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"source": "Thesaurus:mad person",
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"source": "Thesaurus:mad person",
"word": "schizo"
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"source": "Thesaurus:mad person",
"word": "screwball"
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"source": "Thesaurus:mad person",
"word": "space cadet"
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"word": "sonat"
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"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Spinner"
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"masculine"
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"word": "svitato"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crazy person",
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"masculine"
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"word": "chiflado"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "crazy person",
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"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "eccentric or impractical",
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "eccentric or impractical",
"word": "loufoque"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "eccentric or impractical",
"word": "spinnert"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "eccentric or impractical",
"word": "folle"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "eccentric or impractical",
"word": "чо́кнутый"
}
],
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}
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