See dwaal on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From Afrikaans dwaal (“a dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state”). Doublet of dwale.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dwaals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dwaal (plural dwaals)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "dwale"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English informal terms",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Afrikaans",
"English terms derived from Afrikaans",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"South African English"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "sitting here in a dwaal"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state"
],
"links": [
[
"dreamy",
"dreamy"
],
[
"dazed",
"dazed"
],
[
"absent-minded",
"absent-minded"
],
[
"befuddled",
"befuddled"
],
[
"state",
"state"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(South Africa, informal) A dreamy, dazed, absent-minded, or befuddled state"
],
"tags": [
"South-Africa",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "dwaal"
}
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