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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "bevallig"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "avenant"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "ansehnlich"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "hübsch"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "εὔμορφος"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "csinos"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "córach"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "cuanna"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "cumaí"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "cumtha"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "daite"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "dathúil"
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"word": "sochraidh"
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"word": "venustus"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"word": "пригожий"
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"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "miloviden",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "миловиден"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "hezký"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "pohledný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "půvabný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "sličný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "spanilý"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "bevallig"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "avenant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "ansehnlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "hübsch"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eúmorphos",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "εὔμορφος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "csinos"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "kedves"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "kellemes"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "córach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "cuanna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "cumaí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "cumtha"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "daite"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "dathúil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "dea-chumtha"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "dreachúil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "gnaíúil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "lachanta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "leacanta"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "maisiúil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "slachtmhar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "sochraidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "spéisiúil"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "venustus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "urodziwy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "atraente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "lindo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "drăguț"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "plăcut"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prigožij",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "пригожий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "lindo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "alımlı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at — see also beautiful, handsome",
"word": "göz alıcı"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a person: attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome",
"word": "hyvännäköinen"
}
],
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