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{
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"Phlepsius":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a large and widely distributed genus of leafhoppers":[]
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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 Greek phleps blood vessel, vein":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fleps\u0113\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080011",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Phleum":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of grasses that are natives of temperate regions and have dense oblong or terete spike and long mucronate empty glumes \u2014 see timothy":[]
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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, probably from Greek phle\u014ds wool-tufted reed":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8fl\u0113\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133959",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phlegm":{
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"antonyms":[
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"emotion",
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"feeling",
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"sensibility"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": dull or apathetic coldness or indifference":[],
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": intrepid coolness or calm fortitude":[],
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": the one of the four humors in early physiology that was considered to be cold and moist and to cause sluggishness":[],
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": viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory passages":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"He displayed remarkable phlegm in very dangerous conditions.",
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"a man of remarkable phlegm , never showing enthusiasm nor displeasure",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Keegan half expected a sensory flashback to the choking heat and the taste of dusty phlegm and gunpowder residue. \u2014 August Cole, Wired , 5 June 2020",
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"Technicians can ask a patient to cough up phlegm , known as sputum, but doing so substantially raises the risk of infecting health care workers. \u2014 Lydia Depillis, ProPublica , 10 Apr. 2020",
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"Haley said even her cat was coughing up phlegm and acting lethargic. \u2014 Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com , 6 May 2020",
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"For sputum samples, a patient coughs to produce phlegm or mucus, which is collected and analyzed, but if those samples don\u2019t have enough material, the lab cannot run the tests. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 21 Mar. 2020",
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"Roberta Bivins points out in her history of alternative medicine that for most of Western history, medical wisdom held that physical health relied on the balance of the four humors (blood, black bile, yellow bile, and phlegm ). \u2014 Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic , 7 Mar. 2020",
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"Nearby, one man cleared his throat and spat an oyster of phlegm onto the sidewalk. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Mar. 2020",
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"Health officials can use a variety of tests to determine whether someone has contracted the virus, including a nose swab and testing a person\u2019s phlegm . \u2014 Nic Garcia, Dallas News , 4 Feb. 2020",
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"Franny occasionally chokes on his phlegm and needs suctioning, and relies on a personal care attendant with experience providing respiratory care. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 Jan. 2020"
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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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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English fleume , from Anglo-French, from Late Latin phlegmat-, phlegma , from Greek, flame, inflammation, phlegm, from phlegein to burn \u2014 more at black entry 1":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8flem"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"affectlessness",
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"apathy",
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"emotionlessness",
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"impassiveness",
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"impassivity",
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"insensibility",
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"numbness"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181626",
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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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"phlegma":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a watery distilled liquor as distinguished by distillers from a spirituous liquor":[]
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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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"Late Latin, phlegm":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8flegm\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193958",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phlegmatic":{
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"antonyms":[
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"demonstrative",
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"emotional",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"hot-blooded",
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"impassioned",
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"passional",
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"passionate",
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"vehement"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having or showing a slow and stolid temperament":[],
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": resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Some people are phlegmatic , some highly strung. Some are anxious, others risk-seeking. Some are confident, others shy. Some are quiet, others loquacious. We call these differences personality \u2026 \u2014 Matt Ridley , Genome , 1999",
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"Why would a man live like this",
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"But Einstein was phlegmatic : when a book was published entitled 100 Authors Against Einstein , he retorted, \"If I were wrong, then one would have been enough!\" \u2014 Stephen W. Hawking , A Brief History of Time , 1988",
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"a strangely phlegmatic response to what should have been happy news",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"One of Banky\u2019s first public murals to receive widespread attention portrayed a phlegmatic Teddy bear throwing a Molotov cocktail at riot police. \u2014 oregonlive , 4 Apr. 2022",
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"Such audacities were otherwise quashed in Holbein\u2019s supervening duties to phlegmatic patrons. \u2014 Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"While Putin saw these events as cataclysmic, Merkel already seemed to have the strangely phlegmatic attitude toward grand ideas of history that would characterize her sixteen-year reign as chancellor of the united Germany. \u2014 Fintan O\u2019toole, The New York Review of Books , 18 Oct. 2021",
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"Neither hyperactive grandstanding in Paris nor phlegmatic passivity from Berlin has prevented the emergence of a common Western position. \u2014 Walter Russell Mead, WSJ , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"The Diamondbacks\u2019 approach heading into the 2021 season was decidedly phlegmatic . \u2014 Tony Blengino, Forbes , 12 Nov. 2021",
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"Massimiliano Allegri, given the circumstances, was surprisingly phlegmatic . \u2014 New York Times , 27 Aug. 2021",
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"Both the phlegmatic Pliny the Younger and the priapic and ill-fated Diocles also have their say. \u2014 Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine , 17 Aug. 2021",
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"The North Stars, led by phlegmatic coach Bob Gainey, upset Chicago first, then the Blues \u2014 finishing both in a Game 6 in front of a fanatical crowd that included many young, thirsty folks who had warmed up by tailgating in the Met Center lots. \u2014 Star Tribune , 10 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"see phlegm":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"fleg-\u02c8mat-ik",
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"fleg-\u02c8ma-tik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for phlegmatic impassive , stoic , phlegmatic , apathetic , stolid mean unresponsive to something that might normally excite interest or emotion. impassive stresses the absence of any external sign of emotion in action or facial expression. met the news with an impassive look stoic implies an apparent indifference to pleasure or especially to pain often as a matter of principle or self-discipline. was resolutely stoic even in adversity phlegmatic implies a temperament or constitution hard to arouse. a phlegmatic man unmoved by tears apathetic may imply a puzzling or deplorable indifference or inertness. charitable appeals met an apathetic response stolid implies a habitual absence of interest, responsiveness, or curiosity. stolid workers wedded to routine",
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"synonyms":[
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"affectless",
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"apathetic",
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"cold-blooded",
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"emotionless",
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"impassible",
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"impassive",
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"numb",
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"passionless",
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"stoic",
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"stoical",
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"stolid",
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"undemonstrative",
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"unemotional"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090610",
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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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"phlegmatous":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": phlegmatic":[]
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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 phlegmat-, phlegma + English -ous":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8flegm\u0259t\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-102451",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"phlegmonic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": phlegmonous":[]
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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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"Medieval Latin phlegmonicus , from Greek phlegmonikos , from phlegmon + -ikos -ic":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)fleg\u00a6m\u00e4nik"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020532",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"phlyctenula":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": phlyctenule":[]
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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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"New Latin, from phlyctena, phlyctaena + -ula (feminine of -ulus )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214629"
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},
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"phlyctenoid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling a phlyctenule":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113\u02ccn\u022fid"
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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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"New Latin phlyctena + English -oid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063737"
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},
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"phlyctena":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": phlyctenule":[]
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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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"New Latin, from Greek phlyktaina blister, from phlyein, phlyzein to boil over":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073024"
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},
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"phlox purple":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a strong reddish purple that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average fuchsia purple and redder and paler than purple orchid":[]
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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":"20220709-162818"
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},
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"phloem ray":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a vascular ray or part of a vascular ray that is located in phloem \u2014 compare xylem ray":[]
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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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"1875, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182946"
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},
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"Phloeothripidae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a widely distributed family of thrips many of which are serious pests on a great variety of plants":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccfl\u0113\u014d\u02c8thrip\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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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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"New Latin, from Phloeothrips , type genus (from Greek phloios, phloos bark + thrips ) + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-193648"
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}
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} |