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161 lines
8.3 KiB
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{
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"oaf":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
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"Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
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],
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": a stupid person : boob":[
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"a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
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"\u2014 New York Times"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
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"anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
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"Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
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"No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
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"For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
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"In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
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"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
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"Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u014df"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"clod",
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"clodhopper",
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"gawk",
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"hulk",
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"lout",
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"lubber",
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"lug",
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"lump",
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"Neanderthal",
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"palooka"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014235",
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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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"oafish":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
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"Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
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],
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": a stupid person : boob":[
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"a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
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"\u2014 New York Times"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
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"anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
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"Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
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"No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
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"For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
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"In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
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"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
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"Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u014df"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"clod",
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"clodhopper",
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"gawk",
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"hulk",
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"lout",
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"lubber",
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"lug",
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"lump",
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"Neanderthal",
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"palooka"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094139",
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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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"oafishness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
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"Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
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],
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": a stupid person : boob":[
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"a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
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"\u2014 New York Times"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
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"anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
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"Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
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"No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
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"For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
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"In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
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"Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
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"Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u014df"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"clod",
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"clodhopper",
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"gawk",
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"hulk",
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"lout",
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"lubber",
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"lug",
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"lump",
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"Neanderthal",
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"palooka"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042845",
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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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} |