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{
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"idyl":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an idyll":[],
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": a narrative poem (such as Tennyson's Idylls of the King ) treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme":[],
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": a romantic interlude":[],
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": a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Gradually, however, in the 1980s, Duplin\u2019s pastoral idyll becomes a mephitic dead zone, thanks to the nightmarish business scheme of an ambitious hog farmer named Wendell H. Murphy. \u2014 Jeff Calder, ajc , 3 June 2022",
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"But, in similar movements\u2014among them Amsterdam\u2019s Stop de Kindermood (Stop Killing Children) campaign of the seventies, which turned that city into a bike idyll \u2014mothers, bearing an anguish poignant to the public, had proved effective as victims. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"This past spring, a small group of women gathered at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, England, a 470-acre country idyll outside London that once received guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Fleming. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
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"Long before Tuesday, reality interfered with some visions of Uvalde as a pastoral idyll . \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
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"After months of next to no infections, omicron shattered Hong Kong\u2019s virus-free idyll and caught authorities unprepared. \u2014 Shirley Zhao, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"The utopia of Dickens\u2019s fiction, also impossibly outdated today, maybe even outdated in 1850, is the domestic idyll . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"The Budapest of von Neumann\u2019s childhood, the fin of a buoyant si\u00e8cle, was a cosmopolitan idyll in which Jews were able to prosper, and the von Neumanns could afford tutors, country homes, and private libraries. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"After an idyll punctuated by shoplifting, drunken nights and Nick\u2019s promiscuity, the twins return home, maintaining their estrangement from their mother. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin idyllium , from Greek eidyllion , from diminutive of eidos form; akin to Greek idein to see \u2014 more at wit":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012b-d\u1d4al",
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"British usually \u02c8i-(\u02cc)dil"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"binge",
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"fling",
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"frisk",
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"frolic",
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"gambol",
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"lark",
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"ploy",
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"revel",
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"rollick",
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"romp",
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"spree"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223809",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idyll":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an idyll":[],
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": a narrative poem (such as Tennyson's Idylls of the King ) treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme":[],
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": a romantic interlude":[],
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": a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Gradually, however, in the 1980s, Duplin\u2019s pastoral idyll becomes a mephitic dead zone, thanks to the nightmarish business scheme of an ambitious hog farmer named Wendell H. Murphy. \u2014 Jeff Calder, ajc , 3 June 2022",
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"But, in similar movements\u2014among them Amsterdam\u2019s Stop de Kindermood (Stop Killing Children) campaign of the seventies, which turned that city into a bike idyll \u2014mothers, bearing an anguish poignant to the public, had proved effective as victims. \u2014 Danyoung Kim, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"This past spring, a small group of women gathered at the Beaverbrook estate in Surrey, England, a 470-acre country idyll outside London that once received guests including Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Fleming. \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, Vogue , 1 June 2022",
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"Long before Tuesday, reality interfered with some visions of Uvalde as a pastoral idyll . \u2014 Teo Armus, Washington Post , 29 May 2022",
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"After months of next to no infections, omicron shattered Hong Kong\u2019s virus-free idyll and caught authorities unprepared. \u2014 Shirley Zhao, Bloomberg.com , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"The utopia of Dickens\u2019s fiction, also impossibly outdated today, maybe even outdated in 1850, is the domestic idyll . \u2014 The New Yorker , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"The Budapest of von Neumann\u2019s childhood, the fin of a buoyant si\u00e8cle, was a cosmopolitan idyll in which Jews were able to prosper, and the von Neumanns could afford tutors, country homes, and private libraries. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, The New Republic , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"After an idyll punctuated by shoplifting, drunken nights and Nick\u2019s promiscuity, the twins return home, maintaining their estrangement from their mother. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin idyllium , from Greek eidyllion , from diminutive of eidos form; akin to Greek idein to see \u2014 more at wit":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012b-d\u1d4al",
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"British usually \u02c8i-(\u02cc)dil"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"binge",
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"fling",
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"frisk",
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"frolic",
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"gambol",
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"lark",
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"ploy",
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"revel",
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"rollick",
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"romp",
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"spree"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170820",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idyllic":{
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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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": pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity":[],
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": of, relating to, or being an idyll":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"chiefly British i-",
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"\u012b-\u02c8di-lik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"He had an idyllic childhood.",
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"an idyllic retreat in the countryside",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"If that librarian had real political power, though, the outcome might not be so idyllic . \u2014 Gabriel Nicholas, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
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"The all-suites-and-villas luxury resort is located on the idyllic Long Beach with all guest rooms offering the renowned hospitality and state-of-the-art technology that Regent Hotels are known for. \u2014 Kaitlyn Mcinnis, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"There\u2019s no shortage of elysian Santa Barbara hotels in both the seaside city and its idyllic surrounding areas of Montecito and the Santa Ynez wine country. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 23 June 2022",
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"While far from idyllic , this unorthodox arrangement was ideal for a budding fiction writer. \u2014 Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com , 23 June 2022",
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"But any viewer up on their tales of missing kids in deceptively idyllic small-town America could be forgiven for mistaking this real place for one of King\u2019s haunted Maine burgs. \u2014 A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
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"With chilling precision and considerable generosity, the film studies its young subjects, extracting haunting conclusions about the Darwinian nature of ostensibly idyllic settings. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 June 2022",
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"Another look inching up in interest: Barndo homes, with soaring ceilings and open floor plans inspired by barns set in idyllic pastures and encouraging a more simple way of life. \u2014 oregonlive , 22 June 2022",
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"But the idyllic scenery hides a dark history that soon starts to worm its way into Jack's mind. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 22 June 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134602"
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},
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"idyllist":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a composer of idylls : an idyllic writer":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"chiefly British \u02c8id-",
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"\u02c8\u012bd\u1d4al\u0259\u0307st"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-201529"
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},
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"idyllium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": idyll":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u012b\u02c8dil\u0113\u0259m",
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"\u0259\u0307\u02c8d-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-144210"
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}
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} |