dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cox_MW.json
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{
"Coxsackievirus":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": any of numerous serotypes of three enteroviruses (species Human enterovirus A, Human enterovirus B , and Human enterovirus C ) that are associated with mild to serious illness (such as sore throat, diarrhea, hand, foot and mouth disease, conjunctivitis, meningitis, and hepatitis)":[
"Coxsackieviruses infect more than 20 million people annually in the United States and can cause illnesses ranging from a cold to an inflammation of the heart. However, most of the viruses are benign, so only about 10,000 infected people become ill.",
"\u2014 Tina Adler",
"Coxsackie viruses are transmitted from one person to the next through respiratory droplets or from foods, hands or utensils contaminated with the virus.",
"\u2014 Paul G. Donohue"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Coxsackie , New York":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)k\u00e4k-\u02ccsak-\u0113-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s",
"(\u02c8)k\u00e4k-\u02ccsa-k\u0113-\u02c8v\u012b-r\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112902",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"coxswain":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a sailor who has charge of a ship's boat and its crew and who usually steers":[],
": a steersman of a racing shell who usually directs the rowers":[],
": to act as coxswain":[],
": to direct as coxswain":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The Atlantic Coast Conference, for example, permits a third eight-person boat and a second four-person boat, plus a coxswain for each, for up to 37 women. \u2014 Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY , 26 May 2022",
"Broadland has hopes of landing a spot as the coxswain of the U.S. National crew. \u2014 Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Mar. 2022",
"President Biden\u2019s Trade Policy is not very different from the coxswain \u2019s story. \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Each new summer brings a certain amount of churn, usually with a slightly different crew, a different coach and a different coxswain . \u2014 Ted Diadiun, cleveland , 19 Mar. 2022",
"According to tradition, if a race was won, the coxswain would be tossed into the Schuylkill River (an unfathomable outcome). \u2014 Rick Helfenbein, Forbes , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Mom, and her husband, were later sentenced to federal prison after the celebrity couple pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy involving payments that resulted in their daughter being admitted to USC as a coxswain despite having no rowing experience. \u2014 Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022",
"Prosecutors alleged in the case that in 2016 Heinel presented the girl to a USC admissions committee as a talented coxswain being recruited by the school\u2019s rowing coach, which was not true. \u2014 Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
"Without a coxswain , Luczak steers the four from the stroke seat with a rudder cable attached to her right foot. \u2014 Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY , 24 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"This time around, the eight is composed mostly of Olympic first-timers \u2013 Musnicki and coxswain Katelin Guregian are its only members who have been to the Games before. \u2014 Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY , 24 July 2021",
"But only coxswain Katelin Guregian and four rowers \u2013 Musnicki, Olivia Coffey, Gia Doonan and Kristine O\u2019Brien \u2013 were in the 2019 boat and the Tokyo boat. \u2014 Olivia Reiner, USA TODAY , 30 July 2021",
"Watching her granddaughter Hannah pitch through a tough inning of softball or her granddaughter Lily coxswain for the rowing team was a marvel. \u2014 Cecile Richards, Glamour , 11 May 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1928, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cokswayne , from cok cockboat (a small boat) + swain servant":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccsw\u0101n",
"\u02c8k\u00e4k-s\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203006",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"coxwell chair":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of coxwell chair variant of cogswell chair"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220703-183247",
"type":[]
},
"coxy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": avian coccidiosis":[],
": conceited , impudent , arrogant":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of cocks , plural of cock entry 1 (in the phrase cocks of the game fighting cocks) + -y":"Adjective",
"modification of New Latin coccidiosis":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u00e4ksi"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-045717",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
}
}