dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/hoy_MW.json

{
  "hoy":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a heavy barge for bulky cargo":[],
      ": a small usually sloop-rigged coasting ship":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":"Interjection",
      "Middle English, from Middle Dutch hoei":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u022fi"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041736",
    "type":[
      "interjection",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hoya":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a genus ( Hoya ) of climbing Asian and Australian evergreen shrubs of the milkweed family":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021",
      "With a green hoya , a sansevieria and a ZZ plant, you\u2019ll be fully stocked with plants that are easy to care for. \u2014 Kai Burkhardt, CNN Underscored , 5 Apr. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1851, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Thomas Hoy \u20201821 English gardener":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u022fi-\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174212",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hoyden":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today\u2019s standards \u2013 a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from obsolete Dutch heiden country lout, from Middle Dutch, heathen; akin to Old English h\u01e3then heathen":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u022fi-d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175202",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hoydenish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous, or carefree behavior":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today\u2019s standards \u2013 a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1676, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "perhaps from obsolete Dutch heiden country lout, from Middle Dutch, heathen; akin to Old English h\u01e3then heathen":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u022fi-d\u1d4an"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-095958",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hoydenism":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": unladylike or tomboyish behavior":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u1d4an\u02cciz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031543",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "hoyle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an encyclopedia of the rules of indoor games and especially card games":[],
      "Sir Fred 1915\u20132001 British astrophysicist":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1926, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Edmond Hoyle \u20201769 English writer on games":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u022fi(-\u0259)l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193945",
    "type":[
      "biographical name",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}