{
  "y":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "adjective suffix",
      "noun",
      "noun suffix",
      "symbol"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the 25th letter of the English alphabet":[],
      ": a graphic representation of this letter":[],
      ": a speech counterpart of orthographic y":[],
      ": a graphic device for reproducing the letter y":[],
      ": one designated y especially as the 25th in order or class or the second in order or class when x is made the first":[],
      ": something shaped like the letter Y":[],
      "yard":[],
      "year":[],
      ": ymca":[],
      ": ywca":[],
      "yttrium":[],
      ": characterized by : full of":[
        "blossom y",
        "dirt y",
        "mudd y",
        "clay ey"
      ],
      ": having the character of : composed of":[
        "ic y",
        "wax y"
      ],
      ": like : like that of":[
        "hom ey",
        "wintr y",
        "\u2014 often with a disparaging connotation stag y"
      ],
      ": tending or inclined to":[
        "sleep y",
        "chatt y"
      ],
      ": giving occasion for (specified) action":[
        "tear y"
      ],
      ": performing (specified) action":[
        "curl y"
      ],
      ": state : condition : quality":[
        "beggar y"
      ],
      ": activity, place of business, or goods dealt with":[
        "chandler y",
        "laundr y"
      ],
      ": whole body or group":[
        "soldier y"
      ],
      ": instance of a (specified) action":[
        "entreat y",
        "inquir y"
      ],
      "\u2014 see -ie":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "same",
      "\u02c8w\u012b",
      "\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Noun (1)",
      "a word that starts with a y",
      "a word that starts with y"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English -ig ; akin to Old High German -\u012bg -y, Latin -icus , Greek -ikos , Sanskrit -ika":"Adjective suffix",
      "Middle English -ie , from Anglo-French, from Latin -ia , from Greek -ia, -eia":"Noun suffix",
      "Middle English -ie , from Anglo-French, from Latin -ium":"Noun suffix"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "circa 1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143011"
  }
}