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"ref": "1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, Act II",
"text": "He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: […]",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "潑冷水的人"
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"roman": "sǎoxìng de rén",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "煞風景的人"
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"roman": "shāfēngjǐng de rén",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "lyseslukker"
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "pretbederver"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "tujurikkuja"
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "gleðidrepari"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "ilonpilaaja"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "rabat-joie"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
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"word": "trouble-fête"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "abezara",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "აბეზარა"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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],
"word": "Spielverderber"
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"tags": [
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"word": "Spaßverderber"
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mashbít smaẖót",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "מַשְׁבִּית שְׂמָחוֹת"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "ünneprontó"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "seargánach"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"masculine"
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"word": "guastafeste"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
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"word": "occīsor fēstārum"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gledesdreper"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "złośliwiec"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "desmancha-prazeres m or f estraga-prazeres"
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"roman": "kajfolóm",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"roman": "oblómščik",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "обло́мщик"
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"word": "обло́мщица"
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"word": "зану́да"
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"roman": "brjuzgá",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "брюзга́"
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"roman": "nýtik",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "partibrejker"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "квариигра"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
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"word": "glädjedödare"
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],
"word": "passion killer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "pedant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "prude"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "rain on one's parade"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "fly in the ointment"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "turd in the punchbowl"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "put a damper on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "nonconform"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "spoil"
}
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"ref": "1908, Edward Morgan Forster, A Room with a View, Chapter XIV",
"text": "I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, Act II",
"text": "He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun."
],
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"put an end to"
],
[
"harmless",
"harmless"
]
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
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"word": "killjoy"
},
{
"word": "party pooper"
},
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "spoil-sport"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "bad orb"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "buzzkill"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "cold fish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "dampener"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "downer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "fun sponge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "grinch"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "joy killer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "miserabilist"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "spoilsport"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "stick in the mud"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "wet blanket"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:spoilsport",
"word": "wet rag"
}
],
"word": "spoilsport"
}
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English exocentric verb-noun compounds",
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"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"2": "",
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"ref": "2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "It may seem somewhat spoilsport to focus in on this negative after another important victory but to ignore it would be delusion. Southgate will not be letting it escape his attention.",
"type": "quotation"
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"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "spoil-sport"
}
],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "aixafaguitarres"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "esgarriacries"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "潑冷水的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pōlěngshuǐ de rén",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "泼冷水的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "掃興的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sǎoxìng de rén",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "扫兴的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "煞風景的人"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shāfēngjǐng de rén",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "煞风景的人"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lyseslukker"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pretbederver"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spelbreker"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spelbederver"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "tujurikkuja"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gleðidrepari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "ilonpilaaja"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabat-joie"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trouble-fête"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "abezara",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "აბეზარა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spielverderber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spielverderberin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spaßverderber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spaßverderberin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spaßbremse"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mashbít smaẖót",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַשְׁבִּית שְׂמָחוֹת"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "ünneprontó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gleðispillir"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "seargánach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cnádánaí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guastafeste"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "occīsor fēstārum"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gledesdreper"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "festbrems"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "gledesdrepar"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spellvedoawa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "złośliwiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "desmancha-prazeres m or f estraga-prazeres"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kajfolóm",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"slang"
],
"word": "кайфоло́м m кайфоло́мка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oblómščik",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "обло́мщик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oblómščica",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"slang"
],
"word": "обло́мщица"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanúda",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "зану́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brjuzgá",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "брюзга́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nýtik",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ны́тик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "partibrejker"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "квариигра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kvariigra"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cortarrollos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "aguafiestas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "glädjedödare"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "mızıkçı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"word": "oyunbozan"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rabadjoye"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "surbwch"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "someone who puts an end to harmless fun",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lladdwr hwyl"
}
],
"word": "spoilsport"
}
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"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Portuguese: 'desmancha-prazeres m or f estraga-prazeres', originally 'desmancha-prazeres m or f estraga-prazeres m or f'",
"path": [
"spoilsport"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "spoilsport",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kajfolómka vs. kajfolóm",
"path": [
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