dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/cun_MW.json
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"cunning":{
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by wiliness and trickery":[
"cunning schemes"
],
": craft , slyness":[],
": dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end":[
"a cunning plotter"
],
": dexterous skill and subtlety (as in inventing, devising, or executing)":[
"high-ribbed vault \u2026 with perfect cunning framed",
"\u2014 William Wordsworth"
],
": displaying keen insight":[
"a cunning observation"
],
": knowledge , learning":[],
": magic art":[],
": prettily appealing : cute":[
"a cunning little kitten"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"\u2026 this cat has made his way into the Fitness Center for cunning reasons of his own and reveals himself only to certain privileged individuals. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , Harper's , June 2008",
"Throughout his time hunting the vampire, Manolito had been wounded and poisoned on many occasions, but still he'd survived because he'd always used his brain. He was cunning and shrewd and very intelligent. \u2014 Christine Feehan , Dark Possession , 2007",
"I have recounted the advice I received from an old-timer about how to keep raccoons out of garbage cans\u2014advice that eventually included the purchase of a combination lock. (\"A raccoon's cunning , but he's got no head for figures.\") \u2014 Calvin Trillin , New Yorker , 11 Oct. 1993",
"A cunning politician is often found skulking under the clerical robe, with an outside all religion, and an inside all political rancour. \u2014 Washington Irving , A History of New York , 1809 , in History, Tales and Sketches , (1977) 1983",
"So the Leader went into his den and looked at his children\u2014two very cunning little cubs, lying on the floor. \u2014 Hugh Lofting , The Story of Doctor Dolittle , 1920",
"She was cunning enough to fool me.",
"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices",
"Noun",
"The writing is best in the play's later scenes, when More deploys his legal cunning to help him weasel out of a political trap set by the oleaginous Thomas Cromwell \u2026 \u2014 John Lahr , New Yorker , 20 Oct. 2008",
"Tsvetaeva was lacking, moreover, in any instinct for cunning or self-preservation, or even for what might be called mere getting along \u2026 \u2014 Claudia Roth Pierpont , New Yorker , 7 Feb. 1994",
"He could see no change, save that in the eyes there was a look of cunning and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite. \u2014 Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray , 1891",
"He may be a fraud, but you have to admire his cunning .",
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That\u2019s Odysseus\u2014the wiliness, that idea of the cunning trickster. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"Even if Lady Macbeth appears in substantially fewer scenes than her husband, her cunning mind \u2014 and Negga\u2019s command of Shakespeare\u2019s verse \u2014 leave an indelible imprint. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Coughlan does great work, balancing Penelope's outward character and the more cunning Whistledown within her. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Everything about this cunning story makes a mockery of its title. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Pugh is playing Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler is Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"Did Kathleen Peterson die in a tragic fall \u2014 or did her novelist husband, Michael, script a cunning murder",
"His John Mitchell is coarse and cunning , and in a fateful fight with Martha, terrifyingly ruthless. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Scheherazade is also President Vladimir Putin\u2019s $700-million superyacht, according to Russian investigative journalists\u2014and its ability to survive being seized by Western governments will require far more cunning than storytelling. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That Boris Johnson survived Monday\u2019s snap no-confidence vote within his party is a testament to the British Prime Minister\u2019s charisma and cunning . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"To go in knowing little or nothing about the play may be the purest way to experience its dramatic cunning . \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 17 Apr. 2022",
"If talks fail, Bennett could appear to have been outsmarted by Putin's cunning and could be blamed for the conflict having worsened. \u2014 Tia Goldenberg, ajc , 6 Mar. 2022",
"If talks fail, Bennett could appear to have been outsmarted by Putin's cunning and could be blamed for the conflict having worsened. \u2014 Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Mar. 2022",
"There also isn\u2019t any record of their possessing any abilities more superhuman than cunning and charisma. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Barr was easily Trump\u2019s most effective and important Cabinet member, and showed far more competence and cunning than Trump\u2019s prior attorneys general, Jeff Sessions and the mercifully brief acting AG Matt Whitaker. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Despite framing his actions in terms of criminal cunning , Al has a visionary streak. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 18 Dec. 2021",
"This film is a lot like its titular beasts: big, splashy, and sometimes quite dumb on the surface, yet full of animal-like cunning and the ability to land massive blows at crucial moments. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from present participle of can know":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259-ni\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cunning Adjective clever , adroit , cunning , ingenious mean having or showing practical wit or skill in contriving. clever stresses physical or mental quickness, deftness, or great aptitude. a person clever with horses adroit often implies a skillful use of expedients to achieve one's purpose in spite of difficulties. an adroit negotiator cunning implies great skill in constructing or creating. a filmmaker cunning in his use of special effects ingenious suggests the power of inventing or discovering a new way of accomplishing something. an ingenious software engineer sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing Noun art , skill , cunning , artifice , craft mean the faculty of executing well what one has devised. art implies a personal, unanalyzable creative power. the art of choosing the right word skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency. the skill of a glassblower cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing. a mystery plotted with great cunning artifice suggests technical skill especially in imitating things in nature. believed realism in film could be achieved only by artifice craft may imply expertness in workmanship. the craft of a master goldsmith",
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"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215014",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cunningness":{
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"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"definitions":{
": characterized by wiliness and trickery":[
"cunning schemes"
],
": craft , slyness":[],
": dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end":[
"a cunning plotter"
],
": dexterous skill and subtlety (as in inventing, devising, or executing)":[
"high-ribbed vault \u2026 with perfect cunning framed",
"\u2014 William Wordsworth"
],
": displaying keen insight":[
"a cunning observation"
],
": knowledge , learning":[],
": magic art":[],
": prettily appealing : cute":[
"a cunning little kitten"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"\u2026 this cat has made his way into the Fitness Center for cunning reasons of his own and reveals himself only to certain privileged individuals. \u2014 Joyce Carol Oates , Harper's , June 2008",
"Throughout his time hunting the vampire, Manolito had been wounded and poisoned on many occasions, but still he'd survived because he'd always used his brain. He was cunning and shrewd and very intelligent. \u2014 Christine Feehan , Dark Possession , 2007",
"I have recounted the advice I received from an old-timer about how to keep raccoons out of garbage cans\u2014advice that eventually included the purchase of a combination lock. (\"A raccoon's cunning , but he's got no head for figures.\") \u2014 Calvin Trillin , New Yorker , 11 Oct. 1993",
"A cunning politician is often found skulking under the clerical robe, with an outside all religion, and an inside all political rancour. \u2014 Washington Irving , A History of New York , 1809 , in History, Tales and Sketches , (1977) 1983",
"So the Leader went into his den and looked at his children\u2014two very cunning little cubs, lying on the floor. \u2014 Hugh Lofting , The Story of Doctor Dolittle , 1920",
"She was cunning enough to fool me.",
"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices",
"Noun",
"The writing is best in the play's later scenes, when More deploys his legal cunning to help him weasel out of a political trap set by the oleaginous Thomas Cromwell \u2026 \u2014 John Lahr , New Yorker , 20 Oct. 2008",
"Tsvetaeva was lacking, moreover, in any instinct for cunning or self-preservation, or even for what might be called mere getting along \u2026 \u2014 Claudia Roth Pierpont , New Yorker , 7 Feb. 1994",
"He could see no change, save that in the eyes there was a look of cunning and in the mouth the curved wrinkle of the hypocrite. \u2014 Oscar Wilde , The Picture of Dorian Gray , 1891",
"He may be a fraud, but you have to admire his cunning .",
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"That\u2019s Odysseus\u2014the wiliness, that idea of the cunning trickster. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 26 June 2022",
"Even if Lady Macbeth appears in substantially fewer scenes than her husband, her cunning mind \u2014 and Negga\u2019s command of Shakespeare\u2019s verse \u2014 leave an indelible imprint. \u2014 New York Times , 7 June 2022",
"Coughlan does great work, balancing Penelope's outward character and the more cunning Whistledown within her. \u2014 Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Everything about this cunning story makes a mockery of its title. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Pugh is playing Princess Irulan, the daughter of the emperor, while Butler is Feyd-Rautha, the cunning nephew of the baron who heads House Harkonnen and who is being groomed to rule Arrakis. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 12 May 2022",
"Did Kathleen Peterson die in a tragic fall \u2014 or did her novelist husband, Michael, script a cunning murder",
"His John Mitchell is coarse and cunning , and in a fateful fight with Martha, terrifyingly ruthless. \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Apr. 2022",
"Scheherazade is also President Vladimir Putin\u2019s $700-million superyacht, according to Russian investigative journalists\u2014and its ability to survive being seized by Western governments will require far more cunning than storytelling. \u2014 Vivienne Walt, Fortune , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That Boris Johnson survived Monday\u2019s snap no-confidence vote within his party is a testament to the British Prime Minister\u2019s charisma and cunning . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 6 June 2022",
"To go in knowing little or nothing about the play may be the purest way to experience its dramatic cunning . \u2014 Naveen Kumar, Variety , 17 Apr. 2022",
"If talks fail, Bennett could appear to have been outsmarted by Putin's cunning and could be blamed for the conflict having worsened. \u2014 Tia Goldenberg, ajc , 6 Mar. 2022",
"If talks fail, Bennett could appear to have been outsmarted by Putin's cunning and could be blamed for the conflict having worsened. \u2014 Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor , 6 Mar. 2022",
"There also isn\u2019t any record of their possessing any abilities more superhuman than cunning and charisma. \u2014 Joe Leydon, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Barr was easily Trump\u2019s most effective and important Cabinet member, and showed far more competence and cunning than Trump\u2019s prior attorneys general, Jeff Sessions and the mercifully brief acting AG Matt Whitaker. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"Despite framing his actions in terms of criminal cunning , Al has a visionary streak. \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 18 Dec. 2021",
"This film is a lot like its titular beasts: big, splashy, and sometimes quite dumb on the surface, yet full of animal-like cunning and the ability to land massive blows at crucial moments. \u2014 Ars Staff, Ars Technica , 30 Dec. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from present participle of can know":"Adjective and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8k\u0259-ni\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for cunning Adjective clever , adroit , cunning , ingenious mean having or showing practical wit or skill in contriving. clever stresses physical or mental quickness, deftness, or great aptitude. a person clever with horses adroit often implies a skillful use of expedients to achieve one's purpose in spite of difficulties. an adroit negotiator cunning implies great skill in constructing or creating. a filmmaker cunning in his use of special effects ingenious suggests the power of inventing or discovering a new way of accomplishing something. an ingenious software engineer sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing Noun art , skill , cunning , artifice , craft mean the faculty of executing well what one has devised. art implies a personal, unanalyzable creative power. the art of choosing the right word skill stresses technical knowledge and proficiency. the skill of a glassblower cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing. a mystery plotted with great cunning artifice suggests technical skill especially in imitating things in nature. believed realism in film could be achieved only by artifice craft may imply expertness in workmanship. the craft of a master goldsmith",
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"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-233024",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"cunnilingus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cck\u0259-ni-\u02c8li\u014b-g\u0259s",
"\u02cck\u0259n-i-\u02c8li\u014b-g\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His fetish for cunnilingus is matched only by Vargas Llosa\u2019s compulsion to describe it over and over again, in language that is awkwardly blunt and stodgy. \u2014 Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker , 24 Nov. 2021",
"What bothers me is how some of these men would focus on my more salacious content\u2014the silly tweets about cunnilingus or the outrageous fantasies about celebrities\u2014and think that is all there is to me. \u2014 Nichole Perkins, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Ted Lasso, the Apple TV+ comedy about Americanness and soccer and friends and therapy and cunnilingus , has lately become the topic of weirdly intense internet outrage. \u2014 Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture , 25 Aug. 2021",
"The film, Carax\u2019s first in English, is an unabashedly anti-commercial endeavor featuring artfully staged cunnilingus , multiple watery graves and a singing baby puppet. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Aug. 2021",
"This was a particularly horny Cannes lineup, with copious full-frontal nudity and a bevy of memorable cunnilingus scenes. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 20 July 2021",
"Remember, this is the same series that depicted a supe accidentally popping open a man's head during cunnilingus . \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 26 Mar. 2021",
"Maybe there is a future show in store on the foibles of cunnilingus . \u2014 Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker , 27 July 2019",
"For decades, the phrase referred to a softer, and presumably more female-friendly genre of erotic content, one with good lighting, minimal close-ups of penetration, lots of cunnilingus , and, of course, an actual plot. \u2014 Lux Alptraum, The Verge , 18 Sep. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"cunnilingus , New Latin, from Latin, one who licks the vulva, from cunnus vulva + lingere to lick; cunnilinctus , New Latin, from Latin cunnus + linctus , act of licking, from lingere \u2014 more at lick":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203237"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
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": either of two wrasses:":[],
": a European wrasse ( Crenilabrus melops )":[],
": a wrasse ( Tautogolabrus adspersus ) common along the northeastern U.S. and adjacent Canadian coast":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259-n\u0259r"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Researchers are particularly concerned about cunner fish, a dominant species in the area. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Nov. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1602, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-215010"
},
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"adjective",
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a family of trees and shrubs (order Rosales) that are sometimes placed in the family Saxifragaceae but are distinguished by opposite or verticillate leaves and small flowers borne in dense clusters":[]
},
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"ky\u00fc\u02ccn\u014dn\u0113\u02c8\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Cunonia , type genus + -aceae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041717"
},
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"definitions":{
": a large Australian aroid ( Alocasia macrorrhiza ) whose poisonous juice is similar in its action to that of dumb cane":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259nj\u0259\u02ccv\u022fi"
],
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"native name in Australia":""
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],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Cunoniaceae ) of shrubs or small trees with pinnate leaves, racemose white flowers, and bark that is used for tanning":[]
},
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"New Latin, from John C. Cuno , 18th century Dutch botanist + New Latin -ia":""
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": a family of trees and shrubs (order Rosales) that are sometimes placed in the family Saxifragaceae but are distinguished by opposite or verticillate leaves and small flowers borne in dense clusters":[]
},
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],
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"New Latin, from Cunonia , type genus + -aceae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-113606"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": woman sense 1a":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259nt"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English cunte ; akin to Middle Low German kunte female pudenda":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120409"
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],
"definitions":{
": a unit of volume that is sometimes used for pulpwood and is equal to 100 cubic feet of solid wood":[]
},
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"C entry 1 (100) + unit":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-131737"
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"definitions":{
": a mixture of copper sulfate and nicotine sulfate administered to livestock as an anthelmintic":[]
},
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"\u02c8ky\u00fcnik"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Late Latin cu prum copper + English nic otine":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183925"
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"adverb",
"verb"
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"definitions":{
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": to shoot inexpertly":[]
},
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"\u02c8k\u0259n\u0113+"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete cunny woman, rabbit (alteration of cony ) + thumb":"Adverb"
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": a small genus of ornamental, usually tall evergreen trees of the cypress family ( Cupressaceae ) of China and Taiwan that have reddish-brown to brown furrowed bark and spirally-arranged, sharply-pointed, flattened needles \u2014 see china fir":[]
},
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"\u02cck\u0259ni\u014b\u02c8ham\u0113\u0259",
"-\u014b\u02c8am-"
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"New Latin, from Allan Cunningham \u20201839 or his brother Richard \u20201835 English botanists + New Latin -ia":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200431"
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"definitions":{
": narrowly triangular with the acute angle toward the base \u2014 see leaf illustration":[]
},
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"\u02c8ky\u00fc-n\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t, -\u0259t",
"-\u0259t",
"\u02c8ky\u00fc-n\u0113-\u02cc\u0101t"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin cuneatus , from cuneus wedge":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1658, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233932"
}
}