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{
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"Idiosepiidae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of squids that includes a single tiny squid ( Idiosepius pygmaeus or Idiosepion pygmaeum ) of the Indian ocean which lacks an internal shell and is considerably less than an inch in length":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Idiosepion or Idiosepius , type genus (from idio- + Greek s\u0113pion cuttlefish bone) + -idae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccid\u0113(\u02cc)\u014ds\u0259\u02c8p\u012b\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211856",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"idiocy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": extreme foolishness or stupidity":[
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"the idiocy of the idea",
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"I suppose every mother is reduced to idiocy when describing her firstborn, but, oh, he is a beauty \u2026",
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"\u2014 Katherine Paterson"
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],
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": extreme intellectual disability":[],
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": something that is extremely stupid or foolish : an idiotic action or statement":[
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"\u2026 a number of new bureaucratic idiocies have been instituted.",
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"\u2014 Anthony Burgess"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"an act of sheer idiocy",
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"He was complaining again about the idiocies of the people he works for."
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 3":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8id-\u0113-\u0259-s\u0113",
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"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"absurdity",
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"asininity",
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"b\u00eatise",
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"fatuity",
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"folly",
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"foolery",
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"foppery",
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"imbecility",
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"inanity",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"stupidity"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-165452",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idiom":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for \"undecided\") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way )":[],
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": the language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class : dialect":[],
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": the syntactical , grammatical , or structural form peculiar to a language":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"She is a populist in politics, as she repeatedly makes clear for no very clear reason. Yet the idiom of the populace is not popular with her. \u2014 P. J. O'Rourke , New York Times Book Review , 9 Oct. 2005",
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"And the prospect of recovering a nearly lost language, the idiom and scrappy slang of the postwar period \u2026 \u2014 Don DeLillo , New York Times Magazine , 7 Sept. 1997",
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"We need to explicate the ways in which specific themes, fears, forms of consciousness, and class relationships are embedded in the use of Africanist idiom \u2026 \u2014 Toni Morrison , Playing in the Dark , 1992",
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"The expression \u201cgive way,\u201d meaning \u201cretreat,\u201d is an idiom .",
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"rock and roll and other musical idioms",
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"a feature of modern jazz idiom",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"This idiom dates back 200 years to when people hunted with packs of dogs. \u2014 Marylou Tousignant, Washington Post , 30 May 2022",
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"The new album from a singer known for constant reinvention is a subtle departure from her earlier work, dipping back into her intense, intimate idiom . \u2014 Mark Richardson, WSJ , 28 May 2022",
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"The 250-room, gargoyle-sprouting ch\u00e2teau, designed in a French Renaissance idiom for George Washington Vanderbilt (1862-1914), was an otherworldly addition to the hardscrabble North Carolina upcountry of the 1890s. \u2014 Catesby Leigh, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022",
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"Subtlety is the shared idiom across WurlD\u2019s fusionist experiments. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"One size does not fit all with automobiles, and the same idiom applies to EV charging infrastructure. \u2014 Jordan Ramer, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
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"There\u2019s also an idiom that is attributed to printers\u2019 lingo: out of sorts. \u2014 Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor , 28 Feb. 2022",
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"While in office, Trump had deployed an apocalyptic idiom that clashed dramatically with the libertarians' characteristic optimism. \u2014 Samuel Goldman, The Week , 2 Feb. 2022",
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"The Rams will put the age-old idiom about the third time being the charm to the test against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. \u2014 Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times , 28 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1575, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French idiome , from Late Latin idioma individual peculiarity of language, from Greek idi\u014dmat-, idi\u014dma , from idiousthai to appropriate, from idios":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"expression",
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"phrase"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040333",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idiomatic":{
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"antonyms":[
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"general",
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"generic",
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"popular",
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"public",
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"shared",
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"universal"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or conforming to idiom":[],
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": peculiar to a particular group, individual, or style":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the new teacher's idiomatic approach to dealing with special-needs students is already showing signs of success",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Those who speak both say Cantonese is more colorful and idiomatic than Mandarin, with more cursing. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Those who speak both say Cantonese is more colorful and idiomatic than Mandarin, with more cursing. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Those who speak both say Cantonese is more colorful and idiomatic than Mandarin, with more cursing. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"What matters is that they be kept inside recognizably idiomatic speech. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
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"Those who speak both say Cantonese is more colorful and idiomatic than Mandarin, with more cursing. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Out of obscure British usage a term became idiomatic in America: stagflation. \u2014 Brian Domitrovic, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
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"Those who speak both say Cantonese is more colorful and idiomatic than Mandarin, with more cursing. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
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"Those who speak both say Cantonese is more colorful and idiomatic than Mandarin, with more cursing. \u2014 Tribune News Service, oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1712, 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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"\u02cci-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8ma-tik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"individual",
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"individualized",
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"particular",
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"patented",
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"peculiar",
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"personal",
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"personalized",
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"private",
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"privy",
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"separate",
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"singular",
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"subjective",
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"unique"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005409",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idiopathic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause : primary":[
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"idiopathic epilepsy"
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],
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": peculiar to the individual":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Its candidate drug to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis was the first to be both discovered and designed using AI, and is currently in Phase 1 trials. \u2014 Calum Chace, Forbes , 6 June 2022",
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"Insilico already has one A.I.-designed drug in initial human clinical trials, a compound designed to treat the chronic lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. \u2014 Jeremy Kahn, Fortune , 27 May 2022",
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"Her friends have not adjusted to the fact of her illness \u2014 idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis deteriorates her lung capacity \u2014 and that manifests in a humiliating skittishness and avoidance. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 May 2022",
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"In one example, a 6-year-old girl who had started developing breasts was given an MRI scan and an abdominal ultrasound to check for tumors before being declared a case of idiopathic early puberty. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Systematic surveys of that information, analysis of idiopathic respiratory cases that appeared at hospitals, not only in Wuhan, but in the surrounding communities ... \u2014 A. Chris Gajilan, CNN , 19 Sep. 2021",
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"Biotech startup, launched in 2021, is pursuing a pipeline of precision medicines in oncology and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. \u2014 Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 Feb. 2022",
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"In 1986, then 20 years old, the single mother of two was diagnosed with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. \u2014 Michael Roppolo, CBS News , 17 Sep. 2021",
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"At the time of the surgery, Ms. Baisey, a single mother of two who lived in Washington\u2019s Anacostia neighborhood, was dying of idiopathic cardiomyopathy; her heart was swollen and failing for undiagnosed reasons. \u2014 Washington Post , 14 Sep. 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1669, 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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"\u02ccid-\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8path-ik",
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"\u02cci-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8pa-thik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180700",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"idiophanous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": exhibiting interference figures without the aid of a polariscope":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1892, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"idio- + phan- (from Greek phainein to show) + -ous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6id\u0113\u00a6\u00e4f\u0259n\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-211745",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"idiophone":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of a class of musical instruments (such as a bell or gong) whose sound is generated by striking, rubbing, plucking, or blowing the material of the instrument itself not under any special tension \u2014 compare aerophone , chordophone , electrophone , lamellophone , membranophone":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German idiophon , from idio- + -phon -phone":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8id\u0113\u0259\u02ccf\u014dn"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072007",
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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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"idiorrhythmic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": self-regulating":[
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"\u2014 used of (1) monks that live separately, hold property, work individually in supporting themselves, and though members of a monastery supervised by an elected council are not under direct daily supervision or (2) of monasteries so organized"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1862, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Late Greek idiorrhythm os (from Greek idio- + rhythmos measured motion, measure, proportion) + English -ic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6id\u0113\u0259+"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060010",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"idiorrhythmism":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a system of monastic self-regulation in the Eastern Church \u2014 compare idiorrhythmic":[]
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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":"20220706-184228",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idiosyncrasy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality":[],
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": individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Her habit of using \u201clike\u201d in every sentence was just one of her idiosyncrasies .",
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"The current system has a few idiosyncracies .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But as the broader culture becomes less tolerant of public displays of anger, and with an increasing number of close calls on the court, racket smashing suddenly no longer seems like an entertaining idiosyncrasy . \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"The performance-art aspect of the project is matched by the idiosyncrasy of the inventory. \u2014 Naomi Fry, The New Yorker , 5 Feb. 2022",
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"On its stage vanishes \u2026 An idiosyncrasy of the book is Gorman\u2019s fondness for didactic digressions. \u2014 New York Times , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"Of course, the candid conversations reveal some of the artists' idiosyncrasies . \u2014 Amir Vera, CNN , 23 May 2020",
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"What would the idiosyncrasies of my park date\u2019s body be",
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"The for-profit world can\u2019t afford idiosyncrasies like these. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 11 Apr. 2020",
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"According to Reich, who directs one of the FluSight Network\u2019s four participating teams, the ensemble approaches make optimal use of the component models\u2019 idiosyncrasies . \u2014 Charles Schmidt, Scientific American , 18 Sep. 2019",
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"The lack of a sea change in court partly has to do with the idiosyncrasies of musical copyright. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 13 June 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek idiosynkrasia , from idio- + synkerannynai to blend, from syn- + kerannynai to mingle, mix \u2014 more at crater":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cci-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-s\u0113",
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"\u02ccid-\u0113-\u0259-\u02c8si\u014b-kr\u0259-s\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"crotchet",
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"curiosity",
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"eccentricity",
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"erraticism",
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"individualism",
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"kink",
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"mannerism",
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"oddity",
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"peculiarity",
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"quiddity",
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"quip",
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"quirk",
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"singularity",
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"tic",
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"trick",
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"twist"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052232",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idiot":{
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"antonyms":[
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a foolish or stupid person":[
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"\"\u2026 Idiot that I am to wear my heart on my sleeve! \u2026\"",
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"\u2014 George Bernard Shaw"
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],
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": a person affected with extreme intellectual disability":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Don't be such an idiot !",
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"only an idiot would invest in a company just because a casual acquaintance recommended it"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French ydiote , from Latin idiota ignorant person, from Greek idi\u014dt\u0113s one in a private station, layman, ignorant person, from idios one's own, private; akin to Latin suus one's own \u2014 more at suicide":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259t",
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"\u02c8id-\u0113-\u0259t"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dum-dum",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo",
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"yo-yo"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195752",
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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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"idiotic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": showing complete lack of thought or common sense : foolish":[
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"an idiotic question",
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"found his excuses idiotic"
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],
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": characterized by extreme intellectual disability":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cci-d\u0113-\u02c8\u00e4-tik"
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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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"It\u2019s letting the audience know that chaos is imminent and impending doom will not be easily thwarted by the idiotic actions of men. \u2014 Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al , 19 May 2022",
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"Most of my idiotic knee-jerk political reactions magically vanish in the editing process. \u2014 Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al , 13 Apr. 2022",
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"That said, there\u2019s one frankly idiotic contradiction blurring the parameters of this violent debate\u2014a contradiction that obscures, in a country excessively proud of its First Amendment rights, the reality that debate is often limited. \u2014 John R. Macarthur, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021",
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"The floor, of course, is a complete collapse which would probably involve Hal Steinbrenner doing something completely idiotic . \u2014 Daniel Kohn, SPIN , 6 Apr. 2022",
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"Nobody bothered with these impossible and idiotic arguments about the dignity of work, or trying to make sure that the rescue payments went absolutely only to those in dire need. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 30 July 2021",
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"Anytime one of the other castmates says or does something idiotic , the camera cuts to Deb, squinting judgmentally in their direction. \u2014 Peter Debruge, Variety , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"The idea is idiotic and probably cannot be implemented. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"Well, earmarks will help responsible congresspersons draw a stark contrast with their idiotic colleagues. \u2014 Jason Linkins, The New Republic , 9 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1659, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-180412"
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},
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"idiotype":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the molecular structure and conformation of an antibody that confers its antigenic specificity":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8id-\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp",
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"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02cct\u012bp"
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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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"first_known_use":{
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-184545"
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},
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"idiot sheet":{
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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 card bearing usually hand-lettered words or phrases for prompting a speaker or actor during a telecast \u2014 compare idiot board":[]
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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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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190423"
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},
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"idioticalness":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": extreme stupidity or foolishness":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-k\u0259ln\u0259\u0307s"
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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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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1668, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221009"
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},
|
|
"Iditarod Trail":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"route system in Alaska usable only during the winter, extending 1100 miles (1770 kilometers) from Seward to Nome, and site of the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u012b-\u02c8di-t\u0259-\u02ccr\u00e4d"
|
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224436"
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},
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"idiot savant":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": savant sense 2":[],
|
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": a person who is highly knowledgeable about one subject but knows little about anything else":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccdy\u014d-s\u00e4-\u02c8v\u00e4\u207f; \u02c8id-\u0113-\u0259t-s\u0259-\u02c8v\u00e4nt, -\u02c8vant",
|
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"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259t-s\u0259-\u02c8v\u00e4nt",
|
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"-\u02c8vant",
|
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"\u02c8\u0113-\u02ccdy\u014d-s\u00e4-\u02c8v\u00e4\u207f"
|
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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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"But while there\u2019s a veneer of innocence to these home movies\u2014an air of the idiot savant \u2019s capacity to unwittingly capture a glimpse of profundity\u2014their most powerful valence is not one of innocence but of self-effacing knowledge. \u2014 Leslie Jamison, The New York Review of Books , 29 Apr. 2020",
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"On the one hand, this understanding of AI as an idiot savant is perfectly sensible. \u2014 James Vincent, The Verge , 3 Oct. 2018",
|
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"Similarly, Yang's character Jian Yang is portrayed as an idiot savant , a mostly silent character there for Erlich (T.J. Miller, who was fired from the show) to mock. \u2014 Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com , 7 Mar. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"French, literally, learned idiot":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232224"
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},
|
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"idiot board":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a device (as a projection of a script) used to prompt a television speaker and placed out of camera range":[]
|
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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":{
|
|
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-234211"
|
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},
|
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"idiotcy":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": idiocy sense 1":[],
|
|
": something very stupid or foolish : utter folly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"-si",
|
|
"\u02c8id\u0113\u0259ts\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"idiot entry 1 + -cy":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-000917"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiotry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": idiocy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0259tr\u0113",
|
|
"-ri"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"idiot entry 1 + -ry":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002648"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiophonic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a class of musical instruments (such as a bell or gong) whose sound is generated by striking, rubbing, plucking, or blowing the material of the instrument itself not under any special tension \u2014 compare aerophone , chordophone , electrophone , lamellophone , membranophone":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8id\u0113\u0259\u02ccf\u014dn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German idiophon , from idio- + -phon -phone":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1940, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010615"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiot's delight":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various solitaire card games":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013133"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiotism":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": idiom sense 1":[],
|
|
": idiom sense 2":[],
|
|
": idiocy sense 1":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259-(\u02cc)ti-z\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259-\u02ccti-z\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French idiotisme , from Latin idiotismus common speech, from Greek idi\u014dtismos , from idi\u014dt\u0113s":"Noun",
|
|
"idiot + -ism":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"1588, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
|
|
"1592, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110321"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiotproof":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": extremely easy to operate or maintain":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8i-d\u0113-\u0259t-\u02ccpr\u00fcf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Not only that, but navigationally, the trails were practically idiotproof . \u2014 Eben Weiss, Outside Online , 20 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"The eyeliner itself was great: essentially an actual marker, extremely idiotproof , thin enough to create a good cat\u2019s-eye but thick enough to create the illusion of control in a chaotic universe. \u2014 Rachel Handler, Vulture , 23 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"Also, the automatic and the M550i's all-wheel system make a good launch nearly idiotproof . \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 2 June 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141002"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiot light":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a colored light on an instrument panel (as of an automobile) designed to give a warning (as of low oil pressure)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1966, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141713"
|
|
},
|
|
"idiotize":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"transitive verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": to make a fool of : cause to become or behave like an idiot":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0259\u02cct\u012bz",
|
|
"-\u0259t\u02cc\u012bz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"idiot entry 1 + -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1775, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-164734"
|
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}
|
|
} |