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{
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"mysteriosophy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": esoteric doctrine concerning the ancient mysteries":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek myst\u0113rion mystery + English -sophy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02ccstir\u0113\u02c8\u00e4s\u0259f\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131313",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mysterious":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify : mystifying":[
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"heard a mysterious noise",
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"a mysterious stranger",
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"a mysterious plane crash",
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"a mysterious illness"
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],
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": of, relating to, or constituting mystery":[
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"the mysterious ways of God"
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],
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": stirred by or attracted to the inexplicable":[
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"\u2026 to help a mysterious wizard \u2026 ward off the end of the world with blood sacrifices.",
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"\u2014 Robert Houston"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the mysterious ways of nature",
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"We heard a mysterious noise outside our tent.",
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"He died under mysterious circumstances.",
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"A mysterious illness has been spreading through the city.",
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"There's something mysterious about that old woman.",
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"Her behavior was very mysterious .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Podcasts and other media were used to also help everyone give as much industry insight as possible into this mysterious new virus that was dominating the world. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
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"It's been an eventful year for Stricker with a Ryder Cup victory, a mysterious illness and then a golf comeback that included a major victory in the Regions Tradition in May. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
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"In fall 2018, hundreds of hares from the Iberian Peninsula seemingly died overnight from a mysterious virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Dozens of additional hepatitis cases among children are under investigation in the U.S., officials said, widening the scope of a mysterious illness that has led to hospitalizations and organ transplants world-wide. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Onque, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
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"Last year, a mysterious illness killed thousands of songbirds throughout the eastern United States. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
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"After dysentery and a second mysterious illness took the lives of many on the Ridge and practically killed Claire (Caitriona Balfe), new trouble was in store, courtesy of one Miss Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The department had criteria for determining what birds likely carried the mysterious illness. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Ticks carrying a mysterious and rare virus that can sicken or even kill older adults or people with underlying conditions have been found in at least six states, a new study reported Wednesday. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"mystery entry 1 + -ous , probably after Middle French mysterieux":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"arcane",
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"cryptic",
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"deep",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"impenetrable",
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"inscrutable",
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"mystic",
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"occult",
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"uncanny"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223523",
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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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"mysteriously":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a mysterious manner : in a way that is difficult to explain or comprehend":[
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"documents that have mysteriously disappeared",
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"smiling mysteriously",
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"\"I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen,\" observed Jo mysteriously .",
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"\u2014 Louisa May Alcott"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, 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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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115111",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"mysteriousness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": exciting wonder, curiosity, or surprise while baffling efforts to comprehend or identify : mystifying":[
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"heard a mysterious noise",
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"a mysterious stranger",
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"a mysterious plane crash",
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"a mysterious illness"
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],
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": of, relating to, or constituting mystery":[
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"the mysterious ways of God"
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],
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": stirred by or attracted to the inexplicable":[
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"\u2026 to help a mysterious wizard \u2026 ward off the end of the world with blood sacrifices.",
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"\u2014 Robert Houston"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the mysterious ways of nature",
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"We heard a mysterious noise outside our tent.",
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"He died under mysterious circumstances.",
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"A mysterious illness has been spreading through the city.",
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"There's something mysterious about that old woman.",
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"Her behavior was very mysterious .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Podcasts and other media were used to also help everyone give as much industry insight as possible into this mysterious new virus that was dominating the world. \u2014 Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic , 23 June 2022",
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"It's been an eventful year for Stricker with a Ryder Cup victory, a mysterious illness and then a golf comeback that included a major victory in the Regions Tradition in May. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
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"In fall 2018, hundreds of hares from the Iberian Peninsula seemingly died overnight from a mysterious virus. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Dozens of additional hepatitis cases among children are under investigation in the U.S., officials said, widening the scope of a mysterious illness that has led to hospitalizations and organ transplants world-wide. \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Onque, WSJ , 6 May 2022",
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"Last year, a mysterious illness killed thousands of songbirds throughout the eastern United States. \u2014 Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens , 5 May 2022",
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"After dysentery and a second mysterious illness took the lives of many on the Ridge and practically killed Claire (Caitriona Balfe), new trouble was in store, courtesy of one Miss Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
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"The department had criteria for determining what birds likely carried the mysterious illness. \u2014 Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"Ticks carrying a mysterious and rare virus that can sicken or even kill older adults or people with underlying conditions have been found in at least six states, a new study reported Wednesday. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1578, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"mystery entry 1 + -ous , probably after Middle French mysterieux":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mi-\u02c8stir-\u0113-\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"arcane",
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"cryptic",
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"deep",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"impenetrable",
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"inscrutable",
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"mystic",
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"occult",
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"uncanny"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074531",
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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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"mystery":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a body of persons engaged in a particular trade, business, or profession : guild":[],
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": a cult devoted to such rites":[],
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": a piece of fiction dealing usually with the solution of a mysterious crime":[
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"Reading mysteries was her favorite pastime."
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],
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": a private secret":[],
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": a religious truth that one can know only by revelation and cannot fully understand":[
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"the mystery of the Trinity"
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],
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": a secret religious rite believed (as in Eleusinian and Mithraic cults) to impart enduring bliss to the initiate":[],
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": any of the 20 events (such as the Nativity, the Crucifixion, or the Assumption) serving as a subject for meditation during the saying of the rosary":[],
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": mystery play":[],
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": profound, inexplicable, or secretive quality or character":[
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"the mystery of her smile",
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"the mysteries and beauties of nature"
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],
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": something not understood or beyond understanding : enigma":[
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"The mystery of his disappearance has never been solved."
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],
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": the secret or specialized practices or ritual peculiar to an occupation or a body of people":[
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"the mysteries of the tailor's craft"
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],
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": trade , craft":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English mysterie \"hidden religious truth, rite or event with religious significance, hidden meaning,\" borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French misterie, borrowed from Late Latin myst\u0113rium \"hidden religious truth revealed by God, religious rite, Eucharist,\" going back to Latin (in plural myst\u0113ria ), \"secret religious rites, things not to be divulged,\" borrowed from Greek myst\u1e17rion, plural myst\u1e17ria \"religious rite to which only initiates may be admitted, secret\" (in the New Testament, \"religious truth revealed by God\"), from mys-, base of m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" + -t\u0113rion, suffix in words denoting instruments, place and ceremonies (derivative of -t\u0113r, agent suffix) \u2014 more at mystic entry 1":"Noun",
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"Middle English mysterie \"ministry, office, craft,\" borrowed from Medieval Latin misterium \"duty, office, occupation, trade,\" in part Latinization of Anglo-French mester, mister (continental Old French mestier ) \"function, duty, pursuit, trade, craft, guild\" (going back to Late Latin m\u012bsterium, variant of Latin ministerium \"office of a servant or attendant, duty, support\"), in part borrowed directly from Late Latin \u2014 more at ministry":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-st(\u0259-)r\u0113",
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"\u02c8mi-st\u0259-r\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mystery Noun (1) mystery , problem , enigma , riddle , puzzle mean something which baffles or perplexes. mystery applies to what cannot be fully understood by reason or less strictly to whatever resists or defies explanation. the mystery of the stone monoliths problem applies to a question or difficulty calling for a solution or causing concern. problems created by high technology enigma applies to utterance or behavior that is very difficult to interpret. his suicide remains an enigma riddle suggests an enigma or problem involving paradox or apparent contradiction. the riddle of the reclusive pop star puzzle applies to an enigma or problem that challenges ingenuity for its solution. the thief's motives were a puzzle for the police",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235324",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mystic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a follower of a mystical way of life":[],
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": an advocate of a theory of mysticism":[],
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": having magical properties":[],
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": inducing a feeling of awe or wonder":[],
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": mysterious":[],
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": mystical sense 1a":[],
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": obscure , enigmatic":[],
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": of or relating to mysteries or esoteric rites : occult":[],
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": of or relating to mysticism or mystics":[],
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"river in eastern Massachusetts flowing southeast into Boston Harbor":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"She had a mystic vision while praying.",
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"the notion that a cat has nine lives is based upon the belief that nine is a mystic number",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"The mystic feelings that users like Cote report \u2014 such as the loss of a sense of self, and the ability to set aside the past or think afresh about the future \u2014 are thought to arise from this reset of the DMN. \u2014 Steve Volk, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
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"Marvel can easily explain this in future installments that deal with the supernatural or the mystic arts. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 10 May 2022",
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"This, too, is revered for its energy \u2014 and for being the birthplace of Baba Vanga, the blind mystic and medium who holds a special place in Bulgarian culture. \u2014 Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
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"The festival \u2014 which also hosts art installations, film screenings, sound baths and other endeavors into the intergalactic, mystic and occult \u2014 will boast DJs set from Nosaj Thing and Telefon Tel Aviv alongside sets by clipping. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 13 June 2022",
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"Zodrow said the museum, like the library\u2019s rare book room and perhaps the abbey as a whole, represents the importance of preserving tradition and the mystic chords of communal memory. \u2014 oregonlive , 14 May 2022",
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"Her three background singers matched the mystic vibe as well in floor length black dresses. \u2014 Bianca Brutus, PEOPLE.com , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The Northman sees Amleth commune with the astral projection of a mystic seer, fight a walking skeleton to claim a special sword, and chat to the disembodied head of an old friend. \u2014 David Sims, The Atlantic , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Album of the year winner Jon Batiste\u2019s earnest and honest speech about music as a mystic , subjective experience that finds its audience. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"That feeling extends to the lush studio sound created by Olsen and co-producer Jonathan Wilson, the long-haired mystic who\u2019s brought his Nashville-via-Laurel-Canyon magic to records by Father John Misty and Dawes. \u2014 Simon Vozick-levinson, Rolling Stone , 30 May 2022",
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"Sprawling across a thousand pages decorated with period maps and etchings, the Nobel Prize winner\u2019s novel revolves around a real-life 18th-century Polish mystic named Jacob Frank. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2022",
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"Upcoming productions include a miniseries based on the popular Asterix comic books for Netflix and Raspoutine, a feature biopic about infamous Russian mystic Rasputin from My Summer in Provence director Rose Bosch. \u2014 Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"Sprawling across a thousand pages decorated with period maps and etchings, the story revolves around a real-life 18th-century Polish mystic named Jacob Frank (1726-1791). \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Feb. 2022",
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"Benedict Cumberbatch plays the impulsive mystic , and is rejoined by Rachel McAdams (Dr. Christine Palmer), Benedict Wong (Wong) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Mordo) from the first movie. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 1 Jan. 2022",
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"Weil is best known as a political philosopher, a revolutionary trade-union activist, a mystic who devoted her last years to the search for sacred truth, and a Jew who turned to Catholicism, rejecting her heritage. \u2014 Jacqueline Rose, The New York Review of Books , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese poet, critic, translator, mystic and giant of modernism, published a few books that went mostly unnoticed during his lifetime. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"Not that sun-and-fun vacation adventures don\u2019t come with their own mystic , and potentially blinding, romance mojo. \u2014 Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 30 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
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"1640, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English mystyke \"open to symbolic or spiritual interpretation,\" borrowed from Latin mysticus \"of secret rites, secret,\" borrowed from Greek mystik\u00f3s, from m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" (probably from mys-, variant stem of m\u0233\u0301ein \"to close, shut [the eyes]\"\u2014of uncertain origin\u2014 + -t\u0113s, agent suffix) + ikos -ic entry 1":"Adjective",
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"probably derivative of mystic entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-stik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"magic",
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"magical",
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"numinous",
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"occult",
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"weird"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235753",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mystic topaz":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": white topaz with a special coating which gives the stone a multi-colored and usually blue, green, and purple appearance":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1997, in the meaning defined above":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185520",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mysticity":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mystic quality or state":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French mysticit\u00e9 , from Latin mysticus mystic + French -it\u00e9 -ity":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8stis\u0259t\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114834",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"mysticize":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to make mystic or mystical":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"mystic entry 1 + -ize":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191110",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mysticly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a mystic manner : so as to produce a mystic effect":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040913",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"mystico-":{
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"definitions":{
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": mystical and":[
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"mystico allegoric"
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]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"mystic entry 1":""
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055130",
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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]
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},
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"mystific":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mystificator":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"back-formation from mystification":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8stifik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065517",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"mystification":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an act or instance of mystifying":[],
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": an obscuring especially of capitalist or social dynamics (as by making them equivalent to natural laws) that is seen in Marxist thought as an impediment to critical consciousness":[
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"the mystification of the sources of wealth",
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"\u2014 Henry Staten"
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],
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": something designed to mystify":[],
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": the quality or state of being mystified":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the new information did little to ease our mystification",
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"an event that is one of the great mystifications in all of maritime history",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"As with other elements of a mega-celebrity\u2019s life, a front-facing, pathbreaking pregnancy like Rihanna\u2019s necessitates a certain level of mystification of the pains taken behind the scenes. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"The December 1941 attacks are the subject of considerable mystification in the United States. \u2014 Daniel Immerwahr, The Atlantic , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"There has been some mystification in Washington as to why administration successes have not registered more. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 11 Feb. 2022",
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"One interviewee, a teenager at the time of the festival, expresses mystification at having evolved from a mild-mannered kid to a destructive Lord of the Flies character over the course of the weekend. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 27 July 2021",
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"On Twitter, users have expressed shock and mystification over the design. \u2014 Marc Bain, Quartz , 9 June 2021",
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"John Berger\u2019s idea of \u2018 mystification ,\u2019 for example, describes how the \u2018original\u2019 upholds \u2018ideological interests of the ruling class\u2019 through arcane ways of emphasizing technique. \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 13 May 2021",
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"But, as British viewers found to their mystification , American TV eagerly advertises pharmaceutical remedies for practically every other imaginable human condition. \u2014 Samanth Subramanian, Quartz , 8 Mar. 2021",
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"My favorite element, which mirrors my mystification at the matter-of-factness of the image, is an adorably witless donkey. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 8 Feb. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, \"hoodwinking, trickery,\" from myst ifier \"to hoodwink, dupe\" + -ification -ification \u2014 more at mystify":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmi-st\u0259-f\u0259-\u02c8k\u0101-sh\u0259n"
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"bafflement",
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"bamboozlement",
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"befuddlement",
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"bemusement",
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"bewilderedness",
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"bewilderment",
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"confusedness",
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"confusion",
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"discombobulation",
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"distraction",
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"fog",
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"head-scratching",
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"maze",
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"muddle",
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"perplexity",
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"puzzlement",
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"tangle",
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"whirl"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035848",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"mystificator":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": one that mystifies":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"French mystificateur , from mystifier , after such pairs as French falsifier : falsificateur falsifier":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0101t\u0259(r)"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003133",
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},
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"mystificatory":{
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"definitions":{
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": mystifying":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u0307\u02c8stif\u0259\u0307k\u0259\u02cct\u014dr\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014821",
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"type":[
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},
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"mystifiedly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a mystified manner":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020619",
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"mystify":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to make mysterious or obscure":[
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"mystify an interpretation of a prophecy"
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],
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": to perplex the mind of : bewilder":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The cause of the disease mystified doctors for many years.",
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"The magician has been mystifying his audiences for years with his amazing tricks.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The cases, which have been discovered in at least 20 countries, continue to mystify scientists, who have been unable to pinpoint the cause. \u2014 Frances Stead Sellers And Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News , 7 May 2022",
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"While bright lights, glamorous fashion, and cheering fans are all hallmarks of a walk down the red carpet, Oscars beauty secrets continue to mystify us, each star\u2019s glowing complexion more blinding than the next on Hollywood\u2019s biggest night. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 24 Mar. 2022",
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"And because Forte\u2019s comedy is as idiosyncratic as always, the parts that left me doubled over with laughter may mystify you, and vice versa. \u2014 Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone , 15 Dec. 2021",
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"The 49ers\u2019 other first-round pick from that 2020 draft, Brandon Aiyuk, continued to mystify with his lack of production. \u2014 Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle , 24 Oct. 2021",
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"It\u2019s mind-bending logic that would mystify Lewis Carroll. \u2014 Rich Lowry, National Review , 1 Oct. 2021",
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"There is so much in the Office of the Child Advocate report into David\u2019s death to terrify, enrage, and, yes, to mystify . \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Apr. 2021",
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"There are things that mystify and things that, sadly, shouldn\u2019t be all that surprising. \u2014 Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune , 26 Dec. 2020",
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"Using it as the subject of a proposition, as Heidegger does, is at best a sign of mental confusion, and at worst a deliberate attempt to mystify and mislead. \u2014 Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker , 12 Oct. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1814, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French mystifier \"to hoodwink, dupe,\" from Greek m\u00fdst\u0113s \"person initiated (into a religious cult)\" + French -ifier -ify \u2014 more at mystic entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-st\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"addle",
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"baffle",
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"bamboozle",
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"beat",
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"befog",
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"befuddle",
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"bemuse",
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"bewilder",
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"buffalo",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discombobulate",
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"disorient",
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"flummox",
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"fox",
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"fuddle",
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"get",
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"gravel",
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"maze",
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"muddle",
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"muddy",
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"perplex",
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"pose",
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"puzzle",
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"vex"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072527",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"Mysia":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor bordering on the Propontis (the Sea of Marmara )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-sh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180559"
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},
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"mysid":{
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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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": of or relating to the Mysidae":[],
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": resembling a crustacean of the family Mysidae : of or relating to a mysis":[],
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": a crustacean of the family Mysidae":[],
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": mysis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012bs\u0259\u0307d",
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"\""
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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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"New Latin Mysidae":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-202639"
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},
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"myself":{
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"type":[
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"pronoun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": that identical one that is I":[
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"\u2014 used reflexively I'm going to get myself a new suit , for emphasis I myself will go , or in absolute constructions myself a tourist, I nevertheless avoided other tourists"
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],
|
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": my normal, healthy, or sane condition":[
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"didn't feel myself yesterday"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259-",
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"Southern also -\u02c8sef",
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"m\u012b-\u02c8self"
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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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"I'm not myself today. I just don't feel right."
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213633"
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},
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"mysis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": the type genus of the family Mysidae":[],
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": a larva of higher crustaceans (as macrurans and peneids) having all the thoracic appendages biramous":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8m\u012bs\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
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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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"New Latin, from Greek mysis action of closing (used of the lips or eyes), from myein to close (used of the lips or eyes), close the eyes + -sis":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063716"
|
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},
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"Mysidae":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of small crustaceans (order Mysidacea ) that resemble shrimps, have stalked eyes and 6 pairs of leglike appendages each bearing an exopodite, occur in both fresh and salt water, and form an important food supply of valuable fishes and whales":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8mis\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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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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"New Latin, from Mysis , type genus + -idae":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090718"
|
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},
|
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"mystery play":{
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a medieval drama based on scriptural incidents (such as the creation of the world, the Flood, or the life, death, and resurrection of Christ) \u2014 compare miracle play":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"David Ellenstein and Marc Silver\u2019s 2005 one-man mystery play is about an actor who makes his living playing Albert Einstein and how the famed physicist\u2019s theories figure into the very real drama in the actor\u2019s personal life. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Apr. 2021",
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"Likewise my fascination with medieval mystery plays , which dramatized the Old and New Testaments, the production of each biblical tale sponsored by a different guild: the guys who made nails, say, taking charge of staging Jesus\u2019s crucifixion. \u2014 New York Times , 2 July 2019",
|
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"In Germany, mystery plays were performed on Christmas Eve, traditionally celebrated in the church calendar as the feast day of Adam and Eve. \u2014 Amanda Foreman, WSJ , 13 Dec. 2018"
|
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"for earlier mystery entry 1 in sense \"mystery play\"":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1808, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-161652"
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},
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"Mysidacea":{
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"type":[
|
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"plural noun"
|
|
],
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"definitions":{
|
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": an order of Crustacea including the Mysidae and related families and formerly with the Euphausiacea constituting the Schizopoda \u2014 see opossum shrimp":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmis\u0259\u02c8d\u0101sh\u0113\u0259"
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],
|
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|
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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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"New Latin, from Mysid-, Mysis, + -acea":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222030"
|
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},
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"mystery ship":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": q-boat":[
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"\u2014 first used of one of a class of ships built in England during World War I"
|
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]
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-022038"
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