{
  "Jotnian":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or constituting a division of the Precambrian":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Old Norse j\u00f6tn-, j\u00f6tunn giant + English -ian ; akin to Old English eoten giant, Middle Low German eteninne giantess, and perhaps to Old English etan to eat":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u00e4tn\u0113\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220747",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "Jotun":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a member of a race of giants in Norse mythology":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Old Norse j\u01ebtunn":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u014d-t\u1d4an",
      "-\u02cctu\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200346",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Jotunheim":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the home of the Jotuns in Norse mythology":[],
      "mountains in south central Norway \u2014 see glittertind":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1855, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Old Norse J\u01ebtunheimar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02cch\u0101m",
      "-\u02cctu\u0307n-",
      "\u02c8y\u014d-t\u1d4an-\u02cch\u0101m",
      "\u02c8y\u014d-t\u1d4an-\u02cch\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-155232",
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jot":{
    "antonyms":[
      "log",
      "mark",
      "note",
      "put down",
      "record",
      "register",
      "report",
      "set down",
      "take down",
      "write down"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the least bit : iota":[],
      ": to write briefly or hurriedly : set down in the form of a note":[
        "jot this down"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "it's obvious that he doesn't have a jot of interest in history",
      "Verb",
      "He paused to jot a few notes on a slip of paper.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "What the effect of this attack might be on the combustible politics of the region in question matters not a jot . \u2014 The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
      "But the crime boss wouldn't go down without a fight and kept shooting at Black Lightning, forcing the hero to kill his nemesis with a jot of lightning. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 25 May 2021",
      "Yet none of this censure is likely to make a jot of difference. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Nov. 2020",
      "The faithful need to hear them and see them, every jot and tittle, like a prayer or a chant. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 19 Aug. 2020",
      "Now, while her mom is caring for patients, Ruby goes room to room, jots down wishes and sets out to grant them. \u2014 CBS News , 26 Dec. 2019",
      "This doesn\u2019t mean that God wants you to own an AR-15, or that every jot and tittle of our current gun regime is divinely mandated. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Now, while her mom is caring for patients, Ruby goes room-to-room, jots down wishes and then sets out to grant those wishes. \u2014 Steve Hartman, CBS News , 28 June 2019",
      "The strikes by the US and its allies will not change the military situation in Syria one jot . \u2014 Tim Lister, CNN , 14 Apr. 2018",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Take out your pen and jot down some A-listers, the buzzier the better. \u2014 Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Take out your pen and jot down some A-listers, the buzzier the better. \u2014 Jocelyn Noveck, ajc , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "Only after Steve Kerr\u2019s staff has reached a consensus will Brown begin to jot down the rotation that will win or lose the next game. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "In an interview, Levin was eager to jot off his liberal credentials. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "The elder Parker would occasionally rise from the dinner table to jot down an idea, his son said. \u2014 Kathleen Foody, Chron , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "And if customers have earned big wins from one of your products, jot those down and sing it to anyone who will listen. \u2014 William Arruda, Forbes , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Be sure to read between the lines and jot down any sudden bursts of inspiration, because something worth its weight in gold could come to you when least expected. \u2014 Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "At the time, Jotto paper pads were sold in stores to jot down word guesses. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 31 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1500, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1721, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin iota, jota iota":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beans",
      "bubkes",
      "bupkes",
      "bupkus",
      "continental",
      "damn",
      "darn",
      "durn",
      "diddly",
      "diddly-squat",
      "doodley-squat",
      "doodly-squat",
      "fig",
      "ghost",
      "hoot",
      "iota",
      "lick",
      "modicum",
      "rap",
      "squat",
      "syllable",
      "tittle",
      "whit",
      "whoop"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024755",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jot (down)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "to make a written note of I'll jot down the message"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220629-150912",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jota":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Spanish folk dance in \u00b3/\u2084 time performed by a man and a woman to intricate castanet and heel rhythms":[],
      ": the music of the jota":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Spanish, probably from Old Spanish sota dance, from sotar to dance, from Latin saltare":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u014d(\u02cc)t\u00e4",
      "\u02c8h\u014dt\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042023",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jotter":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a memorandum book":[],
      ": one that jots down memoranda":[
        "a great jotter of notes",
        "\u2014 Jack Alexander"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u00e4t\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091111",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jotting":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a brief note : memorandum":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the judges reviewed their jottings one last time before selecting the pinot noir as the best wine of the tasting overall",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In his jottings are the seeds of what would come\u2014all the greatness and the failings of Facebook. \u2014 Steven Levy, Wired , 12 Feb. 2020",
      "The Harriot papers are a mishmash of calculations, marginal jottings , correspondence and even a shopping list (galls for ink, shoestrings, a ribbon for his dagger). \u2014 Alan Hirshfeld, WSJ , 21 June 2019",
      "The angels are in the details that fill the pages of his climbing journal, which might look, to a casual observer, like the dense jottings of a patient in a psychiatric hospital. \u2014 Joe Morgenstern, WSJ , 27 Sep. 2018",
      "The journal, which runs more than 2,000 pages in the original French, ranges from mundane jottings to deep reflections. \u2014 J.s. Marcus, WSJ , 30 Mar. 2018",
      "There is also an official scorer, whose stats circulate throughout the game and are going to be more reliable than the jottings of a fifth-grader. \u2014 Jon Wertheim, SI.com , 14 Feb. 2018",
      "A few recent examples include a diary with JFK's jottings , inner thoughts on politics and his personal beliefs sold last month at a Boston auction for more than $700,000, a half-million dollars over the estimate. \u2014 Maria Puente, USA TODAY , 26 May 2017",
      "The random jottings have no relationship at all to what\u2019s underneath, so that the manic seems at war with the structured, the mundane with the ethereal. \u2014 Gary Faigin, The Seattle Times , 18 May 2017",
      "Out of these centuries-old jottings , Ulrich conjured an entire social world centered on women\u2019s emotions, experiences and labor. \u2014 Beverly Gage, New York Times , 26 Jan. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1814, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u00e4-ti\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "memo",
      "memorandum",
      "notation",
      "note"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102923",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}