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{
"Epictetus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"circa a.d. 55\u2013 circa 135 Greek Stoic philosopher in Rome":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-pik-\u02c8t\u0113-t\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233320",
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
]
},
"Epicurean":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a follower of Epicurus":[],
": epicure sense 1":[],
": of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism":[],
": of, relating to, or suited to an epicure":[]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"a person of epicurean tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Olvera is among many chefs lately teaming up with cannabis brands to bring a more epicurean edge to the edibles market, a smokeless industry that\u2019s seen an increase in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Over at the historic Hotel Jerome, a curated epicurean passport stay is being offered to guests who want a full-on gastro experience. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The name gianduiotto is thought to come from carnival figure Gianduja, a jolly wine-loving peasant, popular in the 1800s, who embodied the epicurean nature of locals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In the S\u00e1mi hub of Jokkmokk, the reindeer herder and specialty meat purveyor works closely with Eva Gunnare, a local forager and cultural guide to bring guests on an epicurean journey. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The menu presents an appealing hybrid of old-world traditions\u2014Mayan healing stones, clay wraps made of local herbs\u2014as well as more modern, epicurean treatments. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer converted an old warehouse into the world-class Noma restaurant in 2003, Copenhagen has gone from culinary wasteland to epicurean epicenter. \u2014 Helen Russell, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The biographer\u2019s gift lay in fusing the personal and impersonal, his experience as an art student and jobbing critic, the stoic\u2019s sense with an epicurean sensibility. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Stay Here: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, an epicurean retreat in the nearby market town of Chippenham, offers a fantastic base for exploring Avebury, Stonehenge, and the surrounding countryside. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-",
"\u02cce-pi-kyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074004",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Epistle of Jeremiah":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": letter of jeremiah":[
"\u2014 abbreviation Ep Jer"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1658, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000723",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ephemeral":{
"antonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"endless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying",
"unending"
],
"definitions":{
": lasting a very short time":[
"ephemeral pleasures"
],
": lasting one day only":[
"an ephemeral fever"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"\u2026 several rather inflated pages of material about an ephemeral love affair Fitzgerald allegedly had with an English woman named Bijou \u2026 \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , Times Literary Supplement , 5 Jan. 1996",
"As a consequence North Africa was easily reconquered by the Byzantine emperor in the 530s, and the Vandals' influence on North African development was ephemeral and negligible. \u2014 Norman F. Cantor , The Civilization of the Middle Ages , 1993",
"This accounts for the peculiar sense most observers have that the ephemeral , sensationalist, polymorphous, magpie popular culture of the United States is at bottom remarkably conservative \u2026 \u2014 Louis Menand , Harper's , March 1993",
"the autumnal blaze of colors is always to be treasured, all the more so because it is so ephemeral",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"At a time when most fashion trends have gotten more ephemeral and less universal because of constant product churn, some manage to achieve the opposite: a ubiquity that feels disconnected from perceptible demand. \u2014 Amanda Mull, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
"Perhaps part of the beauty is the loss; the flowers suggest an ephemeral grace. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"Le Chevalier\u2019s manuscript\u2014written in (eccentric) French, the lingua franca of diplomacy, one of his ephemeral m\u00e9tiers\u2014has its own picaresque history. \u2014 Judith Thurman, The New Yorker , 20 June 2022",
"Gary Hamel, cofounder of the Management Lab and coauthor of Humanocracy, argues that there are certain ephemeral qualities to leadership that simply can\u2019t be taught. \u2014 Nicole Gull Mcelroy, Fortune , 16 June 2022",
"This can be a go-to formula for creating design that will be lasting and not too ephemeral . \u2014 Jura Koncius, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
"At times, Kavachi has even created ephemeral islands due to its eruptions. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 24 May 2022",
"There\u2019s reason to believe Tyson could launch at least an ephemeral rally after the beating it\u2019s taken in the past month. \u2014 John Dobosz, Forbes , 23 May 2022",
"And in August 2021, a district court ruled that the Trump ephemeral streams regulation suffered from fundamental flaws and therefore had to be thrown out. \u2014 Zayna Syed, The Arizona Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plant grows in clumps and is a spring ephemeral \u2014producing leaves and flowers for about a month, then going dormant for the rest of the year. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There isn\u2019t a growing season for native plants, although ephemerals bloom and die in a few days and others flower even when there\u2019s snow on the ground. \u2014 Hattie Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2018",
"Early-blooming wildflowers called spring ephemerals \u2013 such as spring beauty, yellow trout lily, marsh marigold, and more \u2013 pop up in fields and woods across Northeast Ohio during early spring. \u2014 cleveland.com , 8 May 2017",
"Spring ephemerals bloom before tree leaves block the sunlight from reaching the forest floor. \u2014 cleveland.com , 8 May 2017",
"Like all spring ephemerals , the clock is always ticking for the wood anemone. \u2014 Dave Taft, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2017",
"The timing of this fleeting wildflower, as with other spring ephemerals , is critical to the balance of the ecosystem. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Apr. 2016"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1576, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
"1807, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek eph\u0113meros lasting a day, daily, from epi- + h\u0113mera day":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8fem(-\u0259)-r\u0259l",
"-\u02c8f\u0113-",
"-\u02c8f\u0113m-",
"-\u02c8fe-m\u0259-",
"i-\u02c8fem-r\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for ephemeral Adjective transient , transitory , ephemeral , momentary , fugitive , fleeting , evanescent mean lasting or staying only a short time. transient applies to what is actually short in its duration or stay. a hotel catering primarily to transient guests transitory applies to what is by its nature or essence bound to change, pass, or come to an end. fame in the movies is transitory ephemeral implies striking brevity of life or duration. many slang words are ephemeral momentary suggests coming and going quickly and therefore being merely a brief interruption of a more enduring state. my feelings of guilt were only momentary fugitive and fleeting imply passing so quickly as to make apprehending difficult. let a fugitive smile flit across his face fleeting moments of joy evanescent suggests a quick vanishing and an airy or fragile quality. the story has an evanescent touch of whimsy that is lost in translation",
"synonyms":[
"brief",
"deciduous",
"evanescent",
"flash",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"impermanent",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"temporary",
"transient",
"transitory"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104335",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"ephyra":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a free-swimming larva of a scyphozoan jellyfish formed by transverse fission of a scyphistoma and growing into a medusa \u2014 compare strobila":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Ephyra , a nymph, from Latin, from Greek":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ef\u0259r\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121647",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ephyrula":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": ephyra":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Ephyra , a nymph + New Latin -ula":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8fir(y)\u0259l\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115905",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epi-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": after":[
"epi phyte",
"epi phenomenon",
"epi didymis",
"epi center",
"epi blast",
"epi genesis"
],
": attached to":[
"epi phyte",
"epi phenomenon",
"epi didymis",
"epi center",
"epi blast",
"epi genesis"
],
": besides":[
"epi phyte",
"epi phenomenon",
"epi didymis",
"epi center",
"epi blast",
"epi genesis"
],
": chemical entity distinguished from (such) another by having a bridge connection":[
"epi chlorohydrin"
],
": chemical entity related to (such) another":[
"epi mer"
],
": outer":[
"epi phyte",
"epi phenomenon",
"epi didymis",
"epi center",
"epi blast",
"epi genesis"
],
": over":[
"epi phyte",
"epi phenomenon",
"epi didymis",
"epi center",
"epi blast",
"epi genesis"
],
": upon":[
"epi phyte",
"epi phenomenon",
"epi didymis",
"epi center",
"epi blast",
"epi genesis"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from Greek, from epi on, at, besides, after; akin to Old English eof ot crime":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114442",
"type":[
"prefix"
]
},
"epiandrum":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the genital orifice of a male arachnid":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from epi- + -andrum (from neuter of -andrus -androus)":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccep\u0113\u02c8andr\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115609",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epibasal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": situated anterior to the basal wall":[
"the epibasal lower segment of a developing embryo"
],
"\u2014 compare hypobasal":[
"the epibasal lower segment of a developing embryo"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary epi- + basal":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ep\u0259\u0307",
"\u00a6ep\u0113+"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115927",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"epic":{
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
],
"definitions":{
": a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero":[
"the Iliad and the Odyssey are epics"
],
": a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an epic":[
"the epic of the winning of the West"
],
": a work of art (such as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an epic":[],
": extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope":[
"his genius was epic",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
],
": heroic":[],
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic":[
"an epic poem"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Homer's ancient Greek epic \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d.",
"Adjective",
"The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.",
"The bridge was an epic achievement.",
"The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.",
"an accomplishment of epic proportions",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Disney is planning an epic around-the-world jaunt by private jet next year, heading to six different countries and all 12 of the company's theme parks. \u2014 Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure , 17 June 2022",
"Hosted by The Colored Girl, the IMARA Retreat is one of the many events making an epic come back this year. \u2014 Emerald Elitou, Essence , 15 June 2022",
"In The Northman, an epic based on the legend of Amleth, Kidman played Queen Gudr\u00fan. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"And doesn't that just sound like the makings of an epic , swoon-worthy summer romance? \u2014 Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Other major networks were interested, but most were unwilling to pony up the money backers desired to make an epic with a strong female focus. \u2014 Diane Garrett, Variety , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Our villain has had to go through an epic , Odyssey-like journey to reach his goal\u2014his or her goal, no clues. \u2014 Quartz Staff, Quartz , 22 Mar. 2022",
"The saga of the Frankists, which would occupy no more than a footnote in most histories of Europe, provides novelist Olga Tokarczuk with the material for an epic called The Books of Jacob. \u2014 Jake Bittle, The New Republic , 2 Mar. 2022",
"At its best, The Batman is a helluva tough-guy yarn \u2014 an entertaining pulp-fiction epic under the guise of sure-thing blockbuster. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Elvis, in the epic tradition of all of Luhrmann\u2019s work, is a brash, overwhelming experience. \u2014 K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone , 24 June 2022",
"Lilly King has had extraordinary moments in her career, but none more epic than Thursday night at Budapest, Hungary. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 23 June 2022",
"Below is a look at some of the epic images, provided to USA TODAY by Waterstudio. \u2014 Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
"Two comedians who made the \u201990s one of the most epic eras are Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 22 June 2022",
"The Rock is known for having some pretty epic cheat days. \u2014 Elijah Rawls, Men's Health , 22 June 2022",
"The bullies blew a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series, an epic collapse that somehow trumped the misery of 1969. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"And barring an epic collapse by the Warriors, who entered Tuesday night with a 3-0 lead over the Mavericks, it will be played in San Francisco. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 24 May 2022",
"With a 3-0 advantage over the Mighty Ducks, the Wings would need an epic collapse to miss their third straight trip to the conference finals. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 8 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin epicus , from Greek epikos , from epos word, speech, poem \u2014 more at voice":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213351",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"epic simile":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1931, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070734",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epic theater":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": epic drama":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165045",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epicanthal fold":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a prolongation of a fold of the skin of the upper eyelid over the inner angle or both angles of the eye":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1865, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin epicanthus epicanthic fold, from epi- + canthus canthus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccep-\u0259-\u02cckan(t)-th\u0259l-",
"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8kan(t)-th\u0259l-",
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02cckan(t)-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130737",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epicene":{
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"definitions":{
": effeminate":[],
": having but one form to indicate either sex":[],
": having characteristics typical of the other sex":[],
": lacking characteristics of either sex":[]
},
"examples":[
"an ancient statue of a young man of graceful, epicene beauty",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"For many men \u2014 and many women \u2014 these figures remain far more admirable than the epicene children of liberal imagination. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 3 Nov. 2021",
"His name is Strat, and he is played with beguiling epicene virility and lungs of steel by the willowy Andrew Polec. \u2014 Ben Brantley, New York Times , 15 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin epicoenus , from Greek epikoinos , from epi- + koinos common \u2014 more at co-":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccs\u0113n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"effeminate",
"effete",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190503",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"epicenter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": center sense 2a":[
"the epicenter of world finance"
],
": the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake \u2014 compare hypocenter sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[
"by continually reinventing itself, Las Vegas has managed to remain a national epicenter for entertainment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As a result, the average global user is also expected to consume more data via their smartphone (which is at the epicenter of the spike in consumer data consumption). \u2014 Michael Johnston, Forbes , 22 June 2022",
"Djibo has been at the epicenter of the violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that has killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million people. \u2014 Sam Mednick, ajc , 27 May 2022",
"Zen is at the epicenter of the Catholic Church's fight for survival in China. \u2014 Fox News , 25 May 2022",
"At the epicenter of this environmental smorgasbord is Bend, a haven for outdoors enthusiasts and food lovers alike\u2014and home to plenty of chargers. \u2014 Sunset Magazine , 16 May 2022",
"Not long ago, a single strip of land beside a freeway in Oakland, Calif., was the epicenter of innovation in American sports. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"With a stadium show, Birmingham would be the epicenter of Guns mania. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Mahogany\u2019s community was an epicenter of the first outbreak of COVID-19, and the months of preparation for the jubilee have lifted the performers, many of whom lost family members during the pandemic. \u2014 Danica Kirka, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 June 2022",
"Mahogany\u2019s community was an epicenter of the first outbreak of COVID-19, and the months of preparation for the jubilee have lifted the performers, many of whom lost family members during the pandemic. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 4 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin epicentrum , from epi- + Latin centrum center":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pi-\u02ccsen-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072652",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"epicritic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, being, or mediating cutaneous sensory reception marked by accurate discrimination between small degrees of sensation":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek epikritikos determinative, from epikrinein to decide, from epi- + krinein to judge \u2014 more at certain":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccep-\u0259-\u02c8krit-ik",
"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8kri-tik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140350",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"epicure":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one devoted to sensual pleasure : sybarite":[],
": one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine":[]
},
"examples":[
"Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The flaneur was a familiar figure in nineteenth-century Paris: a solitary, quasi-artistic man (though not always) who strolled the streets like an urban epicure . \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"An epicure is particular about his pleasures; a snob is particular about everyone else\u2019s pleasures, forever lecturing others about their tastes in music, clothes, restaurants, and their general modes of life. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Visitors to downtown Napa can further embrace their inner epicure at the Oxbow Public Market, a food hall included by Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds on his list of the 40 best autumn experiences in California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The Portland, Maine, seafood epicure offers a wide assortment of caviars from around the world and outstanding collections like this Royal Osetra Tasting. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure \u2019s nose. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"We\u2019ve been subjected to the bottom of the barrel: cheap, salty, scratchy little things that any epicure would despise. \u2014 Ruth Reichl, Town & Country , 28 Feb. 2021",
"All kinds of scams proliferate in the truffle world\u2019s lawless climate, fed by the appetites of epicures and consumers of culinary bling alike, and most of us are mycologically illiterate\u2014and thus easily duped. \u2014 Eugenia Bone, WSJ , 10 July 2019",
"Victoria has numerous tea rooms, many geared to budget-conscious epicures like us, Charlie and Jean told us. \u2014 Roy Harris Jr., latimes.com , 20 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1551, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Epicurus":""
},
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"Olvera is among many chefs lately teaming up with cannabis brands to bring a more epicurean edge to the edibles market, a smokeless industry that\u2019s seen an increase in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Over at the historic Hotel Jerome, a curated epicurean passport stay is being offered to guests who want a full-on gastro experience. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The name gianduiotto is thought to come from carnival figure Gianduja, a jolly wine-loving peasant, popular in the 1800s, who embodied the epicurean nature of locals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In the S\u00e1mi hub of Jokkmokk, the reindeer herder and specialty meat purveyor works closely with Eva Gunnare, a local forager and cultural guide to bring guests on an epicurean journey. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The menu presents an appealing hybrid of old-world traditions\u2014Mayan healing stones, clay wraps made of local herbs\u2014as well as more modern, epicurean treatments. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer converted an old warehouse into the world-class Noma restaurant in 2003, Copenhagen has gone from culinary wasteland to epicurean epicenter. \u2014 Helen Russell, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The biographer\u2019s gift lay in fusing the personal and impersonal, his experience as an art student and jobbing critic, the stoic\u2019s sense with an epicurean sensibility. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Stay Here: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, an epicurean retreat in the nearby market town of Chippenham, offers a fantastic base for exploring Avebury, Stonehenge, and the surrounding countryside. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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"1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"As there is no specific medication to treat COVID-19, nor any vaccine to protect us against this infection, public health authorities are stressing the importance of hygiene and self-isolation to slow the spread of the virus and flatten the epidemic curve .",
"\u2014 Joseph Q. Jarvis",
"The E. coli outbreak, which by last official count had sickened 53 people in 16 states, dates to March 13, with no known fatalities. \u2026 The CDC publishes an \" epi curve \" that shows that people began getting sick on March 13.",
"\u2014 Lena H. Sun and Joel Achenbach",
"Community spread is limited now, but officials expect it to accelerate. Now, he [Governor Jared Polis] said, testing must scale up to offer a more informed picture of community spread and \"where we are in the epidemiological curve .\"",
"\u2014 Fort Collins Coloradoan"
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"Justin Lessler, a professor of epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented modeling data to the committee that showed there was a high likelihood of a resurgence in Covid cases this fall and winter. \u2014 Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News , 28 June 2022",
"Andrew Lover, an assistant professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said the experience of South Africa was worrisome. \u2014 Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022",
"The lead author of the report is Anne Rimoin, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 May 2022",
"If more virulent and contagious variants appear, epidemiology models will have to change fast. \u2014 Dr. Genevieve Yang, ABC News , 3 June 2022",
"Anne Rimoin, a professor of infectious diseases epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been studying monkeypox for the past 20 years. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 29 May 2022",
"Arletys Ramos, a municipal epidemiology director, said Haitians are monitored in relation to diseases such as COVID-19, malaria and cholera, although no one among the group was seriously ill. \u2014 Fox News , 26 May 2022",
"Last winter\u2019s sports season had just begun, and the epidemiology staff at Nevada\u2019s second-largest health district were busy calling the parents of high school athletes who\u2019d tested positive for COVID-19. \u2014 Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica , 20 May 2022",
"The worst is Scott Atlas, the radiologist whose epidemiology advice Trump came to take. \u2014 Richard J. Tofel, The Atlantic , 13 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some species, indeed, can pass this resilience on to their offspring by a process called intergenerational epigenesis . \u2014 The Economist , 15 Mar. 2018"
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"few of director Alfred Hitchcock's many epigones possess much of the master's wit or style",
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"Ms. Yamaguchi is an heir of Tamara de Lempicka, epigone of Art Deco figuration. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 13 July 2017",
"That became the conventional wisdom once their stateside epigones took up the cry. \u2014 Tom Carson, New York Times , 1 June 2016"
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"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Ms. Yamaguchi is an heir of Tamara de Lempicka, epigone of Art Deco figuration. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 13 July 2017",
"That became the conventional wisdom once their stateside epigones took up the cry. \u2014 Tom Carson, New York Times , 1 June 2016"
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"Ms. Yamaguchi is an heir of Tamara de Lempicka, epigone of Art Deco figuration. \u2014 Roberta Smith, New York Times , 13 July 2017",
"That became the conventional wisdom once their stateside epigones took up the cry. \u2014 Tom Carson, New York Times , 1 June 2016"
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"Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram , \u201cRemember that time is money\u201d.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The epigram is applicable to the current stock market flavor-of-the-year, SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Some female citizens managed huge fortunes, such as those that appear in epigrams by the first century poet Martial. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 Nov. 2019",
"By then the epigrams had paled, and voters suspected that his business strengths, the risk-taking and stubborn autocratic personality, might not serve a president constrained by Congress and public opinion. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 July 2019",
"These are the regal epigrams that stand alone, can seem like platitudes, and yet supply arch but indirect commentary on a turn of events without naming or tagging the players. \u2014 Jason Pontin, WIRED , 4 May 2018",
"Its writing resembles nothing so much as Scripture; ideas are condensed to epigrams , four or five to a paragraph. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, New Republic , 12 July 2017",
"The beauty of Bangs's writing is its messiness\u2014the musings, tangents, anecdotes, and epigrams that somehow end up addressing the main point of his essay, and the way all this ephemera congeals into a coherent body of work. \u2014 Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Reader , 12 July 2017",
"Like the moralist Nietzsche, who also spun off disconcerting and misquotable epigrams , Machiavelli is at once overfamiliar and obscure. \u2014 Edmund Fawcett, New York Times , 16 June 2017"
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"Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic observation, \u201cIn America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience\u201d.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Munro\u2019s characters are drawn from the upper classes, and his prose is droll in the British way\u2014wry and epigrammatic . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 June 2021",
"The writing, so heightened and epigrammatic , seems almost to mock the homespun fashions of traditional realist prose. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2021",
"There were fantasy stories \u2014 Peter Pan, Five Children and It, Mary Poppins \u2014 and there were works like Robert McCloskey\u2019s hilarious, epigrammatic Homer Price. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 27 Mar. 2021",
"The intellectual wit of Oscar Wilde\u2014all that epigrammatic cleverness\u2014does not require a mise-en-sc\u00e8ne. \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Even much of the material left out of those books is tart and epigrammatic . \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 15 June 2020",
"Modern life has rarely been articulated with such compression and epigrammatic precision. \u2014 Dustin Illingworth, latimes.com , 31 May 2018",
"Each of her subjects fascinates in a different way, and Shapiro has a wizardly epigrammatic knack for summing up paradoxes. \u2014 Laura Miller, Slate Magazine , 12 July 2017"
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"The stage is set for a breathtaking epilogue to the 2021/22 Serie A campaign. \u2014 Daniele Proch, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Once all the puzzle pieces (including a modern-day epilogue ) are in place, the result is an adventure story of satisfying unity, with enough surprises to still qualify as a mystery. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"As depicted in the episode and described in its epilogue , in addition to falling casualty to the quake itself, many Koreans were also blamed for post-quake destruction and killed by Japanese vigilantes in the aftermath. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Feast your eyes upon the latest news abuzz: Our favorite Netflix period drama is getting its very own epilogue . \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Barring incredible viewership on HBO Max in 45 days, the graceful exit offered by The Secret Of Dumbledore\u2019s lovely epilogue will now likely serve as a series finale. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The book episode, Franco writes, was something of the final straw and an epilogue to the Vigano debacle, both of which saw Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's longtime secretary, as a key behind-the-scenes player. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the book\u2019s epilogue , Assil reflects on her former partnership with famed chef Daniel Patterson, the start of the pandemic and her path to a worker-ownership model. \u2014 Reem Assil, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"By the epilogue \u2019s final pages, the narrator realizes it\u2019s his own responsibility to build on a dense web of influences and develop a unique identity worth acting upon. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"The stage is set for a breathtaking epilogue to the 2021/22 Serie A campaign. \u2014 Daniele Proch, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
"Once all the puzzle pieces (including a modern-day epilogue ) are in place, the result is an adventure story of satisfying unity, with enough surprises to still qualify as a mystery. \u2014 Tom Nolan, WSJ , 13 May 2022",
"As depicted in the episode and described in its epilogue , in addition to falling casualty to the quake itself, many Koreans were also blamed for post-quake destruction and killed by Japanese vigilantes in the aftermath. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Feast your eyes upon the latest news abuzz: Our favorite Netflix period drama is getting its very own epilogue . \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Barring incredible viewership on HBO Max in 45 days, the graceful exit offered by The Secret Of Dumbledore\u2019s lovely epilogue will now likely serve as a series finale. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The book episode, Franco writes, was something of the final straw and an epilogue to the Vigano debacle, both of which saw Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's longtime secretary, as a key behind-the-scenes player. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the book\u2019s epilogue , Assil reflects on her former partnership with famed chef Daniel Patterson, the start of the pandemic and her path to a worker-ownership model. \u2014 Reem Assil, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"By the epilogue \u2019s final pages, the narrator realizes it\u2019s his own responsibility to build on a dense web of influences and develop a unique identity worth acting upon. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022"
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"Middle English epiloge , from Middle French epilogue , from Latin epilogus , from Greek epilogos , from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to say \u2014 more at legend":""
},
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"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a developed situation that is integral to but separable from a continuous narrative : incident":[],
": a digressive subdivision in a musical composition":[],
": a usually brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work: such as":[],
": an event that is distinctive and separate although part of a larger series":[],
": one of a series of loosely connected stories or scenes":[],
": the part of a serial presented at one performance":[],
": the part of an ancient Greek tragedy between two choric songs":[]
},
"examples":[
"It was a brief romantic episode in a life devoted to work.",
"He tried to forget the whole embarrassing episode .",
"a painful episode from my childhood",
"Millions of people are expected to watch the show's final episode .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Every single episode is a cute, endearing watch full of Baymax cuteness and under 10 minutes. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"The episode is not the first time Ernst & Young auditors have been caught cheating. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Washington Post , 28 June 2022",
"The episode is not the first time Ernst & Young auditors have been caught cheating. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, BostonGlobe.com , 28 June 2022",
"Sitcoms and dramas alike would reset to the status quo with each episode , the better to run indefinitely. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
"Each episode will drop at midnight pacific time, and 3 a.m. eastern time. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 27 June 2022",
"One thing fans know for sure is these final two episodes will feel more like events: the penultimate episode is 85 minutes long and the finale clocks in at nearly two and a half hours. \u2014 Amber Dowling, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"If this week\u2019s episode of Window Shop were a radio station, it would be dedicated to the oldies. \u2014 Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver , 24 June 2022",
"All-Star Thanksgiving only airs twice a year, but each episode stretches over five hours long\u2014a true endurance challenge. \u2014 PCMAG , 22 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Greek epeisodion , from neuter of epeisodios coming in besides, from epi- + eisodios coming in, from eis into (akin to Greek en in) + hodos road, journey \u2014 more at in":""
},
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"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dd",
"also -\u02ccz\u014dd",
"\u02c8ep-\u0259-\u02ccs\u014dd also -\u02ccz\u014dd"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for episode occurrence , event , incident , episode , circumstance mean something that happens or takes place. occurrence may apply to a happening without intent, volition, or plan. an encounter that was a chance occurrence event usually implies an occurrence of some importance and frequently one having antecedent cause. the events following the assassination incident suggests an occurrence of brief duration or secondary importance. a minor wartime incident episode stresses the distinctiveness or apartness of an incident. a brief romantic episode in a life devoted to work circumstance implies a specific detail attending an action or event as part of its setting or background. couldn't recall the exact circumstances",
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"affair",
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"event",
"hap",
"happening",
"incident",
"occasion",
"occurrence",
"thing"
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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": having the form of an episode":[],
": made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes":[],
": occurring, appearing, or changing at usually irregular intervals : occasional":[
"an episodic illness"
],
": of or limited in duration or significance to a particular episode : temporary":[
"may be able to establish whether the sea-floor spreading is continuous or episodic",
"\u2014 A. I. Hammond"
]
},
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"the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings",
"malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lineup of films premiering in the narrative, documentary, short film and episodic selections at the 2022 Bentonville Film Festival\u2019s competition program have been released today, the Bentonville Film Foundation announced. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"The show was the first episodic series to be filmed in Massachusetts in nearly three decades when production began in 2017 at New England Studios in Devens. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Queen was, unfortunately, not present at the ceremony due to ongoing episodic mobility issues. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"In his new role, Nemes will oversee business and creative strategies of AGBO\u2019s work in episodic series. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Who \u2014 besides the creator, David Simon, in his later series \u2014 has emulated its sprawl, its complexity, its bucking of TV\u2019s easy-to-digest episodic structure? \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"For Anderson and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the show was more than an episodic display of a modern family. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair. \u2014 Zack Handlen, Variety , 2 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-dik",
"also -\u02c8z\u00e4-"
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"periodical",
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"adjective",
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": having the form of an episode":[],
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"\u2014 A. I. Hammond"
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"the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings",
"malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The lineup of films premiering in the narrative, documentary, short film and episodic selections at the 2022 Bentonville Film Festival\u2019s competition program have been released today, the Bentonville Film Foundation announced. \u2014 Carson Burton, Variety , 1 June 2022",
"The show was the first episodic series to be filmed in Massachusetts in nearly three decades when production began in 2017 at New England Studios in Devens. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Queen was, unfortunately, not present at the ceremony due to ongoing episodic mobility issues. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"In his new role, Nemes will oversee business and creative strategies of AGBO\u2019s work in episodic series. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Who \u2014 besides the creator, David Simon, in his later series \u2014 has emulated its sprawl, its complexity, its bucking of TV\u2019s easy-to-digest episodic structure? \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"For Anderson and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the show was more than an episodic display of a modern family. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair. \u2014 Zack Handlen, Variety , 2 May 2022"
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"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-dik",
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": an anterior cuticular sidepiece of a somite of an insect":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin epistern um + English -ite":""
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"-\u02c8st\u0259r\u02ccn\u012bt"
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": any of several other sternal elements of similar origin or position (such as the presternum of a mammal or the epiplastron of a turtle)":[],
": interclavicle":[],
": manubrium sense 1a":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from epi- + sternum":""
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"\u00a6ep\u0113+",
"\u00a6ep\u0259\u0307"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-103752",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"definitions":{
": a zeolitic mineral CaAl 2 Si 6 O 16 5H 2 O consisting of aluminosilicate of calcium and occurring in usually white prismatic crystals or granular forms":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"German epistilbit , from epi- + stilbit stilbite":""
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"\u00a6ep\u0259\u0307",
"\u00a6ep\u0113+"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181150",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": a composition in the form of a letter":[],
": a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles":[],
": one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament":[]
},
"examples":[
"St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans.",
"He penned lengthy epistles to her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In its paper-thin hypocrisy, his video epistle Was a minute-long rendition of his usual dog whistle. \u2014 John Lithgow, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The group epistle was sent to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of HHS that works on research and tools to improve health care and policy. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 24 Sep. 2020",
"His epistle to the American legal community drew cheers from Ahmari, who already shares his skepticism of the prevailing liberal order. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Nearly everything that worked so well the first time falls apart in the new series, which becomes a languorously long, frequently cryptic epistle on the sin of letting style conquer substance. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2020",
"An epistle from space, written by an older and wiser society, could be detected by our radio telescopes; the aliens might then invite us to join a galactic federation of enlightened peers who communicate in a universal tongue. \u2014 Adam Mann, The New Yorker , 3 Oct. 2019",
"The first epistle came from Sheldon Whitehouse, who wrote on behalf of fellow Democrats Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand. \u2014 S.m. | New York, The Economist , 11 Sep. 2019",
"This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 July 2019",
"Consider the question of the authorship of Paul\u2019s epistles . \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 9 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
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"Middle English, letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from Latin epistula, epistola letter, from Greek epistol\u0113 message, letter, from epistellein to send to, from epi- + stellein to send":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8pi-s\u0259l"
],
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"dispatch",
"letter",
"memo",
"memorandum",
"missive",
"note"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221516",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"epistle side":{
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"definitions":{
": the right side of an altar or chancel as one faces it : south side":[
"the priest goes to the epistle side, pours wine into the chalice",
"\u2014 C. W. Currier",
"one sees the pulpit o' the epistle side",
"\u2014 Robert Browning",
"\u2014 used especially of churches in which the Epistle and the Gospel are read or sung from different sides"
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021958",
"type":[
"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin epistolaris , from Latin epistola + -aris -ar":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020537",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a lectionary containing a body of liturgical epistles":[],
": contained in or carried on by letters":[
"an endless sequence of \u2026 epistolary love affairs",
"\u2014 The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
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": of, relating to, or suitable to a letter":[],
": written in the form of a series of letters":[
"an epistolary novel"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Rosenthal brings his epistolary jazz opera to Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford on April 2 at 8:15 p.m. in a concert version sung by vocalists from the NYC Opera premiere and played by the Ted Rosenthal Trio. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"There is an epistolary chapter that reads less like a series of emails than a diagram of human manipulation. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, this epistolary romantic novel tells the story of two time-traveling rivals who fall in love. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hirshman turns these epistolary spats into page-turning reading, revealing backbiting and pettiness more at home in a teenage clique than in a moral crusade. \u2014 Lydia Moland, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"This epistolary book by the famed Atlantic writer reflects on racism\u2019s long shadow. \u2014 Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The epistolary impulse, Tiller knows, often comes from a desire to correct or to confess, and to extract meaning from the mess of our days. \u2014 Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker , 3 Jan. 2022",
"This 1950s Egyptian epistolary novel is told by a young woman looking back on the misery, patriarchy and middle-class life that surrounded her upon her return from boarding school. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In the American countryside during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, the mail came once a week, on the same day, providing a nice rhythm for epistolary romances and a chance to scold relatives. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One of my favorite works of the transfeminine epistolary is an unpublished poem by Cat Fitzpatrick, a long letter written to her best cis male friend. \u2014 Jeanne Thornton, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the case of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker, poets and public intellectuals, a friendship to a great extent epistolary flourished despite the geographical distance \u2014 Lorde was in New York City, Parker in California. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"\u02cce-pi-\u02c8st\u022f-l\u0259-r\u0113",
"i-\u02c8pi-st\u0259-\u02ccler-\u0113"
],
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": the reader of the liturgical Epistle especially in Anglican churches":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1530, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Latin epistolicus , from Greek epistolikos , from epistol\u0113 + -ikos -ic":""
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": expression":[],
": the part of a taxonomic name identifying a subordinate unit within a genus":[]
},
"examples":[
"His charitable works have earned him the epithet \u201cMr. Philanthropy.\u201d",
"Many were offended by her use of racial epithets .",
"a group of angry people hurling epithets at one another",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on his rifle, as well as the number 14 \u2014 a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on his rifle, as well as the number 14 \u2014 a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 CBS News , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the live Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 May 2022",
"The chip on her shoulder led her to write a grand statement song, its title a vulgar epithet . \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The epithet was scrawled on both sides of the sign in red spray-paint. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 May 2022",
"A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin epitheton , from Greek, from neuter of epithetos added, from epitithenai to put on, add, from epi- + tithenai to put \u2014 more at do":""
},
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"also -th\u0259t",
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccthet",
"\u02c8ep-\u0259-\u02ccthet also -th\u0259t"
],
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"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"handle",
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"nickname",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212339",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a brief presentation or statement of something":[],
": a summary of a written work":[],
": a typical or ideal example : embodiment":[
"the British monarchy itself is the epitome of tradition",
"\u2014 Richard Joseph"
],
": brief or miniature form":[
"\u2014 usually used with in"
]
},
"examples":[
"Terns, nicknamed sea swallows by fishermen, are superb flying machines, the epitome of beauty on the wing. \u2014 E. Vernon Laux , New York Times , 21 Aug. 2001",
"Manchester, then known as 'Cottonopolis' and perceived throughout the world as the epitome of the whirling fierceness of the industrial revolution. \u2026 \u2014 Roy Jenkins , Gladstone , (1995) 1997",
"Hamilton thought the bank was a fait accompli, but he had not reckoned on Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Jefferson, the lover of rural virtues, had a deep, almost visceral hatred of banks, the epitome of all that was urban. \u2014 John Steele Gordon , American Heritage , July/August 1990",
"I didn't tell him that, at the time, I thought the place to be the epitome of bourgeois comfort; in those days I thought that there was some connection between creative talent and penury. \u2014 Ishmael Reed , \"August Wilson,\" 1987 , in Writin' Is Fightin' , 1988",
"the golden rule is often cited as the epitome of moral conduct: \u201cDo unto others as you would have them do unto you\u201d",
"the prestigious prep school prides itself on being widely regarded as the epitome of tradition and old-fashioned values",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"While walking in New York, Kristen sported a neon super crop top pantsuit that was the epitome of chic. \u2014 Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping , 23 June 2022",
"Smell the roses, that was the epitome of his mother, Evan Bayh said. \u2014 IndyStar , 20 June 2022",
"Beloved by Aussies, Blake's work on LEGO Masters has been the epitome of comfort viewing, especially during the pandemic. \u2014 Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com , 19 June 2022",
"Don't let that prime location mislead you, though; the hotel is the epitome of serenity. \u2014 Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
"Military railways reached their epitome in 1914, when the outbreak of the First World War saw millions of men smoothly mobilized and then concentrated by rail. \u2014 Michael Peck, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021",
"Fe Noel With Caribbean influencers, Fe Noel\u2019s designs are the epitome of vacation-dressing success. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"Masseria Moroseta is the epitome of relaxation and rural simplicity. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Just miles from the Pacific and nestled in a sea of Redwoods is an epitome of Northern California relaxation. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022"
],
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"1520, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from Greek epitom\u0113 , from epitemnein to cut short, from epi- + temnein to cut \u2014 more at tome":""
},
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"i-\u02c8pi-t\u0259-m\u0113"
],
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"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
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"synopsis",
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": to serve as the typical or ideal example of":[]
},
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"This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.",
"his personal code of behavior on the playing field is epitomized by his favorite saying, \u201cNice guys finish last\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Curry and O\u2019Neal epitomize the difference between physical and skillful dominance. \u2014 Shane Young, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Always a classic, slip dresses epitomize the ease of elegance. \u2014 Gaby Keiderling, Vogue , 21 May 2022",
"Apart from having a good rapport with Snoop Dogg, Clarkson says the hosts epitomize the show\u2019s diversity through their own musical versatility. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Three of Coachella\u2019s four 2022 headliners \u2014 Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd \u2014 epitomize how a festival that once thrived on its indie cool and underground credibility has embraced pop music for a new generation. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Even though the woman's name remains unknown, the images seen around the world epitomize the horror of an attack on humanity\u2019s most innocent. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Jalen Coleman-Lands may epitomize how college basketball has changed in recent years. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His name is synonymous with a sport the way Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan and Tom Brady epitomize baseball, basketball and football. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The 2022 Ferrari F8 Tributo and Spider epitomize the supercar formula. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8pi-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055233",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"epoch":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age":[],
": a memorable event or date":[],
": an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development":[],
": an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events":[],
": an instant of time or a date selected as a point of reference (as in astronomy)":[]
},
"examples":[
"The Civil War era was an epoch in 19th-century U.S. history.",
"The development of the steam engine marked an important epoch in the history of industry.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Each timepiece references a different epoch , including the Persian Empire of Darius the Great, the golden age of Ancient Egypt, the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece and the rise to power of Augustus. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 26 May 2022",
"But those days now feel as distant as the Late Cretaceous epoch , and this sixth series installment, ostensibly another Mother Nature cautionary tale, feels awfully human-centric and human-driven. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The line leading to modern-day domestic horses and wild Przewalski\u2019s horses split sometime in the middle of that epoch , between 35,000 and 50,000 years ago. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
"The red planet entered this period during what is called the Amazonian epoch , which began about 3 billion years ago and remains ongoing. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The most uneven pacing came in the first epoch , with massively fast starts, dramatic slowdowns, then big re-accelerations. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe\u2019s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged from its dark ages with the dawning of the earliest stars and galaxies. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 10 May 2022",
"The fossil dates to the late Oligocene epoch and is believed to be 24 million to 28 million years old. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The light from this epoch , now stretched to microwave wavelengths because of the universe\u2019s subsequent expansion, is detectable as the all-pervading cosmic microwave background. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Medieval Latin epocha , from Greek epoch\u0113 cessation, fixed point, from epechein to pause, hold back, from epi- + echein to hold \u2014 more at scheme entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259k",
"US also and British usually \u02c8\u0113-\u02ccp\u00e4k",
"\u02c8e-\u02ccp\u00e4k"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for epoch period , epoch , era , age mean a division of time. period may designate an extent of time of any length. periods of economic prosperity epoch applies to a period begun or set off by some significant or striking quality, change, or series of events. the steam engine marked a new epoch in industry era suggests a period of history marked by a new or distinct order of things. the era of global communications age is used frequently of a fairly definite period dominated by a prominent figure or feature. the age of Samuel Johnson",
"synonyms":[
"age",
"day",
"era",
"period",
"time"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214759",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"epidemy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": epidemic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English epidemie , from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin epidemia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151814"
}
}
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