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{
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"nunciate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that proclaims : nuncio":[]
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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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"Latin nunci us, nuntius messenger, message + English -ate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n(t)s\u0113\u0259\u0307t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-135439",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nunciature":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a papal diplomatic mission headed by a nuncio":[],
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": the office or period of office of a nuncio":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cctyu\u0307r",
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"-\u02cctu\u0307r",
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"\u02c8nu\u0307n(t)-",
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"\u02c8n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccchu\u0307r",
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"-ch\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The nunciature told him in an email that the case was submitted to the Apostolic Administrator of Barquisimeto. \u2014 Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
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"The nunciature did not respond to a request from The Post for comment. \u2014 Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
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"The Holy See nunciature in Mexico said Archbishop Scicluna and Msgr. \u2014 Juan Montes, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2020",
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"Lantheaume was prepared to testify that his predecessor in the nunciature had communicated Pope Benedict\u2019s sanctions to Cardinal McCarrick. \u2014 Robert P. George, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2018",
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"Also of interest would be letters about those sanctions from the Vatican to the nunciature , from the Vatican to Cardinal Wuerl, or from a Vatican official to Archbishop Vigan\u00f2. \u2014 Robert P. George, WSJ , 30 Aug. 2018",
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"The Vatican has yet to establish an embassy, called a nunciature , in the country. \u2014 Elizabeth Dias, Time , 13 Sep. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian nunciatura , from nuncio":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1608, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103143"
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},
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"nuncio":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a papal legate of the highest rank permanently accredited to a civil government":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The man on the other end of the line identified himself as the papal nuncio . \u2014 Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online , 30 May 2022",
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"In 2016, Pope Francis appointed Russell as apostolic nuncio to Turkey and Turkmenistan. \u2014 Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press , 23 May 2022",
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"So have all the ambassadors in Kyiv except the one from Poland and the papal nuncio from the Vatican. \u2014 Waldemar Januszczak For The Times, Robb Report , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"On Saturday, the Vatican announced that the Nicaraguan government had expelled the papal nuncio , Msgr. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Mar. 2022",
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"The nuncio asked him to describe those elements in a letter. \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2020",
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"The Vatican nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Franco Coppola, posted the unsigned guidance on his Facebook page Sunday. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, chicagotribune.com , 2 Nov. 2020",
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"The Vatican nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Franco Coppola, posted the unsigned guidance on his Facebook page Sunday. \u2014 Fox News , 2 Nov. 2020",
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"The Vatican nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Franco Coppola, posted the unsigned guidance on his Facebook page Sunday. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 2 Nov. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1512, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, from Latin nuntius messenger, message":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n(t)-s\u0113-\u02cc\u014d",
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"\u02c8nu\u0307n(t)-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203244",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nuncle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": uncle":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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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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"by alteration (from misdivision of an uncle )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259\u014b-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091318",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nuncupate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to declare (a will) publicly : proclaim":[
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"how doth that will appear \u2026 in whose presence did he nuncupate it",
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"\u2014 Isaac Barrow"
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],
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": to inscribe to by way of compliment : dedicate":[
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"nuncupating my litany to your ladyship",
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"\u2014 John Bastwick"
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],
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": to utter solemnly : pronounce":[
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"they do here \u2026 nuncupate this deliberate vow",
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"\u2014 Edmund Burke"
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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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"Latin nuncupatus , past participle of nuncupare to name, declare, dedicate, contraction of nomen capere , from nomen name + capere to take":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259\u014bky\u0259\u02ccp\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234815",
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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]
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},
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"nuncupation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an oral will":[
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"the dying seaman made a nuncupation in favor of his mother"
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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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"Latin nuncupation-, nuncupatio , from nuncupatus (past participle of nuncupare to name, declare) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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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":"20220707-104706",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nuncupative":{
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"antonyms":[
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"paper",
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"written"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": not written : oral":[
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"a nuncupative will"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the soldier left a nuncupative will that was witnessed by two of his comrades"
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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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"Medieval Latin nuncupativus , from Late Latin, so-called, from Latin nuncupatus , past participle of nuncupare to name, probably ultimately from nomen name + capere to take \u2014 more at name , heave entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n-kyu\u0307-\u02ccp\u0101-tiv",
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"\u02c8n\u0259\u014b-",
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"\u02c8n\u0259\u014b-ky\u0259-\u02ccp\u0101-tiv, n\u0259n-\u02c8ky\u00fc-p\u0259-tiv",
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"\u02ccn\u0259n-\u02c8ky\u00fc-p\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"oral",
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"spoken",
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"unwritten",
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"verbal",
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"viva voce",
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"word-of-mouth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063907",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"nuncupatory":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": dedicatory":[],
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": oral":[]
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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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"probably from (assumed) New Latin nuncupatorius , from Medieval Latin, naming, from Latin nuncupatus (past participle of nuncupare to name, declare) + -orius , -ory":""
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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":"20220706-180554",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"nundinal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a nundine":[]
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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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"Latin nundinalis , from nundinae nundine + -alis -al":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259nd\u0259n\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131225",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"nun":{
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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 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet \u2014 see Alphabet Table":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n",
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"\u02c8nu\u0307n"
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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, from Old English nunne , from Late Latin nonna":"Noun",
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"Hebrew n\u016bn":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1567, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025704"
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},
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"nun bird":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several dark-colored South American puffbirds of the genus Monasa having white around the face and throat":[]
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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":"20220710-163629"
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},
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"Nunavut":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"semiautonomous territory of northeastern Canada, created in 1999 from the eastern two-thirds of the Northwest Territories and consisting of a mainland part, parts of Victoria and Melville islands, and all of the islands in the Arctic Archipelago east of 110\u00b0 west; capital Iqaluit area 725,015 square miles (1,877,788 square kilometers), population 31,906":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02ccv\u00fct"
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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":"20220710-193930"
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},
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"Nunavik":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"autonomous Inuit territory of northern Quebec, Canada, that lies north of the 55th parallel of latitude and borders Hudson Bay to the west, Hudson Strait to the north, and Labrador's Nunatsiavut autonomous territory to the east":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02ccvik"
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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":"20220711-083712"
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},
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"nunnery":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a convent of nuns":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8n\u0259-n\u0259-r\u0113",
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"\u02c8n\u0259-n\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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Father Vapnik lied to his congregants the next Sunday, said that the horse had taken Ina up the mountain and left her safe and sound at the nunnery . \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"In Benedetta, nunnery is shown as a means to emancipation, rather than oppression, for the main character. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
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"Through nunnery , women had the opportunity to become educated. \u2014 ELLE , 3 June 2022",
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"Villiam\u2019s grandfather, traumatized by the death of his father, took the priest\u2019s advice and ordered Ina to be sent to the nunnery . \u2014 Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"The monastery is a former motel with a lobby in the shape of a wigwam, where Bran\u2019s mother meditates and vacuums and rapidly dies of ovarian cancer, which means Bran never gets to ask whether the call of the nunnery was worth abandoning a daughter. \u2014 New York Times , 17 May 2022",
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"The nun\u2019s arrival at the Missionaries of Charity\u2019s Casa Beato Juan Diego in Tijuana -- a combination nunnery and home for the elderly behind the city\u2019s main bus depot -- was a quiet affair witnessed by few outsiders. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"This one picks up that vaguely abolitionist thinking by having Fiona serve out her time via community service at a nunnery . \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 18 Nov. 2021",
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"When Marie arrives in 1158, at the age of 17, the stinking, frigid nunnery is ridden with poverty and disease. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 7 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-142138"
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},
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"Nunatsiavut":{
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"autonomous Inuit territory of northern Labrador, Canada, that was created in 2005 and borders the Labrador Sea to the east and Quebec's autonomous Inuit territory Nunavik to the west":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"n\u00fc-\u02c8n\u00e4t-s\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccv\u00fct"
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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":"20220711-164639"
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},
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"nunatak":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hill or mountain completely surrounded by glacial ice":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259-n\u0259-\u02cctak"
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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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"There are several nunataks at Graves, all peaks of the same mountain. \u2014 Barry Lopez, Harper's magazine , 10 Jan. 2019",
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"While Shivashankar correctly spelled scherenschnitte, a German word for the art of paper cutting design, Venkatachalam nailed nunatak , an Inuit word for a kind of glacial island. \u2014 Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 1 June 2018",
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"One of the most luxurious lodges in Alaska, and one of the most remote anywhere, has just opened on a rocky glacier outcropping, or nunatak , smack in the middle of Denali National Park. \u2014 Author: Nikki Ekstein, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Feb. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Inuit (Greenland) nunataq":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-203112"
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},
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"nun buoy":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a red metal buoy made of two cones joined at the base and usually marking the starboard side of a channel approached from the sea":[]
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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":"20220711-203524"
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},
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"nun's veiling":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fine sheer clothing fabric in plain weave usually made of worsted, silk, or cotton":[]
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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":"20220711-204422"
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},
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"nuntius":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": nuncio sense 1a":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259nsh\u0113\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210909"
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},
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"Nunc Dimittis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the prayer of Simeon in Luke 2:29\u201332 used as a canticle":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccnu\u0307\u014bk-",
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"\u02ccn\u0259\u014bk-d\u0259-\u02c8mi-t\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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, now lettest thou depart; from the first words of the canticle":""
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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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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-215328"
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},
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"nunni":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": blesbok":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n\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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"Sechuana n\u014dn\u00e9":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-025328"
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},
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"nunchaku":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a weapon of Japanese origin that consists of two sticks joined at their ends by a short length of rawhide, cord, or chain":[
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"\u2014 usually plural",
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"Essentially two 12-inch sticks bound together by a short, double nylon cord, the nunchaku (pronounced nun-cha-koo) obtained prominence in America in the '70s, when kung fu fighter Bruce Lee wielded it with furious grace in his cult-classic movies.",
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"\u2014 William Plummer and Robin Micheli"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n-\u02ccch\u0259k",
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"\u02ccn\u0259n-\u02c8ch\u00e4-k\u00fc"
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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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"In one episode, Tray\u2019s son, Shazad (Dante Hoagland), gets in trouble for bringing nunchaku to school. \u2014 Michael Ordona, latimes.com , 30 May 2018",
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"The suspect's 42-year-old son was arrested for disorderly conduct while intoxicate and obstructing official business; the latter arose from his hiding a pair of nunchaku , a martial arts weapon, he had been seen holding, police said. \u2014 Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com , 14 Oct. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Japanese dialect (Okinawa)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063659"
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},
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"nunship":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": nunhood":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u0259n\u02ccship"
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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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"nun entry 1 + -ship":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130207"
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},
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"Nun of the Visitation":{
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"type":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a religious order founded by St. Jane Frances de Chantal under the direction of St. Francis de Sales in 1610 at Annecy, Savoy, and now chiefly devoted to teaching":[]
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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":"20220712-135905"
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},
|
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"nunhood":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": the status or calling of a nun":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8n\u0259n\u02cchu\u0307d"
|
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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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"nun entry 1 + -hood":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165923"
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},
|
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"Nung":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a Thai-speaking group of peoples known by a variety of names with slight phonetic variations and mainly found in Kwangsi province of China but also in northern Vietnam \u2014 compare giai":[],
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": a Tibeto-Burman people related to the Chingpaw in north Burma but having a more archaic language":[],
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": a member of such people":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8nu\u0307\u014b"
|
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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":"20220712-191740"
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},
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"Nuneaton":{
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"type":[
|
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"geographical name"
|
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],
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"definitions":{
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"town in Warwickshire in central England east of Birmingham population 86,500":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccn\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-t\u1d4an"
|
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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":"20220712-201806"
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},
|
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"nuncheon":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a light midmorning or midafternoon snack consisting typically of bread, cheese, and beer":[]
|
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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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"nuncheon, nunchion from Middle English nonechench, noneschench , literally, noon drink, from none noon + schench drink, cup, from Old English scenc ; akin to Old English scencan to pour out drink, give to drink, Old High German skenken to pour out, Old Norse skakkr crooked, askew; nunch short for nuncheon, nunchion":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202303"
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},
|
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"nunchuck":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a weapon that consists of two sticks joined by a short length of cord, chain, or rawhide : nunchaku":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually plural For a time, he walked around with a set of nunchucks in a holster strapped to his leg, like a six-shooter \u2026 \u2014 Patrick Redden Keefe \u2026 surprised a pair of burglars, one of whom was carrying a knife and two nunchuks . \u2014 American Rifleman"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8n\u0259n-\u02ccch\u0259k"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The kids might all be about Captain America and Iron Man these days, but nothing beats a classic like the nunchuck -wielding, pizza-munching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 24 June 2022",
|
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"Oliver began by making fun of Brnovich\u2019s infamous nunchuck videos, which to a comedian is like shooting fish in a barrel, something Oliver acknowledged. \u2014 Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic , 13 June 2022",
|
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"Officers also found various weapons inside, including samurai swords, nunchucks and knives. \u2014 Fox News , 12 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"During a search of the house in Wimauma, investigators also seized pistol powder, knives, hatchets, nunchucks , BB pellet rifles and handguns and books and DVDs on murder, mass killing, bomb-making and domestic terrorism, Fox 13 Tampa reported. \u2014 Fox News , 5 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Most candles extinguished by nunchucks in one minute Xie Desheng snuffed out 52 open flames with nothing but ninja-like precision. \u2014 Scottie Andrew, CNN , 8 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Also declared unconstitutional have been New York State\u2019s ban on nunchucks and Connecticut\u2019s ban on transporting a police baton when moving it to a new home. \u2014 David B. Kopel, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"Sarafina Bush's deliberately tacky costumes are a hoot, and the frequent dance numbers, many of them incorporating martial arts moves (and nunchucks as well!), are a lot of fun. \u2014 Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter , 24 July 2019",
|
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"That vision comes down to mixing together worlds, with nods to privilege (a silver spoon jutting out from a model\u2019s mouth) or sometimes stereotypical odes to Asian culture (a denim and suede purse made out of nunchucks ). \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 12 June 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"probably representing Anglicization of nunchaku (with stress shift and deletion of final vowel)":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1970, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202536"
|
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},
|
|
"Nunivak":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"island 50 miles (80 kilometers) long of western Alaska in the Bering Sea":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8n\u00fc-n\u0259-\u02ccvak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-211152"
|
|
},
|
|
"nunlet":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several small South American puffbirds of the genus Nonnula":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8n\u0259nl\u0259\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"nun entry 1 + -let":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221713"
|
|
},
|
|
"nun moth":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a European tussock moth ( Lymantria monacha ) that often damages coniferous forest trees":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-003631"
|
|
},
|
|
"nundine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a market day held every ninth day according to ancient Roman reckoning":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8n\u0259n\u02ccd\u012bn",
|
|
"-d\u0259\u0307n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin nundinae , plural, market time, literally, nine days, from nundinus of nine days, alteration of novem dies nine days, from novem nine + dies day; from its being held every ninth day of the Roman calendar":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010709"
|
|
},
|
|
"nundination":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an act or instance of bartering : sale":[
|
|
"the nundination of indulgences",
|
|
"\u2014 Isaac Taylor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccn\u0259nd\u0259\u02c8n\u0101sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Latin nundination-, nundinatio , from nundinatus (past participle of nundinari to trade, market, from nundinae nundine) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020158"
|
|
},
|
|
"nunnari":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": indian sarsaparilla":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8n\u0259n\u0259r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"nunnari probably native name in India":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-022803"
|
|
},
|
|
"nundinal letter":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the first eight letters of the alphabet used by the ancient Romans in the Sabine calendar after adoption of the seven-day week, the first seven letters being repeated consecutively in one column to designate days of the week and all eight in a parallel column to mark the recurrence of market days under an older eight-day cycle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023233"
|
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}
|
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} |