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"1": "en",
"2": "plebeian",
"nocap": "a"
},
"expansion": "clipping of plebeian",
"name": "clipping"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "plebe"
},
"expansion": "plebe",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "back-formation",
"name": "back-form"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "plebs"
},
"expansion": "plebs",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "pleb (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Of or concerning the lower class of a society."
],
"links": [
[
"concerning",
"concerning"
],
[
"lower class",
"lower class"
],
[
"society",
"society"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms"
],
"glosses": [
"Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"Undistinguished",
"undistinguished"
],
[
"commonplace",
"commonplace"
],
[
"unsophisticated",
"unsophisticated"
],
[
"vulgar",
"vulgar"
],
[
"coarse",
"coarse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory) Undistinguished, commonplace, unsophisticated, vulgar, coarse."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/plɛb/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛb"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-pleb.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/En-au-pleb.ogg/En-au-pleb.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/En-au-pleb.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lower social class"
],
"word": "pleb"
}
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