{ "mezzo-soprano":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02c8pr\u00e4-", "\u02ccmed-(\u02cc)z\u014d-", "\u02ccmet-(\u02cc)s\u014d-s\u0259-\u02c8pra-(\u02cc)n\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian mezzosoprano , from mezzo + soprano soprano":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1838, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032829" }, "mezzo-relievo":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": sculptural relief intermediate between bas-relief and high relief":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccmed-(\u02cc)z\u014d-", "-r\u0113l-\u02c8y\u0101-(\u02cc)v\u014d", "\u02ccmet-(\u02cc)s\u014d-ri-\u02c8l\u0113-(\u02cc)v\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian mezzorilievo , from mezzo + rilievo relief":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1598, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060356" }, "mezzo piano":{ "type":[ "adjective or adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": moderately soft":[ "\u2014 used as a direction in music" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccmed-(\u02cc)z\u014d-", "\u02ccmet-(\u02cc)s\u014d-p\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)n\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1786, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-085043" }, "mezzo legato":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": in a manner intermediate between legato and staccato":[ "\u2014 used as a direction in music" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, literally, half legato":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093404" }, "mezzanine":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the lowest balcony in a theater":[], ": the first few rows of such a balcony":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccme-z\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113n", "\u02c8me-z\u0259-\u02ccn\u0113n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Masks were optional for attendees who sat in the orchestra, and required in the mezzanine as well as the Radio City Music Hall lobby, restrooms and common rooms. \u2014 Wilson Chapman, Variety , 13 June 2022", "Most other big deals were packaged as bonds, debt-equity investments, and mezzanine funding, a debt-equity hybrid. \u2014 Niharika Sharma, Quartz , 9 June 2022", "Attendees sitting in the mezzanine and balcony sections of Radio City Music Hall, are required to wear a mask throughout the ceremony, but do not need to be tested. \u2014 Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter , 6 June 2022", "But this meant that if a product will not work in a very narrow aisle operation or if the mezzanine height exceeds equipment capacity, then it might be determined unsuitable, and the deal might fall through. \u2014 John Hayes, Forbes , 3 June 2022", "Salami and copper cookware garlanded the ceiling; food processors and other new must-have kitchen gadgets overstuffed the upstairs mezzanine . \u2014 Rien Fertel, WSJ , 12 May 2022", "Both the mezzanine and ground floors of the building will see a light refresh, with new details in lighting and visitor flow management. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 11 May 2022", "Christopher Reynolds\u2019 vast compendium of go-to spots in the Golden State, i.e. Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay (one of our personal favorites), Big Sur (for lunch at clifftop Nepenthe), and the upstairs mezzanine of L.A.\u2019s the Last Bookstore. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022", "Following the performances, gala-goers found their way to the second-floor mezzanine of the theatre, which was transformed by an artistic intervention by Eva LeWitt. \u2014 Vogue , 7 May 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "French, from Italian mezzanino , from mezzano middle, from Latin medianus middle, median":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-043936" }, "mezzograph":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a halftone made with a grain screen and having a grained surface instead of crossline screen dots":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian mezzo half (from Latin medius middle) + English -graph (as in photograph )":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051500" }, "mezza majolica":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": early Italian earthenware resembling majolica but whitened with a clay slip under a lead glaze and partly decorated in sgraffito":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u00a6mets\u0259-", "-edz\u0259-", "-ez\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian mezza mai\u00f2lica , literally, half majolica":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-181559" }, "mezzo-soprano clef":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": the C clef when placed on the musical staff to indicate that middle C is on the second line from the bottom of the staff \u2014 see clef illustration":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1806, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-193508" }, "mezza orchestra":{ "type":[ "adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": with but half the orchestra":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u022fr\u00a6kestr\u0259", "-\u00a6\u022frk\u0259str\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, literally, half orchestra":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-195636" }, "mezuzah":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "m\u0259-\u02c8zu\u0307-z\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The horseshoe above the entryway, the mezuzah by the door. \u2014 Honor Jones, The Atlantic , 28 Dec. 2021", "About 300 people, most affiliated with EMIH but also including some nonobservant Hungarian Jews, attended a street celebration that culminated with the affixing of a new mezuzah at the synagogue by Rabbi Szlomo Koves, the head of EMIH. \u2014 Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Sep. 2021", "The famed jazz musician was reputed to wear a Magen David and have a mezuzah on his door, said the musicologist, John Baron. \u2014 sun-sentinel.com , 1 Sep. 2021", "The first book is a do-it-yourself guide to understanding every aspect of the Jewish faith from keeping Kosher to affixing a mezuzah on the doorpost of a home and every other ritual and practice in between. \u2014 Alan Goch, sun-sentinel.com , 8 Oct. 2021", "Or let the neighbors know with a vaccination mezuzah . \u2014 Sharon Levy, The New Yorker , 7 June 2021", "In February, a haredi journalist lamented a photo of Kariv hanging a mezuzah on the doorway of Labor\u2019s headquarters. \u2014 Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com , 25 Mar. 2021", "Each of the hotel\u2019s 14 guest rooms has its own mezuzah . \u2014 Larry Luxner, sun-sentinel.com , 30 Dec. 2020", "Myers\u2019 mezuzah is in two pieces, snapped when police swarming the synagogue broke down the door during their rescue effort. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Sep. 2019" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Hebrew m\u0115z\u016bz\u0101h doorpost":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1650, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-044209" }, "mezza voce":{ "type":[ "adverb or adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": with medium or half volume":[ "\u2014 used as a direction in music" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccmet-s\u00e4-\u02c8v\u014d-(\u02cc)ch\u0101", "\u02ccmed-z\u00e4-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "There is no denying the fundamental splendor of Kaufmann\u2019s sound: the baritonal strength of his lower register, the clean strike of his high notes, the tender shimmer of his mezza voce . \u2014 Alex Ross, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, half voice":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1776, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-081016" }, "mezzotint":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a manner of engraving on copper or steel by scraping or burnishing a roughened surface to produce light and shade":[], ": an engraving produced by mezzotint":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8met-s\u014d-\u02cctint", "\u02c8med-z\u014d-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "His prints from this time often used a combination of etching, line work and mezzotint . \u2014 oregonlive , 2 Oct. 2021", "Philadelphia engraver William Sartain, for one, came out with a flattering mezzotint of Jackson along with a group portrait of Jackson and his family, seated in a parlor decorated by statuettes of George Washington and John C. Calhoun. \u2014 Harold Holzer, Smithsonian Magazine , 7 July 2020", "These spacious rooms are filled with treasures of their own, not least a vast collection of 18th century mezzotints , and on this occasion by the guests\u2014including the absurdly handsome actor Quim Gutierrez. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 14 June 2018", "Though the heart of her work \u2014 graphite and charcoal drawings, mezzotint and woodcut prints, paintings \u2014 is often described as dark, it has always been backlighted, in a sense, by California sun. \u2014 Randy Kennedy, New York Times , 9 Feb. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "modification of Italian mezzatinta , from mezza (feminine of mezzo ) + tinta tint":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091256" }, "mezzo":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": mezzo-soprano":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8med-(\u02cc)z\u014d", "\u02c8met-(\u02cc)s\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian, literally, middle, moderate, half, from Latin medius \u2014 more at mid":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1832, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-151028" }, "mezzotinter":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one skilled in mezzotint":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-173211" }, "meze":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an appetizer in Greek or Middle Eastern cuisine often served with an aperitif":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8m\u0101-(\u02cc)z\u0101", "me-\u02c8z\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This Mediterranean-Turkish restaurant from owners Sabah Doksoz and Rain Sahutoglu opened in March a block west of Young Circle with live music and a menu of cold and warm meze and kebabs under chef Resat Aydin. \u2014 Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com , 13 Apr. 2022", "Chicago\u2019s Greek dining scene has shown little sign of slowing down since, with openings that showcase the many dimensions of the cuisine, featuring seafood, spices, produce and meze , or tapas-like small plates. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 1 June 2022", "That dish will be on the menu when Jaffa\u2019s second location opens in December in the Atlantic Village plaza, as will a hummus bar, deconstructed baba ghanoush and other meze drawn from Cohen\u2019s family recipes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Dec. 2021", "That dish will be on the menu when Jaffa\u2019s second location opens in December in the Atlantic Village plaza, as will a hummus bar, deconstructed baba ghanoush and other meze drawn from Cohen\u2019s family recipes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Dec. 2021", "That dish will be on the menu when Jaffa\u2019s second location opens in December in the Atlantic Village plaza, as will a hummus bar, deconstructed baba ghanoush and other meze drawn from Cohen\u2019s family recipes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Dec. 2021", "That dish will be on the menu when Jaffa\u2019s second location opens in December in the Atlantic Village plaza, as will a hummus bar, deconstructed baba ghanoush and other meze drawn from Cohen\u2019s family recipes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Dec. 2021", "That dish will be on the menu when Jaffa\u2019s second location opens in December in the Atlantic Village plaza, as will a hummus bar, deconstructed baba ghanoush and other meze drawn from Cohen\u2019s family recipes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Dec. 2021", "That dish will be on the menu when Jaffa\u2019s second location opens in December in the Atlantic Village plaza, as will a hummus bar, deconstructed baba ghanoush and other meze drawn from Cohen\u2019s family recipes. \u2014 Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com , 1 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Modern Greek & Turkish; Modern Greek mezes , from Turkish meze , from Persian maze taste, snack":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1904, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174306" }, "mezzo forte":{ "type":[ "adjective or adverb" ], "definitions":{ ": moderately loud":[ "\u2014 used as a direction in music" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccmet-(\u02cc)s\u014d-\u02c8f\u022fr-\u02cct\u0101", "-\u02c8f\u022fr-t\u0113", "\u02ccmed-(\u02cc)z\u014d-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Italian":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1811, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-235235" }, "Mezzogiorno":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "the Italian peninsula south of about the latitude of Rome":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccmed-z\u014d-", "\u02ccmet-s\u014d-\u02c8j\u022fr-(\u02cc)n\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051518" }, "mezereon":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small Eurasian shrub ( Daphne mezereum of the family Thymelaeaceae, the mezereon family) with purple flowers and poisonous emetic leaves, fruit, and bark":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "m\u0259-\u02c8zir-\u0113-\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English mizerion , from Medieval Latin mezereon , from Arabic m\u0101zariy\u016bn , perhaps from Persian m\u0101zary\u016bn":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102541" }, "mezereon family":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": thymelaeaceae":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103433" }, "mezcal":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": mexican elm":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8me\u00a6sk\u00e4l", "m\u0259\u0307\u02c8s-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "American Spanish (El Salvador) mescal, mezcal, mexcal , from Spanish, mescal":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160655" } }