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{
"Agnus Dei":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a liturgical prayer addressed to Christ as Savior":[],
": an image of a lamb often with a halo and a banner and cross used as a symbol of Christ":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin Agnus De\u012b \"lamb of God,\" translation of Greek Amn\u00f2s to\u00fb Theo\u00fb ; from its opening words":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4g-\u02ccnu\u0307s-\u02c8d\u0101(-\u02cc\u0113)",
"-\u02ccn\u00fcs-",
"\u02ccag-n\u0259s-",
"\u02cc\u00e4n-yu\u0307s-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101407",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agnus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": agnus dei":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, short for Agnus Dei":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-n\u0259s",
"-\u02ccn\u00fcs",
"\u02c8\u00e4n-yu\u0307s",
"\u02c8\u00e4g-\u02ccnu\u0307s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132848",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agnus castus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an extract of the fruit of the chaste tree used in herbal medicine : chaste tree sense 2":[
"In one trial, 48 women (aged between 23 and 29) diagnosed with infertility took agnus castus once daily for three months.",
"\u2014 Marilyn Glenville , Boost Your Fertility , 2009"
],
": chaste tree sense 1":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin, literally \"chaste agnus\" (by association of the plant name with Greek hagn\u00f3s \"pure, chaste\"), going back to Latin agnos, agnus , borrowed from Greek \u00e1gnos":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ag-n\u0259s-\u02c8ka-st\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163218",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agnus dei":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a liturgical prayer addressed to Christ as Savior":[],
": an image of a lamb often with a halo and a banner and cross used as a symbol of Christ":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccag-n\u0259s-",
"\u02cc\u00e4n-yu\u0307s-",
"\u02cc\u00e4g-\u02ccnu\u0307s-\u02c8d\u0101(-\u02cc\u0113)",
"-\u02ccn\u00fcs-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin Agnus De\u012b \"lamb of God,\" translation of Greek Amn\u00f2s to\u00fb Theo\u00fb ; from its opening words":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-071349"
},
"agnate":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a relative whose kinship is traceable exclusively through males":[],
": a paternal kinsman":[],
": allied , akin":[],
": related through male descent or on the father's side":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin agn\u0101tus \"younger child, male blood relative on the father's side,\" noun from agn\u0101tus, past participle of agn\u0101sc\u012b \"to be born in addition (to), grow later,\" from ad- ad- + gn\u0101sc\u012b, n\u0101sc\u012b \"to be born\" \u2014 more at nation":"Noun",
"borrowed from Latin agn\u0101tus \u2014 more at agnate entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-122734"
},
"AGN":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"active galactic nucleus; active galactic nuclei":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133141"
},
"Agnatha":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a superclass or other division of Vertebrata comprising those without jaws \u2014 compare gnathostomata":[],
": a group of carnivorous air-breathing snails without jaws":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-n\u0259-th\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from a- a- entry 2 + -gnatha -gnatha":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190106"
},
"agnathan":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": jawless fish":[
"Two jawless fishes ( agnathans ) are recognized in these fossils \u2026 based on differences in the shape and histology of their tubercles \u2026",
"\u2014 Moya Meredith Smith , Science , 18 Jan. 1991"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-n\u0259-th\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"agnatha + -an entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-204232"
},
"agnosia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": loss or diminution of the ability to recognize familiar objects or stimuli usually as a result of brain damage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u014d-zh\u0259",
"-sh\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German Agnosie, borrowed from Greek agn\u014ds\u00eda \"lack of knowledge, ignorance,\" from a- a- entry 2 + -gn\u014dsia (from gn\u00f4s is \"knowledge\" + -ia -ia entry 1 ) \u2014 more at gnosis":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-025317"
},
"Agnon":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"S(hmuel) Y(osef) 1888\u20131970 Israeli (Austrian-born) author":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-\u02ccn\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-031639"
},
"agnomination":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the echoing of a sound of one word in another in close relationship with it (as in the same sentence)":[],
": the repetition of a word but in different senses often for purpose of wit (as in punning) or for emphatic contrast":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)ag-\u02ccn\u00e4-m\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin agnomination-, agnominatio , from ad- + nomination-, nominatio naming; translation of Greek paronomasia":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-031731"
},
"agnomen":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an additional cognomen given to a person by the ancient Romans (as in honor of some achievement)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u014d-m\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin agn\u014dmen, alteration of *adn\u014dmen (by analogy with n\u014dscere \"to get to know\" : agn\u014dscere \"to acknowledge, recognize\"), from ad- ad- + n\u014dmen name entry 1 \u2014 more at agnize":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1654, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-032832"
},
"agnolotti":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pasta in the form of semicircular cases containing a filling (as of meat, cheese, or vegetables)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8l\u022f-",
"\u02cc\u00e4n-y\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-t\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"What to order: Warm parkerhouse rolls and agnolotti stuffed with corn, blue crab, saffron and marcona almonds. \u2014 Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Eggplant parmigiana, six-layer lasagna Bolognese and agnolotti stuffed with spicy salami and ricotta. \u2014 Jennifer Kester, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
"An a la carte Mother\u2019s Day brunch will feature items that include artichoke agnolotti and Croque Madame. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 28 Apr. 2022",
"While the agnolotti are cooking, a glass of red wine can be poured over them to enhance the flavor. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Expect chef favorites of agnolotti with veal breast, sweetbreads, wild mushroom and rosemary. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 12 Feb. 2022",
"Second-course choices are Berkshire pork agnolotti , crispy pork with butter, parmesan and sage; finback cheese; and spaghetti cacio pepe. \u2014 Susan Dunne, courant.com , 8 Feb. 2022",
"Just in time for New Year\u2019s, the restaurant will offer a special dinner featuring a festive caviar course, mushroom agnolotti , NY strip, and halibut. \u2014 Michelle Gross, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
"Pasta also looms large on the menu, with offerings like agnolotti with celery root, black trumpets and puffed einkorn, quadrotti with robiola fonduta and chestnut honey, and Russet potato gnocchi with crab, smoked trout roe and chive oil. \u2014 Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes , 30 Sep. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian, plural of agnolotto, agnellotto, alteration of *anegliotto, alteration of anellotto, diminutive of anello \"ring,\" going back to Latin \u0101nellus, diminutive of \u0101nus \"ring\" \u2014 more at anus":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1841, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033507"
},
"agnize":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": recognize , acknowledge":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin agn \u014dscere \"to recognize, acknowledge\" (from ad- ad- + gn\u014dscere, n\u014dscere \"to get to know\") + -ize , by analogy with Latin recogn\u014dscere and recognize":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1535, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033716"
},
"Agno":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"river of the Philippines, 128 miles (206 kilometers) long in northwestern Luzon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4g-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033922"
},
"Agnoetae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a 4th century a.d. sect of Arians that considered God's omniscience limited to the present":[],
": a 6th century sect of Severian Monophysites that denied the omniscience of Jesus Christ":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccag-(\u02cc)n\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-\u02cct\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin Agnoetae, Agnoitae , from Late Greek Agno\u0113tai , literally, ignorant ones, from Greek agnoein to be ignorant, from a- a- entry 2 + -gnoein (from gign\u014dskein to know)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1607, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-034021"
},
"Agnoetism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the doctrinal principles of the Agnoetae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-(\u02cc)n\u014d-\u02cc\u0113t-\u02cci-",
"\u02ccag-(\u02cc)n\u014d-\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1753, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-034044"
},
"agnosis":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": agnosia":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u014d-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 2 + -gnosis":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-034402"
},
"agnostic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who is unwilling to commit to an opinion about something":[
"political agnostics"
],
": of, relating to, or being an agnostic : involving or characterized by agnosticism":[],
": noncommittal , undogmatic":[],
": not preferring a particular device or system":[
"\u2014 usually used after a noun \"Children are platform agnostic ,\" said Alice Cahn, vice-president of development for Cartoon Network. \"If you want to look foolish with a preschooler, say, 'Sorry, you can't watch that. It's not on.' It's TiVoed, it's online, it's on video on demand.\" \u2014 Business Wire"
],
": designed to be compatible with different devices (such as computers or smartphones) or operating systems":[
"\u2014 usually used after a noun",
"content that is OS agnostic",
"\u2014 often used in combination The application is platform- agnostic , so it can work on your tablet or cell phone."
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259g-",
"ag-\u02c8n\u00e4-stik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Even polytheists \u2026 were in fact tolerated, as Islamic rule spread to most of India. Only the total unbeliever\u2014the agnostic or atheist\u2014was beyond the pale of tolerance \u2026 \u2014 Bernard Lewis , Islam in History , 1993",
"Supporters of education vouchers \u2026 will love what Norman Macrae has to say on the subject. Teachers' unions and other opponents of vouchers \u2026 will deplore it. Voucher agnostics (and I include myself) might find that the proposal not only answers most doubts but also makes sense on issues they've never much thought about. \u2014 William Raspberry , Springfield (Massachusetts) Union , 14 Aug. 1987",
"I call myself an agnostic . I do not really have any faith, any coherent religious faith, and yet the one thing in my life that I feel passionate and evangelical about is poetry. \u2014 Maxine Kumin , \"An Interview at Interlochen,\" 1977 , in To Make a Prairie , 1979",
"Adjective",
"Cladistics classifies organisms in nested hierarchies based exclusively on their order of branching. (I should say that I am quite agnostic about this theory, so I do not write as a shill.) \u2014 Stephen Jay Gould , Natural History , March 1995",
"The composition comes alive in stanzas V and VI. This is the dark night. I hoped my readers would remember John of the Cross's poem. My night is not gracious, but secular, puritan, and agnostic . An existentialist night. \u2014 Robert Lowell , Collected Prose , 1987",
"\u2026 I thought that by the time I was past thirty-five\u2014at the very least agnostic and surely swept by the bleak winds of existentialism\u2014I had abandoned the Presbyterian precepts of my childhood. \u2014 William Styron , This Quiet Dust and Other Writings , 1982",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Kwami Abdul-Bey, an agnostic , enrolled his 6-year-old son, Lorne, in the program, and attended Monday's opening ceremony. \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 2 July 2022",
"Th\u00e5str\u00f6m is written as a harsh existentialist, political and speaks succinctly, while Cave is the opposite, a struggling Dionysian agnostic , and a romantic dreamer who swims in words. \u2014 Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
"CISOs must now devise strategies to ensure that data is protected (often at the record level) in a manner agnostic to where it is stored or processed. \u2014 Ameesh Divatia, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
"Neither of us -- Arin, a Jewish atheist, nor I, a Catholic agnostic -- ever felt comfortable with the masses, the crossings, the acts of adoration, all the trappings of institutional religion. \u2014 Dave Lucas, CNN , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Still, despite that designation, the space is content- agnostic : Kirk hopes to bring in audiovisual experiences focussed on many different industries and subjects\u2014science, music, history, sports. \u2014 Anna Wiener, The New Yorker , 10 Feb. 2022",
"The firm is sector agnostic but is particularly interested in areas like healthtech, supply chain and audio/voice, industries Borok thinks play to Newark\u2019s historical strengths. \u2014 Rebecca Szkutak, Forbes , 11 Oct. 2021",
"For her part, Ms. Butcher is a feminist, a humanist and apparently an agnostic who\u2014for love\u2014tries hard to find some borderland within herself for both these postures. \u2014 Richard Adams Carey, WSJ , 6 Jan. 2022",
"But that was before Joe Biden, noted centrist and policy agnostic , wrestled the White House away from Donald Trump. \u2014 Kara Voght, The New Republic , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The film tells the true story of a man who undergoes a radical transformation from an agnostic boxer to a priest after a life-altering motorcycle accident. \u2014 Maggie Horton, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"In the agnostic household of my childhood, that O\u2019Hara line was gospel. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
"InQuanto is built on TKET, Quantinuum\u2019s open-source agnostic software development kit used to create and execute programs. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Picture a world where big banks talk to coin exchanges, digital currency is blockchain- agnostic , and payments are settled almost immediately. \u2014 Maxim Galash, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
"With slim products that attach in a variety of ways from key rings to adhesives, an app that is hardware- agnostic , and millions of users in its stable network, there\u2019s been little for this cube to fear. \u2014 Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics , 25 Aug. 2021",
"The funding is agnostic about the method used for capture and storage, mentioning that chemical capture, removal by biomass, and sequestration in the ocean are all options. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 21 May 2022",
"However, independent analysts remain agnostic about these incidents, or say there are reasonable explanations. \u2014 Tim Fernholz, Quartz , 17 May 2022",
"The conflict in Ukraine has upended the idea that products and services are agnostic . \u2014 New York Times , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek \u00e1gn\u014dstos \"unknown, unknowable\" (from a- a- entry 2 + gn\u014dst\u00f3s \"known,\" variant of gn\u014dt\u00f3s, verbal adjective of gign\u014d\u0301skein \"to know entry 1 \") + -ic entry 2 (after gnostic )":"Noun",
"derivative of agnostic entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035313"
},
"agnosticism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an agnostic quality, state, or attitude:":[],
": the view that any ultimate reality (such as a deity) is unknown and probably unknowable : a philosophical or religious position characterized by uncertainty about the existence of a god or any gods":[
"Religious agnosticism may accept the ethical value of a religious way of living and even endorse religious ideas as a viable basis for understanding various aspects of human existence.",
"\u2014 Gary Gutting"
],
": an attitude of doubt or uncertainty about something":[
"This purposeful agnosticism , which served the tobacco industry well, will sound eerily familiar to anyone following the global warming \"debate\"\u2014another case in which a few pedigreed skeptics, whose views align with those of a powerful industry, are framing consensus as controversy.",
"\u2014 Jonathan Miles",
"The developers of quantum mechanics, attempting to describe the electron's charge or mass or momentum or energy or spin in almost every new equation, nevertheless maintained a silent agnosticism about certain issues of its existence.",
"\u2014 James Gleick"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u00e4-st\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m",
"\u0259g-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"agnostic entry 2 + -ism":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1848, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035350"
},
"agnostid":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or belonging to the genus Agnostus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u00e4-st\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin Agnostida , order name, or Agnostidae , family name, from Agnostus agnostus + -ida, -idae -ida , -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035532"
},
"Agnoete":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the Agnoetae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-(\u02cc)n\u014d-\u02cc\u0113t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin Agnoetae, Agnoitae , plural":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035709"
},
"agnition":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": recognition , acknowledgment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English agnicioun , borrowed from Latin agniti\u014dn-, agniti\u014d , from agni- (variant stem of agn\u014dscere \"to recognize, acknowledge,\" from ad- ad- + gn\u014dscere, n\u014dscere \"to get to know\") + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , noun suffix":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035756"
},
"Agnostus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of small blind Cambrian and Ordovician trilobites that with a number of related forms in which the cephalon and pygidium are almost indistinguishable constitute an order (Agnostida) of highly specialized forms":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u00e4-st\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, borrowed from Greek \u00e1gn\u014dstos \"unknown\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1824, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040053"
},
"agnification":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the representation (as in painting) of persons as sheep or lambs":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccag-n\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin agn us lamb + English -i- + -fication":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1859, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041042"
},
"Agni":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a people of western Africa ethnologically allied to the Ashanti":[],
": a member of such people":[],
": a Kwa language of the Agni people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041246"
},
"Agnotozoic":{
"type":[
"noun or adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": algonkian , proterozoic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ag-\u02ccn\u014d-",
"ag-\u00a6n\u014d-t\u0259-\u00a6z\u014d-ik"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary agnoto- (from Greek agn\u014dtos unknown) + -zoic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041255"
},
"Agnew":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Theodore 1918\u20131996 American politician; vice president of the U.S. (1969\u201373)":[
"Spi*ro \\ \u02c8spir-\u200b(\u02cc)\u014d \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccny\u00fc",
"\u02c8ag-\u02ccn\u00fc"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-042116"
},
"Agnes":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Saint died a.d. 304 virgin martyr":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-n\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-042215"
},
"agnel":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a gold coin of France that was issued in the 13th to 16th centuries and that bears the figure of a lamb":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8yel"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French (archaizing form of modern agneau \"lamb\"), going back to Middle French, literally, \"lamb,\" going back to Old French aignel, agnel , going back to Latin agnellus , diminutive of agnus \"lamb\"":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-042929"
},
"Agnean":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": tocharian a":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4g-n\u0113-\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Agni, ancient kingdom in Central Asia + -an entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1937, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043121"
},
"agnation":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the relationship of agnates":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ag-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French & Latin; French, borrowed from Latin agn\u0101ti\u014dn-, agn\u0101ti\u014d , from agn\u0101sc\u012b \"to be born in addition to\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d , noun suffix":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-101816"
},
"agnatically":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": in an agnatic manner":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)ag-\u00a6na-ti-k(\u0259-)l\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043239"
},
"agnatic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a relative whose kinship is traceable exclusively through males":[],
": a paternal kinsman":[],
": allied , akin":[],
": related through male descent or on the father's side":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-\u02ccn\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin agn\u0101tus \"younger child, male blood relative on the father's side,\" noun from agn\u0101tus, past participle of agn\u0101sc\u012b \"to be born in addition (to), grow later,\" from ad- ad- + gn\u0101sc\u012b, n\u0101sc\u012b \"to be born\" \u2014 more at nation":"Noun",
"borrowed from Latin agn\u0101tus \u2014 more at agnate entry 1":"Adjective"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043254"
},
"agnathous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having no jaws":[],
": of or relating to the Agnatha":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ag-n\u0259-th\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 2 + Greek gnathos + English -ous or -ic":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043256"
},
"agnathostomatous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": agnathous sense 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ag-n\u0259-th\u0259-\u00a6st\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259s",
"\u00a6\u0101-\u02ccna-",
"-\u00a6st\u014d-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Agnathostomata + English -ous":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-043334"
}
}