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"epic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero",
": a work of art (such as a novel or drama) that resembles or suggests an epic",
": a series of events or body of legend or tradition thought to form the proper subject of an epic",
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic",
": extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope",
": heroic",
": a long poem that tells the story of a hero's deeds",
": telling a great and heroic story",
": heroic or impressive because of great size or effort"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pik",
"\u02c8e-pik"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"grandiose",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Homeric",
"imperial",
"imposing",
"magnific",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"massive",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"unheroic",
"unimposing",
"unimpressive"
],
"examples":[
"Noun",
"Homer's ancient Greek epic \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d.",
"Adjective",
"The football game was an epic battle between two great teams.",
"The bridge was an epic achievement.",
"The company is engaged in an epic struggle for survival.",
"an accomplishment of epic proportions",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Her return to touring should be nothing short of epic . \u2014 Bobby Olivier, SPIN , 12 May 2022",
"The author has been criticized for the anachronisms inevitable in attempts to give the women of such an epic an interior life. \u2014 Dinitia Smith, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
"Russell\u2019s new film now has a title, Amsterdam, and was described from the stage as an original crime epic about three close friends who find themselves at the center of one of the most shocking secret plots in American history. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Indeed, there\u2019s virtually no erotic frisson in Patel\u2019s retelling of an epic that is aglow with passion. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Case in point: this photo Dax posted that can only be described as epic . \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Gate overcome its infamous history and take its rightful place as a staggeringly beautiful American epic for the ages. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2021",
"For Eric and his friends in SpeakEasy Stage Company\u2019s production of Matthew L\u00f3pez\u2019s epic , Tony-winning drama, there\u2019s nothing simple about that question. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
"Last May, Maggie Shipstead released Great Circle, a sweeping, 600-page epic that flips between the lives of a 20th-century pilot who goes missing and a present-day actor playing the pilot in a major biopic. \u2014 Annabel Gutterman, Time , 12 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The duo earned four no's from the judges \u2014 and became violent at their rejection, devolving into an epic fight between each other. \u2014 Charles Trepany, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"Gather with friends and family for an epic 4th of July cookout, complete with appetizers, salads, drinks, desserts, and homespun patriotic decorations. \u2014 Leigh Crandall, Country Living , 14 June 2022",
"While there is little likelihood of a repeat of last year\u2019s epic supply jams, the recent improvement may prove fleeting. \u2014 David J. Lynch, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
"And their friends coming to the rescue during that epic fight against Thanos (Josh Brolin). \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 13 June 2022",
"Each book comes fully charged and videos play automatically when the cover is opened \u2014 how epic is that? \u2014 Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day , 12 June 2022",
"The finale of the second season is nothing short of epic , yet against a backdrop of bittersweet heartbreak. \u2014 Ollie Barder, Forbes , 12 June 2022",
"Fuzzy Door is in the eary stages of developing a remake of the epic 1983 miniseries set against the backdrop of World War II. \u2014 Cynthia Littleton, Variety , 12 June 2022",
"Beyonc\u00e9 was joined by musicians from the Compton community for the epic performance, with each performer also decked out in coordinating neon looks, plus braids and beads in their hair \u2014 a nod to the Williams sisters as young athletes. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Adjective",
"first_known_use":[
"Noun",
"1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Adjective",
"1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-204832"
},
"epicene":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": having but one form to indicate either sex",
": having characteristics typical of the other sex",
": effeminate",
": lacking characteristics of either sex"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccs\u0113n"
],
"synonyms":[
"effeminate",
"effete",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
],
"antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"examples":[
"an ancient statue of a young man of graceful, epicene beauty"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Middle English, from Latin epicoenus , from Greek epikoinos , from epi- + koinos common \u2014 more at co- ",
"first_known_use":[
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-225634"
},
"epicenter":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake \u2014 compare hypocenter sense 1",
": center sense 2a"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pi-\u02ccsen-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"by continually reinventing itself, Las Vegas has managed to remain a national epicenter for entertainment",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not long ago, a single strip of land beside a freeway in Oakland, Calif., was the epicenter of innovation in American sports. \u2014 Jared Diamond, WSJ , 12 June 2022",
"With a stadium show, Birmingham would be the epicenter of Guns mania. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 11 June 2022",
"Mahogany\u2019s community was an epicenter of the first outbreak of COVID-19, and the months of preparation for the jubilee have lifted the performers, many of whom lost family members during the pandemic. \u2014 Danica Kirka, The Christian Science Monitor , 4 June 2022",
"Mahogany\u2019s community was an epicenter of the first outbreak of COVID-19, and the months of preparation for the jubilee have lifted the performers, many of whom lost family members during the pandemic. \u2014 Danica Kirka, ajc , 4 June 2022",
"And Maine\u2014whose sinuous coastline is home to thousands of craggy islands and inlets with faces that are rarely, if ever, climbed\u2014is an epicenter . \u2014 Outside Online , 15 May 2022",
"Palestinians and Israeli police clashed over the weekend in and around the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, which has long been an epicenter of Israeli-Palestinian violence. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, chicagotribune.com , 18 Apr. 2022",
"The site, which is the holiest for Jews and the third holiest in Islam, has frequently been the epicenter of Israeli-Palestinian violence. \u2014 Joseph Krauss, ajc , 30 May 2022",
"New York is the epicenter of financial services in the U.S., but a lot of the states are now really trying to become friendly domiciles for crypto, Wyoming in particular. \u2014 Steven Ehrlich, Forbes , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"New Latin epicentrum , from epi- + Latin centrum center",
"first_known_use":[
"1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-200019"
},
"epigone":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": follower , disciple",
": an inferior imitator"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccg\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"liege man",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
],
"examples":[
"few of director Alfred Hitchcock's many epigones possess much of the master's wit or style"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German, from Latin epigonus successor, from Greek epigonos , from epigignesthai to be born after, from epi- + gignesthai to be born \u2014 more at kin ",
"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-222253"
},
"epigonic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": follower , disciple",
": an inferior imitator"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccg\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[
"acolyte",
"adherent",
"convert",
"disciple",
"follower",
"liege man",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"pupil",
"votarist",
"votary"
],
"antonyms":[
"coryphaeus",
"leader"
],
"examples":[
"few of director Alfred Hitchcock's many epigones possess much of the master's wit or style"
],
"history_and_etymology":"German, from Latin epigonus successor, from Greek epigonos , from epigignesthai to be born after, from epi- + gignesthai to be born \u2014 more at kin ",
"first_known_use":[
"1865, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-185313"
},
"epigrammatic":{
"type":"adjective",
"definitions":[
"of, relating to, or resembling an epigram",
"marked by or given to the use of epigrams"
],
"pronounciation":"\u02cce-p\u0259-gr\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik",
"synonyms":[
"aphoristic",
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"telegraphic",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
],
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"examples":[
"Oscar Wilde's epigrammatic observation, \u201cIn America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience\u201d.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Munro\u2019s characters are drawn from the upper classes, and his prose is droll in the British way\u2014wry and epigrammatic . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 June 2021",
"The writing, so heightened and epigrammatic , seems almost to mock the homespun fashions of traditional realist prose. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 30 Apr. 2021",
"There were fantasy stories \u2014 Peter Pan, Five Children and It, Mary Poppins \u2014 and there were works like Robert McCloskey\u2019s hilarious, epigrammatic Homer Price. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 27 Mar. 2021",
"The intellectual wit of Oscar Wilde\u2014all that epigrammatic cleverness\u2014does not require a mise-en-sc\u00e8ne. \u2014 Willard Spiegelman, WSJ , 19 Feb. 2021",
"Grant unfolds her story in epigrammatic fashion, moving gracefully in time, drawing parallels between multiple generations. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Dec. 2020",
"Even much of the material left out of those books is tart and epigrammatic . \u2014 Paul Elie, The New Yorker , 15 June 2020",
"Modern life has rarely been articulated with such compression and epigrammatic precision. \u2014 Dustin Illingworth, latimes.com , 31 May 2018",
"Each of her subjects fascinates in a different way, and Shapiro has a wizardly epigrammatic knack for summing up paradoxes. \u2014 Laura Miller, Slate Magazine , 12 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":null,
"first_known_use":[
"1694, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"episodic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes",
": having the form of an episode",
": of or limited in duration or significance to a particular episode : temporary",
": occurring, appearing, or changing at usually irregular intervals : occasional"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-dik",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"periodical",
"serial",
"serialized"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings",
"malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show was the first episodic series to be filmed in Massachusetts in nearly three decades when production began in 2017 at New England Studios in Devens. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Queen was, unfortunately, not present at the ceremony due to ongoing episodic mobility issues. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"In his new role, Nemes will oversee business and creative strategies of AGBO\u2019s work in episodic series. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Who \u2014 besides the creator, David Simon, in his later series \u2014 has emulated its sprawl, its complexity, its bucking of TV\u2019s easy-to-digest episodic structure? \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"For Anderson and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the show was more than an episodic display of a modern family. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair. \u2014 Zack Handlen, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Beyond the mothership, AMC ordered episodic anthology Tales of the Walking Dead, which has already been casting ahead of its summer debut. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-213054"
},
"episodical":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
],
"definitions":[
": made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes",
": having the form of an episode",
": of or limited in duration or significance to a particular episode : temporary",
": occurring, appearing, or changing at usually irregular intervals : occasional"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8s\u00e4-dik",
"also"
],
"synonyms":[
"periodical",
"serial",
"serialized"
],
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"examples":[
"the long novel was filmed for television as an episodic movie that was shown over the course of five evenings",
"malaria is characterized by episodic attacks of chills and fever that coincide with mass destruction of blood cells",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The show was the first episodic series to be filmed in Massachusetts in nearly three decades when production began in 2017 at New England Studios in Devens. \u2014 Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The Queen was, unfortunately, not present at the ceremony due to ongoing episodic mobility issues. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 3 June 2022",
"In his new role, Nemes will oversee business and creative strategies of AGBO\u2019s work in episodic series. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Who \u2014 besides the creator, David Simon, in his later series \u2014 has emulated its sprawl, its complexity, its bucking of TV\u2019s easy-to-digest episodic structure? \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"For Anderson and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the show was more than an episodic display of a modern family. \u2014 Aley Arion, Essence , 27 May 2022",
"Be sure to follow me on this blog for all my episodic TV reviews, game reviews and more. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
"But even there, the episodic storytelling helps, as the show rarely gets bogged down for long by angst or despair. \u2014 Zack Handlen, Variety , 2 May 2022",
"Beyond the mothership, AMC ordered episodic anthology Tales of the Walking Dead, which has already been casting ahead of its summer debut. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1711, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-210726"
},
"epitome":{
"type":"noun",
"definitions":[
"a typical or ideal example embodiment",
"a summary of a written work",
"a brief presentation or statement of something",
"brief or miniature form"
],
"pronounciation":"i-\u02c8pi-t\u0259-m\u0113",
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Fe Noel With Caribbean influencers, Fe Noel\u2019s designs are the epitome of vacation-dressing success. \u2014 Alexis Bennett, Vogue , 8 June 2022",
"Masseria Moroseta is the epitome of relaxation and rural simplicity. \u2014 Felicity Carter, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"Just miles from the Pacific and nestled in a sea of Redwoods is an epitome of Northern California relaxation. \u2014 J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine , 1 June 2022",
"The epitome of Parisian elegance, Place Vend\u00f4me is the most familiar landscape of Gabrielle Chanel. \u2014 C\u00e9cilia Pelloux, Forbes , 22 May 2022",
"The epitome of a modern classic, Diptyque\u2019s craftsmanship is admirable. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 May 2022",
"Oversized in scale and rich with history, the piece was the epitome of Lotus\u2019 truly one-of-a-kind homages to Asian heritage. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Swanson\u2019s five-hundred-page tome is the epitome of Hollywood memoir as a feat of self-aggrandizement. \u2014 Rachel Syme, The New Yorker , 30 July 2021",
"Aston Martin is the epitome of automobile luxury and the company has been making stunning sports cars since 1947, although its roots go back as far as the early 1900s when Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford set up their automobile business. \u2014 Mark Sparrow, Forbes , 20 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Latin, from Greek epitom\u0113 , from epitemnein to cut short, from epi- + temnein to cut \u2014 more at tome ",
"first_known_use":[
"1520, in the meaning defined at sense 2a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-090000"
},
"epitomize":{
"type":[
"verb"
],
"definitions":[
": to serve as the typical or ideal example of",
": to make or give an epitome of"
],
"pronounciation":[
"i-\u02c8pi-t\u0259-\u02ccm\u012bz"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"This student's struggles epitomize the trouble with our schools.",
"his personal code of behavior on the playing field is epitomized by his favorite saying, \u201cNice guys finish last\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Always a classic, slip dresses epitomize the ease of elegance. \u2014 Gaby Keiderling, Vogue , 21 May 2022",
"Apart from having a good rapport with Snoop Dogg, Clarkson says the hosts epitomize the show\u2019s diversity through their own musical versatility. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Three of Coachella\u2019s four 2022 headliners \u2014 Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and The Weeknd \u2014 epitomize how a festival that once thrived on its indie cool and underground credibility has embraced pop music for a new generation. \u2014 George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Even though the woman's name remains unknown, the images seen around the world epitomize the horror of an attack on humanity\u2019s most innocent. \u2014 Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Jalen Coleman-Lands may epitomize how college basketball has changed in recent years. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 4 Apr. 2022",
"His name is synonymous with a sport the way Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan and Tom Brady epitomize baseball, basketball and football. \u2014 Gregg Opelka, WSJ , 25 Feb. 2022",
"The 2022 Ferrari F8 Tributo and Spider epitomize the supercar formula. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
"Those opposing stances epitomize the divide in the nation over schools\u2019 handling of the two-year long pandemic, exacerbated in the past month by raging infections from the omicron variant. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 25 Jan. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1594, in the meaning defined at sense 2"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-193715"
},
"epoch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development",
": a memorable event or date",
": an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events",
": a division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age",
": an instant of time or a date selected as a point of reference (as in astronomy)",
": a period that is important or memorable"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259k",
"\u02c8e-\u02ccp\u00e4k",
"US also and British usually",
"\u02c8e-p\u0259k"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"day",
"era",
"period",
"time"
],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The Civil War era was an epoch in 19th-century U.S. history.",
"The development of the steam engine marked an important epoch in the history of industry.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But those days now feel as distant as the Late Cretaceous epoch , and this sixth series installment, ostensibly another Mother Nature cautionary tale, feels awfully human-centric and human-driven. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 June 2022",
"The line leading to modern-day domestic horses and wild Przewalski\u2019s horses split sometime in the middle of that epoch , between 35,000 and 50,000 years ago. \u2014 Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine , 19 May 2022",
"The red planet entered this period during what is called the Amazonian epoch , which began about 3 billion years ago and remains ongoing. \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 11 May 2022",
"The most uneven pacing came in the first epoch , with massively fast starts, dramatic slowdowns, then big re-accelerations. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe\u2019s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged from its dark ages with the dawning of the earliest stars and galaxies. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American , 10 May 2022",
"The fossil dates to the late Oligocene epoch and is believed to be 24 million to 28 million years old. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 May 2022",
"The light from this epoch , now stretched to microwave wavelengths because of the universe\u2019s subsequent expansion, is detectable as the all-pervading cosmic microwave background. \u2014 Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Jacob Mchangama\u2019s history of free speech can feel rushed in its epoch -spanning opening chapters. \u2014 Graham Hillard, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":"Medieval Latin epocha , from Greek epoch\u0113 cessation, fixed point, from epechein to pause, hold back, from epi- + echein to hold \u2014 more at scheme entry 1 ",
"first_known_use":[
"1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220623-195002"
},
"epilog":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work",
": a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play",
": the actor speaking such an epilogue",
": the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action",
": the concluding section of a musical composition : coda"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccl\u022fg",
"-\u02ccl\u00e4g"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As depicted in the episode and described in its epilogue , in addition to falling casualty to the quake itself, many Koreans were also blamed for post-quake destruction and killed by Japanese vigilantes in the aftermath. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Feast your eyes upon the latest news abuzz: Our favorite Netflix period drama is getting its very own epilogue . \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Barring incredible viewership on HBO Max in 45 days, the graceful exit offered by The Secret Of Dumbledore\u2019s lovely epilogue will now likely serve as a series finale. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The book episode, Franco writes, was something of the final straw and an epilogue to the Vigano debacle, both of which saw Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's longtime secretary, as a key behind-the-scenes player. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the book\u2019s epilogue , Assil reflects on her former partnership with famed chef Daniel Patterson, the start of the pandemic and her path to a worker-ownership model. \u2014 Reem Assil, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"By the epilogue \u2019s final pages, the narrator realizes it\u2019s his own responsibility to build on a dense web of influences and develop a unique identity worth acting upon. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Quinn's second epilogue takes place much later after the events of The Viscount Who Loved Me, whereas the show's last scene is just six months after everything goes down. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In an epilogue , Vanasse describes the recovery of the Pribilof seal population and the privations of the Unangax people who were left in dire conditions during the moratorium. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"As depicted in the episode and described in its epilogue , in addition to falling casualty to the quake itself, many Koreans were also blamed for post-quake destruction and killed by Japanese vigilantes in the aftermath. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Feast your eyes upon the latest news abuzz: Our favorite Netflix period drama is getting its very own epilogue . \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Barring incredible viewership on HBO Max in 45 days, the graceful exit offered by The Secret Of Dumbledore\u2019s lovely epilogue will now likely serve as a series finale. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 17 Apr. 2022",
"The book episode, Franco writes, was something of the final straw and an epilogue to the Vigano debacle, both of which saw Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's longtime secretary, as a key behind-the-scenes player. \u2014 Nicole Winfield, ajc , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In the book\u2019s epilogue , Assil reflects on her former partnership with famed chef Daniel Patterson, the start of the pandemic and her path to a worker-ownership model. \u2014 Reem Assil, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2022",
"By the epilogue \u2019s final pages, the narrator realizes it\u2019s his own responsibility to build on a dense web of influences and develop a unique identity worth acting upon. \u2014 Annie Abrams, The New Republic , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Quinn's second epilogue takes place much later after the events of The Viscount Who Loved Me, whereas the show's last scene is just six months after everything goes down. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 25 Mar. 2022",
"In an epilogue , Vanasse describes the recovery of the Pribilof seal population and the privations of the Unangax people who were left in dire conditions during the moratorium. \u2014 Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Apr. 2022"
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"It was a brief romantic episode in a life devoted to work.",
"He tried to forget the whole embarrassing episode .",
"a painful episode from my childhood",
"Millions of people are expected to watch the show's final episode .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Outlaw Video Production YouTube channel (which is a tiny channel with fewer than 2,000 subs) posted this video shortly after watching the episode . \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"All that being said, Plec does feel that the episode works as a series ender. \u2014 Samantha Highfill, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"To hear the whole episode , press play above, or listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. \u2014 Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone , 17 June 2022",
"From anger, shock, and fascination, perhaps all of that multiple times \u2014 and in the same episode even. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 17 June 2022",
"With only 24 episodes in the entire series, every episode packs a punch. \u2014 Milan Polk, Men's Health , 17 June 2022",
"The second episode will air on Paramount Network after Yellowstone on November 20. \u2014 Katie Bowlby, Country Living , 17 June 2022",
"In last week\u2019s episode , for example, Fieri and his group spent time in Florence, Oregon. \u2014 oregonlive , 17 June 2022",
"The episode occurred after two U.S. Navy F-18s that had been on patrol near the base left to refuel. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 17 June 2022"
],
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"1678, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
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": a disparaging or abusive word or phrase",
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": expression",
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"\u02c8e-p\u0259-\u02ccthet",
"also",
"\u02c8ep-\u0259-\u02ccthet"
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"alias",
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"soubriquet",
"surname"
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"examples":[
"His charitable works have earned him the epithet \u201cMr. Philanthropy.\u201d",
"Many were offended by her use of racial epithets .",
"a group of angry people hurling epithets at one another",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on his rifle, as well as the number 14 \u2014 a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on his rifle, as well as the number 14 \u2014 a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Michael Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 CBS News , 15 May 2022",
"Screenshots purporting to be from the live Twitch broadcast appear to show a racial epithet scrawled on the rifle used in the attack, as well as the number 14, a likely reference to a white supremacist slogan. \u2014 Carolyn Thompson And Michael Balsamo, The Christian Science Monitor , 15 May 2022",
"The chip on her shoulder led her to write a grand statement song, its title a vulgar epithet . \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The epithet was scrawled on both sides of the sign in red spray-paint. \u2014 Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle , 12 May 2022",
"A decade or so later, McDonald\u2019s rethought him rather significantly, reduced his arms by two, dropped the epithet from his name and turned him into Ronald McDonald\u2019s dopey sidekick. \u2014 Abram Brown, Forbes , 26 Jan. 2022"
],
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"1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
],
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"noun"
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": follower , disciple",
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"few of director Alfred Hitchcock's many epigones possess much of the master's wit or style"
],
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"1865, in the meaning defined above"
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": lasting a very short time"
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"Adjective",
"\u2026 several rather inflated pages of material about an ephemeral love affair Fitzgerald allegedly had with an English woman named Bijou \u2026 \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , Times Literary Supplement , 5 Jan. 1996",
"As a consequence North Africa was easily reconquered by the Byzantine emperor in the 530s, and the Vandals' influence on North African development was ephemeral and negligible. \u2014 Norman F. Cantor , The Civilization of the Middle Ages , 1993",
"This accounts for the peculiar sense most observers have that the ephemeral , sensationalist, polymorphous, magpie popular culture of the United States is at bottom remarkably conservative \u2026 \u2014 Louis Menand , Harper's , March 1993",
"the autumnal blaze of colors is always to be treasured, all the more so because it is so ephemeral",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The shots of snowy mountains and rugged ocean beaches are ephemeral . \u2014 oregonlive , 26 May 2022",
"The underlying motif is that material items are ephemeral , and art can\u2019t be commodified. \u2014 Will Dukes, Rolling Stone , 6 May 2022",
"In this idiosyncratic home goods store, some of the most attractive merchandise is ephemeral . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
"This tender waltz beautifully addresses the ephemeral nature of time and love and the permanence of art. \u2014 Melinda Newman, Billboard , 25 Mar. 2022",
"For the past few years, a Finnish artist has been walking on a frozen lake near his hometown to create beautiful ephemeral art that disappears as the weather changes. \u2014 Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure , 20 Dec. 2021",
"Adaptability might mean contextualizing old monuments with additional signage or simply creating monuments that are more ephemeral in nature. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Oct. 2021",
"Marking its return to the mountaintop city with a 3,353-square-foot boutique, the storied maison's ephemeral location is fully stocked with everything shoppers need to hit the slopes in style and more. \u2014 Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR , 17 Mar. 2022",
"As social media has grown to account for a larger share of internet content, that content has become more ephemeral , vulnerable to the disappearance of the platform on which it was shared or deletion by the user who created it. \u2014 Drew Austin, Wired , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The plant grows in clumps and is a spring ephemeral \u2014producing leaves and flowers for about a month, then going dormant for the rest of the year. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 28 Mar. 2022",
"There isn\u2019t a growing season for native plants, although ephemerals bloom and die in a few days and others flower even when there\u2019s snow on the ground. \u2014 Hattie Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2018",
"Early-blooming wildflowers called spring ephemerals \u2013 such as spring beauty, yellow trout lily, marsh marigold, and more \u2013 pop up in fields and woods across Northeast Ohio during early spring. \u2014 cleveland.com , 8 May 2017",
"Spring ephemerals bloom before tree leaves block the sunlight from reaching the forest floor. \u2014 cleveland.com , 8 May 2017",
"Like all spring ephemerals , the clock is always ticking for the wood anemone. \u2014 Dave Taft, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2017",
"The timing of this fleeting wildflower, as with other spring ephemerals , is critical to the balance of the ecosystem. \u2014 National Geographic , 24 Apr. 2016"
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"examples":[
"St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans.",
"He penned lengthy epistles to her.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In its paper-thin hypocrisy, his video epistle Was a minute-long rendition of his usual dog whistle. \u2014 John Lithgow, The New Yorker , 27 Sep. 2021",
"The group epistle was sent to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of HHS that works on research and tools to improve health care and policy. \u2014 Tom Simonite, Wired , 24 Sep. 2020",
"His epistle to the American legal community drew cheers from Ahmari, who already shares his skepticism of the prevailing liberal order. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 2 Apr. 2020",
"Nearly everything that worked so well the first time falls apart in the new series, which becomes a languorously long, frequently cryptic epistle on the sin of letting style conquer substance. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Jan. 2020",
"An epistle from space, written by an older and wiser society, could be detected by our radio telescopes; the aliens might then invite us to join a galactic federation of enlightened peers who communicate in a universal tongue. \u2014 Adam Mann, The New Yorker , 3 Oct. 2019",
"The first epistle came from Sheldon Whitehouse, who wrote on behalf of fellow Democrats Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Richard Durbin and Kirsten Gillibrand. \u2014 S.m. | New York, The Economist , 11 Sep. 2019",
"This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 July 2019",
"Consider the question of the authorship of Paul\u2019s epistles . \u2014 Barton Swaim, WSJ , 9 July 2019"
],
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"Benjamin Franklin's famous epigram , \u201cRemember that time is money\u201d.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The epigram is applicable to the current stock market flavor-of-the-year, SPACs, or Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations. \u2014 Jerry Weissman, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
"Some female citizens managed huge fortunes, such as those that appear in epigrams by the first century poet Martial. \u2014 National Geographic , 4 Nov. 2019",
"By then the epigrams had paled, and voters suspected that his business strengths, the risk-taking and stubborn autocratic personality, might not serve a president constrained by Congress and public opinion. \u2014 Robert D. Mcfadden, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 15 July 2019",
"These are the regal epigrams that stand alone, can seem like platitudes, and yet supply arch but indirect commentary on a turn of events without naming or tagging the players. \u2014 Jason Pontin, WIRED , 4 May 2018",
"Its writing resembles nothing so much as Scripture; ideas are condensed to epigrams , four or five to a paragraph. \u2014 Bill Mckibben, New Republic , 12 July 2017",
"The beauty of Bangs's writing is its messiness\u2014the musings, tangents, anecdotes, and epigrams that somehow end up addressing the main point of his essay, and the way all this ephemera congeals into a coherent body of work. \u2014 Tal Rosenberg, Chicago Reader , 12 July 2017",
"Like the moralist Nietzsche, who also spun off disconcerting and misquotable epigrams , Machiavelli is at once overfamiliar and obscure. \u2014 Edmund Fawcett, New York Times , 16 June 2017"
],
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"Adjective",
"a person of epicurean tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Olvera is among many chefs lately teaming up with cannabis brands to bring a more epicurean edge to the edibles market, a smokeless industry that\u2019s seen an increase in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Over at the historic Hotel Jerome, a curated epicurean passport stay is being offered to guests who want a full-on gastro experience. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The name gianduiotto is thought to come from carnival figure Gianduja, a jolly wine-loving peasant, popular in the 1800s, who embodied the epicurean nature of locals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In the S\u00e1mi hub of Jokkmokk, the reindeer herder and specialty meat purveyor works closely with Eva Gunnare, a local forager and cultural guide to bring guests on an epicurean journey. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The menu presents an appealing hybrid of old-world traditions\u2014Mayan healing stones, clay wraps made of local herbs\u2014as well as more modern, epicurean treatments. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer converted an old warehouse into the world-class Noma restaurant in 2003, Copenhagen has gone from culinary wasteland to epicurean epicenter. \u2014 Helen Russell, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The biographer\u2019s gift lay in fusing the personal and impersonal, his experience as an art student and jobbing critic, the stoic\u2019s sense with an epicurean sensibility. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Stay Here: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, an epicurean retreat in the nearby market town of Chippenham, offers a fantastic base for exploring Avebury, Stonehenge, and the surrounding countryside. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"noun"
],
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": one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine",
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"\u02c8e-pi-\u02cckyu\u0307r"
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"examples":[
"Thomas Jefferson was one of America's first great epicures .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The flaneur was a familiar figure in nineteenth-century Paris: a solitary, quasi-artistic man (though not always) who strolled the streets like an urban epicure . \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"An epicure is particular about his pleasures; a snob is particular about everyone else\u2019s pleasures, forever lecturing others about their tastes in music, clothes, restaurants, and their general modes of life. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Visitors to downtown Napa can further embrace their inner epicure at the Oxbow Public Market, a food hall included by Times travel writer Christopher Reynolds on his list of the 40 best autumn experiences in California. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2022",
"The Portland, Maine, seafood epicure offers a wide assortment of caviars from around the world and outstanding collections like this Royal Osetra Tasting. \u2014 Megan Murphy, Robb Report , 21 Dec. 2021",
"Picture a plateful of flounder leaping off the dish and chomping the epicure \u2019s nose. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Nov. 2021",
"We\u2019ve been subjected to the bottom of the barrel: cheap, salty, scratchy little things that any epicure would despise. \u2014 Ruth Reichl, Town & Country , 28 Feb. 2021",
"All kinds of scams proliferate in the truffle world\u2019s lawless climate, fed by the appetites of epicures and consumers of culinary bling alike, and most of us are mycologically illiterate\u2014and thus easily duped. \u2014 Eugenia Bone, WSJ , 10 July 2019",
"Victoria has numerous tea rooms, many geared to budget-conscious epicures like us, Charlie and Jean told us. \u2014 Roy Harris Jr., latimes.com , 20 May 2018"
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],
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": a zeolitic mineral CaAl 2 Si 6 O 16 5H 2 O consisting of aluminosilicate of calcium and occurring in usually white prismatic crystals or granular forms"
],
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": the right side of an altar or chancel as one faces it : south side"
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"Late Latin epistolaris , from Latin epistola + -aris -ar"
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"noun"
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": epigone"
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"i-\u02c8pi-g\u0259-n\u0259s",
"e-"
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"1922, in the meaning defined above"
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": of, relating to, or suitable to a letter",
": contained in or carried on by letters",
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": a lectionary containing a body of liturgical epistles"
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"i-\u02c8pi-st\u0259-\u02ccler-\u0113",
"\u02cce-pi-\u02c8st\u022f-l\u0259-r\u0113"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Rosenthal brings his epistolary jazz opera to Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford on April 2 at 8:15 p.m. in a concert version sung by vocalists from the NYC Opera premiere and played by the Ted Rosenthal Trio. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 25 Mar. 2022",
"There is an epistolary chapter that reads less like a series of emails than a diagram of human manipulation. \u2014 Lauren Mechling, Vogue , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, this epistolary romantic novel tells the story of two time-traveling rivals who fall in love. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 20 Mar. 2022",
"Hirshman turns these epistolary spats into page-turning reading, revealing backbiting and pettiness more at home in a teenage clique than in a moral crusade. \u2014 Lydia Moland, BostonGlobe.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
"This epistolary book by the famed Atlantic writer reflects on racism\u2019s long shadow. \u2014 Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic , 1 Feb. 2022",
"The epistolary impulse, Tiller knows, often comes from a desire to correct or to confess, and to extract meaning from the mess of our days. \u2014 Alejandro Chacoff, The New Yorker , 3 Jan. 2022",
"This 1950s Egyptian epistolary novel is told by a young woman looking back on the misery, patriarchy and middle-class life that surrounded her upon her return from boarding school. \u2014 New York Times , 16 Dec. 2021",
"In the American countryside during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, the mail came once a week, on the same day, providing a nice rhythm for epistolary romances and a chance to scold relatives. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"One of my favorite works of the transfeminine epistolary is an unpublished poem by Cat Fitzpatrick, a long letter written to her best cis male friend. \u2014 Jeanne Thornton, Harper's BAZAAR , 9 Nov. 2021",
"In the case of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker, poets and public intellectuals, a friendship to a great extent epistolary flourished despite the geographical distance \u2014 Lorde was in New York City, Parker in California. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Apr. 2021"
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"Adjective",
"circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"circa 1900, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-104823"
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"noun"
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": the reader of the liturgical Epistle especially in Anglican churches"
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"i-\u02c8pi-st\u0259-l\u0259r"
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"first_known_use":[
"1530, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-142808"
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": the philosophy of Epicurus who subscribed to a hedonistic ethics that considered an imperturbable emotional calm the highest good and whose followers held intellectual pleasures superior to transient sensualism",
": a way of life in accord with Epicureanism",
": epicurism"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-pi-kyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
"-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-"
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"1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1a"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-214725"
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"noun"
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"definitions":[
": of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism",
": of, relating to, or suited to an epicure",
": a follower of Epicurus",
": epicure sense 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-pi-kyu\u0307-\u02c8r\u0113-\u0259n",
"-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-\u0113-"
],
"synonyms":[
"bon vivant",
"epicure",
"gastronome",
"gastronomist",
"gourmand",
"gourmet"
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"Adjective",
"a person of epicurean tastes",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Olvera is among many chefs lately teaming up with cannabis brands to bring a more epicurean edge to the edibles market, a smokeless industry that\u2019s seen an increase in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic began. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Over at the historic Hotel Jerome, a curated epicurean passport stay is being offered to guests who want a full-on gastro experience. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 3 June 2022",
"The name gianduiotto is thought to come from carnival figure Gianduja, a jolly wine-loving peasant, popular in the 1800s, who embodied the epicurean nature of locals. \u2014 Silvia Marchetti, CNN , 5 May 2022",
"In the S\u00e1mi hub of Jokkmokk, the reindeer herder and specialty meat purveyor works closely with Eva Gunnare, a local forager and cultural guide to bring guests on an epicurean journey. \u2014 Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure , 4 Mar. 2022",
"The menu presents an appealing hybrid of old-world traditions\u2014Mayan healing stones, clay wraps made of local herbs\u2014as well as more modern, epicurean treatments. \u2014 Jessie Heyman, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Since Rene Redzepi and Claus Meyer converted an old warehouse into the world-class Noma restaurant in 2003, Copenhagen has gone from culinary wasteland to epicurean epicenter. \u2014 Helen Russell, CNN , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The biographer\u2019s gift lay in fusing the personal and impersonal, his experience as an art student and jobbing critic, the stoic\u2019s sense with an epicurean sensibility. \u2014 Maxwell Carter, WSJ , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Stay Here: Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, an epicurean retreat in the nearby market town of Chippenham, offers a fantastic base for exploring Avebury, Stonehenge, and the surrounding countryside. \u2014 Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure , 22 Nov. 2021"
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"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1",
"Noun",
"1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-200922"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":[
": epicurean sense 2"
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"Latin Epicureus"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220702-213212"
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"episternum":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": interclavicle",
": any of several other sternal elements of similar origin or position (such as the presternum of a mammal or the epiplastron of a turtle)",
": a lateral division or piece of a somite of an arthropod",
": the anterior sclerite of the pleuron of an insect \u2014 compare epimeron",
": manubrium sense 1a"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ep\u0259\u0307",
"\u00a6ep\u0113+"
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"history_and_etymology":[
"New Latin, from epi- + sternum"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-190644"
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"epicurism":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":[
": the practices or tastes of an epicure or an epicurean"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8e-pi-\u02cckyu\u0307r-\u02cci-z\u0259m",
"\u02cce-pi-\u02c8kyu\u0307r-"
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"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1550, in the meaning defined above"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-074504"
},
"epic theater":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": epic drama"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-081745"
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"Epictetus":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":[
"circa a.d. 55\u2013 circa 135 Greek Stoic philosopher in Rome"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cce-pik-\u02c8t\u0113-t\u0259s"
],
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"history_and_etymology":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-154347"
},
"epigonos":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": epigone entry 1"
],
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259\u0307\u02c8pig\u0259n\u0259s",
"e\u02c8-",
"-\u02ccn\u00e4s"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[
"Greek"
],
"first_known_use":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-180144"
},
"epic simile":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":[
": an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject"
],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"first_known_use":[
"1931, in the meaning defined above"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220704-212614"
},
"epigonium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccep\u0259\u02c8g\u014dn\u0113\u0259m"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from epi- + Greek gon\u0113 seed + New Latin -ium":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105353"
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"epistolic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
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},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6ep\u0259\u00a6st\u00e4lik"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin epistolicus , from Greek epistolikos , from epistol\u0113 + -ikos -ic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105734"
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"type":[
"intransitive verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to profess or practice Epicureanism":[]
},
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112517"
},
"episternite":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an anterior cuticular sidepiece of a somite of an insect":[]
},
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"-\u02c8st\u0259r\u02ccn\u012bt"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin epistern um + English -ite":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120040"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": of, relating to, being, or mediating cutaneous sensory reception marked by accurate discrimination between small degrees of sensation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccep-\u0259-\u02c8krit-ik",
"\u02cce-p\u0259-\u02c8kri-tik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek epikritikos determinative, from epikrinein to decide, from epi- + krinein to judge \u2014 more at certain":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140350"
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