dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/zep_MW.json
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{
"zephyr":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a breeze from the west":[],
": a gentle breeze":[],
": any of various lightweight fabrics and articles of clothing":[]
},
"examples":[
"a summer zephyr gently stirred her hair",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Not some Paris-in-the-springtime zephyr , but something better suited to wintertime and the coast of Brittany. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 7 June 2019",
"The movements were more scene setting than story telling, with wafting, zephyr -like patterns from piano, the themes eliding wind to string voices in a delicate and tricky texture. \u2014 By Libby Hanssen, kansascity , 16 July 2017",
"Windsurfers lean into the prevailing southwestern zephyr at incredible speeds. \u2014 Dino Vournas, The Mercury News , 21 May 2017",
"What lingers from this alien encounter is neither the wizardry nor the climax but the zephyr of emotional intensity that blows through the film. \u2014 Adam Davidson, The New Yorker , 24 Jan. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English Zephirus , west wind (personified), from Latin Zephyrus , god of the west wind & zephyrus west wind, zephyr, from Greek Zephyros & zephyros":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ze-f\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"air",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202758",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"zeppole":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a doughnut made from cream puff dough":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian zeppole , plural of zeppola fritter, from Italian dialect (southern Italy), perhaps from Late Latin zippulae , a kind of sweet; zeppoli from It, plural of zeppolo , alteration of zeppola":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"(t)se(p)\u02c8p\u014d(\u02cc)l\u0101",
"ze-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114850",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"zepto-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one sextillionth (10 \u221221 ) part of":[
"zepto second"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, probably alteration of hepta- ; from the fact that 10 21 is the seventh power of 10 3":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194554",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"zeptosecond":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one sextillionth of a second":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ultra-quick journey took 247 zeptoseconds, according to a team of German researchers, with a zeptosecond representing a trillionth of a billionth of a second. \u2014 NBC News , 19 Oct. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1994, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8zep-t\u0259-\u02ccse-k\u0259nd",
"-k\u0259nt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190632",
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}