{
  "afernan":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a desert shrub ( Euphorbia balsamifera ) native to the Canary Islands that has leaves at the ends of the branches and inconspicuous yellow flowers":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1920, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Arabic (Hass\u0101n\u012bya dialects of the western Sahara) ivr\u0259n\u0101n (Mauritania), aafarnaan (Mali), borrowed from Zenaga":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8a-f\u0259r-\u02ccnan"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125418",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "afear":{
    "type":[
      "conjunction",
      "transitive verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": frighten":[],
      ": for fear":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0259-\u02c8fir"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English aferen , going back to Old English \u0101f\u01e3ran , from \u0101- , perfective prefix + f\u01e3ran \"to frighten\"":"Transitive verb",
      "Middle English afere , adverb, \"in fear,\" from a- a- entry 1 + fere fear entry 1":"Conjunction"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Transitive verb",
      "1552, in the meaning defined above":"Conjunction"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221817"
  }
}