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990 lines
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{
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"Lecanorales":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an order comprising all the lichens that produce apothecia":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Lecanora + -ales":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-n\u022f\u02c8-",
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"\u02cclek\u0259(\u02cc)n\u014d\u02c8r\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235649",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Lecce":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"commune in the region of Puglia, southeastern Italy population 90,000":[]
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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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"\u02c8l\u0101-ch\u0101",
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"\u02c8le-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213548",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Lecco":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"commune in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy, on":[
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"Lake Lecco , the southeast arm of Lake Como"
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]
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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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"\u02c8l\u0101-(\u02cc)k\u014d",
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"\u02c8le-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002431",
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"type":[
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"geographical name"
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]
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},
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"Lech":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lecher":[],
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": letch , lust":[],
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": lust":[],
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"river in Austria and Germany flowing from Vorarlberg north into the Danube River":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for redheads"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lech",
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"\u02c8lek",
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"\u02c8le\u1e35"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"concupiscence",
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"desire",
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"eroticism",
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"horniness",
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"hots",
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"itch",
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"letch",
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"libidinousness",
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"lust",
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"lustfulness",
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"lustihood",
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"passion",
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"salaciousness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045748",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lecanomancy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": divination by inspection of water in a basin":[]
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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 lekanomanteia , from lekan\u0113 basin + -manteia -mancy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lek\u0259n\u014d\u02ccman(t)s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-134037",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lecanora":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Lecanoraceae) of crustaceous lichens that have apothecia in which the disk is surrounded by a pale margin and that are sometimes used for dyeing or for food \u2014 see archil , manna lichen":[],
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": any lichen of the genus Lecanora":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Greek lekan\u0113 basin + h\u014dra beauty, grace; from the form and color of the apothecium":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclek\u0259\u02c8n\u014dr\u0259",
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"-n\u022fr\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084109",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lecanoric acid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a crystalline phenolic acid C 15 H 13 O 5 COOH obtained from lichens":[]
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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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"International Scientific Vocabulary lecanor- (from New Latin Lecanora ) + -ic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6lek\u0259\u00a6n\u014drik-",
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"-n\u022frik-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092852",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lech":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": lecher":[],
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": letch , lust":[],
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": lust":[],
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"river in Austria and Germany flowing from Vorarlberg north into the Danube River":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"a story about a detective with a nose for crime and a lech for redheads"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1911, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lech",
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"\u02c8lek",
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"\u02c8le\u1e35"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"concupiscence",
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"desire",
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"eroticism",
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"horniness",
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"hots",
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"itch",
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"letch",
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"libidinousness",
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"lust",
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"lustfulness",
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"lustihood",
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"passion",
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"salaciousness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045358",
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"type":[
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"geographical name",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lecher":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a man who engages in lechery":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a friendly warning to the new assistant about the office lecher",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp. \u2014 Washington Post , 19 Mar. 2021",
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"The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher , Lucio. \u2014 Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times , 11 Oct. 2019",
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"Initially, a number of people complained to Traubel\u2019s mother that her son shouldn\u2019t associate with such an old lecher , but Traubel volunteered to run errands for the increasingly infirm Whitman. \u2014 Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books , 18 Apr. 2019",
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"Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher , a contrary creature. \u2014 Ben Taub, The New Yorker , 30 Apr. 2018",
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"All of a sudden women recoiled, the ethos tilted, and now the tumbrel is moving briskly through Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Capitol Hill, and beyond, carrying lechers , perverts, and boors into job-threatening disgrace. \u2014 Alessandra Stanley, Town & Country , 3 Jan. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English lechour , from Anglo-French lechur , from lecher to lick, live in debauchery, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German leck\u014dn to lick \u2014 more at lick":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8le-ch\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"Casanova",
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"Don Juan",
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"lothario",
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"lounge lizard",
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"masher",
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"philanderer",
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"satyr",
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"wolf",
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"womanizer"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040611",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lecherous":{
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"antonyms":[
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"frigid",
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"undersexed"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": given to or suggestive of lechery":[
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"a lecherous lawyer hitting on his son's girlfriend",
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"\u2014 Dick Friedman & Mike Lipton"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"most of the male patrons at the bar appeared to be lecherous conventioneers looking for some action",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"There\u2019s a fiery diss track in which Girls5eva dump their lecherous manager, Larry Plumb. \u2014 Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
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"The baritone Quinn Kelsey, a Met stalwart for over a decade, had a breakthrough as the jester Rigoletto, part of the retinue of the lecherous Duke of Mantua. \u2014 New York Times , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"In Pamela, a servant girl chronicles her efforts to escape the clutches of her lecherous employer, then gets rewarded for her virtue by enticing the beaten aristocrat to marry her. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 29 Oct. 2021",
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"Thinking back to the earliest seasons, Kiesha was always the target of lecherous older men. \u2014 Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com , 19 July 2021",
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"That was my career experience for a long time: navigating lecherous men who had power over me. \u2014 Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone , 11 June 2021",
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"Who knows if your boyfriend is a COVID cheater who would have never strayed without the stress of a pandemic; or a once-a-cheater, always-a-cheater, dooming you to recycled heartbreak; or, hopefully, a one-and-done who learned his lecherous lesson. \u2014 Author: Wayne And Wanda, Anchorage Daily News , 2 May 2021",
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"Samantha Stonecipher brings a funny, millennial vibe to the Siren (and two other small roles), and Alexander LaPlante deserves praise for making a lecherous former classmate of Rose\u2019s more funny than creepy, no easy feat. \u2014 Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
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"The cultural legacy of Pep\u00e9 Le Pew, a lecherous skunk who speaks in a French accent, has come under scrutiny in recent days. \u2014 NBC News , 9 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th 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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"\u02c8le-ch\u0259-r\u0259s",
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"\u02c8lech-r\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"concupiscent",
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"goatish",
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"horny",
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"hot",
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"hypersexual",
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"itchy",
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"lascivious",
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"lewd",
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"libidinous",
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"licentious",
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"lubricious",
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"lubricous",
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"lustful",
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"oversexed",
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"passionate",
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"randy",
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"salacious",
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"satyric",
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"wanton"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105556",
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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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"lecture":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction":[],
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": a formal reproof":[],
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": to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures":[],
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": to deliver a lecture to":[],
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": to reprove formally":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.",
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"Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture .",
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"I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.",
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"I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.",
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"Verb",
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"She lectures in art at the local college.",
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"They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.",
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"I lectured her about doing better in school.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Without stopping to deliver a lecture , the scripts skillfully touch on the pain caused by boarding schools that abused and robbed Native children of their culture, exploitation of Native land, and white men\u2019s casually racist remarks. \u2014 oregonlive , 7 June 2022",
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"At age 17, Mary is invited to a lecture by Dr. Agnes Vogel, one of the few female psychiatrists in 1927. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
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"Fedir Shandor gives a lecture by video call in a combat zone of eastern Ukraine. \u2014 Patrick Smith, NBC News , 6 May 2022",
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"Chief Justice Roberts delivers a lecture each year to new clerks saying leaks will be punished severely, said Supreme Court expert Josh Blackman of South Texas College of Law Houston. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 4 May 2022",
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"The hotel offers a history lecture with its resident historian during Lilac Festival weekend. \u2014 Kiran Saini, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Cauley will be giving a lecture at GateWay Community College at 6 p.m., April 13 in the Integrated Education Building. \u2014 Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Juan Carlos Acosta, Village Church director of music ministries, will present a pre-concert lecture at 3:15 p.m. covering the history of the work including its place in religious life and the civil rights movement. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"The evening celebration will also feature a lecture from Manjari Sharma, who will explore the power of tapping into distinguished histories to create works that are accessible to large audiences. \u2014 al , 18 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Hundreds of professors lecture on their favorite theme\u2014the duty of the United States to set the world aright. \u2014 Charles Austin Beard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"This allows for a certain Kelleyish willingness to lecture the audience on the ins and outs of trial law. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 May 2022",
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"Beckett first came to Paris in 1928 to lecture at this learning institution for exceptional students. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"When Europeans lecture Americans on our supposedly elevated levels of prejudice, the contention is as laughable as their ridiculous little Peugeots. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 29 July 2021",
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"The resurgence of martial arts in pop culture inspired her to lecture on Bruce Lee. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"The resurgence of martial arts in pop culture inspired her to lecture on Bruce Lee. \u2014 Anh Dostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"Donny, whom Fishburne plays as wise, exacting but ultimately soft-hearted, uses the moment to lecture young Bob on the importance of common sense and keeping your word in their line of business. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet Shining Girls, premiering April 29, doesn\u2019t lecture . \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1590, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, act of reading, from Late Latin lectura , from Latin lectus , past participle of legere":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lek-ch\u0259r",
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"-sh\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"baste",
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"bawl out",
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"berate",
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"call down",
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"castigate",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"dress down",
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"flay",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"rag",
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"rail (at ",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"pronounciation":[
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"-sh\u0259r",
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"\u02c8lek-ch\u0259r"
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lambast",
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"rag",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"upbraid"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.",
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"Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture .",
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"I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.",
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"I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.",
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"Verb",
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"She lectures in art at the local college.",
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"They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.",
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"I lectured her about doing better in school.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Consultant and speaker Nikk Cochran Selik will talk about concepts and terminology related to transgender identity in a virtual lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
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"He was possibly inspired by Chinese jurist Luo Xiang, who explained in a lecture gone viral that state power extends only as far as what is codified in law. \u2014 Vic Chiang, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
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"Horticulture educator Ron Biondo will talk about fertilizing, watering, mowing and other ways to maintain a healthy lawn in a free lecture at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Knoch Knolls Nature Center, 320 Knoch Knolls Road. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"In a 2020 lecture on black women in the civil rights movement, Jackson did describe the work of legal scholar Derrick Bell and The New York Times\u2019s 1619 Project. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"When the lower court retried the Georgia officers under the higher standard, they were acquitted, Paul J. Watford, a U.S. appellate court judge, said in a lecture published in the Marquette Law Review in 2014. \u2014 Michael Tarm, ajc , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"The board alleged that Kaplack spoke in a degrading manner to student athletes in a post-game lecture last spring. \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"In a lecture last November, former chief executive of the UK\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre Ciaran Martin criticized the Home Office\u2019s rhetoric on encryption \u2014 and its broader approach. \u2014 James Ball, Rolling Stone , 16 Jan. 2022",
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"As discontent roils over a Nazi salute that a professor (Jay Duplass) satirically performed in a lecture , The Chair deftly exposes inequities of power without simply condemning any of its characters. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Hundreds of professors lecture on their favorite theme\u2014the duty of the United States to set the world aright. \u2014 Charles Austin Beard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"This allows for a certain Kelleyish willingness to lecture the audience on the ins and outs of trial law. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 May 2022",
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"Beckett first came to Paris in 1928 to lecture at this learning institution for exceptional students. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"When Europeans lecture Americans on our supposedly elevated levels of prejudice, the contention is as laughable as their ridiculous little Peugeots. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 29 July 2021",
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"The resurgence of martial arts in pop culture inspired her to lecture on Bruce Lee. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"The resurgence of martial arts in pop culture inspired her to lecture on Bruce Lee. \u2014 Anh Dostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
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"Donny, whom Fishburne plays as wise, exacting but ultimately soft-hearted, uses the moment to lecture young Bob on the importance of common sense and keeping your word in their line of business. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"Yet Shining Girls, premiering April 29, doesn\u2019t lecture . \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, act of reading, from Late Latin lectura , from Latin lectus , past participle of legere":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1590, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-163641"
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},
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"lectotype":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a specimen chosen as the type of a species or subspecies if the author of the name fails to designate a type":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lek-t\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp"
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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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"Greek lektos chosen (from legein to gather, choose) + English type \u2014 more at legend":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1905, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185640"
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},
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"lectorate":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the office or order of lector":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lekt(\u0259)r\u0259\u0307t",
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"-t\u0259\u02ccr\u0101t"
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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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"Late Latin lectoratus , from lector lector + Latin -atus -ate":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201717"
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},
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"lecture hall":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a room specially designed for lectures : auditorium":[
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"We all took our seats in the lecture hall ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204340"
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},
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"lecturette":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a short lecture":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6lekch\u0259\u00a6ret",
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"-ksh-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-210914"
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},
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"Lecythidaceae":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of large tropical trees (order Myrtales) having alternate leaves and large fruit with a woody epicarp":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccles\u0259th\u0259\u02c8d\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lecythid-, Lecythis , type genus + -aceae":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222613"
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},
|
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"lectures":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction":[],
|
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": a formal reproof":[],
|
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": to deliver a lecture or a course of lectures":[],
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": to deliver a lecture to":[],
|
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": to reprove formally":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-sh\u0259r",
|
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"\u02c8lek-ch\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"baste",
|
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"bawl out",
|
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"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
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"lambaste",
|
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"lambast",
|
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"rag",
|
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"rail (at ",
|
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"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
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"ream (out)",
|
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"rebuke",
|
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"reprimand",
|
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"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Noun",
|
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"She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.",
|
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"Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture .",
|
|
"I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.",
|
|
"I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.",
|
|
"Verb",
|
|
"She lectures in art at the local college.",
|
|
"They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.",
|
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"I lectured her about doing better in school.",
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
|
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"Consultant and speaker Nikk Cochran Selik will talk about concepts and terminology related to transgender identity in a virtual lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"He was possibly inspired by Chinese jurist Luo Xiang, who explained in a lecture gone viral that state power extends only as far as what is codified in law. \u2014 Vic Chiang, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
|
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"Horticulture educator Ron Biondo will talk about fertilizing, watering, mowing and other ways to maintain a healthy lawn in a free lecture at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Knoch Knolls Nature Center, 320 Knoch Knolls Road. \u2014 Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"In a 2020 lecture on black women in the civil rights movement, Jackson did describe the work of legal scholar Derrick Bell and The New York Times\u2019s 1619 Project. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 21 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"When the lower court retried the Georgia officers under the higher standard, they were acquitted, Paul J. Watford, a U.S. appellate court judge, said in a lecture published in the Marquette Law Review in 2014. \u2014 Michael Tarm, ajc , 23 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The board alleged that Kaplack spoke in a degrading manner to student athletes in a post-game lecture last spring. \u2014 Alyssa Alfano, cleveland , 15 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"In a lecture last November, former chief executive of the UK\u2019s National Cyber Security Centre Ciaran Martin criticized the Home Office\u2019s rhetoric on encryption \u2014 and its broader approach. \u2014 James Ball, Rolling Stone , 16 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"As discontent roils over a Nazi salute that a professor (Jay Duplass) satirically performed in a lecture , The Chair deftly exposes inequities of power without simply condemning any of its characters. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 9 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
|
|
"Hundreds of professors lecture on their favorite theme\u2014the duty of the United States to set the world aright. \u2014 Charles Austin Beard, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"This allows for a certain Kelleyish willingness to lecture the audience on the ins and outs of trial law. \u2014 Daniel D'addario, Variety , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"Beckett first came to Paris in 1928 to lecture at this learning institution for exceptional students. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Jan. 2022",
|
|
"When Europeans lecture Americans on our supposedly elevated levels of prejudice, the contention is as laughable as their ridiculous little Peugeots. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 29 July 2021",
|
|
"The resurgence of martial arts in pop culture inspired her to lecture on Bruce Lee. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The resurgence of martial arts in pop culture inspired her to lecture on Bruce Lee. \u2014 Anh Dostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 17 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Donny, whom Fishburne plays as wise, exacting but ultimately soft-hearted, uses the moment to lecture young Bob on the importance of common sense and keeping your word in their line of business. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"Yet Shining Girls, premiering April 29, doesn\u2019t lecture . \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 22 Apr. 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, act of reading, from Late Latin lectura , from Latin lectus , past participle of legere":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
|
|
"circa 1590, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231932"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lecythis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Lecythidaceae ) of very large South American trees distinguished by the woody operculate capsular fruit \u2014 see sapucaia \u2014 compare monkey pot":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8les\u0259th\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Late Latin lecythus":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013442"
|
|
},
|
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"lecythus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a cylindrical or round and squat vase used by the ancient Greeks for oils and ointments":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8les\u0259th\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin lecythus , from Greek l\u0113kythos , probably of non-Indo-European origin":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020542"
|
|
},
|
|
"lecture bottle":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a narrow metal cylinder about a foot long for holding a compressed gas (as hydrogen sulfide)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100352"
|
|
},
|
|
"lecythoid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling a lecythus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-s\u0259\u02ccth\u022fid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lecyth us + -oid":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173441"
|
|
},
|
|
"lector":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who assists at a worship service chiefly by reading the lection":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02cct\u022fr",
|
|
"\u02c8lek-t\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The floor has a space where a lector , in the early 1900s, would read a variety of texts from classic literature to the daily newspaper to keep workers entertained while working. \u2014 Jennifer Simonson, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 Aug. 2021",
|
|
"Subjected to harassment, lesser wages and unwanted advances in a shadowy cigar factory, she becomes enraptured by books read aloud to the workers by a lector who quickly falls in love with her. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Delgado also is a parishioner, serving as a lector and extraordinary minister of the Holy Eucharist. \u2014 Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com , 24 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"And a priest whom Brignac knew soon extended an invitation to serve as a Mass lector at St. Mary Magdalen. \u2014 David A. Hammer, NOLA.com , 16 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"To Gesu Catholic Church in northwest Detroit, lector Clida Ellison brought a voice that was gentle yet commanding in its rendition of the Word. \u2014 Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press , 10 May 2020",
|
|
"There, safely socially distanced, he is joined by a technician, a lector , a pianist and Celine Kennelly, executive director of the Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs and beloved in San Francisco\u2019s Irish community for her heavenly voice. \u2014 Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com , 7 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"Tom was a devout member of St. John Catholic Church in Old Saybrook and ministered there as a lector for many years. \u2014 courant.com , 18 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"Carol said her husband, who was a lector at St. Jerome for nearly 50 years, trained her to be a forensics and debate judge. \u2014 Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 29 Oct. 2019"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English, from Late Latin, reader of the lessons in a church service, from Latin, reader, from legere":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182144"
|
|
},
|
|
"lecithin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8le-s\u0259-th\u0259n",
|
|
"\u02c8les-\u0259-th\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Cool Science: The mustard contains lecithin , an emulsifier. \u2014 Jamie Kiffel-alcheh, National Geographic , 20 May 2020",
|
|
"Other types of emollients include lecithin , isopropyl myristate and isopropyl palmitate. \u2014 Nia Decaille, Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020",
|
|
"The problem was discovered when the firm\u2019s seasoning supplier notified them that the proprietary seasoning, which is not supposed to contain soy, actually contains soy lecithin . \u2014 Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com , 30 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Including soy sauce, miso, tofu, tempeh, edamame, and additives like soy lecithin \u00b7 Dairy. \u2014 Molly Kimball, nola.com , 18 June 2019",
|
|
"The ingredients listed on the packaging are: unbleached enriched flour, sugar, palm and/or canola oil, cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, leavening, corn starch, salt, soy lecithin , vanillin, and unsweetened chocolate. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping , 15 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"However, the price of the golden almond has led to the watering down of milks, with manufacturers relying instead on thickening agents like carrageenan and emulsifiers like lecithin . \u2014 Grace Dickinson, Philly.com , 13 Feb. 2018",
|
|
"More significant than the Diggers, perhaps, was a tiny vitamin-and- lecithin store that Fred Roh\u00e9 took over in the Inner Sunset in 1965. \u2014 Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"The reason the drops mix so seamlessly into any formula (and then onto your skin) is because the pigments are coated with lecithin , which is biochemically similar to the skin. \u2014 Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan , 21 Dec. 2015"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek lekithos yolk of an egg":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192141"
|
|
},
|
|
"lecturee":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one who listens to or receives a lecture":[
|
|
"lecturers who exercised their wits at the expense of the lecturees",
|
|
"\u2014 Vincent Sheean"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-ksh\u0259-",
|
|
"\u00a6lekch\u0259\u00a6r\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194235"
|
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},
|
|
"lecith-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": yolk of an egg":[
|
|
"lecith in",
|
|
"lecitho protein"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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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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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek lekith-, lekitho- from lekithos , probably of non-Indo-European origin":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195531"
|
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},
|
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"lecanium":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of naked soft-bodied somewhat hemispherical scales":[],
|
|
": any insect of the genus Lecanium":[
|
|
"\u2014 see peach scale"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"l\u0259\u0307\u02c8k\u0101n\u0113\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"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 lekanion small dish or pan, diminutive of lekan\u0113 basin, dish, pan":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004257"
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},
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"lecythidaceae":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of large tropical trees (order Myrtales) having alternate leaves and large fruit with a woody epicarp":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccles\u0259th\u0259\u02c8d\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lecythid-, Lecythis , type genus + -aceae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013341"
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},
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"lecithinase":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": phospholipase":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccn\u0101z",
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"-th\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101s, -\u02ccn\u0101z",
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"\u02c8le-s\u0259-th\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013716"
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},
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"lecithins":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8le-s\u0259-th\u0259n",
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"\u02c8les-\u0259-th\u0259n"
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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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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Cool Science: The mustard contains lecithin , an emulsifier. \u2014 Jamie Kiffel-alcheh, National Geographic , 20 May 2020",
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"Other types of emollients include lecithin , isopropyl myristate and isopropyl palmitate. \u2014 Nia Decaille, Washington Post , 7 Feb. 2020",
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"The problem was discovered when the firm\u2019s seasoning supplier notified them that the proprietary seasoning, which is not supposed to contain soy, actually contains soy lecithin . \u2014 Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com , 30 Nov. 2019",
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"Including soy sauce, miso, tofu, tempeh, edamame, and additives like soy lecithin \u00b7 Dairy. \u2014 Molly Kimball, nola.com , 18 June 2019",
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"The ingredients listed on the packaging are: unbleached enriched flour, sugar, palm and/or canola oil, cocoa, high fructose corn syrup, leavening, corn starch, salt, soy lecithin , vanillin, and unsweetened chocolate. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Good Housekeeping , 15 Feb. 2018",
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"However, the price of the golden almond has led to the watering down of milks, with manufacturers relying instead on thickening agents like carrageenan and emulsifiers like lecithin . \u2014 Grace Dickinson, Philly.com , 13 Feb. 2018",
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"More significant than the Diggers, perhaps, was a tiny vitamin-and- lecithin store that Fred Roh\u00e9 took over in the Inner Sunset in 1965. \u2014 Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle , 19 Jan. 2018",
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"The reason the drops mix so seamlessly into any formula (and then onto your skin) is because the pigments are coated with lecithin , which is biochemically similar to the skin. \u2014 Carly Cardellino, Cosmopolitan , 21 Dec. 2015"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek lekithos yolk of an egg":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014042"
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},
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"leck":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a hard clay subsoil":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lek"
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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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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020735"
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},
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"lectisternium":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a religious rite of ancient Greece and Rome marked by the placing of images of gods on couches and the spreading of food before them":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclekt\u0259\u02c8st\u0259rn\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, from lectus couch + -i- + -sternium (from sternere to spread)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021718"
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}
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} |