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54 lines
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{
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"Gnesio-Lutheran":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a Lutheran extremist opposed to the moderation of Melanchthon":[]
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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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"Greek gn\u0113sios genuine, born in wedlock + English lutheran ; akin to Greek genos race, kin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6n\u0113z\u0113(\u02cc)\u014d +"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132125",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gneiss":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a foliated metamorphic rock corresponding in composition to a feldspathic plutonic rock (such as granite)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Black Canyon is a park of extremes, both fertile springtime folly and menacing gash of gneiss and schist. \u2014 Emily Pennington, Outside Online , 28 Aug. 2020",
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"The bones of this place\u2014Lewisian gneiss rock, the oldest in Europe\u2014protruded like ribs through a thin skin of heather and gorse. \u2014 Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure , 22 Mar. 2021",
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"In the fall, brothers Chris and Dominic Leong fashioned a trio of gneiss stone vessels \u2014 cubelike with curved edges and, crucially, airtight lids. \u2014 Kate Guadagnino, New York Times , 11 Feb. 2020",
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"Buried in the earth were remnants of fragments of the same type of rock that makes up the Callanish stones\u2014called Lewisian gneiss \u2014which, unlike the peat and clays that stud the island\u2019s dirt, are poor conductors of electricity. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 31 Dec. 2019",
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"The near-seamless local bedrock, a type of rock called gneiss , is geologically stable and keeps water out. \u2014 Andrew Curry, The Atlantic , 11 Sep. 2017",
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"The gneiss was also used to create the low stone walls that bring definition to the estate\u2019s exterior walkways. \u2014 USA TODAY , 11 Aug. 2017",
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"The falls are a 62-foot-high double-plunge along a granitic gneiss ledge. \u2014 Peter Marteka, courant.com , 17 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1757, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German Gneis , alteration of Middle High German gneiste spark, from Old High German gneisto ; akin to Old English f\u0233r gn\u0101st spark":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8n\u012bs"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-202733",
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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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} |