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365 lines
11 KiB
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{
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"VIP":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nobody",
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"noncelebrity"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[
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"I was treated like a VIP at the reception.",
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"the VIPs insisted on being seated in the restaurant's private dining room"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"v ery i mportant p erson":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccv\u0113-\u02cc\u012b-\u02c8p\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
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"cause celebre",
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"celeb",
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"celebrity",
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"figure",
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"icon",
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"ikon",
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"light",
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"luminary",
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"megastar",
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"name",
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"notability",
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"notable",
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"notoriety",
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"personage",
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"personality",
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"somebody",
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"standout",
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"star",
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"superstar"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203513",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viper":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a venomous or reputedly venomous snake":[],
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": a vicious or treacherous person":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a viper sliding silently through the field",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As Albania\u2019s ruler, Zog had been a tyrant and a modernizer, a viper and a visionary, intent on obtaining and holding power at any cost. \u2014 Helen Lewis, The Atlantic , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"In the original myth, Orpheus returns from his expedition with the Argonauts and marries the fair Eurydice, who \u2014 of course \u2014 dies soon after from a viper bite and descends to the underworld. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"The prosecution called multiple experts who testified the Russell's viper bite was also unnatural. \u2014 Rhea Mogul And Esha Mitra, CNN , 20 Nov. 2021",
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"But the viper was found in the bedroom of their home's second floor after the first attempt. \u2014 NBC News , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"An Indian woman presented with multiday visual hallucinations after being bitten by a Russell\u2019s viper . \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
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"His pre-op docs discovered undiagnosed cancer had crept in and poisoned his body like a silent viper . \u2014 Steve West, sun-sentinel.com , 6 Aug. 2021",
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"Despite the secrecy, the critically endangered viper was tracked down within months and put on sale in Europe by German traders. \u2014 Pavel Toropov, Smithsonian Magazine , 2 June 2021",
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"There is no antivenom for the African bush viper , and bites can cause fevers or internal bleeding, which can be fatal. \u2014 Wilson Wong, NBC News , 13 Apr. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English vipere , from Latin vipera":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012b-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"serpent",
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"snake"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054742",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"viper's bugloss":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a coarse Old World herb ( Echium vulgare ) of the borage family that is naturalized in North America and has showy blue tubular flowers with exserted stamens":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080634"
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},
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"viper's-grass":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a perennial herb ( Scorzonera hispanica ) with narrow entire leaves, solitary heads of yellow flowers, and long white carrot-shaped roots that are eaten in Spain and elsewhere":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234556"
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},
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"viperan":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": viperine":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012bp\u0259r\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"viper + -an":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-214539"
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},
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"viperfish":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fish of the family Gonostomatidae or of the related family Chauliodontidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-105855"
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},
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"viperian":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": viperine":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)v\u012b\u00a6pir\u0113\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"viper + -ian":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-192026"
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},
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"viperiform":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling a viper":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012bp\u0259r\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"viper + -iform":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200840"
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},
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"viperine":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or resembling a viper : venomous":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012b-p\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bn"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-205540"
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},
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"viperine snake":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a snake of the family Viperidae":[],
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": a small harmless snake ( Natrix viperinus ) colored much like the viper and found in southern Europe and northern Africa":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-012530"
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},
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"viperish":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": spitefully vituperative : venomous":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012b-p(\u0259-)rish"
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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",
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"The progress of their romance is complicated by her pregnancy, a shotgun marriage and life under the eye of Ingrid\u2019s snobbish, viperish mother (Thora Hird). \u2014 Stephen Holden, New York Times , 7 Apr. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1755, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080622"
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},
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"viperlike":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": behaving like a viper":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"viper + like":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163522"
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},
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"viperling":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a young viper":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0259(r)li\u014b"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"viper + -ling":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-175211"
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},
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"viperous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": viperine":[],
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": having the qualities attributed to a viper : malignant , venomous":[
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"the backstabbing of a viperous family"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u012b-p(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
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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",
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"Much of that heartache is dispensed by the popular musician Ivor Novello (a smoldering, viperous Jeremy Irvine), who sings his witty ditties at the piano and dispenses little nuggets of verbal poison everywhere else. \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
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"Close is deliciously viperous as a French noblewoman seeking revenge on her ex-husband in Stephen Frears' sumptuous adaptation of the play and novel. \u2014 Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2021",
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"Veazey is in the Glenn Close role \u2014 that of the Marquise de Merteuil, a viperous noblewoman of 18th-century France who enters into a cruel game with her former lover, the Vicomte de Valmont. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"The gossip in the book is fluorescently transparent and sweetly viperous , like a pink snakeskin sandal with a PVC upper. \u2014 Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 2 Mar. 2020",
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"Rachel Cusk has long been one of the finest and most invigorating stylists writing in English, graced with scientific precision, meticulous syntax, and a viperous wit. \u2014 Valeria Luiselli, The New York Review of Books , 21 Mar. 2019",
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"Luke Bradt, as the viperous Mordred, exudes negative charisma. \u2014 Julia M. Klein, Philly.com , 27 May 2018",
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"Within minutes, a single unexpectedly shocking line reveals both her viperous tongue and the sheer bitterness of her character. \u2014 Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com , 1 Nov. 2017",
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"Other familiar faces include Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele), who returns as Diane\u2019s assistant; the viperous law partner David Lee (Zach Grenier); and Charles Abernathy (Denis O\u2019Hare), one of the quirky judges on the original show\u2019s packed bench. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 16 Feb. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-182355"
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},
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"viper wine":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a medicated wine containing a decoction from vipers formerly believed to restore vital powers":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-191722"
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},
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"Vipionidae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of small ichneumon wasps that is often included in Braconidae and includes forms which as larvae are parasites of various lepidopterous, hymenopterous, coleopterous, and dipterous insects":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccvip\u0113\u02c8\u00e4n\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Vipion-, Vipio , type genus (from Latin, a small crane) + -idae ; from their long legs":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224930"
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}
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} |