dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pet_MW.json

{
  "pet":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unbeloved"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a domesticated animal kept for pleasure rather than utility":[],
      ": a fit of peevishness, sulkiness, or anger":[
        "\u2014 usually used in the phrase in a pet resigned in a pet"
      ],
      ": a pampered and usually spoiled child":[],
      ": a person who is treated with unusual kindness or consideration : darling":[],
      ": expressing fondness or endearment":[
        "a pet name"
      ],
      ": favorite":[
        "a pet project"
      ],
      ": kept or treated as a pet":[],
      ": to engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing : neck":[],
      ": to stroke in a gentle or loving manner":[],
      ": to take offense : sulk":[],
      ": to treat as a pet":[],
      ": to treat with unusual kindness and consideration : pamper":[],
      "Peter":[],
      "petroleum":[],
      "positron-emission tomography":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "The mayor's pet project has been the construction of a new high school.",
      "spent my free time on my pet project"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1508, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1581, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
      "1629, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1629, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Noun",
      "perhaps back-formation from Middle English pety small \u2014 more at petty":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pet"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beloved",
      "cherished",
      "darling",
      "dear",
      "fair-haired",
      "favored",
      "favorite",
      "fond",
      "loved",
      "precious",
      "special",
      "sweet",
      "white-headed"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011211",
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "peter (out)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to gradually become smaller, weaker, or less before stopping or ending":[
        "Their romantic relationship petered out after the summer.",
        "Interest in the sport is beginning to peter out ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073612",
    "type":[
      "phrasal verb"
    ]
  },
  "petit four":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small cake cut from pound or sponge cake and frosted":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Brittainy Newman/The New York Times Mochi meets dressy petits fours at the Mochidoki shop in SoHo opening on Thursday. \u2014 Florence Fabricant, New York Times , 9 Mar. 2020",
      "Swiftlet nests have been compared to caviar, petit fours , foie gras and even scones. \u2014 1843 , 22 Nov. 2019",
      "To wrap up the cozy evening, dainty petit fours were served for dessert\u2014a touch of sweet in anticipation of today\u2019s Halloween sugar rush. \u2014 Vogue , 31 Oct. 2019",
      "But for all their ideological similarities, Sanders and Warren are in many ways as different as ice cream and petit fours \u2014 one a reliable, simple classic; the other, a less familiar, refined taste. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2019",
      "One of her majesty\u2019s diplomats imparted this nugget of patrician contempt to me in October 2018 at a black-tie fundraiser in Washington, sometime between the petits fours and Boris Johnson\u2019s after-dinner routine. \u2014 Dominic Green, WSJ , 10 July 2019",
      "The brasseries in San Jose (Santana Row), Menlo Park and Larkspur will be celebrating Bastille Day with live music and entertainment and Bastille Day menu specials, including coq au vin, bouillabaisse and petits fours . \u2014 Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News , 2 July 2019",
      "Just as the petit fours were being served, the designer\u2014wearing his trademark leather jacket\u2014popped in to say hello. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 14 May 2019",
      "Dessert was strawberry sable with lemon verbena cream followed by a selection of assorted fresh fruits, then coffee and petit fours . \u2014 Victoria Murphy, Town & Country , 3 June 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1875, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, small oven":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8fu\u0307r",
      "\u02ccpe-t\u0113-\u02c8f\u022fr",
      "p\u0259-\u02cct\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192751",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "petit point":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, small point":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-t\u0113-\u02ccp\u022fint"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115703",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "petites perceptions":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": vague or unconscious perceptions":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, small perceptions":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u02c8t\u0113t-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202714",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "petitio principii":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a logical fallacy in which a premise is assumed to be true without warrant or in which what is to be proved is implicitly taken for granted":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the Middle Ages, Aristotle\u2019s phrasing was translated into Latin as petitio principii . \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1531, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, literally, postulation of the beginning, begging the question":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113-t\u0113-\u02cc\u014d-(\u02cc)pri\u014b-\u02c8ki-p\u0113-\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193315",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "petition":{
    "antonyms":[
      "appeal (to)",
      "beg",
      "beseech",
      "besiege",
      "conjure",
      "entreat",
      "impetrate",
      "implore",
      "importune",
      "plead (to)",
      "pray",
      "solicit",
      "supplicate"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a formal written request made to an authority or organized body (such as a court)":[
        "filing a petition for divorce",
        "Her defense lawyer had petitioned the court to videotape Scott's testimony about Hearst before he died, but the petition was denied.",
        "\u2014 Robert Lipsyte"
      ],
      ": a written request or call for change signed by many people in support of a shared cause or concern":[
        "Hundreds of contributors and readers signed a petition circulated by the National Book Critics Circle, urging the Post to save the stand-alone section.",
        "\u2014 Motoko Rich",
        "Her group put together a petition signed by more than 100,000 consumers demanding that regulators crack down on companies who \"robocall\" consumers using automated dialers and recorded voices to market scams.",
        "\u2014 Shawn Zeller"
      ],
      ": an earnest request : entreaty":[
        "\u2026 he begged to sleep with Hareton, and his petition was granted for once.",
        "\u2014 Emily Bront\u00eb"
      ],
      ": something asked or requested":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "They collected 2,000 signatures on a petition demanding that women be allowed to join the club.",
      "Would you like to sign our petition ",
      "We presented a petition to the legislature to change the law.",
      "She filed a petition for divorce.",
      "We ask you to hear our petition .",
      "Verb",
      "The organization petitioned the government to investigate the issue.",
      "All people had the right to petition the king for help.",
      "She petitioned to join their club.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Older evictions could still be expunged, but only if the renter filed a petition and the landlord did not object. \u2014 Eric S. Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 June 2022",
      "The action comes as more than three dozen inmates have filed a petition seeking reduction of their sentences at the prison citing two years of alleged unconstitutional conditions. \u2014 oregonlive , 28 June 2022",
      "Biberaj has filed a petition with the Virginia Supreme Court asking it to annul the order disqualifying all 23 lawyers in her office from the Valle case. \u2014 Tom Jackman, Washington Post , 26 June 2022",
      "By last year, the Ghani government had filed a petition in US court seeking his return. \u2014 Carol Rosenberg, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
      "Morgan Geyser, now 20, filed a petition for release June 14. \u2014 Phil Helsel, NBC News , 24 June 2022",
      "Wilson, whose father is the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, filed the petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court on April 18. \u2014 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY , 23 June 2022",
      "In 1997, Dunn filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
      "Vivian Jenna Wilson filed the petition to legally change names on April 18, a day after turning 18, court documents show. \u2014 Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 June 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Cities and boroughs will be able to petition the state alcohol board for more licenses than normally allowed, something sought by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. \u2014 James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Feb. 2022",
      "After five years, any city under a consent decree will be able to directly petition a court to release the city from the agreement and end the monitorship. \u2014 Sadie Gurman, WSJ , 13 Sep. 2021",
      "Under the Polish draft law, users would be able to petition social media companies to restore removed content if it could not be shown to violate Polish law. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Jan. 2021",
      "Red flag laws, also known as extreme risk laws, allow law enforcement or relatives to petition a court for an order to temporarily prevent someone in crisis from accessing guns. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 8 June 2022",
      "Red flag measures allow police or family members to petition a court to issue extreme risk protection orders authorizing them to temporarily confiscate firearms from a person who may present a danger to others or themselves. \u2014 Candy Woodall, USA TODAY , 3 June 2022",
      "So far, 19 states have passed such laws that allow local authorities and family members to petition in civil court for the restriction of a person's firearm access, according to Everytown. \u2014 Byquinn Owen, ABC News , 2 June 2022",
      "Yellow-flag laws allow law enforcement \u2014 and only law enforcement \u2014 to petition the courts to temporarily take guns away from those considered to be a threat to others or themselves. \u2014 Jack Turman, CBS News , 26 May 2022",
      "Bridget Psarianos, a lawyer with Trustees for Alaska, which is representing the conservation groups, said that under the law there were clear procedures by which individuals or private groups could petition to build a road. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
      "1607, in the meaning defined at sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin petition-, petitio , from petere to seek, request \u2014 more at feather":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8ti-sh\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "adjuration",
      "appeal",
      "conjuration",
      "cry",
      "desire",
      "entreaty",
      "plea",
      "pleading",
      "prayer",
      "solicitation",
      "suit",
      "suppliance",
      "supplication"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194317",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "petition for intervention":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a petition in which a person seeks to be permitted to intervene in a lawsuit involving other parties so that his own rights and interests may be protected by a judgment or decree binding all":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080127",
    "type":[]
  },
  "petition in bankruptcy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a written application by a debtor for the benefit of the Bankruptcy Act or by creditors to have a debtor adjudicated a bankrupt":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-033450",
    "type":[]
  },
  "petition in error":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an application for a hearing to reverse action in a lower court that is a statutory substitute in some jurisdictions for the common-law writ of error \u2014 compare appeal":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190220",
    "type":[]
  },
  "petition of right":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a legal petition formerly used to obtain redress (as possession or restitution of property) from the British Crown for breach of contract or to remedy manifest injustice":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180920",
    "type":[]
  },
  "petitional":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a petition":[
        "petitional prayer"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-shn\u0259l",
      "-sh\u0259n\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170021",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "petitionee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person cited to answer or defend against a petition":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023429",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "petitioner":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": one who makes, submits, or signs a petition":[
        "The lost children had not been found. Public prayers had been offered up for them, and many and many a private prayer that had the petitioner's whole heart in it; but still no good news came from the cave.",
        "\u2014 Mark Twain",
        "The high court held that when a petition charges an official with violating the law, the petitioners must at least have knowledge of facts which indicate an intent to commit an unlawful act.",
        "\u2014 The National Law Journal",
        "The petitioner contended that the taking of the blood sample and the admission of the test results violated his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination \u2026",
        "\u2014 Raymond P. Ward",
        "\u2026 the draft of the proposed petition was read at length: and the petition said, as all petitions DO say, that the petitioners were very humble, and the petitioned very honourable, and the object very virtuous; therefore (said the petition) the bill ought to be passed into a law at once \u2026",
        "\u2014 Charles Dickens",
        "Included in Wednesday's court filing was a petition signed by more than 500 area residents. The petitioners ask that Johnson \"be shown mercy and not subjected to a jail term\" because he has lost so much due to the conviction.",
        "\u2014 Michael Smith"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8ti-sh(\u0259-)n\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085007",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "petits chevaux":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a gambling machine on which eight toy horses are spun on a circular track and bets are made on which horse will reach the finish line first":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, small horses":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u02c8t\u0113sh\u0259\u02c8v\u014d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122715",
    "type":[
      "noun plural but singular in construction"
    ]
  },
  "petrify":{
    "antonyms":[
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "invigorate",
      "quicken",
      "stimulate",
      "vitalize",
      "vivify"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to become stone or of stony hardness or rigidity":[],
      ": to confound with fear, amazement, or awe":[
        "a novel about an airline pilot that will petrify you",
        "\u2014 Martin Levin"
      ],
      ": to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter":[],
      ": to make lifeless or inactive : deaden":[
        "slogans are apt to petrify a man's thinking",
        "\u2014 Saturday Rev."
      ],
      ": to make rigid or inert like stone:":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the processes that petrify wood",
      "The dead tree petrified into stone.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s devastating to the economy, however, and Trump is petrified that the tanking stock market will take his re-election hopes right along with it. \u2014 Nancy Armour, USA TODAY , 26 Mar. 2020",
      "Many of the aides who helped people like her dad were petrified . \u2014 Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica , 25 Apr. 2020",
      "Peter is petrified by the idea of keeping someone like Luke in the mix as long as Hannah Brown did. \u2014 Ariana Romero, refinery29.com , 21 Jan. 2020",
      "Because success is petrifying for people, whereas failure is easy to manage. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 18 Jan. 2020",
      "But they intersect in Berlin during the depths of the Cold War, when the West was petrified that the Soviets would stage an unprovoked and undetected assault. \u2014 Steven V. Roberts, Washington Post , 8 Nov. 2019",
      "After a cataclysm petrified them, only their trunks remained. \u2014 Wired , 18 Nov. 2019",
      "The idea of sitting for days of interviews \u2014 just their two faces filling the screen \u2014 was petrifying to the Lewises. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 Oct. 2019",
      "Gannon announced over 130 winners across the six participating villages, ranging from chilling landscapes to petrifying portraits. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Nov. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English petrifien (as past participle petrified ), borrowed from Medieval Latin petrific\u0101re, from Latin petra \"rock, boulder, crag\" (borrowed from Greek p\u00e9tra ) + -ific\u0101re -ify \u2014 more at petro-":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-tr\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "castrate",
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dehydrate",
      "desiccate",
      "devitalize",
      "enervate",
      "geld",
      "lobotomize"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025828",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "pettiness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "broad-minded",
      "catholic",
      "cosmopolitan",
      "liberal",
      "open",
      "open-minded",
      "receptive",
      "tolerant"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having little or no importance or significance":[],
      ": having secondary rank or importance : minor , subordinate":[],
      ": marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies : small-minded":[],
      "Sir William 1623\u20131687 English political economist":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a petty argument about grammar",
      "My behavior was petty and stupid. I apologize.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chesa Boudin came to power at age 39 as something of a rock star, a progressive district attorney in San Francisco who made good on promises to eliminate cash bail, ease up on petty crimes, and reduce the number of inmates at jails and prisons. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 7 June 2022",
      "Too many petty crimes have been made into felonies and too many felonies have mandatory minimum sentences. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "This seems really petty and could have been an oversight and could have been a discussion. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "At times, Mendelson said, the strain can seem petty , such as when, before the pandemic, Racine was not invited to monthly breakfast meetings hosted by the Bowser administration and the council. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This new episode examines how petty thief and lifetime criminal James Earl Ray managed to escape prison multiple times. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Those are the common ones, but many people have unique and often specifically petty , personal embarrassments as well. \u2014 Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "One wonderfully petty example: Belichick reportedly wouldn\u2019t let Brady say good-bye to him in person, insisting instead on a phone conversation. \u2014 Joe Delessio, Vulture , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "This year\u2019s issues weren\u2019t quite as trite or as petty . \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 22 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pety small, minor, alteration of petit":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-t\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "illiberal",
      "insular",
      "Lilliputian",
      "little",
      "narrow",
      "narrow-minded",
      "parochial",
      "picayune",
      "provincial",
      "sectarian",
      "small",
      "small-minded"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183859",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pettish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": fretful , peevish":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At best, Harsin is a pettish version of Michael Scott at Dunder Mifflin, a poor manager of people selling reams of paper out of an office building at the dawn of our digital age. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from pet entry 4":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-tish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "choleric",
      "crabby",
      "cranky",
      "cross",
      "crotchety",
      "fiery",
      "grouchy",
      "grumpy",
      "irascible",
      "irritable",
      "peevish",
      "perverse",
      "petulant",
      "prickly",
      "quick-tempered",
      "raspy",
      "ratty",
      "short-tempered",
      "snappish",
      "snappy",
      "snarky",
      "snippety",
      "snippy",
      "stuffy",
      "testy",
      "waspish"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111123",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pettiskirt":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": petticoat sense 1c":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "petti coat + skirt":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pet\u0113+\u02cc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014059",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pettitoes":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the feet of a pig used as food":[],
      ": toes , feet":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "plural of obsolete pettytoe offal":""
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      "plural noun"
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      ": fondle , caress":[],
      ": nestle , cuddle":[],
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pet entry 3 + -le":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014749",
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      "verb"
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      "catholic",
      "cosmopolitan",
      "liberal",
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      "tolerant"
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      ": having little or no importance or significance":[],
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      ": marked by or reflective of narrow interests and sympathies : small-minded":[],
      "Sir William 1623\u20131687 English political economist":[]
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    "examples":[
      "a petty argument about grammar",
      "My behavior was petty and stupid. I apologize.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chesa Boudin came to power at age 39 as something of a rock star, a progressive district attorney in San Francisco who made good on promises to eliminate cash bail, ease up on petty crimes, and reduce the number of inmates at jails and prisons. \u2014 Philip Elliott, Time , 7 June 2022",
      "Too many petty crimes have been made into felonies and too many felonies have mandatory minimum sentences. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 Apr. 2022",
      "This seems really petty and could have been an oversight and could have been a discussion. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "At times, Mendelson said, the strain can seem petty , such as when, before the pandemic, Racine was not invited to monthly breakfast meetings hosted by the Bowser administration and the council. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "This new episode examines how petty thief and lifetime criminal James Earl Ray managed to escape prison multiple times. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Those are the common ones, but many people have unique and often specifically petty , personal embarrassments as well. \u2014 Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "One wonderfully petty example: Belichick reportedly wouldn\u2019t let Brady say good-bye to him in person, insisting instead on a phone conversation. \u2014 Joe Delessio, Vulture , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "This year\u2019s issues weren\u2019t quite as trite or as petty . \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 22 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English pety small, minor, alteration of petit":""
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-t\u0113"
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      "illiberal",
      "insular",
      "Lilliputian",
      "little",
      "narrow",
      "narrow-minded",
      "parochial",
      "picayune",
      "provincial",
      "sectarian",
      "small",
      "small-minded"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094834",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
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    "antonyms":[],
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      ": characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor : peevish":[],
      ": insolent or rude in speech or behavior":[]
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      "Oxford's denial of her [Margaret Thatcher's] honorary degree in 1984 was no petulant fluke but an accurate measure of her unpopularity with the whole profession. \u2014 Harold Perkin , Times Literary Supplement , 26 June 1992",
      "In the hot, petulant little cockpit she was triumphant\u2014drunk with anger, defiance, and the beginnings of relief. \u2014 Sebastian Faulks , Independent on Sunday (London) , 25 Nov. 1990",
      "Sometimes, under \u2026 rapid-fire questioning, he became petulant and quibbled over words in a way that suggested a close reading of the law. \u2014 Frances FitzGerald , New Yorker , 16 Oct. 1989",
      "Mouth petulant but its hardness in it, behind it. Looking at that mouth you felt her teeth in you \u2026 \u2014 Jayne Anne Phillips , Black Tickets , (1975) 1979",
      "Her tone was petulant and angry.",
      "a petulant and fussy man who is always blaming everyone else for his problems",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As the garrulous toddler turns into a petulant adolescent, Brian\u2019s protectiveness toward Charles, who longs for adventure \u2014 Hawaii, glimpsed on the TV, really grabs him \u2014 is reasonable, not pathological. \u2014 Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
      "Instead, Yale issued a weak statement that defended the student protesters and grossly downplayed their disruptive and petulant actions. \u2014 Kristen Waggoner, National Review , 21 Mar. 2022",
      "James\u2019 performance leans into Henry\u2019s weariness, seeming at times petulant at what he\u2019s being made to endure. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 May 2022",
      "Across his first two stops in the N.F.L., Beckham developed a reputation as a petulant but popular receiver, as well known for making absurd catches as proposing to kicking nets, appearing in a Drake video and forcing his way out of town. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Feb. 2022",
      "The answer is nothing \u2014 besides the petulant satisfaction of giving Joe Biden a couple of black eyes. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 28 Oct. 2021",
      "Jason Sudeikis, an executive producer and recurring player on Detroiters, offered him one of his more unlikable characters to date as petulant billionaire Edwin Akufo on the second season of Ted Lasso. \u2014 Mikey O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "Fearing her mom\u2019s judgment, Sam reverts to a petulant adolescence. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Even as a youth, Mellencamp had a reputation for being petulant and cocksure. \u2014 Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker , 17 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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      "Latin or Middle French; Middle French, from Latin petulant-, petulans ; akin to Latin petere to go to, attack, seek \u2014 more at feather":""
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      "\u02c8pe-ch\u0259-l\u0259nt"
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      "crabby",
      "cranky",
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      "short-tempered",
      "snappish",
      "snappy",
      "snarky",
      "snippety",
      "snippy",
      "stuffy",
      "testy",
      "waspish"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174526",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": an action in rem to establish a right or title in or ownership of specific property \u2014 compare possessory action":[],
      ": an action in which property, money, or damages are demanded from the defendant":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155255"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": something that annoys or bothers a person very much":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171357"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a collection of farm animals or gentle exotic animals for children to pet and feed":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There will be fireworks, rides, concerts, beer garden, petting zoo , pick a prize raffle and more. \u2014 Shirley Macfarland, cleveland , 30 June 2022",
      "BeeGees Tribute, rock wall, bounce houses, petting zoo , face painting, food, beverage vendors, fireworks. \u2014 Cindy Kent, Sun Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
      "Bring the children to Churchill Downs for a day of racing and family activities including inflatables, petting zoo , stick horse races, face painting, and more. \u2014 Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal , 1 June 2022",
      "Special beer releases throughout the day, T-shirt tie-dying, food specials, live music with Missy Werner Band, Joshua Tong and the Yolo Band, food trucks, games, local vendors, petting zoo and more. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 29 May 2022",
      "Children and families surrounded the Enchanted Animal Parties petting zoo at the Newton Earth Day festival. \u2014 Taylor Coester And Alanis Broussard, BostonGlobe.com , 18 May 2022",
      "Check out the kids zone on E Street for a climbing wall, petting zoo , obstacle course and more. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 16 June 2022",
      "There will be live music, food trucks, educational exhibits, vendors, a rib grilling contest, petting zoo , children\u2019s activities, art show, re-enactments by the Buffalo Soldiers Heritage Association of Detroit and more. \u2014 Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press , 9 June 2022",
      "Live performances, petting zoo , obstacle course, food trucks. \u2014 Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1965, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192958"
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    "type":[
      "adjective or noun",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a lawyer whose methods are petty , underhanded, or disreputable : shyster":[],
      ": one given to quibbling over trifles":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-t\u0113-\u02ccf\u022f-g\u0259r",
      "-\u02ccf\u00e4-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from petty + obsolete English fogger pettifogger":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1564, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215714"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": fretful , peevish":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-tish"
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    "synonyms":[
      "choleric",
      "crabby",
      "cranky",
      "cross",
      "crotchety",
      "fiery",
      "grouchy",
      "grumpy",
      "irascible",
      "irritable",
      "peevish",
      "perverse",
      "petulant",
      "prickly",
      "quick-tempered",
      "raspy",
      "ratty",
      "short-tempered",
      "snappish",
      "snappy",
      "snarky",
      "snippety",
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      "stuffy",
      "testy",
      "waspish"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "At best, Harsin is a pettish version of Michael Scott at Dunder Mifflin, a poor manager of people selling reams of paper out of an office building at the dawn of our digital age. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 9 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from pet entry 4":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1552, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003948"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being petulant : peevishness":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-ch\u0259-l\u0259ns",
      "\u02c8pe-ch\u0259-l\u0259n(t)s"
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    "synonyms":[
      "biliousness",
      "choler",
      "crankiness",
      "crossness",
      "crotchetiness",
      "grouchiness",
      "grumpiness",
      "huffiness",
      "irascibility",
      "irascibleness",
      "irritability",
      "irritableness",
      "peevishness",
      "perverseness",
      "perversity",
      "pettishness",
      "testiness",
      "waspishness"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "But a few months later, the mighty gate showed signs of petulance . \u2014 Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 June 2022",
      "The song unfurls hesitantly, line by line, from petulance to acceptance\u2014just as the experience of teenagedom, that journey to self-knowledge, evolves from uncertainty to wisdom. \u2014 Shirley Li, The Atlantic , 4 June 2022",
      "Now Ina thought of Agata, Marek\u2019s mother, of her woe and petulance . \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
      "Denzel Washington, as Macbeth, and Frances McDormand, as Lady Macbeth, fit their performances to the movie\u2019s narrow view of Shakespearean cinema, which reduces grandeur to petulance and poetry to decoration. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 25 Dec. 2021",
      "One marked by tough, necessary, factual inquires befitting the scrutiny needed to vet a lifetime appointment, not marred by partisan petulance and acrimony. \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "With increasing petulance , Germany\u2019s Olaf Scholz has been fighting off bank and think-tank modelers suggesting a hard stop to gas imports might be manageable after all. \u2014 Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Its predecessor, 2018\u2019s stellar Be the Cowboy, was more secluded and had already scrubbed away nearly all the punk sardony and petulance of Puberty 2 (2016) and Bury Me at Lookout Creek (2014). \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 31 Jan. 2022",
      "The men are stuck with the least developed parts across the board, especially Antonio and Mateo, who both show up pouting and remain in a state of low-key petulance for two hours. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1535, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023115"
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  "petrale sole":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a flounder ( Eopsetta jordani ) chiefly of the Pacific waters of North America that is an important food fish":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8tr\u00e4-l\u0113-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Particularly good choices are gray sole, lemon sole, winter flounder and yellowtail flounder on the US East Coast; and petrale sole , rex sole and rock sole on the West Coast. \u2014 Janelle Davis, CNN , 25 May 2022",
      "Range Life co-owner and chef Bill Niles places special emphasis on local, seasonal ingredients in dishes such as toast with sweet peas and caviar butter and Half Moon Bay petrale sole . \u2014 Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "The fish counter currently has local seafood like sablefish, petrale sole , rock fish and hook-and-line halibut, along with Maine lobsters. \u2014 Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com , 11 Dec. 2020",
      "In 2014, groundfish populations had rebounded and the Monterey Bay Aquarium\u2019s Seafood Watch program gave petrale sole , sand dabs, sablefish and several types of rockfish the green light for sustainability. \u2014 Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com , 14 Sep. 2019",
      "In 2006, the crash of the groundfish population \u2014 bottom-dwelling fish like petrale sole , chilipepper rockfish and sand dabs \u2014 led the Nature Conservancy to buy up 13 fishing permits and some California fishermen\u2019s vessels. \u2014 Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com , 16 Sep. 2019",
      "Pearl On the River 1379 Garden Highway What's new: Fish'n\u2019 chips, but more important is the bounty of seasonal vegetables and fruits chef-owner Anthony Smith is anticipating for dishes such as petrale sole over rainbow chard. \u2014 Al Pierleoni, sacbee , 18 May 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "petrale probably from Italian dialect, a flatfish":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1953, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044222"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": needle furze":[],
      ": restharrow":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052531"
  },
  "petit sergeanty":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the rendering of an implement of war (as a bow, sword, lance) annually to the king in accordance with English feudal law":[],
      ": the right to or the duty of petit sergeanty":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "|i-",
      "\u02c8pet|",
      "\u02c8pet|\u0113"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Anglo-French petit serjeanty , literally, small sergeanty":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053324"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": petulance":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pe-ch\u0259-l\u0259n(t)-s\u0113"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1537, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-082936"
  },
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": very small green peas":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u02cct\u0113p\u02c8w\u00e4"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, small peas":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083740"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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      ": a frequent subject of complaint":[]
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some even lack headshots, which is a personal pet peeve . \u2014 Nancy Marshall, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
      "Most employees\u2019 pet peeve with IT remains the long wait after a request has been registered. \u2014 Uday Birajdar, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
      "According to his announcement post, Shayne says his pet peeve is someone who's always late. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 10 Feb. 2022",
      "Dear Amy: Now that Thanksgiving is coming up, leftovers are my pet peeve ! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Dear Amy: Now that Thanksgiving is coming up, leftovers are my pet peeve ! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "Dear Amy: Now that Thanksgiving is coming up, leftovers are my pet peeve ! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "But the provision was a pet peeve of Sen. James Inhofe, Okla., the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, who took credit Tuesday for excising it from the defense bill. \u2014 Karoun Demirjian, Anchorage Daily News , 8 Dec. 2021",
      "Dear Amy: Now that Thanksgiving is coming up, leftovers are my pet peeve ! \u2014 Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press , 15 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1917, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084512"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": petit treason":[]
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from petty, pety small, minor + treason, tresoun treason":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-104407"
  },
  "Petit-N\u00e8gre":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": a French-based Creole language of West Africa":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u02cct\u0113\u02c8negr\u0259",
      "-g(r\u1d4a)"
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French petit n\u00e8gre , literally, small Black person":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113812"
  },
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      "geographical name"
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    "definitions":{
      "ancient city of northwestern Arabia on the slope of Mount Hor (site in what is now southwestern Jordan)":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8p\u0113-tr\u0259",
      "\u02c8pe-"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120904"
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  "petit treason":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the crime committed by a servant in killing his master, by a wife in killing her husband, or by an ecclesiastic in killing his superior":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "|i-",
      "\u02c8pet|",
      "\u02c8pet|\u0113"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration (influenced by petit ) of petty treason":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161337"
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    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a small trim figure":[
        "\u2014 usually used of a woman"
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      ": a clothing size for short women":[]
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    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113t"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "During the service, guests get two cocktails of choice featuring You & Yours Gin & Tonic, Aviation, French 75, and Etoile, plus gourmet Smith Tea selections, petite pastries, finger sandwiches, and more. \u2014 Jordi Lippe-mcgraw, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The petite pastries are made with a gluten-free flour blend Zhou developed specifically to replicate the flavor and texture of the authentic recipe. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "High-step or step-over frames are a bit trickier to get on and less comfortable, especially for petite riders. \u2014 Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping , 15 June 2022",
      "Among the island's verdant cliff walls dripping with waterfalls, the powerful Poco do Bacalhau cascades down 300 feet to a petite , swimmable pool. \u2014 Jeanine Barone, CNN , 26 May 2022",
      "The petite slabs are lacquered in a salty-sweet glaze that caramelizes while the ribs cook through, creating crusty, sugary edges that taste like meat candy. \u2014 Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times , 23 May 2022",
      "Sharon, a petite blonde, sported a crimson Trump pompom hat and a flag bandanna. \u2014 Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post , 23 May 2022",
      "Snag them in three gorgeous colors and choose between regular, tall, and petite lengths. \u2014 Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure , 13 May 2022",
      "Von Ehlinger had social, political and physical power over the petite intern, Farley said. \u2014 Rebecca Boone, Fox News , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Burton is the kind of petite that most brands consider to be off the big-sales spectrum. \u2014 Kelly Bastone, Outside Online , 23 Apr. 2019",
      "Five sizes are produced, a toro, robusto grande, lancero, corona gorda and a petite . \u2014 Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report , 17 Nov. 2021",
      "First, Williams-Adir bought a .32 Beretta, a gun petite enough to fit comfortably in her hands. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 July 2021",
      "And while mini bags may not be an unfamiliar silhouette by now, this summer\u2019s versions bring a practical element despite being extra petite . \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 14 June 2021",
      "The pair have plans to further expand the Journelle brand this year to cater to more body types including petite and maternity. \u2014 Meggen Taylor, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
      "In addition to high-end designers, a variety of styles from Ann Taylor, J. Crew and Talbots, among other labels, will be available in petite to plus sizes. \u2014 Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Nov. 2020",
      "In addition to high-end designers, a variety of styles from Ann Taylor, J. Crew and Talbots, among other labels, will be available in petite to plus sizes. \u2014 Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Nov. 2020",
      "In addition to high-end designers, a variety of styles from Ann Taylor, J. Crew and Talbots, among other labels, will be available in petite to plus sizes. \u2014 Kari Barnett, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Nov. 2020"
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      "French, feminine of petit":"Adjective"
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      "1784, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another one, refined petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel, propane and the like, also undergoes a manufacturing process. \u2014 Ken Roberts, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
      "That company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company, transports the country\u2019s oil and other petroleum products. \u2014 Ian Talley, WSJ , 22 June 2022",
      "At the facilities, the components of crude oil are separated and processed into fuel for vehicles and planes, as well as industrial petroleum products such as lubricants. \u2014 Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News , 21 June 2022",
      "At the facilities, the components of crude oil are separated and processed into fuel for vehicles and planes, as well as industrial petroleum products such as lubricants. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 20 June 2022",
      "Some refineries that produce gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and other petroleum products shut down during the first year of the pandemic, when demand collapsed. \u2014 al , 11 June 2022",
      "The most efficient way to move refined petroleum products is through pipelines \u2014 which the Biden administration and many state-level Democrats oppose as well. \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 10 June 2022",
      "The conflict also created a global oil refining crunch, which is pushing up prices for refined petroleum products. \u2014 Nate Dicamillo, Quartz , 10 June 2022",
      "The CITGO Terminal Facility is 228 acres with 53 tanks that can hold 180 million gallons of petroleum products, according to the EPA. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 2 June 2022"
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      "Middle English, \"mineral oil,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin, \"mineral oil, crude oil,\" from Latin petra \"rock\" (borrowed from Greek p\u00e9tra ) + oleum \"oil\" \u2014 more at petro- , oil entry 1":""
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      "verb"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190749"
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        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
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      "\u2014 compare naphtha sense 3":[
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      "noun"
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      ": a neutral unctuous odorless tasteless substance obtained from petroleum and used especially in ointments and dressings":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Vaseline petroleum jelly is helping refugees suffering from skin problems. \u2014 Saabira Chaudhuri, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "Don\u2019t use the old wives\u2019 tales of heating it with a match or drowning it with petroleum jelly or mayonnaise \u2014 if anything, that could cause the tick to regurgitate into the wound and pass along further bacteria. \u2014 Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star , 31 May 2022",
      "Clean a mild burn with mild soap and water; cover it with a layer of petroleum jelly and sterile gauze, and give Motrin or Tylenol for pain. \u2014 Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press , 27 May 2022",
      "But the public has a couple of concerns about petroleum jelly . \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2021",
      "Wong recommends using good old-fashioned petroleum jelly . \u2014 Stephanie Watson, SELF , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Finish with a thin layer of Vaseline petroleum jelly . \u2014 Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour , 28 Jan. 2022",
      "After all, isn't this just petroleum jelly with a few extras mixed in",
      "Applying pre-activity petroleum jelly to susceptible areas is one of the best forms of prevention. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Aug. 2021"
    ],
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1883, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201518"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202321"
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      "noun"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203305"
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      "noun"
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The landed gentry hold hands with bankers, the petite bourgeoisie , and the nouveaux riche. \u2014 Samuel Earle, The New Republic , 23 Feb. 2021",
      "Image This tournament, thus far, has belonged not to soccer\u2019s great aristocratic houses, but to its petite bourgeoisie . \u2014 Rory Smith, New York Times , 29 June 2018",
      "Each mobilized men and women from a broad spectrum of the population but had particular attraction for the petite bourgeoisie . \u2014 Nancy K. Maclean, Slate Magazine , 20 Mar. 2017",
      "The airport is to America\u2019s petite bourgeoisie \u2014the small-time capitalists and traveling salesmen who delivered us to Trump\u2014what the factory is to the white working class: a symbol of how much better things used to be. \u2014 Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine , 7 Sep. 2017"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, literally, small bourgeoisie":""
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    "first_known_use":{
      "1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210531"
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      "adjective"
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      ": containing petroleum":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212134"
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      ": the crime of stealing something that does not have a high value":[]
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214004"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214143"
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      "noun"
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      ": the crime of stealing something that does not have a high value":[]
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    "examples":[],
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230647"
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    "type":[
      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": petroleum jelly":[]
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      "\u02ccpe-tr\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101t-\u0259m",
      "-\u02c8l\u00e4-",
      "\u02ccpe-tr\u0259-\u02c8l\u0101-t\u0259m"
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Made from an impressive 98.75% natural ingredients, this body wash is free of parabens, phthalates, petrolatum , and irritant SLS. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Ingredients like petrolatum , glycerin, and coconut oil are especially effective in these formulas. \u2014 ELLE , 18 June 2022",
      "The formula is paraben-free, petrolatum -free, mineral oil-free, vegan and free from artificial colors. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 May 2022",
      "Made from an impressive 98.75% natural ingredients, this body wash is free of parabens, phthalates, petrolatum , and irritant SLS. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 June 2022",
      "Be sure to avoid fragrance, hydroxy acids, alcohol and petrolatum , which can irritate reactive skin. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
      "The actress launched Honest Beauty in 2015, promising to deliver only the most natural products derived from botanicals and free of parabens, phthalates, petrolatum , sulfates, and harmful chemicals. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 18 May 2022",
      "Made from an impressive 98.75% natural ingredients, this body wash is free of parabens, phthalates, petrolatum , and irritant SLS. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "Made with no sulfates, silicones, petrolatum , parabens, mineral oil, synthetic colors, phthalates, PEGs, or animal ingredients, this scrub is gentle enough for easily irritated skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "petrol(eum) + Latin -\u0101tum -ate entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1881, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230813"
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  "Petiveria":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of tropical American garlic-scented herbs (family Phytolaccaceae) with small greenish spicate flowers":[]
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      "\u02ccpet\u0259\u02c8vir\u0113\u0259"
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from James Petiver \u20201718 English botanist and entomologist + New Latin -ia":""
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    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234629"
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      ": stone : rock":[
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      "borrowed from Greek, combining form from p\u00e9tr\u0101 \"rocky cliff, cave, detached mass of rock, stone\" and p\u00e9tros \"boulder, stone,\" probably of pre-Greek substratal origin":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000443"
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      "noun"
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      ": a jury of 12 persons impaneled to try and to decide finally upon the facts at issue in causes for trial in a court":[]
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      "\u02c8pe-t\u0113-"
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      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Grand juries decide if there's enough evidence to charge someone with a crime, while a petit jury decides a verdict at the end of a trial by determining if a person should be convicted of a crime. \u2014 Tessa Duvall, The Courier-Journal , 23 Sep. 2020"
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    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004011"
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  "petrolene":{
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      "noun"
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    "definitions":{
      ": the part of asphalt soluble in paraffin naphtha or hexane and free from asphaltenes and carbenes":[]
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    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German petrolen , irregular from petroleum , from Medieval Latin":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005251"
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      ": to diminish gradually and come to an end : give out":[
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      ": to become exhausted":[
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    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Certainly, the prospect of driving around, looking for a charging station, failing to find an available one and maybe just having your car peter out on Flatbush Avenue was not motivating. \u2014 Ginia Bellafante, New York Times , 11 Mar. 2022",
      "While his tenure would eventually peter out, promoting assistant coach Larry Coker as the replacement for Butch Davis following the 2000 season was the perfect decision for a team that responded to his grandfatherly approach. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2022",
      "The hurricane impact will peter out and even though shortages continue to hamstring various parts of the economy, the recovery is coming along steadily. \u2014 Anneken Tappe, CNN , 18 Oct. 2021",
      "Their differing responses reflect differences in views about whether the pickup in prices will feed further cycles of inflation or will instead peter out. \u2014 Paul Hannon, WSJ , 15 Oct. 2021",
      "The collaboration always tends to peter out once the crisis is stabilized even as the underlying causes remain. \u2014 Carrie Freeman, Forbes , 2 Sep. 2021",
      "When that happens, the cycle of surges will stop and the pandemic will peter out. \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "But much of their wealth increase came in the form of stimulus checks and unemployment benefits, which will peter out as the economy recovers. \u2014 Shane Shifflett, WSJ , 27 June 2021",
      "Streets peter out into dirt paths and pick up again farther up the hill. \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 25 June 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":"Verb",
      "from the name Peter":"Noun",
      "Late Latin Petrus , from Greek Petros , from petra rock":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "circa 1902, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013517"
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  "Peter Principle":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an observation: in a hierarchy employees tend to rise to the level of their incompetence":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Laurence J. Peter \u20201990 American (Canadian-born) educator":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022335"
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