{
  "gnome":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usually guards treasure":[],
      ": an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus that inhabits earth":[],
      ": maxim , aphorism":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1563, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French, from New Latin gnomus":"Noun",
      "Greek gn\u014dm\u0113 , from gign\u014dskein to know \u2014 more at know":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u014dm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "brownie",
      "dwarf",
      "elf",
      "faerie",
      "faery",
      "fairy",
      "fay",
      "goblin",
      "gremlin",
      "hobgoblin",
      "kobold",
      "leprechaun",
      "pixie",
      "pixy",
      "puck",
      "sprite",
      "troll"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112508",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "gnomon":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an object that by the position or length of its shadow serves as an indicator especially of the hour of the day: such as":[],
      ": the pin of a sundial":[],
      ": a column or shaft erected perpendicular to the horizon":[],
      ": the remainder of a parallelogram after the removal of a similar parallelogram containing one of its corners":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u014d-m\u0259n",
      "-\u02ccm\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The gnomon , or the shadow-casting protrusion, is 35 feet tall with a shadow twice that length. \u2014 Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure , 15 Nov. 2021",
      "But the most original marketing device was a giant sundial, its vertical monument (called a gnomon ) 28 feet long and 17 feet high and standing in a circle 34 feet in diameter. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 July 2021",
      "The pole serves as a gnomon , the part of a sundial that casts a shadow to denote time. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 20 Apr. 2020",
      "There are many types of sundials, but in general each consists of a gnomon , a thin rod that casts a shadow onto a dial, and a flat plate or platform. \u2014 Megan Arnett, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2018",
      "The original clock is missing its gnomon , the part of a sundial that casts a shadow, but an 18th-century museum curator described it having one in the shape of a pig\u2019s tail, so Parslow re-created that, too. \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Latin gn\u014dm\u014dn \"pointer of a sundial,\" borrowed from Greek gn\u1e53m\u014dn \"examiner, interpreter, carpenter's square, pointer of a sundial,\" from gn\u014d-, base of gign\u1e53skein \"to perceive, know\" + -mon-, -m\u014dn, agent suffix \u2014 more at know entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-183914"
  },
  "Gnomonia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of the family Gnomoniaceae) of ascomycetous fungi having rostrate perithecia and hyaline 2-celled to 4-celled ascospores":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "n\u014d\u02c8m\u014dn\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek gn\u014dm\u014dn carpenter's square + New Latin -ia ; from the shape of the ostiole":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184044"
  },
  "gnomonic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to the gnomon of a sundial or its use in telling time":[],
      ": gnomic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "(\u02c8)n\u014d\u00a6m\u00e4nik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "gnomonic from Latin gnomonicus , from Greek gn\u014dmonikos , from gn\u014dmon-, gn\u014dm\u014dn pointer on a sundial + -ikos -ic; gnomonical from Latin gnomonic us + English -al":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000209"
  },
  "gnomology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an anthology of gnomes":[],
      ": gnomic writing":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "n\u014d\u02c8m\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek gn\u014dmologia anthology of gnomes, sententious style, from gn\u014dmo- (from gn\u014dm\u0113 maxim) + -logia -logy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014948"
  },
  "gnomic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by aphorism":[
        "gnomic utterances"
      ],
      ": given to the composition of gnomic writing":[
        "a gnomic poet"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u014d-mik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He made gnomic utterances concerning death.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Pop Smoke was a gnomic figure with a rich, booming voice; Fivio is less enigmatic but more entertaining, a charismatic and sometimes witty host who wants to keep everyone happy. \u2014 Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker , 18 Apr. 2022",
      "Samuel Greenberg, the doomed, gnomic poet-naif Crane describes, was already six years dead at the time of the letter\u2019s writing, having succumbed to tuberculosis in 1917, at the age of twenty-three, in the Manhattan State Hospital on Wards Island. \u2014 Dustin Illingworth, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
      "Samuel Greenberg, the doomed, gnomic poet-naif Crane describes, was already six years dead at the time of the letter\u2019s writing, having succumbed to tuberculosis in 1917, at the age of twenty-three, in the Manhattan State Hospital on Wards Island. \u2014 Dustin Illingworth, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
      "Like Fitzgerald, Levy has a gift for the pithy, annihilating moment of gnomic insight. \u2014 Kirsten Denker, The New Republic , 31 Aug. 2021",
      "The style is Delphic: cautious; obfuscatory; verbose (or the opposite, gnomic ); vague; artfully ambiguous; subtle; fascinating. \u2014 George Calhoun, Forbes , 10 May 2021",
      "There\u2019s Duncan\u2019s assistant, Jimmy Jellico, who is mentally challenged but who comes out with astonishing gnomic splinters of wisdom. \u2014 Joanne Kaufman, WSJ , 23 Apr. 2021",
      "Some of the passages closely echo Oyler\u2019s riffs on contemporary foibles, except written in gnomic fragments. \u2014 Kate Knibbs, Wired , 1 Feb. 2021",
      "Coleman had a gnomic way with words himself, however. \u2014 Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic , 5 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Greek gn\u014dmik\u00f3s \"dealing in maxims, didactic,\" from gn\u1e53m\u0113 \"maxim\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at gnome entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1784, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-022121"
  },
  "gnomologic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by or consisting of gnomes or precepts : gnomic":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6n\u014dm\u0259\u00a6l\u00e4jik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "gnomologic from Greek gn\u014dmologikos , from gn\u014dmologia + -ikos -ic; gnomological from gnomologic + -al":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043501"
  },
  "gnomonic chart":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a chart on the gnomonic projection":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150842"
  },
  "gnothi seauton":{
    "type":[
      "Greek phrase"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": know yourself \u2014 compare nosce te ipsum":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8gn\u014d-th\u0113-\u02ccse-au\u0307-\u02c8t\u022fn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-151334"
  },
  "gnomonic projection":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an azimuthal projection of a part of a hemisphere showing the earth's grid as projected by radials from a point at the center of the sphere onto a tangent plane so that all straight lines represent arcs of great circles thereby making this projection valuable for navigation when used in conjunction with the Mercator projection":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174330"
  },
  "gnosticize":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to embrace or propound Gnostic views":[],
      ": to make Gnostic : give Gnostic color or quality to":[
        "threatened for a time to gnosticize Christianity"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-t\u0259\u02ccs\u012bz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Gnostic + -ize":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214413"
  },
  "gnosticism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the thought and practice especially of various cults of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that emancipation comes through gnosis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00e4-st\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In this sense, the woke dialect is a new kind of gnosticism , separating the elite from the great unwashed. \u2014 Nate Hochman, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "In effect, as Del Noce argued throughout his career, Marxism was and is a new form of an old heresy, gnosticism . \u2014 Francis X. Maier, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "see gnostic":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1664, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233219"
  },
  "gnosis":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Another noted Alexandrian thinker was Valentinus, whose interpretation of Christianity required believers to embrace divine knowledge\u2014in Greek, gnosis . \u2014 National Geographic , 19 Apr. 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek gn\u014dsis , literally, knowledge, from gign\u014dskein":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1703, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051331"
  },
  "gnotobiotic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccn\u014d-t\u0259-(\u02cc)b\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4t-ik",
      "-b\u0113-",
      "\u02ccn\u014d-t\u014d-b\u012b-\u02c8\u00e4-tik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Greek gn\u014dtos known (from gign\u014dskein to know) + biot\u0113 life, way of life \u2014 more at know , biota":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-155305"
  },
  "gnomonics":{
    "type":[
      "noun plural but singular in construction"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the art of using or making dials, especially sundials":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "n\u014d\u02c8m\u00e4niks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023630"
  },
  "gnome owl":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": pygmy owl":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "gnome entry 2":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145539"
  },
  "gnostic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective,",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an adherent of gnosticism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00e4-stik"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin gnosticus , from Greek gn\u014dstikos of knowledge, from gign\u014dskein":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1587, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165726"
  },
  "gnoseology":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the philosophic theory of knowledge : inquiry into the basis, nature, validity, and limits of knowledge":[
        "gnoseology became coextensive with the whole of metaphysics",
        "\u2014 C. A. Hart"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin gnoseologia , from gnoseo- (from Greek gn\u014dsis knowledge) + Latin -logia -logy":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-180031"
  },
  "gnoseological":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to gnoseology":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195905"
  },
  "Gnorimoschema":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of small dull narrow-winged moths related to the pink bollworm and including larvae that cause galls in plants, others that are leaf miners, and still others that are borers \u2014 see potato tuberworm":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccn\u014dr\u0259m\u014d\u02c8sk\u0113m\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from gnorimo- (from Greek gn\u014drimos well known) + Latin schema shape, form; akin to Greek gign\u014dskein to know":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-041611"
  },
  "gnocchi":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": dumplings usually made with potato or semolina and served with sauce":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8ny\u022f-",
      "\u02c8n\u022f-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Some of the lightest gnocchi in memory are draped with a tomato sauce that concludes with some heat from Calabrian chiles. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Oct. 2021",
      "Strain all the gnocchi , and place them on a baking tray lined with a paper towel. \u2014 Christina Bernstein, Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2020",
      "Place your gnocchi in the boiling water in several batches. \u2014 Christina Bernstein, Outside Online , 12 Nov. 2020",
      "Trader Joe's has long found success with its gnocchi and has introduced a slew of flavors, including Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Gorgonzola Gnocchi, Kale Gnocchi or its wildly popular Cauliflower Gnocchi. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 1 Dec. 2021",
      "Our next course has arrived\u2014wild rabbit and gluten-free gnocchi for Haugen. \u2014 Noreen Malone, Vogue , 16 Nov. 2021",
      "Consider pairing with marinated lamb, or potato gnocchi and herbs. \u2014 Tom Mullen, Forbes , 11 Sep. 2021",
      "While there is a time and place to bake bread from scratch or make your own gnocchi , summer doesn\u2019t have to be it. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 July 2021",
      "The current version features a pea puree on the bottom with crunchy romano beans mingling with the gnocchi . \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 July 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, plural of gnocco , from Italian dialect (Veneto), probably of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German kn\u00f6chel knuckle, knoche bone \u2014 more at knuckle":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1891, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213152"
  }
}