": the willful or malicious burning of property (such as a building) especially with criminal or fraudulent intent":[
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"The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson .",
"The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks.",
"The town has suffered a rash of arsons .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Devon Vaughn, 23, of Racine, pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to commit arson . \u2014 Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Two 14-year-old boys and one 15-year-old boy were each charged with arson , burglary, criminal interference with government property, criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing, Morrow\u2019s interim police Chief David Snively said. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"Gallion last month pleaded guilty to two charges of first-degree arson \u2014 the most severe, according to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Law. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"Now, the Madison Police Department and federal authorities are investigating the fire as an arson attack, an incident report states. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Dario Melillo, owner of a beach resort destroyed in an arson attack in late January, stood amid the still smoldering remains of the building in Foggia, Italy, earlier this month. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Wilberforce University in Greene County, Ohio, one of the country\u2019s oldest private historically Black colleges, faced an arson attack after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Of the 30 killings, 27 were stabbed to death, two were shot, and one died in an arson attack. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Early on the morning of May 29, 1993, in the nearby city of Solingen, several girls and women of Turkish origin were killed in an arson attack. \u2014 G\u00fczin Kar, The New Yorker , 8 Dec. 2021"
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"circa 1680, in the meaning defined above":""
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"borrowed from Anglo-French arsun, arson, arsoun \"fire, willful setting of a destructive fire, burn on the skin, branding,\" going back to Gallo-Romance *\u0101rsi\u014dn-, \u0101rsi\u014d, from Latin \u0101rd\u0113re (perfect and supine stem \u0101rs- ) \"to catch fire, burn, blaze\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at ardent":""
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"\u02c8\u00e4rs-\u1d4an",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u1d4an"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a light-yellow toxic hygroscopic powder C 12 Cl 2 H 14 As 2 N 2 O 2 \u00b72H 2 O formerly used in the treatment especially of syphilis and yaws":[]
},
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"-m\u0259n",
"\u00e4rs-\u02c8fe-n\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n",
"\u00e4rs-\u02c8fen-\u0259-\u02ccm\u0113n"
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"ars(enic) entry 1 + phen- + amine":""
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"1917, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172435"
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
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"(Jacques) Ars\u00e8ne 1851\u20131940 French biophysicist":[]
},
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"\u02c8d\u00e4r-s\u1d4an-\u02ccv\u00e4l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-173342"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a treatise on the art of literary and especially poetic composition":[]
": backside forward : head over heels : topsy-turvy":[
"knocked him arsy-varsy"
],
": upside down : topsy-turvy":[]
},
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"\u00a6\u00e4rs\u0113\u02c8v\u00e4rs\u0113"
],
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"reduplication (probably influenced by Latin versus ) of arsy , from arse entry 1 + -y":"Adverb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-070427"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a silver-white mineral consisting of a combined sulfide and arsenide of iron that occurs in prismatic orthorhombic crystals or in masses or grains and that is the principal source of arsenic":[]
"borrowed from German Arsenopyrit, borrowed from New Latin arsenopyrites, from arsenicum arsenic entry 1 + -o- -o- + pyrites pyrites":""
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"1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164602"
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"noun"
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": buttocks":[
"\u2014 often used in emphatic reference to a specific person Get your ass over here. saved my ass"
],
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": sexual intercourse":[]
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"\u02c8as",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185237"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral As 2 O 3 consisting of a native arsenic trioxide usually occurring as a white bloom or crust \u2014 compare claudetite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8sen\u1d4al\u02cc\u012bt"
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"arsen- + -lite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191023"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": a binary compound of arsenic with a more electropositive element":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bd",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-\u1d4an-\u02cc\u012bd"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The materials the company is using are relatively unusual: aluminum as the superconducting wire and indium arsenide as the semiconductor that surrounds it. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Ordinary laser pointers have a chip containing aluminum gallium arsenide phosphide, and emit a red beam at a wavelength of 670 nanometers. \u2014 Josh Mchugh, WIRED , 1 Aug. 2001"
],
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"borrowed from German Arsenid, from Arsen arsenic entry 1 + -id -ide":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1799, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215439"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Mn 5 AsO 4 (OH) 4 consisting of a basic manganese arsenate":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\" + \u02c8kl\u0101\u02ccs\u012bt",
"-\u02ccz\u012bt"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary arsen- + Greek klasis breaking, fracture + International Scientific Vocabulary -ite ; originally formed as Swedish or German arsenoklasit":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-223604"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form"
],
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": relating to or containing the radical \u2212AsO":[],
": containing the univalent radical \u2212AsO composed of arsenic and oxygen":[
": a solid chemical element that is used especially in wood preservatives, alloys, and semiconductors and is extremely toxic in both pure and combined forms \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[],
": a poisonous trioxide As 2 O 3 or As 4 O 6 of arsenic used especially as an insecticide or weed killer":[],
": of, relating to, or containing arsenic especially with a valence of five":[]
},
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"\u00e4r-\u02c8se-nik",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-nik",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259-",
"\u00e4r-\u02c8sen-ik",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-nik, -\u1d4an-ik"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plan\u2019s goal included eliminating harmful materials from baby foods by April 2022, inorganic arsenic by April 2024 and cadmium and mercury after April 2024. \u2014 Ahjan\u00e9 Forbes, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"The report calls out Beech-Nut for an incomplete recall of its infant rice cereal products that tested over the Food and Drug Administration's limit for inorganic arsenic . \u2014 Taylor Avery, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The documents showed some products contained levels of lead, mercury, cadmium and inorganic arsenic were far above limits set for bottled water by the FDA and the US Environmental Protection Agency. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Arsenic is a naturally occurring element in the environment that can enter the food supply through soil, water or air, and most of the time, concerning levels of arsenic are not found in food, according to the FDA. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The maximum level for inorganic arsenic in bottled water, for comparison, is 10 parts per billion. \u2014 Taylor Avery, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"People with unusually high exposure to inorganic arsenic , which can occur naturally or as a result of pollution, may experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or dehydration, according to the CDC. \u2014 Dallas News , 30 July 2021",
"Additionally, varying levels of arsenic can be found in foods like rice and some fish. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 13 Sep. 2020",
"Consuming inorganic arsenic has been associated with cancer, skin lesions, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte And Gisela Crespo, CNN , 6 Aug. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This beloved pigment was made with arsenic ; one laced wallpaper was rumored to have caused the death of Napoleon Bonaparte. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2022",
"Knight and other researchers have also found a strong correlation between land subsidence due to overpumping and increased concentrations of toxic arsenic in drinking water. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"The soil of the Arica region has a high concentration of natural arsenic , according to research by University of Tarapac\u00e1 archaeologist Vivien Standen. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"And many metals have production losses of 95 percent or higher: arsenic , gallium, germanium, hafnium, scandium, selenium, and tellurium. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"High concentrations of arsenic fluoride are frequently found in marginalized communities, especially tribal lands. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The reverse osmosis filter removes impurities down to 1/10,000 of a micron, reducing arsenic , lead, parasitic cysts, copper and more. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
"The massive dry lakebed could send arsenic -laced dust into the air that millions breathe. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Water flowing through this pipe was found, on chemical analysis, to contain lead and arsenic . \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 14 May 2022"
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"Middle English arsenek, arsenic \"any of various compounds of arsenic, as yellow orpiment (arsenic trisulfide),\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French arsenik, arsneke, borrowed from Latin arrhenicum, arsenicon, borrowed from Greek arsenik\u00f3n, arrhenik\u00f3n, probably borrowed from Aramaic zarn\u012b\u1e35 \"arsenic\" or a cognate Semitic word, borrowed from an unattested form in a Middle Iranian language (whence Persian zarn\u012b, zarn\u012bk \"orpiment, arsenic\"), a derivative of the word for \"gold\" (as Manichaean Parthian zrn /zarn/ \"gold,\" zrnyn /zarn\u0113n/ \"golden\"), alluding to the yellow color of orpiment":"Noun",
"from attributive or compound use of arsenic entry 1":"Adjective"
},
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"1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1798, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014520"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": concerned , bothered":[
"The downside is loss of anonymity, but I'm not arsed about that.",
"She'd already written his name and address down for the story and couldn't be arsed [=couldn't be bothered, was too lazy] to try and find another witness.",
"\u2014 Denise Mina , The Dead Hour , 2006"
]
},
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"\u02c8\u00e4rst"
],
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"arse , verbal derivative of arse ass entry 4 + -ed entry 1":""
": containing the radical \u2212AsO(OH) 2 \u2014 compare arson-":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8s\u014d(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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"arsono-":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052440"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
],
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": yielding arsenic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u00e4rs\u1d4an\u00a6if(\u0259)r\u0259s"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-055014"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral consisting of a hydrous bismuth arsenate occurring in yellowish green aggregates":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\" +"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-062811"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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"arse + smart , verb":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-070332"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": any of a series of organic acids (such as the arsanilic acids) having the general formula RAsO(OH) 2 and obtainable by oxidizing monosubstituted organic arsines (such as phenyl-arsine C 6 H 5 AsH 2 )":[],
": a yellow compound As 2 S 3 or As 4 S 6 occurring native as orpiment, also prepared artificially, and used in fireworks and as a pigment":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-071014"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an alloy of copper and zinc made into very thin sheets like gold leaf and used in decoration":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u0259\u02ccd\u0113n",
"-d\u012bn"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English assady, assadyn, assaden":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-075148"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pale yellow crystalline compound C 6 H 5 As: AsC 6 H 5 , derivatives of which are used in medicine \u2014 see arsphenamine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02ccsen\u014d +",
"\u02cc\u00e4rs(\u1d4a)n\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-082235"
},
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"\u2014 see arsen-":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094749"
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"arsenic trichloride":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a colorless oily liquid AsCl 3 obtained by burning arsenic in chlorine and used in making organic arsenicals and in ceramics":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-101849"
},
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, containing, or caused by arsenic":[
"arsenical poisoning"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8sen-i-k\u0259l",
"\u00e4r-\u02c8se-ni-k\u0259l"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Although others suspected arsenical wallpaper, Morris didn\u2019t believe\u2014or claimed not to believe\u2014that arsenic was bad for you. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 3 Apr. 2017",
"The Industrial Revolution gave rise to a prolific amount of smelting and burning of coal, which released arsenical compounds that then made their way into a variety of products. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 13 Mar. 2017",
"Although others suspected arsenical wallpaper, Morris didn\u2019t believe\u2014or claimed not to believe\u2014that arsenic was bad for you. \u2014 Kat Eschner, Smithsonian , 3 Apr. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin arsenic\u0101lis, from Latin arsenicon arsenic entry 1 + -\u0101lis -al entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103651"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a series of organic acids (such as cacodylic acid) having the general formula RR\u2032AsOOH and obtainable by oxidizing disubstituted organic arsines [as dimethyl-arsine (CH 3 ) 2 AsH]":[],
": arsine : containing the univalent radical AsH 2":[]
},
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from arsine + -o-":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-140555"
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"ars artium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": logic sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)\u00e4r\u02c8z\u00e4rsh\u0113\u0259m",
"\u00e4r\u02c8s\u00e4rt\u0113\u0259m",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u2027\u02c8\u00e4r-"
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"Medieval Latin, literally, art of arts":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-171930"
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"arseniuretted hydrogen":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": arsine sense 1":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172151"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8s\u0113n, \u02c8\u00e4r-\u02cc",
"\u00e4r-\u02c8s\u0113n",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-\u02ccs\u0113n"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The reason for the latter recommendation is that arsenic has a tendency to transform to the airborne arsine (AsH3) given the right conditions of humidity and light. \u2014 James Rogers, Fox News , 6 July 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, from ars enic arsenic entry 1 + -ine -ine entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1851, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-212826"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an electric furnace usually of the vacuum type heated by electrical resistance":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u0259m\u02cc-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"after William C. Arsem , born 1880, American chemical engineer":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223211"
},
"Arsinoitherium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of extinct mammals (order Embrithopoda) of the Oligocene of Egypt having limbs resembling those of the elephant and a pair of large horns":[]
"New Latin, irregular from Arsino\u00eb II \u2020271 b.c. queen of Egypt + New Latin -therium":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232257"
},
"arsenate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a salt or ester of an arsenic acid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u1d4an-\u02cc\u0101t",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259-",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-n\u0259t",
"-\u02ccn\u0101t",
"-\u1d4an-\u0259t"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"By the way, for more than 60 years PT lumber was infused with chromated copper arsenate (CCA), a suspected--some say, known--carcinogen. \u2014 Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics , 6 June 2017",
"As with Zika today in Brazil, a pesticide was widely blamed: tree spray containing arsenate of lead. \u2014 Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times , 29 Aug. 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"arsen ic acid + -ate entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1800, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-004300"
},
"arsenical pyrites":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": arsenopyrite":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-011401"
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"arsenite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a salt or ester of an arsenious acid":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Scheele\u2019s Green \u2013 was achieved through use of copper arsenite . \u2014 Rosalind Jana, refinery29.com , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Inorganic compounds such as copper arsenite , also called Scheele\u2019s green, lent a coveted hue to some wallpapers and paints. \u2014 Erin Blakemore, Washington Post , 19 May 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French ars\u00e9nite, from arsen ic arsenic entry 1 + -ite -ite entry 2":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-014016"
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"type":[
"noun",
"noun,",
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a salt or ester of an arsonic acid":[],
": to introduce the arsono group into : convert into an arsonic acid or derivative":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u1d4an\u02cc\u0101t",
"-\u0259\u0307t",
"-\u02cc\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"arson ic + -ate":"Noun",
"arson- + -ate":"Transitive verb"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024918"
},
"arshin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Russian unit of length equal to 28 inches":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian, of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish ar\u015fin , Kazan Tatar ar\u0161yn , Jagatai ar\u0161un":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-040858"
},
"ars antiqua":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the style of musical composition before about 1300 and especially of the 13th century":[
": of, relating to, or containing arsenic especially when trivalent":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8s\u0113-n\u0113-\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French ars\u00e9nieux, from arsen ic arsenic entry 1 + -ieux -ious":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1796, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-085401"
},
"arsenic pentoxide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a white amorphous deliquescent compound As 2 O 5 or As 4 O 10 usually made by oxidizing arsenic trioxide and used in making arsenates":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-090459"
},
"arsenic antidote":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a preparation of ferric hydroxide and magnesia that envelops or occludes arsenic thus rendering it insert":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-093436"
},
"arsenal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment":[
"The city is home to a federal arsenal ."
],
": a collection of weapons":[],
": store , repertoire":[
"the team's arsenal of veteran players"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-n\u0259l",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259-"
],
"synonyms":[
"armory",
"depot",
"dump",
"magazine"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The city is home to a federal arsenal .",
"Doctors have a broad arsenal of medicines to choose from.",
"the team's arsenal of veteran players",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Magic absorbed the full arsenal , including a filthy dribble move and layup that helped send the game to overtime, a huge 3 in overtime, and a gorgeous behind-the-back pass to Josh Richardson in transition that helped seal it. \u2014 Tom Westerholm, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"Lyman\u2019s fall followed intense bombardment, reportedly including strikes with one of the most fearsome weapons in Russia\u2019s conventional arsenal : thermobaric, or fuel-air explosives that set off huge, destructive shock waves. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"North Korea may well react angrily to Biden\u2019s and Yoon\u2019s recent vows to step up allied deterrence against North Korea\u2019s nuclear arsenal , which Pyongyang says is necessary to protect itself from American threats. \u2014 Min Joo Kim, Washington Post , 25 May 2022",
"Nestled atop a canyon rim, this glamping site offers accessibility to sightseeing, as well as an arsenal of luxurious amenities\u2014plush beds, wood-burning stoves, en suite bathrooms, to name a few\u2014that can accommodate families of up to six. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Their powerful arsenal of credit dispute tools, including disputes against both hard inquiries and derogatory listings, provides a comprehensive approach to improving your credit score. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"On top of that, America has added a few tools to its defensive arsenal , including a heftier supply of at-home tests to identify infection early and super-effective oral antivirals to treat it. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 15 Apr. 2022",
"In totalitarian societies, such men end up commanding armies \u2014 and, in Putin\u2019s case, a vast nuclear arsenal . \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 13 Mar. 2022",
"But as the Heat showed during Thursday night\u2019s victory over Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets, the element remains in the team\u2019s arsenal , still able to both shock and awe. \u2014 Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com , 5 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"earlier, \"dockyard for the construction and repair of naval vessels,\" borrowed from Middle French archenal, arsenail, arsenal (in reference to the naval dockyard of Venice), borrowed (with conformation of the final to -al -al entry 2 ) from Upper Italian (Venice) arzan\u00e0, presumably alteration (by metanalysis, with the initial taken as the preposition d', di \"from\") of darsen\u00e0 (attested in Genoese, earlier in Medieval Latin as darsena, darsana ), borrowed from Arabic d\u0101r al-\u1e63in\u0101\u02bda \"place of manufacture,\" from d\u0101r \"house\" + al \"the\" (assimilated to a\u1e63 ) + \u1e63in\u0101\u02bda \"manufacture\" (derivative of \u1e63ana\u02bda \"to make\")":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-095445"
},
"arsenian":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": containing arsenic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ny\u0259n",
"\u00e4r\u02c8s\u0113n\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-101252"
},
"arsen-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from arsenic":""
"International Scientific Vocabulary arsenio- (from arsenic ) + Greek plei\u014dn more + International Scientific Vocabulary -ite ; originally formed as German arseniopleit":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-140639"
},
"arsenic oxide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an oxide of arsenic: such as":[],
": arsenic trioxide":[],
": arsenic pentoxide":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144742"
},
"arseniosiderite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral Ca 3 Fe 4 (AsO 4 ) 4 (OH) 4 \u00b7 4 H 2 O consisting of a basic iron calcium arsenate occurring as yellowish brown concretions":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8sid\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French ars\u00e9nio-sid\u00e9rite , from ars\u00e9nio- + sid\u00e9rite siderite, from German siderit":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-153057"
},
"arsenicate":{
"type":[
"transitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to combine, treat, or impregnate with arsenic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8sen\u0259\u02cck\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155336"
},
"arsenoso":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": relating to or containing the radical \u2212AsO":[],
": containing the univalent radical \u2212AsO composed of arsenic and oxygen":[
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from arsen- + -oso- (as in ferroso- )":"Combining form"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-155952"
},
"arsey":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": lucky":[
"I just cannot believe Parramatta won and we lost. We were a 10-point better side, they scored two arsey tries and we had two disallowed, which you could see for sure were OK.",
"\u2014 Geoff Johnson , quoted in Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald , 2 Sept. 1991"
],
": maliciously spiteful, bad-tempered, or unreasonable":[
"When I told my girlfriend I was going for a drink with my flatmate, she got really arsey .",
"\u2014 James Petherbridge, Daily Mirror (London) , 11 Aug. 2001",
"He was just asking you a question and you have to come over all arsey .",
"\u2014 Zadie Smith , White Teeth , 2000"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"arse ass entry 4 + -y entry 1 ; sense 1 after tin-arse \"lucky person,\" tin-arsed \"lucky\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165704"
},
"arsenic disulfide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an orange, red, or black compound As 4 S 4 , As 2 S 2 , or AsS occurring native as realgar, also prepared artificially, and used especially in fireworks and formerly as a pigment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183303"
},
"ars gratia artis":{
"type":[
"Latin phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": art for art's sake \u2014 compare l'art pour l'art":[]
": the willful or malicious burning of property (such as a building) especially with criminal or fraudulent intent":[
"Arson was determined to be the cause of the fire."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-\u1d4an",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u1d4an"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson .",
"The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks.",
"The town has suffered a rash of arsons .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Devon Vaughn, 23, of Racine, pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to commit arson . \u2014 Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
"Two 14-year-old boys and one 15-year-old boy were each charged with arson , burglary, criminal interference with government property, criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing, Morrow\u2019s interim police Chief David Snively said. \u2014 Alexis Stevens, ajc , 9 June 2022",
"Gallion last month pleaded guilty to two charges of first-degree arson \u2014 the most severe, according to a spokeswoman for the state Department of Law. \u2014 Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News , 5 June 2022",
"Now, the Madison Police Department and federal authorities are investigating the fire as an arson attack, an incident report states. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
"Dario Melillo, owner of a beach resort destroyed in an arson attack in late January, stood amid the still smoldering remains of the building in Foggia, Italy, earlier this month. \u2014 WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Wilberforce University in Greene County, Ohio, one of the country\u2019s oldest private historically Black colleges, faced an arson attack after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Of the 30 killings, 27 were stabbed to death, two were shot, and one died in an arson attack. \u2014 Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com , 9 Jan. 2022",
"Early on the morning of May 29, 1993, in the nearby city of Solingen, several girls and women of Turkish origin were killed in an arson attack. \u2014 G\u00fczin Kar, The New Yorker , 8 Dec. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Anglo-French arsun, arson, arsoun \"fire, willful setting of a destructive fire, burn on the skin, branding,\" going back to Gallo-Romance *\u0101rsi\u014dn-, \u0101rsi\u014d, from Latin \u0101rd\u0113re (perfect and supine stem \u0101rs- ) \"to catch fire, burn, blaze\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at ardent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1680, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-201651"
},
"Arsacid":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a dynasty of Parthian rulers established in revolt against the Seleucids about 250 b.c. and overthrown by the Persian Sassanids a.d. 226":[],
": of or relating to the empire of the Arsacids":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8sas\u0259\u0307d",
"(\u02c8)\u00e4r\u00a6sas\u0259\u0307d",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u0259s-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin Arsacides , from Arsaces I flourished about 250 b.c. king of Parthia, founder of the dynasty (from Greek Arsak\u0113s ) + Latin -ides (patronymic suffix)":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203040"
},
"arsoite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dark gray porous rock consisting of trachyandesite containing phenocrysts of andesine, sanidine, diopside, and a little olivine in a trachytic groundmass of sanidine, a little oligoclase, much diopside, and magnetite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r(\u02cc)s\u014d\u02cc\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German arsoit , from Arso , town on the island of Ischia, Italy + German -it -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204641"
},
"arsenic bloom":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": arsenolite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-213535"
},
"arsis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the lighter or shorter part of a poetic foot especially in quantitative verse":[],
": the accented or longer part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse":[],
": the unaccented part of a musical measure \u2014 compare thesis":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, \"raising of the voice,\" borrowed from Latin, \"raising of the voice on an emphatic syllable,\" borrowed from Greek \u00e1rsis \"lifting, raising, raising of the foot to mark an unstressed beat (in music and prosody, opposed to th\u00e9sis thesis ), from ar- (contracted from *awer- ), base of ae\u00edrein \"to lift, raise\" (also, \"to join, attach, harness\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at aorta":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-031118"
},
"Arsacids":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a dynasty of Parthian rulers established in revolt against the Seleucids about 250 b.c. and overthrown by the Persian Sassanids a.d. 226":[],
": of or relating to the empire of the Arsacids":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r\u02c8sas\u0259\u0307d",
"(\u02c8)\u00e4r\u00a6sas\u0259\u0307d",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u0259s-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin Arsacides , from Arsaces I flourished about 250 b.c. king of Parthia, founder of the dynasty (from Greek Arsak\u0113s ) + Latin -ides (patronymic suffix)":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043703"
},
"arsenic trioxide":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a solid chemical element that is used especially in wood preservatives, alloys, and semiconductors and is extremely toxic in both pure and combined forms \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[],
": a poisonous trioxide As 2 O 3 or As 4 O 6 of arsenic used especially as an insecticide or weed killer":[],
": of, relating to, or containing arsenic especially with a valence of five":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4r-\u02c8se-nik",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-nik",
"\u02c8\u00e4rs-nik, -\u1d4an-ik",
"\u02c8\u00e4r-s\u0259-",
"\u00e4r-\u02c8sen-ik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plan\u2019s goal included eliminating harmful materials from baby foods by April 2022, inorganic arsenic by April 2024 and cadmium and mercury after April 2024. \u2014 Ahjan\u00e9 Forbes, Hartford Courant , 28 June 2022",
"The report calls out Beech-Nut for an incomplete recall of its infant rice cereal products that tested over the Food and Drug Administration's limit for inorganic arsenic . \u2014 Taylor Avery, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The documents showed some products contained levels of lead, mercury, cadmium and inorganic arsenic were far above limits set for bottled water by the FDA and the US Environmental Protection Agency. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Arsenic is a naturally occurring element in the environment that can enter the food supply through soil, water or air, and most of the time, concerning levels of arsenic are not found in food, according to the FDA. \u2014 Michelle Shen, USA TODAY , 12 Oct. 2021",
"The maximum level for inorganic arsenic in bottled water, for comparison, is 10 parts per billion. \u2014 Taylor Avery, USA TODAY , 1 Oct. 2021",
"People with unusually high exposure to inorganic arsenic , which can occur naturally or as a result of pollution, may experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or dehydration, according to the CDC. \u2014 Dallas News , 30 July 2021",
"Additionally, varying levels of arsenic can be found in foods like rice and some fish. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping , 13 Sep. 2020",
"Consuming inorganic arsenic has been associated with cancer, skin lesions, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. \u2014 Sandee Lamotte And Gisela Crespo, CNN , 6 Aug. 2020",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"This beloved pigment was made with arsenic ; one laced wallpaper was rumored to have caused the death of Napoleon Bonaparte. \u2014 Helena Madden, ELLE Decor , 6 June 2022",
"Knight and other researchers have also found a strong correlation between land subsidence due to overpumping and increased concentrations of toxic arsenic in drinking water. \u2014 Ian James, Los Angeles Times , 4 June 2022",
"The soil of the Arica region has a high concentration of natural arsenic , according to research by University of Tarapac\u00e1 archaeologist Vivien Standen. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 26 May 2022",
"And many metals have production losses of 95 percent or higher: arsenic , gallium, germanium, hafnium, scandium, selenium, and tellurium. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 20 May 2022",
"High concentrations of arsenic fluoride are frequently found in marginalized communities, especially tribal lands. \u2014 Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic , 16 May 2022",
"The reverse osmosis filter removes impurities down to 1/10,000 of a micron, reducing arsenic , lead, parasitic cysts, copper and more. \u2014 Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping , 3 May 2022",
"The massive dry lakebed could send arsenic -laced dust into the air that millions breathe. \u2014 NBC News , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Water flowing through this pipe was found, on chemical analysis, to contain lead and arsenic . \u2014 Mark Fischetti, Scientific American , 14 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English arsenek, arsenic \"any of various compounds of arsenic, as yellow orpiment (arsenic trisulfide),\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French arsenik, arsneke, borrowed from Latin arrhenicum, arsenicon, borrowed from Greek arsenik\u00f3n, arrhenik\u00f3n, probably borrowed from Aramaic zarn\u012b\u1e35 \"arsenic\" or a cognate Semitic word, borrowed from an unattested form in a Middle Iranian language (whence Persian zarn\u012b, zarn\u012bk \"orpiment, arsenic\"), a derivative of the word for \"gold\" (as Manichaean Parthian zrn /zarn/ \"gold,\" zrnyn /zarn\u0113n/ \"golden\"), alluding to the yellow color of orpiment":"Noun",
"from attributive or compound use of arsenic entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1798, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-055814"
},
"arsle":{
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to move backward":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4rs\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"arse entry 1 + -le":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-082637"
},
"ars nova":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the style of musical composition of the late middle ages and especially of the 14th century":[
