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"Lord":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a British nobleman: such as":[],
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": a bishop of the Church of England":[],
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": a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king":[],
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": a hereditary peer of the rank of marquess , earl, or viscount":[],
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": a man of rank or high position: such as":[],
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": a person chosen to preside over a festival":[],
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": a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due":[],
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": an owner of land or other real (see real entry 1 sense 2 ) property":[],
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": baron sense 2a":[],
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": god sense 1":[],
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": house of lords":[],
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": husband":[],
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": jesus":[],
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": one having power and authority over others:":[],
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": one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenure":[],
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": one that has achieved mastery or that exercises leadership or great power in some area":[
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"a drug lord"
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],
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": the male head of a household":[],
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": the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He became a lord upon the death of his father.",
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"as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Someone who saw horror as the future of movies and who fought his powerful father, a lord of old Hollywood, to make that future a reality. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"The will of Zeus was realized From the time strife first rose between the son Of Atreus, lord of men, and bright Achilles. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Promethean Japanese director Akira Kurosawa with his masterpiece historical epic Ran about a feudal lord and his three sons vying for control of it. \u2014 Donald Liebenson, Town & Country , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"This Emperor Palpatine-esque image that positioned commissioner Manfred as the dark lord of the Sith-like MLB faction. \u2014 Jules Posner, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Apple, lord of the iPhone, has nearly $17 billion in cash and more than $113 billion in marketable securities. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Who knew that 2021 was just waiting for a highbrow feminist gloss on Phantom of the Opera piano goth, curated by dark- lord production gods Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross",
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"In 1801, while Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, several of these blocks were taken by Thomas Bruce, the lord of Elgin, who was then the British ambassador to Constantinople. \u2014 Zoe Chevalier, ABC News , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"In England, Christian routinely stays with a future English lord whose father currently holds a seat in Parliament\u2019s House of Lords. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Nearly a decade ago, Zuckerberg recognized that Apple and Google could lord over his company via their respective mobile operating systems and app stores. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"The cancelation of the game meant an entire year without someone being able to lord it over their best friends. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 24 Nov. 2021",
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"Neither the townsfolk nor the tourists lord it over the others or pity each other. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"Do not lord over them \u2014 with direct orders or by implication. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"That said, Kalmar doesn\u2019t plan to lord his experience over his future students, which will include instrumentalists as well as aspiring conductors. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 May 2021",
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"The Spartans can lord it over the Wolverines in football until at least Oct. 16, 2021. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Nov. 2020",
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"The novel is the story of a great inversion, one in which the ruled replace their rulers but end up lording it over each other in just the same way as the old regime. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
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"Yet right here, politicians act as if a health crisis gives them license to lord over the most private activities of America people in ways that are wholly inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 13 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English loverd, lord , from Old English hl\u0101ford , from hl\u0101f loaf + weard keeper \u2014 more at loaf , ward":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022frd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baron",
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"captain",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"king",
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"lion",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"monarch",
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"Napoleon",
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"prince",
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"tycoon"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224849",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Lord Howe Island":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"island of Australia in the Tasman Sea east-northeast of Sydney belonging to New South Wales area 5 square miles (13 square kilometers)":[]
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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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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u022frd-\u02c8hau\u0307"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113222",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Lordy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"lord entry 1 (God) + -y entry 4":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022fr-d\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193802",
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"type":[
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"interjection"
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]
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},
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"Lorelei":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a siren of Germanic legend whose singing lures Rhine River boatmen to destruction on a reef":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022fr-\u0259-\u02ccl\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194248",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lord":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a British nobleman: such as":[],
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": a bishop of the Church of England":[],
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": a feudal tenant whose right or title comes directly from the king":[],
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": a hereditary peer of the rank of marquess , earl, or viscount":[],
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": a man of rank or high position: such as":[],
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": a person chosen to preside over a festival":[],
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": a ruler by hereditary right or preeminence to whom service and obedience are due":[],
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": an owner of land or other real (see real entry 1 sense 2 ) property":[],
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": baron sense 2a":[],
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": god sense 1":[],
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": house of lords":[],
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": husband":[],
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": jesus":[],
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": one having power and authority over others:":[],
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": one of whom a fee or estate is held in feudal tenure":[],
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": one that has achieved mastery or that exercises leadership or great power in some area":[
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"a drug lord"
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],
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": the male head of a household":[],
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": the son of a duke or a marquess or the eldest son of an earl":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"He became a lord upon the death of his father.",
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"as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Someone who saw horror as the future of movies and who fought his powerful father, a lord of old Hollywood, to make that future a reality. \u2014 Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times , 17 May 2022",
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"The will of Zeus was realized From the time strife first rose between the son Of Atreus, lord of men, and bright Achilles. \u2014 Sarah Ruden, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
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"Promethean Japanese director Akira Kurosawa with his masterpiece historical epic Ran about a feudal lord and his three sons vying for control of it. \u2014 Donald Liebenson, Town & Country , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"This Emperor Palpatine-esque image that positioned commissioner Manfred as the dark lord of the Sith-like MLB faction. \u2014 Jules Posner, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022",
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"Apple, lord of the iPhone, has nearly $17 billion in cash and more than $113 billion in marketable securities. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Who knew that 2021 was just waiting for a highbrow feminist gloss on Phantom of the Opera piano goth, curated by dark- lord production gods Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross",
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"In 1801, while Greece was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, several of these blocks were taken by Thomas Bruce, the lord of Elgin, who was then the British ambassador to Constantinople. \u2014 Zoe Chevalier, ABC News , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"In England, Christian routinely stays with a future English lord whose father currently holds a seat in Parliament\u2019s House of Lords. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 Oct. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Nearly a decade ago, Zuckerberg recognized that Apple and Google could lord over his company via their respective mobile operating systems and app stores. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 3 Feb. 2022",
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"The cancelation of the game meant an entire year without someone being able to lord it over their best friends. \u2014 Nathan Baird, cleveland , 24 Nov. 2021",
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"Neither the townsfolk nor the tourists lord it over the others or pity each other. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"Do not lord over them \u2014 with direct orders or by implication. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Oct. 2021",
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"That said, Kalmar doesn\u2019t plan to lord his experience over his future students, which will include instrumentalists as well as aspiring conductors. \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 10 May 2021",
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"The Spartans can lord it over the Wolverines in football until at least Oct. 16, 2021. \u2014 Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press , 1 Nov. 2020",
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"The novel is the story of a great inversion, one in which the ruled replace their rulers but end up lording it over each other in just the same way as the old regime. \u2014 Gerard Baker, WSJ , 24 Jan. 2020",
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"Yet right here, politicians act as if a health crisis gives them license to lord over the most private activities of America people in ways that are wholly inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the Constitution. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 13 Apr. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English loverd, lord , from Old English hl\u0101ford , from hl\u0101f loaf + weard keeper \u2014 more at loaf , ward":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022frd"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baron",
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"captain",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"king",
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"lion",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"monarch",
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"Napoleon",
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"prince",
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"tycoon"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072926",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lord (it over)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than (someone)":[
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"She knows she's very smart and lords it over her younger brothers.",
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"He got the only A in the class and was lording it over his classmates."
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112314",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"lord it over":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than (someone)":[
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"She knows she's very smart and lords it over her younger brothers.",
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"He got the only A in the class and was lording it over his classmates."
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035303",
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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]
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},
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"lord justice":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a judge of the Court of Appeal in England":[]
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070621",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lord justice clerk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": justice clerk":[]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113150",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lord trier":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of the House of Lords sitting in judgment on a peer":[]
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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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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115553",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lord-in-waiting":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a man chosen from a noble family to serve as a personal attendant in the household of the British sovereign or of the prince of Wales":[]
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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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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042413",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lording":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lord":[],
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": lordling":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"All this leads to the stereotype of the wine snob lording knowledge over the rest of the world. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"Wherever French voters had turned, somehow there was still a neoliberal lording over them in the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, favoring the diktats of the European Union, the forces of unregulated markets, the juggernaut of globalization. \u2014 Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine , 22 July 2019",
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"And make no mistake, the Masked Observer finds comfort in the communal egocentricity lording over the shadows as the glitterati rule the stage. \u2014 Michael Dumas, AL.com , 10 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022fr-di\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063838",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lordliness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"lowly",
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"modest",
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"unarrogant",
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"unpretentious"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rank":[],
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": grand , noble":[],
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord : dignified":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a lordly and dignified man",
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"He regarded his neighbors with lordly disdain.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 7 Nov. 2021",
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"Player for player Atlanta shouldn\u2019t be scaring the lordly Dodgers like this. \u2014 Ray Glier, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"In 2015, a campaign spokesperson made an even more lordly valuation\u2014a hundred million. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
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"His absence seemed lordly and dismissive, which is precisely what Ossoff accused Perdue of being. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2020",
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"The earliest days of Christianity involved the repossession of the sacred from the stewardship of politics, with all its lordly pretensions, into the hands of community in the form of the Church. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 4 Sep. 2020",
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"What began as a lordly duty to protect eventually extended beyond caring for the lame, beyond the untended child. \u2014 Melissa Chadburn, The New York Review of Books , 27 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022frd-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lordly proud , arrogant , haughty , lordly , insolent , overbearing , supercilious , disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors",
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"synonyms":[
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"arrogant",
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"assumptive",
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"bumptious",
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"cavalier",
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"chesty",
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"haughty",
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"high-and-mighty",
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"high-handed",
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"high-hat",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"huffish",
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"huffy",
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"imperious",
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"important",
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"lofty",
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"masterful",
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"overweening",
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"peremptory",
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"pompous",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"pretentious",
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"self-asserting",
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"self-assertive",
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"sniffy",
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"stiff-necked",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"toplofty",
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"toploftical",
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"uppish",
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"uppity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-054235",
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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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"lordly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"humble",
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"lowly",
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"modest",
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"unarrogant",
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"unpretentious"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rank":[],
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": grand , noble":[],
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord : dignified":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a lordly and dignified man",
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"He regarded his neighbors with lordly disdain.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. \u2014 Brent Lang, Variety , 7 Nov. 2021",
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"Player for player Atlanta shouldn\u2019t be scaring the lordly Dodgers like this. \u2014 Ray Glier, Forbes , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"In 2015, a campaign spokesperson made an even more lordly valuation\u2014a hundred million. \u2014 Bruce Handy, The New Yorker , 29 Mar. 2021",
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"His absence seemed lordly and dismissive, which is precisely what Ossoff accused Perdue of being. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Dec. 2020",
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"The earliest days of Christianity involved the repossession of the sacred from the stewardship of politics, with all its lordly pretensions, into the hands of community in the form of the Church. \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 4 Sep. 2020",
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"What began as a lordly duty to protect eventually extended beyond caring for the lame, beyond the untended child. \u2014 Melissa Chadburn, The New York Review of Books , 27 Aug. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022frd-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for lordly proud , arrogant , haughty , lordly , insolent , overbearing , supercilious , disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted. a conceited and arrogant executive haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. a haughty aristocrat lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. a lordly condescension insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. ignored by an insolent waiter overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. an overbearing supervisor supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. an aloof and supercilious manner disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness. disdainful of their social inferiors",
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"synonyms":[
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"arrogant",
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"assumptive",
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"bumptious",
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"cavalier",
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"chesty",
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"haughty",
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"high-and-mighty",
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"high-handed",
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"high-hat",
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"highfalutin",
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"hifalutin",
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"huffish",
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"huffy",
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"imperious",
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"important",
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"lofty",
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"masterful",
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"overweening",
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"peremptory",
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"pompous",
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"presuming",
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"presumptuous",
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"pretentious",
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"self-asserting",
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"self-assertive",
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"sniffy",
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"stiff-necked",
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"supercilious",
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"superior",
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"toplofty",
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"toploftical",
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"uppish",
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"uppity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002709",
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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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"lore":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a particular body of knowledge or tradition":[
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"the lore of baseball heroes"
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],
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": knowledge gained through study or experience":[
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"the lore of religious architecture"
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],
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": something that is learned:":[],
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": something that is taught : lesson":[],
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": the space between the eye and bill in a bird or the corresponding region in a reptile or fish":[
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"\u2014 usually used in plural dark lores"
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],
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": traditional knowledge or belief":[
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"tribal lore"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1828, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English l\u0101r ; akin to Old High German l\u0113ra doctrine, Old English leornian to learn":"Noun",
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"New Latin lorum , from Latin, thong, rein; akin to Greek eul\u0113ra reins":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u022fr"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230146",
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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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"lorel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a worthless person":[]
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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, from loren (past participle of lesen to lose), from Old English, past participle of l\u0113osan to lose":""
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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":"20220707-093335",
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"loreless":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
|
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": lacking learning or knowledge":[]
|
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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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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8l\u014d(\u0259)rl\u0259\u0307s",
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"-\u022f(\u0259)r-",
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"-\u014d\u0259-",
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"-\u022f(\u0259)"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120209",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"lorn":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": left alone and forlorn : desolate , forsaken":[
|
|
"When she entered the room she was dressed very plainly as was her custom, and a thick veil covered her face; but still she was dressed with care. There was nothing of the dowdiness of the lone lorn woman about her \u2026",
|
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"\u2014 William Thackeray",
|
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"The whole consciousness of my life lorn , my love lost, my hope quenched, my faith death-struck, swayed full and mighty above me in one sullen mass.",
|
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"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb",
|
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"Then the young woman suddenly returns to her husband, and the lorn Petra declines into drunkenness.",
|
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"\u2014 Stanley Kauffmann"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"examples":[
|
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"lorn beyond all description, the widow struggled to cope with her crushing grief"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from loren , past participle of lesen to lose, from Old English l\u0113osan \u2014 more at lose":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u022frn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180524",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Lorraine cross":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cross of lorraine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u022f-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101n-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215639"
|
|
},
|
|
"loricate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to enclose in or cover with a protecting substance":[],
|
|
": having a lorica":[],
|
|
": of or relating to the Loricata":[],
|
|
": a loricate animal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u022fr\u0259\u02cck\u0101t",
|
|
"-\u02cck\u0101t",
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"usually -\u0101t+V",
|
|
"-k\u0259\u0307t",
|
|
"usually -t+V"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin loricatus , past participle of loricare to arm with a cuirass, from lorica cuirass, lorica":"Transitive verb",
|
|
"Latin loricatus":"Adjective",
|
|
"New Latin Loricata":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015114"
|
|
},
|
|
"Loricata":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several groups of animals with a lorica (as the armadillos or the loricate rotifers)":[],
|
|
": an order of large long-tailed reptiles (as alligators, crocodiles, gavials) having four limbs adapted to swimming or walking, a tough skin stiffened with bony plates and horny epidermal scales, teeth implanted in sockets and confined to the margins of the jaws, the quadrate bone immovably fixed to the skull, and the heart completely four-chambered":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccl\u022fr\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4t\u0259",
|
|
"-\u0101t\u0259",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, neuter plural of loricatus":"Plural noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015821"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lorrainer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a native or inhabitant of Lorraine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u014d\u02c8-",
|
|
"l\u022f\u02c8-",
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8r\u0101n\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Lorraine , region in western Europe + English -er":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045556"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lorrainese":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of Lorraine":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or characteristic of the people of Lorraine":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0113s",
|
|
"\u00a6l\u022f\u02ccr-",
|
|
"l\u0259\u00a6r\u0101\u00a6n\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Lorraine + English -ese":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092835"
|
|
},
|
|
"lord privy seal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a British officer of state who has only nominal official duties as custodian of the privy seal but who is often made a member of the cabinet and given special functions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-101438"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lorraine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"region and former duchy of northeastern France around the upper Moselle River and the Meuse River; remnant (Upper Lorraine) of the medieval kingdom of":[
|
|
"Lo*tha*rin*gia \\ \u02ccl\u014d-\u200bth\u0259-\u200b\u02c8rin-\u200bj(\u0113-\u200b)\u0259 \\"
|
|
],
|
|
"including also territory to the north (Lower Lorraine) between the Rhine River and the Schelde River \u2014 see alsace-lorraine":[
|
|
"Lo*tha*rin*gia \\ \u02ccl\u014d-\u200bth\u0259-\u200b\u02c8rin-\u200bj(\u0113-\u200b)\u0259 \\"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u022f-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8r\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112003"
|
|
},
|
|
"lord president of the council":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a British officer of state who has only nominal official duties as presiding member of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom but who is often made a member of the cabinet and entrusted with special functions":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115110"
|
|
},
|
|
"loris":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several nocturnal slow-moving tailless arboreal primates (family Lorisidae): such as":[],
|
|
": a slim-bodied primate ( Loris tardigradus ) of southern India and Sri Lanka":[],
|
|
": either of two larger related primates ( Nycticebus pygmaeus or N. coucang ) of southeastern Asia that are heavier limbed and slower moving":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u022fr-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"At the same time, Nekaris and her colleagues built up local pride and interest in slow lorises by teaching children about the animals and assigning each family an individual slow loris mascot. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 2 Nov. 2020",
|
|
"While necrotic wounds were a regular occurrence, predation was not; since 2012, the researchers have lost just one Javan slow loris to a predator, which was a feral dog. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, New York Times , 19 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"Conservationists previously built artificial bridges to help other treebound species such as the Bornean orangutan and the Javan slow loris . \u2014 Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS , 15 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"There, scientists presumptively identified the primate as a loris , a slow-moving, tailless, nocturnal animal from southern India and Sri Lanka that lives in trees. \u2014 Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer , 10 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"However, the researchers behind the paper, published in the journal Toxins, didn\u2019t actually study cats or humans to generate their hypothesis, instead focusing on a venomous primate called a slow loris . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"Stay as gentle and circumspect as this slow loris is while eating a rice ball. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 21 Mar. 2020",
|
|
"Stranger still is the venom system of the slow loris (genus Nycticebus), a nocturnal primate from Southeast Asia. \u2014 National Geographic , 7 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Slow lorises secrete venom \u2014 unique among primates \u2014 so their sharp teeth are often extracted to make interaction safe. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, probably from obsolete Dutch loeris simpleton":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1774, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-115836"
|
|
},
|
|
"lorica":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Roman cuirass of leather or metal":[],
|
|
": a hard protective case or shell (as of a rotifer)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8r\u012b-k\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The chainmail design, known as the lorica hamata locally, is meant to give off the impression of a suit of armour as the players enter the pitch. \u2014 SI.com , 11 May 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-160216"
|
|
},
|
|
"loriot":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the golden oriole of Europe":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u022fr\u0113\u0259t",
|
|
"-\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Middle French, alteration of loriol , from l'oriol the loriot, the oriole, from Old French, from l' the (contraction of le , definite article, the, from Latin ille that one, that) + oriol loriot, oriole":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172438"
|
|
},
|
|
"Loricaria":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Loricariidae ) of catfishes":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccl\u022fr\u0259\u02c8ka(a)r\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Late Latin loricaria , feminine of loricarius of a cuirass, from Latin lorica cuirass + -arius -ary":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184241"
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},
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"Loricariidae":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of small South American armored catfishes having the sides and back covered with angular bony plates, the air bladder with a bony capsule, and the mouth small and with thick fringed lips":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Loricaria , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191624"
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},
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"Lorrain":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"Claude \u2014 see claude lorrain":[]
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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":"20220709-210831"
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},
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"lord of misrule":{
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"type":[
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"noun phrase"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a master of Christmas revels in England especially in the 15th and 16th centuries":[]
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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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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230906"
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},
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"lori":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": loris":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u014d\u02c8r\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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"modification of French loris":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232124"
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},
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"lordosis":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the normal convex curvature of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine":[],
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": abnormally exaggerated forward curvature of the lumbar and cervical regions of the spine resulting in a concave back when viewed from the side : hyperlordosis , swayback \u2014 compare kyphosis":[],
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": a mating posture of some sexually receptive female mammals (such as rats) in which the head and rump are raised and the back is arched downward":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u022fr-\u02c8d\u014d-s\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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"When that curve is lost, it is called loss of cervical lordosis . \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 27 Oct. 2021",
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"An exaggerated curve\u2014called kyphosis in the upper back and lordosis , or swayback, in the lower back\u2014can lead to discomfort and, in extreme cases, can reduce mobility. \u2014 Patricia Marx, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2021",
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"Tech neck explained The natural curvature ( lordosis ) in our neck is designed to take the weight of our 10- to 12-pound head and place it over structures of the spine designed to support it. \u2014 Detroit Free Press , 22 July 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek lord\u014dsis , from lordos curving forward; akin to Old English be lyrtan to deceive":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1b":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000742"
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},
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"loro":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": parrot fish":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u014dr(\u02cc)\u014d"
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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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"American Spanish, from Spanish, parrot, probably from Carib loro, roro":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001659"
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},
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"lord of regality":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one formerly granted rights of regalities by a Scottish king":[]
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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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"Middle English (Scots) lord of regalite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010946"
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},
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"lord of session":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lord of council and session":[]
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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":"20220710-013902"
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}
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} |