dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/agl_MW.json
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{
"aglow":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": glowing especially with warmth or excitement":[]
},
"examples":[
"The lights of the city were aglow in the distance.",
"The room was aglow with candlelight.",
"The children were aglow with excitement.",
"The town was aglow with pride.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Indeed, there\u2019s virtually no erotic frisson in Patel\u2019s retelling of an epic that is aglow with passion. \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Beneath the hazy shroud of its atmosphere, our sister planet is practically aglow . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 12 Feb. 2022",
"In autumn, when the leaves are aglow in their end-of-season finest, the view from the top of Dan\u2019s Rock is, by far, the most spectacular in all of Maryland. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 10 Jan. 2022",
"Once our screens were aglow , we were instructed to click a blue icon, logging us on to the census server, known as The Hub. \u2014 Jeremy Miller, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021",
"After dinner at the Napa Valley restaurant Terra, which has since closed, Dr. McClenney walked Mr. Repotski up to the main street, deserted and aglow with streetlamps. \u2014 New York Times , 1 Oct. 2021",
"For 20 years, members of the Burkman family have been perfecting the holiday display at their Frisco home, which this year is aglow with 70,000 lights. \u2014 Dallas News , 11 Dec. 2020",
"After dinner, the couple and their family met the rest of their guests for cocktails by the pool, which was aglow with floating lanterns. \u2014 Shira Savada, Harper's BAZAAR , 12 Nov. 2020",
"The speaker stood \u2014 her pristine suit aglow , her mace brooch shining. \u2014 Robin Givhan, Washington Post , 5 Feb. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1817, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"a- entry 1 + glow entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8gl\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beaming",
"bright",
"glowing",
"radiant",
"sunny"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011517",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"aglycone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an organic compound (such as a phenol or alcohol) combined with the sugar portion of a glycoside":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"a-\u02c8gl\u012b-\u02cck\u014dn",
"-\u02c8l\u012b-\u02cck\u014dn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German Aglykon, re-formation of Aglukon, Aglucon, an earlier name (from a- a- entry 2 + gluk-, gluc- gluc- + -on -on entry 1 , -one ) with substitution of glyk- glyc-":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1908, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021824"
},
"Aglypha":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a primary division of the family Colubridae, in its widest sense nearly or exactly coextensive with the Aglyphodonta of other classifications":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-gl\u0259-f\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek aglypha , neuter plural of aglyphos unhewn, from a- a- entry 2 + -glyphos (from glyphein to cut, hew) (to cut)":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201406"
}
}