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48 lines
2.1 KiB
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{
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"ecdemite":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a yellow or green lead arsenate and chloride of uncertain composition occurring in crystals, masses, and crusts":[]
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Swedish ekdemit , from Greek ekd\u0113mos being away from home (from ek + d\u0113mos deme, populace) + Swedish -it -ite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205259"
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},
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"ecdysis":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ek-d\u0259-s\u0259s"
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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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"Linear webs hang loosely on the wall, like residue from an autopsy surgeon\u2019s scalpel, while snakelike shapes seem to be in the process of shedding their skin \u2014 ecdysis , as internal development outgrows its container. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
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"With our once-unthreatened understanding of selfhood, family, and civic purpose now being scrutinized under the microscope of the mob, our culture is in a moment of ecdysis . \u2014 Kayla Bartsch, National Review , 12 Aug. 2019",
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"Growing larger causes spiders to molt, a process called ecdysis , Jo-Anne Sewlal, an arachnologist at the University of the West Indies, says via email. \u2014 Liz Langley, National Geographic , 22 Apr. 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Greek \u00e9kdysis \"getting out, escape,\" from ekd\u00fdein \"to take off, strip off,\" ekd\u00fdesthai \"to strip oneself of, take off, get out of, escape\" (from ec- ec- + d\u00fdein \"to enter, make one's way into, [of clothing] get into, put on\") + -sis -sis \u2014 more at adytum":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1854, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230005"
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}
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} |