{
  "zein":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a protein from corn that lacks lysine and tryptophan and is used especially in making textile fibers, plastics, printing inks, coatings, and adhesives and sizes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Zea , genus of grasses including corn, from Greek zeai , plural, wheat; akin to Sanskrit yava barley":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1820, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-025026"
  },
  "zeitgeber":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an environmental agent or event (such as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus setting or resetting a biological clock of an organism":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ts\u012bt-\u02ccg\u0101-b\u0259r",
      "\u02c8z\u012bt-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Light is our key zeitgeber , I.e; the factor to control the circadian rhythm. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 23 June 2021",
      "These clocks are wound by various environmental cues known as zeitgebers (time givers), such as light and temperature. \u2014 Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian , 22 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Zeit time + Geber giver":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1958, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051445"
  },
  "zeiform":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": resembling the Zeidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Zeus + English -iform":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110439"
  },
  "Zeidae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of marine fishes (order Zeomorphi) comprising the John Dorys":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0113\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin Zeus , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015412"
  },
  "zeitgeist":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u012bt-",
      "\u02c8ts\u012bt-\u02ccg\u012bst"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "His songs perfectly captured the zeitgeist of 1960s America.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After all, the beginning of her solo career was nearly two decades ago, and a whole generation has passed since those songs were in the zeitgeist . \u2014 Katie Atkinson, Billboard , 6 July 2022",
      "The dark side of corporate office life seem to be in the zeitgeist . \u2014 Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
      "There are things that are in the zeitgeist , and people who are magazine writers see all the elements. \u2014 Brendan O'meara, Longreads , 10 May 2022",
      "But these shows also feel out of step with the cultural zeitgeist and with an audience that has been showing signs of Black-excellence fatigue for some time. \u2014 Tanisha C. Ford, The Atlantic , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "In a fundamental sense all our stories are slightly tinged with the zeitgeist that is happening now, and a pandemic is a particularly dominant one. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 15 Aug. 2021",
      "The book nevertheless gives us a lively account, not only of Welch\u2019s temporary heist of the zeitgeist as CEO of GE, but also of GE\u2019s subsequent meltdown into irrelevance. \u2014 Steve Denning, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
      "All of this runs counter to our sensation-seeking, moralizing, politically divisive zeitgeist . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 June 2022",
      "Burnham tapped into the pandemic zeitgeist while mounting a musical comedy that portrayed his own unraveling mind. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German, from Zeit + Geist spirit":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1835, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065637"
  }
}