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"etymology_text": "mouth + watering: causing the nervous system to trigger production and release of saliva",
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"word": "one's teeth water"
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"ref": "2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, page 38",
"text": "If the weather was not too rough at Norfolk Island, the Tulagi took on board some Norfolk Island fish, which arrived frozen in Vila. This fish was heavily in demand in Vila as it had a mouth-watering taste and was safe to eat.",
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"That is pleasing to the sense of taste; appetizing; that makes one salivate."
],
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "令人垂涎的"
},
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "isuäratav"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "veden kielelle saava"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "herkullinen"
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"sense": "delicious in taste",
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "lecker"
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"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "appetitlich"
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"sense": "delicious in taste",
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"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "invitante"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "whakawaiwai"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "mōwaiwai"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "apetyczny"
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "de dar água na boca"
},
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"_dis1": "96 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "de toma pan y moja"
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
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"Enticing or tantalizing."
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"(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing."
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"salivate",
"salivate#English"
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},
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"(by extension) Enticing or tantalizing."
],
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"word": "mouth-watering"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "令人垂涎的"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "isuäratav"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "veden kielelle saava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "herkullinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alléchant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appétissant"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "lecker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "appetitlich"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "appetitoso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "invitante"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "whakawaiwai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "mōwaiwai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "apetyczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "de dar água na boca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "de toma pan y moja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "delicious in taste",
"word": "se te hace la boca agua"
}
],
"word": "mouthwatering"
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