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{
"Vilela":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a group of peoples of northwestern Argentina":[],
": a member of a Vilela people":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish, of American Indian origin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"v\u0113\u02c8l\u0101l\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185637",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Villefranche":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
"commune and port on the Mediterranean Sea in southeastern France east of Nice population 5419":[],
"commune on the Sa\u00f4ne River in east central France north-northwest of Lyon population 35,326":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccv\u0113-l\u0259-",
"\u02ccv\u0113l-\u02c8fr\u00e4\u207fsh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200451",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"vile":{
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"definitions":{
": disgustingly or utterly bad : obnoxious , contemptible":[
"vile weather",
"had a vile temper"
],
": morally despicable or abhorrent":[
"nothing is so vile as intellectual dishonesty"
],
": physically repulsive : foul":[
"a vile slum"
],
": tending to degrade":[
"vile employments"
]
},
"examples":[
"a vile and cowardly act",
"What is that vile odor",
"His comments were positively vile .",
"She has a vile temper.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the most vile villains of all time almost wasn\u2019t. \u2014 Brian Mcelhaney, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Another edible item was the General Mills E.T. Cereal, which tasted like peanut butter and chocolate and was exceptionally vile . \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"The speaker\u2019s vile remarks were cheered by others in the group. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"One of the most horrific things about the lengthy, vile manifesto posted online by the gunman who murdered 10 people in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, is just how familiar this script has become. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, that respect has not been reciprocated as evidenced by a long string of vile social media attacks against the Senator that the Congressman has posted over the last year. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Experts say hate serves as a breeding ground for all kinds of volatile, vile behavior. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the other stuff, the vile things, the derogatory things, calling you the most unimaginable things, that your white teammates don\u2019t have to go through. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Survivors of Josef Mengele\u2019s vile experiments at Auschwitz recall him as tall and blond and fluent in Hungarian. \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French vil , from Latin vilis":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8v\u012bl",
"\u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vile base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182509",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"vileness":{
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"definitions":{
": disgustingly or utterly bad : obnoxious , contemptible":[
"vile weather",
"had a vile temper"
],
": morally despicable or abhorrent":[
"nothing is so vile as intellectual dishonesty"
],
": physically repulsive : foul":[
"a vile slum"
],
": tending to degrade":[
"vile employments"
]
},
"examples":[
"a vile and cowardly act",
"What is that vile odor",
"His comments were positively vile .",
"She has a vile temper.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"One of the most vile villains of all time almost wasn\u2019t. \u2014 Brian Mcelhaney, The New Yorker , 9 June 2022",
"Another edible item was the General Mills E.T. Cereal, which tasted like peanut butter and chocolate and was exceptionally vile . \u2014 Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
"The speaker\u2019s vile remarks were cheered by others in the group. \u2014 Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 May 2022",
"One of the most horrific things about the lengthy, vile manifesto posted online by the gunman who murdered 10 people in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, is just how familiar this script has become. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 17 May 2022",
"Unfortunately, that respect has not been reciprocated as evidenced by a long string of vile social media attacks against the Senator that the Congressman has posted over the last year. \u2014 Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Experts say hate serves as a breeding ground for all kinds of volatile, vile behavior. \u2014 David Oliver, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022",
"It\u2019s the other stuff, the vile things, the derogatory things, calling you the most unimaginable things, that your white teammates don\u2019t have to go through. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Survivors of Josef Mengele\u2019s vile experiments at Auschwitz recall him as tall and blond and fluent in Hungarian. \u2014 Richard Cohen, Smithsonian Magazine , 18 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French vil , from Latin vilis":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8v\u012bl",
"\u02c8v\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vile base , low , vile mean deserving of contempt because of the absence of higher values. base stresses the ignoble and may suggest cruelty, treachery, greed, or grossness. base motives low may connote crafty cunning, vulgarity, or immorality and regularly implies an outraging of one's sense of decency or propriety. refused to listen to such low talk vile , the strongest of these words, tends to suggest disgusting depravity or filth. a vile remark",
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181302",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"vilification":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an instance of vilifying : a defamatory utterance":[],
": the act of vilifying : abuse":[]
},
"examples":[
"warned that the constant vilification of candidates for public office was undermining the people's faith in the political system",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The community, which makes up 14 percent of India\u2019s 1.4 billion population, is reeling from vilification by hard-line Hindu nationalists who have long espoused an anti-Muslim stance. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 May 2022",
"In India, the country\u2019s Muslim minority is reeling from vilification by hard-line Hindu nationalists who have long espoused anti-Muslim stances, with some inciting against Muslims. \u2014 Mariam Fam, Chicago Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The undermining of the state\u2019s elections system, the vilification of critical race theory and the introduction of anti-transgender legislation in Utah in recent years are issues troubling to Trevor Warburton, a secondary education professor. \u2014 Kim Boj\u00f3rquez, The Salt Lake Tribune , 28 Mar. 2022",
"The Jackson hearing seemed to open a new frontier in vilification by focusing so heavily on her sentencing history, meaning any sentences handed down by future nominees will now become fodder for attack. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"The vilification of Fauci -- who has served under seven presidents, including four Republicans -- is part of a broader anti-science movement within the GOP. \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Can the reputation of Britain\u2019s King George III be rehabilitated after centuries of vilification ",
"This intense, long term vilification of all police has impacted the officers psychologically, as well as members of their families. \u2014 James Desmarais, BostonGlobe.com , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Greene and other lawmakers' vilification of tech platforms as partisan actors fits into a much broader pattern reflecting America's dysfunctional politics. \u2014 Brian Fung, CNN , 6 Jan. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccvi-l\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"blackening",
"calumniation",
"calumny",
"character assassination",
"defamation",
"defaming",
"libel",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slander",
"smearing",
"traducing",
"vilifying"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004135",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vilify":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to lower in estimation or importance":[],
": to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame":[]
},
"examples":[
"He was vilified in the press for his comments.",
"claimed that she had been vilified by the press because of her conservative views",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The meeting comes days after Chevron CEO Mike Wirth accused Biden of seeking to vilify oil and gas producers. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"With the rush toward elections, the Arab community in Israel is bracing for a Netanyahu campaign that will vilify Arabs, said Yousef Jabareen, a former Knesset member with the Palestinian Israeli left-wing Hadash party. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Black slavery started in the early 1500s and as long as slavery was accepted by most people, there was no need to vilify the slave. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Those who believe in democratization in higher education vilify it, while those who believe in differentiation applaud it. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Russian leader, for his part, has gone out of his way to vilify those who have left, likening them to gnat-like insects. \u2014 Vasiliy Kolotilov, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The Nazis and Adolf Hitler have proven convenient symbols for people wishing to vilify their political opponents, from Donald Trump to Nelson Mandela. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That means the political class has to back the police, not vilify them. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
"In a delicate dance that seems designed to appease both the right and left, Macron has refused to vilify French imperialists, most notably Napoleon, but has recognized their wrongdoing. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English vilifien , from Late Latin vilificare , from Latin vilis cheap, vile":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vi-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vilify malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
"synonyms":[
"asperse",
"blacken",
"calumniate",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"smear",
"traduce"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003726",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vilifying":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to lower in estimation or importance":[],
": to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame":[]
},
"examples":[
"He was vilified in the press for his comments.",
"claimed that she had been vilified by the press because of her conservative views",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The meeting comes days after Chevron CEO Mike Wirth accused Biden of seeking to vilify oil and gas producers. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 23 June 2022",
"With the rush toward elections, the Arab community in Israel is bracing for a Netanyahu campaign that will vilify Arabs, said Yousef Jabareen, a former Knesset member with the Palestinian Israeli left-wing Hadash party. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Black slavery started in the early 1500s and as long as slavery was accepted by most people, there was no need to vilify the slave. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Those who believe in democratization in higher education vilify it, while those who believe in differentiation applaud it. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Apr. 2022",
"The Russian leader, for his part, has gone out of his way to vilify those who have left, likening them to gnat-like insects. \u2014 Vasiliy Kolotilov, Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
"The Nazis and Adolf Hitler have proven convenient symbols for people wishing to vilify their political opponents, from Donald Trump to Nelson Mandela. \u2014 Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes , 27 Jan. 2022",
"That means the political class has to back the police, not vilify them. \u2014 Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review , 5 Feb. 2022",
"In a delicate dance that seems designed to appease both the right and left, Macron has refused to vilify French imperialists, most notably Napoleon, but has recognized their wrongdoing. \u2014 Saphora Smith, NBC News , 25 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English vilifien , from Late Latin vilificare , from Latin vilis cheap, vile":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vi-l\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vilify malign , traduce , asperse , vilify , calumniate , defame , slander mean to injure by speaking ill of. malign suggests specific and often subtle misrepresentation but may not always imply deliberate lying. the most maligned monarch in British history traduce stresses the resulting ignominy and distress to the victim. so traduced the governor that he was driven from office asperse implies continued attack on a reputation often by indirect or insinuated detraction. both candidates aspersed the other's motives vilify implies attempting to destroy a reputation by open and direct abuse. no criminal was more vilified in the press calumniate imputes malice to the speaker and falsity to the assertions. falsely calumniated as a traitor defame stresses the actual loss of or injury to one's good name. sued them for defaming her reputation slander stresses the suffering of the victim. town gossips slandered their good name",
"synonyms":[
"asperse",
"blacken",
"calumniate",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"smear",
"traduce"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-231617",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vilifyingly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in a vilifying manner":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053057",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"vilipend":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
],
"definitions":{
": to express a low opinion of : disparage":[],
": to hold or treat as of little worth or account : contemn":[]
},
"examples":[
"one of those elitists who regularly vilipends popular culture"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Middle French vilipender , from Medieval Latin vilipendere , from Latin vilis + pendere to weigh, estimate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vi-l\u0259-\u02ccpend"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"write off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020603",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vility":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": lowness of estate or value":[],
": vileness , baseness":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English vilite , from Middle French vilit\u00e9 , from Latin vilitat-, vilitas cheapness, baseness, vileness, from vilis cheap, base, vile + -itat-, -itas -ity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vil\u0259t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180503",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vill":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a division of a hundred : township":[],
": village":[]
},
"examples":[
"an ancient vill nestled midst the verdant hills",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Learn these other names Maumee (maw-MEE) Bucyrus (bew-SIGH-russ) Patascala (puh TASK uh luh) Uhrichsville (URH icks vill ) Kinnikinnick (kuh-NICK-kuh-NICK). \u2014 Andrea Reeves, Cincinnati.com , 16 June 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Anglo-French vil, ville farmstead, township":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vil"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bourg",
"hamlet",
"townlet",
"village",
"whistle-stop"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211219",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"villa":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a country estate":[],
": a detached or semidetached urban residence with yard and garden space":[],
": the rural or suburban residence of a wealthy person":[],
"Francisco 1878\u20131923":[
"Pancho \\ \u02c8p\u00e4n-\u200b(\u02cc)ch\u014d , \u02c8pan-\u200b \\"
],
"Villa originally Doroteo Arango Mexican bandit and revolutionary":[
"Pancho \\ \u02c8p\u00e4n-\u200b(\u02cc)ch\u014d , \u02c8pan-\u200b \\"
]
},
"examples":[
"They rented a seaside villa for two weeks.",
"a millionaire with a luxurious villa in Mexico",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But no amount of Balinese healing or clean eating can compare to the utter bliss of simply lolling on my villa deck, watching Mother Earth put on a show. \u2014 Chris Schalkx, Vogue , 21 June 2022",
"Under the supervision of Valentina De Santis, who also oversees her family\u2019s nearby Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Passalacqua\u2019s villa and terraced gardens showcase the craftwork of local artisans and generations-old Italian companies. \u2014 Laura Neilson, WSJ , 21 June 2022",
"Each room on the property is villa -style and encourages guests to connect with the surrounding nature. \u2014 Rachel Dube, Robb Report , 21 June 2022",
"Built in 1927, the two-story villa spans 4,650 square feet with classic Mediterranean style. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"Company records indicate that Mr. Kochman got into the villa business years after his yacht business was flourishing. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
"The following year, Abramovich spent $90 million on a massive villa complex on the French Caribbean island of St. Barts. \u2014 David Browne, Rolling Stone , 30 May 2022",
"Single suites from about $122, doubles from about $155, and villa rental from about $267 per night with a two-night minimum. \u2014 Dina Mishev, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"New aerial beach at Bocas Bali Resort in Panama Bocas Bali, a luxury overwater villa resort in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, has unveiled an aerial, white-sand beach deck. \u2014 Ramsey Qubein, Forbes , 22 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from Latin; akin to Latin vicus village \u2014 more at vicinity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vi-l\u0259",
"\u02c8v\u0113-y\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182334",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun"
]
},
"villadom":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the world constituted by villas and their occupants":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vi-l\u0259-d\u0259m"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133103",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"village":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town":[],
": a territorial area having the status of a village especially as a unit of local government":[],
": an incorporated minor municipality":[],
": something (such as an aggregation of burrows or nests) suggesting a village":[],
": the residents of a village":[]
},
"examples":[
"Entire villages come to see the parade.",
"we stayed in a charming bed-and-breakfast in a lakeside village",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The penultimate stage is an exciting 41-kilometer (25-mile) time trial to the clifftop village of Rocamadour in south-central France. \u2014 Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Dogs can walk around the village and it is suggested to ask at each store if dogs can go inside. \u2014 Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
"Niles voters overwhelmingly approved a non-binding referendum in the June 28th primary election authorizing the village to move ahead with major improvements to Golf Mill Shopping Center. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The New Richmond Village Council voted Tuesday night to give owner Joe Brumley 90 days to remove the historic vessel from the village 's riverfront on the Ohio River. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"Village by village , more of the strategically important Kherson region is returning to Ukrainian control \u2014 another sign that Russia\u2019s forces might be overextended with a front line that stretches about 300 miles. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Toorak said getting her car to the village will require a barge shipment across the Arctic Ocean, adding more than $4,500. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"The village of Ontario, for example, was working with Alliant Energy to gradually replace streetlights with LED bulbs, and took the recommendation of those working on securing the dark sky park to opt for warmer lights that point down. \u2014 Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"The property fronts the river outside the village of Cape Vincent, in the Thousand Islands region, where the St. Lawrence separates the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 28 June 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French vilage , from vil manorial estate, farmstead, from Latin villa":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vi-lij"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bourg",
"hamlet",
"townlet",
"vill",
"whistle-stop"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191059",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"village cart":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cart sense 3b":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-202921",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"villain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a character in a story or play who opposes the hero":[],
": a deliberate scoundrel or criminal":[],
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"He plays the villain in most of his movies.",
"She describes her first husband as a villain who treated her terribly.",
"Don't try to make me the villain . It's your own fault that you're having these problems.",
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"The brainchild of Derrickson, designer Tom Savini and fabricator Jason Baker, the masks convey three exaggerated expressions of the villain : joy, despair and utter nothingness in a haunting reinterpretation of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 June 2022",
"The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond on the trail of a mysterious villain who's armed with a dangerous new technology. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"And this week Omar added an entirely new wrinkle to his repertoire \u2014 that of a villain . \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
"Allen played the part of the villain to perfection, and his near-perfect game was one that will be remembered in Milwaukee for a while. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 22 Apr. 2022",
"In the movie, Elba plays Knuckles, who is one half of a villain . \u2014 Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Paul was aptly cast as the heel and leaned into the part of the villain with ease. \u2014 Steven Monacelli, Rolling Stone , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Another paragon of Brutalism: London\u2019s Trellick Tower (designed by Ern\u0151 Goldfinger, the tyrant architect who inspired Ian Fleming to create the James Bond villain of the same name). \u2014 Kristin Tablang, House Beautiful , 13 June 2022",
"Ingram plays the main villain in the new Star Wars show Obi-Wan Kenobi, a Jedi hunter named Reva. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 5 June 2022"
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"villainous behavior that made him one of the most notorious figures in history and gave rise to the legend of Dracula",
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"Blue-and-yellow bunting decorated lampposts and storefronts, and the villainous visage of Vladimir Putin appeared on wanted posters throughout the city. \u2014 Seth Harp, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
"This season sees her engage in some truly villainous interpersonal behavior, and in each case the ills are somewhat shrugged off instead of properly dealt with. \u2014 Jeff Ewing, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
"In recent years, journalists have framed him as more villainous than quirky. \u2014 Moira Weigel, The New Republic , 20 Dec. 2021",
"The show makes excellent use of its guest stars, including CeeLo Green as a soul-singing panda named Shuggie, Debbie Allen as Suga Mama\u2019s cousin and Al Roker returning to cause trouble as a deliciously villainous version of himself. \u2014 Bethonie Butler, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
"The essay was split into sections detailing the pros and cons of killing a villainous husband. \u2014 Faith Karimi, CNN , 26 May 2022",
"King\u2019s villains are properly villainous \u2014greedy corporate profiteers and the in-house lawyers who protect them. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"While Cox\u2019s appearance in No Way Home was little more than a cameo, D\u2019Onofrio had quite a bit of screen time as the villainous Kingpin in the Disney Plus series Hawkeye. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 19 May 2022",
"There's a lot to unpack in Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange sequel, from Elizabeth Olsen's villainous turn to all those eye-popping (and in one case, head-popping) cameos. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 12 May 2022"
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"Luhrmann similarly saw the dynamic as one on a grand scale that defied any simple construct of villainy . \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 23 June 2022",
"Montages follow of the leads palling around, along with a masterful dance-off, multiple romances, plenty of tense fight scenes, and lots of lip-curling villainy from the occupying Brits. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Maggie, having witnessed the villainy of Carlson, turns them away. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 4 Apr. 2022",
"But the writing for her descent into madness and villainy has been on the wall. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Smith, a former Dr. Who, excels at the poor-little-rich-boy villainy of his character, a tragic aristocrat whose eyes gleam with mania. \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Green also sees this vacuum of villainy as having contributed to pandemic conspiracy theories, which are basically just convenient stories about whom to be mad at. \u2014 Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic , 10 Mar. 2022",
"To its credit, the sequence sets up a single, beautiful moment that raises a middle finger to the villainy and nihilism that a certain recent DC film seemed to embody. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 28 Feb. 2022",
"Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Andy Serkis, Jeffrey Wright, Paul Dano and more appear alongside Pattinson in the trailer, as the latter fights his way through gunfire and villainy on a mission to save Gotham City. \u2014 Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com , 21 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thus, villeins were blamed for the evils disrupting an otherwise peaceful world. \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017"
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"the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists",
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"Several soldiers with guns at the ready pushed in and one of them showed a phone, confiscated from another villager , with photographs of Mr. Demidov and two other men. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"While three men still remain in Russian captivity, Serhiy says he and another villager were cleared and sent back to Ukraine on March 21, where they were taken to the interrogation site in Boromlya while waiting to be taken back to Hrebenykivka. \u2014 Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Another villager , Abdulaziz Hamouda, 56, said he was stopped at the same spot by Israeli soldiers about a half-hour later and taken to the same construction site. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Jan. 2022",
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"The villager got out of his Toyota and came over to film the conversation, too. \u2014 Alexander Sammon, The New Republic , 16 Feb. 2022",
"The relatives in Yunnan told the Jiangsu investigation team that a local villager surnamed Sang who had married a Jiangsu man took Xiaohuamei to Jiangsu, the statement said. \u2014 Liyan Qi, WSJ , 8 Feb. 2022",
"In the southern province of Guangdong, a 111-year-old villager rolled up his sleeve last week to receive a coronavirus vaccine shot. \u2014 Steve George, CNN , 27 Aug. 2021",
"The only villager still living in L\u00fctzerath was a 56-year-old farmer who was fighting the company in court and had welcomed more than a hundred activists to set up camp on his property. \u2014 Alec Macgillis, ProPublica , 31 Jan. 2022"
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"The penultimate stage is an exciting 41-kilometer (25-mile) time trial to the clifftop village of Rocamadour in south-central France. \u2014 Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com , 30 June 2022",
"Dogs can walk around the village and it is suggested to ask at each store if dogs can go inside. \u2014 Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant , 29 June 2022",
"Niles voters overwhelmingly approved a non-binding referendum in the June 28th primary election authorizing the village to move ahead with major improvements to Golf Mill Shopping Center. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 29 June 2022",
"The New Richmond Village Council voted Tuesday night to give owner Joe Brumley 90 days to remove the historic vessel from the village 's riverfront on the Ohio River. \u2014 Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"Village by village , more of the strategically important Kherson region is returning to Ukrainian control \u2014 another sign that Russia\u2019s forces might be overextended with a front line that stretches about 300 miles. \u2014 Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post , 29 June 2022",
"Toorak said getting her car to the village will require a barge shipment across the Arctic Ocean, adding more than $4,500. \u2014 Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
"The village of Ontario, for example, was working with Alliant Energy to gradually replace streetlights with LED bulbs, and took the recommendation of those working on securing the dark sky park to opt for warmer lights that point down. \u2014 Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel , 28 June 2022",
"The property fronts the river outside the village of Cape Vincent, in the Thousand Islands region, where the St. Lawrence separates the U.S. and Canada. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 28 June 2022"
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"definitions":{
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"Buckingham \\ \u02c8b\u0259-\u200bki\u014b-\u200b\u0259m , US also -\u200bki\u014b-\u200b\u02ccham \\"
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"\u02c8vi-l\u0259rz",
"\u02c8vil-y\u0259rz"
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},
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"vi\u02c8l\u00e4s\u0259t\u0113"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-172914"
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"noun"
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"\u02c8vi-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8vil-\u0259s"
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"New Latin, from Latin, tuft of shaggy hair \u2014 more at velvet":""
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"1728, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a residence for a single household separated from other houses by a yard : a detached house":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"vi\u02c8l\u0113(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, diminutive of villa":""
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"\u02c8vi\u02ccl\u014ds"
],
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"Latin villosus hairy, shaggy":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-224855"
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"plural noun"
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"definitions":{
": mammals having a nondeciduate villous placenta and comprising the cetaceans, sirenians, and ungulates":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccvil\u0259\u0307\u02ccplas\u1d4an\u2027\u02c8t\u0101l\u0113\u0259"
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"New Latin, from villus + -i- + Placentalia":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-234107"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the steward and overseer of a large farm or of farmlands in Roman and early medieval times":[],
": a member of a privileged class of feudal landless tillers holding a farm of a landlord for a part of the harvest or for a fixed fee":[]
},
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"\u02c8vil\u0259\u0307k\u0259s"
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"Latin vilicus, villicus , from villa country house, country estate + -icus -ic":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-043852"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral (NaF) consisting of a sodium fluoride and occurring in small carmine to colorless isometric crystals (specific gravity 2.8)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"v\u0113\u02c8y\u014d\u02ccm\u012bt"
],
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"French villiaumite , from Villiaume , 20th century French explorer in Africa + French -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080451"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of or relating to the Villiplacentalia":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Villiplacentalia":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142016"
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"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"commune in eastern France population 145,150":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8b\u00e4n",
"(\u02cc)v\u0113-\u02ccy\u0153r-\u02c8ban"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161156"
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"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Dominique (Marie Fran\u00e7ois Ren\u00e9 Galouzeau) de 1953\u2013 prime minister of France (2005\u201307)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"v\u0113l-\u02c8pa\u207f"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222628"
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"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de 1763\u20131806 French admiral":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccv\u0113l-\u02c8n\u0259rv",
"-\u02c8n\u0259v",
"-\u02c8n\u0153v"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230334"
}
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