dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gol_MW.json
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{
"Goliath":{
"antonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"half-pint",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"shrimp"
],
"definitions":{
": a Philistine champion who in I Samuel 17 is killed by David":[],
": giant":[]
},
"examples":[
"the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew Golyath":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"g\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-\u0259th"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"behemoth",
"blockbuster",
"colossus",
"dinosaur",
"dreadnought",
"elephant",
"giant",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"mastodon",
"monster",
"titan",
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060534",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gold":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a gold piece":[],
": a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition : a gold medal":[],
": a variable color averaging deep yellow":[],
": a yellow metallic element that occurs naturally in pure form and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and electronics \u2014 see Chemical Elements Table":[],
": gold coins":[],
": gold standard sense 1":[],
": money":[],
": qualifying for a gold record":[],
": to have enough sales to qualify for a gold record":[
"the album went gold"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"diamonds in a setting of 24-karat gold",
"What is the price of gold ",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The two-time Olympian and five-time gold medalist was with her own mother on an important mission: to teach kids how to swim. \u2014 Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF , 21 June 2022",
"Brittney, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow in February after vape cartridges containing hash oil were allegedly found by authorities in her luggage. \u2014 Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com , 21 June 2022",
"The complete story includes Title IX influencers like Wyomia Tyus, the first back-to-back Olympic 100m gold medalist and a founder of the Women\u2019s Sports Foundation. \u2014 Jordan Ligons, Essence , 21 June 2022",
"There\u2019s Alex Morgan, World Cup winner, Olympic gold medalist and global icon in the sport. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"After Popovici came Felix Auboeck, Austria, 1:45.17; Hwang; Tom Dean, Great Britain, 1:45.48; 400 free gold medalist Elijah Winnington, Australia, 1:45.53, and Kibler. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 19 June 2022",
"The five-time Olympic gold medalist reportedly came close to retiring last year, before deciding to stick around for her 19th season as a player. \u2014 Harold Maass, The Week , 17 June 2022",
"Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird announced Thursday that the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 17 June 2022",
"More than 100 women, including Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, are collectively seeking more than $1 billion from the federal government for the FBI's failure to stop Nassar when agents became aware of allegations against him in 2015. \u2014 Ed White, Detroit Free Press , 17 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The Middletown native is the second gold medal winner on this list. \u2014 Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer , 18 June 2022",
"The couple's cake had four tiers covered in gold leaf and white florals, embellished with a gold cutout of the pair, including Palve strumming an electric guitar. \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 13 June 2022",
"Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. \u2014 CBS News , 31 May 2022",
"The Associated Press NEW YORK \u2013 Police say someone busted into the altar at a New York City church, stole a $2 million gold relic and removed the head from a statue of an angel at some point late last week. \u2014 Michael R. Sisak, USA TODAY , 31 May 2022",
"The tailgate is also emblazoned with a gold Jaguar script below the brand's leaper logo. \u2014 Eric Stafford, Car and Driver , 31 May 2022",
"The ring is mostly gold , except for the two large baby blue gems. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 16 May 2022",
"The Fenty Beauty mogul paired the daring look with gold hoops, strappy sandals, and a black Dior saddlebag. \u2014 Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Sorkin, 59, and Porizkova, 56, cozied up \u2013 Porizkova in a gold cowl-neck gown; Sorkin in a classic black tux \u2013 outside the 2021 Academy Awards on Sunday, confirming rumors that swirled last week about the two becoming an item. \u2014 Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, going back to Old English, neuter strong noun, going back to Germanic *gul\u00fea-/*gul\u0111a- (with varying accentuation, whence also Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Old High German gold \"gold,\" Old Norse gull, goll, Gothic gul\u00fe ), going back to dialectal Indo-European *\u01f5hl\u0325(h 3 )-to-, with full-grade ablaut *\u01f5hel(h 3 )-to- (in Latvian z\u0229\u0300lts \"gold,\" Old Prussian sealtmeno \"oriole\") and o-grade *\u01f5hol(h 3 )-to- (in Slavic *z\u020dlto, whence Old Church Slavic zlato \"gold,\" Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian zl\u00e2to, Polish z\u0142oto, Russian z\u00f3loto ), all derivatives with the adjectival suffix *-to- from Indo-European *\u01f5helh 3 - \"yellow, green\" \u2014 more at yellow entry 1":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014dld"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000328",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"gold mine":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a rich source of something desired":[]
},
"examples":[
"The library is a gold mine of information.",
"the estate sale promises to be a gold mine for antique dealers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The oasis is a gold mine for paleontologists due to the variety of fossils found there. \u2014 Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"The Indian Premier League has been a gold mine for investors. \u2014 Mike Ozanian, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"The gold mine has also been closed until further notice. \u2014 Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com , 22 Feb. 2022",
"The trial proved to be a gold mine for online influencers, who took to Twitch and YouTube to react in real time and posted memes on Instagram and Facebook. \u2014 Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter , 3 June 2022",
"He\u2019s been booking comedy shows steadily ever since, and credits his personal life for providing a gold mine of material. \u2014 New York Times , 6 May 2022",
"Researchers view the records as a gold mine , and amateur genealogists see it as a way to fill gaps in family trees, a field of research that has seen dramatic growth in recent years through the popularity of home DNA testing kits. \u2014 Time , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Such databases can be a gold mine for detectives, but their searches by police have alarmed privacy advocates and others. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 9 Mar. 2022",
"After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was seen by auto makers as a potential gold mine . \u2014 William Boston, WSJ , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1605, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"argosy",
"cornucopia",
"mine",
"mother lode",
"treasure trove",
"wellspring"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185808",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gold standard":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a monetary standard under which the basic unit of currency is defined by a stated quantity of gold and which is usually characterized by the coinage and circulation of gold, unrestricted convertibility of other money into gold, and the free export and import of gold for settling of international obligations":[],
": benchmark sense 1a":[]
},
"examples":[
"the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Brands began to make the customer experience their unique selling point, offering gold standard support and service to their customers. \u2014 Heikki V\u00e4\u00e4n\u00e4nen, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"This shimmery, gel-like solid contains avobenzone, octisalate, and octocrylene\u2014 gold standard ingredients for chemical sunblock. \u2014 Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online , 4 June 2022",
"Best Drugstore Body Wash for Acne Made with salicylic acid, a gold standard acne-fighting ingredient recommended by dermatologists, this body wash helps combat body breakouts by penetrating into pores and unclogging blackheads. \u2014 April Franzino, Good Housekeeping , 2 June 2022",
"For them, clozapine is the gold standard treatment. \u2014 Brian Barnett, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"Made by the gold standard brand for coolers, the Yeti backpack cooler earned top ratings across every category. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The Academy has been the gold standard of fostering collaboration among the arts of filmmaking. \u2014 J. Kim Murphy, Variety , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The 2022 Telluride is simply the gold standard of its segment and makes our 2022 10Best list. \u2014 Car and Driver , 4 Feb. 2022",
"For going on six decades the Beatles and the four individuals \u2014 Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr \u2014 who comprised the Fab Four remain the gold standard in music. \u2014 Steve Baltin, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1811, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030159",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"goldbrick":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who shirks assigned work":[],
": a worthless brick that appears to be of gold":[],
": something that appears to be valuable but is actually worthless":[],
": swindle":[],
": to shirk duty or responsibility":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1893, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014dl(d)-\u02ccbrik"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"shirker",
"slacker"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043009",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"golden":{
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
],
"definitions":{
": being or having the color gold or the color of gold":[],
": blond sense 1":[],
": consisting of, relating to, or containing gold":[],
": favorable , advantageous":[
"a golden opportunity"
],
": having talents that promise great success":[
"\u2014 often used with boy"
],
": highly favored : popular":[],
": lustrous , shining":[],
": mellow , resonant":[
"a smooth golden tenor"
],
": of a high degree of excellence : superb":[],
": of, relating to, or being a 50th anniversary or its celebration":[],
": prosperous , flourishing":[
"golden days"
],
": radiantly youthful and vigorous":[]
},
"examples":[
"The memoir recounts the golden times in her life.",
"this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The answer is now, after a golden opportunity arose last year \u2014 one that's no doubt transformed her career but also made global history. \u2014 Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com , 21 June 2022",
"This could be a golden opportunity: Considering this modality is so new \u2014 and could very likely become widely adopted over time \u2014 learning and applying this technology now could separate you from the crowd. \u2014 Greg Reid, Rolling Stone , 21 June 2022",
"Colorado winger Mikko Rantanen hit the post on a blistering shot in the opening 90 seconds in what might have seemed like a golden early opportunity gone awry. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 16 June 2022",
"Epps cut it back into the path of Calistri, who squandered the golden opportunity by hitting his shot too close to goalkeeper Matt Van Oekel. \u2014 Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic , 4 June 2022",
"So there\u2019s no way around it: With the Warriors already awaiting the East winner in the Finals, the Celtics let a golden opportunity slip Friday. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 28 May 2022",
"Running back coach Deland McCullough and head coach Marcus Freeman weren\u2019t supposed to be here with Young, but that didn\u2019t stop them from jumping on what could be a golden opportunity in South Bend. \u2014 Robert Fenbers, cleveland , 20 May 2022",
"Strengths/weaknesses: Elleby was given a golden opportunity to demonstrate his abilities in the final two months of the season when his minutes went from under 20 per game to nearly 30 because of injuries to other players. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 May 2022",
"As mobile communications proved, businesses that sit for too long on the sidelines can end up missing a golden opportunity. \u2014 Jeff Wong, Forbes , 3 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014dl-d\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"roseate",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080856",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"golden lion tamarin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a tamarin ( Leontopithecus rosalia ) that has a reddish-gold coat and mane and occurs in remnants of tropical forest in southeastern Brazil":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Put on hold: Blame COVID-19 for the delay in trying to save Brazil\u2019s golden lion tamarin . \u2014 National Geographic , 27 Aug. 2020",
"In May 2018, scientists confirmed the first golden lion tamarin death from yellow fever. \u2014 Jill Langlois, National Geographic , 24 Aug. 2020",
"Snapshot: Above, the golden lion tamarin , which lives only in Brazil. \u2014 Chris Stanford, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Can Be Brought Back From Near Extinction In the 1970s, only 200 golden lion tamarins (GLTs) existed in their native Atlantic forest, located just outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. \u2014 Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine , 22 Apr. 2020",
"Once only 200 golden lion tamarins were left in the wild, the zoo said, but conservation measures and breeding programs had increased the wild population to 3,200. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 4 July 2018",
"On Friday, June 29, the Smithsonian\u2019s National Zoo celebrated the birth of two golden lion tamarins to first-time parents Mo and Izzy. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 3 July 2018",
"Update, July 3, 2018: At four days old, one of the Smithsonian National Zoo\u2019s baby golden lion tamarins has died after falling off the back of one of its parents, Mo and Izzy. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 2 July 2018",
"Once only 200 golden lion tamarins were left in the wild, the zoo said, but conservation measures and breeding programs had increased the wild population to 3,200. \u2014 Martin Weil, Washington Post , 4 July 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105555",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"golden mean":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the medium between extremes : moderation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[
"mean",
"medium",
"middle",
"middle ground",
"midpoint"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"when it comes to money, the golden mean is saving some income, while giving yourself a modest spending allowance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The trajectory's holding steady, not trending to the golden mean of 2%. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 3 Nov. 2021",
"The result of this mechanical wizardry is the golden mean of a modern luxury conveyance. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 11 Dec. 2021",
"Sullivan notes, for instance, Mayan astrologers\u2019 discovery of the golden mean . \u2014 Alyssa Mora, Variety , 22 Oct. 2021",
"The Prediction Survey, Miller's golden mean , has Warnock as a 1.46% favorite. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 5 Jan. 2021",
"This golden mean \u2014or the happy medium where life regains some parts of normalcy\u2014has existed all along in COVID-19 recommendations on a national level, but the strategy hinges on events happening in the right sequence. \u2014 Nsikan Akpan, National Geographic , 13 Aug. 2020",
"Imitation allows for virtuosity but traduces its source, which is why Dryden champions the golden mean of Paraphrase. \u2014 Sam Sacks, WSJ , 26 June 2020",
"Whereas a crystal can be understood as a motif of atoms repeating with a certain frequency in space, a quasicrystal involves two or more frequencies and their ratio is an irrational number, like the square root of two or the golden mean . \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 13 June 2014",
"If Bevin strayed too far from the political golden mean , John Bel Edwards never wavered. \u2014 Matthew Continetti, National Review , 23 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1541, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170218"
},
"golden oldie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one that was a hit or favorite in the past":[]
},
"examples":[
"The radio station plays golden oldies from the 1950s.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"People over the age of 60 may remember him as more than a golden oldie . \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2022",
"Take, for instance, disgraced former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who took time out from continuing to spread disinformation about the 2020 election this week to pivot to another conservative golden oldie : taking a knee. \u2014 Gil Kaufman, Billboard , 18 Feb. 2022",
"At 40-years-old, Baumgartner supplanted her as golden oldie after winning the mixed team event. \u2014 Laine Higgins, WSJ , 12 Feb. 2022",
"To binge on other classic radio blasts from the past, see what appeals to you from the golden oldie archives at Relic Radio. \u2014 Diane Cole, WSJ , 24 Oct. 2021",
"As a result, the golden oldie jumped to Number 87 on the latest chart, with 4.5 million streams, an increase of 75% over the previous week. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 27 Sep. 2021",
"But why would a deaf girl, however brave, choose to follow the siren call of a golden oldie ",
"Freddy Cole sang the golden oldie with characteristic ease and elegance, accompanied in duet fashion by son Lionel Cole. \u2014 Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com , 30 Aug. 2019",
"Gareth Barry famously overtook Ryan Giggs as the Premier League's all-time top appearance maker back in 2017 but with the former Man City and Aston Villa star now gone from the top flight, there is a new generation of golden oldies . \u2014 SI.com , 13 Aug. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1960, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123122",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"golden olive":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a variable color averaging a light olive that is greener and deeper than citrine, redder and deeper than grape green, and redder and stronger than old moss green":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113034",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"golden opportunity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": an excellent chance to do or get something":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105513",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"golden-ager":{
"antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth"
],
"definitions":{
": an elderly and often retired person usually engaging in club activities":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1961, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014dl-d\u0259n-\u02c8\u0101-j\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"ancient",
"elder",
"geriatric",
"old-timer",
"oldster",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112806",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"goldenseal":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a perennial North American herb ( Hydrastis canadensis ) of the buttercup family with large leaves and a thick knotted yellow rhizome sometimes used medicinally":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Yenzirbo used a makeshift metal digger crafted from an old golf club to point out a four-lobed ginseng plant growing on a steep slope among a mosaic of other medicinal plants\u2014black cohosh, goldenseal , nettle. \u2014 Greg Kahn, National Geographic , 9 Jan. 2020",
"My own research also revealed that goldenseal does have the potential to interact with other drugs. \u2014 Allyson Byers, SELF , 1 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u014dl-d\u0259n-\u02ccs\u0113l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-204102",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"golem":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"definitions":{
": an artificial human being in Hebrew folklore endowed with life":[],
": automaton":[],
": blockhead":[],
": something or someone resembling a golem: such as":[]
},
"examples":[
"the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The golem was molded out of clay by an elderly rabbi, who brought his creation to life with a magic spell written on a piece of parchment. \u2014 Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
"In this way, by erasing and rewriting that letter, the rabbi could start and stop the golem . \u2014 Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
"Likely, many will glean in Yente\u2019s story certain echoes of the story of the golem , that old Jewish legend from Prague. \u2014 Deborah Treisma, The New Yorker , 13 Sep. 2021",
"But their mission \u2014 to take down Cara Delevingne\u2019s undersketched witch, Enchantress, and her giant golem -like brother \u2014 is a bit of a bust. \u2014 Bilge Ebiri, Vulture , 6 Aug. 2021",
"In the back half of Helene Wecker\u2019s new book, The Hidden Palace\u2014a sequel to her popular 2013 novel, The Golem and the Jinni\u2014the golem gets a new job. \u2014 Adam Rogers, Wired , 10 June 2021",
"This entire damage mitigation thing kicked off when PCF patched out a bug that allowed a permanent golem protection shield, reducing damage for an entire run. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 27 May 2021",
"For a playground in Jerusalem in 1971, Saint Phalle designed a black-and-white golem , its rippling walls indebted to Gaud\u00ed, with three slides formed from its three giant tongues. \u2014 Jason Farago, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2021",
"The Flamelurker, an imposing golem of fire, looks like a Diablo monster. \u2014 Julie Muncy, Wired , 24 Nov. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1897, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Yiddish goylem , from Hebrew g\u014dlem shapeless mass":""
},
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"\u02c8g\u014d-l\u0259m",
"\u02c8g\u022fi-",
"\u02c8g\u0101-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
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"The bullpen was the Detroit Tigers' Achilles heel during the club's golden age last decade. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
"But as one of Motown\u2019s legendary Funk Brothers studio band, Messina spoke loudly with the instrument, on hits by nearly every act during Motown\u2019s golden age . \u2014 Gary Graff, Billboard , 5 Apr. 2022",
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"One of those edges is the waterfront facing Manhattan, where a few developers have persuaded themselves (and their lenders) that a new gold coast is in the offing. \u2014 Justin Davidson, Curbed , 30 June 2021",
"As travelers begin to decide where to take their first trip in over a year, many choose this unmatched beachfront location along Florida\u2019s gold coast . \u2014 Margie Goldsmith, Forbes , 17 May 2021",
"Fairfield County, Connecticut\u2019s gold coast , is home to ZIP codes with the highest household incomes in the state, but a few in Hartford County rank in the top 10 as well. \u2014 David Owens, courant.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
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"Manet\u2019s arresting late portrait (from 1880) of the writer-politician Antonin Proust, holding a yellow leather glove rendered as just a few bold dashes of goldenrod . \u2014 New York Times , 2 Sep. 2021",
"People strolled the grounds, framed by fields of early goldenrod . \u2014 Paige Williams, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Milkweed and moths at screens, fields of corn and goldenrod and Queen Anne\u2019s lace. \u2014 Karen Brown, The Atlantic , 31 Aug. 2021",
"The goldenrod has just begun to bloom, its feathery yellow stalks peppering the hillsides. \u2014 Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Violets or dogwood in spring, raspberries or purple coneflower in summer, goldenrod or asters in fall \u2014 the options are numerous and varied to fit in any garden. \u2014 Carol Flynn, chicagotribune.com , 29 June 2021",
"These plants were the top species magnets: black willow, a goldenrod named Euthamia graminifolia, Virginia bluebell and New York ironweed. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2021"
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"1568, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024302"
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": the European yellowhammer":[]
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"noun"
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"\u2014 used as a nickname \"How well Queenie looks in that soft light!\" \"Dear little Goldilocks looks well everywhere.\" And with a backward glance full of pride and fondness, Mrs Jo went on. \u2014 Louisa May Alcott"
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"from the character Goldilocks in the fairy tale \"Goldilocks and the Three Bears,\" who chooses Baby Bear's chair, porridge, and bed (over Papa and Mama Bear's) because it is \"just right\"":"Adjective"
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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": the West-Atlantic language of the Gola people":[]
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