dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/and_MW.json
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{
"androgyneity":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": androgyny":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"androgyne + -ity":""
},
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"-\u02ccj\u012b\u02c8-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-125153",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"gendered"
],
"definitions":{
": having the characteristics or nature of both male and female":[
"androgynous heroines"
],
": having traditional male and female roles obscured or reversed":[
"an androgynous marriage"
],
": neither specifically feminine nor masculine":[
"the androgynous pronoun them"
],
": suitable to or for either sex":[
"androgynous clothing"
]
},
"examples":[
"the androgynous hairdos favored by the hip",
"an actor whose androgynous looks are at the heart of his appeal",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"TomboyX offers swimwear in androgynous athleisure cuts, with an impressive size range that\u2019s actually been tested on plus-size bodies. \u2014 Maren Larsen, Outside Online , 21 June 2022",
"Bowie, ever a man of theatrics, designed his alter ego in his own image: androgynous , bisexual, and hell-bent on being a rock star. \u2014 Allaire Nuss, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
"Donatello\u2019s earlier, smaller David, in bronze, is adolescent, almost androgynous . \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"The main character, Lou, is always being noticed\u2014this tall, androgynous teen. \u2014 Rebecca Sacks, ELLE , 16 June 2022",
"His latest subjects are composites caught between identities: a Black man in a cowboy hat sprouting extra white limbs, an androgynous figure in a bold red suit prodding their chest into cleavage, John F. Kennedy in football pads. \u2014 New York Times , 19 May 2022",
"The actor was easily the coolest mom in La Jolla in her relaxed gold tweed trousers from Louis Vuitton\u2019s androgynous fall 2022 collection, styled with a simple white shirt and a red lip. \u2014 Kerry Mcdermott, Vogue , 13 May 2022",
"That\u2019s before mentioning his pioneering love of the Canadian tuxedo, androgynous jumpsuits, Hawaiian prints, and naval-bearing shirts\u2014influencing everyone from Tupac to Harry Styles through the years. \u2014 Hayley Maitland, Vogue , 10 May 2022",
"In these poems and others, Millay, like Shakespeare, plays with gender, assuming an androgynous voice and extolling male beauty without identifying it as such. \u2014 Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker , 9 May 2022"
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"1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Latin androgynus hermaphrodite, from Greek androgynos , from andr- + gyn\u0113 woman \u2014 more at queen":""
},
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"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4-j\u0259-n\u0259s",
"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4j-\u0259-n\u0259s"
],
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"genderless",
"unisex",
"unisexual"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122632",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun,"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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": the quality or state of being neither specifically feminine or masculine : the combination of feminine and masculine characteristics : the quality or state of being androgynous":[
"For this brand, wearing unisex clothing perpetuates androgyny that pervades runways and our own culture.",
"\u2014 Dylan Leavitt",
"And though he was singing to women, he reveled in androgyny , appearing onstage in high heels, frilly shirts and revealing chaps.",
"\u2014 Jack Riedy",
"\u2026 I felt like someone else was seeing what I had seen in myself: that my inner sense of androgyny was reflected in ways I carried myself like a man.",
"\u2014 Delacey Skinner",
"The natural androgyny of old age has acquired no appeal. The tendency of male and female bodies to resemble each other in late maturity is still conventionally ridiculous and deplorable \u2026",
"\u2014 Anne Hollander"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4-j\u0259-n\u0113"
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142423"
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"androgen deprivation therapy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": therapy for prostate cancer that severely reduces the body's production of androgens and especially testosterone through the administration of drugs or through surgical removal of the testicles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145641"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one that is androgynous":[]
},
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"\u02c8an-dr\u0259-\u02ccj\u012bn"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In that vein, this is also possibly the studio's queerest movie, featuring as one of its few likable characters a flamboyant Ziggy Stardust androgyne , the high-end thrift shop owner Artie (John McCrea). \u2014 Sara Stewart, CNN , 29 May 2021",
"With the cessation of lactation the female reenters somer and becomes once more a perfect androgyne . \u2014 Harold Bloom, The New Yorker , 20 Nov. 2020",
"Younger designers seemed keen on re-clothing notions of women and men, with fluorescent expressions of gender fluidity and slinky knitwear for digital androgynes . \u2014 Troy Patterson, The New Yorker , 10 Sep. 2019",
"Xerxes is depicted as an androgyne sybarite, his brooding eyes rimmed with kohl, his lips, nose, and ears all pierced with rings linked by delicate golden chains. \u2014 Myke Cole, The New Republic , 1 Aug. 2019",
"Bigender [bahy-jen-der] | adjective (bigender people) Someone who identifies with two distinct genders, such as man/woman or woman/ androgyne . \u2014 WSJ , 2 Aug. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English androgine , from Latin androgynus":""
},
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"12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151003"
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"conjunction",
"noun"
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": and others or more of the same or similar kind":[],
": further in the same or similar manner":[],
": and the rest":[],
": and other things":[],
": and so forth":[],
": a logical operator that requires both of two inputs to be present or two conditions to be met for an output to be made or a statement to be executed":[]
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"after t",
"or g",
"after p",
"d",
"usually \u1d4an(d)",
"sometimes \u1d4a\u014b",
"often \u1d4am",
"after k",
"\u02c8and",
"\u0259nd",
"or z",
"or b",
"and",
"(\u02c8)an(d)",
"\u0259n(d)",
"s"
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"examples":[
"Conjunction",
"2 and 2 equals 4."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German unti and":"Conjunction"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Conjunction",
"1946, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"noun"
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": further in the same or similar manner":[],
": and the rest":[],
": and other things":[],
": and so forth":[],
": a logical operator that requires both of two inputs to be present or two conditions to be met for an output to be made or a statement to be executed":[]
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"after t",
"or g",
"after p",
"d",
"usually \u1d4an(d)",
"sometimes \u1d4a\u014b",
"often \u1d4am",
"after k",
"\u02c8and",
"\u0259nd",
"or z",
"or b",
"and",
"(\u02c8)an(d)",
"\u0259n(d)",
"s"
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"examples":[
"Conjunction",
"2 and 2 equals 4."
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German unti and":"Conjunction"
},
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Conjunction",
"1946, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184753"
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"andropause":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a gradual and highly variable decline in the production of androgenic hormones and especially testosterone in the human male together with its associated effects that is held to occur during and after middle age":[]
},
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"\u02c8an-dr\u0259-\u02ccp\u022fz"
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191211"
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"androgenesis":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": development of an embryo containing only paternal chromosomes due to failure of the egg to participate in fertilization":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccan-dr\u0259-\u02c8jen-\u0259-s\u0259s",
"\u02ccan-dr\u014d-\u02c8je-n\u0259-s\u0259s"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The possibility of androgenesis is just one of many mysteries about Squalius alburnoides. \u2014 Steph Yin, New York Times , 26 May 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203811"
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"androgenic":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": a male sex hormone (such as testosterone)":[]
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"\u02c8an-dr\u0259-j\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"High androgen levels can present as acne, excess face and body hair, and thinning scalp hair. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The researchers hope that these androgen -blocking drugs will control TMPRSS2, the enzyme that functions as a welcome mat to the coronavirus in men. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 8 July 2020",
"In high school Harriet was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, a hormonal disorder that triggers the female body to produce too many male androgens . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Long story short, doctors believe this excess insulin due to insulin resistance might make your ovaries produce extra androgens , like testosterone. \u2014 Mary Claire Lagroue, SELF , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Antiandrogen drugs, such as the spironolactone pill, work by blocking androgen receptors to decrease the actions and effects of testosterone in the body. \u2014 Jenn Sinrich, SELF , 2 July 2019",
"Experts aren\u2019t sure of exactly how these excess androgens can affect ovulation. \u2014 Mary Claire Lagroue, SELF , 23 Apr. 2019",
"Christina was diagnosed in 2009 with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition in which the ovaries produce an elevated level of androgens . \u2014 Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s when your doctor might recommend adding in an androgen blocker such as spironalactone. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 8 Aug. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210518"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": a male sex hormone (such as testosterone)":[]
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"\u02c8an-dr\u0259-j\u0259n"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"High androgen levels can present as acne, excess face and body hair, and thinning scalp hair. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 17 Nov. 2021",
"The researchers hope that these androgen -blocking drugs will control TMPRSS2, the enzyme that functions as a welcome mat to the coronavirus in men. \u2014 Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com , 8 July 2020",
"In high school Harriet was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, a hormonal disorder that triggers the female body to produce too many male androgens . \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 22 Feb. 2020",
"Long story short, doctors believe this excess insulin due to insulin resistance might make your ovaries produce extra androgens , like testosterone. \u2014 Mary Claire Lagroue, SELF , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Antiandrogen drugs, such as the spironolactone pill, work by blocking androgen receptors to decrease the actions and effects of testosterone in the body. \u2014 Jenn Sinrich, SELF , 2 July 2019",
"Experts aren\u2019t sure of exactly how these excess androgens can affect ovulation. \u2014 Mary Claire Lagroue, SELF , 23 Apr. 2019",
"Christina was diagnosed in 2009 with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition in which the ovaries produce an elevated level of androgens . \u2014 Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
"That\u2019s when your doctor might recommend adding in an androgen blocker such as spironalactone. \u2014 Jessica Cruel, SELF , 8 Aug. 2019"
],
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1936, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-211355"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a genetic disorder that causes complete or partial insensitivity to androgens in the body":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Two of his nine siblings had undergone similar operations, but his relatives never talked about the fact that androgen insensitivity syndrome , a genetic intersex condition, ran in the family. \u2014 Kate Sosin, USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2020",
"She was born with androgen insensitivity syndrome , a condition that caused her to have external female anatomy and, internally, undescended testes instead of a uterus. \u2014 Diane Stopyra, Marie Claire , 5 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213440"
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"android":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a mobile robot usually with a human form":[
"sci-fi androids"
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"\u02c8an-\u02ccdr\u022fid"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The return of the acclaimed sci-fi drama marks the end of a two-year wait for new episodes of the series which chronicles an android uprising that started at an adult theme park and has since spilled over into the real world. \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Another option is the Sense Home Energy Monitor (starts at $299 for non-solar homes) installs in your home\u2019s electrical panel and provides insight into your energy use and home activity in real-time, through iOS android and web apps. \u2014 Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY , 16 Apr. 2022",
"Kogonada dramatically aestheticizes the android \u2019s memories, evoking them through a three-dimensional array of lights that resemble stars. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Following in the footsteps of A.I. and Ex Machina, the affecting new movie After Yang uses an android to explore human questions. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein and directed by Korean American director Kogonada, the futuristic film begins with the malfunction of Yang, a beloved android (Justin H. Min) and companion to young Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja). \u2014 ELLE , 5 Mar. 2022",
"For better or worse, so much of cyberpunk's android dreams have come true. \u2014 Madeline Ashby, Wired , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The writing tends to be stylized and stilted, which works for the android leads but leaves the humans more flat. \u2014 James Poniewozik, New York Times , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Raised by Wolves wrapped up its second season on March 17 with Mother using Grandmother's veil to deactivate her sensory filter, allowing the android to kill her scary flying snake baby. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 17 Mar. 2022"
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"Late Greek androeid\u0113s manlike, from Greek andr- + -oeid\u0113s -oid":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1736, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a genus of Indian plants (family Acanthaceae) with entire leaves, small tubular flowers, and dry capsular fruits \u2014 see creat":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an\u02c8dr\u00e4gr\u0259f\u0259\u0307s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from andr- + Greek graphis stylus, pencil, paintbrush, from graphein to write; from the form of the filaments":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215847"
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": showing preference for males or for humans as distinguished from animals":[
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"history_and_etymology":{
"andr- + -philic":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the group of cells that divide to produce androcytes and eventually spermatozoids (as in mosses and ferns)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8g\u014dn\u0113\u0259m"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from andr- + -gonium":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225423"
},
"androecium":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the aggregate of stamens in the flower of a seed plant":[]
},
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"-s\u0113-\u0259m",
"an-\u02c8dr\u0113-sh\u0113-\u0259m"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from andr- + Greek oikion , diminutive of oikos house \u2014 more at vicinity":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1836, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002120"
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"androphore":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the stalk or column supporting the stamens in certain flowers":[],
": a branch bearing antheridia in fungi":[],
": a generative bud or modified medusa in coelenterates in which only male elements are developed : a male gonophore":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from andr- + -phore":""
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"1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one of the male cells whose subsequent divisions produce spermatozoids in members of the genus Volvox":[],
": androspore sense 1":[]
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"New Latin, from andr- + gonidium":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"adjective",
"noun,"
],
"definitions":{
": having perfect and staminate flowers on the same plant":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"andr- + monoecious, monecious":""
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": bearing male sexual organs or zooids":[]
},
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"andr- + -phorous":""
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"circa 1889, in the meaning defined above":""
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"and Bob's your uncle":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a large and important genus of almost cosmopolitan grasses with spikelike racemes having the flowers in pairs, one sterile and one fertile \u2014 see bluestem , broom sedge":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from andr- + -pogon":""
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1763, in the meaning defined above":""
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"adverb"
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"first_known_use":{
"1865, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
"Yuri Vladimirovich 1914\u20131984 Russian politician; president U.S.S.R. (1982\u201384); 1st secretary of Communist party (1982\u201384)":[]
},
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"and anyway":{
"type":[
"idiom"
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": and in addition":[
"It's too expensive, and anyway , we don't have enough time to do it."
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},
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": slightly faster than andante":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
],
": a musical composition or movement in andantino tempo":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4n-\u02ccd\u00e4n-\u02c8t\u0113-(\u02cc)n\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, diminutive of andante":"Adverb or adjective"
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"1744, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
"1815, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"noun"
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": androgenesis":[]
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"\u00e4n-\u02c8d\u00e4n-(\u02cc)t\u0101",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"So, for this writer, the plat du jour of the Double Concerto is its second movement, the andante . \u2014 Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com , 10 Nov. 2019",
"The encore was the andante from Bach\u2019s solo Sonata No. 2, played with the utmost beauty and simplicity. \u2014 John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com , 9 Mar. 2018"
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"Italian, literally, going, present participle of andare to go":"Adverb or adjective"
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"1714, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb or adjective",
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": having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants":[]
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"andr- + dioecious, diecious":""
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072017"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": development of an embryo from a fertilized enucleated egg or egg fragment which shows only male characters : androgenesis":[]
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"\u00a6an(\u02cc)dr\u014dm\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4g\u0259n\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"andr- + merogony":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-075917"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": a branch of medicine concerned with the anatomy, functions, and disorders (such as infertility or impotence) of the male reproductive system":[]
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"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113",
"-j\u0113"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tank in the andrology lab, where sperm is handled, is fixed, but the tank in the embryology lab - containing frozen eggs and embryos -- still needs repaired. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
"Approximately August 2017-November 2017: The autofill function in the freezer tanks in the andrology and embryology labs malfunction. \u2014 Julie Washington, cleveland.com , 3 Apr. 2018",
"However, other aspects of what fertility clinics cover, such as andrology , the study of male reproductive health, are covered, making that part of the lab subject to federal inspection. \u2014 Ginger Christ, cleveland.com , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The hospital system first noticed issues with the tank in its andrology lab, where sperm is handled, and were able to successfully fix that tank. \u2014 Ginger Christ, cleveland.com , 29 Mar. 2018"
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"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083347"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an Ethiopian princess of Greek mythology rescued from a monster by her future husband Perseus":[],
": a northern constellation directly south of Cassiopeia between Pegasus and Perseus":[]
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"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4m-\u0259d-\u0259",
"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4-m\u0259-d\u0259"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Spikes of creamy white astilbe mimicked Mona Lisa\u2019s skin tone, and the long seed heads of the andromeda aped her fingers and added a tawny layer. \u2014 Lindsey Taylor, WSJ , 7 Aug. 2018",
"The andromeda alongside my front steps mysteriously died over the winter. \u2014 New York Times , 25 May 2018",
"Lace bugs are extremely common on both azaleas and andromeda , shrubs that like moist organic soil and partial shade. \u2014 Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com , 17 May 2018",
"Your andromeda and azaleas have lace bugs, an insect that inserts its feeding tube into the leaf and sucks out the contents of plant cells. \u2014 Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com , 17 May 2018",
"There are no richer parterres to my eyes than the dense beds of dwarf andromeda (Cassandra calyculata) which cover these tender places on the earth\u2019s surface. \u2014 Henry David Thoreau, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2017",
"Botany cannot go farther than tell me the names of the shrubs which grow there,\u2014the high-blueberry, panicled andromeda , lambkill, azalea, and rhodora,\u2014all standing in the quaking sphagnum. \u2014 Henry David Thoreau, The Atlantic , 6 Oct. 2017"
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"New Latin Andromeda , genus name, from Latin":"Noun",
"Latin, from Greek Andromed\u0113":"Noun"
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"1754, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1538, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-090215"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the Dravidian language of the Andhra region of southern India":[]
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"\u02c8\u0259ndr\u0259"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from Andhra , India":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1816, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111852"
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"type":[
"biographical name",
"geographical name"
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"island, largest of Bahamas area 1600 square miles (4160 square kilometers), population 7686":[],
"island of Greece 25 miles (40 kilometers) long in the northern Cyclades":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8an-\u02ccdr\u00e4s",
"-dr\u0259s"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121633"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a native or inhabitant of the Andhra region or of Andhra Pradesh, southern India":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259ndr\u0259n"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"from Andhra , India + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125058"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the wife of Hector":[]
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"an-\u02c8dr\u00e4-m\u0259-(\u02cc)k\u0113"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin, from Greek Andromach\u0113":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133821"
},
"Andaman Sea":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"sea in southeastern Asia, the eastern section of the Bay of Bengal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171857"
},
"androgonial":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to an androgonium":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from androgonium + English -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173804"
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"and change":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": and a very small additional amount":[
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},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-185707"
},
"Andean condor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": condor sense 1a":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"an-\u02c8d\u0113-\u0259n-",
"\u02c8an-(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1855, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191824"
},
"Andhra Pradesh":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"state of southeastern India north of Tamil Nadu bordering on the Bay of Bengal; capital Hyderabad area 61,932 square miles (160,404 square kilometers), population 40,533,541":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8desh",
"\u02cc\u00e4n-dr\u0259-pr\u0259-\u02c8d\u0101sh"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194743"
},
"Andaman redwood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": amboyna":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1814, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200836"
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"Androsace":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of usually tufted herbs (family Primulaceae) native to the northern hemisphere having basal tufted leaves, small terminal white or pink flowers, and capsular fruits \u2014 see rock jasmine":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0259\u02ccs\u0113",
"an\u02c8dr\u00e4s\u0259\u02cck\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, alteration of Latin androsaces , a plant or zoophyte, from Greek androsakes , a sea plant (probably a species of Acetabularia )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1704, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204902"
},
"androgen zone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the portion of the adrenal cortex believed to secrete male hormones or steroids resembling male hormones":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220049"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a zoospore characteristic of members of the algal family Oedogoniaceae that gives rise to a small male plant that produces true spermatozoids":[],
": microspore":[]
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"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin androsporus , from andr- + spora spore":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-221610"
},
"Anderlecht":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"commune in the Flanders region of central Belgium population 107,912":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n-d\u0259r-\u02ccle\u1e35t"
],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235828"
},
"Andermatt":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"commune in central Switzerland south of Altdorf":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4n-d\u0259r-\u02ccm\u00e4t"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015123"
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a steroid sex hormone C 19 H 26 O 2 that is secreted by the testes, ovaries, and adrenal cortex and is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of testosterone and estrogen":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccan-dr\u0259-\u02ccst\u0113n-\u02c8d\u012b-\u02cc\u014dn",
"-\u02c8st\u0113n-d\u0113-\u02cc\u014dn",
"\u02ccan-dr\u0259-\u02ccst\u0113n-\u02c8d\u012b-\u014dn"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Mark McGwire, who admitted to taking androstenedione , a steroid, received 12.3% of the votes in 2016, his final year on the ballot. \u2014 Evan Petzold, USA TODAY , 28 Jan. 2022"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary androst erone + -ene + di- + -one":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1935, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051827"
}
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