See -n't on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Univerbation of not and some preceding words (see usage notes) and following elision of medial vowel, or univerbation of n't and some preceding words. Compare n't.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-n't", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-n't", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages using catfix", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "It is a beautiful bouquet! You needn't've bothered, thank you.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs." ], "id": "en--n't-en-suffix-PIMv4Ef-", "links": [ [ "humorous", "humorous" ], [ "Negates", "negate#English" ] ], "qualifier": "unless humorous", "raw_glosses": [ "(no longer productive, unless humorous) Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs." ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "obsolete" ], "word": "-'nt" } ], "tags": [ "idiomatic", "morpheme" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/(ə)nt/" } ], "word": "-n't" }
{ "etymology_text": "Univerbation of not and some preceding words (see usage notes) and following elision of medial vowel, or univerbation of n't and some preceding words. Compare n't.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "suffix", "cat2": "", "cat3": "", "head": "", "id": "" }, "expansion": "-n't", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "-n't", "name": "en-suffix" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "suffix", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English contractions", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English suffixes", "English terms with usage examples", "Pages using catfix", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "text": "It is a beautiful bouquet! You needn't've bothered, thank you.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs." ], "links": [ [ "humorous", "humorous" ], [ "Negates", "negate#English" ] ], "qualifier": "unless humorous", "raw_glosses": [ "(no longer productive, unless humorous) Negates the meaning of the clause in which it occurs." ], "tags": [ "idiomatic", "morpheme" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/(ə)nt/" } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "obsolete" ], "word": "-'nt" } ], "word": "-n't" }
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