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{
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"fab":{
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"antonyms":[
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"execrable",
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"lousy",
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"pathetic",
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"poor",
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"rotten",
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"terrible",
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"vile",
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"wretched"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fabulous":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"We had a fab time.",
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"that designer's new line of spring clothing is absolutely fab",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Who else could make getting caught with your pants down look so fab ",
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"How about lemon-squeezing-in Huntsville\u2019s fab new Orion Amphitheater too, Robert",
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"This creates a challenge for generations of offices that were built around durable but uninspiring pre- fab furniture and require immense investments to rehaul, Wisecarver says. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
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"Patrick Gelsinger, who became Intel\u2019s chief executive a year ago, is lobbying Congress to provide grants for fab construction and tax credits for equipment investment. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"So fab clean rooms are built on enormous concrete slabs on special shock absorbers. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"The chip shortage has hit the automotive industry particularly hard because automakers canceled orders when the pandemic struck, only to see their fab reservations be snapped up by computer and device manufacturers. \u2014 Tim De Chant, Ars Technica , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Manufacturers say the pre- fab shelters will withstand exposure to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks. \u2014 Megan Cerullo, CBS News , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Here are three of our favorite examples of DADUs in the West, from pre- fab units to modular blueprints and genius, space-saving design ideas. \u2014 Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine , 1 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fab"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
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"A1",
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"awesome",
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"bang-up",
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"banner",
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"beautiful",
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"blue-chip",
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"blue-ribbon",
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"boffo",
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"bonny",
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"bonnie",
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"boss",
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"brag",
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"brave",
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"bully",
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"bumper",
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"capital",
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"choice",
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"classic",
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"cool",
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"corking",
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"crackerjack",
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"cracking",
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"dandy",
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"divine",
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"dope",
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"down",
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"dynamite",
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"excellent",
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"fabulous",
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"famous",
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"fantabulous",
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"fantastic",
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"fine",
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"first-class",
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"first-rate",
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"first-string",
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"five-star",
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"four-star",
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"frontline",
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"gangbusters",
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"gangbuster",
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"gilt-edged",
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"gilt-edge",
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"gone",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"groovy",
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"heavenly",
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"high-class",
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"hot",
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"hype",
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"immense",
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"jim-dandy",
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"keen",
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"lovely",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"mean",
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"neat",
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"nifty",
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"noble",
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"number one",
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"No. 1",
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"numero uno",
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"out-of-sight",
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"par excellence",
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"peachy",
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"peachy keen",
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"phat",
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"prime",
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"primo",
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"prize",
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"prizewinning",
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"quality",
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"radical",
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"righteous",
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"sensational",
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"slick",
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"splendid",
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"stellar",
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"sterling",
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"superb",
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"superior",
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"superlative",
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"supernal",
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"swell",
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"terrific",
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"tip-top",
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"top",
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"top-notch",
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"top-of-the-line",
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"top-shelf",
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"topflight",
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"topping",
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"unsurpassed",
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"wizard",
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"wonderful"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100553",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a fictitious narrative or statement: such as":[],
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": a legendary story of supernatural happenings":[
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"Minerva is in fables said, from Jove without a mother to proceed",
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"\u2014 Sir John Davies"
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],
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": falsehood , lie":[
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"The story that he won the battle single-handedly is a mere fable ."
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],
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": to talk or write about as if true":[],
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": to tell fables":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a fable about busy ants",
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"The story that he won the battle single-handedly is a mere fable .",
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"He combines fact and fable to make a more interesting story.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"The movie is a fable of winning, of beating the house every time, without much of a dark side. \u2014 Owen Gleiberman, Variety , 15 June 2022",
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"This film is an anti-war fable that talks about the common origin of all wars. \u2014 Holly Jones, Variety , 13 June 2022",
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"What follows is a fantastical fable of love and suffering, imprisonment and release, mythology and the material world. \u2014 New York Times , 23 May 2022",
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"Elem Klimov\u2019s heart-rending 1985 antiwar fable , about a Soviet youth who joins the fight against the Nazis, screens as a benefit for families affected by the current crisis in Ukraine. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Screenwriter Anna Symon and director Clio Barnard are translating Sarah Perry\u2019s lush Victorian fable into an evocative six-part series starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston. \u2014 Radhika Seth, Vogue , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"This performance will be an attempt to combine all 209 fairy tales into one cohesive fable , brought to life by two narrators and a team of actors. \u2014 Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"The history of a movement, narrated as a documentary fable . \u2014 Lise Pedersen, Variety , 1 Mar. 2022",
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"Then about 20 years ago, along comes architect and historian John Crandell, who plumbed contemporary accounts to show that the Wyman fable was not true. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Arrebato 4K restoration of Spanish filmmaker Iv\u00e1n Zulueta\u2018s hallucinatory 1980 horror fable about a director and a heroin addict. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Aug. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fablen, borrowed from Anglo-French fabler, fableier, going back to Latin f\u0101bul\u0101r\u012b \"to talk, converse, invent a story,\" verbal derivative of f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \"":"Verb",
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"Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin f\u0101bula \"talk, gossip, account, tale, legend,\" from f\u0101-, stem of for, f\u0101r\u012b \"to speak, say\" + -bula, feminine derivative of -bulum, instrumental suffix (going back to Indo-European *-d h lom ) \u2014 more at ban entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0101-b\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"allegory",
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"apologue",
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"parable"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075329",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fabled":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": fictitious":[],
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": renowned , famous":[
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"the team's fabled coach"
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],
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": told or celebrated in fables":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She served us some of her fabled cherry pie.",
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"the fabled unicorn continues to be a symbol of elusive and magical beauty",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There is one exception: an unarmed member of the Syrian army escorts every group through Palmyra, desert city of the fabled Queen Zenobia who took on the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. \u2014 Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post , 23 June 2022",
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"Only the third model to wear the fabled CSL moniker, this lightweight, track-focused coupe packs a 543 hp punch from its 3.0-liter, turbocharged inline-six engine. \u2014 Howard Walker, Robb Report , 22 June 2022",
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"The two-story, 1964 library building stands across a side street from the fabled Mission Inn, the largest Mission Revival style building in the nation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
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"But in 1974, anything seemed possible for a tour guide, who for two hours at a time would stand at the front of the fabled Universal trams and regale tourists with Hollywood lore. \u2014 Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 June 2022",
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"Here, think the late 1997 collapse of the then-100-year-old Yamaichi Securities, one of Japan\u2019s fabled big four brokerages. \u2014 William Pesek, Forbes , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"The movie tells the story of a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a fabled mid-summer festival. \u2014 Lucia Tonelli, Town & Country , 31 May 2022",
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"Jane Pauley pays a visit to a fabled home constructed from a Gilded Age fortune, which will open its doors to public tours for the first time later this year. \u2014 CBS News , 19 May 2022",
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"An alert posted to the national park web site noted that the cables are in place and the daily lottery for a reservation to climb the fabled rock is in effect. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1602, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from past participle of fable entry 2":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0101-b\u0259ld"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fabulous",
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"legendary",
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"mythical",
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"mythic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005824",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"fabric":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a material that resembles cloth":[],
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": cloth sense 1a":[],
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": structural plan or style of construction":[],
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": structure , building":[],
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": texture , quality":[
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"\u2014 used chiefly of textiles"
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],
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": the appearance or pattern produced by the shapes and arrangement of the crystal grains in a rock":[],
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": the arrangement of physical components (as of soil) in relation to each other":[],
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": underlying structure : framework":[
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"the fabric of society"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The curtains are made of expensive fabric .",
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"scarves made of woven fabrics",
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"the fabric of the community",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Jackson said the community\u2019s social fabric has been undone as a result of the ongoing changes, including the pandemic that paused many community meetings and other events where neighbors met with each other. \u2014 Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun , 27 June 2022",
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"That debate, which goes back to the birth of gifted education in the 19th century, centers on what most strengthens the social, political, and economic fabric of a democratic nation. \u2014 Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 June 2022",
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"Alcoholism and domestic violence tore at the social fabric . \u2014 David James, Anchorage Daily News , 20 June 2022",
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"But as schools shut down and social fabric frayed during the pandemic, trust in teachers declined. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
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"For nearly a century, gas stations dotting the American landscape wove themselves deep into the country\u2019s social fabric with pop artists like Edward Ruscha capturing these historic fixtures of everyday life. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 7 June 2022",
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"The fact that colds, flus, and stomach bugs routinely reinfect hasn\u2019t shredded the social fabric . \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 27 May 2022",
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"Mass unemployment, ever-widening inequality, and cultural unease fracture the country\u2019s social fabric . \u2014 Michel Houellebecq, National Review , 26 May 2022",
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"The Big Solution to our global financial mess recognizes the importance of a social fabric that takes care of everyone. \u2014 Jarl Jensen, Forbes , 5 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French fabrique \"act of construction, something created or constructed, the created world, structure, construction and maintenance of a church,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin fabrica, going back to Latin, \"process of making something, craft, art, workshop,\" noun derivative from *fabricus \"of a craftsman,\" from fabr-, faber \"craftsman, smith\" (perhaps going back to dialectal Indo-European *d h ab h -r- \u2014perhaps of non-Indo-European origin\u2014 whence also Armenian darbin \"smith,\" from *d h ab h -r-sneh 2 ) + -icus -ic entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fa-brik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"cloth",
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"textile"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094015",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fabricate":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": invent , create":[],
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": to make up for the purpose of deception":[
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"accused of fabricating evidence"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Only the largest parts were fabricated at the factory.",
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"Their plan is to fabricate the house out of synthetic materials.",
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"a story fabricated to sell magazines",
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"She was accused of fabricating data.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And that starts with a department head, whose job includes hiring and supervising members of the team, finding the right materials needed for each set, lining up a lab to fabricate prosthetics and special effects, if needed, and applying makeup. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
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"Montagu works with a woman in their office, Jean Leslie (Kelly Macdonald), to fabricate a detailed backstory for the dead man, in the process developing awkward feelings complicated by their personal situations. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
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"The recourse also stems from Pym\u2019s real-life behavior: one of her stalking tactics was to fabricate chance meetings with her quarry. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
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"She\u2019s the teenage ringleader of a group of girls who fabricate accusations of witchcraft against upstanding townspeople of Salem, Mass., charges that lead to the execution of innocents. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
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"Bream has collected a huge amount of parts on site and 3D printers are used to fabricate other parts and for finishing touches that give the feeling that everything belongs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The defense agency is looking for detailed proposals that describe how engineers would design, develop, fabricate , and assemble the engine. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 11 May 2022",
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"One speed cushion costs roughly $6,000 to fabricate and install, Castex-Tatum said. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"The person would have to source some false teeth, then fabricate the letter and send it all the way from Spain. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fabricaten, borrowed from Latin fabric\u0101tus, past participle of fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct,\" derivative of fabrica \"process of making something, craft, art\" \u2014 more at fabric":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fa-bri-\u02cck\u0101t",
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"\u02c8fa-br\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fashion",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"make",
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"manufacture",
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"produce"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-004150",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fabrication":{
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"antonyms":[
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"truth"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the act or process of fabricating":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication",
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"the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Plus, all the attention is placed on the fabrication as well. \u2014 Vogue , 22 June 2022",
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"The launch was announced at a Crestwood company, Machining Systems Corp., which does metals machining and fabrication . \u2014 Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune , 19 June 2022",
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"Off College Point Boulevard in Flushing, stainless steel fabrication workshops and showrooms are pervasive. \u2014 New York Times , 10 June 2022",
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"The Gyalsey inaugurated a FabLab, or fabrication laboratory, named after him\u2014the Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super FabLab\u2014at the TechPark in Thimphu, Bhutan. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 8 June 2022",
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"His film solves the problem, unavoidable in live-action versions, of how to present a hero who is half human and half fabrication . \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
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"Those words softly resonate with notions of what makes a relationship durable, as well as the encroaching obsolescence of handcrafted tailoring in favor of machine fabrication . \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 May 2022",
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"Lam Research, a wafer fabrication equipment and services company, reached No. 250 after leaping 54 spots. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
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"Nationally renowned for his food truck fabrication business that includes a TV show and basketball superstar Steph Curry as a client, Davies has yet to make a name for himself in boxing. \u2014 John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News , 20 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fabricacionne, borrowed from Latin fabric\u0101ti\u014dn-, fabric\u0101ti\u014d, from fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct\" + -ti\u014dn-, -ti\u014d, suffix of verbal action \u2014 more at fabricate":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccfa-bri-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n",
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"\u02ccfab-ri-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fable",
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"fairy tale",
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"falsehood",
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"falsity",
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"fib",
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"lie",
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"mendacity",
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"prevarication",
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"story",
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"tale",
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"taradiddle",
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"tarradiddle",
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"untruth",
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"whopper"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225719",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fabulous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling or suggesting a fable : of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature":[
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"fabulous wealth"
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],
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": told in or based on fable":[
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"fabulous dragons"
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],
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": wonderful , marvelous":[
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"had a fabulous time",
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"a fabulous view from the summit"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I had a fabulous time.",
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"The weather has been fabulous .",
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"He is making fabulous amounts of money.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Harry Styles used his concert at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on Sunday night (June 19) to support a fan in coming out in the most fabulous way possible. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
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"Both of us were having a fabulous time, but both of us were restless, wanting to get together. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
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"The three-time Cy Young winner was off to a fabulous start (4-0, 1.80 ERA) until a pelvic injury sidelined him for a little more than a month. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
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"Pick up a stack of these to carry with you wherever the summer sun takes you \u2014 and when you're done, dive into the Good Housekeeping Book Club for even more fabulous feel-good fare. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
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"Premium materials, a fabulous feeling handle, and a super light weight deliver a better user experience than the majority of other everyday carry knives. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 12 June 2022",
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"Also, our yoga instructor did a fabulous job of learning to do Zoom yoga for us. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The movie has its moments, and the CGI really is fabulous , but this go-round feels fairly tired. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
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"There's a fabulous conjunction between Venus and Uranus in your 4th House of Foundations and Family, casting a happy glow over your abode. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fabulous, fabulose \"legendary, mythical,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fabuleux, borrowed from Latin f\u0101bul\u014dsus \"celebrated in legend, resembling an invented story, mythical,\" from f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \" + -\u014dsus -ous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fa-by\u0259-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fabulous fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"legendary",
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"mythical",
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"mythic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060102",
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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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},
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"fabulously":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling or suggesting a fable : of an incredible, astonishing, or exaggerated nature":[
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"fabulous wealth"
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],
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": told in or based on fable":[
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"fabulous dragons"
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],
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": wonderful , marvelous":[
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"had a fabulous time",
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"a fabulous view from the summit"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"I had a fabulous time.",
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"The weather has been fabulous .",
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"He is making fabulous amounts of money.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Harry Styles used his concert at London\u2019s Wembley Stadium on Sunday night (June 19) to support a fan in coming out in the most fabulous way possible. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 20 June 2022",
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"Both of us were having a fabulous time, but both of us were restless, wanting to get together. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
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"The three-time Cy Young winner was off to a fabulous start (4-0, 1.80 ERA) until a pelvic injury sidelined him for a little more than a month. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
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"Pick up a stack of these to carry with you wherever the summer sun takes you \u2014 and when you're done, dive into the Good Housekeeping Book Club for even more fabulous feel-good fare. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 14 June 2022",
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"Premium materials, a fabulous feeling handle, and a super light weight deliver a better user experience than the majority of other everyday carry knives. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 12 June 2022",
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"Also, our yoga instructor did a fabulous job of learning to do Zoom yoga for us. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"The movie has its moments, and the CGI really is fabulous , but this go-round feels fairly tired. \u2014 Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
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"There's a fabulous conjunction between Venus and Uranus in your 4th House of Foundations and Family, casting a happy glow over your abode. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 11 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fabulous, fabulose \"legendary, mythical,\" borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French fabuleux, borrowed from Latin f\u0101bul\u014dsus \"celebrated in legend, resembling an invented story, mythical,\" from f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \" + -\u014dsus -ous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fa-by\u0259-l\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fabulous fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"legendary",
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"mythical",
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"mythic"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020228",
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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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},
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"fabulist":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a creator or writer of fables":[],
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": liar":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fa-by\u0259-list"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabricator",
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"fibber",
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"liar",
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"prevaricator",
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"storyteller"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The legendary fabulist and short-story writer also left readers these meditations on the human and the divine. \u2014 Wsj Books Staff, WSJ , 17 June 2022",
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"So, in the interest of making good on that opportunity, Morosini assembled a cast of comic performers, including Patton Oswalt as Chuck, a semi-fictional version of his father the fabulist , plus Rachel Dratch as dad\u2019s randy girlfriend. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"Other cast members line up unfavorably against the 1978 dream team of Mia Farrow, Jane Birkin, Maggie Smith and Bette freakin\u2019 Davis \u2014 though Sophie Okonedo is a highlight as a blues singer, replacing Angela Lansbury\u2019s drunken fabulist . \u2014 Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Then there's this: Trump is -- and has always been -- a fabulist . \u2014 Chris Cillizza, CNN , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"In his scathing response, Dylan and his lawyers blasted the accuser as a lying fabulist . \u2014 Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone , 6 Jan. 2022",
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"Famously, Iman\u2019s career got its start in the \u201970s with a risible fiction ginned up by the photographer and inveterate fabulist Peter Beard. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
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"This invitation to projection is one that Calle\u2014melodramatic, morbid, a fabulist \u2014willingly accepts. \u2014 Lili Owen Rowlands, The New Yorker , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"Born in Rochester, N.Y., in 1979, Lawson is a combination of portraitist and fabulist , documentarian and storyteller. \u2014 New York Times , 29 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably borrowed from Middle French fabuliste, from Latin f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \" + French -iste -ist entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-042124"
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},
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"fabulator":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fabulist":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8faby\u0259\u02ccl\u0101t\u0259(r)"
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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, from fabulatus + -or":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043546"
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},
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"fabula togata":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": ancient Roman comedy based on a Greek model but treating native Roman subjects \u2014 compare fabula palliata":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-t\u014d\u02c8g\u00e4t\u0259",
|
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"-\u0101t\u0259"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin, literally, drama in togas; from the togas worn by the actors":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064422"
|
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},
|
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"fabulize":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"transitive verb"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-\u02ccl\u012bz"
|
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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":{
|
|
"Latin fabula + English -ize":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124410"
|
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},
|
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"fabricator":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": invent , create":[],
|
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": to make up for the purpose of deception":[
|
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"accused of fabricating evidence"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8fa-br\u0259-\u02cck\u0101t",
|
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"\u02c8fa-bri-\u02cck\u0101t"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"fashion",
|
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"form",
|
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"frame",
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"make",
|
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"manufacture",
|
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"produce"
|
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],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Only the largest parts were fabricated at the factory.",
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"Their plan is to fabricate the house out of synthetic materials.",
|
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"a story fabricated to sell magazines",
|
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"She was accused of fabricating data.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And that starts with a department head, whose job includes hiring and supervising members of the team, finding the right materials needed for each set, lining up a lab to fabricate prosthetics and special effects, if needed, and applying makeup. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
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"Montagu works with a woman in their office, Jean Leslie (Kelly Macdonald), to fabricate a detailed backstory for the dead man, in the process developing awkward feelings complicated by their personal situations. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 11 May 2022",
|
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"The recourse also stems from Pym\u2019s real-life behavior: one of her stalking tactics was to fabricate chance meetings with her quarry. \u2014 Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
|
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"She\u2019s the teenage ringleader of a group of girls who fabricate accusations of witchcraft against upstanding townspeople of Salem, Mass., charges that lead to the execution of innocents. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 20 May 2022",
|
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"Bream has collected a huge amount of parts on site and 3D printers are used to fabricate other parts and for finishing touches that give the feeling that everything belongs. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 25 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The defense agency is looking for detailed proposals that describe how engineers would design, develop, fabricate , and assemble the engine. \u2014 Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics , 11 May 2022",
|
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"One speed cushion costs roughly $6,000 to fabricate and install, Castex-Tatum said. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 6 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The person would have to source some false teeth, then fabricate the letter and send it all the way from Spain. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 23 Feb. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English fabricaten, borrowed from Latin fabric\u0101tus, past participle of fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct,\" derivative of fabrica \"process of making something, craft, art\" \u2014 more at fabric":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143748"
|
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},
|
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"fabulosity":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": fabulous quality, state, or nature : fabulousness":[
|
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"In her pursuit of her true purpose, Alice encounters a variety of splendiferous creatures who encourage her to get in touch with her inner fabulosity .",
|
|
"\u2014 The Daily Home (Talladega, Alabama)",
|
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"I appreciate Erika's dedication to the character of Erika Jayne. She started out being on the show with a certain level of fashion fabulosity and now she's stuck delivering it year after year.",
|
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"\u2014 Brian Moylan"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccfa-by\u0259-\u02c8l\u00e4-s\u0259-t\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from French & Latin; French fabulosit\u00e9, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin f\u0101bul\u014dsit\u0101t-, f\u0101bul\u014dsit\u0101s, from f\u0101bul\u014dsus \"celebrated in legend, resembling an invented story, mythical\" \u2014 more at fabulous":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1603, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-150513"
|
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},
|
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"fabricant":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": manufacturer":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8fa-bri-k\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from French fabricant, fabriquant, from present participle of fabriquer \"to make, manufacture,\" going back to Old French fabricher, borrowed from Latin fabric\u0101re, fabric\u0101r\u012b \"to fashion, shape, construct\" \u2014 more at fabricate":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175959"
|
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},
|
|
"fabula palliata":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an ancient Roman comedy based on a Greek model and treating a Greek subject \u2014 compare fabula togata":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccpal\u0113\u02c8\u00e4t\u0259",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u0101t\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Latin, literally, drama in himations; from the Greek himations worn by the actors":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232754"
|
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},
|
|
"fabular":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or having the form of a fable":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8fa-by\u0259-l\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"The fabular quality that makes Green\u2019s clothes feel like plausible garb for the interstellar colonists of the early twenty-second century has also endeared them to the pop stars of the early twenty-first. \u2014 Ned Beauman, The New Yorker , 25 May 2017"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from Latin f\u0101bul\u0101ris, from f\u0101bula \"talk, account, fable entry 1 \" + -\u0101ris -ar":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025102"
|
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}
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} |