dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/y_mw.json
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{
"y":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective suffix",
"noun",
"noun suffix",
"symbol"
],
"definitions":{
": the 25th letter of the English alphabet":[],
": a graphic representation of this letter":[],
": a speech counterpart of orthographic y":[],
": a graphic device for reproducing the letter y":[],
": one designated y especially as the 25th in order or class or the second in order or class when x is made the first":[],
": something shaped like the letter Y":[],
"yard":[],
"year":[],
": ymca":[],
": ywca":[],
"yttrium":[],
": characterized by : full of":[
"blossom y",
"dirt y",
"mudd y",
"clay ey"
],
": having the character of : composed of":[
"ic y",
"wax y"
],
": like : like that of":[
"hom ey",
"wintr y",
"\u2014 often with a disparaging connotation stag y"
],
": tending or inclined to":[
"sleep y",
"chatt y"
],
": giving occasion for (specified) action":[
"tear y"
],
": performing (specified) action":[
"curl y"
],
": state : condition : quality":[
"beggar y"
],
": activity, place of business, or goods dealt with":[
"chandler y",
"laundr y"
],
": whole body or group":[
"soldier y"
],
": instance of a (specified) action":[
"entreat y",
"inquir y"
],
"\u2014 see -ie":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"same",
"\u02c8w\u012b",
"\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun (1)",
"a word that starts with a y",
"a word that starts with y"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English -ig ; akin to Old High German -\u012bg -y, Latin -icus , Greek -ikos , Sanskrit -ika":"Adjective suffix",
"Middle English -ie , from Anglo-French, from Latin -ia , from Greek -ia, -eia":"Noun suffix",
"Middle English -ie , from Anglo-French, from Latin -ium":"Noun suffix"
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143011"
}
}