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"ref": "1697, John Dryden, “Part 13”, in Virgil's Aeneid, Harvard Classics edition, translation of original by Virgil, published 2004, page 113",
"text": "The noise approaches, tho' our palace stood\nAloof from streets, encompass'd with a wood",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest",
"text": "Mother[…]considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.",
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"At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away."
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baʕīdan ʕann",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "بَعِيدًا عَنّ"
},
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"roman": "bi-maʕzil ʕan",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "بِمَعْزِل عَن"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nastrani",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "настрани"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otdelno",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "отделно"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "遠離"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuǎnlí",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "远离"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "避開"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bìkāi",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "避开"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "opodál"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "apart"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "afstandelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "erillään"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "syrjässä"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "syrjästä"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "à l’écart"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "à distance"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "a distancia"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "(ein Stück) entfernt"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "auf Abstand (etwas)"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "whiwhiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "à distância"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "a distância"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "distant"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "deoparte"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poódalʹ",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "поо́даль"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "v storoné",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "в стороне́"
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "fad às"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "apartan"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "distanciran"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rezerviran"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "apartado"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "distante"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "at or from a distance",
"word": "ötede"
}
]
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"ref": "1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday evening, page 363",
"text": "But to open the Bible in this spirit — to take the Book as from the hand of God, and then to look at it aloof, and with caution, as if throughout it were illusory and enigmatical, is the worst of all impieties.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"Without sympathy; unfavorably."
],
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"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "mënjanës"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "冷漠地"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "冷淡地"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "afstandelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "negatief"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "ylimielisesti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "dédaigneusement"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "distanziert"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "auf Abstand"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "auf Distanz"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "con distacco"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kenâre-gir",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "کنارهگیر"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ravnodúšno",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "равноду́шно"
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{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otstranjónno",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "отстранённо"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "fad às"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suzdržan"
},
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"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "sh",
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"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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"word": "distanciran"
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{
"_dis1": "2 98",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "without sympathy",
"word": "sin compasión"
}
]
}
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},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sdǎržan",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "сдържан"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rezerviran",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "резервиран"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "保守的"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "疏遠的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "疏远的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "odměřený"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "odtažitý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "reserveret"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "menneskesky"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "gereserveerd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "afstandelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "terughoudend"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "etäinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "varautunut"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "kylmäkiskoinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "distant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "dédaigneux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "réservé"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "distante"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "distanziert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "menschenscheu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "reserviert"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "unnahbar"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apostasiopoiiménos",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "αποστασιοποιημένος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "tartózkodó"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "distaccato"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "huachnäsich"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "trzymający się z dala"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "z dystansem"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "z rezerwą"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alijado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otčuždjónnyj",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "отчуждённый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "storonjáščijsja",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "стороня́щийся"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "reserved",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdéržannyj",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "сде́ржанный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otstranjónnyj",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "отстранённый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezučastnyj",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "безучастный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "fad às"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "alejado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "reservado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "distante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "reserverad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"note": "usually emotionally distant",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "mesafeli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "emotionally distant",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "soğuk"
}
]
}
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"roman": "bezučastnyj",
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"word": "безучастный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "fad às"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "alejado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "reservado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "distante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "reserverad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"note": "usually emotionally distant",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"word": "mesafeli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "emotionally distant",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "soğuk"
}
],
"word": "aloof"
}
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"English adverbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English prepositions",
"English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/uːf",
"Rhymes:English/uːf/2 syllables"
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "loof",
"4": "",
"5": "weather gage, windward direction"
},
"expansion": "Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "loef",
"3": "",
"4": "the weather side of a ship"
},
"expansion": "Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of \"at a distance, apart\".",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "prepositions",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "aloof",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "aloof",
"name": "en-prep"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "prep",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce",
"text": "Rivetus […] would fain work himself aloof these rocks and quicksands.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Away from; clear of."
],
"links": [
[
"Away",
"away"
],
[
"clear",
"clear"
],
[
"Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary",
"w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909"
],
[
"G. & C. Merriam",
"w:Merriam-Webster"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Away from; clear of."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈluːf/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːf"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aloof.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aloof.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aloof.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-aloof.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "aloof"
}
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