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1061 lines
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{
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"mysterious":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": of, relating to, or constituting mystery",
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": exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify : mystifying",
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": stirred by or attracted to the inexplicable",
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": strange, unknown, or hard to understand or explain"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s",
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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arcane",
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"cryptic",
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"deep",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"impenetrable",
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"inscrutable",
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"mystic",
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"occult",
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"uncanny"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And the Grammys have always been mysterious and hard to predict. \u2014 Paul Grein, Billboard , 16 June 2022",
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"Even more mysterious is the role covid played in knocking Yamagata out of play. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News , 13 June 2022",
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"Despite these resonances, Men is still foundationally mysterious , a film where any answer feels broad and theoretical. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 25 May 2022",
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"What that is is between him and his shrink, although maybe a desire to seem and feel undiminished is not as mysterious as all that. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 14 May 2022",
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"Arkane Austin's Redfall, meanwhile, has been even more mysterious , with only a single alpha test leak from September 2021 showing anything resembling real gameplay. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 12 May 2022",
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"Her works, in the naive art style, are mysterious yet radically accessible, evoking ancient legend \u2014 somehow joltingly fresh, grandiose yet earthy, primal but imbued with subtle layers of meaning. \u2014 Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 10 May 2022",
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"The ways of the human spleen are just as mysterious . \u2014 Washington Post , 8 May 2022",
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"But royals must be mysterious , the barriers to entry somewhat sealed, the secrets kept. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":" mystery entry 1 + -ous , probably after Middle French mysterieux ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-175113"
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},
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"mystic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": mystical sense 1a",
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": of or relating to mysteries or esoteric rites : occult",
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": of or relating to mysticism or mystics",
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": mysterious",
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": obscure , enigmatic",
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": inducing a feeling of awe or wonder",
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": having magical properties",
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": a follower of a mystical way of life",
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": an advocate of a theory of mysticism",
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": mystical",
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": relating to magic",
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": mysterious",
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"river in eastern Massachusetts flowing southeast into Boston Harbor"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-stik",
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"\u02c8mi-stik",
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"\u02c8mi-stik"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"magic",
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"magical",
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"numinous",
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"occult",
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"weird"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"She had a mystic vision while praying.",
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"the notion that a cat has nine lives is based upon the belief that nine is a mystic number",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"This, too, is revered for its energy \u2014 and for being the birthplace of Baba Vanga, the blind mystic and medium who holds a special place in Bulgarian culture. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
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"The festival \u2014 which also hosts art installations, film screenings, sound baths and other endeavors into the intergalactic, mystic and occult \u2014 will boast DJs set from Nosaj Thing and Telefon Tel Aviv alongside sets by clipping. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
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"Zodrow said the museum, like the library\u2019s rare book room and perhaps the abbey as a whole, represents the importance of preserving tradition and the mystic chords of communal memory. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
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"Her three background singers matched the mystic vibe as well in floor length black dresses. \u2014 Bianca Brutus, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The Northman sees Amleth commune with the astral projection of a mystic seer, fight a walking skeleton to claim a special sword, and chat to the disembodied head of an old friend. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Album of the year winner Jon Batiste\u2019s earnest and honest speech about music as a mystic , subjective experience that finds its audience. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Beads for Doughnuts also serves as an important fundraiser for the school since the beads donated will eventually be repackaged and sold to mystic societies in Mobile and Baldwin counties. \u2014 al , 19 Mar. 2022",
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"Elena knows those laws do not quite apply here on her mystic grandmother\u2019s land. \u2014 Jessica Kiang, Variety , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Sprawling across a thousand pages decorated with period maps and etchings, the Nobel Prize winner\u2019s novel revolves around a real-life 18th-century Polish mystic named Jacob Frank. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"Upcoming productions include a miniseries based on the popular Asterix comic books for Netflix and Raspoutine, a feature biopic about infamous Russian mystic Rasputin from My Summer in Provence director Rose Bosch. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Sprawling across a thousand pages decorated with period maps and etchings, the story revolves around a real-life 18th-century Polish mystic named Jacob Frank (1726-1791). \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"Benedict Cumberbatch plays the impulsive mystic , and is rejoined by Rachel McAdams (Dr. Christine Palmer), Benedict Wong (Wong) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Mordo) from the first movie. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Weil is best known as a political philosopher, a revolutionary trade-union activist, a mystic who devoted her last years to the search for sacred truth, and a Jew who turned to Catholicism, rejecting her heritage. \u2014 Jacqueline Rose, The New York Review of Books , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese poet, critic, translator, mystic and giant of modernism, published a few books that went mostly unnoticed during his lifetime. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"Not that sun-and-fun vacation adventures don\u2019t come with their own mystic , and potentially blinding, romance mojo. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Oct. 2021",
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"Its byways are as meandering as the garden, winding through meditations on soil, tea, varieties of rain and, this being Ireland, wandering into the mystic . \u2014 Dominique Browning, WSJ , 17 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
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"first_known_use":[
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"Adjective",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
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"Noun",
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"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-180021"
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},
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"mystify":{
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": to perplex the mind of : bewilder",
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": to make mysterious or obscure",
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": to confuse or bewilder completely"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b",
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"\u02c8mi-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addle",
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"baffle",
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"bamboozle",
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"beat",
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"befog",
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"befuddle",
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"bemuse",
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"bewilder",
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"buffalo",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discombobulate",
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"disorient",
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"flummox",
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"fox",
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"fuddle",
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"get",
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"gravel",
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"maze",
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"muddle",
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"muddy",
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"perplex",
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"pose",
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"puzzle",
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"vex"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"The cause of the disease mystified doctors for many years.",
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"The magician has been mystifying his audiences for years with his amazing tricks.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The cases, which have been discovered in at least 20 countries, continue to mystify scientists, who have been unable to pinpoint the cause. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers And Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
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"While bright lights, glamorous fashion, and cheering fans are all hallmarks of a walk down the red carpet, Oscars beauty secrets continue to mystify us, each star\u2019s glowing complexion more blinding than the next on Hollywood\u2019s biggest night. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"And because Forte\u2019s comedy is as idiosyncratic as always, the parts that left me doubled over with laughter may mystify you, and vice versa. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"The 49ers\u2019 other first-round pick from that 2020 draft, Brandon Aiyuk, continued to mystify with his lack of production. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"It\u2019s mind-bending logic that would mystify Lewis Carroll. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"There is so much in the Office of the Child Advocate report into David\u2019s death to terrify, enrage, and, yes, to mystify . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"There are things that mystify and things that, sadly, shouldn\u2019t be all that surprising. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Dec. 2020",
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"Using it as the subject of a proposition, as Heidegger does, is at best a sign of mental confusion, and at worst a deliberate attempt to mystify and mislead. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French mystifier \"to hoodwink, dupe,\" from Greek m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" + French -ifier -ify \u2014 more at mystic entry 1 ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-192504"
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},
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"myth":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon",
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": parable , allegory",
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": a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone",
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": one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of society",
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": an unfounded or false notion",
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": a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence",
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": the whole body of myths",
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": a story often describing the adventures of beings with more than human powers that attempts to explain mysterious events (as the changing of the seasons) or that explains a religious belief or practice",
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": such stories as a group",
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": a person or thing existing only in the imagination",
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": a popular belief that is not true"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mith",
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"\u02c8mith"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fable",
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"legend",
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"mythos"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"It's an enduring myth that money brings happiness.",
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"I don't believe the myths and legend s about this forest.",
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"Contrary to popular myth , no monster lives in this lake.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Time to dispel a myth : Sports staffers do not accept free tickets to games. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 14 June 2022",
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"Moss\u2019 testimony was a major loss for Heard, who name-checked Moss while invoking the staircase myth earlier in the trial. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 13 June 2022",
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"Another myth is that all chickens have salmonella, a falsehood that prompts people to feed the animals antibiotics. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 10 June 2022",
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"At its broadest, the myth of journalism in Watergate asserts that two young Washington Post reporters brought down the president of the United States. \u2014 Joshua Benton, The Atlantic , 9 June 2022",
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"Krishna doesn\u2019t strain like Atlas, the Titan who supports the world on his shoulders in Greek myth . \u2014 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post , 7 June 2022",
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"Contrary to popular myth , forgoing coffee isn\u2019t likely to improve your health. \u2014 Aria Bendix, NBC News , 31 May 2022",
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"But in the more than two decades since that promise has turned into an American myth . \u2014 Jenny Deam, ProPublica , 31 May 2022",
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"By glossing over this reality, his allies helped perpetuate the myth of his sainthood, adding their own spin on one of the most enduring bits of disinformation of all: the notion that Jack Welch was the greatest C.E.O. of all time. \u2014 New York Times , 21 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"earlier mythos, mythus, borrowed from Greek m\u0177thos \"utterance, speech, discourse, tale, narrative, fiction, legend,\" of obscure origin",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-184615"
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},
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"mythical":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history",
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": existing only in the imagination : fictitious , imaginary",
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": having qualities suitable to myth : legendary",
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": based on or told of in a myth",
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": imaginary"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l",
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"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"fabulous",
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"legendary"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.",
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"gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky",
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"The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.",
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"The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like the mythical bird, this superyacht is rising from the ashes of its humble, commercial-vessel past and could soon become a modern explorer yacht. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 4 June 2021",
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"Mostly because the annual event marks not the destruction of San Francisco but its rebirth, a special place that rose from the ashes, like the phoenix, a mythical bird that is one of the symbols of the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"Claires Danes stars in a six-episode period drama about a widow who discovers that her new home in Essex is reportedly home to a mythical creature. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
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"The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
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"La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
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"This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
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"Knowing this keeps a certain alluring appeal to the mythical creature of the entrepreneur; never to be truly understood, but always to be admired. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":" mythical, from Late Latin m\u0233thicus \"of myth, legendary\" (borrowed from Greek m\u0233thik\u00f3s, from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1 ; mythic, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thicus ",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-215718"
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},
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"mythos":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": myth sense 1a",
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": mythology sense 2a",
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": a pattern of beliefs expressing often symbolically the characteristic or prevalent attitudes in a group or culture",
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": theme , plot"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-\u02ccth\u014ds",
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"-\u02ccth\u00e4s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fable",
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"legend",
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"myth"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"according to one creation mythos , humans sprang from the forehead of a god",
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"the Superman mythos has long since become ingrained in popular American culture",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The mythos around the character of Ethel Cain is long enough to fill a novel or a film \u2014 or, in Anhed\u00f6nia\u2019s case, a concept album. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
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"Given that this new series takes place between two movie trilogies, there are a ton of references and allusions to the wider Star Wars mythos , all of which have been detailed in a new video on the Heavy Spoilers channel. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 29 May 2022",
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"Ice also undoes the Soviet mythos of man triumphing over nature, particularly in the Arctic, that tends to appear in science fiction. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"For Kai, being on camera both feeds his mythos and undergirds his business model. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
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"Composer Anthony Davis wrote the music and weaved in various influences, from the grand mythos of Richard Wagner to the cosmic utopianism of Sun Ra. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
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"Miramax is said to have exited, torpedoing what would have been a modern take on the mythos . \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"This story has become part of the mythos of one of the greatest stars of the classic Hollywood era. \u2014 Racquel Gates, CNN , 10 May 2022",
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"The Kinane incident has since become legend, a cornerstone of the Des Moines comedy mythos that is embellished and passed down to new members of their sect in the wee hours when the empties stack up and the tales grow taller. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from Greek m\u0177thos \"utterance, speech, discourse, tale, narrative, fiction, legend,\" of obscure origin",
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"first_known_use":[
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"1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-211534"
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},
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"mythic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history",
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": existing only in the imagination : fictitious , imaginary",
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": having qualities suitable to myth : legendary",
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": based on or told of in a myth",
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": imaginary"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l",
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"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"fabulous",
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"legendary"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.",
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"gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky",
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"The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.",
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"The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like the mythical bird, this superyacht is rising from the ashes of its humble, commercial-vessel past and could soon become a modern explorer yacht. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 4 June 2021",
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"Mostly because the annual event marks not the destruction of San Francisco but its rebirth, a special place that rose from the ashes, like the phoenix, a mythical bird that is one of the symbols of the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"Claires Danes stars in a six-episode period drama about a widow who discovers that her new home in Essex is reportedly home to a mythical creature. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
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"The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
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"La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
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"This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
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"Knowing this keeps a certain alluring appeal to the mythical creature of the entrepreneur; never to be truly understood, but always to be admired. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":" mythical, from Late Latin m\u0233thicus \"of myth, legendary\" (borrowed from Greek m\u0233thik\u00f3s, from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1 ; mythic, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thicus ",
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220625-194547"
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
|
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": ten thousand",
|
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": a great number",
|
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": innumerable",
|
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": both numerous and diverse",
|
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": having innumerable aspects or elements",
|
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": a very large number of things",
|
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": many in number : extremely numerous"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mir-\u0113-\u0259d",
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"\u02c8mir-\u0113-\u0259d"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"abundance",
|
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"barrel",
|
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"basketful",
|
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"boatload",
|
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"bucket",
|
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"bunch",
|
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"bundle",
|
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"bushel",
|
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"carload",
|
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"chunk",
|
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"deal",
|
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"dozen",
|
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"fistful",
|
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"gobs",
|
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"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
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"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
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"loads",
|
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"lot",
|
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"mass",
|
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"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
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"much",
|
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"multiplicity",
|
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"oodles",
|
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"pack",
|
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"passel",
|
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"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
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"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
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"plenty",
|
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"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
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"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
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"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
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"spate",
|
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"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
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"truckload",
|
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"volume",
|
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"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"divers",
|
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"manifold",
|
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"multifarious"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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|
"Currently, over 700 different kinds of prescription medications are available to treat a myriad of conditions and symptoms. \u2014 Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Golden State became the first team to hand the Celtics back-to-back losses since early March by holding them under 100 points in both Games 4 and 5, forcing a myriad of turnovers in each of those games. \u2014 Alex Kay, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"Fishery scientists from both NOAA\u2019s Alaska Fisheries Science Center and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in presentations to the council, described a myriad of problems related to warming conditions and climate change. \u2014 Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"The movement pushed the limits between the commercial and the artistic, tensions that still exist between the trade fair, with its commercial aims, and the myriad of collateral events where the focus is often more on artistic statements. \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 13 June 2022",
|
|
"At a Goodwill center in Atwater Village, a neighborhood north of downtown, voters weighed the myriad of issues plaguing the city and the candidates who each promised solutions. \u2014 Christal Hayes, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Secondly, wears a myriad of look with high and low price points. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 8 June 2022",
|
|
"Social media accounts describing a myriad of mistreatment and physical abuses in Dar Al Reaya have been suspended and there are no statistics on how many women and children are being held. \u2014 Lynzy Billing, ELLE , 7 June 2022",
|
|
"So a whole myriad of thoughts must have gone roaring through his brain. \u2014 Deborah Hart Strober And Gerald Strober, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
|
|
"Despite the president\u2019s clear victory, the election results disguised myriad challenges that could make his next five years in office even more tumultuous than the last. \u2014 New York Times , 26 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"But Noerr enthusiastically insists that the squeeze at the pump as gas prices continue to rise has presented Kern County\u2019s ailing oil industry with an opportunity to rise to the myriad political, economic and technical challenges on the horizon. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Accepting a job in the United States stacked up myriad challenges for Stoney, who had rarely been to America and never visited the West Coast. \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"As the city tries to emerge from the pandemic, downtown faces myriad challenges: a changing office landscape in the Loop, a decline in retail activity along the Magnificent Mile, concerns about crime. \u2014 Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com , 30 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"Finance chiefs are entering the year facing myriad challenges, ranging from supply-chain bottlenecks to inflation to regulatory scrutiny over their companies\u2019 environmental risks and fundraising plans. \u2014 Mark Maurer, WSJ , 13 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"But for countless families across the country, that hopeful glimmer proved to be more like a mirage, as school systems nationwide have grappled with myriad challenges this fall. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Supply chain issues, permit delays, and staffing were all among the myriad challenges the company had to overcome. \u2014 Shivani Vora, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"On the water, para rowers bear less of the weight of societal assumptions about disabilities and fewer of their myriad daily living challenges. \u2014 Bethany Ericson, The Christian Science Monitor , 13 Oct. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun and Adjective",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"1555, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"1735, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220627-114919"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystery":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun ()"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": something not understood or beyond understanding : enigma",
|
|
": a piece of fiction dealing usually with the solution of a mysterious crime",
|
|
": the secret or specialized practices or ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people",
|
|
": a private secret",
|
|
": profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality or character",
|
|
": a religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand",
|
|
": any of the 20 events (such as the Nativity, the Crucifixion, or the Assumption) serving as a subject for meditation during the saying of the rosary",
|
|
": a Christian sacrament",
|
|
": eucharist",
|
|
": a secret religious rite believed (as in Eleusinian and Mithraic cults) to impart enduring bliss to the initiate",
|
|
": a cult devoted to such rites",
|
|
": mystery play",
|
|
": trade , craft",
|
|
": a body of persons engaged in a particular trade, business, or profession : guild",
|
|
": something that has not been or cannot be explained",
|
|
": a piece of fiction about solving a crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mi-st(\u0259-)r\u0113",
|
|
"\u02c8mi-st\u0259-r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"Noun (1)",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"Noun (1)",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a",
|
|
"Noun (2)",
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220628-092258"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystification":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": an act or instance of mystifying",
|
|
": an obscuring especially of capitalist or social dynamics (as by making them equivalent to natural laws) that is seen in Marxist thought as an impediment to critical consciousness",
|
|
": the quality or state of being mystified",
|
|
": something designed to mystify"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccmi-st\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflement",
|
|
"bamboozlement",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderedness",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusedness",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discombobulation",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"head-scratching",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"perplexity",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new information did little to ease our mystification",
|
|
"an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"As with other elements of a mega-celebrity\u2019s life, a front-facing, pathbreaking pregnancy like Rihanna\u2019s necessitates a certain level of mystification of the pains taken behind the scenes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The December 1941 attacks are the subject of considerable mystification in the United States. \u2014 Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"There has been some mystification in Washington as to why administration successes have not registered more. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"One interviewee, a teenager at the time of the festival, expresses mystification at having evolved from a mild-mannered kid to a destructive Lord of the Flies character over the course of the weekend. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 27 July 2021",
|
|
"On Twitter, users have expressed shock and mystification over the design. \u2014 Marc Bain, Quartz , 9 June 2021",
|
|
"John Berger\u2019s idea of \u2018 mystification ,\u2019 for example, describes how the \u2018original\u2019 upholds \u2018ideological interests of the ruling class\u2019 through arcane ways of emphasizing technique. \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
|
|
"But, as British viewers found to their mystification , American TV eagerly advertises pharmaceutical remedies for practically every other imaginable human condition. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"My favorite element, which mirrors my mystification at the matter-of-factness of the image, is an adorably witless donkey. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":"borrowed from French, \"hoodwinking, trickery,\" from myst ifier \"to hoodwink, dupe\" + -ification -ification \u2014 more at mystify ",
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-012512"
|
|
},
|
|
"my word":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of my word \u2014 used to express surprise or astonishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"aha",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"fie",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"pshaw",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"what",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my word , how that child has grown!"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1722, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-101930"
|
|
},
|
|
"my word is my bond":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
"Definition of my word is my bond \u2014 used to indicate that one will always do what one has promised to do You can believe me when I say I'll help you. My word is my bond ."
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-150955"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystific":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": mystificator"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8stifik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"back-formation from mystification"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-152456"
|
|
},
|
|
"Mytilus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": the type genus of Mytilidae comprising usually smooth-shelled marine mussels that live attached to solid objects chiefly in the intertidal zone and include the common edible mussel ( M. edulis )"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mit\u1d4al\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin mytilus, mytulus, mitulus , a mussel, from Greek mytilos, mitylos"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-191449"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystificator":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": one that mystifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0101t\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"French mystificateur , from mystifier , after such pairs as French falsifier : falsificateur falsifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-042915"
|
|
},
|
|
"mytiliform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": shaped like a mussel shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccf\u022frm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Latin mytil us + English -iform"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164223"
|
|
},
|
|
"myopia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a condition in which the visual images come to a focus (see focus entry 1 sense 4 ) in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects : nearsightedness",
|
|
": a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something",
|
|
": a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye because of defects in the refractive media of the eye or of abnormal length of the eyeball resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259",
|
|
"m\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-p\u0113-\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She wears eyeglasses to correct her myopia .",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The political myopia was most significant in the country\u2019s east, political analysts say. \u2014 Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times , 7 May 2022",
|
|
"Smith\u2019s participation can explain the myopia of the new series. \u2014 Doreen St. F\u00e9lix, The New Yorker , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Though nearsightedness isn\u2019t typically thought of as a serious health problem, high myopia can lead to damage in the central retinal area, causing retinal detachment, glaucoma, and cataracts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"With rates of myopia in the United States increasing from 25 percent in the early 1970s to nearly 42 percent three decades later, more children may soon be wearing such contacts. \u2014 Emily Mullin, Wired , 30 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Toni Morrison addressed a similar type of myopia in a 1974 essay. \u2014 Nicole Acheampong, The Atlantic , 26 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The initiative\u2019s backers badly misjudged the desperation and myopia of wealthier countries, which raced to manufacturers to snatch up doses for their own people. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Taken together, the new UV-IR mixing models illustrate the myopia of the old paradigm \u2014 one based solely on reductionism and effective field theory \u2014 and that may be a start. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Pais and Ruck shine as portraits of corporate myopia , and Dylan Minnette and Camryn Mi-Young Kim do good work as two of the young employees who begin to doubt their corporate messiah. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 Feb. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek my\u014dpia , from my\u014dp-, my\u014dps"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"circa 1654, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-034114"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystificatory":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": mystifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8stif\u0259\u0307k\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-061737"
|
|
},
|
|
"Mytilidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a family of marine bivalve mollusks (order Filibranchia) having the shell elongated and equivalve with a large narrow internal ligament and a byssus for attachment to the substrate \u2014 compare mussel"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u012b\u02c8til\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"New Latin, from Mytilus , type genus + -idae"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-134641"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystic topaz":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": white topaz with a special coating which gives the stone a multi-colored and usually blue, green, and purple appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1997, in the meaning defined above"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190202"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystico-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": mystical and"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"mystic entry 1"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-195112"
|
|
},
|
|
"mytilid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": of or relating to the Mytilidae",
|
|
": a mollusk of the family Mytilidae : mussel"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mit\u1d4al\u0259\u0307d",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":[
|
|
"Adjective",
|
|
"New Latin Mytilidae",
|
|
"Noun",
|
|
"New Latin Mytilidae"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-204229"
|
|
},
|
|
"mystifiedly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": in a mystified manner"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164436"
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},
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"myxamoeba":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": a naked amoeboid uninucleate protoplast that lacks both cilia and flagella, is a characteristic stage in the life cycle of slime molds and some other fungi, arises from a haploid derivative of a swarm spore or by fusion of two haploid zoospores, and typically develops into a plasmodium either by repeated nuclear fission or by fusion of individual myxamoebas"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmiks+"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[
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"New Latin, from myx- + amoeba"
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],
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"first_known_use":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-164952"
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},
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"myopic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted",
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": lacking in foresight or discernment : narrow in perspective and without concern for broader implications",
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": affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia",
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": myope"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u012b-\u02c8\u014d-pik",
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"-\u02c8\u00e4-pik",
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"-\u02c8\u014d-pik",
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"-\u02c8\u00e4p-ik"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"nearsighted",
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"shortsighted"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"farsighted",
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"hypermetropic",
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"hyperopic"
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],
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"first_known_use":[
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"1800, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-203223"
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},
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"mysteriousness":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":[
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": of, relating to, or constituting mystery",
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": exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify : mystifying",
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": stirred by or attracted to the inexplicable",
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": strange, unknown, or hard to understand or explain"
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],
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"pronounciation":[
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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s",
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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arcane",
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"cryptic",
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"deep",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"impenetrable",
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"inscrutable",
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"mystic",
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"occult",
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"uncanny"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Podcasts and other media were used to also help everyone give as much industry insight as possible into this mysterious new virus that was dominating the world. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
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"It's been an eventful year for Stricker with a Ryder Cup victory, a mysterious illness and then a golf comeback that included a major victory in the Regions Tradition in May. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
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"In fall 2018, hundreds of hares from the Iberian Peninsula seemingly died overnight from a mysterious virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
|
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"Dozens of additional hepatitis cases among children are under investigation in the U.S., officials said, widening the scope of a mysterious illness that has led to hospitalizations and organ transplants world-wide. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Onque, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
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"Last year, a mysterious illness killed thousands of songbirds throughout the eastern United States. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
|
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"After dysentery and a second mysterious illness took the lives of many on the Ridge and practically killed Claire (Caitriona Balfe), new trouble was in store, courtesy of one Miss Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The department had criteria for determining what birds likely carried the mysterious illness. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Ticks carrying a mysterious and rare virus that can sicken or even kill older adults or people with underlying conditions have been found in at least six states, a new study reported Wednesday. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"mystery entry 1 + -ous , probably after Middle French mysterieux"
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-224014"
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},
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"mysticly":{
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
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],
|
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"definitions":[
|
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": in a mystic manner : so as to produce a mystic effect"
|
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],
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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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":"20220704-224704"
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},
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"Mytilacea":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": a suborder of Filibranchia including the family Mytilidae and sometimes related families (as Pteriidae)"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccmit\u0259\u02c8l\u0101sh\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"New Latin, from Mytilus + -acea"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-001947"
|
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},
|
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"mythy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": resembling, concerned with, or of a subject for myth"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mi-th\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[],
|
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"first_known_use":[
|
|
"1852, in the meaning defined above"
|
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],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-113522"
|
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},
|
|
"mysticize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":[
|
|
": to make mystic or mystical"
|
|
],
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":[
|
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"mystic entry 1 + -ize"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":[],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220705-125502"
|
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},
|
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"myopolar":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to muscular polarity":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6m\u012b\u014d+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"my- + polar":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105115"
|
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},
|
|
"mythology":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an allegorical narrative":[],
|
|
": a body of myths : such as":[],
|
|
": the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people":[],
|
|
": mythos sense 2":[
|
|
"cold war mythology"
|
|
],
|
|
": a branch of knowledge that deals with myth":[],
|
|
": a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something : myth sense 2a":[
|
|
"defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling",
|
|
"\u2014 Robert Bly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"mi-\u02c8th\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"legendry",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We have been studying ancient Greek mythology .",
|
|
"We compared the two cultures' mythologies .",
|
|
"There is a popular mythology that he discovered the cause of the disease by himself.",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Yaguello recounts the utopian impulses behind projects like Esperanto and Volap\u00fck; speculative fiction\u2019s explorations of linguistic theory; and the search, rooted in Judeo-Christian mythology , for an original, universal tongue. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
|
|
"That water is a focal point, and the resort takes its name from an aquatic creature in Turkish mythology that\u2019s similar to a mermaid. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
|
|
"Portrayed as legendary women in ancient mythology , the women were photographed in a secret location that satisfied Graff\u2019s demanding brief. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 3 May 2022",
|
|
"Staff at the ministry concluded that the head belonged to a statue of Anat, the goddess of love, beauty and war in Canaanite mythology , said Rida. \u2014 Zeena Saifi, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Egyptian mythology , Taweret was generally considered a protective deity and was at times associated with childbirth. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In Jewish mythology , Leviathan was a primordial sea serpent, something malevolent, chaotic, uncontrollable, and beyond human comprehension. \u2014 Joseph Loconte, National Review , 2 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Certainly the surrounding coast \u2014 part of the Lazio region, and sometimes referred to as the Costa Pontina \u2014 factors into the history and mythology of both eras. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English methologie, mithologie \"exposition of a myth, book of myths,\" borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French mythologie, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thologia (in Mythologiae, title of a myth compilation by Fulgentius, ca. 500), borrowed from Greek m\u0233tholog\u00eda \"fiction, storytelling,\" from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -o- -o- + -logia -logy":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105655"
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}
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} |