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"ref": "1895, William Congreve, “Introduction”, in G. S. Street, editor, The Comedies of William Congreve, volume 1, Methuen and Co.",
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"form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by litot"
],
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]
],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
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}
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"form": "litotesen",
"tags": [
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"singular"
]
},
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"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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{
"word": "litot"
}
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"Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas",
"Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
"Norwegian Nynorsk pre-2005 forms"
],
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"alternative form of litot"
],
"links": [
[
"litot",
"litot#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(pre-2005) alternative form of litot"
],
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"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"2": "la",
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{
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"indecl": "1"
},
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{
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"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
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"Polish lemmas",
"Polish masculine nouns",
"Polish nouns",
"Polish terms borrowed from Latin",
"Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Polish terms derived from Latin",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:Polish/ɔtɛs/3 syllables",
"pl:Figures of speech",
"pl:Rhetoric"
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[
"rhetoric",
"rhetoric"
],
[
"litotes",
"litotes#English"
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{
"word": "litota"
}
],
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"indeclinable",
"masculine",
"rhetoric"
]
}
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔtɛs"
}
],
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}
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{
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"2": "LL.",
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"name": "lbor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "grc",
"3": "λιτότης"
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"name": "der"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
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"name": "pt-noun"
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"li‧to‧tes"
],
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"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Portuguese 3-syllable words",
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese feminine nouns",
"Portuguese indeclinable nouns",
"Portuguese learned borrowings from Late Latin",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese nouns",
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"Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"pt:Rhetoric"
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],
"links": [
[
"rhetoric",
"rhetoric"
],
[
"litotes",
"litotes#English"
]
],
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],
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"feminine",
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"rhetoric"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃis/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃis/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/liˈtɔ.t͡ʃiʃ/",
"tags": [
"Rio-de-Janeiro"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/liˈtɔ.tes/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/liˈtɔ.tɨʃ/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
}
],
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{
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"word": "litote"
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[
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"plural"
]
}
],
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}
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"path": [
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],
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"title": "litotes",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
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"path": [
"litotes"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "litotes",
"trace": ""
}
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