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"sense": "evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring",
"word": "misztikus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring",
"word": "titokzatos"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "numinozan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "numinozna"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "evoking a sense of the mystical — see also awe-inspiring",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "numinozno"
}
],
"word": "numinous"
}
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