants, scientists intentionally infected two different populations of ants. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The tawny crazy ant\u2019s success in Texas, though, has not gone unnoticed\u2014microbially speaking. \u2014 Matt Simon, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Enlarge / Microspordian spores collected from a tawny crazy ant at Pace Bend Park in central Texas. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Research undertaken recently by the University of Groningen Centre for Isotope Research in the Netherlands, commissioned by Dutch journalists, found by way of radiocarbon dating that some tawny Ports were not as old as their labels stated. \u2014 Lettie Teague, WSJ , 24 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"And there the animal was, in a photo made famous in 2013 in National Geographic: tawny , sinewy, prowling below the Hollywood sign. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Apr. 2022",
"So when LeBrun and colleagues found a type of fungus that seems to only target tawny crazy ants, they were immediately intrigued. \u2014 Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Another key neutral in the block heel boot department is brown, from deep, chocolate tones to tawny and cinnamon shades. \u2014 Laura Lajiness, Vogue , 13 Nov. 2021",
"Wrapped in fur coats, one tawny and the other a deep chestnut, Grandma Bea and Aunt Doris are gilded, coiffed, and made up to the nines. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 14 Sep. 2021",
"For winemakers considering the port route, Karlicek said deciding whether to go ruby or tawny would be the first step. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 19 Aug. 2020",
"From the air, this lowland delta, covering an area the size of Nebraska, is a tawny -and-cobalt expanse of tundra and tributaries and lakes, its looping rivers etching a dazzling curlicue. \u2014 Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor , 1 July 2019",
"Belquis Zahir rents out Filicudi House, almost a companion piece to Zucco Grande, with the same tawny , Afghan smoothness. \u2014 Antonia Quirke, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 22 Aug. 2019",
"Between us are a tawny Oriental rug and a table set with a pot of coffee and a spread of pastries in a striped Financier Patisserie box. \u2014 Amy Chozick, Vogue , 28 Aug. 2018"
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French tan\u00e9, taun\u00e9 , literally, tanned, from past participle of tanner to tan":"Adjective"
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"\u02c8t\u022fn\u1d4al\u0113",
"-n\u0259\u0307l-",
"\u02c8t\u00e4n-"
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": the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[],
": a marble used as a shooter":[],
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": a square-dance partner":[],
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"\u02c8t\u00e4v",
"\u02c8t\u022f",
"\u02c8t\u00e4f",
"\u02c8t\u022fv"
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"Middle English, to prepare (soil), taw, from Old English tawian to prepare, make; akin to Old High German zawjan to hasten, Goth taujan to do, make":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1701, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1709, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1863, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
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"\u02c8t\u00e4w\u0259"
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"Richard Henry 1880\u20131962 English economic historian":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-123651"
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"noun"
],
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": a member of such people":[],
": the language of the Tawasa people \u2014 compare muskogee":[]
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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": an arrow arum ( Peltandra virginica )":[]
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"\u02c8t\u022fk\u0113"
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"of Algonquian origin; akin to Delaware p'tuckquen it is round, Natick p\u0115t\u016dkqui":""
"\"Well, I found myself seated in a horrid little private box \u2026 I looked out from behind the curtain and surveyed the house. It was a tawdry affair, all Cupids and cornucopias, like a third-rate wedding-cake.\"",
"\u2014 Oscar Wilde",
"Any trip there carries with it more than its share of drabness, tawdry hotels and second-rate service, all of which tax the forbearance of the most patient traveler.",
"\u2014 John F. Burns"
],
": morally sordid, base, or distasteful":[
"a tawdry scandal",
"a tawdry love affair",
"a tawdry attempt to smear his opponent",
"Setting aside the tawdry manner in which his marriage had (publicly) unraveled, the mayor's combative style had begun to grate on many New Yorkers.",
"\u2014 Jonathan Mahler"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8t\u022f-dr\u0113",
"\u02c8t\u00e4-"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for tawdry Adjective gaudy , tawdry , garish , flashy , meretricious mean vulgarly or cheaply showy. gaudy implies a tasteless use of overly bright, often clashing colors or excessive ornamentation. circus performers in gaudy costumes tawdry applies to what is at once gaudy and cheap and sleazy. tawdry saloons garish describes what is distressingly or offensively bright. garish neon signs flashy implies an effect of brilliance quickly and easily seen to be shallow or vulgar. a flashy nightclub act meretricious stresses falsity and may describe a tawdry show that beckons with a false allure or promise. a meretricious wasteland of casinos and bars",
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The scandal was a tawdry affair.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Videos of Pound council meetings became tawdry municipal reality shows \u2014 people would tune in for the sheer cringeworthy spectacle. \u2014 Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
"There are plenty of elements for a robustly tawdry thriller here. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The pair are cooking up a tawdry heist, barely worthy of the name, and the plan gets complicated by the intervention of Teach (Sam Rockwell), another gimlet-eyed crook, closer in age and experience to Bobby than to Donny. \u2014 Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
"And his withholding of aid to Ukraine for a partisan political purpose \u2014 to pressure the Ukrainian government to uncover dirt related to the Bidens \u2014 was a tawdry abuse of power (and led to his first impeachment). \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Lots of tawdry details about vague Trump connections to apparently unsavory Russian characters. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Though it's based on the Wondery podcast that first broke the tawdry tiger tale in 2019, Joe vs. Carole simply doesn't contain enough fresh insight to justify its existence today \u2014 despite game performances by the stars. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 2 Mar. 2022",
"Marks\u2019 husband, Seth, has become the object of scorn and derision because of his tawdry sense of humor. \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The story starts in the tawdry glitter of traveling carnivals just before World War II. \u2014 WSJ , 9 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"However, a recent Republican president, leading Republican senators and disingenuous testimony by three recent Republican nominees have shamefully dragged the court down to the level of tawdry , hardball, partisan politics. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"This is not, in the end, a tale of hubris brought low, or even of a tacky life staring down a long lens at a tawdry , dwindling death. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
"It has been reclaimed by some as a marker of empowerment and by others as a critical satire of male bravado and tawdry , art-world branding. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Aug. 2021",
"Even when the proceedings become a touch tawdry , there\u2019s a blessed absence of American puritanism in their presentation. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 25 June 2021",
"While viewed as tawdry at times by some of its critics, the tabloid has served as a beacon of media freedom in the Chinese-speaking world, read by dissidents and a more liberal Chinese diaspora \u2013 repeatedly challenging Beijing\u2019s authoritarianism. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2021",
"Besides the tawdry detailing and construction, the essential difference between the palace and its historical models is conceptual. \u2014 Mark Lamster, Dallas News , 5 Feb. 2021",
"What happened at the White House last night was its tawdry , perhaps inevitable, sequel. \u2014 Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"tawdry lace a tie of lace for the neck, from St. Audrey (St. Etheldreda) \u2020679 queen of Northumbria":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"circa 1680, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043841"
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],
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"\u02c8t\u022f\u2027i"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from taw entry 1 + -ie (alteration of -y )":""
