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743 lines
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{
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"Eccles cake":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a rich cake with fruit filling (as currants)":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Eccles , municipal borough in Lancashire, England":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ek\u0259lz-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125429",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Ecclesiastes":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a book of wisdom literature in canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture \u2014 see Bible Table":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Late Latin Eccl\u0113siast\u0113s, borrowed from Greek Ekkl\u0113siast\u1e17s, from ekkl\u0113siast\u1e17s \"participant in an assembly of citizens\" (adapted by the Septuagint translators as a rendering of Hebrew q\u014dheleth, named in the title verse as the author of the Biblical book), from ekkl\u0113si\u00e1zein \"to hold a public assembly, be a member of the assembly\" (verbal derivative of ekkl\u0113s\u00eda \"assembly of citizens\") + -t\u0113s, agent suffix \u2014 more at ecclesial":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-(\u02cc)st\u0113z",
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"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104605",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Ecclesiasticus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a didactic book included in the Protestant Apocrypha and as Sirach in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Late Latin Eccl\u0113siasticus, probably short for liber eccl\u0113siasticus \"church book\" (from its use in church readings) \u2014 more at ecclesiastic entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-sti-k\u0259s",
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"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190507",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"eccentric":{
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"antonyms":[
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crack",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"flake",
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"fruitcake",
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"head case",
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"kook",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"nutter",
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"oddball",
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"oddity",
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"original",
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"quiz",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo",
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"zany"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a mechanical device consisting of an eccentric (see eccentric entry 1 sense 2b ) disk communicating its motion to a rod so as to produce reciprocating motion":[],
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": a person who behaves in odd or unusual ways : an eccentric person":[],
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": deviating from an established or usual pattern or style":[
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"eccentric products"
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],
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": deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways":[
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"an eccentric millionaire"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"It was Charles Darwin's eccentric mathematician cousin Francis Galton who in 1874 ignited the nature-nurture controversy. \u2026 \u2014 Matt Ridley , Time , 2 June 2003",
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"Eccentric drifters that normally roam the farthest reaches of the solar system, these daredevils fly so close to the Sun that they pass through its scorching corona. \u2014 Maggie McKee , Astronomy , December 2002",
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"In the spit-and-polish Navy, he and his equally unkempt colleagues were regarded as eccentric . \u2014 David M. Kennedy , Atlantic , March 1999",
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"He was a kind but eccentric man.",
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"She's become more eccentric over the years.",
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"Noun",
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"It wasn't until she [Mother Teresa] had set up a leprosarium outside Calcutta on land provided by the government that I began to see her as an idealist rather than an eccentric . \u2014 Bharati Mukherjee , Time , 14 June 1999",
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"To his own townspeople Thoreau was a radical and an eccentric , a man without a vocation, supporting himself doing odd jobs, devoting himself to what seemed to them inconsequential rambles, and living like a hermit on the shores of Walden Pond. \u2014 Maxine Kumin , In Deep , 1987",
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"But Mozart was also an eccentric , brought up not as a creature of society but as a prodigious child speaking a language of sound. Mozart couldn't \"handle people,\" as one former friend put it. \u2014 Edward Rothstein , New York Times Book Review , 31 Oct. 1982",
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"an eccentric who designed his house to look like a Scottish castle",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Though the overall effect was spectacular and eccentric , Wiederhoeft threaded touching personal details through each event\u2019s ensemble. \u2014 Sarah Spellings, Vogue , 24 June 2022",
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"In the new ad campaign for Clash de Cartier, a jewelry collection that strikes a balance between classic and eccentric , Collins does exactly that. \u2014 Marci Robin, Allure , 1 June 2022",
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"The two eccentric , billionaire, crypto-loving tech titans have traded friendly remarks on Twitter over the years. \u2014 Clare Duffy, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Saints also tend to be intense, eccentric , and maddening to their contemporaries. \u2014 Andrew Doran, National Review , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Sporting a massive Santa-like beard, the ever- eccentric Daly stood out in the 20-team event pairing big-name professional golfers with a child or parent. \u2014 Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Dec. 2021",
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"Musk takes control of the digital town square Musk, an eccentric billionaire with a history of courting controversy on and off Twitter, has personally pitched the acquisition in soaring rhetoric. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Day portrayed the eccentric billionaire as stilted and awkward. \u2014 William Earl, Variety , 16 Apr. 2022",
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"In the hours after Agrawal announced that Musk would not join Twitter\u2019s board, the eccentric billionaire deleted many of his recent tweets about the social media platform. \u2014 Scott Nover, Quartz , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The game of baseball has always had a special place for the eccentric . \u2014 Leigh Montville, WSJ , 26 May 2022",
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"And this Spring/Summer 2022 is all about high/low, bold, the look for less and an abundance of attitude \u2014 a playground for the good, the great and the eccentric . \u2014 Tyrus Townsend, Essence , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"Most people and the press interpreted a grown man conversing with an inanimate object in front of 48,000 fans as colorful or eccentric . \u2014 Demetria Gallegos, WSJ , 14 May 2022",
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"First, the bench stops your arms from descending too far during the eccentric (lowering) part of the movement. \u2014 Kirk Charles, Men's Health , 24 May 2022",
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"Perhaps not surprisingly, considering the impracticality of such a project at the time, three of the earliest calls came from a maverick, an eccentric and a madman. \u2014 Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"The Duke Jim Broadbent plays a British eccentric accused of pilfering a Goya painting, while Helen Mirren is his long-suffering wife. \u2014 Wsj Arts, WSJ , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"In 1890, a mustachioed eccentric named Eugene Schieffelin released a few dozen European starlings into New York City. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"Swedish skier Henrik Harlaut is known as an eccentric on the slopes. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 9 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
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"circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English excentryke \"planetary orbit of which the earth is not the center,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin excentricus, noun derivative of ecentricus, excentricus \"(of a planetary orbit in Ptolemaic astronomy) not having the earth exactly at its center\" \u2014 more at eccentric entry 1":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin ecentricus, excentricus \"not concentric with another circle, (of a planetary orbit in Ptolemaic astronomy) not having the earth exactly at its center,\" from Late Latin eccentros, eccentrus \"not having the earth at its center\" (borrowed from Greek \u00e9kkentros, from ek- ec- + -kentros, adjective derivative of k\u00e9ntron \"sting, goad, point, stationary point of a pair of compasses, midpoint of a circle or sphere\") + Latin -icus -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at center entry 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"ik-\u02c8sen-trik, ek-",
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"ik-\u02c8sen-trik",
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"ek-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for eccentric Adjective strange , singular , unique , peculiar , eccentric , erratic , odd , quaint , outlandish mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected. strange stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable. a journey filled with strange sights singular suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness. a singular feeling of impending disaster unique implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel. a career unique in the annals of science peculiar implies a marked distinctiveness. the peculiar status of America's First Lady eccentric suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior. the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers erratic stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating. a friend's suddenly erratic behavior odd applies to a departure from the regular or expected. an odd sense of humor quaint suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness. a quaint fishing village outlandish applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric. outlandish fashions of the time",
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"curious",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"spaced-out",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo",
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"wild"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084038",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"eccentricity":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mathematical constant that for a given conic section is the ratio of the distances from any point of the conic section to a focus and the corresponding directrix":[],
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": the eccentricity of an astronomical orbit used as a measure of its deviation from circularity":[],
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": the quality or state of being eccentric":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Some people weren't very tolerant of his eccentricity .",
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"Talking to her plants is one of her many eccentricities .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like many others who have played the game, the eccentricity keeps him coming back. \u2014 Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer , 28 June 2022",
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"In his adaptation of the first half of Herbert's novel, Denis Villeneuve opts for a sober approach that wisely emphasizes story and character over eccentricity . \u2014 Randall Colburn, EW.com , 16 May 2022",
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"Jessie and Tom fit into this odd couple mold, with Jessie\u2019s occasional chaos and frequent eccentricity balanced by Tom\u2019s steadiness. \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Its twinkling eye is instead trained on three redoubtable forces: dreams, family and British eccentricity . \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 2 June 2022",
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"Tiriac ranks his newest pupil at the top of that distinguished class in drive, raw talent, charisma, and, maybe, eccentricity . \u2014 Angela Gaudioso, SPIN , 22 May 2022",
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"What\u2019s more, in the fictional pop-culture world, when girls are named after their mother, the act tends to be used to portray eccentricity . \u2014 Maggie Mertens, The Atlantic , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Her co-stars can match her comic energy, especially Dennis, whose cartoonish characters have a mischievous eccentricity . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The movie is not for stubbornly mainstream tastes or the eccentricity -resistant. \u2014 Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com , 20 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin excentricit\u0101t-, excentricit\u0101s, from ecentricus, excentricus \"not having the earth exactly at its center, eccentric entry 1 \" + Latin -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccek-(\u02cc)sen-\u02c8tri-s\u0259-t\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crotchet",
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"curiosity",
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"erraticism",
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"idiosyncrasy",
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"individualism",
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"kink",
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"mannerism",
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"oddity",
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"peculiarity",
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"quiddity",
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"quip",
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"quirk",
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"singularity",
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"tic",
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"trick",
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"twist"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055523",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ecclesi-":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": church":[
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"ecclesio logy"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin ecclesia , from Greek ekkl\u0113sia assembly of citizens, church, from ekkalein to call forth, summon, from ex- + kalein to call \u2014 more at low entry 3":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193729",
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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]
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},
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"ecclesia":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": church sense 4d":[],
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": one of the local organizations of the Christadelphians":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"in sense 1, from Latin, from Greek ekkl\u0113sia ; in other senses, from Late Latin, church, from Latin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8kl\u0113z\u0113\u0259",
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"e\u02c8-",
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"-l\u0113zh(\u0113)\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075930",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ecclesial":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nonchurch",
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"nonecclesiastical"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a church":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the waning of ecclesial power in Europe as the number of lapsed Christians increases",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In addition to that, one of the goals the synodal reform is to change completely the ecclesial structures of the Church in Germany and elsewhere. \u2014 Fr. Goran Jovicic, National Review , 13 June 2021",
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"Because of the circular design and lightweight material of the pellegrina, which opens at the front, the wind easily sweeps beneath it, making the liturgical vestment the ecclesial equivalent of Marilyn Monroe\u2019s iconic white dress. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 Mar. 2021",
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"The failure of ecclesial authorities ... to adequately address these repugnant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage, and remains a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Aug. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1641, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Medieval Latin eccl\u0113si\u0101lis, from Late Latin eccl\u0113sia \"assembly of Christian believers, congregation, church, church building\" + Latin -\u0101lis -al entry 1 ; eccl\u0113sia, borrowed from Greek ekkl\u0113s\u00eda \"assembly of citizens, Jewish congregation (in the Septuagint), collectivity of Christian believers (in the New Testament),\" from \u00e9kkl\u0113tos \"selected to judge\" (verbal adjective of ekkale\u00een \"to call out, summon,\" from ek- ec- + kal\u00e9\u014d, kale\u00een \"to call, summon, call by name,\" going back to an Indo-European verbal base *kleh 1 -, *kl\u0325h 1 - \"call\") + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at low entry 3":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"i-\u02c8kl\u0113-z\u0113-\u0259l",
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"e-\u02c8kl\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"churchly",
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"ecclesiastic",
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"ecclesiastical"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050158",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ecclesiarch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a high church official or ruling prelate":[],
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": a sacristan in the Eastern Church":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"ecclesi- + -arch":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-l\u0113z\u0113\u02cc\u00e4rk"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222521",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ecclesiast":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of the Athenian ecclesia":[],
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": ecclesiastic":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English ecclesiaste , from Late Latin ecclesiastes , from Greek ekkl\u0113siast\u0113s , literally, member of a Greek ecclesia, from ekkl\u0113sia church, ecclesia + -ast\u0113s -ast":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-z\u0113\u02ccast",
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"-\u0113\u02ccaa(\u0259)st",
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"-\u0113\u0259\u0307st"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223259",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ecclesiastic":{
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"antonyms":[
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"clergyperson",
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"cleric",
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"clerical",
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"clerk",
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"deacon",
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"divine",
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"dominie",
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"minister",
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"preacher",
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"priest",
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"reverend"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": clergyman":[],
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": ecclesiastical":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"a council to make final determinations on ecclesiastic matters",
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"Noun",
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"as the leading ecclesiastic for his church in the state, the bishop must be beyond reproach in everything he does",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"America has no aristocracy or ecclesiastic master class. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 12 Feb. 2022",
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"The Vatican defended the extension by saying the agreement was purely ecclesiastic and pastoral in nature, and not political. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune , 22 Oct. 2020",
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"The motif appeared in ecclesiastic architecture from the 13th to the 15th centuries. \u2014 Jasper Bastian, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Sep. 2020",
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"The church is an example of early ecclesiastic architecture, is the second oldest synagogue remaining in Cincinnati and is the oldest still church still used for religious purposes. \u2014 Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
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"Wuerl\u2019s denial corresponds with the public record, which provides ample evidence that McCarrick lived a life completely devoid of ecclesiastic restriction after the sanctions were said to have been imposed in 2009 or 2010. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times , 28 Aug. 2018",
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"To Poroshenko, who came to power in 2014 after violent protests ousted his pro-Moscow predecessor, Ukraine's ecclesiastic independence is not just a matter of squabbles of elderly, long-bearded men with archaic names. \u2014 Mansur Mirovalev, latimes.com , 29 May 2018",
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"At both, models wore crucifix-adorned masks that nodded to the dark universe of Joel-Peter Witkin and brocades that seemed to reference ecclesiastic garments. \u2014 Vogue , 24 Apr. 2018",
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"The church is an example of early ecclesiastic architecture, is the second oldest synagogue remaining in Cincinnati and is the oldest still church still used for religious purposes. \u2014 Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com , 5 Aug. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"This shop for ecclesiastics has an exquisite selection of high-quality pieces. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 19 Dec. 2019",
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"Rather, Ryrie, a prize-winning historian as well as an ecclesiastic , has broadened his scope to take in nearly 750 years of doubt and disbelief in the professedly Christian West. \u2014 Graham Hillard, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
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"The old cloister, as the walled domain of the Chapter of Canons was called, housed unusual and not invariably pious persons, as well as the worldly ecclesiastics themselves. \u2014 Bruce Dale, National Geographic , 17 Apr. 2019",
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"This was the Fairy Tree L\u2019Arbre des Dames or Le Beau Mai tree, whereupon extra- ecclesiastic celebrations were staged. \u2014 C.d. Wright, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019",
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"There are nearly 70 community leaders \u2014 from entrepreneurs to ecclesiastics (and a rabbi thrown in for good measure) \u2014 who have joined to address the problems that have held Louisville back for decades. \u2014 Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal , 2 Feb. 2018"
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"borrowed from Late Latin eccl\u0113siasticus \"member of the Christian Church, cleric,\" noun derivative of eccl\u0113siasticus \"of the Christian Church\" \u2014 more at ecclesiastic entry 1":"Noun",
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"borrowed from Late Latin eccl\u0113siasticus \"of the Christian Church,\" borrowed from Late Greek ekkl\u0113siastik\u00f3s \"of the Church, of Christians, of clerics (as opposed to laymen),\" going back to Greek, \"of the public assembly,\" from ekkl\u0113siast\u1e17s \"participant in an assembly of citizens\" + -ikos -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at ecclesiastes":"Adjective"
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"ecclesiastical laws that have been in existence for centuries",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The largest extant portion of Washington\u2019s personal library resides here, as does the King\u2019s Chapel Library, a set of 221 ecclesiastical books sent over from London in 1698 for Boston\u2019s first Anglican church. \u2014 Robert Polidori, Town & Country , 9 June 2022",
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"Since Russia seized Crimea and supported separatists in the Donbas in 2014, however, there has been a growing movement in Ukraine for a separate ecclesiastical body. \u2014 Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor , 31 May 2022",
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"Moscow has held ecclesiastical authority over Ukraine since the 17th century, but after the fall of the Soviet Union, a group of believers formed the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and began petitioning for autocephaly. \u2014 Grayson Quay, The Week , 29 May 2022",
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"Olivetti\u2019s ecclesiastical trial is expected to begin in early March. \u2014 Holly V. Hays, USA TODAY , 12 Jan. 2022",
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"But those who visit San Jose also have the chance to take in some ecclesiastical grandeur. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"This charitable, ecclesiastical institution catered to the poor and infirm until it was dissolved to create St. John's College. \u2014 Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"Art Deco gems, which is then whizzed up with ecclesiastical furniture and a rather mysterious fantastical bent. \u2014 Mark Holgate, Vogue , 26 Apr. 2022",
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"Its founding was the direct result of the burgeoning movement to peel away from the Russian Orthodox Church and create a purely independent ecclesiastical entity for Ukraine. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Apr. 2022"
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"Middle English ecclesiasticall, from Late Latin eccl\u0113siasticus \"of the Christian Church\" + Middle English -all -al entry 1 \u2014 more at ecclesiastic entry 1":""
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"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-sti-k\u0259l",
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"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
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"ecclesiastical calendar":{
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": a lunisolar calendar used in Christian churches for determining the times of Easter and other movable feasts":[]
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"\u2014 contrasted with lay corporation"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171854",
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"1782, in the meaning defined above":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1859, in the meaning defined above":""
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"ecclesiastic entry 1 or ecclesiastic(al) + -ism":""
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"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8a-st\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m",
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"e-\u02cckl\u0113-"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054607",
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},
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},
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|
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|
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|
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"pronunciation at ecclesiast +r\u0113"
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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},
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"-e\u02cc-",
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"\u0259\u0307\u02cckl\u0113z\u0113\u02c8\u00e4l\u0259\u2027tr\u0113"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193639",
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"ecclesiology":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": theological doctrine relating to the church":[]
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"Questions of how to address issues at a national level in such a decentralized organization are genuinely difficult to answer, and the report grapples with those difficulties without compromising on basic questions of Baptist ecclesiology . \u2014 The Editors, National Review , 25 May 2022"
|
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],
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"circa 1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin eccl\u0113sia \"assembly of Christian believers, Christian Church\" + -o- + -logy \u2014 more at ecclesial":""
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"e-\u02cckl\u0113-",
|
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"i-\u02cckl\u0113-z\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120044",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"eccrine gland":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of the rather small sweat glands that discharge an odorless watery fluid onto the surface of the skin, play an important role in thermoregulation , and are widely distributed across the body with the most dense concentrations on the palms, soles, and forehead \u2014 compare apocrine gland":[]
|
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},
|
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|
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|
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|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184519"
|
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},
|
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"eccrine":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02cckr\u0113n",
|
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"-\u02ccr\u012bn",
|
|
"\u02c8ek-r\u0259n",
|
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"-\u02ccr\u0113n",
|
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"-\u02cckr\u012bn",
|
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"\u02c8e-kr\u0259n"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"According to the International Hyperhidrosis Society, there are approximately two to four million sweat glands all over our bodies, the majority of which are eccrine glands and excrete a clear, odorless fluid. \u2014 Dianna Mazzone, Allure , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Most of your sweat ducts are eccrine glands that pump out a clear and odorless fluid. \u2014 \u200bjessica Migala, SELF , 31 May 2022",
|
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"Your eccrine glands are turned on and start sweating due to anxiety, stress, anger, humidity or heat, and sometimes even food. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 25 May 2022",
|
|
"Mammals have three types of sweat glands: apocrine, sebaceous and eccrine . \u2014 Asher Y. Rosinger, Scientific American , 1 July 2021",
|
|
"The type of sweat produced from the eccrine glands is what most often occurs in hyperhidrosis. \u2014 Cathy Cassata, Health.com , 5 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"Humans have more eccrine sweat glands than any other primate. \u2014 Asher Y. Rosinger, Scientific American , 1 July 2021",
|
|
"Most of us have between 2 and 5 million of eccrine sweat glands sprinkled across our whole body, including the armpit. \u2014 Sarah Everts, Time , 21 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from German ekkrin , borrowed from Greek ekkr\u00ednein \"to secrete,\" from ek- ec- + kr\u00ednein \"to separate\" \u2014 more at certain entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1927, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"plural noun"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an order of fungi (class Phycomycetes) containing lower fungi that occur as parasites in the alimentary canals of arthropods, that have slender coenocytic hyphae with funnel-shaped attachment disks, and that reproduce by endospores":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccekr\u0259\u02c8n\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Eccrina , genus of fungi + -ales":""
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-061014"
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|
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|
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"definitions":{
|
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|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccnid",
|
|
"\u02c8ekr\u0259n\u0259\u0307d"
|
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],
|
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|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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},
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|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141149"
|
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},
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|
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|
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": a machine used to display an interior scene (as dead bodies after a murder) in the classic theater":[]
|
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|
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|
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