{
  "Mrs.":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wife":[
        "left with the Mrs."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "or before given names (\u02cc)mis",
      "-z\u0259z",
      "\u02c8mi-s\u0259z",
      "-s\u0259s",
      "especially Southern \u02c8mi-z\u0259z",
      "-z\u0259s",
      "or in rapid speech in sense 1 (\u02cc)miz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "helpmate",
      "helpmeet",
      "lady",
      "madam",
      "missus",
      "missis",
      "old lady",
      "wife",
      "wifey",
      "woman"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "\u201cHow nice to see you! How's the Mrs. "
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Mrs. abbreviation of mistress; Mesdames from French, plural of Madame":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220427"
  },
  "MRSA":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several strains of a bacterium ( Staphylococcus aureus ) that are resistant to methicillin and related antibiotics (such as penicillin) and typically live harmlessly on skin and mucous membranes but may cause usually mild infections of the skin or sometimes more severe infections (as of the blood, lungs, or bones) especially in hospitalized or immunocompromised individuals \u2014 see ca-mrsa":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccem-\u02cc\u00e4r-\u02cces-\u02c8\u0101",
      "\u02ccem-\u02cc\u00e4r-\u02cces-\u02c8\u0101, \u02c8m\u0259r-s\u0259",
      "\u02c8m\u0259r-s\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "m ethicillin- r esistant S taphylococcus a ureus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1979, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004723"
  },
  "Mrs. Grundy":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one marked by prudish conventionality in personal conduct":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8gr\u0259n-d\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bluenose",
      "moralist",
      "nice nelly",
      "prude",
      "puritan",
      "wowser"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "immoralist"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the librarian pointed out that many of the books that contain material that was once offensive to the Mrs. Grundys of the world are now revered as literary classics"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from a character alluded to in Thomas Morton's Speed the Plough (1798)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1813, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-103305"
  },
  "mrs.":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": wife":[
        "left with the Mrs."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8mi-s\u0259z",
      "-s\u0259s",
      "or before given names (\u02cc)mis",
      "-z\u0259z",
      "especially Southern \u02c8mi-z\u0259z",
      "-z\u0259s",
      "or in rapid speech in sense 1 (\u02cc)miz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "helpmate",
      "helpmeet",
      "lady",
      "madam",
      "missus",
      "missis",
      "old lady",
      "wife",
      "wifey",
      "woman"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "\u201cHow nice to see you! How's the Mrs. ?\u201d inquired the charming older gentleman"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Mrs. abbreviation of mistress; Mesdames from French, plural of Madame":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140740"
  }
}