dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lew_MW.json

{
  "lewd":{
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "decent",
      "G-rated",
      "nonobscene",
      "wholesome"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": evil , wicked":[],
      ": obscene , vulgar":[
        "lewd remarks"
      ],
      ": sexually unchaste or licentious (see licentious sense 1 )":[
        "lewd behavior"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He made lewd remarks to the woman at the bar.",
      "bystanders were shocked by the lewd behavior of the couple in the park",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Atwood was previously convicted in California of lewd and lascivious acts and kidnapping against two different children. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "He was convicted in 1975 in California for lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under 14 and was convicted of Vicki's killing in 1987. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2022",
      "The teacher, Dennis Thomas, was convicted of four counts of lewd and lascivious behavior with a child under 14 in 1982. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Several prior state and local convictions for lewd and lascivious conduct were noted by the Attorney General's Office in the sentencing. \u2014 Brock Blasdell, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "Owen Michael Calkins, 71, of the 1700 block of Killdeer Drive, Naperville, was arrested on a charge of public indecency/ lewd exposure at 3:31 p.m. May 9 at Starling Lane and Killdeer Road. \u2014 Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Anthony Alex Brown, 23, of Lauderdale Lakes, was arrested Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale on one count of a lewd and lascivious act against a victim between 12 and 16 years old. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Davis was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on Tuesday on a charge of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, jail records show. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lewed vulgar, from Old English l\u01e3wede laical, ignorant":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bawdy",
      "blue",
      "coarse",
      "crude",
      "dirty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "gross",
      "gutter",
      "impure",
      "indecent",
      "lascivious",
      "locker-room",
      "nasty",
      "obscene",
      "pornographic",
      "porny",
      "profane",
      "raunchy",
      "ribald",
      "smutty",
      "stag",
      "trashy",
      "unprintable",
      "vulgar",
      "wanton",
      "X-rated"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175650",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "lewdness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "clean",
      "decent",
      "G-rated",
      "nonobscene",
      "wholesome"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": evil , wicked":[],
      ": obscene , vulgar":[
        "lewd remarks"
      ],
      ": sexually unchaste or licentious (see licentious sense 1 )":[
        "lewd behavior"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He made lewd remarks to the woman at the bar.",
      "bystanders were shocked by the lewd behavior of the couple in the park",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Atwood was previously convicted in California of lewd and lascivious acts and kidnapping against two different children. \u2014 Paul Best, Fox News , 8 June 2022",
      "He was convicted in 1975 in California for lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under 14 and was convicted of Vicki's killing in 1987. \u2014 CBS News , 8 June 2022",
      "The teacher, Dennis Thomas, was convicted of four counts of lewd and lascivious behavior with a child under 14 in 1982. \u2014 Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 31 May 2022",
      "Several prior state and local convictions for lewd and lascivious conduct were noted by the Attorney General's Office in the sentencing. \u2014 Brock Blasdell, The Arizona Republic , 25 May 2022",
      "Owen Michael Calkins, 71, of the 1700 block of Killdeer Drive, Naperville, was arrested on a charge of public indecency/ lewd exposure at 3:31 p.m. May 9 at Starling Lane and Killdeer Road. \u2014 Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune , 18 May 2022",
      "Anthony Alex Brown, 23, of Lauderdale Lakes, was arrested Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale on one count of a lewd and lascivious act against a victim between 12 and 16 years old. \u2014 Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Davis was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14. \u2014 Lawrence Richard, Fox News , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Demetrius Carl Davis, 24, was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on Tuesday on a charge of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14, jail records show. \u2014 Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lewed vulgar, from Old English l\u01e3wede laical, ignorant":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fcd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bawdy",
      "blue",
      "coarse",
      "crude",
      "dirty",
      "filthy",
      "foul",
      "gross",
      "gutter",
      "impure",
      "indecent",
      "lascivious",
      "locker-room",
      "nasty",
      "obscene",
      "pornographic",
      "porny",
      "profane",
      "raunchy",
      "ribald",
      "smutty",
      "stag",
      "trashy",
      "unprintable",
      "vulgar",
      "wanton",
      "X-rated"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041424",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Lewis with Harris":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "island in the Outer Hebrides of northwestern Scotland, divided administratively into":[
        "Lewis (in the north; chief town and port Stornoway)",
        "Harris (in the south)"
      ],
      "and":[
        "Lewis (in the north; chief town and port Stornoway)",
        "Harris (in the south)"
      ],
      "area 770 square miles (2002 square kilometers)":[
        "Lewis (in the north; chief town and port Stornoway)",
        "Harris (in the south)"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-wit\u035fh-",
      "\u02c8l\u00fc-\u0259s-with-\u02c8ha-r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122349"
  },
  "lewth":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": shelter or protection from the weather : warmth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fcth"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English -lewth , from Old English hl\u0113owth, hl\u0233wth , from hl\u0113ow warm":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142935"
  },
  "lew-warm":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lew sense 1":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from lew + warm":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172630"
  },
  "Lewisville":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in northern Texas population 95,290":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u00fc-\u0259s-\u02ccvil",
      "-v\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204550"
  },
  "lew":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": moderately warm : lukewarm":[],
      ": lee entry 2 sense 1":[],
      ": a place of shelter : the side sheltered (as from the wind)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u02c8l\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English lew, lewe \"warm, tepid,\" going back to Old English *hl\u0113ow in hl\u0113owe \"warmly\" (also unhl\u0113ow \"cold\"), going back to Germanic *hlewja- (whence Old Norse hl\u00fdr \"mild, warm,\" Middle Dutch luw ), going back to Indo-European *k\u0301leui\u032f\u032fo- , derivative of *k\u0301el- \"be warm\"; also with a laryngeal extension *k\u0301elh 1 - , giving the derivative *k\u0301leh 1 u\u032fo- (from which Germanic *hl\u01e3wa- , whence Old High German l\u0101o \"tepid, warm,\" Old Norse hl\u00e6r ); and zero-grade *k\u0301lh 1 - , whence Lithuanian \u0161\u00eclti \"to grow warm,\" Latin cal\u0113re \"to be warm or hot\" (with the derivatives calidus \"hot, warm,\" calor \"heat\")":"Adjective"
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010238"
  }
}