dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/omp_MW.json
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{
"Omphalia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a genus of fungi (family Agaricaceae) having white spores, small caps usually with a central indentation, and a very narrow fragile stipe":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from omphal- + -ia":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4m\u02c8f\u0101l\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174244",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omphal-":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": umbilical and":[
"omphalo mesenteric"
],
": umbilicus":[
"omphal oid",
"omphalo skepsis"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, from omphalos":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114726",
"type":[
"combining form"
]
},
"omphalion":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the center of the umbilicus":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek, small navel, diminutive of omphalos navel":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00e4m\u02c8f\u0101l\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172920",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omphalodium":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin omphalodium , from Greek omphal\u014dd\u0113s like a navel (from omphal- + -\u014dd\u0113s -ode) + New Latin -ium":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-113702",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omphaloid":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": resembling an umbilicus : umbilicate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"omphal- + -oid":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112209",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"omphalopsychite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one who stares fixedly at his navel to induce a mystical trance":[
"\u2014 often used of the hesychasts"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"omphal- + psyche + -ite":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8l\u00e4ps\u0259\u02cck-",
"\u02cc\u00e4m(p)f\u0259l\u014d\u02c8s\u012b\u02cck\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042232",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omphalos":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a central point : hub , focal point":[]
},
"examples":[
"during the Vietnam War the university's campus effectively became the area's omphalos for antiwar activity",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In front of me was a black ovoid stone, known as the omphalos , set on the spot in Greek mythology where two eagles loosed by Zeus crossed paths at the earth\u2019s nexus. \u2014 Liz Alderman, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"While the temples have crumbled, seeing the omphalos gave me goose bumps, and left me awe-struck over Delphi\u2019s sublime place in history. \u2014 Liz Alderman, New York Times , 9 July 2019",
"Zeus marked the spot with a stone called the omphalos (navel), to signify the location\u2019s centrality. \u2014 National Geographic , 12 Mar. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1845, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, navel \u2014 more at navel":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-l\u0259s",
"\u02c8\u00e4m(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4s",
"\u02c8\u00e4m(p)-f\u0259-\u02ccl\u00e4s, -l\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"seat"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014919",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omphaloskepsis":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In an especially gorgeous slow movement, Dudamel revealed Mahler\u2019s ethereal omphaloskepsis as navel gazing with Buddha-level profundity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis , horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Oct. 2021",
"The elite obsession with admissions policies at what are, after all, mostly elite institutions is omphaloskepsis -as-policy: The genuinely downtrodden are not applying to study at Haverford College. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 3 Aug. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek omphalos + skepsis examination \u2014 more at spy":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u00e4m(p)-f\u0259-l\u014d-\u02c8skep-s\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161732",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"omphacite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral consisting of a grass-green granular or foliated pyroxene found in the rock eclogite":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4m(p)f\u0259\u02ccs\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German omphazit , from Greek omphakit\u0113s green stone, from omphak-, omphax unripe grape + -it\u0113s -ite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-031850"
}
}