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"Middle English adverbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -ing",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Entertainment",
"enm:Games",
"enm:Theater"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "pleyen",
"3": "-ing"
},
"expansion": "pleyen + -ing",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From pleyen + -ing.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adverb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "playing",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "playing",
"name": "enm-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"jestfully"
],
"links": [
[
"jestfully",
"jestfully"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) jestfully"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈplɛi̯inɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplɛi̯ənɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/plɛi̯nɡ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pleiingue"
},
{
"word": "pleying"
},
{
"word": "pleing"
},
{
"word": "pleyynge"
},
{
"word": "playinge"
},
{
"word": "pleyinge"
},
{
"word": "pleiing"
},
{
"word": "plawyng"
},
{
"word": "pleiyng"
},
{
"word": "pleyenge"
}
],
"word": "playing"
}
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