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{
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"mad":{
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"antonyms":[
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"anger",
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"enrage",
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"incense",
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"inflame",
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"enflame",
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"infuriate",
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"ire",
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"madden",
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"outrage",
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"rankle",
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"rile",
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"roil",
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"steam up",
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"tick off"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a fit or mood of bad temper":[],
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": affected with rabies : rabid":[
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"a mad dog"
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],
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": anger , fury":[],
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": arising from, indicative of, or marked by mental disorder":[
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"\u2014 not used technically"
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],
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": carried away by enthusiasm or desire : extremely or excessively fond of or enthusiastic about something or someone":[
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"mad about horses",
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"\u2026 there is a nouveau riche demographic mad for diamonds and Lamborghinis \u2026",
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"\u2014 Kevin D. Williamson",
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"\u2014 often used in combination trivia known to only the most movie- mad film buffs a power- mad villain money- mad"
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],
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": completely unrestrained by reason and judgment : unable to think in a clear or sensible way":[
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"driven mad by the pain",
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"mad with jealousy"
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],
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": great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree":[
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"making mad money",
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"Her performance won her mad respect from fans and peers alike, but the media response was tempered at best.",
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"\u2014 Joan Morgan"
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],
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": incapable of being explained or accounted for":[
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"a mad decision"
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],
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": intensely angry or displeased":[
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"What are you so mad about",
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"Everyone was mad about the delay.",
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"That kind of behavior really gets me mad .",
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"I'm so mad I could spit."
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],
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": intensely excited : frantic":[
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"driving him mad with jealousy",
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"\u2014 Edmund Wilson"
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],
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": madden":[],
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": marked by intense and often chaotic activity : wild":[
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"a mad scramble"
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],
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": marked by wild gaiety and merriment : hilarious":[
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"of their childhood, of the mad pranks they played",
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"\u2014 Winston Churchill"
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],
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": to an extreme degree":[
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"spending like mad",
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"working like mad to get the job done on time"
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],
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": very , extremely":[
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"We were mad tight, many of us born and raised in this same spot.",
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"\u2014 Sister Souljah"
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],
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"mutual assured destruction; mutually assured destruction":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"If you keep teasing that dog, you'll make him mad .",
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"What are you so mad about",
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"That guy makes me so mad !",
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"a movie about a mad scientist",
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"She's mad for a cute boy in her class.",
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"He's mad keen on sailing.",
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"Verb",
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"her endless excuses for not doing the work madded her overburdened coworkers",
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"Noun",
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"watch out, the boss has got a bit of a mad on just now",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Your eyebrows will be mad at you for not buying this. \u2014 ELLE , 1 July 2022",
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"Cain's unforgettable mad dash to score all the way from first base on a long single by Eric Hosmer gave the Royals a 4-3 lead in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
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"Everyone is mad at me, including my sister, the bride\u2019s mom. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 15 June 2022",
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"One point of agreement is emerging: Now everyone is mad at Miss Sharma. \u2014 Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune , 10 June 2022",
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"At most music festivals, there\u2019s a mad rush for the front row but on the first day of Something in the Water, concertgoers craved the shade. \u2014 Samantha Chery, Washington Post , 18 June 2022",
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"Did Michael ever talk to me in an angry tone or be mad at me",
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"Both Cabello\u2019s performance and kickoff for the big game were delayed by at least 15 minutes due to the mad rush of fans trying to enter the stadium all at the same time. \u2014 Glenn Rowley, Billboard , 30 May 2022",
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"In the mad rush to get the shoot up and running by March, 1977, the studio placed fewer checks on Cimino than were customary for a big-budget film. \u2014 Richard Brody, The New Yorker , 22 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
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"1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"1895, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English medd, madd , from Old English gem\u01e3d , past participle of *gem\u01e3dan to madden, from gem\u0101d silly, mad; akin to Old High German gimeit foolish, crazy":"Adjective, Verb, and Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mad"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"angered",
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"angry",
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"apoplectic",
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"ballistic",
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"cheesed off",
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"choleric",
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"enraged",
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"foaming",
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"fuming",
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"furious",
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"hopping",
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"horn-mad",
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"hot",
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"incensed",
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"indignant",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"infuriate",
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"infuriated",
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"irate",
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"ireful",
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"livid",
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"outraged",
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"rabid",
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"rankled",
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"riled",
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"riley",
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"roiled",
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"shirty",
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"sore",
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"steamed up",
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"steaming",
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"teed off",
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"ticked",
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"wrathful",
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"wroth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090608",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation",
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mad money":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": discretionary money set aside for an emergency or for personal use":[
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"Mad money is a bit of cash set aside for some personal fun \u2026",
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"\u2014 Jerry Tarde",
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"I tell everyone I am semi-retired. The theory is to be able to find a few small side jobs to just make a little \" mad money \" using the skills acquired through a decades-long career.",
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"\u2014 Michael Baldauf",
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"Search the apartment or house carefully. Some people conceal cash or jewelry in their homes. If there is a library, look through the books. They are a favorite repository for mad money \u2026",
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"\u2014 David Bernheim",
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"The Pine Wood Elementary P.T.A. in the county gives each teacher $100 for classroom \" mad money .\"",
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"\u2014 Michael Winerip"
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],
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": money that a woman carries to pay her fare home in case a date ends badly (as in a quarrel)":[
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"I was born too late for mad money . By the time I was old enough to date, the idea that a woman would leave her house with just enough cash to get herself home was so anachronistic, it verged on ludicrous.",
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"\u2014 Rebecca Johnson"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The untitled project follows a Swiss art dealer and Russian oligarch caught in a web of secrets, lies and mad money , telling the inside story of an international, billion-dollar game where power is the ultimate currency. \u2014 Christopher Vourlias, Variety , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Ever-rising stock prices, fed by the Federal Reserve Board\u2019s hedge-fund bailout and mad money printing approach to monetary policy, meant the only sucker\u2019s game was not buying stocks. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"Others are hobbyists, trading a chunk of their retirement portfolios or some mad money . \u2014 Emily Flitter, New York Times , 20 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203116",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mad props":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": very enthusiastic praise":[
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"All of the performers deserve mad props ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125109",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"mad-headed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": mad-brained":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112337",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"madcap":{
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"antonyms":[
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"circumspect",
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"guarded",
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"heedful",
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"prudent",
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"safe",
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"wary"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": marked by capriciousness, recklessness, or foolishness":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a madcap scheme to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And while Jim Carrey returns with an enjoyably madcap turn as the villain, the rest of the production has stepped up to pump life into the non-Carrey moments. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"When the actors are in sync, the madcap humor of their absurd situations works very well. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
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"After a series of events worthy of a madcap satirical short story, the Believer magazine is back with its original publisher. \u2014 Dorany Pinedastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
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"In a madcap facial-recognition sequence, humans humiliate themselves before Yonyx \u2014 obediently distorting and contorting themselves for approval. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 23 Feb. 2022",
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"One in a trio of bodybuilders in Florida who get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong in Michael Bay\u2019s madcap true crime saga co-starring Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Mackie. \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 2 May 2022",
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"Crows Crows Crows has only gotten better at this stuff after both the original game and the madcap nonsense of Accounting. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"The dark comedy is a madcap adventure story set in a dystopian world ravaged by climate change. \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"The madcap metaverse fantasy starring Michelle Yeoh has been one of the brightest signs for the specialty film business, another sector of the industry that struggled theatrically during the pandemic. \u2014 Jake Coyle, USA TODAY , 24 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1591, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mad-\u02cckap"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"audacious",
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"brash",
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"daredevil",
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"foolhardy",
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"overbold",
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"overconfident",
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"reckless",
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"temerarious"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062314",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"madden":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to become or act as if mad":[],
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": to drive mad : craze":[],
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": to make intensely angry : enrage":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers",
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"her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Ted seems to be not a character but a kind of powerful infection: his can-do aphorisms, which increase in good-natured absurdity in the course of the season, confuse and madden the dry Londoners. \u2014 The New Yorker , 9 Aug. 2021",
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"But there was more left on the field, illustrating the inconsistency that must madden Vikings coaches. \u2014 Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune , 6 Oct. 2020",
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"And now, way more people will be maddened \u2014 and entertained \u2014 by the story, while Roslyn residents will be able to look back on the story that touched them personally 15 years later. \u2014 Lia Beck, refinery29.com , 25 Apr. 2020",
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"Lily, meanwhile, maddened with grief, embarks on a quest to untangle the mysteries surrounding her lover. \u2014 The Economist , 14 Apr. 2020",
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"So the uncertainty over when or even if the 2020 season will begin is maddening for the Englishman, going into his fourth season at ASU. \u2014 Arizona Republic , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"His secrecy is at times maddening , stretching the bounds of credulity even. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 3 Apr. 2020",
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"The handlers could not risk letting the savage animals, maddened by fire, loose on the countryside. \u2014 Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star , 20 Feb. 2020",
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"There might be plenty of talented young players coming through the U.S. pipelines, but the USMNT\u2019s lack of toughness on the big stage is maddening for long-time observers of the team. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 30 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1734, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8ma-d\u1d4an"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crack",
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"craze",
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"derange",
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"frenzy",
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"loco",
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"unbalance",
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"unhinge",
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"unstring"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232838",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"maddening":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": tending to craze":[],
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": tending to infuriate":[],
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": tending to vex : irritating":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He has a maddening habit of interrupting other people.",
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"She shows a maddening inability to control her children.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The most maddening sequence began mid-third quarter with the Aztecs trailing 23-3 and on the Aggies\u2019 3-yard line after a pass interference penalty. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Dec. 2021",
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"Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s superhero sorcerer Doctor Strange has to deal with a maddening multiverse. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 May 2022",
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"We were captivated but also faced with a maddening dilemma. \u2014 The New Yorker , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"For some, that whiff of conquest is a maddening perfume and, arguably, what makes beef so difficult to give up. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Flanary is writer, director, editor, and star, with the typical sketch foisting two or more of his characters into an instructively maddening situation that resolves with a punchline and perhaps some music, all in about 90 seconds. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"As a History professor, hearing the students ask why there were so many Black people migrating north after the Reconstruction was a bit maddening . \u2014 Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"There\u2019s no such thing as a bad Sam Shepard play, just plays that are more maddening than others. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 18 Jan. 2022",
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"Inside the Chiles Center at the University of Portland, there was a double take and a maddening realization: Santa Clara would be bailing on just one game \u2014 a late-season matchup in Portland against the Pilots. \u2014 Joe Freeman, oregonlive , 15 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mad-ni\u014b",
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"\u02c8ma-d\u1d4an-i\u014b"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abrasive",
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"aggravating",
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"annoying",
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"bothersome",
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"carking",
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"chafing",
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"disturbing",
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"exasperating",
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"frustrating",
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"galling",
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"irksome",
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"irritating",
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"nettlesome",
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"nettling",
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"peeving",
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"pesky",
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"pestiferous",
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"pestilent",
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"pestilential",
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"pesty",
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"plaguey",
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"plaguy",
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"rankling",
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"rebarbative",
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"riling",
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"vexatious",
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"vexing"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085822",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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},
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"made-to-order":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mass-produced",
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"ready-made"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": ideally suited (as to a particular purpose)":[
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"started the double play on a made-to-order grounder"
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],
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": produced to supply a special or an individual demand : custom-made":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccm\u0101d-t\u00fc-\u02c8\u022fr-d\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bespoke",
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"bespoken",
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"custom",
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"custom-made",
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"custom-tailored",
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"customized",
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"tailor-made",
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"tailored"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-224704",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"made-up":{
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"antonyms":[
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"actual",
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"existent",
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"existing",
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"real"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": fancifully conceived or falsely devised":[],
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": fully manufactured":[],
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": marked by the use of makeup":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1725, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u0101d-\u02c8\u0259p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"chimerical",
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"chimeric",
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"fabulous",
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"fanciful",
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"fantasied",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"fictional",
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"fictitious",
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"ideal",
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"imaginal",
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"imaginary",
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"imagined",
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"invented",
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"make-believe",
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"mythical",
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"mythic",
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"notional",
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"phantasmal",
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"phantasmic",
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"phantom",
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"pretend",
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"unreal",
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"visionary"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074149",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"made-work":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": work designed to provide employment as distinguished from work that is inherently necessary or permanently valuable":[
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"heavy government spending, made-work , and an unbalanced budget",
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"\u2014 John Fischer"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092806",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"madge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": barn owl":[],
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": magpie":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from Madge , nickname for Margaret":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8maj"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092616",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"madhab":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a school of Islamic jurisprudence":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Arabic madhhab opinion":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u0259\u02c8dab"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191808",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"madhouse":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a place of uproar or confusion":[
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"The day of the game against the U.S.S.R., Blythe Arena was a madhouse . Thousands milled about outside, hoping to find a way in.",
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"\u2014 Walter Bingham"
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],
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": an institution providing care to mentally ill individuals":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"The stadium was a madhouse when the team won the championship.",
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"it was hard to believe that this place with the bright cheery walls was really a madhouse",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Keeping the asymmetry satisfies Cornyn\u2019s guidelines and preserves the G.O.P. logic\u2014the logic of a madhouse . \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
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"Mackey Arena turned into a madhouse when Stefanovic knocked down a go-ahead 3-pointer, as the Boilermakers scored 13 unanswered points in a span of three minutes. \u2014 Ryan Mcfadden, baltimoresun.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
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"Mama Dickinson fears her husband has planned out this whole thing just to lock her away in a madhouse . \u2014 Jessica Goldstein, Vulture , 26 Nov. 2021",
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"But there\u2019s reason to fear that America\u2019s real estate market, after passing through the pandemic madhouse , might never get back to that kind of normal again. \u2014 New York Times , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"And so the teams behind the Piatti family of Italian restaurants, the Spanish paella powerhouse Toro Kitchen + Bar and the modernist Mexican madhouse called Mixtli launched new restaurants high into mid-pandemic orbit. \u2014 Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com , 12 Nov. 2020",
|
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"Alabama bike shop owner Clint Jameson got one warning before COVID-19 turned his whole industry into a madhouse . \u2014 al , 10 July 2020",
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"The first Wednesday in February was once a recruiting madhouse . \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2020",
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"The stage was an absolute madhouse with the 30-year-old retiree wildin' out as ringleader. \u2014 Kat Bein, Billboard , 2 Feb. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mad-\u02cchau\u0307s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"babel",
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"bedlam",
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"circus",
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"scrum",
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"three-ring circus"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113931",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"madly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": in a mad manner":[],
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": to an extreme or excessive degree":[
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"madly in love"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He told her that he loved her madly .",
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"She fell madly in love with him.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
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"This six-episode drama based on Audrey Niffenegger\u2019s book, which was first adapted into a feature film in 2009, tells the magical story of partners Clare (Rose Leslie) and Henry (Theo James), who are madly in love but separated by time travel. \u2014 Emily Longeretta, Variety , 13 May 2022",
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"It\u2019s the sort of madly creative joint every traveler yearns to discover. \u2014 James Stewart, Robb Report , 23 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Even loving Girls madly demanded a certain amount of ongoing frustration. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"Van and his brother jig madly to and fro, while Lanegan clings to the microphone stand in apparent desperation, cigarette in one hand, eyes closed. \u2014 Jim Greer, SPIN , 10 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But driving was not fun, because the occasional madly speeding vehicle meant that being in a car going forty-five was like sitting parked and motionless in the middle of a highway where cars were going fifty. \u2014 The New Yorker , 4 Apr. 2022",
|
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"The story follows the madly -in-love serial killer duo played by Avan Jogia and Ajani Russell. \u2014 Seventeen , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
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"These are madly tough and supportive sandals, not disposable flip-flops. \u2014 Outside Online , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
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"At the core of the show, there were two people who fell madly in love who had just gotten together. \u2014 Jean Bentley, SPIN , 4 Mar. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mad-l\u0113"
|
|
],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
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|
"berserkly",
|
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"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
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"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
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"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wildly"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111226",
|
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"type":[
|
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"adverb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"madman":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a man who is or acts as if insane":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"a celebrity being stalked by a madman",
|
|
"as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"He was summoned by Black Sabbath to be a steady antidote to their wild singer, Ozzy Osbourne, and could be counted on to play the role of onstage madman while preferring quiet days at home when off the road. \u2014 Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY , 5 May 2022",
|
|
"Russia repeats history One more madman to usher in apocalypse",
|
|
"Nuclear arms built to ensure peace cloud our world and may, at the touch of some madman \u2019s finger, destroy us. \u2014 Avivah Wittenberg-cox, Forbes , 27 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The number one target in the sights of this psychotic madman [Putin] was a comedian. \u2014 Andy Hoglund, EW.com , 27 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"Auburn\u2019s resident maniac was a madman down the stretch in road wins at Missouri and at Mississippi State this season. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 22 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"At the same time, look for any opportunity to de-escalate, maybe, against the odds, to talk the madman holding the baby off the ledge. \u2014 Peggy Noonan, WSJ , 3 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Some say to ignore the madman who leads this congregation. \u2014 NBC News , 4 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"The Autobiography of Rick James and Simon Sebag Montefiore\u2019s Young Stalin, hipping skinfolk to the literary range of a graceful madman , to use his own word. \u2014 Tirhakah Love, Vulture , 14 Dec. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mad-\u02ccman",
|
|
"-m\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"madcap"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075616",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madnep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cow parsnip":[],
|
|
": wild parsnip":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"mad entry 1 + English dialect nep, neep turnip, parsnip, from Middle English nepe":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213935",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"saneness",
|
|
"sanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a state of severe mental illness":[
|
|
"\u2014 not used technically \u2026 fortifications against an inner darkness, the threat of madness that crouched above him throughout his life. \u2014 Robert F. Moss"
|
|
],
|
|
": behavior or thinking that is very foolish or dangerous : extreme folly":[
|
|
"an idea that is pure/sheer madness"
|
|
],
|
|
": ecstasy , enthusiasm":[],
|
|
": intense anger : rage":[],
|
|
": the quality or state of being mad: such as":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He suffered a series of tragedies that nearly drove him to madness .",
|
|
"Her friends told her the idea was pure madness , but she went through with it anyway.",
|
|
"It was the height of madness for him to drive at such high speeds!",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Amidst all the expansive theories and timeline chaos, prepare yourself for a multiverse of madness with the latest entry into the MCU. \u2014 Sage Anderson, Rolling Stone , 22 June 2022",
|
|
"These methods will only result in madness once another disruptive technology hits the scene. \u2014 Vito Vishnepolsky, Forbes , 9 Apr. 2021",
|
|
"Historically, Ballard hasn't participated in the deadline madness , not making a swap in his first three years at the helm. \u2014 Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star , 28 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"There was a method to his father\u2019s madness in having his son compete in skiing, which Porter now understands. \u2014 Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press , 20 May 2022",
|
|
"The protagonist of Penelope Mortimer\u2019s 1958 novel, Daddy\u2019s Gone a-Hunting, is a 37-year-old housewife named Ruth, who is sliding into a madness of midlife suffocation and despair. \u2014 Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic , 11 May 2022",
|
|
"That was the madness of the multiverse to me, really. \u2014 Adam B. Vary, Variety , 10 May 2022",
|
|
"However, an attack of tinnitus \u2013 an unbearable ringing sound in the ears \u2013 drags her from the top of her game to the edge of madness . \u2014 Leo Barraclough, Variety , 31 May 2022",
|
|
"Leave it to the former President to demonize his political opponents in the wake of an act of madness . \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 25 May 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8mad-n\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"dementia",
|
|
"derangement",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"rage"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003458",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madrague":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large fishpound or a seine used to capture tuna in the Mediterranean":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from Proven\u00e7al madrago , from Arabic mazrabah":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"m\u0259\u02c8drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081530",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"madras":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fine plain-woven shirting and dress fabric usually of cotton with varied designs (such as plaid) in bright colors or in white":[],
|
|
": a large silk or cotton kerchief usually of bright colors that is often worn as a turban":[],
|
|
": a light open usually cotton fabric with a heavy design used for curtains":[],
|
|
"city and port on the Bay of Bengal in southern India population 4,646,732":[],
|
|
"\u2014 see tamil nadu":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an Indian woman wearing a madras in bright yellow",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There is perhaps no greater patchwork proselytizer than Ralph Lauren, who scaled up from scraps to reliably mass-produce tweed and madras iterations with each season. \u2014 Eric Twardzik, Robb Report , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"Take, for instance, the home with the endless expanse of silky green that bears the cross-hatched pattern of the finest madras . \u2014 Kris Frieswick, WSJ , 22 July 2021",
|
|
"The thought of a Grosse Pointe Antifa made plenty of people who saw her tweet pause, given Grosse Pointe's longstanding reputation \u2014 er, stereotype \u2014 as the land of pastel polo shirts, loud madras pants and mingling at country clubs. \u2014 Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press , 20 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Madras , India":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8dr\u00e4s",
|
|
"m\u0259-\u02c8dras",
|
|
"\u02c8ma-dr\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babushka",
|
|
"bandanna",
|
|
"bandana",
|
|
"do-rag",
|
|
"handkerchief",
|
|
"kerchief",
|
|
"mantilla"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020922",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"made-to-measure":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": fashioned to measurements specifically required : custom-made":[
|
|
"a made-to-measure suit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccm\u0101d-t\u0259-\u02c8me-zh\u0259r",
|
|
"-\u02c8m\u0101-zh\u0259r"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-143613"
|
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},
|
|
"made/scored a basket":{
|
|
"type":[
|
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"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": make a shot (as in basketball) that goes through the basket":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-200255"
|
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},
|
|
"made/beat a hasty retreat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to leave quickly":[
|
|
"He made/beat a hasty retreat when he realized he had entered the wrong office."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220126"
|
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},
|
|
"made a believer out of me":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231011"
|
|
},
|
|
"made-beaver":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a unit of value equivalent to the value of one beaver skin used in the early days of the Canadian fur trade":[],
|
|
": a token representing the value of a made-beaver":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231824"
|
|
},
|
|
"made dish":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dish of food prepared from several ingredients (as meat, vegetables, and herbs)":[
|
|
"this beef casserole is a tasty made dish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002708"
|
|
},
|
|
"made in heaven":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": very good and successful":[
|
|
"Theirs was a marriage made in heaven .",
|
|
"Our partnership is a match made in heaven ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004200"
|
|
},
|
|
"Madeira":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"geographical name",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"river 2082 miles (3350 kilometers) long in western Brazil that is formed at the border with Bolivia by the confluence of the Mamor\u00e9 and the Beni and rivers and flows northeast to the Amazon River":[],
|
|
"islands, two of which are inhabited, belonging to Portugal in the North Atlantic north of the Canaries; capital Funchal area 308 square miles (798 square kilometers), population 261,313":[],
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"chief island of the Madeira Islands; noted for its wine area 285 square miles (741 square kilometers)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8der-\u0259",
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"m\u0259-\u02c8dir-\u0259",
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"-\u02c8der-"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Portuguese, from Madeira Islands":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1598, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010510"
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},
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"Madeira chair":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a wickerwork chair originally made in Madeira":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-024951"
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},
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"Madeira embroidery":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an eyelet and cutwork embroidery usually having floral designs in white on white linen":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-043628"
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},
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"mad cow disease":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": bovine spongiform encephalopathy":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8kau\u0307-"
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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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"Examples include mad cow disease , scrapie, Kuru, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. \u2014 William A. Haseltine, Forbes , 9 June 2022",
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"Shortly thereafter, in January 2002, the Imperial team suggested that up to 150,000 people in the U.K. could die from mad cow disease . \u2014 Steve H. Hanke, National Review , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"Chronic wasting disease is caused by the same type of particle as mad cow disease , and has been found in a few Utah counties. \u2014 Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Feb. 2022",
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"In 2022, for the first time the EU will allow farmers to feed insects to pigs and poultry\u2014a reversal of rules that banned feed made from animal remains in the wake of the mad cow disease outbreak in the mid-1990s. \u2014 Matt Reynolds, Wired , 15 Feb. 2022",
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"Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, similar to mad cow disease , scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob. \u2014 Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 18 Dec. 2021",
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"Regulators have yet to approve a live test for CWD, which is similar to mad cow disease . \u2014 From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY , 13 Oct. 2021",
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"For instance, to guard against mad cow disease , the FDA says donation centers should indefinitely bar donors who spent at least three months in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1996. \u2014 Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times , 6 July 2021",
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"The US Department of Agriculture confirms the first case of mad cow disease in the United States. \u2014 Cnn Editorial Research, CNN , 30 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1988, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143544"
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},
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"Madeira mahogany":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": canary wood from Madeira":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174714"
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},
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"madefy":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": wet , moisten":[]
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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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"Middle English madifien , from Middle French madefier , from Latin madefacere , from mad\u0113re to be wet + facere to make, do":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214218"
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},
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"madefaction":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": wetting":[
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"to all madefaction there is required an imbibition",
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"\u2014 Francis Bacon"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6mad\u0259\u00a6faksh\u0259n"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Latin madefaction-, madefactio , from Latin madefactus (past participle of madefacere ) + -ion-, -io -ion":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215241"
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},
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"Madeira roach":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large cockroach ( Leucophaea maderae ) that is widely distributed in warm regions":[]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-231136"
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},
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"made for each other":{
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"type":[
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"idiom"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": perfectly suited to each other":[
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"I'm not surprised that they have such a happy marriage. I always knew that they were made for each other ."
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]
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005457"
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}
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} |