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332 lines
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{
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"teddy bear":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a stuffed toy bear":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This companion teddy bear is a good choice to give a child who's also in mourning. \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 24 May 2022",
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"In the video, viewers are given a walk-through of Wolf's neutral-colored nursery, which is filled with children's books, stuffed animals (including a Louis Vuitton teddy bear ) and a closet stocked with baby sneakers. \u2014 Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Using a teddy bear with a onesie and diaper on for the demo, Cardi showed how to wipe when there\u2019s a poop explosion. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 19 May 2022",
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"The package also showed a teddy bear , a diamond ring, R&B and 2006. \u2014 Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"One by one, the mascot unveiled a dump truck, a teddy bear and a scooter. \u2014 Kevin Armstrong, New York Times , 23 Dec. 2021",
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"The only other animal in the unit is the communal teddy bear , Svetlana. \u2014 USA Today , 23 May 2022",
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"After she was done wiping up the make-believe poop from the teddy bear , Cardi clipped the onesie back on. \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 19 May 2022",
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"The only other animal in the unit is the communal teddy bear , Svetlana. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Teddy , nickname of Theodore Roosevelt; from a cartoon depicting the president sparing the life of a bear cub while hunting":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8te-d\u0113-\u02ccber",
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"\u02c8te-d\u0113-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114910",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"tedious":{
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"antonyms":[
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"absorbing",
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"engaging",
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"engrossing",
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"gripping",
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"interesting",
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"intriguing",
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"involving",
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"riveting"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tiresome because of length or dullness : boring":[
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"a tedious public ceremony"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Writing a new spreadsheet or word-processing program these days is a tedious process, like building a skyscraper out of toothpicks. \u2014 Jeff Goodell , Rolling Stone , 16 June 1994",
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"Another of their assignments was to slow-fly any plane that had a new engine to break it in; that meant flying the aircraft for a tedious hour-and-a-half as slowly as it would possibly go without falling out of the sky. \u2014 Doris Weatherford , American Women and World War II , 1990",
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"From there, it became clear that the deposition was going to be neither as undramatic nor as quotidian, and even tedious , as it at first appeared. \u2014 Renata Adler , New Yorker , June 23, 1986",
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"He made a tedious 45-minute speech.",
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"The work is tedious , but it needs to get done.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Most offices have a lot of work involving tasks that are simple, tedious , and repetitious. \u2014 Kathy Leake, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
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"The very least tedious of such cases unfolded in March 100 years ago. \u2014 Celia Storey, Arkansas Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Not as tedious as Brussels sprouts, sweeter than broccoli, more tender than cauliflower. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"Gore studied the players and offered his feedback to McCloughan, who was suitably impressed \u2014 not only with Gore\u2019s knowledge, but also with his interest in the sometimes tedious process of player evaluation. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The Ducks, who have been struggling through a tedious rebuilding process, are about to miss the playoffs for the fourth straight season. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"Bryan Buckley, the director of her Super Bowl commercial Usually those commercials are kind of tedious or annoying. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The tastiest meals are made with the best ingredients, but that doesn\u2019t mean cooking has to be tedious or inelegant. \u2014 Anthony Marcusa, chicagotribune.com , 16 Nov. 2021",
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"Movies that repeat multiple scenes from different perspectives can become tedious really quickly. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 16 Oct. 2021"
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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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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Late Latin taediosus , from Latin taedium \u2014 see tedium":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259s",
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"\u02c8t\u0113-j\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"arid",
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"boring",
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"colorless",
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"drab",
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"dreary",
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"drudging",
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"dry",
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"dull",
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"dusty",
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"flat",
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"heavy",
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"ho-hum",
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"humdrum",
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"jading",
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"jejune",
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"leaden",
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"mind-numbing",
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"monochromatic",
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"monotonous",
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"numbing",
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"old",
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"pedestrian",
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"ponderous",
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"slow",
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"stale",
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"stodgy",
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"stuffy",
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"stupid",
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"tame",
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"tiresome",
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"tiring",
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"uninteresting",
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"wearisome",
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"weary",
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"wearying"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-110325",
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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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"tediousome":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": tedious":[]
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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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"tedious + -some":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ted-",
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"\u02c8t\u0113d\u0113\u0259s\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174318",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"tedium":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a tedious period of time":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The movie was three hours of tedium .",
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"I took a day off to relieve the tedium of work.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Through its process-heavy tedium , the trial brought into relief just the sort of journalism that deserves protection from crippling litigation. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"Art opens our mental aperture and provides relief from the narrow tedium of will. \u2014 Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic , 27 Jan. 2022",
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"Rivera strived to portray indigenous Mexicans sympathetically, capturing them going about their daily lives, with all its tedium and strain. \u2014 Judith H. Dobrzynski, WSJ , 4 June 2021",
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"The pleasurable late-summer idyll of the first half, disrupted by occasional ripples of tension and jealousy, gives way to a curious mix of chaos and tedium . \u2014 Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
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"Alice seems to believe that understanding Hsieh, and his devotion to making art and life one, will unlock some mystery about existence, the passage of time, and the aching tedium that defines her family life. \u2014 Hua Hsu, The New Yorker , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"In Loew-Banayan\u2019s repetition, one hears the drone of tedium and also the palpitations of their heart. \u2014 The New Yorker , 19 May 2022",
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"Actress and comedienne Jessica Williams, however, has never been one to confine herself to the tedium of convention. \u2014 Shamira Ibrahim, Essence , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"After two years of Zoom tedium , a surge in in-person corporate events was to be expected. \u2014 Jon Sindreu, WSJ , 21 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin taedium disgust, irksomeness, from taed\u0113re to disgust, weary":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0113-d\u0113-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blahs",
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"boredom",
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"doldrums",
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"ennui",
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"listlessness",
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"restlessness",
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"weariness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203642",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"teddy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": chemise sense 1":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8te-d\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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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142802"
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},
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"Tedder":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"1st Baron 1890\u20131967 Arthur William Tedder British air marshal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8te-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210858"
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},
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"Teda":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": tibbu":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8t\u0101d\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-212704"
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},
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"teddy boy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a young British thug especially of the 1950s and 1960s characterized by Edwardian dress":[]
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The relevant designs nodded to subcultures like 1970s punks or 1960s mods and teddy boys , who wore suits but in rebellious ways. \u2014 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ , 22 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Teddy , nickname for Edward":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213008"
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},
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"tedder":{
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"type":[
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"biographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"1st Baron 1890\u20131967 Arthur William Tedder British air marshal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8te-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233500"
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},
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"ted":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to spread or turn from the swath and scatter (new-mown grass) for drying":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ted"
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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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"Middle English tedden , from Old English *teddan ; akin to Middle Dutch tedden to ted, Old Norse tethja to manure, tath spread dung, Old High German zetten to spread":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081931"
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},
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"tedge":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ingate entry 2":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8tej"
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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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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-165501"
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}
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} |