{ "onager":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an Asian wild ass ( Equus hemionus onager synonym E. onager ) that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is related to the kiang":[], ": a heavy catapult used in ancient and medieval times":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u00e4-ni-j\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Now, analysis of DNA extracted from the bones buried at Umm el-Marra has revealed the animal was a cross between a donkey, which was domesticated at the time, and the now-extinct Syrian wild ass, sometimes called hemippe or an onager . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022", "Researchers have uncovered thousands of bone fragments at the site, including remains from horses, extinct wild oxen known as aurochs, and donkey relatives called onagers . \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic , 24 July 2019", "The two of them once passed two very happy weekends of courtship in attempts to reconstruct an ancient catapult called an onager . \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED , 18 June 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros , from onos ass + agros field \u2014 more at acre":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182533" }, "onanism":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": masturbation":[], ": coitus interruptus":[], ": self-gratification":[ "the kind of intellectual onanism to which he was dedicated", "\u2014 Esther P. Shiverick" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m", "\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "probably from New Latin onanismus , from Onan , son of Judah (Genesis 38:9)":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231041" }, "Onagraceae":{ "type":[ "adjective", "plural noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a large widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales having an inferior ovary, 2 or 4 petals, 1 to 8 stamens, and a simple style":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02cc\u00e4n\u0259\u02c8gr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "New Latin, from Onagra + -aceae":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044713" } }