dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pyx_MW.json

{
  "pyx-jury":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a committee of goldsmiths that makes the trial of the pyx":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pyx entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103416",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pyxis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a capsular fruit that dehisces so that the upper part falls off like a cap":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pik-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, box":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1821, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145343"
  },
  "pyxie":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a creeping evergreen dicotyledonous shrub ( Pyxidanthera barbulata of the family Diapensiaceae) of the sandy pine barrens of the Atlantic coast of the U.S. that has white or pink pentamerous flowers":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8pik-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "by shortening & alteration from New Latin Pyxidanthera":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154912"
  },
  "pyxidium":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a capsular fruit (as in the plantain) that dehisces around its circumference so that the upper portion falls off like a cap \u2014 compare circumscissile":[],
      ": capsule sense 2b":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "pik\u02c8sid\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek pyxidion , diminutive of pyxis box":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212710"
  },
  "pyxidate":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling or constituting a pyxidium":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8piks\u0259\u02ccd\u0101t"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin pyxid-, pyxis box + English -ate":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235928"
  },
  "pyx":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a box used in a mint for deposit of sample coins reserved for testing weight and fineness":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8piks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Medieval Latin pyxis , from Latin, box, from Greek, from pyxos box (shrub)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005732"
  },
  "Pyxidanthera":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a monotypic genus of low evergreen shrubs (family Diapensiaceae) containing solely the pyxie":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpiks\u0259\u02c8dan(t)th\u0259r\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin pyxid-, pyxis box + New Latin -anthera":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193411"
  }
}