{ "koumiss":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a beverage of fermented mare's milk made originally by the nomadic peoples of central Asia":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "k\u00fc-\u02c8mis", "\u02c8k\u00fc-m\u0259s" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Russian kumys , of Turkic origin; akin to Turkish k\u0131m\u0131z koumiss":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1607, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004504" }, "kouprey":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a rare short-haired ox ( Bos sauveli ) having a large dewlap and found in forests in parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccpr\u0101" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Khmer ko:prey":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1940, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231318" }, "kousa dogwood":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a small, deciduous, Asian tree ( Cornus kousa of the family Cornaceae ) widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy white floral bracts produced in the late spring or early summer and followed by globular, fleshy, red fruits resembling raspberries":[ "Spring finds kousa dogwood at its most dramatically beautiful. It is then that the large, white blossoms\u2014each up to 4 inches across\u2014unfold in profusion from branches at the top of the tree right down to those near the ground.", "\u2014 Lee Reich , Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen-Times , 1 Oct. 2010", "When kousas are young, they have an upright, vase-like shape. But mature trees \u2026 develop an even more appealing horizontal layered look.", "\u2014 Christine Arpe Gang, Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tennessee) , 15 Sept. 2006" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u00fc-s\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1914, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-022944" }, "kouse":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": cous":[], ": pearl millet":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "by alteration":"Noun", "origin unknown":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-044053" }, "kouros":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an ancient Greek statue of a nude male youth standing with the left leg forward and arms at the sides":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8k\u00fc-\u02ccr\u022fs" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "This contraction of various facial muscles resonates across the entire arc of human history, from the grinning Greek kouros sculptures of 2,500 years ago right up to emoji, those little images that pepper our online communications. \u2014 Neil Steinberg, CNN , 13 June 2018", "Now, with nary a word of explanation from the Getty, the kouros is gone. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 19 Apr. 2018", "Now, with nary a word of explanation from the Getty, the kouros is gone. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 19 Apr. 2018", "This contraction of various facial muscles resonates across the entire arc of human history, from the grinning Greek kouros sculptures of 2,500 years ago right up to emoji, those little images that pepper our online communications. \u2014 Neil Steinberg, CNN , 13 June 2018", "Science is what had kept hopes alive that the kouros might be genuine. \u2014 Christopher Knight, latimes.com , 19 Apr. 2018", "There are true glam items \u2014 an apparitionally perfect marble kouros ; a cup attributed to the great Penthesilea Painter \u2014 but also homely ones: pottery shards with inscriptions, that kind of thing. \u2014 Holland Cotter, New York Times , 23 Mar. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Greek kouros, koros boy \u2014 more at crescent":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1920, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112214" } }