dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dae_MW.json
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{
"daedal":{
"antonyms":[
"noncomplex",
"noncomplicated",
"plain",
"simple",
"uncomplicated"
],
"definitions":{
": adorned with many things":[
"visions of cloud and light and daedal earth are the airman's daily scene",
"\u2014 Laurence Binyon"
],
": intricate":[
"the computer's daedal circuitry"
],
": skillful , artistic":[]
},
"examples":[
"the daedal workings of the chime clock are a marvel to behold"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin daedalus , from Greek daidalos":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u0113-d\u1d4al"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"baroque",
"byzantine",
"complex",
"complicate",
"complicated",
"convoluted",
"elaborate",
"intricate",
"involute",
"involved",
"knotty",
"labyrinthian",
"labyrinthine",
"sophisticated",
"tangled"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021700",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"daemon":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a software program or process that runs in the background":[
"A mailer daemon installed on an e-mail system can respond to a piece of incorrectly addressed e-mail by generating an automated message to the sender that the message was undeliverable.",
"\u2014 J. D. Biersdorfer"
],
": a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin":[
"the demons of drug and alcohol addiction",
"confronting the demons of his childhood"
],
": a supernatural being whose nature is intermediate between that of a god and that of a human being":[],
": an attendant (see attendant entry 2 sense 1 ) power or spirit : genius":[],
": an evil spirit":[
"angels and demons"
],
": one that has exceptional enthusiasm, drive, or effectiveness":[
"a demon for work",
"Doug, putting like a demon , had birdies on the third and sixth \u2026",
"\u2014 Fred Tupper"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203826",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}